The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 36, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 26, 1945 Page: 1
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Volume 36
Farmers Must
Report S C S
Practices Soon
Farmers of this county hnvc until
August 15 1D45 to report the
Goil Conservation practices carried
out on their farm fr m January
1 1045 until August 1 1015 If
these practices are not reporteil
by this date no payment can bo
made for practices reported at n
later date
The above statement wns issued
tliis week by the local A C A
offico
F R Anderson
Is Buried Here
Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services for F R Anderson
pioneer Tulin businessman
wore held at the First
Christian Church here Thursday
afternoon with Rev Lawrence
Bridges of Hereford reading the
Inst rites Burial was made in
the Tulla Rose Hill Cemetery
Frederick Raymond Anderson
wns born in the state of Missouri
February 19 1871 and departed
this life July 18 1915 While
yet a small boy he moved with
his parents to Abilene Texas
where he grew to manhood
He was united in marriage toMs
Cliri Dixon Randolph July
20 1901 To this union was born
one son who died in infancy
He moved to Tulia in 1911
where lie operated a meat market
and grocery store until he was
compelled to retire on account
of sailing health
He was a staunch member of
the First Christian Church of
Tulia and was always at his
post of duty when able to attendHe is survived by his wife and
two stepsons George Randolph
of Soap Lake Washington and
Dixon Randolph of Tulia one
sister Mrs Eva Jackson of
Bradshaw Texas one brother
Chester Anderson of Big Spring
Texas and one nephew Malcoln
Mayfield of Amarillo
Lt Earl R Cox
Tells Of Life As
German P O W
Lt Earl R Cox son of Mr and
Mrs Fred Cox of Tulia is at home
on a two months convnlesence furlough
after 13 months overseas
10 months of which was spent in
a German prisoner of war camp
Lt Cox entered the Army Air
Corps as a cadet in January 1912
He sailed for N ° rth Africa on Juno
5 1014 where he remained for a
few weeks before being transferred
to the Italian base of Foggia
with the 15th Air Force Shortly
after arriving in Italy he was listed
as miosing by the War Department
when he failed to return from
a high altitude bombing mission
over Munich Germany Later it
was learned that the B17 Flying
Fortress on which Lt Cox served
as bombardiornavigator was seriously
damaged by flack while
over the target to such an extent
the crow was forced to bail out
Although Lt Cox was uninjured in
his parachute jump most of the
crew were hurt as they landed among
tho rocks in tho Alps mountains
one crew member was presumed
as dead as ho failed to return
Lt Cox landed near a German
rest camp for air men and
was taken prisoner almost immediately
later ibeing sent to iSta
lag Luft I a prisoner of war camp
for flying officers near Barth a
Baltic seacoast town in the stac
of Pomcriniu in Northern Ger
many
iff
At Barth Cox was given a bar
racks with 19 other officers ono
of whom was a member of his
own crew where ho spent 10
months as a prisoner of the GermansLt Cox states that it is his belief
that all prisoners would have
starved to death within six montTis
time had it not been for the efforts
oftho Red Cross to keep them supplied
with enough food to keep
them alive At one time the Rea
Cross parcels were stopped by the
Gbnnans nnd the prisoners lost an
average of fr ° m 30 to 40 ipounds
por man After their liberation
the Americans found huge warehouses
filled with Red Cross packages
of fowl and clothing intena
eti for them
The prisoners at Stalag Luft I
were liberated by tho hard drlv
iug Russians on May 1 1945 and
Lt Cox spent two weeks in their
hands while awaiting transportation
out of Germany The Russians
drove in herds of cattle and
Continued on back page
THE TULIA HERALD
Osborn Brothers
Hold Reunion In
Philippines
Fifth Air Force Service Command
Philippines The statement
its a small world was
once again proven to be fnctual
when two Tulla brothers recently
met on Luzon in the Philippines
after not having seen each
other for over two years The reunion
took place at Staff Sergeant
Alvin R Osborns Fifth
Air Force Service Command station
on Luzon Sgt Alvin R
Osborn is in the Air Corps and
his brother Pvt James J Os
born is an infantryman They
are sons fo Mr and Mrs C A
Osborn of Tulin
Sgt Alvin R Osborn has been
overseas 21 months and has served
in Australia New Guinea
Netherlands East Indies nnd the
Philippines Prior to enlisting in
December 1942 he was an accountant
with Armour CompanyPvt James Osborn has been
overseas but a few months and
already has been awarded a
bronze star for combat service
Before entering the armed fotces
ho was a farmer and had attended
Claude High School
Capt Joe D Rogers
Goes On Inactive
Duty From A A F
Capt Joe D RoKois son of Miami
Mrs C II Kogrs of Vigo
Park Tisns arrived here Wednesday
mMning accompanied by his
wife He is on inactive dmy from
the A A F when he srved almost
five yOais II ntored the
service is September 191C He was
stationed at San Antonio San An
gclo Cuoro Brady nnd at Lubbock
receiving his wings and commission
from there He was stationed
at Austin Sedalla Missouri
overseas in May 1013
lie is the wearer of the Air Me
day with two oak leaf clusters
European Theater ribbon with seven
battle stars and the Presidun
tial Unit Citation with one < > ak
leaf cluster Invasions lie participated
in include Sicily Italy
France Belgium and Holland
He also participated in the flying
Continued on back page
1944 Cotton Crop
Maturity Date
Deadline Extended
Maturity dato for 1944 crop
cotton under CCC loan has been
extended for an indefinite period
and will not fall due July 31 K
C Munro acting district representative
Commodity Credit Corporation
offico of supply USDA
has been ndvisod
All loans will be carried in past
due status subject to call by the
Corporation The oxtension gives
farmers an opportunity to repay
their loan and take ipossession of
the cotton or soli their equity
after July 31 Lending agencies
also may continue to hold certificates
of interest in producers
notes and cooperative marketing
associations to carry loan cotton
for their members Interest on
certificates held by lending agencies
will be one percent per annum
Of the 815700 bales of Texas
cctton which went into the loan
from tho 1914 crop replacements
have been made on 202CG9 bales
leaving 013031 outstanding Munro
said
Wiring In Tulia
Will Come Under
National Code
The City of Tulia is giving notice
this week that all new wiring
installations that have not been
r > nectcd to city power lines
prior to this dafc shall be installed
according to national electric
code and existing wiring mayi
be subject to like code regulations
if deemed necessary by City
Commission
Inspecting duties will be preformed
by Otis Camith
PreSchool Music
Class Demonstration
Scheduled Thursday
The preschool music class will
have a demonstration lesson on
Thursday afternoon July 2G at
330 oclock at the F < rtt Methods
Church it has been announced by
Mrs D H Shurbet aHd Mrs W
R Humphreys
All mothers who have children
4 and 5 years of age and who
are interested in such a course
for them are invited to attend
Tulia Swisher County Texas Thursday July 23 liMo
Local Victim
Of Polio Is
Recovering
Glen Richardson age 11 son
of Mr and Mrs Joe Richardson
of the Love Community was
stricken with Poliomyelitics of
July 12 and carried to a Plain
view hapltnl for treatment
After receiving the Kenny
method treatments for five dnys
he was released from the Hospital
and brought home Hi parents
say that apparently he has
almost completely recovered from
the dreaded disease without any
apparent paralytic affliction
Young Richardson was the first
case of Poliomyelitis to bo reported
in tho county this reason
Kiwanis Members
Discuss PostWar
Military Training
Members of the Tulia Kiwanis
Club enjoyed an interesting discus
iou on Should wo have compulsory
military training for our
youth after the present war
which was led by T F McKinney
assisted by Henry Teubel nnd
James T Hale for the affirmative
side and Sam Appleton assisted
by I II Turney and James I Mc
Connoll for the negative
Dr E P Stewart club sec
retnrj obligated and extended a
welcome to LoHoy Saul Paul Miller
and L J Wayne as new mom
burs 4 the club
Other guests present for the
meeting were SSgt James Dallas
vrho told of some of his
experiences while ho was a prisoner
of the Germans and Lt
Lauren Davies who related some
of his experiences while with
the flth Air Force in England
Woodie Boston
Buys Registered
Jersey Recently
A registered Jersey Orrland
Volunteer Noble 4G0105 was recently
purchased by Woodie Boston
of Tulia it has been announced
by the American Jersey
Cattle Club j
Tho American Jorsy Cattle
Club records each change of
ownership each production record
and each type of classification of
Jerseys in the fortyeight states
of America More than thirtysix
thousand Jerseys found new
homes last year
Jesse L Love
Returns Home
From Europe
Mr and Mrs Oscar Love received
a telegram from their son
Pvt Jesse L Love from Camp
Patrick Henry Virginia stating
that lie would soon be home and
would receive his discharge under
the Army point system
Pvt Love is a veteran of the
European campaign
Poultry Raisers
Should Not Feed
Spoiled Foods
Dont let turkeys and chickens
eat spoiled foods O C ISrookshlcr
Swisher Co Agricultural Agent
warns producers Birds which eat
decaying foods are subject to a
disease called botulism or linrJber
n ck The warning is timely bo
cause the disease already has appeared
in turkey flocks in many
parts of Texas Turkey rai erfi
especially are cautioned to watch
for this common ailment and deal
with it promptly
Tho symptoms which appear a
few hours ft r the diseased ma
teiial is aat i take the form of
physical weakness Affected birGs
are wobbly and may lose complet1
control of tho use of their legs
BroOkshier says Wings usually
droop and the nock ma becom
limp Along with these condition
a sick bird may go int ° n coma
in tho later stage of the disease
Body feathers of chickens may become
loosened but this symptni
is not usual in turkeys
Brookshier quoted Dr J P
DelapUne poultry pathologist for
the Tjcas Agricultural Experiment
Station tl at the disease is caused
by p ifcons which aro produced
when the botulism bacteria arc
prennt in decaying plant or anmal
materials That means BrOokshitr
explains that spoiled or molfiy
feed always should be avoided ar 1
that rcarses of dead chickens or
turkH s should > be diHpord o
Continued on back page
Stockmen Urged
To Conserve
Hay Silage
Nature calendar has dcaigimted
the weeks Immediately nhend as
ofttciat roughvgo conscnitton
times save C C Hrcokshler Swisher
County Argieultural Agent
lt Is up to Swishor Count uniry
niiii either to make liny and tliige
this fall or to skim through nn
other your with a set of good ic
solutions not to lie caught short
iignlnt Hut ritnlutionn do not
make noiirmhii g feed for milk
cows he us ASout two thuds
of the job of feeding duir > n
is a roughage feeding prcgram
hay sikige ami pustuie Concen
tuitu fowling i important too In
cause what dairymen dont do with
roughage has to be made up with
concentrates
A bail of liny or a toad of silnge
suggests that the chlof vnliii of
tho roughage is filter material
But the truth Is that the mote good
hay ami Mlnge f M tho le s gram
will bo loquiiid in cows rnlim
Feed analyses show that good hnv
runs about fiftj > por cent total digestible
nutiuiiiti while silige
averages about eighteen per tent
This numns that one and one linn
poiMds of good hay or nlmiit foin
pounds cf good silage will i > < i < n1
one pound of tho concentrate ii
tion Digestible nutrients makeup
the feed which tin1 cows us < to
maintain their bodies and to pio
dure milk Thus an ample supply
of homestore 1 roughage inaterl
lly cuts the winter teed ill of the
dairy herd
In addition to fui iinnir a pot
tion of all of the essential mtil
enls roughages iplny an important
part lu inil iig conditions right
for hanlling feed in the digestive
systems of cows Sulficiont flluii
in tho ration with plenty of wider
remits in a light loose niixluic
which is more easily handled than
a doughy mass of finely ground
feed Brookshiei says This is the
lcrson why cotiise grinding is pic
Contlnued on back page
Nations Stock Of
Fats And Oils At
Record Low Level
St ° cks of fats and oils stand
record low level accoiding to
atK
O Munro acting district rupicson
tative of COCh Office of Supply
USDA
Factory and warehouse slocks
of fats and oils on May l totaled
182 million pounds coniKired
with 2709 million pounds last ytir
This shoitage of fats and lis
plus the fact all of the principal
sources of imports are still in
Japanese hands should convince
housewives ot the growing need
for intensified Having of usd kitchen
fats to fill essential war
needs Munro declared
Texas Extension Service industry
local Salvage 0 < m iitteuuH of
the War Production Hoard OIA
and tho Unifd Slates Department
of Agriculture have pooled all
their resources t help housewives
save 250 million pjunds of used
fats thlr goal for 1M5
Rev Gilbreath
To Fill Pulpit In
Absence Of Pastor
Rev R R Oilbrenth of Plain
view who filled tho pulpit at
Tulia on July 22 will preach hero
again at both morning and evening
hours next Sunday The
pastor Rev James E Harrell Is
away in a revival meeting
Visitors are welcome at all
services
is of vital interest to eveiyoni
this section of the counliv
Cadet Gwyn Vaughn
Completes Navy
PreFlight School
lowI t III Sat
ion ulet t < tun < li
ghn of Tulia 1 ixn i In I
eei if illv Iompli led the
lll
I i
ti nming
course lute lit the Niivy Pie
Flight Sollo il Ius I een grtli itod
to the piiinu phase if aviation
training and repoit > d Juno 26 to
the NiiMil Air Million nt Ottiunwn
la f > r flight instili ti n inlet
Ymignn is he < > n of Mi an I Mm
AuLiut Vnuihn of I nili lie
wns giicl i ited fioni fiilm High1
Suiool In IMI 11 he atlcidiil
the North Tixim Atirii ultiiial College
ut Arlington Tons
High KiitiMug
With a composite nvungn of td
for his piefllght studies Ji mm
Arthur Ken
Cal M the iknrted TwelveAhlo
limitation Siioid in standing was
Cndot Vaughn 20 who nianagod
nn average i f t I and trailing
third was Winston It Wallln III
of Mnnonpnlls Mini wllh an Mural
average of SJtfJ
Ken anil Vinighn seived as coin
maniler of their coimrxuiles an
battalion while Wnllin served asa
commander of his platoon
Upon completion of primary and
interineoliilu lii ht t mining lu
dot Vaughn wilt 1 > coiuiiiUdoncd
either as an hwdgn In the Nival
Iloseive or as a Second Mcutcti
unt in the Marine rps e eivp
and will tei Iin wings ol cold
as a NhviiI Aviator
Iowa PreFlight Is one of I In
Nnval Air Primary Training Coin
innnds four gtoiind rchoolit and
physical tiahiiig cunteis for fu
tnio Navy Marine and Const
hiard comLat piloU Fiom heie
the trainees enter i < tngies ive
plumes of flight laltiing
The Naval Air Primary Training
omnium of which Hoar Ad
Continued on back page
Bradleys Service
Station Is Sold To
J T Young Son
J T Young and John Yrung
last week purchased the Texaco
The Youngs have nsaiiuiod active
manrgumont of tho at < Hon
the First Methodist Church in t and vill handle Texaco gnaolinua
motor oil and groraea The ata
n will ulso feature washing and
trlcatlon service and will fix
flrts
J T Young la tho fathr of John
nd also of Guy Young local
Texas Company wholesale agent
Relatives Lram
How Sgt Spicer
Fell In Baltic
Sgt Spicrr
bock fotinci Iv of Tulin
polled nilNMiig in action
1111 Kecently a letti
Japs Hit Carrier Supporting Okinawa Landings
reived by Mis Johnny Kllln fiom
Sgt Splcei s mothei Mis li
SiiIcpi of luliltoik Miying she
liad incelved word from St fl
Sgt Hilly Purdy a close frleml
ami an eye witness to the l > iitje
In which Sgt Splcor was shot
down
SSgt Ptndys plane wan the
last to leave tho target and wlt
m tiling lie salt
° li rci l > < i > v
to cHcapo allvo as I2 oiok cnnio
at them rIioI out their inotois
and followed thorn down Thoy
allot kiviui inun who pnrachutud
out of the plane and the tlueo
that balled mil of the plane after
It hadrrnsfied In the water
Thoy were 12 mllea out to sen
from their target Thoy had Just
ritilshed diopiiing their load of
br mbs on the Itrillkpnpiin oil ic
flnciles
Pfc Leonard Walton
Convalescing At
McClosIcey Hospital
Pfc Leonard It Walton son of
Hoy Walton Tulla Texan has
nrnved at Mcfloskoy Oeneinl
Hospital Temple Texan whole
ho Is convalescing from battlo
wounds Tho 2lyearod Infanliy
man wai wounded May 27th In
light foot by rlflt bullol on Cabu
McCloakoy Otiiuml hospital one
of the Aimya largest genoral
liopitals is outstanding as an
oithoixidlc center amputation center
and nnuroaiirgUiil centei
and in addition provide expert
care and ttontment for all mlli
Servie Station nt the Southeast try peraonnel Many of the best
corner of the ufpiro from Robert noJMal specialists in the United
Uridley j Stntea are on Ita staff Ih 3VK
beds and 110 btiltdltiga ure con
vcnieiitly si tun ted on 215 beuuii
fully lutidacapel acres A modern
lath awiuuniig pool tennis courts
gymriaMtiin golf lourso and many
other lecreatiiiiil fn littles an
available to the patients and hospital
personnel tattle caauallloit
lrom every thvatiu of wir arrive
by plane and train convi ys daily
UnlltJ Nalldf fholol
JAP SUICIDR FLYRRS er hed onto teveral of the llritiih Pacific Fleet ihipi iupportin < the recent U S Iamlir i on
Okinawa In all even uicide attack on llritiih iliip have been reporled includinit two carruri neither ol which wai
put out oi action more than two hours I Int picture iliowi fierce firet tet on one of the Itntiili carneri by the Jap ifnclde
glantfj but the flamei were tooo under eootrol and the deck cleared a ain for action
Those Boys Need fyfal
Wntcr levolt m th Irrigated
district In Swisher County showed
t nef decline ranging fpim 0 foot
1 fp t and averaging 0I foot
I HI I fo rnhriMry
report rehviscd
t Ilonrd of
kllig in ci
Number 30
Water Levels In Swisher Irrigation
District Decrease In Past 10 Years
Dr J A Hill To
Be Radio Program
Speaker July 29
Dr J A Hill incident of West i
Tons Stnte College at C j yon
will be pioscntod ovei iulio station
KGNC Amarillo Hundnv
July 2n at II 00 a m tin this
progintn he will talk on The
need for a Chapel at W T S C
Sain A Thomas pastor of the i
San Jacinto Methodist Church In
Amarillo urge tlloso who do
not attend their regnln Iuiiih
worship at this Ivhii to tune In
on this progttun which he feel
iietl tho wliolo
o all
lOll III Ii
ii ad ii i H 1
In tl
pumpiil hiiiii the a
rnoni closely npiircl with
age hiilng ouu well t I
one ni < li of 50 iiiunrn mil
S osyrn
W which
It i igut
S as
I Hate
I unit
i Oinprr
He eon
t ontiiiti
> en
vunl
leftcl
th dp
lojiorl
te i itivI
Muiiy
> uimI
ln > r County with JIM w i H kii > i <
ed fourtli In mimlicr of well in
tint district
Italin Unlit
From Hii7 ti Hill a period of
Hidinonimt ranfnll tin Inii ise
In Irrigation was nccoiiiniruM ly n
fpersfatont dcllue of wnto Iml
tilling HUI tlio pixclpltaMoii wni
very heavy eonnmiitntl ntei ri
w < Mi nin and i <
Sgl Spicer finished sihoot jnhargo to gioimd w tii r servmrs
Tulia and had many fiicids h ii
lie lias flown over 70 misaloiiN
and had I ems to his cicdlt the
last letter Ins mother lerelved
from lilin
was heavy with obe t vnin well1
In alt the pumping distntlii sin w
lag a proriotinciid use In v iter
levels During IMl the preiipia
lion wiia again al v avrugr
puniplrig win again light and thn
wut r levels in most whIIm either
riuiiilneil stationary or i e lightlyOlder Wells Show Decline
Of tliu II Wlla iindT test til
Swisher County nil li wd a
Ilirm in water levels frnui XU to
101t Th Tumih Lund and De
velopiiiimt Coinpimy well sliivcd
thii giiutml ilrnwdown of 811 fK
In tho tn yoat period while th
J D Vaughn well shwed t
least dccllny wllh 0 I foot in t u
ten year p nod
All wells nhoAiil i i iv d > r
lug Mill nnd V VS Ii < ilr
ward trend resumcl i LMI i
sld the most heavily runpod d
trlol the report clnclwleH
nt decline since MII0I7 has it
cOtnpanitiv ly mmill
Cpl Inaac C Rice
Serves With Air
Transport Command
An AIC Base Marriik h I M
Orporal Isaac C Rich Hon t
Mr and Mrs H F itice Tul i
IVx is assigned to d lv with th
Qmrtermtster wureh at ihi
> mse unit if th Ni ih AfriMin
Diviaion Ai I ran per < Milliard
Till busi ii ogng u u tho n
deployincif f a r f mil eir
iiis frni I iropear i te z > nci
to the Llitid tit > i ii ml i i
ji < t which U nttivg tr t pno
it a IlmtM Miitrh h ihv
HliIn t f ft mi
> > noc Bae ihp > h mis
n a tho inivoniv i < giimiig
r r ir nnd ii i > i
Ko Iicat d at thia bao in the
nil Important NAFD flight tram
i g tihool tho only on of H kn 1
ii SFD which traliM tilois
Continued on back page
Local A C A
Office To Operate
On 44 Hour Week
Tie local Swisher County M r
t 1 r d Conncrvation Assocmt > i
Offut has been n < > tlfl d hv the
att Office to operate on a forty
four hour work week ThTefire
irtiri July 28 1015 this office
wdl clo o each Sutuday at aW 00
i clock noon it was nnnounc by
ft s Jen vin local supervisor
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Miller, R. V.; Sprowls, Ed W. & Reynolds, Willis. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 36, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 26, 1945, newspaper, July 26, 1945; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42854/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.