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Be Sure and Pay Your Poll Tax-You’ll Heed II in 1944—Important Matters Coming Up
The Denison Press
REPRESENTATIVE OP THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1943
VOLUME XV—NO. 28
Fleeing Germans In Desperate Rout
BY THE EDITOR
Facing the ,N*w Year
We
the wife at our
New Year with
have
faced many New
Years in our
life, and yet not
too many, but
this is one of a
peculiar kind
and one which
we h a d hoped
would never
come to us as a
.father and to
side. It is a
all of the fam-
ily of nine children living in
some other section of the world
and scattered over many states
and two foreign nations. And
the end is not yet for it may be
five foreign nations, since we
shall soon have four grandsons in
the service besides the two sons
who have already beien in now
for their second year.
Family ties are dear to us. All
of our young life we had wished
for all the family that might
come to us as a married man
and father to be near us. But
today they ane scattered. The
lure of greener pastures and the
call to serve our country has
changed the whole pirture. To a
man who loves to have his fire-
side aglow with laughter and
love of his children, it is a hard
blow.
Why do we reav a family un-
less it is to reciprocate the lovo
you send out? And why have
children unless it is to feel the
warmth of tiheir arms around
your neck? Distance and letters
and phone talks can never quite
fill that place.
This week sees the political
clouds for the year 1944 begin
to gather early and indications
are that it will be a season of
virile campaigning for all offices
from governor to constable and
from Congress to the Texas
Legislative body.
Already with his hat in the!on £as rationing
ring for Congress is Senator
Huns Leave Huge
AmountGunsAnd
Supplies Behind
London, Dec. 31—With 300,000 man communicaton lings when the
Germans fleeing in wild confusion rail junction of Kazatin was re-
am! leaving behind vast quanti- taken, and will affect the entire
ties of guns and supplies, the southern Ukraine.
Russians are pressing the Huns _
The matter of getting tougher1 r<Te3t, .fresident! a‘0ngr M 185‘mi,e wide fr0nl aP Marine. Take GlouceMer.
gas rationing Jan. 1st is | the fact some of \he "others hel! ifr’ “ k‘"' Allied Quarters in New Gui-
promised by the OPA according back, threw all of them ' 1 H b d<M''
ALONG the'!Political I TMv
NEWS BEAT Clouds Now! Z/T,
n .. . Bolt Out Of Blue Here
On Horizon
Gas Regulation To
GetTougherJan.1
Says Head OPA
5 Denison employees of the
railroads who were in line with
their leaders to not strike were
somewhat stunned this week
when word came late .-Monday
that the government was taking
j over. While three of the bro-
! therhoods of the Big Four were
I in line at that time to go along
| with the
in the!
to parties attending the meeting1 same boat,
held on the handling of coupons! 0n,e local railroad
m Bonham Monday. It is de- "the aetion nf thp
tiut part.es guilty of while taken to place a stop on Reds came in for the kill, found e,necks tool, complete control
man said
President,
G. C. Moore, of Greenville, who
has served in the Texas Senate
for four terms and is a seasoned
campaigner and has a large
following. Sam Rayburn, who violation of the mandates of the aTIV effor* a* Jhvw * Za
has been in the U. S. Congress regulations face fines ranging J^Vdone with the "best of in-
for 30 years, and who is home UP lo $10,000 and prison terms tentions, places a monkev
on a holiday vacation, made his "" *n
only speech while here at Green-
nea. Dec. 31—All resistance of
A total of twenty-two divisions the Japs was broken down at the
reeled under the hard blows of inmportant airdrome at Cape
the Russian forces, and when the
Gloucester Thursday and
ville Monday night.
Also likely to enter the Con
gressional race is Henry Zollner
of Royse City, a world war vet-
eran, large land and cattle
owner and able speaker and an
out-and-out Democrat who is not
a New Dealer, he stated while! rnfjon hoard and O.
here on a visit some days back.
The office of County Judge
thousands of vehicles abandoned this vital -pot which will cut inl-
and more than 100 big guns left portant communications lines of
behind. It was the biggest, of- the enemy and also place Rabaul
fensive of the winter for the Rus- . -,i ■
sjans within easier bombing distance:
victory followed an in-
U ^Th °t kn Z-Z hack of those who would not
That, in brief, was the gist of declare themselves as willing to
a warning given Fannin county g0 along with him and keep the Tb
wholesale and retail distributors war effnrt ^ porsonaHy I Morc than 300 town and vil- "e
ot gasobne this morning by Rob- am j,,ad that the brotherhood to! la*es were ^ken, making a to- tp,ISP :|ir preparation, following
OT>A nnfTnt' * „°f Da,,aS’ "’hich 1 belong saw fit to declare tal f 530 in two da.V" and 1300 which ground forces took the
Attend neTro" £'Zn 'that ™ld "<* "trike. D,n ‘he point by assault, according to Gen
W. H ji i " IZ “7 *• *» »"<< » -'"'ll "W b,0W’ «"* "> °'r- "««*■ MwAitlwr.
that my face has not only! •----—______
G. Melton.
Rrmnf a iib(>?n saved by being on the side;
tion‘ was annroacbin., a!,!°f.the brotherhood heads voting
the nation was approaching a|„„f , "I
held by Jake J. Loy for several j crisis ,in. the gasoline situation; mp t” W U
residence at Bells for severalitbnt date would he prosecuted.;
years, but some months back! He discussed the law covering iifnndtv^nin-M ^ i * *C
______... : _____j pmlm-cr.mnnf nf ! Monf!ay night cam,2 almost
acquired property in Denison and; endorsement of gas ration eou-
President j
like
ManyDenisonians Scrap Gathering
Included In New In Grayson To Go
List Of Selectees On For Fewr Days
will make his home here.
| pons, affixing of the coupons to
It was learned also this week the gummed sheets
that the County Judge office
will be sought by Bill AVtiite-
acre, for several years county} Dactor coupons from farmers on
auditor. Also it is declared that | delivery of
Mack Echols, who has
the city of Whitewright
i mayor for twenty years
A large number of Denisoni-| Gathering scrap in Grayson
se'setee • ti lb<? atest count>' and in Denison also, will
^':"tt-:| 1 u^L,:ora;;di[^;a, d;:^.s
sheets, immediate receipt of "ZS'lZZ '^^"jees passed iTiml' 1 .shlpped’ and any parties still
j a thunderbolt out of the
The order was issued even
clear. 1 ans a'e inpludpd
be- hst of
proper filling out the
gasoline and
served j leaving of duplicate receipts at
as] filling stations and farms
oj.1 hulk delivery nf gas.
mimeograph form and the
broke like wildfire.
thp Every news
reporter wished to he the first
to make the announcement and
all commentators for several men en^er'ng fhe Army get
physical
animation at Dallas and
winding up their business
fairs will he on their way. The
'x having scrap are asked to phone
upon ]0Pa| papers> Fred Ilar-
‘ vcy. local chairman, the Cham-
ber of Commerce or any city
official.
Ba— ZTXJZS. T r , SS - tJttL «TJ
gas ration cou-l . res npm ..,,0 ,n acll0n a ! f0||0w<! a totiil of oWen cars and expect
to fret married and should we not
expect our children to do the
same? And who would settle up
the frontiers of the world unless
somebody left home? The nd-
monition is to “multiply and sub-
due.’’ So, we may take some
consolation in fdlfilling that
Scriptural enjoining.
Still, there is a silver lining.
For our sons in the service' w-ho
have tasted some of the things
which make more attractive than
ever their own home and the
joys of being with their father,
have indicated that they wish to
settle down with him after this
“mess’’ is over and work by his
side and be the pals they orce
were.
That outlook into t'’e New
Year is something that throws a
glow over the whole picture and
undergirds us for a new effort
for a new day that lies ahead ir
the New Year.
Entertaining Soldiers
Capt. Kenneth McQuaid who
was here during the drive in
Grayson to gather scrap, was
high in his praise of the people
of Grayson county, especially in
the rural sections. He declared
that the farm homes urged the
boys to stay for a meal when
they came to their places at any
time near the hour. “Such con-
office to succeed Judge Loy.
Judge Jake J. Loy, who has
served the county as County
Judge for four terms, will an-
nounce in due time, he stated
Wednesday, for the office of
District Judge of the 16th Dis-
trict Court. This office is now-
being held by Judge Jesse ^ lolt,
appointed some months ago to
fill the office because of the in-
cumbent, Judge Slagle entering
the service of the armed forces.
Judge Loy stated he was able
physically to make the race and
serve in the capacity of judge
if elected, having recovered
sufficiently from his illness of
several months.
All of the other county and
district officers will announce, it
is understood, to succeed them-
selves for another (term.
In the Representative race
place 1, District 44, LeRoy (M.
Anderson, who made the race
tw-o years ago against a second
term candidate and secured 42.2
per cent of the popular vote in
the run-off, filed as a candidate
this week. iHc made only a six
weeks campaign before and made
the showing indicated.
Also, it is announced that
place 2, in the Representative
race, which has been held by
M. B. Morgan of this city for
the past two terms, will again be
declared that the
hear the number of the car andimilroad t0'vn and manX tbous‘
the state of its registration. nnds bp,a are in th« eninlov of
Where the purchaser op-rates thp roads ' unning into the city
a fleet of trucks, the fleet
mini-
and the action of taking over
Larry Odell Brinlee. M. L.
Crouse. Herman "Willis, Earls
William Allen Russel, Robert
Neil Adams, James Thomas Os-
walt, Albert Lewis Cravens,
Carl Lee Cahill, William Brooks
her must appear on'each’stamp. tbe 'a'l'oads will he met gener- Sanders. Johnnie 1!. Miller. Ara
Where gasoline is delivered tPoial|y by a nod of th- workers|™erman Mewa.^ Henry
farmers for tractor us-, the Ibere* not any of whom s0 fal'i ^ , nalthed
stamp., must he eolleeted at the M can be Iearned- 'vished
time of delivery, affixed to a °n strikp- but that ,n somp
gummed sheet and the name of,fashion jt pould 'be averted,
former place and time of deliv-i As a"™unccd there will
ery must be affix2d to the sheet."° soldie,'s in aniform hanging
and duplicate copies of the de-, around the offices, yards or
it 'nins, and flic public will hard-
j ly realize that the government is
j in charge. It is declared that
I the only time any soldiers will
j step in will he in ease of riots
| day pushing the- last lap of the
: campaign.
Both of the U. S. Army men
declared they were delighted
with the fine response given
them by the people of Denison
and the county in general. They
state that no piece of scran is
livery order made
-V.
Wayne I’enson. R. P. Marshall,i ,0° hip f°’ th2m to ha',<i,C- as
he Tom Haskins, James Edward . .
Allen, Bedford F. Neighbours,’1 1
Raymond Colston, Rill Perrin
and Calvin Giendon Atnip.
Atkinson Co.
Soon Bid Farewell
After Four Years
they will dismantle it and lord
trucks and turn it ovor to
the railroad company for trans-
portation to the mills.
__________V_____ _
or other actions which
pede the free working
roads.
will inr-
of the
After Insurance Companies
Washington. — Attorney-Gen-
i eral Biddle has filed a brief in,
Atkinson the Supreme Court pressing his! John Flowers. Otro hrederiek
Brucker Jr., Neville "
Wilds. Grady Wilson Rrooks.1
James Morris Starnes. Clyde
sideration of the boys will never sought by Mr. Morgan
be forgotten by them. Being far
away from home in many caqes,
to have such family ties thrown
around them again is like manna
from heaven," he declared. And
what volumes it sneaks for the
good people of the county. In
the days to come when those
hoys are thinking of changing
their residence to a warmer and
congenial clime, their hearts will
drift hack to Grayson. And w»ho
can tell of the sales value of
such treatment in aiding a young
man to determine his future
home?
_V---
'After being in the Long-Sneed
hospital for several weeks, W. G.
Langston, 1430 W. Woodard
Btreet, and owner of the IJings-
ton bakery, is ah’ s to he re-
turned to his home. He is
steadily improving.
third term,
In the city race for one placr;in the 100 block as they plan to
to fill, that of commissioner, 4**° j close out their work in conncc-
present incumbent, serving hiis j tion with the huge project which
first term, is Carl Hanery. He ran jn^0 n,any millions of dol-
will n0 doubt, enter the race for |,u,s
a second term. Also at least
three others have indicated their
intention of running also, hut
they do not cape at this time to
give publicity to the fact through
the press.
When the Guy F.
company, contractors on the effort to put the insurance liusi-
Denison dam, fii-st camp to Deni- ness under the anti-trust laws,
son to start work on the project | Riddle said in the brief that in-
four years ago, they opened' surance companies unquestiona-
offices in the (500 block Main'
street, later going to the site of
the work in specially built office
buldings to be close to the work.
This week, the company is mov-
ing back to a Main street office
According to a report on the
cotton yield for Grayson county
as of Dec. 13 this year and last
year, the yield is off by a total
of 4,892 bales. On that dnte
laat year the yield was 31,716,
while the same date this year
shows only 26,823. The report
was made this week by G. O.
Peterson, statistician for the
government in this county.
lily are engaged
commerce.
interstate
In the building first occupied
in the 600 block many large
trucks were specially constructs I
for work on the dam, the ma-
chines being built from the
ground up and were tbe first of
a large number of huge ma-
chines to be used in -doing the
Job.
It is expected that the com-
pany will wind up their business
about March 1st and close the
final chapter of their work here.
About twenty persons will be
connected with the downtown
offices, Mie staff being in
charge of A. H. Steiner.
All the many buildings which
Army—Henry Clinton Mon-;
crief, Ernest David Jones, Ren- Cr.lirvrfc1c Af
jamin Franklin Sampson, Doyle! OvIIvFUIS V-rl.
Ward Smith, Amo Perrin. Merle 'J'q 0|TdT
Merritt Hotchkiss, Eulan Lafette AltdT HolldftyS
Wash, Aubrev Lewis Huff, Wil-I
liam Landon Swanger. Ravmondl After a season of
Hogan Brown, Joseph Cagle1 Hmstmas-time holidays for a
Cherry, I.eRov Crabhc, Giendon!^110'1 of te" da-vs- thp Dp,llson
,<j_.jckl city schools- will resume classes
Dewitt! nexl Monday, January 3rd, it is
Merrell Thurman Alton Treva-janaaunced-
than. Cecil Lee Stapp. Roe' The Den,son schools w.-re
West and James Leon Collar. among the few of this section to
Marine*—Alvin Ud'.ev Whit-! bave so long a period out for
lev. Ralph Lance Williams, Earl!holidays, "hire they started them
Poulter, Dell Elbert Brown and; regular school work on time
Billy John Carter. | "hile others held off for stu-
were constructed to handle the' '---v---- |dents aid in farm work ,ast Sep-
joh have been dismantled except;Chri<tm&i Near Fatal . ipmbti.
the office and hospital buildings, Time* for Aged Couple '"”r‘ " 1 ' "
which have been sold to the; When Mr. and Mrs. Nat Sum-! students this school term until
government and will remain at merville. aged couple residing in: regular \acation < .\\ - " 111 1 " "
th,f site. j the Mills Branch addition, re-! in June for a period of three
The equipment and buildings, tired Christmas eve they left the j months,
required near 160 car loads to
remove it and by the first of the
year all cleaving up work is ex-
pected to hq done. The main
embankment of thp $64,00-0,000
dam was done by the
company.
Denison has enjoyed the
stay
gas burning to keep the room
warm for the night. Had not, Synthetic Tire Company
neighbors shown un early Christ-'Turning Out Its Product
mas dav thev would have been! Houston, Texas.—The
asphyxiated. Escaping gas un- plant of the Goodyear synthetic
Atkinson af,]e to be consumed bv the fire
had spread through the room
nod the husband was able in the by twenty per cent
of the entire group who have (atP afternoon to hr 'evived. TU-
psoved to have fine gentle-en at I However his wife was unable to R. Smith estimates,
the head of the work and the (,p revived until several hours 1 rial runs
made in October and it was
West Brock operated at intervals in Novem-
ber. But December is the first
,V_____ month foi full t'nie p-oduction.
butterflies However, ma .mum output i
The Houston
ear synt
rubber company will exceed its
December production schedule
Claude
at the plant were
workmen have been uniformly
good citizens and there has been
the minimum nf labor friction.
Tlip loss of life and accidents
among the workmen has been
at almost the fading point, it is
stated. i
later.
They
street.
live on
Many varieties of butterflies However, nu
have a fragrance, usually a pine not expected until some time in
or flower odor. 1944.
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Anderson, LeRoy. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1943, newspaper, December 31, 1943; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth527017/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.