The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 26, 1943 Page: 8 of 10
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Government Own
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Land In The U. S.
What is (being’ watched with
much apprehension is the fact
that the U. S. Government is ac-
quiring at an alarming rate
land in this country, until it now
owns one-fifth of all the land.
“While some of it was acquired
for national emergency, it is re-
ported that excessive amounts
have been purchased since 1938.
Consequently taxes on such
land will be lost to the govern-
ment and higher taxes for pri
vately owned lands will be the
result. A special committee
looking into the matter recently
recommended a curtailment, and
that immediate liquidation of all
surplus holdings be had.
A special committee investigat-
ing the matter found the follow-
ing facts whidh we reproduce:
The government now owns one-
fifteenth of all the land area of
the United States. This area
totals 383,800,533 acres—equal
in size to the combined areas of
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts.
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, Connecti-
cut, Pennsylvania, New York,
Newr Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
West Virginia, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Florida, Ohio, Alabama,
Kentucky, and Indiana. Most of
this land is owmed by the De-
partments of Agriculture and In-,
terior in use for grazing, forest
reservations, and public domain.
The Federal government owns
overt 78 per cent of Nevada, 68
per cent of Utah, 60 per cent of
Idaho, 45 per cent of Wyoming,
44 per cent of Oregon, 42 per
cent of Arizona, 41 per cent of
California. Most of this land is
public domain. Compared with
this it owns only 25 per cent of
the District of Columbia. Until
June, 1940, this land with im-
provements cost the United
States over 5 billion dollars.
The War Department has ac-
quired through purchase by con-
demnation, option, transfer and
other means 17,308.636 acres of
land in the past 21i years. The
total land in use for war pur-
poses includes an area equal to
Connecticut. Delaware, Maryland,
(Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Ver-
mont, and one-half of Maine—
some 43,181,000 acres. (Part of
this was previously in the public
domain.
During the war period the
War Department has purchased
12 hotels, the Navy Department
2. The War Department has
leased 545 hotels at an annual
rental of about 1154 minion
dollars; the Navy Department an
estimated 42 hotels at 2 la mil-
lion dollars; the Coast Guard
some 69 hotels for nearly la
million dollars annually. Some
of these have been returned to
private ownership.
The committee finds that no
unform method idf acqusition,
disposal and recording of Fed-
eral real estate holdings is now'
extant. The 60-odd Federal
tablishfments are all on a parity
as to administrative control and
responsibility, each functioning
in its own separate spheree, yet
none equipped to assemble and1
correlate the information on new
land and property requirements,
surplus property disposition, fu-
ture utilization, and the custody|
of the greatly expanded Federal
holdings. In other word* no one
knows how much land the gov-
ernment owns, where it is, or
h'w* much it costs. It is the stud.
central office providing t.b ■
ied opinion of the committee that
a centra! office piwiding flie
necessary facilities for the acqui-
sition, abstracting, tiltin record-
ing, and disposition n* Federally
owned and controlled lands is ur-
gently needed.
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Joe Ward Promoted With WU
Joe Ward for seven years
. manager of the local Western
Union telegraph office, has been
named as district manager with
headquarters in Denison. His
territory will cover from the Rio
Grande to Louisiana, and to
the coasts, but not including the
big cities. Taking the Denison
office will he Miss Elizabeth
Bumpass, who has been in the
serviee here for the past 14
years. Joe is one of Denison’s
most popular young business
men and is active in civic affairs.
He started with the company at
Jefferson in 1929.
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Put your savings
into war bonds every
payday.
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FOR THE BLESSINGC OF LIBERTY....
FOR. THE ABUNDANCE OF THIS GREAT LAND...
FOR THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR.. .. / J„
OUR FOREFATHERS GAVE THANKS.
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FOR OUR PRIVILEGE TODAY:
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DYNAMIC PROGRESS
OF A FREE PEOPLE.
TO BEND EVERY EFFORT TOWARD A COMPLETE
Victory for this principle of freedom.
TO GUARD OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE WELL
THAT WE MAY PASS IT ON,-CLEAR
AND STRONG-TO OUR CHILDREN FOREVER.
LET US GIVE THANKS.
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Let Us All Be
Thankful 1943
On this day sot apart ir a special
manner for Americans to give thanks,
there is much for which we should show
our thankfulness. In each heart there
are reasons known to that person for the
occasion, for being thankful, so let every
one manifest that thankfulness in his owr.
v»ay that is the Democratic America we
all love and for which our dear Boys are
now fighting to maintain.
The Kingston Drug Store
MRS, C. D. KINGSTON
CHAS. HARRIS
. One solution for the baby trans-
portation problem, now acute be-
cause of metal shortages, is seen
here in the form of a baby basket
of canvas material. It was pat-
terned after metal baskets, now out
of production, in which wood was
carried to the fireplace. To insure
baby against bumps, wooden crate
units may be placed on the bottom-
and ends of the conveyance.
Pictured above is Gov. Coke Stevenson signing a proclama-
tion urging Texas residents to do their part in the Christmas
seal sale, which supports the work of the Texas Tuberculosis
association and its affiliated local organizations. The seal sale
opens Nov. 22 and will continue till C.hriatmaa.
O’Connell Retires From (Katy
After 43 Years of Service
After working for a period of
43 years with the Katy, E. L.
O’Connell, a dispatcher, has de-
cided to retire from active serv-
ice and take a much needed rest.
Starting as a messenger boy at
Hannibal, Mo.( his birthplace, Mr.
O’Connell has worked his way to
the highest place in his chosen
field.
He lives at 600 Sears street
w'here he has one of the attract-
ive homes of Denison. His wife
is the former Miss Marie Cbolvin
of Dallas, W'hom he married June
15, 1919. They will continue to
make their home here.
Discretion: Something
learn after you are too old
it to do you any good.
you
for
An understanding wifo is one
who has a steak ready when you
come in from a long day of fish-
ing.
| Sit on ’em Hard!
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BE THANKFUL FOR....
America and its Privileges
and Freedoms
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MADE IN DENISON UNDER ITS' OWN ROOF
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Anderson, LeRoy. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 26, 1943, newspaper, November 26, 1943; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth527580/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.