The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 64, Ed. 1 Monday, December 18, 1939 Page: 6 of 8
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TH' MOOWS ABOUT
TOWN, LUCKY/ WHAT
WILL WE DO WITH,
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FOR THE
RIVER/
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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texaa
BARBS
Life Is a Fight—for 33-Ounce Baby
A CARNEGIE Corporation ofll-
cial assails the “preposterous”
number of academic degrees
awarded. They’re almost as easy
to get as driver’s licenses.
» * *
Incidentally, wasn’t there an-
other war somewhere along the
Western Front?
* » *
The League of Nations may not
kick out Russia after all. Prob-
ably afraid the insult would go
over Joe Stalin’s head.
• * *
Interference with a Finnish
'Yadio appeal for help from the
rest of the world was probably
engineered by Russia who
doesn’t like tattletales.
» * *
Maybe one way to solve the
budget problem would be to invite
everyone in the country to a Jack-
son Day dinner.
* * *
rrVHE tattooing business is boom-
ing, with orders for American
flags coming in fast. This is an
age when no American wants to
be mistaken for an enemy gun-
boat.
* • •
The New York City tax law
; says bluntly that you can't
'■ bring cigarets in from neighbor-
i ing states to evade payment of
I the tax. And no butts.
* * *
j President Roosevelt has bee:
assured of carrying the Hth as-
sembly district of New York if
he should run again, so what.,
stopping him from tossing in the
hat?
Colorado hunters must ask
permission of farmers on whose
lands they want to shoot. As-
sumedly to determine whether
, the elk they want to kill might
I not be Flossy the cow.
Russia still insists she's not ;■
jwar with Finland. Any similarity
!to living nations is purely homi-
cidal. ,
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Science rallied all its resources to fight for the life of the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Rickard of North Scituate,
Mass. Born three months prematurely and weighing only 32
ounce j, doctors gave her a 50-50 chance to live. She is pictured in
her tent in a Providence, R. I., hospital, where she gets oxygen
through the lube and is fed alternate “meals" of brandy and goat’s
milk every three hours. ,
THIEVES TAKE, OF ALL
THINGS, HORSE COLLARS
FARMERS CAN SAVE
MONEY BY BUYING
COTTONSEED NOW
COLLEGE STATION — By pur-
chasing their cottonseed for plant
ing this winter rather than waiting
until spring, Texas cotton farmers
can save money. F. E. Lichte, cot-
ton gin specialist for the A. and M.
College Extension Service, points
out that fall prices are ordinarily
cheaper than those quoted after
January 1.
Pooling of orders will increase the
savings to farmers since they can
get the benefit of wholesale price.
In many instances, cotton ginners
and cotton warehouse men in Texas
have been aiding in the purchase
and distribution of planting seed in
lots.
SWEETWATER (UP)—If anyone
tries to sell you a “hot" horse collar
(supposing you were the kind of
guy who looked like he might be in
the market for hot horse collars)
local police would appreciate noti-
fication.
Thieves practically moved a local
lumber company which they raided
here recently. After the yeggs failed
to get only a few dollars from the
blasted safe they hauled away,
among other things:
Horse collars, linoleum, paint,
paint brushes, stoves, axes, screen
wire, nails, two Remington .22 rifles,
one Marlin .22 rifle and numerous
other small articles.
The stolen merchandise amounted
to more than $500.
HOSPITAL TO BUY
SECOND IRON LUNG
LAS CRUCES. N. M. (UP)-Suf-
ficient funds have been obtained to
buy an additional iron lung for the
Carrie Tingley Hospital at Hot
Springs, N. M., former Gov. Clyde
Tingley said on a visit here.
The purchase of another iron lung
would make the hospital the only
one in the United States equipped
with two of the machines. At pres-
ent there are 70 children in the hos-
pital.
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“The best method of feeding hogs
for market is to keep them on full
feed from birth until they are fat
enough to sell," says C. P. Thomp-
son, of the animal husbandry de-
partment of Oklahoma A. and M.
College.
Thursday, December 14, 19^9
Proposal Made urn
Surplus Cotton Over To
National Defense Dept.
BURGLARS ASKED NOT
TO DISTURB WATCHMAN
J. H.
LAS CRUCES, N. M. (UP) — A
proposal to turn cotton held by the
federal government over to national
defense purposes as a means of dis-
position of the surplus crop has
been advanced by W. T. Scroggin.
He will present his plan to the Na-
tional Cotton Council as a repre-
sentative of New Mexico grqwers.
“No prosperity can come to cotton
farmers until loans and subsidies are
eliminated," Scroggin said, “These
subsidies cannot be eliminated when
nearly 26 million bales of American
cotton are available while only 11
million will bo needed.”
He suggested that as a means of
overcoming this condition, the Unit-
ed States government notify farm-
, ers that after a 60-day period It will
take over title to all cotton In Its
possession not redeemed by the
farmer. The seized cotton then
would be withdrawn from channels
of commerce and warehoused among
army camps of the nation, to be re-
leased as needed for purposes of na-
tional defense.
"Then the farmer will not be beg-
ging people to buy cotton." Scrog-
gin said.
He foresaw in the elimination of
the accumulated surplus a return
to a "balanced prosperity" among
farmers of the nation.
"The farmers of the south can use
their lands for cotton and not be
forced to grow crops now raised in
the middle west. Thus we can main-
tain a balanced prosperity for all
America," he said.
Scroggin termed cotton loans of
only temporary benefits to farmers
and blamed the loans for the plight
of American cotton farmers.
“They have priced American cot-
ton out of the world markets. This
accounts for the fact that farmers
today find no ready buyers for their
commodity.”
The Lake Carl Blackwell project
area and game preserve is being used
by Oklahoma A. and M. College to
carry out an extensive wildlife study
and research.
SWEETWATER (UP)
Tubb, wholesale grocery concern
manager, after a recent robbery of
his establishment proposed this win-
dow sign:
"Quiet I Don't disturb our night
watchman, he Is asleep 1"
At the time of the robbery, a
check-up revealed, the night watch-
man was asleep on a bed in the back
of the warehouse. But his presence,
Tubb asserted, must have been dis-
covered by the intruders. They took
nothing.
DIAMOND MERCHANTS
THINK WAR IS MOST
SUCCESFUL CUPID
FORT WORTH (UP)—Diamond
merchants here believe the2 most
successful Cupid Is war.
Advance Christmas sales of dia-
monds sho wa marked Increase and
merchants believe the threat #Jf
America’s participation In the con-
flict has given tremendous Impetus
to engagements and marriages.
"Whatever It Is,” one said, “they're
sure getting married and they’re
sure buying diamonds.”
THE GIFT SEASON IN WASHINGTON
Drive by and take some home!
Fresh Cooked
MEATS
Barbecue and Roast
Every Day!
Holland Grocery
715 N. Main St.
lake Your Carton Coupons to TEXAS THEATRE.
EVEN IF WE ARE SEEM, NOBODY WILL
KNOW RED RYDER'S BODY IS WRAPPED
IM THOSE i nri ~ n i
THEM LET’S SHOVE OW TOWARD
- TH' RIVER RIGHT AWAY/
Lucky
DRAKE
AMD HIS
HENCHMAN,
I"Shark”
V RAP THE i
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FORM JF
RED
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PLACE IT
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HORSE
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FOR THE
RIVER,
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HERE CSOESY
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TH' EVI-
DENCE
AGAINST
US
(Starting Dec. 1st, 5 coupons will admit one adult; 2 coupons will admit one child under 12. Good except Wednesdays and Saturdays)
ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM
^Office w
✓
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Rockets of noise from hammer-blow
typewriters fatigue the human mind.
Poor-running machines turn out
“blacksinithy” correspondence thal
hurts the prestige of your firm. Why
put up with the nuisance of a run-
down machine when we can put one
in tip-top shape at such small
charges?
Let Us Repair Your
T ypewriter
We know how to repair typewrit-
ers. We reside here in Wheeler
county and will be here to make
good if one cf our jobs doesn’t stand
up. As references we give you
Wheeler county officials and many
school teachers and business men.
You will find our prices lower than
most fly-by-night mechanics who
call on you.
FOR ONLY
$4.00
We will clean, oil and make neces-
sary adjustments on any make of
typewriter.
PLATEN INSTALLED
FOR ONLY $2.00
Why Pay More?
E. J. COOPER
“A Home Man”
Leave your calls at The Shamrock
Texan office, phone ISA.
RED RYDER
KINDA SMART, AREN'T YOU.RYPER? MAYBE
you LEARNED MORE THAN WAS GOOD FOR
/2-/S-
\ THIS IS RYDER'S W
1 LAST RIDE,
LUCKY/ ^|IgM
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-By FRED HARMAN
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 64, Ed. 1 Monday, December 18, 1939, newspaper, December 18, 1939; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528101/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.