The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 93, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1941 Page: 2 of 8
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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas
Thursday, April 3, 1941
Isk Sib Sera?
It’s HARD to but EASY to pick a winning oil
HOLLYWOOD KNOWS there is no royal road
to finding future movie stars, no sure-fire plan
for picking tomorrow’s box office favorites.
But when you want a top-ranking performer among
lubricants, you don't have to make expensive "tests”...
you need not depend on mere surface appearance. This
is why:
Phillips, the great independent of the petroleum in-
dustry, with a well-earned reputation for giving greater
value, makes this straightforward statement: If you want
our best oil, remember we specify that Phillips 66 Motor
Oil is our finest quality ... the highest grade and greatest
value . . . among all the oils we offer.
Every time a new 1,000-mile mark clicks up on your
speedometer, play safe with your motor by draining and
refilling with fresh lubricant. And play fair with your
budget by asking for Phillips 66 Motor Oil at the Orange
and Black 66 Shield.
Phillips Finest Quality
FOR SALE — One thoroughbred
collie pup. 701 North Madden
Street, Shamrock. 93-2tp
WANTED — Frame building in
shape to be torn down and lumber
reused. Must be reasonable. Sham-
rock Floral. 93-ltc
LOST—Ivory cameo brooch, last
Monday, in Shamrock. Finder
please leave same at Texan office
or return to Mrs. Albert Manby.
Reward offered. 91—4e
LOANS
EMERGENCY crop and feed
loans for 1941 are now avail-
able to farmers in Wheeler
County whose cash require-
ments are small and who
cannot obtain a loan from
any other source. Applica-
tions for these loans are now
being received by John L.
Jones, Field Supervisor, of
the Emergency Crop and
Feed Loan Section of the
Farm Credit Administration
fit the places listed below:
J. B Zeigler’s office,
Shamrock
County Agent’s office,
Wheeler
Proper Method
Of Pruning Is
Easily Learned
COLLEGE STATION — There is
no mystery about the proper meth-
od of pruning plants.
Pruning, says Sadie Hatfiela, Ex-
tension specialist In landscape
gardening for A. and M. College, is
chiefly cutting away undesirable
wood. Many of the shrubs which
bloom early grow from several
shoots and sprouts. This makes
pruning them a fairly simple task.
“If pruning is carefully and
thoughtfully done, it may develop
into an art from which much plea-
sure Is derived,” the specialist says.
“Ordinarily too much time is put
on the promotion of growth in
plants at the expense of their good
grooming through pruning.”
A few of the oldest shoots should
be cut off at the ground each year.
This relieves the plant of old and
rough branches. They soon are re-
placed by a new growth of sprouts.
Also It often is desirable to shorten
long and awkward looking branch-
es.
One of the fortunate things about
shrubs Is that they will grow and
soon cover up mistakes. Thus the
gardener is given a chance to ob-
serve and do better next time.
would pass into Interstate com-
merce. Judge Wilson said:
“They must be held to know that
which is of such common knowl-
edge that the courts may take ju-
dicial knowledge of It, viz., that
the greater percentage of all crude
oil produced In Texas, certainly
such as finds its way into major
pipe lines, goes out of our State,
though it may be in the form of
by-products, for ultimate consump-
tion. . . I hold the law is applica-
ble. I see no need of discussing
the authorities, there are many,
which support this view.”
TEXAN ADS GET RESULTS
Want Ads Only 15c
olumns
FOR SALE — 50 white leghorn
hens and bronze turkey eggs. Also
Orpington hen eggs. Mrs. J. |[
Washington, two miles south, 1-4
mile west Shamrock. 90—4te
RATES: One cent per word each
insertion, with a minimum of 15c
for any insertion. Display rate $1.00
per inch per month, with minimum
charge of $2.00.
CALL THE TEXAN — PHONE 160
FOR SALE—Milch cow. Also De-
Laval cream separator and ’36
model Ford coach. W. E. Tarbet.
90—4e
BARGAINS!
Wallpaper and Canvas
2 Days Service
On Improvement Loans
Cheap Interest ... No Down
Payments ... No Mortgages
Why Not Add a New
Room — New Fence
— New Garage?
Ft\INT & PAPER
We carry the largest stock of
building materials at reason-
able prices. Build now, before
prices rise.
Call Us for Carpenters,
Painters, Paperhangers
Use Sherwin-Williams Paints
We have everything you need
In building.
WHITE HOUSE
LUMBER CO.
"Dependable Building Service
Since 1898”
Phone 80 106 N. Madden
FOR SALE OR TRADE—Wheat-
land John Deere Tractor. Bargain.
See Charley Duncum. 82-tfc
FOR PROMPT AND
DEPENDABLE WORK
Bring Me Your Leather
Repairing Of Every Kind.
NEW LOCATION
South Of Johnson Hotel
Banks Shoe Shop
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. . . GAS HEATERS !
. . . GAS RANGES
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... OIL RANGES
We specialize in used stoves §
and guarantee all our stoves |
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New & Used Furniture |
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FOR SALE—Teams and tools, al-
so farm for rent. See E. M. Er-
skine, Lela. 92—4e
Some goc-d buys In used typewrit-
ers. Terms if desired. THE SHAM-
ROCK TEXAN.
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Accounting and Tax Services
FOR SALE — Thoroughbred Per-
cheron stallion, 7 years old. W. E.
Rainwater, 15 miles west and 3
miles south of Shamrock. 90-5tp
Office at 112 West Second Street
(In Bill Walker’s Office)
Office Hours Begin at 8 P. M.
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BRENNER PASS,-1941
Neon & Painted Signs
Good Signs Are Not Cheap
Cheap Signs Are Not Good
PHONE 377
For Estimates
TEXAN ADS GET RESULTS
THE BEST WAY
TO FENCE!
Cut your fencing costs and time
% with the new
ELECTRIC FENCER
(Pat. Applied For) Mfg. by
JOHNTSON Radio Service
Shamrock, Texas
It’s new! It’s different! Teaches
the stock to respect the wire
wherever they see it. Built to
last a iife-tlme. Each unit ab-
solutely guaranteed. ONLY $8.50.
Come in and see it today or
write us for a free demonstration
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The American people shortly will
be expected to buy several billion
dollars worth of United States Sav-
ings Bonds and stamps as a con-
tribution or Investment in our na-
tional defense program. They also
will be required to pay much hea-
vier taxes for financing a portion
of rearmament cost.
Our huge defense program, In-
cluding aid for Britain, will soon
alter its form from that of a re-
mote abstraction to a real affair
for millions of Americans. The sav-
ings bond drive will be like the
Liberty Bond campaigns of World
War days, and since the denomina-
tions of stamps and bonds will
range from 10 cents to $10,000,
practically everybody will be ex-
pected to buy them.
While the defense securities will
bear a moderate rate of interest,
about 2% per cent, If held until
maturity 10 years hence, and hence
will be Investments, they will di-
vert a portion of the individual or
family income away from ordinary
channels In the same manner that
defense taxes will. But since the
American people will respond over-
whelmingly to the call of thfjjj-
Government, the purchase of de-
fense securities should not fall
heavily on any class. The job will
not be formidable if enough people
collaborate with the Government.
This widespread response will be
an impressive demonstration of the
patriotism and unity of the Ameri-
can people. They must now back
their loyalty with their money to
convince the aggressor powers that
our people are ready to undergo
personal sacrifice for the preserva-
tion of freedom and for the defeat
of the Axis, which threatens the
world democracies with enslave-
ment.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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The twenty-five per cent of the
people in the United States living
on the land are furnishing 50 per
cent of the increase In the coun-
try’s population, according to the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
SECOND PRIZE WINNER
Mrs. Alla Barrier, 1210 Sayles Boulevard, Abilene, Texas, winner of sec-
ond prize of $50,000 in the third week’s Admiration Happiness contest.
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inadvisable to use winter
varieties of barley for spring sow-
ing and expect it to produce, C. B.
Cross, Oklahoma A. and M. Col-
lege agronomist cautions.
PLAY SAFE.
SAFETY — Drive right into the
Huckins Fireproof connecting
garage. Your car and contents
will be absolutely safe.
Day rate____________________25c
Day and Night In and out—50c
THIRD PRIZE WINNER
Mrs. Buddy Fisher, Box 417, Bren ham, Texas, winner of third prize
of $25.00 in the third week’s Admiration Happiness contest.
Federal Court Holds
Wage-Hour Law Covers
Oil Field Employees
VENIENCE — In the heart of
he city and cc yenient to ev-
erything.
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COMFORT—Being the most com-
pletely Air Conditioned hotel in
the city, it offers greater Com-
fort Winter or Summer.
-Huckins quality is nev-
er questioned. Our patrons ex
pect it as a matter of course.
Delightful rooms with
as low as $2.00.
I HUCKINS HOTEL
| “Where Old Friends Meet”
|| Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Throughout the oil industry In , employees’ regular rate of pay upon
the Southwest, employers and em-j which to compute overtime com-
ployees are studying a Federal pensation is determined by dividing
Court opinion which is of extra-; the actual number of hours worked
ordinary importance to that Indus- : each week into the weekly wage,
try- j This sustains the formula set forth
Judges James C. Wilson, United | by the Wage and Hour Division in
States District Court for the Fort | paragraph 12 of Interpretative Bul-
Worth Division of the Northern letin No. 4.
District of Texas, has held that
ordinary oil field workers. Includ-
ing those engaged In the operation
of "stripper” wells, are covered by
the Federal Wage-Hour Law, be-
cause most crude oil, certainly that
which finds its way into major pipe
lines, goes out of the state, although
it may be in the form of by-prod-
ucts, and therefore is in interstate
commerce. Accordingly, the opin-
ion holds that such workers must
be paid overtime at time and one-
half their regular rate of pay for
hours worked in excess of 40 per
week.
This decision was made in a suit
brought by H. H. Brown and other
employees against R. F. St. John,
an oil producer in the Amity Field,
Comanche County, Texas, to recov-
er overtime pay claimed by them
under the Wage-Hour Law. The
court sustained the claim but did
not set out the specific amount of
money to be paid them.
Judge Wilson also ruled that the
The employer, St. John, used a
different method of figuring weekly
wages and contended that method
was all right as long as it exceeded
the statutory minimum, 30 cents
per hour and 45 cents per hour for
overtime. Judge Wilson said this
method “is purely a fictional rate
of pay.” (The method used by St.
John).
A question of the employer’s
method of computing wages was
involved in the recent Dallas News
case, which was decided in favor
of TJie News by Federal Judge Wil-
liam H. Atwell, Dallas. That case
is now being appealed by the Wage
and Hour Division.
In deciding the St. John case,
Judge Wilson referred to the Dal-
las News case and observed that
the opinion in The News case was
apparently contrary to what he
holds in the St. John case.
In the latter case the defendants
contended they did not intend or
know that their oil or by-products
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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN
Published Every Monday and Thursday
Afternoon by Albert Cooper, Ted Rogers
and Arval Montgomery. 407 N. Main St.
Albert Cooper _______________ Publisher
Arval Montgomery -------------- Editor
Virginia Anderson ---------- Society Editor
J. C. Howell __________ Local Advertising
Ted Rogers __________ Mechanical Supt.
PHONE 160
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Of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rate by
Mail, in Wheeler and adjoining counties,
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Delivery. 5c per week. It is our desire to
five subscribers prompt and satisfactory
service and we will appreciate your noti-
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NOTICt TO PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon the char-
acter, standing or reputation of any per-
son, firm or corporation, which may ap-
pear in the columns of this paper will be
gladly corrected upon due notcle being
given to the editor personally at the office
at 407 North Main St., Shamrock, Texas.
Winners For Fourth Week
FIRST PRIZE WINNER
Mrs. Allen B. Hill, 1409 Mesquite Street, Corpus Christi, Texas winner
of first prize of $100.00 in the third week’s Admiration Happiness
contest and a chance at the $1,000.00 Grand Prize.
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 93, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1941, newspaper, April 3, 1941; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528154/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.