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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas
Thursday, June 25, 1942
Published Every THURSDAY by Albert
Cooper. Ted Rogers and Arval Montgom-
ery, 407 N. Main St.
Albert Cooper __________
Arval Montgomery ______
....... _ Editor
Virginia Anderson ------
..... Society Editor
Local Advertising
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gladly corrected upon due notice being
given to the editor personally at the office
at 407 North Main St., Shamrock, Texas.
Rubber Not
Developed
CHICAGO—No chemical miracle
will give the American public the
rubber that it wants to shod its
tires, Dr. Thomas Midgley, Jr., in-
ventor of the tetraethyl anti-knock
material for gasoline, warned here
in receiving the Willard Gibbs med-
al, high chemical honor.
Fundamentally, America’s acute
shortage of rubber is due to the
mental slothfulness" of rubber ex-
perts who failed to separate rubber
from plants growing in our own
country and who do not yet know
Ediforici
Views of Contemporaries
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UNIFORM i in conquering and defeating foes
The glamorless aspect of the who would stamp out our Demo-
army’s summer uniform is some- ‘ cracy. “This is your army,” is the
thing which somebody ought to do words being sent out by officers to
something about. It probably is com- \ the people of America.—CLYDE
fortable, but there is absolutely no WARWICK in Canyon News,
oomph to it. One cannot readily; -
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HISTORY REPEATS
The world is coming to an end,
says the Pessimist These are the j — ^^ Zusetul pro-'
worst of all possible times. Yet, it . whlle gel rubber does not un-
we riffle back through the pages of ^ ,s mixed ln the alr to give
I ..* !,Ve„T, VHJZZ. a material Quite similar to sol rub-
ber.
Extension of rubber chemical
theory might well lead, Dr. Midgley
said, to better and less expensive
synthetic rubber than we now have.
distinguish between a soldier and 100 PER CENT AMERICAN
a uniformed filling station attend- 1 Her son is in the U. S. Navy and
........ .... - ant. The only touch of color is the we were talking about the war. We
the fundamentals of rubber even bflreiy visible piping on the cap. both agreed that we needed more
though they have been studying j Just wby bjgber military authority of the morale of the boys doing
this material for a century, Dr. prescrit>ed that the tie should be of the fighting. “But what makes me
the same color as the shirt is hard mad," she said as her eyes started
to understand. The black tie form- flashing, “is the atitude of some of
erly worn was dull enough and the the people toward the war bond
o.d. tie now required is even more issue. I talked with a mother the
so. other day and she remarked, ‘We are
There is an opportunity, in con- not buying any bonds. We already
nection with the tie, to give the have a boy in the service and we
uniform a proper touch. Each think that is enough.’
He blamed the confusion that has branch of the service has, tradi- "Well, I don’t feel that way about
existed among rubber chemists to ] tionally, its own particular color; it,” this mother continued. “In fact
I a lack of appreciation that natural blue for infantry, red for artillery, we are buying a bond a month BE-
rubber contains two kinds of rub- yellow for cavalry, buff for the CAUSE we do have a boy in the
ber, a sol rubber and a gel rubber q. m„ blue and gold for the air service and we want him brought
I that seem to be chemically the same ! corps and so on. Why shouldn’t back home. If all of us who have
but physically are different. Sol! each branch of the service have sons in the armed forces were to say
neckties using its colors? It would . that is the limit of our war effort,
relieve the drabness of the uni- j there would be powerful little done
form, promote esprit de corps, and, to win this war by the folks back
CANADIAN PLANS
BIG CELEBRATION
LAKE MARVIN WILL BE SCENE
OF 4TH OF JULY PARTY;
PUBLIC IS INVITED
tops in her class.
Apparently gasoline rationing is
going into effect and Canadian of-
ficials and citizens are preparing to
make this celebration a gala climax
for the duration and to those visi-
tors who will probably make this
their one and last vacation until
the war is won, all of Hemphill
County invites you to attend the
many program events they have
planned for your entertainment at
Midgley said.
"Do not give credence to fanci-
ful rumors that some mysterious in-
ventor, like the White Knight in
Alice in Wonderland, can suddenly
supply huge amounts of rubber or
a satisfactory substitute from no-
where,” Dr. Midgley said.
considered the worst of all possible
ages.
Times appparently have always
been hard and difficult and dan-
gerous in this world of ours. Are
you worried, for instance, about
the staggering load of taxes you
are carrying? An ancient clay tab-
let in the British Museum records
the story of a man, more than
forty centuries ago. who tried in
desperation to chisel his income
taxi
Does the threat of inflation both-
er you? Of course it does. But it’s
nothing new. They had inflation as
long ago as 415 B. C. in old Greece,
at the time of the war between
Athens and Corinth. The Athenians
hoarded their sound, solid silver
‘owls' and hid them away in .pots in
the walls—that’s why our numis-
vital function performed in our
transportation scheme by our fleet
of passenger owners. We should es-
chew the hangover of the ‘pleasure
car’ concept from our transportation
philosophy. Let our fleet of pass-
enger cars be demobilized and there
will inevitably be placed on mass
transportation a burden that may
well break it down and do enor-
mous damage to the war effort of
the country.”
America without automobiles . . .
would be weak.
Ask John Jones, war worker. He
matists have been able to gather i knows. He lives 28 miles from his
job. No bus. No train. Nothing but
his car to count on.
Or ask Ben Brown, farmer. He
knows, too. He's got to have a car.
He’s got to get to town with food
to make America strong.
Ask any of millions of others who
do the nation’s "necessity driving."
such magnificent collections of
Greek coins. In Egypt, in the infla-
tion of 333 A. D„ money was so de-
based that a $500 home finally re-
quired a mortgage of $1,000,000 for
security, and wircat cost, $2,500 a
bushel. We, here in America, in our
early pioneer days even had an in-
flation ln Indian wampum! But,! The doctors, engineers, industrial
with all this, the world didn’t come executives—men who supply the “ef.
to an end. j fort" that makes the war effort go.
Listen to this: “It is a gloomy; Take these men off wheels, and
moment of history. Never has there j you’ll be taking the punch out of
been so much grave and deep ap- | America’s offensive,
prehension. The resources of the i “Transportation,” it was decided
British Empire are sorely tried, and after a recent study by the National
are yet to be tried more sorely, and Highway Users Conference, “is as
of our own troubles no man can see , essential as production in our ef-
the end.” That sounds familiar j fort to achieve victory. Producing
doesn’t it? But is isn’t from a re- the things we need and using the
cent newspaper—it’s quoted from an j things we produce necessitate mov-
editorial written in 1857! ; ing men and materials when and
You see—civilization is always 1 where they are needed. Fulfillment
coming to an end, yet it never does, , of the obligation to keep a fighting
—WILFRED FUNK in “Your Life." i America on the move involves gi-
-o- gantic all-out efforts by all agencies
LET'S KEEP AMERICA [of transportation.”
ON WHEELS j “Agencies of transportation”—that
"Don’t sell your car . . . don’t put includes us. When we are wonder-
it in storage, but use it wisely.” So ing if we are “essential" let us re-
declared the American Automobile member this. Let us remember the
Association recently, through its vital importance of the job we are
president. Thos. P. Henry, of De- doing . . . right here . . . right now.
trolt. Let us remember that America on
“There should be a real stocktak- wheels, America on the move
make it easy to distinguish be-
tween a soldier and a dairy truck
driver.—JOHN GOULD in Wichita
Falls Daily Times.
PROBLEM
The Womes’s Page tells us girls
to "emphasize your best features.”
This may be good advice for those
who have them in plural quantities
but I can’t brag only on my cooking
and I can’t go up and down the
home. Hundreds of thousands of
parents have boys in the service
and we’re buying bonds and stamps
because we want those boys given
the equipment with which to pro-
tect themselves and brought safely
back home to us.—ED BISHOP in
Dalhart Texan,
OPTIMISM
A defeatist attitude will not win
j the war, neither will it make for
„ , I community growth. That there is
street offering all likely-looking reason for such an attitude
males my apple pie. Or, can I?
GERTIE HASKETT in Childress
County News.
■ among business men is the fact that
’ in most cases business volume is
; right up with this same time last
| year. This thing of getting scared
of the future has no place in our
NUISANCE STUFF
A loud guy harangues us over the , ^tadT right now7~ATlong as things
radio and finally winds up by say- arg M weU Bs they are and the
ing he is a self-made man. It s de- j prospect 0f winning the war remains
cent of him to take all the blame ' brigbti Why not take a more op-
for his own short-comings.—J. C. j timistic View 0f the situation? In
any case we have a long way to trav-
el before things get as bad as they
are in the old countries.—T. A.
LANDERS in McLean News.
, “ ■ | timistic view of the
ESTLACK in Donley County News. I
WE RE OUT TO WIN
That Uncle Sam is in dead earn-
est about winning this war is man-
ifested on every hand. Great man-
ufacturing plants are under con- 300 DAHLIA BULBS
struction all over Texas. Before j PLANTED AT WTSC
snow flies again it will not be the
case of getting there "too late with | CANYON—The trial grounds
too little” if we can build ships fast the Southwestern Dahlia
of
Society,
enough to csrry the war materials. I located on the West Texas State
Soldiers, hundreds of them, are College grounds near the Panhandle-
to be seen on every hand and on , Plains museum, will be a thing of
every train. They are an intelligent { beauty next fall,
looking group of young men. Talk j More than 300 dahlia roots and
to them and they tell you that the ! plants have been planted. These
army is okay. They would prefer ! have come from many states. Con-
bbing at home, but realize that ' gressman Eugene Worley obtained
they have a job to do. They want to j a dozen choice roots from the U. S.
get in there and whip hell out of botanical gardens. Planting of dah-
the Japs and Hitler, and then go lias will cease soon, according to
back to their old jobs and to their ^ Dr. A. M. Meyer, chairman of the
families. A large part of the officers j trial grounds committee,
are fresh from the civilian ranks. Borders of the plot are being
They are doing a swell job. They planted in snapdragons, asters, and
are human in their treatment of ether bright flowers which will af-
the men, and are very anxious for ford some protection for the dahlias,
the people to know that the army 1 A. L. Tarlton, campus gardener, is
is trying to do the will of the nation ■ in charge of the grounds.
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VJE DO MOT HAVE FIVE
FINGERS
ON EACH
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(PROOF NEXT THURSDAY)
CANADIAN—For the past twenty
years this city has been host to the
Panhandle each July 4th with a j Lake Marvin July 4 and 5.
gala celebration and this year is!
no exception despite the fact the
Anvil Park Rodeo has been can-
celled due to War conditions. The
scene changes to Lake Marvin, near
this city, with one of the most com-
plete out-door celebrations yet seen
in the Eastern Panhandle.
Lake Marvin attempted to hold an
opening celebration earlier this year
when Avengers of Pearl Harbor were
sworn into the Navy. One of the
hardest rains in the history of
Hemphill county prevented thous-
ands from reaching the lake so this
July 4-5 celebration will have a dual
purpose—opening celebration and a
patriotic gathering of West Texas
people.
Dancing, floor show attractions,
Army and Navy officials to be pre-
sented, swimming and diving ex-
hibitions, boat racing, bathing re-
vue, water skiing, boat rides, a fish-
ing rodeo, picnic and camping, band
concerts, singing and scores of other
attractions are on the program. All
entertainment events with the ex-
ception of dancing is free to the
public and no admission to the lake
is ever charged.
Beginning Saturday night, July 4.
When Pinky Powell and his band
play the music for the opening of
the week-end fun menu through
another dance Sunday night, July
5, will each minute be filled with
some major attraction. Appearing at
each dance and again on the Sun-
day afternoon program will be the
stars of the floor show attraction
composed of the Certain-teed Trio
of the Pantex Plant and Barney
Agle, well known master of cere-
monies, singer and funster. The
Trio is composed of Col. Olivia Eas-
tus, former featured artist of the
158th Infantry Band of Camp
Barkeley; DeLaine Williams, soloist
and accordion artist, known as $he
“Sweetheart of the Lions Club,” and |
Miss Edyth Strickland, Blues singer
known to all radio fans. These three j
beautiful girls are loaned the cele- |
bration visitors through the courtesy |
of the Pantex-Certain-teed Corpo-
ration and Agle is loaned through
courtesy of Braniff Airways. Their
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DATE
No less than four Presidents 4
the United States died or
born on July 4. John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson died on the same
day, July 4, 1826; James Monroe
died on the same date in 1831;
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and Calvin Coolidge was bom JvVr
4, 1872. *
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miles of land and 3,498 square miles
of water Surface, a total of 265,896.
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1942, newspaper, June 25, 1942; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528631/m1/2/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.