The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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WAR BOND SALES
JN COUNTY TOTAL
$5,400 LAST WEEK
7%e* SHAMROCK
NOVEMBER QUOTA OF $28,100
ALMOST DOUBLED, REPORT
®*OF CHAIRMAN REVEALS
War bond and stamp mien In
Wheeler County for the week, Be-'
ceraber 14 through 19, amounted to
tf «100.00, according to report* by
S J. Holt, County Chairman and
Mr*. Frank Mitcham, eeoretary-
manager of the .Shamrock Cham-
ber of “
TEXAN
Crime Wave Opens
With 3 Burglaries
VOL. 39
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1942
According to the report, the First
ti&Uonal Ba
Bank sold $4,106.25 In war
bondjs and stamps, the Farmers
and Merchants State Bank sold
$856.25. the Shamrock post office
$130.25 and Holt reported $50625
TRUCK OWNERS ARE
URGED HAVE TIRES
INSPECTED AT ONCE
JO CUm AAvrav * --------
fwin other parts of the county. Dalss i ——
aV* the First National Bank were POSSESSORS OF COMMERCIAL
boosted by the Christmas Concert
presented by the Shamrock Irish
Band at Clark Auditorium last
Thursday night, when admission
VEHICLES URGED AVOID
LAST MINUTE RUSH
aay rngm, wusu —— i owners of commercial motor ve-
cinld be gained only through the hides were reminded this week that
purchase of bonds or stamps. first tire inspections under Certifi-
Chatrman Holt reports that total cates of War Necessity must be made
sales In Wheeler County last month before January 15. N. F. Nelson, Am-
SAA AA A.aA AVMAtmf - _t 11 n TV1a$i4a4 XfllTlOffPl* fflT O m
amounted to $55,193.00, an amount
nearly double the $28,100 quota.
(1 check of the county-wide sales
on December 7, reveals that $21,000
worth of bonds and stamps were
sold on the Pearl Harbor anniver-
sary.
o
fix COLLECTOR TO
VISIT CITY JAN, 22
arillo District Manager for ODTs
division of motor transport, urged
that operators not wait uSgll the
last minute for a rush on approval
of tire inspectors but begin at once
to get the Inspections.
A commercial motor vehicle may
not lawfully be operated after Jan-
uary 15th without a Certificate of
War Necessity and an endorsement
by an approved tire inspector
on the Certificate, Mr. Nelson
said. After the first Inspection,
vehicles must be presented for
inspection every 80 days or every
W -- i inspection c»h, w -*-v- — ----
ATTENTION IS CALLED THAT 5 ^ mlleg whichever occurs first.
EXEMPTIONS MUST BE HAD purpose of the periodic tire ll
_A., Mnnfr mvainr irnTUDC ____ ________ *■»
NEW RATION BOOK
WILL BE ISSUED
Only a few hours before a Wheeler county grand jury
reported to Thirty-first district court at Wheeler “that there
have been very few violations of a felonious nature during
the past several months, a crime wave broke out in
Shamrock.
Some time Sunday night the insurance and real estate
- i office of Mayor Till Walker in the Farmers & Merchants
NO. 33 state Bank building was entered and approximately $50
' stolen. The burglary was discovered by the janitor Monday
morning when on entering the office he found papers and
checks littered about the floor.
The
RECORDS MUST BE
IN NEAR FUTURE m 0F M
ANIMALS BUTCHERED
DISTRIBUTION SHOULD BE
COMPLETED IN JANUARY,
OFFICIALS STATE
(50 which wu stolen bad
been left in a drawer in the front
office. Receipts are ordinarily placed
in the safe when the office is closed
but this was overlooked Saturday.
An envelope containing $45 more
was left by the burglars.
By coincidence, the home of Mrs.
Lois Baker, employee of Mayor
Walker’s office, was also burglarised
er County War Price and Rationing wuh the arrival of cool, "hog [ J. I. Long, employee of the Sham-
Board j killing” weather, the State OPA I rock Service Station, located on U.
Distribution to consumers of the 0(flce aglaln cftutions farmers, S. Highway 88 between Main and
“universal ration book” should be ranohmen and others wh0 slaughter i Madden streets, was knocked in the
completed during January, the Of- anlmals for home consumption as head with a soda pop bottle as he
flee of Price Administration states-- weU M for dellvery to othera that entered the station, and robbed It
themselves of about $35.
BY FIRST-TIME VOTERS
As a convenience to county tax-
jJP/ers, the office of T. L. Gunter,
Wheeler County tax assessor and
collector, announced this week that
Purpose of the periodic tire in-
spection Is to Insure proper tire
conservation. If an Inspector finds
that a tire needs repairing to insure
maximum service, he will withhold
his endorsement of the Certificate
of War Necessity or record form
couecior, snnuuutcu una u> 0f war necessity or imuiu .......
a representative will be In Mobeetle coverjng operations of the vehicle
on Saturday, Jan. 16, to receive tax untll the repairing has been done,
payments. If he finds any mechanical condl-
$T7lose wishing to pay taxes on cauaing undue wear, he like-
that day may do so at the First ^ recommend the necessary
state Bank of Mobeetle. repairs and will not sign the op-
A representative of the tax as- erator’s certificate until they have
sessor-collector will be in Shamrock made
a* Friday and Saturday, January --o -
sir»- deadline set for
UU11VC1 VUMWAS —------
fact that persons who have become
21 years old after January 1, 19W,
and before the time the electiotls
sail be neia in imj, niu» “ _
certificate of exemption on or before applicatioN PAPERS MUST
January 31, 1943, if they desire to BK POSTMARKED PRIOR
vote. Persons who were not a resi- ; TO JANUARY 31
dent of Texas on January X, 1942, j _
a,,, h... .(nr. hecome eligible to ... . „____ the Shamrock High School and at- oeen aavisea mat uus venipw.».y lt saw,
—, hv length of residence, must al- Small grain farmers . tended Terrill Junior College where procedure will be followed to provide since government
v! obtain a certificate of exemption until December 30 he majored in chemlstory and Eng- men for those three services pending f)ot possibly have ha
before January 31 1943- °n ^ear S cr0*3- .......lish and nprformed on the football comdeton of arrangements to draft nrintlmr lob within ’
-o
be held In 1943, must obtain a
SMALL GRAIN LUANS
HRISIMAS
To You All Is the Wish of
The Shamrock Texan
GEORGE VAUGHAN
IS MADE CAPTAIN
DRAFT BOARDS TO
TAKE VOLUNTEERS
LOCAL MAN ON DUTY WITH MEN WILL NOT BE ALLOWED
FERKYING COMMAND HAS TO VOLUNTEER AFTER.
3,909 HOURS FLYING RECEIVING ORDER
and added that the Job of printing
150,900,000 such books was the big-
gest Job In history.
Notice will be given two weeks in
advance of issuance of the books.
Instead of trying to sign up all
of the books in one day. it is in-
dicated that two weeks will be de-
voted to this work.
Eighteen printing firms In the
country are turning out the books
at a rate, in some plants, of 500,000
a day. Each book has 192 stamps,
making a grand total of almost 30
billions stamps, which the OPA
said "happens to exceed 12 years of
continuous production of all the
postage stamps used In the United
States.
The books are printed on paper
which will “prove a real headache
to anyone foolish enough to try to
counterfeit ration books,” the OPA
warned.
While the OPA Intends to get the
books to consumers next month, lt
is mindful of the delays which re-
cently caused some gasoline ration
George W. Vaughan, 24, son of Arrangements to draft men to- ___ _____
Mr. and Mrs. Hal H. Vaughan of the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard for we8tcrn area to lie for
this city, now on duty with the will not be completed for about sL; daya Bfrport freight
Ferrying Division. Air Txmsporl j weeks and. until Mien, snaa a* ages
Command, has been promoted to 18 through 37 may volunteer for
the rank of captain in the Army j those services through their local
Air Forces, according to Col. Ralph Selective Service boards, Selective
E. Spake, commanding officer of Service headquarters have disclosed,
the California Group. The local boards, an official who
Capt. Vaughan Is a graduate of declined use of his name said, have
the Shamrock High School and at- been advised that this temporary
days In airport freight rooms be-
cause iriTtttary goods got priority on
plane cargo space.
“If a shipment of military sup-
plies needs the freight train that
Is loaded with ration books, OPA
unloads and waits, even if It means
postponing a rationing program,
it said.
could
they should acquaint u* t—■■
with the restrictions now in effect Mr. Long had Just stepped outside
regarding such slaughtering. his station to cut off the water,
Every person who slaughters and fearing the pipes would freeze. The
delivers to others even as much as assailant was standing behind the
one animal of the sort listed in the door and struck him from the back.
OPA meat restriction order of Octo- The blow, while causing a severe
ber 1, Is subject to the restrictions laceration, did not cause complete
of the order. unconsciousness but the unidentified
Farmers who slaughter animals assailant ordered Mr. Long to re-
only for their own use are exempt, main quiet on the floor, at the
but delivery of meat from these ani- threat of death. He removed the
mals to other persons is limited so money which was in Mr. Long’s shtrt
there will be enough provided for pocket. The man did not examine
the fighting forces of the United the station’s cash register which
States and its allies. contained several more dollars.
Meat Animals Restricted Mr. Long managed to get across
Animals covered by the restrlc- the street to the Tower Service Sta-
tion order art cattle, calves, sheep, tlon where attendants notified city
lambs and hogs. officers who made an unsuccessful
Records of all slaughtering for attempt to locate the burglar,
delivery to others must be kept Local officers said today they had
available for inspection by the OPA, no clues of the Identity of the men
by everyone from a country butcher participating in any of the three
or fanner who slaughters meat for burglaries
others to the largest packing houses. -—o-
Records must be kept within the
limits set by the order for delivery
to civilians. These limits are in two
‘Fill ’Er Up’
classes. The larger slaughterers— | f~\, . T? _ „
those who kill jnors than 500.000 / J I OT
pounds during A calendar quarter
are limited in their civilian dellvery ri „ * „
to the following percentages of the lyLli LI LIU I l
kinds of meat that they delivered to -
civilians in the corresponding quar- ^ expression “Fill er up,” is out
ter of 1941: beef, 70 per cent; pork, {Qr the duration, regional Office of
75 per cent; lamb and mutton, 95 prlCe Administration officials ad-
per cent, and veal, 100 per cent. vlsed southwestern motorists.
1941 Output Is Lipiit The office said gasoline should
_______________________________ ,____jaure win ue ioiiuweu H*o**“e since government pueoora . _
until December 31 to obtain Joans hg majQred Jn chemlstory and Eng_ men for those three services pending ftot possibly have handled the huge 1941 Output Is Llpiit The office said gasoline should
on this year’s crop Ush and performed on the football completon of arrangements to draft printing Job within the 60 days al- 1 All over slaughterers are limited ^ bought from A, B and C books
According to P. C. coigin, aaa feam ffls varied career lnciudes em_ men for them, beginning “approx- [0wed {qr printing and distribution, to an amount not exceeding that or by tours> instead. Coupons in those
nrllrnn „.v commodity loan supervisor apples- p,oyment a, a chemist for an oU imately February 1.” the government printing office hunt- each kind of meat slaughtered and books are good for only four gallons.
TIRF fir Al FHS MAY tl0ns f0r °a"S °nwheat; ba‘y.d firm: serving as a flying instructor No one will be permitted to apply ed the country for plants able to deitvered to other civilians inthe ,.Call for the exact amount, either
IIIIL UL/ILLHU i«n I ; rye will not be taken after the cios- hp(,oml„B Wr8, offlcer
INCREASE STOCKS
III CASINGS TO
GRADE —
-HANDLED UNDER MILEAGE
•* RATIONING PROGRAM
itructor No one will be permitted to apply ed the country for plants able to delivered to other civilians In tne ..CaU {or the exact amount, either
and later becoming First Officer t0 his board for the right to volun- do the printing, perforating and corresponding quarter of 1941. Can- four eight, twelve or sixteen gal-
ing date. , pilot for T. W. A. teer after he has been ordered to numbering Jobs. ners and cutter grades of beef are lons - the OPA advised.
He 0; The captain now has more than port for Induction into the army. Among the 18 films found capable defined as a special Wndandinthe local rationing office further
kirra-arss: zzxzxzvsr 55Sr3S
than they did in the same quarter of eac,h coup0n
of 1941. | “Your filling station operator will
was emphasized by the OPA
warehouse receipts, must be dated 3°00 hours
_ “ ISlss IsHa —-
Under the new regulations which Loan papers mailed to Commodity Transport Command,
are part of the Government’s rub-' Credlt corporation for payment; 0
i______nrncrrnm dealers ______i
ber conservation program, dealers must be postmarked prior to the j
Notes secured by farm stored
wheat will mature on demand but
not later than April 30, 1944, and
notes secured by barley and rye
stored on farms and notes secured
by warehouse receipts representing
wheat, barley and rye will mature
on demand, but not later than April
uci uviwv* *---w ■ | must uc
■Kay now increase their stocks of ciosing date,
passenger car tires so as to be ready Notes seci
to make consumer sales when the
new mileage rationing program Is
well underway, officials state.
Dealers may acquire stocks of new
ttes made of reclaimed rubber as
well as recapped and used tires for
sale to motorists who receive ration- on aemanQi ouv Ilut .......
lng certificates from the local War 3e 1943 An ]oans bear interest at
Price and Rationing Board. the rate of 3 per cent per annum,
Rationing of these tires is a part Colgln s£dd
M the Government’s plan to keep At the tlme, he called atten-
the nation’s passenger cars rolling tlon t0 the closing date on small
for essential mileage. grain loans. Coigin pointed out that
Forms on which dealers may ap- graln sorghUm loans still are being
ply for their allotments are now taken tlvroughout the grain sorghum
available at VV Price and Radon- area closlng date for this type of
Wk Board offices. loan has been set for anuary 31,1943.
Many dealers do not now have ^jp j0 (j,e present time, loans al-
adequate stocks of tires of this kind ready bave been made on 11,067,194
- bushels of farm stored wheat and
20 611,072 bushqls of warehouse
stored wheat. Other loans Include
37,782 bushels of farin stored barley
and 2.169 bushels of warehouse
stored barley, and 2,654 bushels of
farm stored rye.
GRAND JURY FINOS
Air teer application, it will waive ex-
amlnaton by its physician and refer
the applcant directly to the Navy,
Marines or Coast Guard recruiting
! officers.
If these services reject the applt-
RECORDS R (j - It was emphasized by the OPA demand tt, because he cannot get
flC r ATI Mi; PI AffQ that the main purpose of this meat gasoiine replaced without this iden-
ul L/l 1 lllU FLilULO restriction order is to insure that tlfiCatlo non the coupons,” officials
. i. A. nvailahlA fnr . .
CRIME AT LOW EBB °“l “ '* “*
(Continued on Page 2)
bulletins Now
Available On
UtUlb, 11413 UlUtv ----- -v
same as it was before he volunteered
_ and he will remain subject to ln-
THREE INDICTMENTS VOTED duction. Navy and Marine physical
IN NOVEMBER TERM OF requirements are stricter than those
DISTRICT COURT of the Army, the spokesman ex-
- plained.
Three bills of indictment were Earlier order forbidding Selective
voted bv the Wheeler County grand Boards to release men deferred as
‘ _ _ , .... .1__„utnL«iMmrT fflt
___________ m I tificatlo non the coupons,”
_ enough meat Is made available for s£dd ■
CAFE AND BOARDING HOUSE the fighting forces until meat ra- Motorists were reminded further:
OPERATORS MOST SO.MT 1»“E SL oS,
DECEMBER OPERATIONS
vuieu uy mjc wnecicr v^umiuy kuuiu duoiuo ------ - —
jury in the November term of Thir- essential in the shipbuilding, fami-
ly-first district# court, according to ing and aircraft industries will con-
the Jury’s final report filed Mon- tinue in effect the spokesman said,
DU lion HUIUiHJ — — uuupuu AlVllll a a ^ ^—J
hands of meat slaughterers them- week; you may use any or all of
• ii__/in* nnnAolorl .. > i_.i />«»
Th„ Wheeler County War Price selves and the OPA appealed to the flrst elght coupons at any time
and^Rationing Board this week re- them to live up to this responsibility. before January 21, 1943, The first
ana ® ----- oAohf hnwpvpr nrp not valid after
leased information regarding de-
lea&cvi iiiiwi*»»c*v»v.*. ■ '-o—-----
tailed records which must be turned
in for the month of December by
all cafes and eating establishments.
Pursuant to the sugar or coffee
rationing regulations, each eating
place must submit the exact num-
ber of persons served during De
NEWSPAPERS GET
ORDERS CONSERVE
PUBLIC INVITED TO .
Tire Rationing n;S»”S:>
Christmas services will be held at
,j.’v report filed Mon- tinue In effect the spokesman said,
day by Carl McPherson of Sham- The local board received the fol- Der ol pt-,ki.™ —
rock, who was foreman. lowing telegram last week in regard ccraber. If a person eats more than
Two indictments were for murder ; to Navy and Marine enlistments. once jn the establshment, he must
without malice and the third was "The Navy and Marine Corps quo- ^ counted separately each time,
for theft. The identity of the de- tas of men to be accepted for vol- ^ restaurants and boarding houses
fendents was not divulged. untary Induction have been filled muat also turn In the gross dollar
The grand jury, which was in ses- for the month of December and no revenue from service of food and
sion only four days during the term registrants who volunteer for indue- beverage for the month, and the
of court, reported there have been tlon into these branches of services qUanuty of each commodity on hand
_ _ at the close of business, Dec. 31, 1942.
(Continued on Last Page) „ ! (Continued on Last Page) Tire records must contain the re-
quired Information with respect to
■ all of the following commodities
used by the establishment: sugar,
| coffee, butter, poultry, meats, cheese,
1 margarine, lard and compound
SUBSCRIPTIONS WHICH
PAID NOW WILL BE SURE
OF PAPERS IN 1943
eight, however, are not valid after
that date. The second eight coupons
become valid on January 21.
“If you don’t need all the gaso-
line which your book calls for, do not
use it. The program Is aimed at sav-
ing rubber and If you can save more
ARE than the program calls for you are
being doubly patriotic.”
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i
i
Copies of three bulletins explain-
l*j}jica VIA ------ ^ -—------
jng OPA price regulations govern- the Catholic Church on Thursday
tires have been received and are night at 12 o'clock. At
Maximum Production
Is Stressed By AAA
Mg ures imvc uccn icva,™ ».... — - night At 12 o'clock. At 11:45 o’clock,
now ready for distribution, Helen appropriate hymns will be sung and
Blake, secretary of the Wheeler at 12 o’clock High Maas with re-
County War Price and Rationing speettve song accompaniment will
Board, announced last week. be held.
^Copies of these bulletins may be j invitation to attend this service
Stained at the board office, Doug-. is extended to the public by Father
las Hardware in Shamrock and the Andrew Quant*.
John Dunn Drug Store in Mobeetle. j Sunday service will be held at 10
Price table* on retreaded and re- o'clock. Father Quanta announced.
Maximum production from Amer-
icas wartime agricultural plant, Is
tlon adjustment payments, or al-
lowances, for failure to meet speci-
capped tires, and the retreading and
■capping of tires are explained In
Retailers Bulletin No. 8.
To aid tire dealers in understand-
ing these regulations, the OPA has
Issued another bulletin entitled
Mrs. Carrie Oarritson, who has
been in Str Mary’s Hospital for
treatment, has returned home.
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(Continued on Page 2)
Mrs. Esca Forgy, who has been
seriously 111 in St Mary’s Hospital,
Is reported as much better.
towancos, for failure to meet
the basis of the 1943 AAA program fled goals of ^ allotment crops
announced recently. and special war crops.
The program places emphasis on! Every farmcr in the state coop-
i— -----— iLvery iarmer ui uie suite ‘-wr
the production of war crops and gating with the program must sign
provides stiff payment deductions on a farm plan outlining his part in
pvuvftues own pit,v meni ucuuvuum un a farm plan outlining his part in
farms falling to meet war production wartlIne production. In the plant,
goals, County Agricultural a»*nt. . ------- --------*—
the farmer will list the war time
crop adjustments he will make to
Agent
Jake Tarter points outv
Payments are designed to help bejp him meet ni> production goals
get full production of the kinds and and ^g conservaUoh practices he
in the amounts needed, and all crop undertake to help get Increased
payments are to be contingent on vlplds !n ,943
contingent on [ yje,da {n ia43
the degree to which the farmer Failure to plant at least 90 per
meets his goals, the county agent cen^ of special crop allotments lor
emphasized. Deductions will be made ——
from the farm's maximum produc- (Continued an Page
It is time to renew your sub-
scriptions to newspapers for 1943.
This Includes The Texan as well
as subscriptions to daily news-
papers-
The supply of print paper will
be reduced for 1943 by orders of
SERVICES ARE HELD
TODAY FOR H. E. HILL
shortening, cooking and salad oU.
canned soup, all canned fruits and
vegetables, canned fruit and vege-
table Juices, dried peas and beans, j
evaporated and condensed milk,
fresh cream and ice cream.
The county War Price and Ra-
tioning Board points out it is Im-
portant that these reports be sub-
mitted by all Institutional users of
food.
o
H. E Hill, 60-year-old Collings-
worth County farmer, passed away
at the home of his son In the Neet-
wood community Tuesday. Funeral
be reduced for 1943 oy oraers »• services were held at Neetwood
the govemmnt. Those who do not Wednesday and burial was made in
renew their subscriptions at once the cemetery there by Nix Funeral
Home.
Mr. Hill had been ill for a number
of weeks. He Is survived by a num-
ber of children.
may find about the Hrat of Jan-
uary that the newspapers cannot
take additional subscriptions.
Rationing of news print is very
Ukely to be the next major step
if the voluntary reduction in the
use of paper does not reduce its
use sufficiently.
Every subscriber should check
the little yellow label on his Texan
and, If the expiration date is near,
renew his subscription for the
coining yew.
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$35 RAISED AT DAVIS
PIE SUPPER FRIDAY
I
The Davis School had a pie sup-
per on Friday evening, December 19,
for the purpose of raising money for
a community Christmas tree.
Bedford Harrison was auctioneer.
The proceeds amounted to $35.00.
Among Shamrock people who at-
tended was A. C. Brown.
PUBLIC INVITED TO
HEAR RADIO PROGRAM
A special Christmas program will i
be presented over the NBC blue net- :
work on Christmas Eve from 7:30
until 8:30 p. m. The program will be j
given by representative service men
and representative mothers, and
Norman H. Davis, Chairman of the
Hed Cross, will take part in the en- |
tertatnment.
Texan Staff
Thanks You
The Texan staff takes this op-
portunity to thank the many
persons who have complimented
the special edition we published
last week as a tribute to our
local men in the armed service.
We appreciate the nice things you
have said.
Persona who left photographs
with us ore asked to please call
for them as soon as possible.
Those who reserved extra copies
of the edition are also asked to
call for them at ones.
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