The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 18, 1955 Page: 4 of 10
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 1>, 1955
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Momeirt of Meditation
S««rrh me, O God, tad know my heart; _
try me tad knew my theufhts. and see if
there he toy wicked way hi me, and lead
me hi the way everlasting. Psalm 139:24.
Gasoline Fuss b Teapot Tempest-
The hassle over municipal purchases of
gasoline is a tempest in a teapot, brewed
for no purpose other than to create political
confusion, but it illustrates a point which was
stressed repeatedly in the campaign for a city
manager last year.
This point is that ihe 'city’s taxpayers in
the past nave been heavily penalized for lack
of proper procedures in all buying.
City Manager Ralph Wolf became aware
of this lack immediately after taking office
and, along with a multitude of other studies,
began endeavoring to assemble the informa-
tion necessary to revision of the purchasing
system to achieve the greatest economy pos-
sible. x- _
It seems to have been the application of
this study to gasoline purchases which some-
body seized on to stir up the row aired out
yesterday. >-
—Wolf has announced that a he will recom-
mend the installation of the city’s own gaso-
line, pump—a recommendation which grew
out of information compiled prior to the cre-
ation of the filling station ruckus and being
held for presentation to City Commission at
an early date.
With adequate guarantees that the city’s
gasoline will not be diverted to private use
—and we can be sure Wolf will provide for
that—a substantial monthly saving can be
effected.
Some service station operators will argue
that since they are taxpayers the city should
keep on buying its gasoline retail. The an-
swer to that argument is that the city uses
a number of items in quantities sufficient to
justify wholesale purchase and there i$ no
more reason to penalize the taxpayers by
paying retail prices for gasoline than for
penalizing them by purchasing any other
item at retail when they can be bought
wholesale.
Wolfs job is to provide the city govern-
ment with the most efficient and economical
operation possible and to do that he must
set up a purchasing system which enables the
municipality to buy everything it uses at
the lowest price possible. Retail buying of
items which can be bought cheaper at whole-
sale just because the retailer happens to be a
taxpayer is not good policy.
In the past the city has lost many thou-
* sands of dollars not only from the higher
price paid for gasoline bought at retail but
also because tax rebates to which the city is
entitled have not been applied for.
Orange is going to have a tough time at
best in the business of trying to live within
its municipal budget and to do the job for
i which he has-been employed the city mana-
jrj? ger must cut every corner possible.
One of those corners is gasoline pur-
chases and, if the council concurs, it’s going
to be cut no matter how much political dust
is kicked up around City Hall.
| Today's Birthday I
CARY GRANT, bora Job. 18.
1M4, as Archibald Alexander
Leach in Bristol,
E n flan d. ?"•
The noted actor i
made his screen
debut in "This
Is The Night” in
1932. Some of his
top films have
been "G u n g a
Din.” "The Phil-
adelphia Story,”
“S u s p i cion,”
“Mr. Lucky,” casy crant
“Arsenic and Old Lace,” "Dream
Wife” and “Mr: Blariding Builds
His Dream House." Or the English
stage before coming to the. United
States and now is an American
citizen.
Th* World Today:
Boyle Writes:
Eskimos Don't Rub
I - v ‘
Noses, They Kiss _
Like Anyone Else
By SAUL PETT
For Hal Boyle
NEW YORK (API—I met my
first Eskimo the other day and he
went right to work on most of
my illusions.
Jhiggygitwok — Koopuaok, who
hails from a remote town in Alas-
ka, said he had never lived in an
igloo and, in fact, had never seen
one. *
Hf had never rubbed noses with
anyone until he came to New York
and was persuaded to sideswipe a
model’s nostrils for a publicity
picture. Eskimos kiss like the rest
of us, he said.
A Mink Coat
And if she could afford it, what
would Mrs. Puggygitwok - Koo-
puaok most like to have in the
whole world?
“A coat,” said her husband.
What kind of a ceat?
“Mink," he said.
It’s a small world.
But there are some differences.
There was one difference I had
difficulty bringing up with Puppy-
gitwok-Koopuaok, who hereafter
will be known as Reed Henry
since that is his English name and
the typesetters are going crezy.
After much hemming and haw-
ing, I finally asked if it is still
true that Eskimos are such friend-
ly, generous hosts that they will
share their wives with a visitor.
It’s True
“It’s true," said Reed, who
speaks some English.
Well, now, if I may localize the
question, if it’s not too personal,
but, well, do you, that is to say.
. * . Oh, forget it, Reed.
“No, he doesn’t,” volunteered
Dr. E. S. Rabeau, an American
physician from Reed's home town
who came down from Alaska with
him. “Many of the more advanced
Eskimo families don’t do that.
That is to say. they’fe not that
generous. But among those who
do. it's not considered immoral.”
Thank you, doctor.
MNtSHAlll<»
How Can I?
No Income Tax Cuts Likely "
Because of Budget Deficit -,
By JAMES MARLOW a
Associated Freaa News Analyst -
WASHINGTON (AP)—This is an A-B-C on the
budget which President Eisenhower sends to Con-
gress today..
A formidable document, thick as the biggest
' telephone book, it’s Eisenhower’s explanation of the
cost of running the government
another year. ,■
.. v Government employes have
worked on this budget for months,
trying to figure out precisely what
the cost iuill be for the fiscal year
starting next July 1,* called fiscal
19S8.
Principally because of the cogt
of handling the cold war and
maintaining defense, they have •£
not been able to keep government
expenses below income. Secretary
of the Treasury Humphrey , has
said this new budget will not be
balanced.
1 So the government will have to
_ borrow to make up the deficit, whatever it turns
out to be in the end. Because of this expected deficit,
you are likely to be disappointed if you’re looking
for an income tax cut this year.
Since the government’s executive branch un-
der Elsenhower can't spend anything unless Con?
greas, the legislative branch, votes the money, the
President has to send his budget request to the
lawmakers.
From now until next sumrrier. when it's due to
quit for the year, Congress will be examinhig and
arguing over this budget, trying to cut it down.
Work on the budget started last summer. Of-
ficers in the Bureau of the Budget got together
with the various government departments and spe-
cial agencies, laying down spending limits for them/7
to shoot at. Then officials in the departments, agej*^
cies and bureaus went to work. ~
This meant they had to look ahead a year or
more to what their expenses would be sriiee the
money could not be spent before the beginning of
fisca} 1956, next July. ” „
Their estimates then went to budget offices in
each department and special agency: They examin-
ed the figures, comparing them with the present
year, trying to reduce’them.
This meant a lot of conferences Within the de-
partments and agencies. Finally the head of each
department or special agency had to apnrove. Then
the estimates were sent to the Budget Bureau,
Officers there tried to cut dpwn the anticipated
expenses again and they held conferences with the
department and: agency officials.
After the Budget Bureau decided it had ex-
penses down as far as possible, the President had
to approve. Then, with his assistants, he wrote
an explanation called the budget message to send
to Congress along with the figures.
Now Congress goes to work. The appropriations
committees of House and Senate will call before
them the officials of the departments and the agen-
cies to explain why they think they need the money
they asked for. and if they can, explain why they
can't do with less.
Television-Radio News:
Comedian Needs Audience
Reaction To Perform Best
By WAYNE OLIVER
NEW YORK (AP)—Jan Murray sxpresses fear !
‘‘the great comedians will be extinct 10 years from t
now” unless television gives them a better break j
on the studios in which they work.
Murray, a comic for most of his career but now ,
master of ceremonies on ABC’s Dollar a Second,
says the comedian needs to be close to his studio 1
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WHY DIO YA PICK\
THIS LEEMY AN’ '
WALSH TO
take south f
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TEN DOLLARS?! MISTER, WHY DONT hOU
FIFTEEN.1? id 60T0-ft* K»PCUND
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EVER WAGGED 145 TAIL AT ME INSTEAD
, OF GROWLING AT
me -tuats WHY I
MUST UA/E HIM/ /
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Another Warning About Gun Use
Reckless use of .22 rifles and BB guns
about which officials, businessmen and
householders have complained much of late,
is a matter of growing concern in this vi-
cinity.
The 1 a t e s t complaint comes from the
Coast Guard which reports that persons in
the Port Arthur area have been firing .22 ri-
fles at lights, buoys and other aids to naviga-
tion along the ship channels hereabouts.
All Coast Guard and Cohst Guard Auxil-
iary units have been alerted to be especially
watchful for persons tampering with, de-
stroying or otherwise damaging the aids to
navigation. The sheriffs and marshals in the
area are helping to investigate the recent
vandalism.
Persons caught shooting at navigation
aids may be charged with a misdemeanor
and prosecuted in federal court. Conviction
means a fine of $500 to $2,500 or imprison-
ment of not less than 30 days nor more than
one year.
This warning again points up the fact that
an extraordinary number of persons—mostly
boys—have not been properly instructed in
the use of .22 rifles and BB guns with the
result that property is being destroyed and
lives endangered.
Primary responsibility for this rests with
the parents of the boys involved and it is
suggested again that every parent of a youth
who owns a target rifle or BB gun make It
a point to see that they are properly used.
Failure to do this sooner or later is going
to lead to loss of life.
Q—How can I keep the floor
ior fluffy?
A—Instead of trying to shake
the dirt out of a new floor mop
after starting to use it. brush it
with a Whisk broom. The mop
will alivays be fluffy and clean.
Q—How can I prevent streaks
of bluing in garments?
A—Add a little salt to the blu-
ing water and it will prevent
streaks in the clothes, .
Q—How can I keep cheese moist
and free from mold’’
A—Keep the cheese wrapped in
a cloth thoroughly saturated with
vinegar.
Q—How can 1 restore the oil to
book bindings?
A — Wipe them occasionally
with an oiled Cloth. It will restore
some of the oil that has dried out
of the leather.
Q—How can I make good
shrimp sandwiches?
A—Use one cup chopped shrimp,
one-fourth cup drained crushed
pineapple, one-fourth cup minced
celery, and a little lemon. Use
seasoning and mayonnaise.
Q—How can I avoid having
grease in the sink drain?
A—Place a large lump of wash-
ing soda in the sink and then pour
boiling water over it until it has
washed down the drain. Grease
will not accumulate and stop up
the drain. Do this once a week.
Q—When is the best time to
transplant maple trees1
A—In the early spring before
any buds have appeared. Choose
a rainy spell when the ground is
soft and preserve as much of the
root as possible. This refers to
trees not more than six or eight
feet high. Then trim down the
crown of the tree.
audience to give his best performance.
But he contend* that 90 per cent of TV studios
are arranged so the audienre gets a poor view of
the comedian, and he receives little response by
which to gauge his performance. No comedian,
he declares, an be at his best without audience
reaction.
One of the difficulties. Murray contends, is that
enormous stages are constructed to give room for
platoons of dancers, and when the comedian makes
his appearance he’s in a big open space and often
far away from the studio audience.
Jan, meanwhile, considers himself fortunate to i
have a TV role in which he doesn’t carry ttie whole j
load of the show and in which his humor is only j
incidental. He injects comedy into the quiz game
but much of the appeal comes from the suspense
as to whether the contestant will quit before he ’
loses, and the humorous reaction of the contestant, i
Contestants receive a dollar a second for everv
second they choose to remain on the air and
suffer a stunt penalty for the wrong type answer.
If a contestant picks the wrong one of five
choices on the penalty he’s eliminMed hut keeps
all money won to that point. If he isn't eliminated
he can elect to stay on for additional* winnings but
if some pre-selected outside event like a knockout
in a prize fight that may be in progress happens
first, he loses everything.
The Orangk Leader
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SOMEBODY STOLE THE BULL’S-EYE
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Literary Guidepost: Today's Best Book
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By W G
HOMECOMING. By Jiro Os’s- ’
ragi. Translated from Japanese
by Brewster Horwitz. Introduc-
tion by Harold Strauss. Knopf.
A Japanese, Kyogo. once in the
Navy, stole government money to
gamble on, lost, and was declared
legally dead and exiled. As this
novel opens, he is in wartime
Singapore. There though he and
beautiful Saeko have an affair,
she is so afraid he’ll inform on her
for smuggling that she informs on
him falsely, for nothing at all, and
he’s tortured and imprisoned by
fellow countrymen.
When war ends, they’re both
back in Japan. She is surrounded
by sycophants—a painter, a cou-
ple of students. He again meets an
officer who’d been his friend and
who is still faithful to old Japan;
'gPr
if
—
A Problem a Day
An airplane pilot flew a dis-
tance of 242 miles, if he had trav-
eled 20 miles an hour faster, he
would have gone 44 miles farther
in the sarne time. What was his
rate of speed'’
ANSWER
11Q miles an hour. Multiply 242
by 20; divide by 44.
ROGERS
he sees his daughter; and after a
last encounter with Jkifkto, he j
starts on his lonesome pilgrimage I
abroad.
This hovel Is a most curious ex-
perience for an American. For one
thing there are informative bits
about customs and manners—the
mistress obsequiously walking be-
hind the wife, the disconcerting
juxtaposition of old and new, the
effronter of the boy wanting the
girl to kiss him—and also for that
matter the first kiss of Kyogo and
Saeko in which, to quote, teeth
click on teeth.
But there are also disturbing
revelations. I find this novel bar-
ren of the moral values that we
westerners regard as basic. The
absence of any condemnation of
Kyogo’s theft, for instance, or of
Saeko’s dishonesty and treachery
is not compensated for by the
painfully obvious laments that the
war got the Japanese nowhere.
In other words, this novel be-
trays a point of view irreconcil-
able with ours, and hopelessly
alien—to a degree, as alien as that
expressed in the German von
Salomon’s neo - Fascist "Frage-
bogen;" As straight novel, this tr
mildly interesting, but I wouldn't
call it really your cup of tea.
IB*
/ COME. QUICK
( BRANCH NCT HC-0
NO. WE COULD
k SNEAK, AS YOU J
\mj% TVIE MATTE!?? ARE V SAY AND P9O0ABLV
you scafep my pop’ll on e j\ get away with
XX' THE DICKENS IF YOU //V\ T CAL,
LET MB f?iPE ?
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mm
BUT I THINK YOU OUGHT TO
OBEY HIM, JUST ON YOU!? MONO!?.
ANYWAY, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME
TRICKS YOU CAN LEARN A LOT ’
OUiCKER THAN RIDING STUNTS.
'jOE.'NHEn Wf STARTED INTO
THE WOODS 1 THOUGHT WE
Write GOING TO QUESTION A
RENEGADE HALF-BREED INDIAN
ABOUT POACHING AND SHOOTING
AY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
ME TOO,PHU.1
But now it
LOOKS AS IF
WE AUGNT'YE
STUMBLED ON
SOMETHING
BIGGER'
LET'S GET BACK
TO THE CAR AHD
CHANGE INTO OUR
’SNOW SUITS'!
''GOOD1 ANjp A COUPLE
OF SUB-GUN-'
HURT OUR PROGRESS
FROM HERE
EITHER1
Meiruihilf, a m,If awig -ms.ldr Eajtf Rock ftrfc,
«federal game preserve..
/ THERE Must BE T*0 hundred
0EER (N THE SWAMP Right NOW!
WE’vg FENCED u? 0n£ End - LET'S
M0YE in FROM The OTHER END
and START THE 'HARVEST !
V!/
[bMf ]
SHOVEL THE
U X / SNOW OFF YOUD
sidewalk and
DpiVE way Sir •
WHO CAPES ABOUT j !
BUZZAQDS WHEN
YOU’VE GOT A POPULAR |
DAUGHTER WITH
DROVES OF BO/ V—H
FClENDS WITH
MUSCLES.' yl*
n
3tZ DAD * ^EE
[ 1 NEVE&SAW E
(■ THEM BEFORE E
\^INMY LIF£/^
TjSV* :i
l TWO BUCKS i /(jC£ MOM ' WHY'S
4 APIECE,SIR.'/ / dao^ S^aSn!?!
{■'rTTT^l i don r know
THEPE'S "UNCLE DAN' A.
' WAITIN5 FOR ME. YOU BOYS
, KEEP MUM ABOUT THE STAGE
HOLDUP. WE'LL JUST SAV WE'VE
/^BEENRiDlNG THE RANGE! J~-
IX
HEY, MACK, WHERE YOU BEEN? SHAKE A
LEG, BOY.' WE GOT TO GET TO TOWN TO MEET
the stage, your sister will be plumb
DISAPPOINTED IF WE AINT THE
RECEPTION COMMITTEE/
SORRY VM LATE, UNCLE
DAN. WE HAVE BEEN
ROUNDING UP SOME
OPNERY STRAY’S, AN'
THE Time SLIPPED By.'
' VM THlNKIN' THERES^
NO HURRY--THATSTAGE
’ AINT EVER GOINS TO
ARRIVE! y-'k "
1-18
LUCY j HOW ^
ABOUT WATCHING
SOME T.V. TONIGHT?
I CAN'T,
DEAR
I LISTENED TO
RADIO SERIALS
ALL CAY LONG-*
““AND MY EYES HURT
TOO MUCH FROM CRYING.
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 18, 1955, newspaper, January 18, 1955; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth556841/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.