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Leonard
Webb
VFW Told to Prepare
For War With Russia
At the request of local VFW
officers we are reprinting a por-
tion of the address delivered by
Martin Dies of Lufkin, former
chairman of the House Un-
American Activities Committee,
£it the opening session of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars golden
Jubilee held last week in El
Paso.
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The usual Dies’ theme was
followed in this address—"Amer-
ica must consider war with Rus-
sia inevitable and prepare for it
with all her strength.” He blast-
ed the American Youth Congress,
Mrs. Roosevelt, several schools,
and rich men, who he said, have
spent thousands on Communist
projects and organizations.
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Mr. Dies is as liberal as ever
In pointing the accusing finger
and hollering “red." As a matter
of fact, anyone who does not
think war with Russia is certain.
Is listed as a red, pink, or a
gullible and careless person. But
Mr. Dies has yelled "wolf” so
often that few are impressed by
his alarms.
John M. Waters
Funeral Thursday
John Millard Waters, age 07,
passed away at his home here
at 9:55 p. m. Tuesday following
an illness for several months,
He had been confined to bed for
the past two months, suffering
from cancer.
Funeral services were held at j
3 p. m. Thursday at the First j
Baptist Church of West, Rev.
J. E. Roth officiating. Burial was
in Bold Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Waters was born In Sum-
merville, Ga„ moving to West in
1924. He farmed in this com-
munity for two years, later ac-
cepting employment with the
post office department here as
mail messenger. He served in
this capacity until ill health
forced his retirement.
Surviving are one son, Claude
W. Waters, of New Mexico; three
daughters, Mrs. W. L. Sibley of
Odessa, Mrs. Fred II. Tyle of
Paris, and Miss Nona Waters of
West. Miss Waters has been
j making her home here for the
# - Why is war with Russia in-, pasj jwo months, taking care of
evitable? That question has riot:jiel. fat,her during his illness.
been answered by those who _;v_____
Insist on the certainty of con- -p o Aff’
flict, Instead they tell us of ^ ^ Ul HOOFS
communists in this country, of- j
fering an impressive list if you Innt-nllsv J
can call everyone a communist aOCGIUly inSlUIlOCl
VUll vUit O T V& J UIIV M ------
whose opinion differs from that
of the fellow compiling the list.
Officers of the West chapter
No. 203 Order of Easter Star were
installed at the last regular
meeting. New officers are:
Mrs. Inez Morgan, Worthy
Matron; C. B. Morgan, Worthy
Patron; Mrs. Deola Black, As-
sistant Matron; Boyde Eaker,
Assistant Patron; Mrs. Kitty
It appears that Mr. Dies’ “red
scsqere” is based on the fear of
political expansion of the com-
munist party in the United
States rather than fear of actual
war with Russia. This, in our
opinion, is an insult to the in-
telligence of ^e American peo-;^nders gecretary; Mfs Alma
pie. The communist patty , Horton Treasurer; Miss Maggie
America can never attract more, conductress; Mrs. Anna
than a handful of radleals-and wlls0„. Assistant C’onduct-
we have always had a small per EUa Horn, Chaplain;
cent of the population ready to AUle Freundi Marshal; Mrs.
accept one craze or another. j Kathrene Eakel. organist; Mrs.
Having never read a line of Willie B. Stallings, Adah; Mis.
Marxist doctrine and never en- Georgie Ann Twitty. Ruth; Miss
countered a communist red or Dorothy Stallings, Esther; Mrs.
pink, our knowledge of com-1 Sally Goodman, Martha; Mrs.
munism is negligible. But an Maggie Alexander, Electra: Mrs.
understanding of Americanism j Alta Johnson Warder; G. W.
and the American people is suf-
ficient to insure us that the reds
have no more chance here than
a one-legged man in a soccer
game. Our faith in the human
lace prohibits the thought that
war with Russia is inevitable*—
such faith having nothing to do
with colors, red or pink.
WASP StIngIsFATAL TO
NEPHEW OF WEST RESIDENT
Jerry Turland, 12-year-old
nephew of Charlie Lott of this
city, died as a result of a wasp
*ting last Thursday. Young
Turland was visiting his grand-
parents at Wingate, Texas when
stung by the wasp. He died 30
^ninutes later.
^ (Funeral services were held at
Belton on Friday. Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Lott and son, Dan, and
Mrs. J. W. Lott, all of West, at-
pded funeral services.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Turland of Bel-
ton.
trfcd
lu
Friendly Facts
By Roy L. Crawford.
The search for happiness
has brought much misery to
humanity.
There are fewer automo-
bile wrecks than wrecked
lives.
Wilson, Sentinel.
The next meeting will be held
on Tuesday night, July 12th.
Mill Employees
On Vacation
Employees of the West Cotton
Mill are enjoying a paid vacation
this week. The entire textile
plant ceased operation last week-,
end, granting all employees a
one-week vacation.
It has been the custom at the j
mill for several years *to allow |
this vacation period during the
week of July 4th. It is under-
stood that work will be resumed
on Monday.
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One Inch Rain
Falls in West
Slightly more than one Inch
of rain fell here on Sunday and
Monday. According to reports
made by A. J. Weinbreger, rain-
fall late Sunday afternoon was
a fraction less than one inch.
Another shower Monday after-
noon boosted the total to 1.02
inches.
West delegates to the State
VFW Convention at El Paso last
week submitted a detailed re-
port of convention activity for
publication this week. The con-
vention was opened by State
Commander S. A. Childress of
Waco.
The first day was highlighted
by an address by Martin Dies of
Lufkin, former chairman of the
House Un-American Activities
Committee, who told delegates,
"America must consider war with
| Russia inevitable and prepare
| for it with all her strength.”
I “Joe Stalin atone knows how
I inevitable war really is,” he add-
ed. “As with all dictators down
through history, war will be the
final answer. An army of 35 mil-
lion and a restless population
will draw him into armed con-
flict.”
Mr. Dies attacked the asserted
gullibility of members of the
Government of the United
States, and also Eleanor Roose-
velt. He said for 10 years Reds
have used the Government to
harbor and shelter them.
“Now is the time to outlaw the
Communist Party in this .coun-
try,” he^said. “We must learn the
difference between Communism
and treason on one hand, and a
political party and the right to
express our opinions on the
other. Communism is an organ-
ized conspiracy. It is still legal.
We must destroy that legality.”
The subtle arm of Communism
has reached into many Ameri-
can organizations in the past
decade, he said. When Joseph
Lash of the Amreican Youth
Congress was sub-poenacd to
apppar before this House Com-
mittee for questioning on the
organization’s Communist con-
nections, he and his group
brought Mrs. Roosevelt with
them, Dies said.
“Mrs. Roosevelt is no Com-
munist,” Mr. Dies said. “But she
is symbolic of so many in the
country today. She is gullible
and careless.”
Mr. Dies mentioned several
schools, which, he said are chan-
neling thousands of Reds and
Pinks into American life each
year. These schools, he said
educate their pupils in Marxist
doctrines and teach them there
is.no God.
He blasted many of the richer
men, who he said, have spent
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Over 10,000 at 2-Day
Picnic Celebration Here
KAYE SAYS “NAY” TO PLACE ON COMMIE LIST . . . Clowning;
around a bit with the fumed Sir Harry Lauder in Glasgow, Scotland,
filmland’s top funmakcr, Danny Kaye, indignantly denied a report of
the California state senate committee on un-American activities which
listed him among Hollywood notables who followed or approved some of
the Communist party line.
Leggott School
Annexed to West
The Leggott school district
was annexed to the West dis-
trict this week, this action
being taken at the county
school board meeting. At-
tendance at the Leggott
school failed to justify its
continued operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Collum,
teacher at the Leggott school
for the past year, have ac-
cepted teaching positions at
Smithvilie.
High school students of the
Leggott district have been at-
tending West High School
for a number of years. Bus
service will now be extend-
ed to grade school pupils.
Cecil McClellan
Killed in Crash
Funeral services for William
Cecil McClellan, 49, of Waco,
who was killed Monday in an
automobile-truck collision near
j Dallas, were held at 5 p. m.
Wednesday at Wilkirson and
Hatch Chapel in Waco.
Also injured in the accident
which occurred on Highway 114,
the old highway between Dallas
and Fort Worth, was Clayton S.
Young of Waco, an employee
Texas Polio Cases at
All-Time High Mark
Lone Star Reduces
“Tank” Gas Rates
Square Dancing
Being Revived
Tile old-time square dance
being revived in West and
An all-time high for the num-
ber of polio cases reported in
Texas was reached for the week
ending July 2. the State Health
Department at Austin said this
week.
Construction Co., of which the
victim was a partner. Young
suffered serious head and in-
ternal injuries.
McLellan was leaving Dallas
after visiting his cousin, Dick
Holt. The top of his car was
sliced off when the two vehicles
collided, killing him instantly.
Deceased was born in West,
the family moving to Waco in
1917. He and his brother, Roy C.
Lone Star Gas Company has j McClellan and Fred C. Brown
announced voluntary rate reduc- j were partners in the construc-
tions on butane and propane gas J tion kusiness
for domestic and commercial) „ .
consumers in this area. Tire re-L Df’A’ N’t Wolf ,offlcla‘ed at
ductions will benefit more than|“ fnvlces; lntAermen‘ atf
14,000 “tank” gas customers1 ^ood n“™ber“f
served by the company in nine-) fWest ,resldfts attcnded thc
teen Texas counties 1 funcral servlce-
leen iexas counties^ Survivors include his widow,
The new price schedule is cf- ,, . „ .
, .. . Mrs. Lucille McCle lan; a dau-
fective immediately and cus-1
tomers will be billed on the new
Rainfall late Sunday afternoon
greatly reduced attendance at
the two-day Independence Day
celebration here at the 8PJST
Hal!. Another shower on July
4th threatened to disrupt the
celebration, nevertheless, it is
estimated that 10,000 visitors
passed through the gates at
July 3-4 picnic.
W. R. Poage was the principal
speaker on Sunday afternoon,
discussing the government farm
program and proposed farm
legislation at length.
L. A. Wood delivered an ad-
dress on July 4th, declaring his
of McCleliaT-Brown-Mc'cTeUan candidacy for governor of Texas
and recounting developments in
the state school program dur-
ing his administration as State
School Superintendent.
, rates for gas consumed in July,
Fify-three counties reported i officials p^ted oul. The savings
| ghter, Alixe; two brothers, Roy
I of Waco and Ralph of Houston;
and an uncle, Lcn McClellan of
118 cases, bringing the total for
rapidly gaining in popularity, j the year to 801 cases.
At least two square dance clubs j “Twelve new counties reported
have been organized here and their first cases of the year ”
to Lone Star liquefied petroleum j u '_„
gas consumers will go as high as j Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Stepan
20 per cent per month, depend- and son. Rodney, of Austin, spent
members are swinging their
partners in weekly practice ses-
sions.
Earl Aikins and Tom Miller
have taken the lead in instruct-
ing local classes, most of tire
dancers also belonging to the
West Longhorn Club.
Kermit English is now making
plans to boost square dancing in
State Health Officer, George W.
Cox said. They were Andrews,
Calhoun, Crane, Dewitt, Donley,
Gaines, Hill, Moore, Pecos, Polk,
Schleicher and Stephens.
“The alarming incidence for
the past week indicates the great
need for stringent basic sanita-
tion measures,” he said. "With-
out cleaning up breeding places
a big way by organizing a club j of files mosquitoes, and other j premises,
at the Playdium. He wants this; filth bearing insects, we aren’t ] in addition
club to include
asking everyone in-1 thing.
in square dancing to) The 801 cases so far this year
compares with only 647 cases far
the same time last year, which
was the worst polio year in tire
state's history. A total of 1,765
cases were reported in 1948.
Emergency expansion has been
nuthorzed for Texas’ Gonzales
Warm Springs Polio Foundation.
ing on the amount of “tank” gas
consumed.
Lone Star Gas Company has
more than two million gallons
of bulk storage capacity for
propane and butane gas. These
storage tanks are located at
strategic points over its lique-
fied petroleum gas territory and
from them the gas is delivered |
the July 4th weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Mary Buland, and
sister, Jean Ann Buland.
Dances each night highlighted
thc attraction at the celebration
here. Other attractions Included
carnival features, food and
drink concessions.
No Fourth of July accidents
were reported locally, whereas
the nation's accidental death
toll reached 711. The 711 killed
in violent accidents over the
three day period was the high-
est ever reported for a Fourth
cf July holiday and near the
record for any holiday period.
The final count in the state-
by-stale survey showed 315 traf-
fic fatalities, 25 more than the
290 estimated by the National
Safety 'Council, 256 drownlngs,
and 140 killed from miscellane-
ous causes. The tabulation cover-
ed a period from 6 a. m. last
Friday to midnight Monday.
-o-
Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Sulak and
children of Wichita Falls, Texas
spent four days here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Sulak. ,
oldsters,
terested
register at the Playdium.
by tank truck to the customers I
Eddie Cantor disclosed today
to its liquefied jthat Jack Benny, reputedly the
teen-agers and j making any real progress on this I petroleum gas service. Lone Star j worst miser in show business,
furnished natural gas to 337
cities and towns in Texas and
Oklahoma.
Jack Benny a Phony Miser;
Gives Charity Huge Sums
Peace consists
neighborliness.
of world-wide
Philosopher Says 4-Row
Plow as Tiring as 1-Row Job vF\V Cinches Spot
In West Softball
League Play-off
(Editor’s note: The Aquilla their lives to makin farmin a
Philosopher on his Johnson grass snap.
farm on Aquilla Creek seems to
be about normal this week, the
following letter reveals.) •
NOW HE’S IN T1IE 4-11 CLUB . , . President Harry Truman, who Is
I well on hia way to becoming a member of every going nrganiaation In
thc U. 8., received an honorary 4-H club pin when delegates to tho
loth annual national 4-H club camp called at the White House to pay
j* Jiiclr respects. At the presentation were Mary Bowers of Payne county,
Okla., and Don Rutter of Shclblna, Mo., ihowu presenting the pin.
Dear editar:
I was out here the other day
watchin things grow and listcn-
in to tire drone
of tractors on
my neighbors’
farms and won
derin if my
cofk was goin
under from the
pull of a fish
big enough to
be worth the
effort of yank- j a. ■
in up on the pole, ain’t no use
exertin yourself unnecessarily in
this kind of weather, and I got
to thlnkin what my neighbor,
the energetic one, had to Say
yesterday about farm machinery.
“What will they bring out
next?” he wanted to know, still
I admirin and covetln a set of
! four-row tractor equipment he’d
! seen in town that mornin.
“First they had a walkin plow,
and I can remember when they
I brought out the one-row ridin
j plow and I thought a man with
one of them really had some-
thin,” he went on.
“Then when they brought out
a two-row ridin cultivator, the
fellow with the one-row out-fit
looked up and said the other
fellow really had somethin.
“Then when they brought out
tractors, with three row equip-
ment, the fellow \\ith the two-
row mule-drawn stuff was really
envious.
“Now they got tractors with
four-row equipment. What do
you reckon they’ll bring out
next?” He walked off in a sort
of a dream, like he thought
manufacturers was d e v o 11 n
Now understand I pride myself
on bein progressive, ain’t never
yet stood in the way of anybody'
who wanted to work harder,
ain’t never envied my neigh-1
bor's flashy car or 18-months
The V. F. W. softball
is a cinch to be in the
team
West
Legion Adds Two
Victories to
Growing List
The American Legion baseball
team chalked up two more vic-
tories last week, defeating Itasca
7-1 last Thursday night and
downing Gholson 8-6 in a league as y°u can say jackbenny. And
actually donated the largest
check ever contributed to a Com-
munity Chest.
Not only that, says Cantor in
the May issue of Cosmopolitan
magazine, but Benny chipped in
for the Damon Runyon Fund
only on a guarantee that the
gift would never be publicized.
“Noah Webster need not have
wasted such words as penurious
avaricious, and covetous to de-
scribe "miser’,” according to
Cantor. “Today, as far as the
American public is concerned,
you can define miserly as quick
game Sunday afternoon
Legion Field.
Next Sunday afternoon the
West nine engaged the Crazy
at j to make sure that you don't for-
! get it, Benny has four writers
to whom he pays five thousand
dollars every Sunday just for
writing jokes on how poorly paid
time-payments, but my suspic- League playoff, having won eight Roy crew from Waco in another |
ions is that most folks are kid- J games without a loss. Play dur- [ Central Texas Independent Lea- lor wrltlng Jokcs lor
din themselves about progress, j ing the past two weeks indicates | gue game.
The way I look at it Is. if you’re I that the other play-off team
workin from sun-up to sun-down' will be HQSQ of Waco, however,
with one-row equipment or I it is possible for the Gulf Oilers
four-row equipment, you’re still! to move ahead of the Airmen,
workin from sun-up to sun-' To do so the Oilers must win
down. There may be some folks j their remaining games and the
who can get some satisfaction Waco team must lose to both
out of goin up four rows and; V. F. W. and the Oilers,
down another four, but to me Next week offers two im-
therc ain’t no basic difference portant games, V. F. W. meeting
between that and goin up one! HQSQ on Monday night and
row and down another. One may the Oilers playing the Waco
be producin more stuff than the | boys Thursday night. These two
other, but both is equally tired! games will decide the two teams
when they climb off the seat at j to meet in the league playoff,
sundown, and if the bottom falls | Batting records for the sea-
out of the price which ain’t un- ;son as compiled by Donald Ash-
heard-of in farmin, one ain’t ley reveals that nineteen players
much ahead of the other. Now j in the six-team league have
if you used a four-row tractor | maintained an average of bet-
to get through quicker and go, ter than .300. Leading hitters are
fishin, it might be different, but
everybody I know with four-row
as follows:
ab
h
per.
outfits has to work more land
W. Snokhous—VFW
14
7
.500
to justify the added expense and
Llchnovsky—Gulf
17
8
.470
wind up puttin in the same hours
Lott—VFW
27
12
.445
as the one-row farmer.
Morgan—VFW
18
8
.444
Most folks, includin those in
Stewart—Hq. Sq.
16
7
.438
town, have lots of conveniences
Gerik—VFW
12
5
.417
and contraptions,- but in the
Hutyra—Gulf
11
4
.396
final analysis the total amount
Russell—VFW
18
7
.380
of work necessary to make a
Coyer—Hq. Sq.
11
4
.364
livin and pay for the contrap-
Soukup—VFW
14
5
.357
tions ain't been reduced very
Hessel—ERC
17
6
.353
much by gadgets.
Winkler—VFW
26
9
.345
For a year in and year out
A. Vrba—Gulf
21
7
.333
proposition, to get the maximum
Lee—Gulf
21
7
.333
out of every day, I like my sys-
Mallory—Hq. Sq.
15
B
.333
tem better . . . Just let things
Beard—Penelope
12
4
.333
slide.
Baca—Hq. Sq
21
7
.333
Yours faithfully,
JoHnson—Hq. Sq
13
4
.308
J. A.
Harper—VFW
23
7
.305
Benny
Cantor claims that Benny
married Mary Livingston five
years before he ever went into
radio because he foresaw that
, . ... he could one day save the price
enlisted in the Regular Army this |Qf a comedy character on hls
Ac-
LEON DREWS ENLISTS IN
REGULAR ARMY THIS WEEK
Leon W. Drews, Route 2, West,
j cording to Eddie, he changed
his name from Benny Kubclsky
Leon is a recent graduate of!ln 1918 6ccause "wllh a dlabo11-
West High School, and ‘was an
Waco Army and Air Force
cruiting Station.
active member of the basketball
team.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. C. Drews, Route 2.
After completing enlistment
processing at the Waco Examin-
ing Station, Drews was trans-
ferred to the 5th Armored Div-
ision, Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
for further processing and re-
assignment.
cal farsightedness, this wizard
knew even then that Jack' and
‘money’ would one day be syn-
onymous.”
As for the now-famous finan-
cial aspects of Benny’s switch
from the NBC to the CBS net-
work, Cantor reports that Jack’s
share of the deal was two mil-
lion, two hundred and sixty
thousand dollars, of which nine-
ty per cent went for taxes. As
reason for his switch, Benny is
quoted as saying, “I get free
parking on the Columbia lot.”
Regarding Jack's wit, Cantor
says: “There was the time Ben-
ny found himself pitted against
the master ad libber of them all,
Fred Allen. How the audience
roared as Fred rocked him with
one off-script slant after
another! But thc roof really
caved in when Jack finally re-
torted, ‘You wouldn’t dare say
that if my writers were here’!”
Speaking seriously again, Can-
tor describes Benny as modest,
hard-working and an expert
developer of aspiring talent.
Among entertainers he has help-
ed toward stardom are Kenny
Baker, Frank Parker, Don Wil-
son, Dennis Day, Rochester (Ed-
die Anderson) and Phil Harris.
“There's nothing in the world
I wouldn’t do for Jack,” says
Cantor. “I told him once I’d give
him the shirt off my back."
"And do you know what I’d
do for you. Eddie?” Benny
answered. “I’d wash it, iron it,
and charge you only thirty-five
cents!”
LUDVIK L. TOROLA
IS CRITICALLY ILL
Ludvik Tobola, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Tobola of West, is
critically 111 in Baylor Hospital
at Dallas. He suffered a paraly-
tic stroke on Sunday. June 25,
while visiting in Dallas.
Hls parents and the parents
of hls wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Pursley of Waco, are in Dallas.
Ludvik is reported to be slightly
improved, although still In a
serious condition.
Ludvik is a graduate of A. and
M. College. He is employed by
the State Highway Department,
and has been stationed at Min-
eral Wells,
THERE'S ALWAYS FISIIIN’ . . . These co»l miners of the II. C. Frick
company at Muse, F»., don’t seem to be loo disturbed over faring a
prolonged work stoppage as a result of UMW leader John L. Lewis
ordering a "vacation” for “stabilisation of tbe industry.’’ Instead, they
watch A. J. Ba.vto explaining hia new gadget, "lasy fisherman's
friend.” It holds the rod, looks the reel when the Hah nibbles at thu
bait. '
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