The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1939 Page: 4 of 8
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WEST, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER I, U$».
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fidifgcjals
It has been suggested that we
might have hot dogs for the new
Thanksgiving Day and turkey on
the regular date.
•
About 2.000 marriage licenses is-
sued in New York each year are
never used. Indicating that many
take a second look
•
Daniel was the first man to be
lionized without letting it go to his
head
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Now we may expect to see out
Communists make a rush to join
the Bund
Some wives consult a fortune
teller as a preliminary to consulting
a lawyer
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Even high officials sometimes
have difficulties in finding gov-
ernment jobs for all their rela-
tives.
ticians who give out the jobs, and ial session and submit a natural
also enables many students to get resources tax to finance pensions
work to help pay their college ex- ... Rep. Lon Alsup of Carthage,
penses. Mann printed out autho- blind House member, also usged a
rlty for ' splitting" the jobs was special session to take care of the
left out of the detailed appropria- needy blind . . . The lobbyists in
tion bills, and the practice could Austin feel certain the governor
Wm. Cameron Closes Monday
AUSTIN Texas, Aug. 31.—Be- from the end of it. It had no fangs,
cause the Lesser Prairie Chicken The smaller head had oply one eye
saved several landowners as much and its mouth was so small one Appointments recently made by
of cotton per 8 acres, could not put a pea in it. The Oov. O’Daniel indicated that there
and about
not be legally continued. ,
Appointments
Appointments recently made
Officials of Wm. Cameron Lum-
ber Company announced that the
firm will be closed on Monday,
Sept. 4th, In observance of Labor
Day.
as a bale of cotton per
those fine game birds are going to tongue was pink and about half is no great difference between the
get much more protection in the an inch long. way it is done in business, and the
Texas Panhandle in the future, or The snake was shot in the mid- way 11 bas always been done In
at least in Wheeler County, it is die 0f its body, but the smaller politics The G vernor named F.
rep. rted by State Game Warden head struck out at the two men c Branson, building and loan as-
P D. Moseley of Canadian. The and that portion of the body even sociatlon executive of Galveston,
Prairie Chicken devoured huge moved several feet before it died, state banking commissioner. Bran-
numbers of army worms which ser- . son was employed by
iously threatened the cotton
in that section of the State.
will not call a special session, they
say, but when the pension money
runs short in another month or
twD, forcing reduction in the pre-
sent $14, average monthly payments
to 118,000 pensioners, ft may te a
different story.
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CEMETERY GROUP MEETS
the Maco
The Bold Springs Cemetery As-
_. . , . . . „ i sociation will meet at the horn# of
crop At least twelve big Opelousas Stewart Interests, and reportedly Mrs Kyle Aderhold at 3 p m Frl-
catfish did their very best to hatch had two years of a three-year con- day September 1st. All members
tract yet to fill. His compensation are urg5d to be nt
as Banking Commissioner is $5.-
000. The Maco Stewart interests
T. D. Key, owner of large hold- a nest 0f eggs under a bank in the
ings in Wheeler County and many Trinity River near Paradise, Texas,
of his neighbors are now planning jt reported by Loyd Preskitt of
to plant food for the Prairie Bridgeport and State Game War- ^'e^been ard^nt and enthusiastic
Chickens as a result of the birds den Harley Berg. An Opelousas cat
having moved into their cotton weighing sixty-one pounds was
fields and totally destroyed the taken from the nest by means of a
army worms. The worms had eaten Seine on July 15. On eleven succes- Christl, an employe of the Board
about one-third ,f the leaves from sive days thereafter a large Ope- of Cosmetology, which licenses and
Mr Key s cotton when the birds lousas cat was taken off the same supervises beauty shops, was named
friends an* advisors of the Gov-
ernor since the election.
Mrs. Ella Mae Murphy, of Corpus
FREE BICYCLE!
Boys and Girls listen to Dr
Pepper Cadet program over
WFAA at 5:15 for details.
(14-16pd)
Back to School!
BE SURE that your child’s
eyes are prepared for the next
nine months of class work and
reading strain. A strain or weak-
ness of the eyes, aggravated by
class work may develop into a
permanent injury. A thorough,
scientific eye examination now
may save serious trouble later
on. I specialize in the examina-
tion and care of school children’s
eyes. See me In my Waco office
any day except Saturday, All
work guaranteed! Reasonable
prices.
DR. T. J. REEVES
Ground Floor, Liberty Building,
WACO. TEXAS.
eggs. They Weighed from a member of the board, succeeding
to thirty-five pounds. Mrs. P. A. Houston of Henderson.
* Mrs Murphy, described as a highly
Will J. Tucker, executive secre- caPable emPlQye of the is
tary of the Texas Game, Fish and als0 the slster of a Prominent pub-
Oyster Commission, could have col- lic ' bbyist, who led an
lected $21,000 for his first seven active fl&ht amon« the sI*clal In-
months service as game commis- terest &roup to pass S. J. R. 12. the
moved in. As many as 500 Prarie nest 0f
Chickens invaded the forty-five seventeen
acre field at a time and the re-j
suit'. Is that Mr Key estimates they
saved him as much as five bales of
cotton. Many neighbors had the
same experience and now have a
higher regard for those game birds.
They have announced there will be :f Xexas but he took only °°vernor's sales tax constitutional
no hunting fer prairie chickens in $2 10Q or $300 a month instead 0f amendment at the regular session,
that section during the remainder $3 0u0 a month ^ recalled recent-, Leon’ the governor’s banjo-pick-
of the five-year closed season j ing foil on his radio program, is
placed on the birds by the Forty- fulfilling his duties in a new posi-
fifth state legislature in 1937 A stenographer s error or some tj0n M disbursement officer of the
Mr Key has planted seventy-one other person’s mistake had caused Texas Nationa] ouard. He is sta-
acres of Sudan and red top cane the Iaw Passed by tbe Legis ature, tioned at Camp Mabry, easily avail-
NYA School Aid
Jobs Announced
J. C. Keliam, State Administra-
tor, this week advised J. E. Batson,
County Schcol Superintendent,
that McLennan County's quota of
NYA school aid jobs for the 1939-
40 school year had been set at 168
for white schools and 39 for color-
ed schools. The State Administra-
tor said this quota was based on the
county’s relative youth population
and its particular need for NYA
school aid jobs.
Mr. Keilam asked the County
Superintendent to call a meeting of
the local NYA County Placement
Committee for the purpose of dis-
tributing NYA jobs to the schools
within the county. As soon as the
eommitte report is received, forms
will be mailed to schools recom-
mended 4y the committee and ap-
proved for participation in the
program. He said the school aid
program would operate throughout
the next school year in much the
same manner as it did last year,
with only a few minor changes in
administration and regain J ms.
The quota of NYA school aid jobs
for the entire state was placed at
12.546. This is an Increase of ap-
proximately one third over last
years’ quota, and the State NYA
Administrator estimated that some
20-thousand students in Texas
secondary schools would be enabled
to continue their education this
year through operation of the
school aid program.
for the biennium ending Aug. 31,
1937, to read that the game com- broadcast,
missioner should receive $36,000 a
year in salary. However, Tucker
decided that the law should have
read $3,800 annually and accepted
L C. Cole, state game warden, °nly that amount for his services
and Earl Watley thought they were each month from February, 1927,
seeing double the other day when when he took charge of the de-
fied what appeared to be, partment, until the biennium end-
for the birds to feed on and plans
to raise as much maize and kaffir
corn for them Other Wheeler Co-
unty land owners are also going to
provide feed for the birds.
able for the Sunday morning radio
they
tree over ed «even months later.
Austin Notes
The folks who tried to get the
Senate to call off its filibuster and
pass a driver’s license law with
teeth in it at the regular session
evidently knew what they were
talking about. The Senate dwadl-
ed along with the filibuster, and
killed the driver’s license bill.
During the first half of 1939, 394
persons were killed in highway ac-
cidents in Texas, and 25 percent
while on the limb of a
their heads, two snakes, but what *
turned out to be a two-headed rep- The heaviest concentration of
tile which had one. head in the canvasback ducks in Texas is on
usual place and the other at the Surprise Lake in Chambers County 0f them were in accidents involv-
root of its tail. northeast of Galveston, it is re- jng drunken drivers .... Senator
Snakes with two bodies or with ported by State Game Warden hui, who opposed the sales tax,
two heads side by side are some- Delbert Conner, who declares that „rged Gov. O’Danlel to call a spec-
times found, but this is the first more than half of that species of
time discovery cf a nake with a; migratory birds coming to the
head at each extremity has been Lone Star State gather there. The
reported in Texas. The reptile,! canvasback is one of the four
about three feet long, had a nor- species of ducks that hunters are
mal-sized head and a smaller one! all:wed only three per day during
at the root of the tail. The nor-j the open season. The others are
mal head had a round, black ton-j redheads, buffleheads and ruddy
eue with two prongs extending1 ducks.
Announcement!
I wish to announce to all of my friends and citizenship of
this community that I am associated with
at i
Montgomery Ward Co.
WACO BRANCH
and will travel In Waco territory calling on all homes In West
community. I will appreciate all courtesies given me. I will
specialize in selling all
Home Appliances
K. ■< .. .
such as stoves, ranges, radios, wash machine, ect., and all other
merchandise that this company carries. Thanking you in ad-
vance,
community. I will appreciate all courtisous given me. I wilt
MARSHALL DILLING
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School Supplies!
School days are here and
students will find a complete
list of school supplies at our
firm Let us furnish your
school needs -— Our prices
are right.
Prescription
Druggist!
When you bring us your
prescriptions, you are assured
they are filled with fresh
drugs of highest purity — and
with 100 percent accuracy.
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WE ARE ALWAYS CHEAPER
WEST, TEXAS
Etex Pressure Rises
With a world war threatening
again, and crude stocks reported
near exhaustion, pressure in the
East Texas field was reported by
Thompson to have jumped over 31
pounds during the shutdown. This
__________he said, is a distinct contribution
to conservation, and will prolong
AUSTIN—Oil continued to oc- ]j(e 0j many producing wells ma-
cupy the center of attention in terially.
Austin at the week-end, as the end The red-headed commissioner,
of the 15 day shutdown by Texas wbo has taken the lead in the fight
and five other oil producing states, Precipitated by the mid-continent
, . „ „ crude price cuts, threw another
controlling 6a percent 01 U. S. pro- cum at the major price-cuttcrs,
duction, neared. when he drew up an erder for a
Hearings on application of the hearing on pipe-line rates, dated
Humble to increase its allowable in tentatively Sept. 7, and cited sworn
East Texas by 45 percent were reports of major pipeline corn-
closed during the week, as experts panies, showing $400,000,000 of net
offered opposing formulae for pro- profits in nine years, as evidence
rating that world’s largest oil field. °* need tor a review of pipeline
Humble sought a higher allowable rat^s, and °* justification for his
under authority of a Federal court advocacy of a 5-cent a barrel tax
order, but did not advocate an °n pipeline-transported oil. He |
.veraU Increase for the field. One wouid "I the avenue for pensions
group of independents sought a and other social security measures,
higher overall allowable for the en- Thompson also promised indepen-
tire field. Other independents ad- dent refiners short of crude the
vanced varying theories for al- Commission would seek to obtain
locating production among wells In crude f°r them to operate with,
the field The Railroad Commis- Thus testing their good faith in
sion closed the hearing, agreed to ,be ™a!ter of reducing their
hear arguments later, and turned ’
its attention to the September Mann’s Rulings
stai^ide hearing which was sche- Attorney General Mann
j d onday. handed down two important rul-
Commisskmer Ernest Thompson, tags during the week. First, he held
who is also chairman of the inter- Gov. O’Daniel's veto of appropria-
state Oil Compact, has called a tiens for eight examiners employed
special meeting of the compact, at by the Life Insurance Commission
the same time, to discuss probable did not prevent the Commission
continuance of the shutdown, un- from appealing to the Board of
less price cutting by certain majors Control for power to re-employ
-the real cause of the shutdown these inspectors, who are paid out
-are rescinded meanwhile. 8ev- of funds assessed against the In-,
eral small independent crude buy- surance companies for supervision
ers In Texas and other producing purpose*.
states have already rescinded the A bitter blow to 300 University of
20 to 32 cents a barrel slash which Texas students was Mann's second
brought on the trouble. Meanwhile ruling, holding that part-time Jobs
there were rumor* a special session for students by state departments
of the Illinois legislature may be are not authorised. It has been cus-
cailed to enact a proration law. H- ternary to create a single Job, then
linois running 300.000 barrels dally divide the work and the pay be-
of unprorated oil, has been a major tween two or three students, each
[ factor in the market disturbance working part of the day, 1708'
which has upset the Industry. I makes many friends for the poll-
SALUTE TO LABOR!
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Hats off to Labor—gallant
force that has made America
the world leading country
it is—mighty element that is
pushing us ever forward
among nations to a pinnacle
of benevolent power. Labor
properly developed and capably guided be-
comes our most vital element. Salute!
BANK CLOSED MONDAY.
Our Bank will be closed on Monday, September 4th, Labor Day.
Patrons are asked to transact their business on Saturday to avoid
inconveniences.
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OPEN AN ACCOUNT
The success of many a business man dates
back to the time of opening an account in this
bank. Because of our services, we believe we
can be of help to those who need a banking af-
filiation. Your account is invited, whether small
or large. _
West National Bank
WEST,
TEXAS
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Webb, Leonard. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1939, newspaper, September 1, 1939; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth589341/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting West Public Library.