The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1941 Page: 1 of 10
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WEST. TEXAS. FRIDAY. MAY 30, 1941.
LET’S TALK IT
OVER
WEST UNIT OF TEXAS DEFENSE GUARD
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It has been a week of big news
throughout the world, the climax
coming Tuesday evening when
President Roosevelt announced in
his world-wide radio address that
an 'unlimited national emergency
exists and required the strengthen-
ing of our defense to the extreme
limit of our national power and
authority.
In the address, the President
made it clear that unless the ad-
vance of Germany is forcibly
stopped the Western Hemisphere
will face destruction by Adolf Hit-
ler in quest of world domination.
Quoting the President: “We will
not accept a Hitler-dominated
world.” "We reassert the ancient
American doctrine of freedom of
the seas.” "We have pledged mat-
erial support to the other dem-
ocracies of the world—and we will
fulfill that pledge. We are placing
our armed forces in strategic mill- Members of Company A. 12th Battalion, Texas Defense Guard, pic- Mynarcik, Vaclav Knapp, Oran Edwards, James Kuykendal, Sgt. Leonard
tary positions. We will not hesitate ,uretl auove, recently passed inspection and were inducted into state Webb, Lt. Z. Pauk, Chaplain 12th Battalion.
to use our armed forces to repel servlce ihe company is composed of 61 enlisted men and 3 officers, Third row: Sgt. E. C. Goodman, Sgt. Leslie Garrison, Cpl. Henry
attack.” and l3 ^cognized as 0ne of the best drilled defense units in the state, j Lednicky, Frank Helona, Emil Hegar, A. W. Marchak, Paul Gregory,
Too, a most important factor in In the front row, left to right: Sgt. J. A. Snelson, Sgt. Lanford Frank Husak, Jerry Hutyra, Tom Hlavenka, Allen Busby. John Tennison,
the speech was the declaration Deveny, L'pl. I. F. Opella, Top 8gt. F. J. Hlavaty, 1st Lt Jos. F. Holasek, Horace Twitty, Josh King, Floyd McCoy, Lt. Eddie Walla. 12th Battalion
that "we in America will decide for Capt. Louis E. Garrison, 2nd Lt. R. S. Ray, Herbert Hardie, Chas. Harris, Supply Officer.
ourselves whether, and where, and Ray Middlebrook, Cpl. R. J. Hruika, Robert Navratll, Sgt. D. T. Adams. Top row: Sgt. W. J. Girard. Cpl. Eddie Nemecek, Clyde Mills. Harry
when, our American interests are Second row: Ernest Wilson, H. J. Kozelski, Sgt Frank Mrkos. Frank Urbts, Joe Pavelka, Louis Kramr, Willie Mrkos. Ray Garrison. Elo
attacked or our security threaten- Scukup, Cpl. Frank Cocek, Clyde Bennett, W. H. Townley, Wayland j Zatopek, Clement Kolacek. Joe Stanislav. Cpl. J. R. Wehrung. Fred
ed.” Those who would wait until Alexander, Wesley Sulak, Bohus Kaslk, Harry Uchnovsky, William Plsek, Thos. Scanio, G. W. Wilson, John Sulak, Paul Thompson,
the recognized enemy is at the door
__Volume 51. No. 52.
Farm Decrease
In This District
The 1940 Census enumerated a
total of 20.912 farms in the six
counties comprising the 11th Con-
gressional District, according to a
special tabulation received today
from the Washington office of
Congressman W. R. Poage of Waco.
This is a decrease of 7,972 farms
from the total counted ten years
earlier, at which time the 11th
district had 28,884 farms.
According to a Census report
giving statistics for the various
counties of the state, Texas had a
total of 418.002 farms, a decrease of
77,487 farms from the 1930 total of
495 489.
The approximate land area of the
ltth Congressional District Is 3,-
828.720 acres of which 3225.492
acres are In farms, according to
the Census statistics.
McLennan county reported the
largest decrease In number of
farms for the decade with a de-
cline of 2,196 farms from the 1930
total of 6641 to the 1940 total of
4.445. McLennan kept its lead as
first In the district in total num-
ber of farms.
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Party Honors
Hugo Freunds
before taking action should ponder
this paragraph of the President’s
speech: “When your enemy comes
at you in a tank or a bombing
plane, if you hold your fire until
you see the whites of his eyes, you
will never know what hit you. Our
Bunker Hill of tomorrow may be
several thousand miles from Bos-
ton.”
Thus the guns are loaded and
aim has been taken. The rear of
the explosion may sound at any
time. Our fleet will see action, as
will our air force, and sooner or
later our infantry units. The phrase
"short of war” has been erased for
the sake of self preservation. We
are in this war to a finish and
nothing the Wheelers or Lind-
berghs can say will alter the situa-
tion. This column is grateful that
President Roosevelt stated the
facts and declared this emergency.
We only regret that this declara-
tion did not come a year ago. but
the people were not ready to face
what lay ahead at that time. The
maiority now see the handwriting
and realize that unity, work and
Mrs. B. V. Jares
Resigns at Mill
Odell Campbell
Drowns at Ft. Worth
Members of the West Chamber
of Commerce and SPJST lodge No.
54 joined in sponsoring a surprise
; party and dance in honor of Mr.
j and Mrs. Hugo Freund at the
SPJST hall last Thursday night.
Mr. Freund, who recently retired
as secretary of the West Chamber
; of Commerce after serving the
| Washington. May 26—President organization for 15 years, was pre-
Roosevelt Monday ordered a second sented with a gold wrist watch on
| registration under the Selective behalf of the Chamber of Corn-
Service Act on July 1. merce bY * 3 Marak. past presi-
Registration Day
No. 2 On July 1
Odell Campbell, 24, of Ft. Worth,j VISITORS RETURN AFTER
former resdent of this community, 65M MILES OF TRAVEL , .
drowned 8unday afternoon in the He said in a proclamation dent of the organization,
swirling current at Double Dam in , Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Vrba and another registration was “required Mr. and Mrs. Freund were also
Trinity Park, Ft. Worth. Mrs. Ben Vanzura returned to their in the interest of national defense.” presented with two lawn chairs by
The body was recovered from the llome here this week following a New registrants will include those tbe SPJST lodge, of which he is
water about an hour after Camp- vacation tour which took them men who on or ^tore July 1, have vlce President. The presentation
bell had been sucked under and over miles, through a num- aljained their twenty-first birth- was made by Robert Cervenka,
pulled into the mouth of a sub- ber oI 8tates- Portland. Oregon was day and had not regJstered pre„ president of the lodge. Mayor Geo.
merged drain pipe in the dam. | ^ central point of the tour. Mrs. vlwuly Kacir was toastmaster for the oc-
A struggle to save his life-long
Vancura visiting a brother and two
sisters here whom she had
Kacir was toastmaster for the oc-
The registration is to take place casion. a large number attending
Sgt. and Mrs. B. V. Jares
necessary 8(!o * ee WhUthtag through AUce Lednicky, resigned her duties has gone > under.”
to a victorious end.
Worth and a former resident of J .u^e^T^d jSz, E ^ ? “nd **« ^eundTxpresaed thanks^to
wood Tour N B C and C B S Selective service officials have active part in the affairs of the city
wooo lour, n. n. v,. unuju. u. ■ e3timated that about j,000,000 men of West Mrs Pr-und a graduate
SSn fbro^and^he Red J® «» under of Baylor university, has been a
the proclamation_ | teacher in the West public schools
jand
! rmm
from the scene when a witness at
Mrs. B. V. Jares, the former Miss1 the stream told him that “a man
Radio, no doubt, had the great-
est audience in its history Tues-
as secretary at the Brazos Valley Cantrell went into the water and
Cotton Mill last week and will saw Campbell near the surface.
"The current was awfully strong
i leave for 8an Antonio this week
, to be with her husband. 8taff 8gt
Cantrell said.
Wood Forest.
The tour was made free of car
"I grabbed at him trouble, and Jerry took
FORMER WEST MISS FINISHES
several OKLAHOMA MEDICAL SCHOOL
for the past 10 years.
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day evening. Every city, town, and B. V. Jares, who is stationed . at and caught his clothing. The cloth roll* of technicolor film which he
village in America was listening in.. Randolph Field. tore. I just about stripped his! frizes very highly.
England was deeply Interested in Mrs. Jares has been employed at clothing from him trying to hold
the address, as was Germany and the locai miu for the past three him back from the dam.”
Italy. German reports say that years and is a native of this city, j investigation after recovery of
President Roosevelt's speech con- Her many friends join in wishing the body showed a bruise on C'amp-
her success and happiness in her | bell’s forehead and those at the
new home. j scene expressed the belief that
Mrs. Joe Polasek Jr. will replace Campbell’s head had struck some
Mrs. Jares as secretary for mill
Supt. J. P. Moses.
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tabled nothing new, while in Rome
it was declared to amount virtually
to putting the United 8tates at war
against Germany and Italy. Re-
gardless of foreign analysis of the
speech, we at home know it calls
for unity and work in a common
defense effort. A definite line has
been drawn between loyalty and
disloyalty. Those who criticize the
OLD MESS SERGEANT
STILL PRODUCES EATS
E. C. <Jew> Goodman was a mess
object when he was pulled under! memb^ *
the surface by the current.
The body was recovered by
HILL COUNTY SCENES TO
Friends of Miss Hazel Mont- BE INCORPORATED IN MOVIE
gomery. former West resident,! starring Errol Flynn, the book
<T, mvi ic r-riNF wufrf 1 daughter of Dr. and Mrs G L They Died With Their Boots On”
I Montgomery now of Carlsbad, written three years ago by Thomas
ALL GOOD DOGS GO n. M., received invitations this week a. Ripley, of the Atlanta Journal.
Members of the local publishing 10 commencement exercises at the Georgia, will be produced into a
company were saddened this week University of Oklahoma School of m0vte in the near future by War-
by the loss of a companion and Medicine, June 8-9, announcing ner Brothers.
Miss Montgomery’s completion at Unusual Interest is attached to
TuffV was on hand at the News the medical s^001 11 ls understood i the story because the author of the
nff^ lLh Lrninc as reaular as that she Memorial book Is a brother of J. M. Ripley of
, He was o{ no special Hosfita1’ Washington. D. C., for, Hillsboro, and part of the locale of
rescue squad from the Ft. Worth employe Ifc to of r^pecW work prlor ,
H assistance but his presence was
prior
as a medical doctor.
practicing
policy of our government and at-’sergeant in the U. 8, Army during ■
tempt to creat dissension at a time the World War, which explains the .been a privilege character about town
_______* ___J.. f/inri tava« fiends, with their wives, had been j" "__„ . . „haniw,
Hrr1rr ■swlsHsi.,.* «.«■.
Campbell and Cantrell, life-long member of the canine tribe. He was, „0N0R ST. MARY’S CLASS
splendid feed served by the Texas
Defense Guard last Wednesday ^ , ...
when that organization was of- about lve
flclally inspected. However, this!cld€nt ^ccu . ’
Jk
like this are most certainly dis
loyal and should be dealt with as
traitors.
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HENRY SVACEK DIES
AT WICHITA FALLS
Henry Svacek. 28. former West i*r Plat* was less °"« cent-
resident, passed away at Wichita Tbe fa::t 18 that ®oodma^' a
Falls at 10:40 p. m. Monday. isrocer himself, solicited donations
The body was sent to West for
burial, funeral services being held<
here at the Presbyterian church
ifci
pital before the body was recover- trains T-model Fords !,stca and Dorls 8nelson- Paul Rozkydal suffered a head
Art RhA was treated for nervous' trucks caused him his The plates consisted of tuna fish injury and bruises about the body
A * ____l —: — * .Laaaa on rlminttae 4l>u nnn wkUVt Vsn ninr
the story is in the Fort Graham
section of Hill county.
The central character of the
story, John Wesley Harding, has
relatives living in the Whitney
section now. The period of the
reconstruction days after
war.
The Atlanta newspaper man,!
at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday, Rev.
Z. F. Pauk officiating. Burial Was
in C. M B cemetery.
Deceased is survived by a brother,
Ernest Svacek of West.
TEXAS AGED PENSIONS TO
BE CUT IN JUNE PAYMENT
from wholesale food concerns—and
did a good job of it. too. Maybe
this accounts for his nickname
"Jew."
Firms contributing to the
were: Cola-Cola. Deleware Punch,
Pepsicola. Dr. Pepper, 7-Up. Miller
Produce, Double Cola. Hires Root
Beer. Pop Cola, Jones Bread. Mrs.
Bairds Bread. Rainbow Bread. Rath
Packing Co.. Delicious Cooking Co.,
Bestyett Salad CJo.. Geyser Ice Co
ed. She was treated
shock.
The body was sent
™ i ,,nrMt abrf it was the latter »nd Pimento cheese sandwiches, when the car in which he was rid-
to Biromejonly unrest ahd it was the latter .....h i(NO tM jM> „ifh W1I1U wtth
feed Monday for funeral services and which figured in ms
Austin. May 27—The Public Wei- Den tier Maid Co., Kraft Co.. Hoff-
fare Department announced today iman Banana Co., and Chas. Ock-
a slash In old age pensions for.ander.
June due to Insufficient funds. sgt. Goodman was assisted by
An average $9.W will be paid to'Floyd McCoy, Oran Edwards, Joe
140,000 persons, two dollars less Stanislav and James Kuykendal ia
than ttoj May average.
burial.
Campbell will be
by West residents as a
ball player, having participated in
a number of games here. He moved
to Ft. Worth about three months
ago from Birome and was employed
at Bewley Mills.
Surviving besides the widow are
the parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Campbell of Birome; two sisters.
Mrs. J. P. Rhode*. Ft. Worth, and
Mrs W. F.
brothers,
death. He s**1**1- P^kles. ice tea, ice
could only howl when the trains cream and cookies. Plate favors
T'AmAmhprpd disturbed him. but he let ms dis- were blue and white mint cups.
.... j ft approval of old cars and trucks be > Those present were
skilled ‘^of - gnown by giving chase to these Voehaska, Doris Urbanovsky, Leon- miles south
vehicles. An unlucky slip of the paw j ard Stanislav. Rose Mary Hromad- corner on the old .ighway
“ *----Both vehicles---*"*
ing with Willie Foit collided with
a Magnolia gasoline truck driven
by Ira Carter Monday morning.
William The accident occurred about three
of West at a blind
on a damp highway resulted in j ka, Alouts Haidusek, James Motis,
fatal injury. Like all thorough-! Dorothy Velek. Doris Snelson, Wil-
breds, Tuffy suffered two days In Ham Peters. Iva Lou Duncan, Kr-
sllence before going where all good line Cox, Mildred Pradka, Arnold
dogs go.
Worth: A. B. and C. V, CampbeU.
I Fred CampbeU,
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Cocek, Calvin Zatopek and
Pareya.
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A great stimulant to
the knowledge that on
ent won’t fight.
aged, however
only party Injured
by a local physician.
Joe Matteycct
five years
his old
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Webb, Leonard. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1941, newspaper, May 30, 1941; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth589407/m1/1/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting West Public Library.