The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1944 Page: 4 of 8
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THE HUMBLE ECHO, HUMBLE, TEXAS
The HUMBLE ECHO
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TELEPHONE 120
Published in Humble by the E. Beaumont Printing Company,
E. BEAUMONT____________________________________ Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year _______________________________ $1.00
_Six Months_____—--------------- 5Qc___
Entered as second-class matter July 18, 1942, at the post office
at Humble, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation
of any firm, corporation or individual will be gladly corrected upon
being brought to the editor’s attention._^....... _
Southern Pacific
Announces a Change
of Schedule
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freedom: of the press
'A newspaper that would not stand up for the freedom of the
press would be very inconsistent. We believe, however, that the
‘‘freedom” for which we bristle on all occasions should not be
weakly interpreted as license.
The thought back of this preroration is that the display of
sordid immorality back of the Chaplin-Barry mess that the big
papers are so prominently headlining with all of- its disgusting
details is not an exercise of “freedom” but the use of “license”
permitting the. newspapers to cater to the sordid and base de-
sires of many readers for the filthy details of such a case.
Since the days of Fatty Arbuckle and Virginia Rappe the
people of the make-believe world of filmdom have shown a-de-
cidedly, shall we say unmoral attitude. Outbursts of this kind
of depraved life have recurred at intervals, and one is bound
to believe that there is some fire back of it all. Of course, there
are many, many people in Hollywood who are of the highest
moral character, yet the black sheep of the cinema world have
besmirched the rest of them in the eyes of the public.
We cannot believe that freedom of the press excuses the print
ing of such stories as are now appearing, regardless of who the
guilty party is. _
CONGRESS
We have never hesitated in critizing the Congress—not, of
onrse that our criticism means anything to that august body,
and we feel equally free to express our views when we see con-
gress going in the right direction.
This government of ours, this system of democracy which all
of the higher ups claim we are fighting for, is composed of
three heads: The Congress to make the laws, the Supreme Court
to pass, on the constitutionality of such laws and the executive
department to see to the administration of such laws.
Even before the war the executive department _ of our gov-
ernment, ' in the name of expediency, began taking over the
functions of the other departments. Because of our having
come out of the depression under the present administration
we stood for many things that we felt were not in keeping with
the basic principles of our form of government. Most of ns
remember vividly, the beginning of the alphabet soups; the NRA
the WPA, the PWA, and many other agencies or bureaus
which emanated from an administraJ'on which had for its bat-
tle cry in the first campaign the abolition of bureaus. ^
It is, thereore, a good sign, a rainbow in our political sky,
when the congress in extending the lend lease -et inserted a
proviso taking the settlement of the debit balances due the
United States from that act out of the hands of one man and
reserved for itself its undeniable prerogative of settling such
matters itself.
Congress may bungle but so long as we adhere to our present
form of government we must have a free and unhindered con-
gress to carry out the wishes of the people, and, after all, the
members of the Congress must know the wishes of their various
constituencies better than does one man or one small group of
men in the executive mansion.
Seeing the advertisement in
last week’s Echo in which the
Southern Pacific announced a
change of schedule or> the train
from Houston arriving in the
morning called to mind the un-
tiring efforts of this great rail-
road system to give service to
its patrons through the able and
efficient management of Mr. J.
F. Sullivan, paesenger traffic
manager, Houston.
In these days of air travel and
truck shipping weare apt to for-
get the long years in which we
depended entirely on the rail-
roads for our transportation.
And, folks, we are going to con-
tinue to need them. The fre ghtt
carrying air transport are stili
a long way in the future when
it comes to serving communities
likeoure. And while air travel
will increase, yet for a long time
to come we will still depend on
the train.
It won't take much study
either to see that the rail com-
panies have kept abreast with
j the times. Compare the trains
4 of yester year with the stream-
| lined beauties of today—check
*up on the schedules of a few
years ago with those of today,
and last but by no means leastl
take into consideration the
safety of modern rail trayel. No,
we don't want to give up our
,cchoo, choo” trains for a long
time to come.
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Paints, Varnis
Humble, Texas
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A PULP WOOD CONTAINER FOR EVERY SHELL
A Cassino and the Marshall and Caroline Islands have taken
a lot of pounding from American big guns in recent months.
We hope other-Axis fortresses will get a lot more until they ca-
pitulate.
While we can’t participate either in the firing or the manu-
facture of those deadly shells which are pulverizing Nazi and
Jap strongholds, we can help to assure their effectiveness. For
every shell that goes overseas is packed in a specially-devised
container which protects them in transit.
The United States is the only country at war which transports
artillery shells in paperboard eases instead of metal containers.
A new type of container, capable of withstanding heat and damp
ness, was developed when it was found that the old style con-
tainer, used in the first World War, deteriorated in the South
Pacific and Africa.
The exact composittion of these new shell containers is a mili-
tary secret, but their base is still the same—pulpwood. They
are extremely light, easy to handle, and save thousands of tons
of scarce metals.
But, because these shells fortunately are fired outside this
country, their containers can’t be salvaged. After one use, they
are discarded. That means a steady stream of new ones must
be produced in this country. And many cords of pulpwood are
needed to make them.
Maybe your pulpwood will encase the first U. S. artillery
shell to fall on Berlin or Tokio.
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Humble Locals
-and Personals
Havis Martel left Sunday to
go back to his base at St.Peters
burg, Fla.
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Mr. and Mrs. Russel Findley
of Houston were Humble visit-
ors Thursday.
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Mrs. Frank Henderson was a
Houston visitor Tuesday.
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Mrs. Adam Price a~hd Ethel
spent the week end in Houston.
Katie Merle Pound was honor
guest at a birthday party at the
home of her sister, Mrs. George
E. Pritchett. There were four-
teen present and all reported an
enjoyable time.
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Mrs. R. H. Davis is home
again after spending a few days
in Houston with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Perkins.
ROSEWOOD PARK
CEMETERY
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Charles Fields, Pres,
Owned and operated by Humble people
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Houston, March 29 — With
the appointment of John R.
Smnan, vice president of the
Humble Oil and Refining Com-
pany, as regional chairman for
Texas, southern New Mexico
and northern Louisiana, the
Committee for Economic De-
velopment has given increased
stimulation to its program,
whose main objectives are to
develop peacetime industry and
provide work for returning
fighting men as well as em-
ployes in war producing plants.
In acceptiing the appoint-
ment, Mr. Suman, recognized as
one of the foremost business
leaders of the Southwest, said
that while many economic ent-
erprises have already enrolled
in the organization, the
ranks are being- greatly aug-
mented in order to insure full
realization of its purposes.
Steps are being taken, he said,
to have every community served
by a fully mobilized unit of the
CED, because every community
has definite responsibility in
planning to meet the postwar
conditions.
“’The Committee for Eco-
nomic Development has no con-
nection with any government
agency or bureau,” Mr. Suman
said. “It is strictly a business
organization. It is an independ
ent, nonpolitical and nonprofit
organization. Its single purpose
is to stimulate and assist busi-
ness and industry is providing
the fullest possible employment
through expanded production.
“We are convinced that the
free enterprise system can
handle the jobs of postwar em-
ployment, if given the chance.
The CED is an organization of
far-sighted practical citizens,
through which the postwar goal
can be reached, if proper plann-
ing takes place before the in-
evitable emergency arises. We
are going to be able to definite-
ly show that business is ready
to assume the major responsi-
bility for providing jobs as soon
as surveys now in progress are
completed. ”
Paul G. Hoffman, president
of Studebaker Corporation, as
tanional chairman of CED, ap-
pointed Mr. Smnan regional
chairman, with J. V. McGood-
win, on leave of absence as as-
sistatn economist of the Hum*
5 ble, as regional manager. Re-
gional offices have been estab-
lished at 826 Commerce Build-
ing. This is a service office to
help CED community chairmen
develop local planning.
Frank C. Smith, president of
the Houston Natural Gas Com-
pany, is chairman of the Har-
ris CED executive committtee,
which has the active coopera-
tion of an advisory committee
of topnotcH economic leaders.
Organization of the Harris
County CED was sponsored by
the Houstton Chamber of Com-
merce, whose secpetary, C. J.
Crampton, is head of the CED
liaison division.
Similar CED groups through
out the region, where already
many communities have organi-
zations, will be perected in ev-
ery locality, Regional Chairman
Suman said.
‘ ‘Our regional office in Hous-
ton, having use of all CED ma-
terial, will gladly lend advice
and assistance to all wishing
this cooperation,” he said.
Prompt action is importtant be-
cause plans must be carefully
laid and the programs made
ready for immediate function-
ing when the postwar period
starts.” he said.
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Beaumont, E. The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1944, newspaper, March 31, 1944; Humble, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth647702/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Humble Museum.