The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1942 Page: 2 of 8
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THE TAFT TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1942__________
THE TAFT TRIBUNE
BOB SLAXM. fiwn«r
T, A, BUCKNJ3R, Bditor and Publisher
fii’ Yhur.d.-sy tti’ Erich W*ri
\t itsi.nu-TH,'. Kirns-
.«* jftk fVuicIo anti ACjelclug Cutmlia*
A;) OSher Places
$160 Per Year
(S.90 Per Year
Pact s
FOOLISHNESS
AMD
PHILOSOPHY
■fb-c muBi be no bottleneck* It) j R{liiOIUKl& Bowd
Texas' oil production and tr»n*-j , » .
!..jn»tU»n facilities. j MaRC* “eP°n
'Tlif people of Tow* need »j --------
war veteran and a fully qualified; six application*
Retlroml Commissioner who will; Mr*
see to
j w J. W<«*!iaw Sip'on J tubes cry. 2 tlre„ *,,5
: |.M»*.‘Ttg« (i fab
.» j). White, 1 I!"”, imp'?men* 'raller.
Tut* • «
srsiw--■ '™**! vtzl• ’**
....................... «-*i <*.*-«-
WtittaA aa a ««<»» i-*-. t , m;es 1!’. i;ci. t,j the pout office at
*Mt Thwaa, under ’-he e* of March 3, 1859 (
<By AUSTIN CAU.AN)
THE ABSENCE OF CHEER
! ; 4 parse; >’ r
CO., At-
does function a. it, maximum to | miten Cm. OWW * ‘™* r'“i >«*«* »**• - , ■"*»*"'
Jester de-i,read». 1 the and tube, truck j E. y Ivrnn, Otfra>. I --------•*='-
Roy K. (laities. Simon. 5 re-1 fr retread
.. | tv V. I Juris Oilem. 1 tire
A native of Corsicana. Jester is, treads, t. tic If.. *
a w c gp^ug Jr„ Taft. 2 r*-|*o|eU\ 1 tube. |Uk-en«er.
' John Jmur.ek M.i'iii.’, • tube
our war effort,"
flared.
**» HHW1* duty !» Ui s»rhit ail the new* stmt i> fit »<> print houestjy and j
ffiWy S® all, unbiased by any raniddrrathHis even liK-fudinfC Its own j The Wd| hay ; ,t-t-
m ralumuTneh Clti»»me<l A^erU^'g.' j ^“1 nr' ’ r^nt* *He "liu trapt-a°'hto j oblSc ) J »- «’>»'
a graduate of Texas University J
a 1 °‘i and served from 1M2 to 1835 as (treads, trick.
" 11 Morrtia
fr ' ) iuh.-, Irp^,'
Arthur ty.
pasaorifcer
* T. MohoW,
' .•<•! retread*
* «*8 -
: i' wftf 1 hlcjncl*, j
‘-’•'•h \V Up"
1 bicycle
"» i; huh, i
1 tllinlJMli
Otlfcm
; B&i»—zc tt word first Inucnlou. lr thereafter.
......
igg^L. W«t- H«* First Cali
There are t^w gay A«tborings bales'to gi, ovctseaVlu i8i;| Alfred J *>!»<*<*«. *'***' 2J sender re.fads
la.-Afcw.av_-________ _ _ . r srrv. , . . ! .. c it *,.V,«si IV.» -Sf,0|»2er V f t Ttn,
Sorae ppi’j/le went being told that a great many
American citizens don’t realize that w(> are at war, but -
Wmtm ^ fl*8t rtmaim, that in every community you can find '
of evidw(‘e that thir statement i.s true. Oh, sure, J
IP?-, w W«W arc «t war and they have some faint notion,
§P£:'.« WJ»t we're up against., Out possession of this bare i
*• ^-'WliWrtedge h«u» not .stirred their souls to that depth that i
is rntf^m to all-out war effort. A man ir&y reahae hi»!yoUth« ,n sf
SShS hiT!sSaSefuUUofhLSsght g° 0,1 PUttin!? 5t °«l mWUm.. - 'ra'i0'''
f,R “r •vort*- Hn<i .a« Sin Infantry captain ... .... (
it h dreadfully mnh nivIsloB. He .«a«y action in! .
lodely »li,t-,. our' tlf St Millie! and V-M.--t>-Af?i>nnf1 Arai.ras Pass. 1 t!» an(i 1
in the (Ik*, obsolete, 2 tn^*- ^Men*',r >
- • Jnc
I A, fiaiv, Slaton, t ............
Scrivener * Bicb»rd*oo. j talM.-.
' lube.;
precion* boys offeiwlvea. Ret strain* to (ho law; iniclc
fitli, sk-ltubcti, T) iv-! 1 j«.*
sender retread.
gone Elderly men .
so a j b <- b {: <■ n ■
after the Armistice, h< complet- [ Olio P- f' limSiU. Taft. I teach j j s Hull. Jr.. V.-nbK l»ln ••;■•
-d his studlc'x and bar practiced( tube. ^ » etaMr, 1 «J-.- true*. • n(••;• -
In Corsicana ever since. He has Guaranty TliU- A Tmal o ■ M,j,„,
strl.llng c lowlyj ,.|lKll] a Su„(la si bool class tr.1 Slaton. 1 tire and 1 tub». truck, j |,0„i, >Yhro,..). •• T-:> 1 t!r-
*!«v- n tho rtre-'t t!le ymihoilist church since 1921. T. C. Krmis, Odem, 1 Hre a‘J,) I j oMolcn.
ami chtl-; am| R,ltop ,.,j5 hns i,eel) 8 mem-‘ tube. Implement.
McGrefsf
T*!«pbone 7»2i tm¥,.
Photo* made «rs«^
of any
Panel Att Petek ]
Excluelve (a
Marie Daily, Oregory.
diva too young- hPr of )llP s,„tt Advisory Board' Manuel DeLeon. Slaton. 2 t,rt‘E! and g 17b— Waller
liri'K
OAMERAd
PIMffti
Realization to the full means doing something ahouf
it not merely admitting that a state of affairs exists.
to shoulder a gun .... but out „f the Nulfor.ul Youth Atlminlu-! am! 2 tubes, truck.
j Roy Rent*. Odem. 2 ttr^N am! j
------------- j 2 tubes, tractor.
WiHl.ua Odls William- firce nn
II
Perhaps our own community is average in its reaction
multifile . . . how we mhiy their
smiling faecM.
Yes, they are gone, like the
sunbeams in December.
U la so 'iiiici around heurlh-
ho tfis crisis of a life-or-death war Yet wc are told th»i 'clone# at nisht Tours mi the!
h jh di’ticult to get women to sew for the Red Cross and ; e>>a« of mothers searching for ai
Insurance Rates Are
Greatly Reduced
Says Marvin Hall
pOt'&rm other ntceasary t.i»; ks. Many of them have been i !*tul °* h«r«* us they kucei to! Austin, auk A sweeping.
and faitljfu! m tntf performance of this duty, hut j Prav- puiowh urt. smooth and un-l gtatswi.iu reduction m fire in-
i'thers have not offered to help, still others put in an ap- j ,out'hed wbwy brown am| golden j suiance ratea. announced today by
i j. T. LaPrade, Gregory. 1 tire;
i ad 1 tube truck.
| k. W. Brewer. Tsft, 1 tube,,
! truck. 1 tube p*9»edK<-r
Ollfc Barrier, Sinton, 1 lire and j
i j tube, truck.
John Oehtchlsgcl, Ddein. 1 tube.j
pnu-SMce when it suits them, or wait to be reminded that,
there is work to be done. "A full bridure table msv mean
heads used to slumber.
! Marvi Hall, State Fire Insurance tread
passenger,
C. D. Scull. Oilem. 1 truck re-
13 WOlk to be done. A full bridge table may rnea,n I From a vacant Chair comes the i Cottimlssioner. wiM result ir .ui y r. C!a-soi; Taft, 2 tire- and
*» e»»Pty sewing table” is the way one expresses it.
A little recreation is helpful and necessary, !>ut it can
whispered words: “He Is gone!”j estimated saving of $3,800,000 to •> t>jrif.s, truck.
•J, what lengthening shadows j Texas policy holders during the. a. lace. Odom, 2 truck r*tre,ud* ;
^ ----------- ‘ . I* » * tin j ouuuwn^ j 1 OAtlJ JSVJIJI y r*
asitaliy be arranged Sf> as not to interfere with necessary j onu Infamous creature is casting I next 12 months. The new rates i 1 Olds Schmidt Taft ? ilresanib
mr work. Where recreation a--* ..... ........» ............- - • - 1
work should !at given first call.
We hadn't heard that any of the men in the armed
across the face of (lie whole involved in today’s order by the
ivld,- world. In every community: Board of Insurance Commission-1
2 tubes, truck.
N. M Foley, Taft. 2 tires and i
One Can Always
Be Sure
8£m€6F, had to he egged on f.O fight the enemy when away from imif* iTadl^s; Insm-aaro poiif-Uis written after
<^portunity offered. On the contrary. This eagerness jand «w»j«tiiaart8 til grief, in- Augurt i, 10*12.
be has broken ties, pulled fond j et s. will become effective on fire o mhen. truck.
Hue.hro iMest Market, Taft.
to fight dpcrer.ses the fuilhet j’ou get from the actual bat- j '*as bun* durk
tieline. until -with some individuals safe at home it amounts i behind which moiin rs : :i we.irine'
total inertia. a crown (if thorns.
This war will be won as much on the home front as i v,‘ w<; »m hoys!
on the xronl line of battle. And until the homefolks get They were p our honn-,. what C(.„f .iilVjI;K
into the fight with everthing we have the front-line dis- j ■!| ops arc to a flower. Their j '.„«lg
patches ate going to look pretty dark for a long time to|'’b"cn<’ '« Holds when.- death
crepe upon doors | The proud reduction affects
many classes of insured proper-
ly. and In the case of dwellings
] amounts lo as much as a 25 per
in future insurance
Mrcs and 2 tuhof. truck.
That the Sad Occasion of a
Funeral i- Observed with the
Utmost Dignity and Beauty
- ft you a.-k ii to take carl
of every detail . . ,
come,—Corpus Christ) Caller.
j rides wild, darkens our hopes and, , ^ "V* °f 'V
! . , . fTiv s on?or ( omitinnor Ifa’l
, KCf'py u.-» in fear. Bur we realize
j that there must hn trreat
ft®:
Free Entefprise Sweeps Faith ■ ,
* j »?< o inid wp tutu wifti faith from;
--- j the sky I bat U gray to the t loud
War Production is months ahead of where it would be i w,th 1 sllv'‘r ,intn-*- <lul ri-Uef •
otherwise mainly because the great American free enter- ilf! 1,1 ih* k,,<)"’icdgn that those
Prises, individually owned, had faith in America when the : boy* mt L:',ii”' ••fvutai-;
doubters—including the Pinks, the Reds and the radical Uon U'1 *u the
crackpots--were telling us that the “capitalistic svstem ww,u 1
was about to collapse." oion’t do so well
That was In the bad depression years of the early I I m ;i>t , s n,nv <•- ibmj
Kmc?
cd and
i folks couldn't lot me trade our
mm.
It H*as_ then, when the radicals and the croakers and !
other enemies of individualistic industrialism were at their
loudest, that the United States Steel Corporation—«a an ■
outstanding instance of the faith in our way of life—spent ! m,lk t;ow ,or a i!a(k “* uound*.
six hundred million dollars. ! TI,ey argued that it was more
it. was during those years of the depression when i:nprtrUu’t to liaVt> <iat»t»er and
stockholders were getting no dividends and the steel bn,si- i buite'' tlW1' coon !,un,s 311,1 mW'
«e»s showed huge net losses, that the U. S. Steel Corpo- j n,*ht serf',Ul'i,'3a hy ■'» h»n<!h or
ration boldly spent that colossal sum in putting its plants ! h,,ngry dogs-
■dd-’d, “has resulted from an > v-,
study of lire hw.-es cx-
perienci-d i : these i lri.-“es. Tin
Board of fnsurant'e (Vmmilsslon-
r>: i» contitminc :i study of lo«s;
•xpi rii-iire in other classes with I
a view of determining whether
other reduction* may lie Justified.
In addition, I.a Board is eiv-j
ills serious eonsiderulion to the i
subject of broadening the cover- !
Modern And Klliereni Aitihulann* Serdjja
1* II O \ K
l<uii«‘rnl HoJ
Allen Davis W. G. Reyj
'KNOWN FOK HKRVfCE"
day l firni left home I r . ...... t
;T . ... , . age of m.-'-urance poluiies to ^ivo!
M) indignation ateam-heat* . , ,, ...
< the policy holder added prok < j
wave*tt>aaed because thei I »
m tip-top condition and in adding so me ultra-modern! 11 seeme(i 1,1 !,,e th'lt lh,,v
I
tion.
“Rf'- Ully the Board urged com-
panies to reduce their operating!
costs in order that this saving
also might be passed on to the
public. Cooperation of both com-
panies and ageut* to this end has
been splendid. The agents, as a
whole, are due particular credit |
in She unselfish attitude display-
ed in a willingness to see all sav-
ings possible p i---*-d on to the
insurance buyers.'’
The greatest saving in any
apply to dwellings.
mmi
r? |||.
plants—-the very plants that are now helping us to soar! !a,'ked ;,n appreda,i0!1 of ,l!
to high war production records. er thi"£;s of l,fe-
The advertisement in. the Hearat papers of the steel! 1 WU!i yo,">R ‘in<l *hou*"UeR'''’
corporation on this almost miraculous piece of foresight ■ an<1 ’ ' ' !>oas‘,,,l • ,mti 1 101,1
is worth quoting. It says: | my i***1* tl,p-v wouldn’t see me
“This plant investment was made simply on faith in | asf T’? 1 lmd p!'!,1,y of n,onejr! cteV," win
the future of the country. The United States ahvavs had!"n f 1 wa,l',e‘1' U Thi- bmiotit, estimated to exce, a
tome back: it would again. , hreateneu to heap coals upon.,, 0 wlthl|1 th(. ()„st !2
How fortunate for America at war that this $6,000,- ‘ ***** hy ■' ** months, will r.,.fh more tudivld-
000 was invested! j ;‘rm w®rt«a*« ,ri" **“''*»- * --Dal property 0*1 er„ than my
W#X production is months ahead of where it would i °V”in" I ! other class. Premiums on in-
be otherwise. i Thc\boy’ wb^ ^ai they Mn,d dwe,„ni5l (tts, Vl(#r account-
scorned, was going to become a
wlnard in his
S A N BA R S
1 MARKET & GROCERY
* «
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* *
Ph«'
SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY, AI GI ST 7 & 8
.........f Sli'lli:.ilill-l'':u:mrLaaiLi~:3i5Sa5gee.-F:-^ ,?*j^
No. 2 CAN
Grapefruit JUICE, 3 for..
United States Steel’s production this year will sur-F, ! ?* ,w T ' “|ed for approximately 40 per coat I
the peak year of 1929 by more than six million tons.” I . W1 m ! s ow" ! or the Hr* ineuran-. huaines-i
Steel production this year will surpass “the peak of 1 ' ‘ ! written in Texas.
1»" because of the profit system • R,lt ffreat «i»«attMM are ott-
This system left the corporation with 8600,000,000 to, en ra,"‘“1 ,M" rautls t,HD 1
PALMOLIVE, 2 for
s>s' ! other word* { got off on the
wrong foot and a
whose house I was staying put j
mo to work digging a ditch to j wmmmsmsmmtssmsBt
liad to come back, and the
swoetfMt sight l ever saw was
that old home in the eventide,
iu«t ;t, the mm spread out ac-
|f
j blank«-t ; f It looked like
“liberty, Heaven
m
M?3PW>d in a time of collapse and bankruptcy.
The steel corporation had faith in the economic _____
tjsm of the founding fathers and its ability to survive the
Jeremiahs of the early 30’s.
And that that faith in our free enterprise, profit-
making system is today stronger than ever when we face...... , .... , ,
another great, crisis is evidenced in the advertisement of ™ !dd ‘f“"*• •
the Ford Motor Company which appeared in several of the
Mearst papers.
Under the caption of "There’s A Great Day Coming!”
The statement, of this vital privately owned industry says: .t!li, ,v,„.jf,n, iikp „
' Today w® find ourselves working and fighting for
things they (the founding fathers) held dear—liberty,
ZffualUy, pursuit of happiness—with their same old brand
courage, skill and teamwork.
“Never before in our history have government, indus-
try* tt*® workers and fighters joined together so whole-
ItoartefHy with one single determined aim.
“Never before has so much been accomplished in so
brief a period as by American manufacturers and Ameri-
cas wxjrkaiCT in recent months.
“The automotive Industry has sef the pace in the Omens Cfunnaiim !
production of war material w’ith complete conversion to «... . ' ’ *
M8U1 iwark achieved *> swiftly that it can hardly be believed Friday Night
.....4MNj$wdaJty by our enemies. ' _________ |
“At Dearborn, at Willow Run and at thousands of rorsinma, Tcxa*. auriim s ,
Mtber pant* throughout_ the land the greatest miracle of 1 opening hi* runoff battle for]
bmmb production the world has ever known is in full swing ] u>« state Railroad Commission,'
—n»« ecamph of whaafc this country can do when all its
&Wfile work together toward one goal.”
Savings to irmurance buyers In
, , ... . ; Texas as u result of today’s or-1 j
lo clay. The purple bills I saw I , , . .1
, , . ,, , : tier. coupL-d with reductiona uur-11
ahead became cold level flats, in . ’ . . , i (
! ing tho pant six years, reach an : Jfc
. , ! approximate total of $10 000,000 > III
brother at | „B|, mW {
V A L, Large
2k
RED
SUPER SUDS, Small
to me, and there was an
I an,"el (ringing in Ue* kitchen, lint
; I waited until dark to come In
; bet-awn* 1 wa- ashamed fn let
j the folks know that I didn’t
have a shirt.
Beaufort! Jester
alcana, $-.-idey, Atigost 7. The
talk will he carrier! over a fif
Beau fend Jester will discuss the:
. ... .. , importuance of his campaign In a j
In W8» advertisemeRts of two basic American free, radio speech to « statewide and-!
mimirm them speaks the voice of all real Americans. fence from hi* home town, cor-
icr 250 y^SWi.
It m the voice of free labor.
it i» tlm vote of courage and hope and faith in the ten elation network,
jggpai. tm'* f-hat we have set ourselves, “T**»t <>« anri transportation
and wars may come and go, are viiaiiy impunsm to our war
Tawh’ hi greater in America—in its indus-: effort.” Mr. jester mM. “Most of
the oil 'hat will fly our planes.
! power and mecbanlscri division!*,
bused on industrial liberty and 1 ft»e! the *M|» Of America .-rid
$mk mwmdik—imi Amxtnfo l/iarhi’.
3 he Texas Theatre
AUG 1 BOX OPEN AT 7.45
SAT., AUG. 8
Charles Starret in
“Royal Mounted
Patrol”
New Serial: -‘Captain Midnight”
MID NiTE SHOW - 11 P. M.
“Escort Girl”
SUN.-MON, AUG. 9-10
Henry fond a Gene T .erwy
“Rings on Her
Fingers”
TUES.-WED., AUG, 11-12
Humphrey Bogart
<4
‘All Through
The Night”
■
M ito iabwinff men—than ail tfepressions aitd
rnmm &
THUBS.-FRI., AUG. 13-14
Paulette Goddard - Hay M:\mnd
The Lady Has Plana
Color Feature Cartoon
“Mr. Bug Goes
To Town”
if S yff Wt WHITE
T 0 1 LET S OAF
H. B„ 12 Oz. Gun
tomatoe JUICE, 2
POST TOASTIES
SUNBRITE, 3 for
Post’*
RAISIN BRAN, 2 for .
catsup, c. h b:::
ANGEL FOOD
-&sr fi»?» Odor,
vu
o ror
1 //
SNOWDRIFT, 3 Lbs.
IS
Ii LB.
Admiration
12 Shs,
6 lbs.
7- ,w
Monarch, 'j Lb,
BLACK'PEPPER
Calumet, 1 Lb.
BAKING POWDER
mm
Market Six
Can
i
32c
I ACKERS, X lb. box
HAMBURGER MEAT
BEEF RIBS, lb. .......-
If
CHEESE, Longhorn,
i
few Alltel wilt ««kr0 from TtMea*.
Jli
Bright & Early
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