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“Remember Pearl Harbor’
The Paducah Post
Thirty-sixth Year, No. I
8 Pages Today
Paducah, Texas, Friday, April 17, l<?A2
Price Five Cents Per Copy
ECORD CROWDS
T LIVESTOCK
HOW, PARADE
There was a record attendance
the second annual Cottle and
ig County 4-H and FFA Live-
ck show in Paducah last Sat-
lay and the streets were lined
h' on-lookers for the parade
l horse show which ended ae-
ties Saturday afternoon.
'he grand and reserve cham-
n cahes were exhibited by
fold Fish of the Paducah FFA
pter; Max Cornell, also of the
lucah FFA chapter, exhibited
grand champion breeding hog,
’oland China; and Norwin Gar-
in, another FFA boy, showed
reserve champion hog, a Du-
Jersey.
Frank Wendt, county agent of
■deman county, and Glenn
Is, cattle breeder of Goodlelt,
ted animals entered by 4-11
f boys, FFA members and
BUNDLES FOR JAPAN
pens.
In the saddle horae
exhibit, a
t feature of the annual show,
les were awarded in three
kses of riders—women, men
[ children. Miss Marjorie Mayo
[Swearingen placed first in the
hen’s division; George Hum-
leys of the 6660 Ranch, first
[the men’s division; and Ken-
h Tippen of Cottle county,
ft place in the children’s di-
bn.
Approximately 85 horses and
other animals were entered in
show.
L general parade, in which wi-
lt a hundred bicycle riders
led with entries of livestock,
I led by Mayor Byron Shops
j Paducah and George Hum-
tys, sheriff of King county,
[owing this parade, the horses
e ridden around the court-
se square for judging.
Lpproximately $100 and rib-
I in all places were awarded,
lomplete results of the show
Aw:
|eef Calves, Heavyweight —
Did Fish, FFA, first,
teef Calves, Lightweight —
old Fish, FFA, first and sec-
Truman Havens, FFA, third-
reeding Hogs, Duroc Jersey
orwin Garrison, FFA, first;
|er Moss, FFA, second; Thud
>way, FFA, third.
Ifeeding Hogs, Poland China—
Cornell, FFA, first; Billy
kning, FFA, second; W. C.
FFA, third.
|rket Hogs—Daulton Long,
first; Leslie McCain, FFA,
fceford Display, by Citizens
FH. Fish, first; B. L. Smith,
Id; Allen Fish, third.
(jry Heifers—Huel Willing-
4-H, first; Kenneth Moss,
second; Royal Kirby, FFA,
and fourth.
iiry Cows—W. A. Bennett,
|e County, first; Huel Will-
im, 4-H, second,
irket Lambs — Billie Fish,
first, second and third.
|en’s Division, Saddle Horse
-George Humphreys, King
nty, first; Johnny Summers,
County, second; Roy Gib-
King County, third.
'/omen’s Division—Miss Mar-
ie Mayo, Cottle County, first;
Fern Barron, Cottle County,
lond; Mrs. Vastine Goodwin,
Tig County, third.
Children’s Division — Kenneth
ftpen, Cottle County, first; Jim
lb Bigham, Cottle County, sec-
id; Larry Drummond, Cottle
lunty, third.
Paducah Post Is
36 Years Old
The Paducah Post is 36 years
old today.
The “Thirty-sixth Year, No.
1” you see below its name-
plate today means that this
issue is the first of its 36th
year.
The official publication of
both Cottle and King counties,
The Post has served this sec-
tion continuously for 36 years.
t______ .. .........-------
This student at an Army Air Corps* Flexible Gunnery School is
intent upon preparing machine gun ammunition for target prac-
tice from an Air Corps plane. When he receives his Aerial Gunner s
badge within a few months, he will load again—-but not for target practice.
WEIVE CALVES
ELL AT SHOW
| Twelve Herefore calves, fed as
project in the Paducah FFA
.japter by Marvin Smith, were
lid Saturday at the annual 4-H
T»d FFA Livestock show.
Dan Drake of Quanah, buyer of
lock and fed cattle, bought the
lives at top market price, 17
Bnts a pound. The calves aver-
ted 816 pounds.
The Quanah Cotton Oil corn-
liny bought a calf weighing 7|14
ounds from Truman Haven for
4 cents a pound. They also bid
6 h cents on the grand cham-
ion calf exhibited by Harold
ish.
1W0AREHNED
HERE THIS WEEK
There were few law violations
n Paducah and Cottle county last
reek-end and early this week,
dth only two cases.
A negro was assessed 30 days
n jail and court costs amounting
o $22.20 in county court Wed-
iesday, for possession of liquor
n a dry area. Sheriff A. A.
’ayne made the arrest.
In Justice of the Peace J. M.
iarron’s court Wednesday a man
•leaded guilty to theft by con-
version and was fined $43.20, in-
cluding costs.
SCHOOL VOTES
CANVASSED
Votes cast in trustee elections
Saturday, April 4, were canvassed
by the commissioners court Mon-
day with the following results:
Valley View—J. C. Clary, Joe
Tapper and Frank Cansler de-
clared elected.
Cee Vee—S. T. Lyon and Bud
Bumpus declared elected. Colquitt
Warren and W. R. Jones Jr. tied
for the third position with 20
votes each. ,
Hackberry—W. L. Liedtke de-
clared elected.
Ogden—-Sherman Rushing, 3
votes; W. O. Fish, 3 votes; T. C.
Shells, 1 vote.
Salt Creek—J. J. Brewster de-
clared elected.
Dunlap—-Carl Black declared
elected.
Broadmore—Fletcher Hood de-
clared elected.
Swearingen—Grover Wilson de-
clared elected.
Moon—L. V. Royall declared
elected.
Delwin—Vernon Goodwin and
George Brownlow declared elect-
ed.
Brooksville—R. H. Cranford
declared elected.
Chalk—B. 11. Creamer declared
elected.
Pleasant Hill—E. Holliman and
John Crabtree declared elected.
O. D. Hutchinson, chairman-at-
large, L. D. Holdren of Chalk and
T. C. Sivells of Swearingen were
re-elected to serve on the county
school board.
Coming Events
April 22—Birthday of J. Ster-
ling Morton, which is usually
observed as Arbor day.
April 23—Annual convention
of tlie National Federation
of Press Women, Topeka,
Kan.
April 25—9th annual obser-
vance of “Fishermen’s week.”
—Buy Defense Bonds—
CANON FUNERAL
HELD SATURDAY
Funeral services for Joe Canon.
69, prominent pioneer resident of
Cottle county who died suddenly
Friday at his home north of Pa-
ducah, were held Saturday after-
noon at the First Baptist churen.
Rev. Franklin E. Swanner of
Eastland, former Paducah pastor,
officiated.
Burial was in the Paducah ce-
metery under the direction of
Norris Funeral home attendants.
Survivors include the widow;
three sons, Jim, Claude and Tom
Canon of Paducah; one sister,
Mrs. Hettie Etter of Lawton,
Okla.; three brothers, B. Canon
and II. T. Canon of Paducah and
Jeff Canon of Jacksboro; and a
host of other relatives and friend.- .
Mr. Canon, farmer and stock-
man, had lived in Cottle county
about 26 years.
The many friends who attended
funeral services and the beautiful
floral offering witnessed the high
esteem in which Mr. Canon was
belli by all who knew him.
Alien Families Stay Together
These alien women and children are shown leaving an internment
camp in the Canal Zone. They have been afforded lirst-class accom-
modations to the United States, and are following their fathers and
sons here to keep their families together. Upon reaching the U. S. they
will be placed in custody.
RECRUITING OFFICER WILL
BE IN PADUCAH SATURDAY
GRAND JURY
RETURNS FOUR
INDICTMENTS
The Cottle county grand jury
returned four indictments lues-
day afternoon and recessed until
Tuesday, April 28.
None of the defendants named
in true hills had been arrested'
and their names were not dis-
closed.
The grand jury, which con-
vened Monday, was composed of
F. L. Beck, J. H. Beavers, M. K.
Blake, Cecil F. Carr, B. II.
Creamer, E. G. Damron, Verno i
Key, H. C. Farmer, Ted Grayum,
W. A. Moffitt, Osgal L. Thomas
and R. E. Higgins.
SEED SHORTAGE
IS PROBABLE
FIREMEN NAME
DELEGATES
T. L. Holland, Ralph Hardin
and Dub Blythe will be the dele-
gates from the Paducah Volun-
teer Fire department to the State
Firemen’s convention at Corpus
Christi June 9-10-11.
The delegates were named at
a recent meeting of the local fire-
MEMORY STILL LIVES
CONCORD, N. H.—The name
of Mrs. Ruth Woodman Brecken-
ridge, who lost her life June 26
in the sinking of the S. S. Maas-
dam by a German submarine off
the coast of Iceland, will always
he associated with the Red Cross.
Her daughter, Mrs. John Graham,
of Winston-Salem, N. C., has do-
nated the family mansion here
to serve as headquarters for the
Concord Chapter. Mrs. Brecken-
ridge was en route to England as
house mother of a unit of Red
Cross nurses when she was
drowned.
There are almost three-quar-
ters of a million telephones in
Texas.
Board Elects New
English Teacher
Miss Margaret Dixon of Aber-
nathy has bten elected to teach
English in Paducah high school
lor the 1942-43 term, according
to announcement by Supt. J. D.
Wilson. Miss Dixon will replace
Miss Virginia Glen who resigned
to enter the field of journalism.
Miss Dixon, who will be head
of the English department, holds
the B. A. degree from WTSTC,
Canyon, and has had five yeais
teaching experience.
Council Canvasses
Votes at Meeting
The city council, in regular
session Thursday night of last
week, canvassed votes of the
April 7th election and declared
the following elected:
Byron Shotts, mayor, 175
votes; Mrs. E. H. Archer, city
secretary, 150 votes; M. L. Aili-
son, alderman, 174 votes; and E.
N. Jones, alderman, 170 votes.
Central and North America are
the sole habitats of turkeys.
RATION GROUP
MEETS TODAY
County school superintendents,
independent school hoaid super-
intendents and rationing board
chairmen from 13 counties will
meet in the high school audi-
torium at Paducah this morning
at 10 a. m.
T. M. Trimble, first assistant
state superintendent, and J. Doyle
Settle, assistant state rationing
administrator in charge of sugar
rationing, will be here to outline
details of the sugar rationing-
registration setup. They will issue
instructions and answer questions.
Those attending the forum are
expected to return to their home-
counties and there instruct those
persons who actually will be in
charge of registration for war
rationing booklets.
Counties of district three which
will be represented at the meet-
ing are Collingsworth, Hall, Chil-
dress, Hardeman, Motley, Cottle,
Foard, Archer, King, Knox, Kent,
Stonewall and Haskel.
Registration dates are April 27
for merchants and May 4-7 for
consumers.
Merchants or other interested
persons may attend the meeting
today.
Sergeant Harvey M. Gist, U. S.
Army recruiting officer, will be
in Paducah Saturday, April 18,
to accept enlistments for the
Army, according to announcement
from the recruiting station at
Plainview.
The recruiting service is au-
thorized to enlist a limited num-
ber of 19 different specialists for
the Engineer Corps at Camp
Claiborne, La., including black-
smiths, tool dressers, crane shovel
operators, structural steel work-
ers, construction foremen, elec-
tricians and electrical foremen,
the announcement said.
In addition to the specialists,
Sgt. Cist will take applications
for the Aviation Cadets, Para-
chute Units, Signal Corps, and
for the Army of the United
States, unassigned. Parachutists
get $50 per month extra, Sgt.
Gist explained; therefore, a pri-
vate in a Parachute Unit would
get $71 a month plus his room,
board, clothing and medical at-
tention.
Men who are interested in any
of the enlistments named and
who are between the ages of 18
and 45 in good physical condi-
tion, are urged to contact Sgt.
Gist at the Post Office in Pa-
ducah next Saturday.
Commissioners
Okeh Accounts
District Legion
Meet Scheduled
The Eighteenth District Ameri-
can Legion will have its monthly
meeting Wednesday evening, April
22, at Vega, Texas, with the Vega
American Legion and Auxiliary
host and hostess to district guests.
Child welfare will be stressed
in the program which will begin
with a lunch at the school gym-
nasium at 8 p. m. After the busi-
ness session, there will be a dance.
J. M. Johnson, district com-
mander of Canadian, has invited
Legionnaires and Auxiliary mem-
bers of Cottle and King counties
to the meeting.
P. E. Godfrey Is Chairman
For Navy Relief Society
Cottle county’s quota in the
Texas drive for $210,000 for the
Navy Relief society was an-
nounced today as $225 by P. E.
Godfrey. Cottle county chairman.
Mr. Godfrey was recently
named chairman of the Navy Re-
lief society for Cottle county by
Attorney General Gerald C. Mann,
chairman of the Texas Citizens
committee of the Navy Relief so-
ciety.
Governor Coke Stevenson has
proclaimed the week beginning
April 19 as “Navy Appreciation
Week" in Texas, andi during this
period the solicitation of funds
will be made. A chairman has
been named in every county in
Texas in order that the entire
state may be afforded an oppor-
tunity to contribute to this war
effort.
"The Navy Relief society is the
substitute for the head of the
family when a man is in the
Navy, Coast Guard or Marints
and is fighting our battles on the
high seas or battlefronts,” County
Chairman Godfrey stated. “The
Navy Relief society relieves our
navy men of the anxiety concern-
ing the welfare of their loved
ones at home. In contributing to
this fund we are sharpening the
fighting edge of the fighting men.
“Since the beginning of Ameri-
can Naval history, the men of our
Navy have banded together to be
assured that their families back
home would be cared for in time
of need. This is the first time
these men have asked the public
to assist them in their relief fund.
But since Pearl Harbor the bur-
den has been too great for them
to carry alone.
“I know th^t the citizens of
Cottle county can be counted on
to gladly do their part, and I am
confident that our quota shall be
reached, if not exceeded, by or
during Navy Appreciation Week
in Texas.”
Revival Underway
At Baptist Church
Revival services are being held
this week at the Missionary Bap-
tist church with T. J. McCain of
Dallas, secretary of missions of
the Baptist Missionary association,
preaching.
The meeting began last Sun-
day anii will continue next week.
The public is cordially invited.
NUHSilaASS
HAS GUESTS
Dosca Hale, extension service
specialist in parent education and
child development, spoke to ap-
proximately 40 members of the
Red Cross home nursing class at
a meeting in the courthouse Mon-
day afternoon.
Accompanying Mrs. Hale was
Isla Mae Chapman, district home
demonstration agent, who urged
women of Paducah and through-
out the county to become Vic-
tory Demonstrators.
After a round table discussion
on parent-child problems, Mrs.
Hale demonstrated a number of
homemade games which could bo
used in recreation at home, an
important phase of child develop-
ment.
The commissioners court, in
session Monday, voted to pay ac-
counts as endorsed and to^pay
Dr. C. C. Pate’s expenses to the
State Health convention at Hous-
ton. Dr. Fate is county health
officer.
Attending the session were
County Judge O. J. Riley, Com-
missioners N. S. Morris, R. M.
Townley, C. N. Willingham and
Dallas Love, Sheriff A. A. Payne,
County Attorney Roy A. Jones
and County Clerk Mrs. C. C. Mc-
Arthur.
Only 39 Tires To
Be Sold In April
Cottle county’s tire quota for
April was 32 truck, bus and
tractor tires and seven passenger
car tires, according to E. E. Peek,
member of the rationing board.
Mr. Peek said an effort was
being made to get a larger quota
tor the county, especially of trac-
tor tires, as applications far ex-
ceeded the number of tires allo-
cated.
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Representing the First Metho-
dist church of Paducah at a dis-
trict conference at Odell Tuesday
were Rev. and Mrs. John H. Crow,
Mrs. J. E. Norris, Mrs. D. H.
Henry, Mrs. John Chenault, Mrs.
J. C. Robinson and Rev. J. I.
Kelley.
DAWSON REID RECOVERS
Dawson Reid is recovering from
a major operation at an Amarillo
hospital. His condition was re-
ported satisfactory this week.
ARC WORKER
VISITS HERE
Mrs. Margaret Reed, Home
Service field representative of th *
American Red Cross, met with
the executive committee of the
Cottle County chapter W.edn.s-
day night at the city hall and
outlined duties of local chapters
toward service men and their
families.
Mrs. Reed explained how the
Red Cross works with the War
Department in its service to men
ift the aimed forces and their
families at home. She also out-
lined a possible setup for hand-
ling disasters in the county and
explained other activities of the
Red Cross in wartime.
Chairmen who compose the
executive committee of the local
chapter gave reports of their
work in the county.
Attending the meeting were
Ray Lot'tis, chapter chairman; W.
B. Handley, vice chairman; W. P.
Stinson, home service chairman;
J. M. Denton, first aid chairman ;
Beatrix Cobh, home nursing
chairman; R. L. Middleton, dis-
aster chairman; Mrs. A. 0-. Ben-
nett, Junior Red Cross chairman;
C. B. Bobo, treasurer; Mrs. E. D.
Fyke, secretary; and Mrs. Reed.
WELDON GENTRY PROMOTED
Weldon E. Gentry of the U. S.
Air Corps was promoted to cor-
poral April 10. He is the son of
Simon F. Gentry of Swearingen
and is stationed with the 5th Air
Depot Group at Chas., S. C. He
was drafted from Paducah Dec.
I, 1941 and advanced to private
first class March 1, 1942.
COLLEGE STATION, April 17
1.....A shortage of seed supplies fir
1942 winter cover crop.- seems
probable, according to L. A. Mit-
ier, agronomist of the A. and iVI.
College extension service. Tno
shortage is most likely to affect
vetch, Austrian winter peas and
bur clover, as well as pasture
grasses and legumes, possibly in-
cluding lespedeza. The outlook,
Miller says, should prompt farm-
ers to harvest at least enougo
seed for their own plantings and,
if possible, have some to relieve
the shortages of their neighbors.
The goal for winter cover crop
seed for the United States in the
Food for Victory program is an
increase of 57 per cent over 1941,
and an increase of 25 per cent
for hay crop seed.
Many Texas farmers have har-
vested sweet clover, alfalfa and
cowpea seed in the past for their
own plantings and for marketing,
but harvesting of vetch, winter.
peas, bur clover and pasture
grasses still is rather limited.
“There is great need for larger
acreages of winter legumes for
soil improvement,” Miller says.
“When more seed is grown and
saved on the farms it should in-
crease soil fertility, and produce
larger yields and greater profits.”
Yield" of seed vary with weath-
er conditions. From 200 to 600
pounds an acre of hairy vetch
seed have been reported in east
Texas. In spite of bad weather
in the spring of 1941, more than
20,000 pounds of this seed was
harvested on two farms in Bowie
County.
Harvesting methods range from
flailing out the seed on wa'gon
sheets to the use of small com-
bines. “The important thing is to
leave a seed plot of winter le-
gumes now and harvest the seed
when sufficiently mature so it
will be on hand when planting
time rolls around next fall,” Mil-
ler counsels.
TERRACING IN
SPOTLIGHT
COLLEGE STATION, April 17
—Terracing jumped into the spot-
light during March and is likely
to stay there the rest of the year,
according to Fred Rennels, as-
sistant administrative officer of
the AAA in Texas.
Under the terracing phase c.f
the AAA program, 114 miles of
terraces were constructed on 78
farms in 15 Texas counties dur-
ing that month
"This is only a fraction of the
work that will be done but it’s a
step in the right direction,” the
AAA official said and explained
that Texas farmers already have
requested approximately 25,518
miles of terraces for this year.
Basic fair prices have been es-
tablished in 73 counties with
JOT-
I want.. .
FIGHTING DOLLARS
&
America must be strong.
Every man and woman must
contribute their strength to the
strength of America at war.
Some are carrying guns—
some are flying planes—some
are giving their blood on ships
at sea.
YOU on the home front must
buy those guns—those planes—
those ships. That must be your
contribution to freedom under
fire! BUY DEFENSE
STAMPS AND BONDS TO-
DAY—buy them with every
penny you have to spare I
NICE GIFT
NEW ORLEANS War pro- taDnsnea ln counues wiwi
v.des too much pathos fortunate- h . counties expected to fall in
ly some humor. Red Cross work- r - —
ers here tell this story. A group
of war refugees met and cared
for by the Red Cross included a
number of small children. One
war-weary tot broke into tears as
he was led from the dock. “Now
you hush, honey,” his mother
warned, “or I’ll give you back to
the Red Cross.”
CALL IT ‘WAR
OF SURVIVAL’
WASHINGTON, April 17—The
“War of Survival” is the tenta-
tive choice of President Roose-
velt as a name for the current
war, on the basis of information
passed along Wednesday to the
ambassadors and ministers of the
Latin American republics.
Fernando Guachalla, the Bo-
livian ambassador to the United
States, said the president had
declared he had virtually selected
that designation, since the sur-
vival of all humanity hinges on
the outcome of the conflict.
The Latin American diplomats
called on the chief executive in
observance of Pan American Day.
line immediately, he said. These
prices, which are set by county
AAA committees, are based on
costs for terracing easier type
farms in the county. They vary
from 24 cents per 100 feet to 75
cents per 100 feet throughout
the state, depending on soil type,
average size of farms, prices cus-
tomarily paid, and availability of
terracing equipment.
After the basic fair price for
a county is determined, construc-
tion is done by contractors who
are paid immediately by the AAA
when terraces are completed.
Prices for terracing individual
farms within each county will
vary according to soil type, length
of terraces, number of fills re-
quired, and other related factors.
No cash outlay is needed under
the new set-up since costs are
deducted from producers future
AAA payments.
“In view of labor and machin-
ery tie-up in the Food for Free-
dom program, this is a valuable
plan through which Texas farm-
era can continue soil-building
work and earn maximum AAA
payments this year,” the AAA
official said.
A morning star must rise be-
fore the sun.
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