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Iday, April 17, 1942
The Paducah Post
Page Three
ago,
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■ax Stamps, who enlisted in
|U. S. ine Corps in July,
1, is non .i sergeant. He is lo-
E at Camp Elliott, San Diego.
_ Stamps, who was Mary
|Se Martin before the couple
[married last fall, wrote last
that Max was out on an
by sea problem.
he following letter from
James W. Ross was writ-
to his parents, Mr. and
J. A. Ross of Dickens.
Dali,
Camp Blanding, Florida
April 1, 1942
Mother and Dad,
>w are you? All fine I hope.
OK.
[other, T wish you and dad
out here. I know you would
.it and if you were here, I
id never leave here. I really
Ike Florida—big lakes everv-
[e and a beach on every one
Has Red got any of his Army
Hs yet? I wish he was up
htlere with me.
•Oil I am 1,510 miles from Texas
Hpi can come home in 9 hours
plane, and if I come in an
Army plane it won't cost any-
|B.
Mfnr are more soldiers here
there was at Brownwood.
tteiihere are 90.000 here.
Ik sure is warm here and every-
body is happy. It isn’t like 1 exas
jajratli 1 people are not tin same,
[hey are.so different.
SBell mother. I will close for
tiMiu-will write more next time.
lots of love from your so!
HRlson,
W| Pvt. James W. Ross
636 T. D. 11. N. APO 30
||| u Camp Blanding, Florida
back.
there was r ally a lot of giip-
ing going on for it was the first
time a lot of these boys had ever
slept out. It made me feel like 1
was at home once more.
You asked if we came to Fort
Knox on a passenger train: no,
we had a special Pullman.
You said there were not many
people left in Paducah. There
must not be many left anywhere
from th number that are here
in this post.
I some time think 1 am in the
Army from the guys 1 see in uni-
forms around here.
I understand that we are going
to get a raise to $42 a month
next month. Believe me, we could
use it without any trouble.
Think we have four more weeks
here. Won’t know where we are
going until we start. Hope it isn’t
East or North.
We really had some excitement
last nignt, had a blackout for about
an hour. It was just for practice.
We are being kept rather busy
these days, trying to give us as
much training in the eight weeKs
e following is from a let-
rom Forest Fleming of Fort
Ky.
Mother and Dad,,
leived your letter today,
: was glad to hear from you
__now you were OK.
A* for me, I'm feeling fine
|Hfit my feet are a little sore,
■k We went on an overnight bi-
i last night—marched about
miles out but it was only
two miles the way we came
TRY CONOCO
KEROSENE
This Kerosene is especially
recommended to be used for
Electrolux Refrigeration.
ONLY
S
7c Per Gallon
-- J. F. POWELL
AGENT
CONTINENTAL OIL CO.
we are here as possible. Some ot
the boys think it is really tough
but 1 appreciate it for all we get
here will be that much ahead
when we are sent to a division.
1 am liking the Army better
all the time. We have a good
bunch of officers in our platoon.
Ail of them are really nice to it:
boys so long as we try to do
right. Of course there is a bunch
here like every other place that
think they know everything but
they don’t get along near as well
as those that try to do right.
Guess 1 had better close for
this time, so by by.
Lots of love to all,
Forest.
Corporal Rayford Scott of
the U. S. Marines, who is visit-
ing his sister, Mrs. Harvey
Matney, has just returned from
Iceland where he was stationed
about ten .months.
Saying that Iceland was good
for one thing—to make you ap-
preciate the United States, he told
us many interesting things about
the cold country which has been
iortified by English and Ameri-
can armed forces since early in
the war.
A democracy, Iceland’s gov-
ernment was set up in 930.
Principal industry in the country
is fishing. Vegetation reaches only
a few miles inland; a few sheep
and horses are seen hut they are
smaller than those raised in the
States. And it’s not as- cold there
as you would expect.
Those and many other facts
were given us by the Corporal
who was happy to be oil a fur-
lough at home, but eager to “go
West” in search of Japs. He said
he had received excellent train-
ing while in Iceland and was
ready to go.
today
a*ul
\TOMORROW\
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DON ROBINSON
TWO LICENSES ISSUED
Marriage licenses were issued
last week to Robert H. Haughty
and Miss Jane Boyd, April 0, and
W. L. Bounds and Mrs. Rose
Risgbay, April 7.
KING’S CANYON
King’s Canyon National Park,
in California, had 201,545 visitors
in 61,336 private automobiles dur-
ing 1940. General Grant Park
was absorbed into King’s Canyon
Park on March 4, 1940.
EN OF WAR
General Electric men and women—thousands of them! Four
typical scenes show the spirit with which they are tackling the
grim job of producing for war I
2. Almost 85 per cent of all Gen-
eral Electric employees signed
up to buy U. S. Defense Savings
Bonds totalling more than
$20,000,000 a year!
I. A sign chalked by a G-E work-
man on a big machine being built
for war. The sign carried this
lhallenge to fellow workers:
[Remember Wake Island!”
4. And day and night—around
the clock—G-E workmen keep
steadily at the most important
job of building weapons and sup-
plies for U.S. fighting men I
Genera! Electric believee that ite firet duty aa a goad
citizen ie to be a good soldier.
Gtntral Electric Company, ScMntctady, n. r.
IS
SOLDIER . . . worker
The chief difference today be-
tween a factory worker and a sol-
dier is the uniform and the pay.
The sok.ier has the uniform and
the worker can he identified by
the wad of bills he carries around
on Friday nights.
Of course there is a difference
in organization, too. The army is
run by men who are trying to get
each soldier to do the best job
possible lor his country. Labor, on
the other hand, in too many cases
is run by leaders who are primari-
ly concerned with getting the
country to do all it will for then-
men.
But, whether they realize it or
not, the labor leaders are now
turning over their power to a new
boss—namely, the American pub-
lic.
flic labor leaders are definitely
on the spot. The chief weapon
they know is the strike. And now
every one of them realizes that
a major strike in a defense in-
dustry would stir up such wratn
among the people of this country
that drastic labor laws would be
enacted before they got their
picket signs made.
Furthermore, they know that
most of the union members are
patriotic Americans and wouldn’t
stop making war equipment today
no matter what persuasion they
might use.
PUBLIC......boss
But it isn’t just a matter of pa-
triotic fervor which is going to
put the public in charge of labor
negotiations. It’s the gradual
realization by the people that they
are the ones who are paying labor
its wages today.
The more than 7,000,000 men
who are working on defense pro-
ductions are still handed their
wages by the company which
employs them, but most of those
companies are doing nothing but
government work and are paid
entirely out of the government’s
war chest.
Therefore, it is evident that all
of the wages paid1 to these men
are coming directly from the gov-
ernment treasury—which means
lrom the tax-payers.
That being the case, it is ques-
tionable whether management ol a
company any longer has the light
to increase wages without getting
the consent of the people who are
going to pay the bill.
This doesn’t mean that labor is
necessarily through getting im-
proved conditions. The public has
nothing against labor, even though
there is a large element in this na-
tion which is disgusted with labor
leaders.
The public has proved to be a
fair and generous boss and, if giv-
en the authority, will be just as
quick to increase wages where
tney are now too low as it will he
to light demands for raises which
seem unjustified.
PAYROLL . . . government
The fact that labor is now on
the government payroll without
realizing it was brought out re-
cently when C. E. Wilson, presi-
dent of General Motors, requested
that newspaper men be permitted
to sit in on all negotiations be-
tween his company and labor rep-
resentatives on the grounds that
such negotiations were public bus-
“This proposal,” said Mr. Wil-
son, “is made in view of the fact
that the corporation is no longer
producing automobiles, but is now
engaged almost entirely in the
production of airplanes, tanks,
guns and ammunition required to
win the war. Our one objective is
the maximum amount of war pro-
duction in the minimum length
of time, while at the same time
maintaining satisfactory working-
conditions in our plants and pay-
ing all employees wages that art-
fair to them and at the same time
are fair to the public who must
pay through taxes for the material
being manufactured.”
Another interesting angle sug-
gested by Mr. W’ilson’s statement,
is this: Hundreds of thousands of
men belong to a union known as
United Automobile Workers—yet
there is no such thing as an auto-
mobile worker in this country to-
day.
if the union revised its name
to suit the times, it might be call-
ed the United Tank, Plane, Gun
and Munition Workers. And in-
stead of labeling each division as
'General Motors branch” or
‘Ford branch” it would be more
accurate to combine all branches
under the title, “U. S. Govern-
ment branch.”
BLAME . . . opinion
As labor’s new boss, it is up to
the people of the United States to
acquaint, themselves with the pvob-
Judge E. L. Pitts
Seeks Office
District Judge E. L. Pitts of
the 99th District Court at Lub-
bock. has announced for the
office of Chief Justice of the
Court of Civil Appeals, 7th I)i.--
................................. ■-'%
E. L. PITTS
trict to succeed Chief Justice M.
J. R. Jackson, who retires volun-
tarily n• xt January 1.
Judge Pitts is 53 years old, a
native Texan, born in Fannin
County. His parents move to
West Texas when he was a chila ;
and he grew to manhood in Palo
Pinto County, where he resided
until he moved to Northwest
Texas some years ago. Judge Pitts'
education was received in the
public schools, East Texas Nor-
mal College, Commerce, Texas,
and the University of Texas. Sub-
sequently he taught school; and
then he entered the law proles
sion. Before his election as Dis-
trict Judge, he served as County
Judge of Lubbock County.
Judge Pitts has a record for
having participated whole-hearted
ly in varied civic affairs; and if
he has a hobby, it has been in
working and counselling with
young people, particularly boys
and girls.
Based strictly upon his record,
Judge Pitts solicits the support of
all voters in the forty-six coun-
ties comprising the 7th District,
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas,
subject to the Democratic Pri-
maries.
I GIVE
YOU
TEXAS
L
y
BOYCE
HOUSE
Cynical Sam says, “Charity be-
gins at home—but, in too many
cases, it ends there, too."
Along the Bowen route:
Down at San Antonio. Frenchy -
Blac-k Cat cafe has a cash rtg:>-
ter that can ring up a ticket for
$999,999.99. J he machine cost
$1,000 and, of course. ther-V no
need in the restaurant of regis-
tering >uch a staggering sum as
practically a million dollars but
this high-priced register hail fea-
tures not available in a less ex-
pensive on*.
And your observer never real-
ized that the making of a fur
coat was so elaborate until a dis-
play at Joske’s showed one being
made and there must have been
at least a thousand pins holding
the material in place.
That 'reminds me of the lady
who was looking at a coat made
of skunk and she asked the sales-
man, “Will this be injured by
the rain?” He replied, “Madam,
1 have never seen a skunk cai r.. -
ing an umbrella.”
WASTAGE
In normal times, usuable fuel
to the extent ot 320,000 tons is
thrown into London’s dustbins
every year. It is estimated to be
worth $800,000, but it costs $1,-
450,000 to destroy it.
FOREIGN OIL
Petroleum companies of the
United States have more than
$1,115,000,000 invested in oil
lands, refineries and distribution
facilities in foreign countries.
ABOUT BEAVERS
The mountain beaver does not
live in water, but is never happy
far fi om it. Through the summer
months it prefers to forage for
green crops, hut when winter
comes the little animal stores up
hay lor the months when snow-
will cover the ground outside its
den.
BIG CONSUMER
About 394,000,000 fire bricks
and 14 6,000 net tons of refrac-
tory cement are used annually by
the steel industry. This is enough
material to build a complete city
of more than 15,000 homes.
“TULIPOMANI A”
At one time in Holland and
France, so great was the mania
for speculating in tulip bulbs that
the craze became kndwn as “tu-
lipomania.”
lems involved and agree on pol-
icies which are fair to all.
We must understand first of all
that we shouldn’t be all for or
against labor, but must try to ana-
lyze each situation and make de-
cisions on the merits of the case.
There have been plenty of cases
in labor disputes where manage-
ment is to blame and plenty of
cases where labor leaders have
made excessive demands.
We mustn’t condemn labor too
much for seeking higher wages
from companies which are known
to be making record profits.
And we mustn’t blame manage-
ment for clamping down on labor
when the demands become ex-
cessive and interfere with war
production.
But we should blame ourselves
if we permit these battles be-
tween labor and management to
continue without doing anything
about it.
—Buy Defen»e Bond*—
This is from the Donna News-
Advocate :
SHORT STORY
5-1 Adv. for girl steno. .8 .50
5-3 Violets, new steno.
5-8 Salary, steno....... 15.00
5-10 Roses, steno. ...... 3.00
5-11 Candy for wife . . .40
5-13 Lunch, self & steno. 3.37
5-15 Salary, steno....... 20.00
5-17 Theater tickets, self
and Lillian . ............. 7.50
5-18 Movie tickets, self
and wife . ............. .80
5-22 Lillie’s salary ..... 30.00
5-23 Theater and dinner
with Lil ................ 20.75
5-24 Fur coat for wife 650.00
5-24 Adv. for male steno. .50
Sign of a Los Angeles book
store: "Bring a wheelbarrow and
your small change—we mean
business!” (If Judge Ralph Yar-
borough had been out there, there
really would have been action for
the Austin jurist likes nothing
better than browsing in a second-
hand book store and emerging
lrom the dark interior with some
old, out-of-print precious book on
Southwestern history).
The young lady asked. “Doc-
tor, will the sear show?” He
answered, "That's e ntirely up to
you.”
A motorist was speeding along
at 90 miles an hour when he was
stopped by a highway patrolman.
The driver inquired, apologetical-
ly. "Was 1 driving too fast?” Th ;
officer replied, with elaborate po-
liteness, “Oh, no! You were fly-
ing too low.
The Rockwall Success says that
a young widow applying for mem-
bership in a certain life insurance
organization was asked, "What is
your husband’s occupation?” Her
answer was, “An angel.”
Other replies by life insurance
applicants:
"Father went to bed feeling
well and the next morning woke
up dead.”
“Applicant has never been
fatally sick.”
“Grandfather died from a gun-
shot wound inflicted by an In-
dian arrow.”
“Father died suddenly—noth-
ing serious.”
Thought for the day:
A man may have a greasy hat
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Nationally Known
Artists To Appear
NAUTICAL CUSTOM
LUBBOCK, April 17—Richard
Crooks, Albert Spalding and
three other nationally known art-
ists have been signed for Texas
Tech’s artist course program in
1942-43, it was announc d today.
Prof. R. A. Mills, English pro-
fessor, is chairman of the Tech
artist course committee.
Appearing on the fall program
will ne Eleanor Steber, soprano,
former soloist with the Boston
Symphony; and Paul Draper, dan-
cer, appearing with Larry Adler,
harmonica artist. Crooks, former
Metropolitan opera tenor, and
V iolinist Spalding will appear
sometime during the spring sem-
ester.
ODD MEDICINES
In China, the dried and pow-
dered bodes of five poisonous
creatures (the lizard, snake, toad,
spider and centipede) still are
used in medicines.
and the seat of his pants may le
shiny hut if his children ha.
their noses flattened against the
window pane half an hour be-
fore he is due home for suppoi,
you can trust him with anything
you have.
Nineteenth century sailors were
permitted by tradition of the sea
to place one foot on the table
after mess if they had rounded
Cape Horn. Both feet were put
up by those who had crossed the
Arctic Circle.
Men plow with sticks pointed
with iron in Iran.
MISSOURI
JACK
I have bought a Missouri
Jack, which will make the sea-
son at my ranch 2 miles south
of the Hackberry store. This
jack was brought direct from
Missouri. He is 14 and a half
hands high, weighs 950 pounds,
3 years old in June. He cost
me $ 1,000.00.
If you have a good mare it
would pay you to breed to this
jack. There will be a mar. on
duty all the time.
H. R. (Hawk)
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