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THE CUFTON RECORD, CLIFTON, TEXAS, JANUARY 29, 1943
VOLUME 48—NUMBER 5#
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NEEDS
$125,000,000
SETS 1943 Farmers Will Meet Production
Goals Set Despite Shortages
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—With a
goal of $125,000,000 for its 1943 War
Fund, the American Red Cross wiy
embark upon the biggest campaign
in its history on March 1.
Millions of volunteers will be re-
cruited to assist in the nationwide ap-
peal, which will be conducted under
the direction of Walter S. Gifford,
esident of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, who is na-
tional chairman of the 1943 Red Cross
War Fund.
In announcing the goal, set by the
Central Committee of the American
Red Cross, Chairman Norman H.
Davis said the figure represented the
minimum requirements of the Red
Cross if the organization is to meet
its War-time obligations.
"The goal,” Chairman Davis said,
is based upon realistic estimates which
eareful study shows are actually
needed to meet the heavy war-time
obligations and responsibilities of the
Red Cross. This sum covers local, na-
tional and international war-time
needs of the organization for one year
barring unforeseen emergencies or
disasters. *
"Of the total goal, $45,000,000 is
the sum required by Red Cross chap-
ters to finance their indispensable
needs and their ever-increasing local
work on (behalf of families of men in
the service. The remainder, or $80,-
000,000, will go to the national organ-
ization which, however, requires one
hundred million dollars to finance its
national and international program.
The difference will be met by a bal-
ance of $20,000,000 from the first War
Fund of 1942 which will be applied
•* to the 1943 budget.”
Chairman Davis emphasized that
more than 65 per cent of the amount
required by the national organization
has been budgeted for Red Cross ser-
vices to the armed forces.
With the approval of President
Roosevelt, March will be observed as
Red Cross Month in every city, town,
and hamlet covered by the 3,750 Red
Cross chapters and their 6,154
branches. All walks of community
life will be represented in the cam-
paign.
The customary Red Cross member-
ship Roll Call was dispensed with last
November when the Red Cross decided
upon one campaign in March which,
barring emergencies, will finance its
work until February 28, 1944.
Bosque County’s part of the above
quota has been set at $4,300.00, which
amount will be divided up into quotas
for each district of the County at an
early date. Local Chairmen will also
be appointed for each district.
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After a lingering illness of many
years, it has now pleased the Lord of
life to call to her eternal reward Mrs.
Anna Conrad at the age of 65 years,
three months and four days. She was
born Oct. 20, 1877 in Washington
County. In her infancy she was re-
ceived into the covenant of God by
holy baptism, fh her maidenhood she
was instructed in the chief parts of
Christian doctrine anB affiliated with
the Lutheran Church at Coryell, Texas
by the rites of confirmation, the Rev.
A. Kramer officiating. At the a£e of
8 years her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Buro, after living in Coryell County
a number of years, moved to Bosque
County and lived on a farm in the
Womack community until a few years
ago they moved to Clifton.
In the year 1908 Miss Anna Burdl
was married to Mr. Henry Conrad.
This union was blessed with two sons,
Adolf Conrad of Clifton and Pvt.
Henry Conrad, now in the U. S. Army
and stationed at Little Rock, Ark. Be-
sides her two sons, there remain to
mourn her departure her husband,
Henry Conrad, one grandchild, Joyce
Laverne Conrad, four brothers, Will
and Otto Buro of Clifton, Henry of
China Springs, and Adolf Buro, ad-
dress unknown; two sisters, Mrs.
Robert Heine of Clifton and Mrs.
Henry Newman of Riesel, besides
other relatives and friends.
After a short service at the home
the main funeral service was con-
ducted in Immanuel Lutheran Church
by the local pastor, Rev. G. A. Oben-
haus. Interment was in Oswald Ceme-
tery.
American soldiers are going straight
into Berlin and Tokyo and farmers
will have to back them up with all the
food, feed and fiber they need, A. G.
Schulze, chairman, Bosque County
USDA War Board, said this week.
Although production of record
breaking amounts of food during 1943
will not be an easy job for farmers,
victory in enemy territory will not be
easy either, but American soldiers are
on their way and nothing can stop
them, he added.
“You can't stop red-blooded Ameri-
can soldiers any more than you cdn
stop red-blooded American farmers
when it comes to getting a job done
and getting it done right,” he said.
He pointed out that farmers could
be depended on to produce the food it
will take to whip the Nazis and the
Japs, despite shortages of labor, ma-
chinery and other strategic materials.
“Our boys are fighting against odds
in the Solomons but they’re going to
stay there,” he said in pointing out
that farmers would overcome many
handicaps to produce 1943 Food for
Freedom goals.
With more than thirty community
meeting places staffed with thirty
AAA committeemen and volunteer
leaders, sign-up of the entire county
is expected to be complete within a
few weeks.
When the sign-up is complete, the
State USDA War Board will be noti-
fied as to whether Bosque County
Fanners have pledged their fair share
of the state goals.
1942 Banner Year For
Farmers Paying Debts
HOUSTON.—The year 1942 was a
banner year for Texas farmers and
ranchmen in paying off debts, de-
clared President Sterling C. Evans of
the Federal Land Bank of Houston in
connection with the bank’s annual
statement.
A total of 9,835 land bank and com-
missioner loans were paid off in full
during 1942. “During'the year,” he
ROOSEVELT MEETS
CHURCHILL IN AFRICA
TO LAY WAR PLANS
STRATEGY PLANNED CALLS FOR
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
OF AXIS; ATTACK IS KEYNOTE
At 9:00 p.m. Tuesday night, it was
revealed over radios throughout the
. _ . . , , . . .United States that President Roose-
smd, “land bank and comm.ssioner ^ ^ prime M)njster Churchiu of
loans outstanding in Texas decreased
CITY CLEAN-UP DAY
Next Monday, February 1, 1943,
will be the regular City Clean-Up Day
in Clifton, and the City Wagon will be
around to haul away your trash and
refuse if it is conveniently placed so
that it may be picked up by the City
Wagon. You are asked to cooperate
in helping keep our city clean and
healthful.
J. L. Standefer, Mayor
FIVE CANS OF FOOD
ON HAND ALLOWED
AS RATION STARTS
ALL IN EXCESS OF THIS NUMBER
PER PERSON MUST BE LISTED
Carson County, Texas, is underlaid
by the largest natural gas field in the
world, which supplies such northern
industrial centers as St. Louis, Minn.,
St. Paul, Denver and Chicago.
An office of price administration
spokesman announced in Washington
Tuesday that each consumer will re-
ceive a free allowance of five cans
when point rationing of canned goods
goes into effect.
All cans in excess of this number,
the spokesmalFsaid, must be declared
and a deduction of eight points per
can will^be made from number two
ration book which will cover canned
foodstuffs.
The only exception to this regula-
tion will be cans of less than eight
ounces and canned baby food, neither
of which need be declared, the spokes-
man said.
Ration officials still do not know
when point rationing will go into ef-
fect.
The five-can limitation means five
cans only—it does not mean that a
person may have without penalty, five
cans of one sort of vegetables, five
cans of another and five cans of
grapefruit juice, for example, says a
report.
President Will Speak
Saturday Night
President Roosevelt will speak dur-
ing the one-hour program from 10:15
to 11:15 p.m. Saturday, entitled The
Nation Salutes the President’s Birth-
day. The program will be heard on
both WFAA-WBAP and KGKO.
Masonic Home Drops
Football; Team Enlists
FORT WORTH.—Masonic Home is
discontinuing its Interscholastic league
football program until it gets boys of
sufficient size to carry on, Superin-
tendent Thomas Fletcher announced.
“We will have enough boys but not
enough of them will be large enough
for football next season,” Fletcher
said.
For more than a decade Masonic
Home, under Coach “Rusty” Russell,
produced one of the leading teams of
the state. The Home boys during that
period won more District 7 titles
than any other rival. They went to
the State finals in 1932 and reached
eth semi-finals two other years. This
season they finished in a three-way
tie for the crown.
Dallas. — Masonic Home’s Mighty
Mites, who have tumbled many a fear-
seme gridiron foe in their time, en-
listed almost to a man here in the
United States marine corps.
Eleven of the Fort Worth school’s
stalwarts, who earned a tie for the
district title, but were eliminated by
the toss of a coin, hrowed up for phy-
sical examinations at the marine’s re-
cruiting offices here and eight of
them passed the tests.
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School War Bond Drive Aimed
Toward Winning Flag Award
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A scrapbook of the School at War
Program is being prepared by a facul-
ty committee to be entered in compe-
i with all Texas schools. It is
account of the defense work
has been done by the Clifton
School this year. The scrap-
showing evidence of the best
will be chosen fropi each county
i'in the state contest on
22, 1943.
your school, students,
win! By so doing, you
who face the Axis
...... 6.40
...... 37.55
Grade 6 ..........................
...... 9.90
Grade 7 ..........................
...... 3.65
27.15
Grade 9 ...........................
...... 2.40
Grade 10 ___________________
...... 6.80
Grade 11 ........................
...... 6.80
Grade 12 .........................
..... 2.90
TOTAL.......-.......
.....$161.05
Training Coures To Help
Fanners Meet ’43 Goals
AUSTIN.—Eggs sufficient to com-
pletely cover a highway across Texas
from El Paso to Texarkana and milk
enough to float the Navy are only
part of trfe production goals of Texas
farmers for 1943, according to Robert
A. Manire , Director of Vocational
Agriculture of the State Department
of Education.
Manire, who is also the director of
Rural War Production Training,
pointed out that Texas farmers are
being called on to produce 1,000 gal-
lons of milk, 1,600 eggs and 1,600
pounds of pork per minute. These
enormous demands /on the ability of
Texas farmers to produce are made,
notwithstanding the rationing of farm
machinery and the scarcity of farm
labor.
“Evidence that the farmers of
Texas are making ready for their
mountainous task is found in the at-
tendance of more than 21,000 farmers
at the Rural War Production Training
courses operating through the Voca-
tional Agriculture Departments of
Texas. \
“As a preparation for next year’s
production the Farm Machinery Re-
pair Course has been first choice
among the farmers, while the popular-
ity of the production courses seems to
be determined by the amount of in-
creased production asked for in 1943.
The greatest increases in produc-
tion are asked for in eggs, pork, and
poultry, and likewise production
courses in these commodities are in
most demand. Additional courses are
being requested at the rate of 14 per
day.
This response by the farmers of
Texas to the Production and Farm
Machinery Repair courses being of-
fered through the Vocational Agricul-
ture Department is our guarantee that
he farmers will do their part, and for-
tunately Vocational Agriculture will
soon be able to extend to them addi-
tional service by helping train farm
labor,” Manire concluded.
MEN WITH CHILDREN
TO BE CALLED UP FDR
SERVICE BY THIS FALL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27—The an-
nouncement that the nation’s armed
forces would total 10,420,000 by the Practices To Speed Mail
end of this year added Wednesday to
accumulating evidence that the draft-
ing of men with children would be un-
der way by next winter, I..f ■
The announcement gave new em-
phasis to a statement some time ago
byjdaj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selec-
tive service chief, indicating the sup-
ply of childless married men would
last only about 10 months if the armed
England had met at Casablanca,
French Morocco, Africa in the most
unprecedented and momentous meet-
ing of the century, in which complete
agreement was reached on war plans
for 1943 designed ultimately to bring
about the unconditional surrender of
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
The President flew across 5000 miles
of the Atlantic Ocean for a ten-day
meeting with Churchill at which Gen.
Charles DeGauIle and Gen. Giraud
were brought together for the first
time.
Practically the entire war staffs of
both England and the United States
took part in day and night discussions
which ended Sunday afternoon.
High spots of the conference which
was unprecedented in history and may
decide the fate of the world for gen-
erations to come, were:
1. The leaders of America and Bri-
tain, both military and civil, have
agreed on a war plan for 1943 de-
signed to maintain the initiative in
every theater of the war.
2. Churchill and Roosevelt agreed
that peace can come only through un-
conditional surrender of Germany,
Italy and Japan.
3. Gehs. Giraud and DeGauIle are
negotiating for a united French move-
ment designed to put French armies,
_ a navy and an air force again into the
Reclassification into Class 1V-H for JfieId aSainst the Axie‘
men deferred by Executive Order be-1 4- Maximum material aid to Russia
cause of age group 38 to 44 inclusive and China wil1 be one of the Pnme
has been completed and class cards j ai™s °f th^ Un^lS^t®E' A . .Wi-
sent to substantially all men of this
group
from $225,634,583 to $205,437,302.
This net decrease was despite the fact
that approximately $12,000,000 in new
loans were closed.”
“Future Payment Funds,” created
to provide a way member-borrowers
can pay in advance on their loans, now
total $2,126,000 the year-end report
reveals. Future payment funds draw
interest at the same rate charged on
the loans. In addition to this cushion,
member-borrowers are accumulating
reserves in War Bonds to make their
future secure, Mr. Evans said.
“The Land Bank was started 25
years ago in the midst of the first
World War. Its primary objective
was to help farm and ranch families
own their homes and businesses free
of debt. Since then, Texas agriculture
has been through some rough and
changing times but the records show
that more than a third of the 146,000
land bank and commissioner loans—
made to run up to 34% years—have
been retired.”
CLASSIFICATIONS IN
SELECTIVE SERVICE
ARE EXPLAINED
5. Mr. Roosevelt visited American
troops in the field in North Africa, the
5.000 DALLAS AUTOS
BURST BY FREEZES
DALLAS, Jan. 27.—The severe
freezes of the last week burst the en-
gine blocks on at least 5,000 automo-
biles in Dallas County, Dallas garage-
men estimated Tuesday, and will cost
the owners up to $50,000 to repair.
Most of the blocks split by frozen
water in the cooling systems were re-
pairable by electric welding, but some
of the damaged installations have had
to be replaced. Certain makes of cars
of older vintages cannot be replaced
now, garage men said.
Welding jobs cost from $8 to $50
and more, depending on the extent of
the damage and usually other costs
are incurred in making the repairs.
The greatest damage was done by the
5 degrees above zero weather the
morning of Jan. 19. Blocks of some
repaired cars . were reburst in this
week’s cold spell.
The local board is now sending out first American President to visit an
forms for checking the status of Cate- actiw war theater Slnee Abraham
gory 4 men as to their present employ- , Lincoln.
men^ j Meetings were held in a closely
As'an explanation of other deferred guarded, barbed-wire-surrounded in-
classifications, Class II-C is for men closule at a hotel in Casablanca under
without dependents, found to be ne-1the greatest secrecy, and Amer.can
cessary in agriculture. Class III-B is ; and British fighter Planes roared oveJ-
for men with dependents necessary in j head to fight off any enemy attack,
industry and Class III-C is for men | '
BOSQUE MEN ARE
are “frftzen” and men receiving such |
'classifications cannot leave such em-! j
ployment without becoming liable for |
ACCEPTED IN SERVICE
military service.
The Local Board will meet for any
necessary business at the board office
in the City Hall, Clifton, Texas, at
10 a.m. January 29, 1943.
Delivery Are Stressed
The Boat Office Department urges
all who send mail to military personnel
here at home or abroad, to be certain
to place the name and address of the
sender on the outside. This id very
important as it will ofteh help in
eliminating delays in deliveries. It
This amount could purchase one
machine gun!
Bonds were purchased by Mrs. Land,
Edward Woodward, and R.~0.1
If 90% of all Clifton
students buy
the i
forces went above 10,000,000. I applies to both ordinary and air mail.
Hershey’s statement, the last he has Also it is urged that all senders of
made publicly on the subject, was that mail to our Armed Forces place the
drafting of men with children would correct amount of postage on all mat-
begin generally around next October 1 ter mailed. Short paid mail makes
if 10,000,000 or more were to be called » lot of unnecessary delay,
up without drafting 18 and 19-year- The Air-Mail load is growing rapid-
olds, ly. Our facilities for handling Air-
Since he spoke, the minimum draft Mail are being taxed to the limit You
age has been lowered to include those can help to reduce this air load by
Texas University Hard
Hit By Army Call
AUSTIN, Jan. 27.—The.army’s call
for enlisted reservists will take the
following University of Texas ath-
letes:
Football: Walton Roberts, junior;
Max Bumgardner, junior; Glen Mor-
ries, sophomore; Frank Guess, fresh-
man; Loam Weems, freshman; Jon
Cowsar, freshman; Kenneth Baker,
freshman; Ed Bacak, freshman; Mac
Charles Huff, sophomore; F. G. Mar-
tin, freshman; Vernon Barge, fresh-
man; Wayland Hill, freshman; Harold
McFarlane, freshman.
Basketball: Grady Hatton, Lloyd
Gregory Jr., John Langdon.
Keep ’Em Firing—With Junk!
The following men of Bosque Coun-
ty have been accepted for service at
recruiting or induction stations the
past few days:
Glenn B. Braswell, Telo Galindo,
Raymond A. Hulme, William L.
Shivers, Frank O. Cunningham, Wood-
land H. Meador, Jim M. Goyne, Mar-
vin L. Rosentreter, Chester M. David-
son, John P. Kimbcll, W. A. Williams,
Edgar L. Arnold, Duff G. McDonel Jr.,
Winloe R. Schibler, Vernon O. Rowe,
Leslie R. Yocham, Coyt F. Tuggle,
Benjamin W. Rachuig, Roland L. Zan-
der, Tommie L. Hickox, J. E. Monroe
Martin.
CIVIC SOCIETY MEETING
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3RD
Mesdames Ed Stanford, Milford
Hoff, Cecil Hurst and John Denton
will be hostesses to the Civic Society
meeting on Wednesday, February 3.
At the close of the meeting all are
expected to go to the Red Cross room
to finish the afternoon working for
that good cause.—Reporter.
Clifton Lions Club Holds Regular
Meeting And Luncheon Tuesday
A group of hungry Lions met Tues-
day noon at the City Hall dining room
for their regular luncheon and meet-
ing. Lunch was prepared by the Me-
thodist ladies and a good meal was
devoured, as is the custom when good
food is placed before this group.
i A. L. Bronstad gave
The Club was indeed disappointed
to hear a report from the program
committee to the effeet that the pro-
gram planned for the day did not ma-
terialize. They were to have
and speaker of the Club,
House. It is hoped that
The Club
Mr.
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