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THE ENNIS DAILY NEWS ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS TUESDAY EVENING.-JULY 8. 1941
EDITORIALS ♦ FEATURES
OPINIONS
AMUSEMENTS
Socking Texas Taxpayers
Speaking to the thirty-third annual conference of
governors in Boston last week, the chief executives of
Rhode Island, Ohio, and New Jersey expressed the belief
that defense-necessitated federal expenditures would cut
.sharply into state revenues and urged their fellow execut-
ives to pare budgets and prepare for post-war emergen-
cies.
These statements urged that representatives of state
and federal governments jointly draft a program for co-
ordinating and correlating state and federal taxes with
duplicate bases. The three governors recommended the
operation of state government’s accumulattion of reserves
for use in the post war period, and postponment of non-
essential enterprises requiring great expenditures.
Perhaps if these governors had spoken prior to the
meeting of the. Texas Legislature, the taxpayers of Texas
would have been saved millions of dollars, for the forty-
seventh legislature appropriatted in excess of $93,000,000
breaking the record by at least $15,000,000.
And this enormous appropriation total came in the
face of protests that such action might cripple the ability
of Texans to pay their share of the national defense bill.
It is difficult for taxpayers to see that all the appropria-
tions were for items that could be considered essential in
the present unlimited national emergency.
Few business men there are in Ennis who do not
think that they could reduce the state expenditures suf-
ficiently to take care of new demands upon Texas govern-
mental divisions. Persons who come in contact with gov-
ernmental agencies daily know that the application of
good business methods would enable these units to be con-
ducted in a manner that would not affect their efficiency
but would release thousands of dollars for other state ob-
ligations.
The entire tax system of all governmental units—
federal, state, county, and city—must be unified if Amer-
ica is to survive.
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A challenge to any gag writer is the headline; “Con-
gressman Coffee Introduces Bill.”—Hot Springs New Era.
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Of course there is no real equality but the privilege of
being ill-mannered to our betters.—Arkansas Democrat
Sugar refinery in the South burned down—smelling
just like the kitchen when a husband makes candy.—Fort
Smith Southwest-American.
One of the easiest things on earth is deciding what to
do instead of work.—Hot Springs New Era.
LISTENING TO OTHER EDITORS
HATS OUT OF THE BAG
- At least what we had suspected about women’s hats
all along has been admitted, that they serve no practtical
purpose, that “virtually their sole function is to make the
wearer happy in the thought that she has a beautiful
thing which is in fashion.”
With which we agree, in part at least. But where
does the “beautiful thing” come in? Has there been any-
thing even remotely beautiful about women’s hats for
years now?
At any rate, the matter of women’s hats has finally
reached the United States Supreme Court—it had already
been everywhere 61se!—and the highest tribunal in the
land was told by the Millinery Creators Guild, Inc., a New
York Corporation owned by Parisian milliners, that:
“Women do not buy hats. They buy fashion.”
“It is difficult to find any utilitarian purpose in a
large mjaority of women’s hats. They most certainly do
not protect the wearer against rain or snow or cold.”
“Women’s hats are a constant source of humor to the
then of the nation.”
“The rapid mortality of designs due to their repro-
duction in great volume, and consequent loss of distinc-
tiveness, causes women’s hats to become obsolete long be
fore they have worn out.
Which! explains a lot of things—things ranging from
a stack of vegetables to a satin pancake—and all points
between. Things which resemble neither mineral nor veg-
etable; things which are worn low over the left eye or
high, behind the right ear. Things built like a box, a heart
or a turban; things with feathers, flowers, ribbons or what
have you; things which could have been dreamed up only
during a nightmare.
But they made the wearer happy in the thought that
she was a beautiful thing which! is in fashion. And that’s
all that really counts. It makes no difference if men
laugh at them. It doesn’t matter that their hats have
no ultimate purpose. What woman cares whether he hat
protects her from rain or snow or cold? And when it
comes down to the essence of things men really think wo-
men are beautiful in anything even if some of them do
dare to poke fun at their hats. And by all means if what
they call hats make them happy bring on the hats. Of
course the styles change so rapidly the hat bought today
may be out of style tomorrow but who cares? If happi-
ness can be bought with the price of a hat bring on the
hats!—Tyler Telegram.
THE ENNIS DAILY NEWS
Published Every Day Excent Sunday, by the United Publishing
Company, which also publisher the Ennis Weekly Local and the
Palmer Rustler.
AH communications of business and Items of news should be ad-
ires,s-ed to the company and not individuals
Entered as second-cl*ss matter at the post of ice at Ennis, Texas,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
C. A. Nowlin-------------------------------------Editor and Manager
Lester Jordan--------------------------------------Assistant Editor
Emma Jean Sims----------------------------------------Society Editor
Weldon Nowlin-----------------------------------Advertising Manager
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Ry Carrier in City
One Year.,___________________$6.00
Six Months________________3.00
One Month_________________50c
Three Months______________$1.50
By Mail In Ellis County:
One Year—................$3.00 One Month_________________50c
Six Months-----------------2.00 Outside Ellis County by Mail
Three months--------------1.00 Rates same as for City.
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! closely guarded schedules and over
a secret route.
“His Majesty’s Ship”
Serious-minded Lord Halifax, the
British ambassador, has his lighter
moments. The other day he enter-
tained! friends at the State De-
partment with this story:
A sailer from a visiting British
warship was wandering around Bos-
ton. A woman stopped him and ask-
ed him the meaning of the letters
“H.M.S.” on his hat.
He replied, “H’l Mustn’t Say.”
Note: H.M.S. stands for His Ma-
jesty’s Ship.
Washington, July 8.—Thanks to
its potent lobby, Pan-American Air- ‘
ways recently succeeded in blocking
the establishment of a competing
airline across the Atlantic. The
White House, State Department,
Army and Navy wanted the second ♦
service but Pan-Am had more in- f
fluence with a majority of the U. S. I
Senate. (
No announcement has been made
about it but today there is another j
competing airline across the Atlan- |
tic. It is operated by the U. S.
Army Air Corps and was establish-
ed, because of Pan-Am’s inability to
meet the war-booming demand for
trans-Atlantic service.
Using the four-motor heavy
bombers the planes carry only of-
ficials and official pouches to and
from England. Ambassador. Winant
returned to London by this means.
The American “port” of this new
airline is the army’s great air base
at Belling Field Va, The service is
under the direction of Colonel Rob- i
ert Olds, ace Air Corps commander, |
who was recently put in charge of |
ferryirig Lend-Lease bombers from
the west coast airplane plants to
Britain. The new airline operates
as part of that service.
At present tWo bombers are in
use, and more are expected) to be
added. The planes are manned by
air corps crews and operate on
Defense Rail Boss
OPM chiefs aren’t admitting it,
but they want the president ,to re-
place Ralph Budd, Burlington Rail-
road executive, as Defense Rail Di-
rector.
Number 1 choice as his success-
or is Joseph B. Eastman, veteran
chairman of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, and one of the
greatest transportation experts in
the country.
Budd has been under fire in De-
fense Circles because of alleged
failure to get the railroads to un-
dertake a Mg freight car and loco-
motive program last year, when
steel was plentiful. However, eo-
rail men vigorously contend that
Budd has done a good job of co-
ordinating, deny there will be a car
shortage this year.
Indirectly they admit there may
be one next year, by saying that
what happens depends on whether
they can get deliveries of the thou-
sands of new cars they have order-
ed. This year’s freight require-
ments are estimated at 45,000,000
cars next year at 48,000,000 and
1943, 55,000,000 cars.
"Eastman and1 the president' are
cld friends. In the early years of
the New Deal, when railroad con-
solidation was much in the air,
Roosevelt gave Eastman the job
of working out a -plan. He submit-
ted a comprehensive program,, but
nothing came of it because of pow-
erful rail and Wall Street oppesi-
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Lest Daylight Saving?
A few day ago the Federal Power
Commission, backed by OPM Di-
rectors Knudsen and Hillman, call-
ed on tine people in the southwest-
ern states to cut down their use
of electricity so as to provide mere
power for urgent defense needs. '
Ardently patriotic, the people of
this section unquestionably will re-
spond. But the incident illustrates
the lack of coordination in the vast
defense program.
Fcr months, defense chiefs have
realized the danger of a serious
shortage. And for months there has
teen knocking around in the laby-
rinth of defense offices a recom-
mendation for a nationwide two-
hour daylight saving system. Ex-
per s estimate that several hun-
dred thousand kilowatts cculd be
obtained by this simple measure.
Britain and Germany have had it
in operation continuously since the
start of the war.
But in the good old “business-as-
usual” U. S. A. the meve is still
only a “recommendation” in a
memorandum gathering dust some-
where is a defense pigeon-hole.
Sooner or later a master mind will
suddenly come to life and do some-
thing about it. Meanwhile, with the
power shortage increasing, thou-
sands of kilowatts are being con-
sumed needlessly.
Merry-Go-Round
It was a breathless day in Wash-
ington. The cnly breeze was kicked
up by, the little subway car running
betwen the Senate Office Building
and the Capitol. Passenger Hattie
Caraway, senator from Arkansas,
clutched at her flying strands of
hair ... United Service Organiza-
tions have had some big gifts, but
none more touching than the sav-
ings brought in by one Harry Katz,
who emptied on the desk 512 pen-
nies, 44 nickels, eight dimes and one
quarter ... Displayed in the De-
partment of Agriculture lobby are
four practical pamphlets, “Cock-
roaches and Their Control,” “Bed-
bugs: Causes and Cures,” “House
Ants,” and “How to Control Fleas”
. . . The president has on his desk
a new leather briefcase, fastened
securely at one end with a steel
padlock . . . When a colleague ask-
ed Representative Rivers of South
Carolina why he returned so sud-
denly from a visit to his district,
he replied: “I came back to Wash-
ington for a few days rest.”
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS ANNOUNCED.
The Civil Service Commission has
announced examinations of particu-
lar interest toi persons who know
industrial methods and processes1.
Registers will be established for the
following positions: Principal In-
dustrial Specialists, $5,600; Senior
Industrial Specialist, $4,600; Indus-
trial Specialist, $3800; Associate In-
dustrial Specialist, $3,200; and As-
sistant Industrial Specialist, $2,600
a year. Individuals who have had
the experience in industerial man-
age or related experience which
would give a thorough knowledge
of production methods and process-
es in one or more manufacturing
industries are urged to apply as the
preparedness and defense program
meets the services of such person.
Applicants will not be given a writ-
BLIMP UP THERE—Army and Navy officials observed demon-
stration of three types of balloons, at Goodyear Zeppelin
field, Wingfoot Lake, Ohio. One shown here is six-lobed blimp
that can reach height of 15,000 feet.
ten test but will be rated on their
qualifications as shown in their ap-
plications, subject to ccrrcbcratlon.
Applications must be filed by Aug.
7, 1941.
The commission also announced
an examination to secure farmer -
fieldmen to interpret e and present
the program of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration to offic-
ers and members of agricultural
conservation associations. The posi-
tions pay $2,600 a year. Applicants
must have had six years of experi-
ence in certain positions in con-
nection with agricultural adjust-
ment administration work and in
practical farming. For the farming
experience college study in agricul-
ture may* be substituted. The clos-
ing date for filing applications is
August 7, 1941.
Another examination announced
by the commission is for Junior
Public Health Nurse, $1,800 a year,
employment being in the U. S. Pub-
"Easy to d
take homeId
ORGOTTEN
ACTS
rom the Files
July 8, 1931.
At 3:30 o’clock Wednesday after-
noon a sand and windstorm blew
over Ennis. Reports came in that
there was a cyclone at- Ferris, tot
these were proved false by a special
call to the Ferris operator by the
Ennis News. Palmer was the scene
of a heavy windstorm.
J. H. Duke will leave Saturday
for Toronto, Canada, where he will
attend the international convention
of Lions Clubs. R. J. Banner, vice
president of the elub, will preside
ever next week’s meeting. At the
meeting today President Duke an-
nounced that Dr. C. E. Gray, O. M.
Pickle and L. C. Parks had accepted
invitations to become members of
the club. *i£|f;
PLAZA
Tuesday and Wednesday
lie Health Service, Federal Security
Agency and in the Indian Field
Service, Department of the Interior.
Certain nursing experience and ed-
ucation are required. Applications
will be rated as received until fur-
ther notice.
For positions in Washington, D.
C'., only the commission has an-
nounced an examination for Assist-
ant Messenger, $1,080 a year, appli-
cations for which must be filed not
later than July 21, 1941. For this
position applicants must have
reached their eighteenth but must
not have passed their twenty-fifth j
birthday. These age limits will not
be waived in any case.
All applications .must be' sent to
the Washington office the Civil
Service Commission not later than
the closing dates specified. Full in-
formation as toi the requirements
for these examinations, and appli-
cation forms, may be obtained from
George T. Yowell, secretary of the
board of U. S. Civil Service Exam-
iners, at the post office in this city,
or from the secretary of the Beard
of U. S. Civil Service Examiners,
at any first or second class post of-
fice.
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Nowlin, C. A. The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 8, 1941, newspaper, July 8, 1941; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth799357/m1/2/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.