Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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Timpson Weekly Times
VOLUME 56
TIMPSON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1940
NO. 11
TEK KILLED IHIEN
CYCLONE STIES
Ul 5MEP1T
Ten perrons were reported
dead, a large number of oth-
ers were injured and heavy
property damage resulted
from cyclonic gales at Shreve-
port Tuesday afternoon.
The twister also did consid-
erable damage at Elysian
Fields, Bethany, WAskom and
other points along the Texst-
Louiaiana line.
It was estimated today that
the loss to property will total
approximately $1,000,000.
(By United Press)
Shreveport, March 12. (UP)
—Sheriff T. S. Hughes said
Tuesday night that nine deaths
had been reported at his office
Tuesday night after a cyclone
struck the eastern edge of
Shreveport.
Hughes said that he had not
been able to learn the names
.of the victims.
A check of funeral homes
revealed the following dead:
John M. Bauguss, 35.
Mrs. Bauguss, about 80.
Mrs. Hetty Armstrong, mid-
dle-aged.
E. G. Woodyard, 62.
Five unidentified negroes.
The storm ripped down
many communications lines.
High winds and hailstones
damaged houses and uprooted
trees.
'"TBS'storm struck, about 4:4#
p. m., demolished houses in the
Ingleside, Werner Park.
Queens boro,., Jewel la and
Broodmore sections.
Three houses were damaged
near Barksdale field, one of
the nation’s largest army air
fields. An army sergeant i
reported hurt in one houae.
Several persons were re-
ported hurt by flying glass and
falling roofs.
Rescue workers were handi-
capped by sightseers who
Socked to the scene, despite
warnings that streets were lit-
tered with li- e electric wires.
Seven persons were injured
in one section. They were Mrs.
Ruby Gifford; Sergt. Hubert
Helms, his wife and baby;
Sergt. Gain3 Moseley, and
Sergt. and Mrs. Wagstaff. The
last couple was reported in a
critical condition.
Mrs. L. E. Bankson, funeral
home employe, said that the
storm struck shortly after 4 p.
m.
“The rain had been falling
hard, and it began to grow
dark. By 4:30 you could hard-
ly see across the street,” Mrs-
Bankson said. “The wind blew
pretty hard in the business dis-
trict, but the cyclone touched
only the south part of town.
“The storm struck first in
the fair grounds area. The
worst damage was near the
intersection of Portland ave-
nue and Queens highway.
The Fairfield section spared
by the storm is the luxurious
residential district built up by
wealthy oil men.
UK FIRM EMPLOYED TC
COLLECT DEUPIEIIT
CITY TUXES
The city council of this city
met in regular session Tuesday
night, with Mayor J. W. Kris-
tensen, presiding, and other
officials in attendance, as fol-
lows: Aldermen—W. M. Byrn,
J. J. Futrell, Rex-Brinson, J. B.
Walters, and city secretary,
W. M. Ramsey.
The law firm of Davenport,
Huffines and Johnson of Dal-
las, was employed to collect
delinquent taxes due the city
of Timpson.
It was pointed out at the
meeting that approximately
$15,000 is due in delinquent
taxes, and that the city has
outstanding bonds that are
payable only through taxation
and that collections are not
sufficient to meet these obli-
gations.
Other business of the meet-
ing consisted mainly of routine
matters.
Timpson People Have
Narrow Escape in
A party of Timpson people
—Mrs. Charles Wigley and
daughter, Martha Lou; Mrs.
Avery Evans and son, Jerry,
and Mrs. Kirven Dial, had a
narrow escape, from injury
■Tuesday afternoon when cy-
clonic gales struck in Shreve-
port. They were returning
home from a trip to Shreve-
port and were directly in the
path of the storm. They sought
shelter in a filling station,
only to see the roof of the
building blown away, and oth-
er destruction by the terrific
wind. Their ear was damaged
slightly by a sign blown from
a building.
El Paso, Tex. (UP)—Who
says bad men of the west have
lost their boldness? -J. M- Phil-
lips, nigfatwatchman, reported
to police that one of them stele
a pistol right out of his holder
as he was making his rounds.
Phillips told poliee that he
was unlocking a door when a
Mexican youth ran up. grab-
bed the pistol from its holster,
and darted sway. His chase
was futile, P.iilUps added.
Ill BULLETINS
(By United Press)
Moscow—Finns and Rus-
sians sign peace agreement
and all hostilities cease in 14-
week war.
t t t
London—Britain disappoint-
ed at Busso-Finnish peace; air
ministry believes German sub-
marine sunk in attack by Roy-
al Air Force plane; two British
and one Dutch vessel sunk.
Brussels—Belgian planes at-
tack foreign plane over Lux-
emburg but it escapes,
ttt
Western Front—German air
force Inaugurates hedge-hop-
ping tactics over French lines;
two French patrols repulsed
by Germans.
New Opeamgs Available
In Hie U. &. Army
The U. S. Amy Recruiting
Station, Old Post Office Bldg.
■Ceater, Texas, has a number
of excellent vancancies for the
Field Artillery, Fort Sam
Houston, Texas, 38th Infantry,
Fort Douglas, Utah, Cavalry.
Fort Clark, Texas, and a few
Infantry vacancies at Fort Sam
Houston, Texas. These are de-
sirable assignments and are
to be filled as quickly as pos-
sible. Anyone interested can
make application at the above
' address or write to Sergeant
I Understeller at the Army Re-
cruiting Station, Center, Texas.
Washington, March 11.—As
this correspondent has fre-
quently pointed out, every-
thing that happens or is going
to happen in Washington be-
tween now and midsummer
either has a motive behind it
bearing on Presidential poli-
tics, or is subject to the sus-
picion of being in some way a
manoeuver for partisan or
personal political advantage.
Some of the tactics are pret-
ty crude and obvious, and
many of the suspicions are
pretty far-fetched. But no man
holding public office these days
can say or do anything with-
out being suspected or openly
accused of either seeking the
Presidency for himself or of
trying to discredit other pos-
sible candidates, either of his
own or the other party.
It is no secret to anyone in
Washington that there is a
strong political clique of Re-
publican politicians who are
determined that the party’s
nominee shall not be Thomas
E. Dewey. These are not neces-
sarily the same men who are
backing either Senator Taft or
Senator Vandenberg.
There are some masters of
political intrigue among the
minority members of the both
Houses of Congress, and cer-
tain of them have given the im-
pression that they are working
under cover with state leaders
of the party to bring about a
situation which would result in
all three of the leading Re-
publican candidates killing
each other off, thus forcing
the convention to nominate a
man who would be more to the
liking of the Republican Old
guard than any of those three.
Speculation on H
That does not refer to Her-
bert Hoover, though the for-
mer President’s recent appear-
ance in Washington at a hear-
ing of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs, to tell mem-
bers of Congress his views
about the importance of giv-
ing prompt aid to the people
of Finland and Poland, started
the gossips to speculating as to
whether he was not laying his
own plans for the Republican
nomination.
It is practically impoasible
for political-minded Washing-
ton to conceive of any man
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PUNT WILL BE
SHIPPED MUCH 29
The two 150-horse power
engines, part of the equipment
for the Timpson municipal
tight plant, will be shipped
March 29, according to inform-
ation obtained from H. C.
Meador, manager of city utili-
ties. The engines are a part
of the equipment purchased in
the enlargement program of
the local light plant. This ship-
ment will include accompany-
ing generators, Mr. Meador
said.
Workmen have been busy
for several days preparing ex-
cavations for engine founda-
tions. Each of the concrete
blocks will be 8 feet wide, 17
feet to inches long, 5 feet
thick, we were told.
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A gals review of talent was
displayed in the Timpson high
school auditorium Monday
night when the P.-T. A. spon-
sored contest, selecting the
high school girls exhibiting
the most dazzling personali-
ties and a Little Mr. and Miss
Timpson and talent. A large
crowd was in attendance and
thoroughly enjoyed the even-
ing’s program.
Kirven Dial; Jr., and Glenda
Herbert were named "Little
Mr. and Miss Timpson.”
Mary Virginia Ceal, Lorens
Johnston and Beginia Moses
were chosen first, second and
third, respectively, in the -per-
sonality contest, which was
sponsored by the merchants of
Timpson.
The entertainment in the
talent contest was given by
singers, dancers, whistlers, ac-
tors and guitarists, the best of
which was selected to compete
in similar contest in Dallas.
Beth Hutcherson, Madge
Bouchgr and Barbara Sue
Whitesid
talent.
Despite the rainstorm which
prevailed last evening, a very
enthusiastic group of Timpson
public school students, con-
testants for places in the Inter-
scholastic League met in decla-
mation, gallantly faced an au-
dience of less than a dozen peo-
ple, and five hundred vacant
seats, in an effort to represent
their school in the various en-
tries in the county meet
Those who were successful
in convincing the judges they
were beat in each entry are:
Ward school; boys—Harold
Crump, (no alternate).
Girls—Gladys Nell Connor,
first; alternate, Maurine Hil-
liard.
High school, Junior high
boys—James Horton, (no al-
ternate) .
Junior high girls—Peggy
Ann Julian; alternate, Dixie
Bnth Tippett
Senior high boys—Billie
Hunt; alternate, Mitchell
Crausby.
Senior high girls — Annie
Gregory; alternate, Lorens
Johnston.
There were no failures in
these entries Tuesday evening.
Those who failed to place did
themselves credit They did
their best, and thus laid the
foundation for future success.
Those in charge of the con-
test are grateful to members of
the Garrison public school fac-
ulty for their loyalty to their
promise to serve as judges, in
bravely facing the storm, and
thus making it possible to car-
ry out the contest as per sched-
ule.
Timpson Masons Will
Attend Muling at
Henderson
Traveling in a bus a large
number of Timpson Masons
will attend a meeting of the
Henderson Masonic Lodge,
Tuesday night, March 19th.
Those desiring to make the
trip are advised that the bus
will leave Timpson at 9p. ra. j , Continued on Last Page)
SIGN PEACE TIEJTy
ENDING 14 WEEKS'HID
Moscow, March 13. (Wed-
nesday) (UP).—The brief but
lethal war between Finland
and the Soviet Union was end-
ed Wednesday with the sign-
ing of a peace treaty which
gave extensive military and
territorial concession to Rus-
sia.
The pact was signed at 2:36
a. m. Moscow time. It provid-
ed hostilities were to cease at
noon Wednesday and that
troops were to begin with-
drawal from both rides of the
treaty-created border at 10 a.
m. Friday.
In Finland’s capital, tittle
groups of thin-lipped Finns
gathered around radio nets to
hear what had happened to
Finland.
They learned about it from
the German radio. There was
nc official Finnish announce-
ment
The Finns did not disbelieve
the radio reports. They, had ex-
pected peace. Even the meat
patriotic of them realized dur-
ing the last few days that for-
eign aid, because of the re-
fusal of Sweden and Norway
to aster the war or to give
free transit to belligerent
troops, probably never could
have arrived in sufficient force.
The peace terms caused ab-
ject disappointment through-
oat Great Britain, London dis-
patches said. It was widely
believed there that the heroic
Finnish struggle had bebnfOr
nothing. "
The Moscow radio interrupt-
ed a concert to announce Hie
signing of the pact. There was
wild rejoicing throughout Hie
Soviet Union. Russians had
waited up untii early hours of
the morning to listen tor the
anticipated announcement.
In the United States leading
I congressional spokesmen ex-
i pressed regret at the terms.
!' Senate Democratic Leader
j Alben W. Barkley described
ie displayed the most
long experience, deep under-
standing and current knowl-
edge of European affairs. If in-
ternational relations should de-
velop to the stage where an
alarmed public opinion would
demand that the next Presi-
who has once held high office dent must have a broad back-
Get the Idea?
not desiring to get back into I ground of world politics, a
the seat of power; and when' genuinely pacifist philosophy,
combined with wide ex peri-
such a man gets into the head-
lines by performing a great
humanitarian service, the
more sordid-minded political
observers are confident that he
is seeking the limelight for
the purpose of grabbing off a
political prize for himself.
Those who know Mr. Hoo-
ver best are confident that he
has no personal ambition to
hold office again. His friends,
however, understand that he
would like to have a hand in
shaping the party's policy,
and there seems to be little
doubt that his counsel and ad-
vice are being sought and act-
ed upon by some of the fore-
most party leaders.
More to Coo tribute
One of the points upon which
there is wide agreement is that
Mr. Hoover has more to con-
tribute than ray of the other
eminent Republicans in his
ence in the conduct of domes-
tic affairs, it is not entirely im-
possible, under such circum-
stances, that Mr. Hoover
might be the convention’s
choice.
But those closest to him hold
that he would have to be liter-
ally drafted, and that his re-
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ment : “It is better to have
money working for YOU than
to spend all your life working
for MONEY.”
That’s why it is important to
save. Then you will have mon-
ey working for you as a side
The dollar loaned at
the whole year
through, days, night, Sundays,
holidays. They say interest
never sleeps. Even a little
money invented beats being on
the borrowing end. Thrift
leads the way to success.
Notice to School Officials
Please remember that Sat-
urday, March 16th, is the last
day for filing entries in the
County Interscholartic League
meet. Entries must be in my
office, or bear postmark of
that date. No exceptions will
be made.
George D. Pruitt, Director.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1940, newspaper, March 15, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth811721/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.