Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 152, Ed. 1 Monday, August 3, 1942 Page: 2 of 4
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T. J. MOLLOY.....Editor
S. WINFREY - - Business Mgr.
Entered aa second class mat.
ter April 17,1906, at the post-
office at Timpaon, Texas, under
the Act of March 8,1879.
Published daily except
Thursday and Sunday, in
Timpaon, Shelby county, T«x-
as.
Subscription Rates
One year 85.00; six months,
82.50; three months, 8L26;
one month, 50c.
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A THOUGHT FOR
TODAY
Try to do to others
as you would have them
do to you, and do not be
discouraged if they fail
sometimes.
. . . Dickens.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Times is suthortzed to
announce the following, sub-
ject to the action of the voters
in the Democratic primaries:
For State Senate, 2nd District:
WARDLOW LANE
For County Judge:
DUDLEY DAVIS
For District Attorney:
N. B. D. (Davis) BAILEY
For County Treasurer:
WALTER F. CAMPBELL
MRS. T. P. TODD
For County Clerk:
FAIRISH J. HAYES
For Sheriff:
DICK MIDDLETON
For Representative:
RUSHING MANNING
(For Re-election)
For County Attorney:
JACK McLEROY
For County Superintendent:
MILLARD MAT? IN
HARDY HAIRSTON
(For Re-election)
For Tax Assessor-Collector:
W. P. (Kinnie) ADAMS
J. C. (Carl) BLACK
For Commissioner Precinct 4:
W. C. CRUMP
For Justice of the Peace, Pre-
cinct No. 7:
R W. TODD
For Constable, Precinct No. T:
C. H. PERRY
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| Reassuring
i; The exacting customer was
! proving rather troublesome to
;the clerk.
"Are you quite sure that
'these seeds will come up
quickly?” she persisted. “I’ve
left my garden until very late,
you see, and I want to be sure
that they will come up at
once.” j
“Lady," exclaimed the
clerk, “plant those seeds and
then jump out of the way if
you want to be safe.”—Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
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Head Start
Mother announced that
prise would be given each
Saturday to the most obedient
member of the family during
the week.
Almost with one voice the
five children protected: (“Oh,
that isn’t fair. Daddy will win
every time.”—Tit-Bits.
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Hong Kong?
The two commercial travel-
ers were discussing the care
legs manner in which tranks
and suitcases are handled by
some railway companies.
“I had a very cute idea for
preventing that once,” said
one of them, sipling reminis-
cently. “I labelled each of my
bags ‘With Care—China.”
“And did that have any ef-
fect?”
"Well, I don’t know; you
see, they shipped the whole
lot to Hong Kon~.”—Answers.
Retail food stores increased
their dollar sales 29 per cent
during June over June, 1941,
according to a joint report of
the University of Texas Bu-
reau of Business Research and
the U. S. Bureau of the Cen-
sus.
Sam Houston’s much-debat-
ed reason for retreating so
long before facing the Mexi-
can army at San Jacinto was
one of discipline—to allow
laggards and deserters to drop
out, leaving only the small hat
dependable force he could
control, suggests Lt Col. Wil-
liam T. Riviere of the U. S.
Army in the July issue at the
Southwestern Historical Quar-
terly, published at the Univer-
sity of Texas.
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Football Schedules
May Be Carried
Out This Fall “If”—
Austin, Tex., July 31.—In-
tencholastic League football
will continue on schedule this
fall, except in those- areas
where tire-rationing makes it
impossible, Boy Bediehek, di-
speaking, journalism, drama-
tics, art, commercial and other
activities—will also be contin-
ued unless travel becomes
more and more restricted, he
said.
“In the meantime, however,
the Victory Physical Fitness
Clubs, organized under the
auspices of the League, are
.being formed in every section
U. S. BOMBERS—
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rector of the University of of the state, and the League is
Texas League headquarters, ‘ placing increased emphasis
announced this week. j upon intramural activities of
He said the State Executive: all kinds.”
Committee and the League j Football eligibility blanks
and contracts will be mailed
to member schools on August
25, Bediehek panted out.
Advisory Committee agreed
that "no attempt will be made
to enforce contracts on schools
unable to travel because of
tire-rationing,” but added that
“in many districts schedules Income from agriculture in
can be maintained without ap- June totaled 865,000,900, or
preeiable use of tires, since 68 per cent more than in June,
commercial transportation is 1941, Dr. F. A. Buechel, statis-
a vail able." tieisn for the University of
Other League events—bas- Texas Bureau of Business Re-
ketball. track and field, public search, reporta.
blinding Hash aa our shells
' snick, and left it sinking slow-
ly.
Later in the day four more
barges were attacked by
planes which “flew so low
over them we coud have mark-
ed them with a paint brush.”
One barge blew up, another
was left aflame, and two more
were peppered with bullets.
Closer home, fightere-bora-
bera made five big raids on
Axis troop and transport con-
centrations, armored vehicles
and possibly headquarters
units in the central sector of
the Atamein front.
One raid on at least 10
tanks and 200 vehicles de-
stroyed more than a score of
them.
Bomb the Japs With Junk!
Has anybody suggested that
Shangri-La may be near the
Illusion Islands?—Wall Street
Journal.
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An Open Letter to Johnny
•.. Who Doesn’t Work Here Any More
You’re in the Army now, Johnny.
You’re risking your life for us at home.
We want you to know we aren’t forgetting.
And that, small aa our contribution is compared with your*,
we’re all making one the beat we can—in civilian defense, Red
Croat, U S O or whatever we’re individually equipped to do.
WE’RE OUT FOR VICTORY, JOHNNY, AND FOR YOU!
And there’s not one of us who doesn’t think of you when pay
day cornea and we save part of our pay in UfL Stomps and
Bonds. We’re not proud of it, Johnny—except that it helps
you get the fighting equipment you need.
ft's jut the least we can do, Johnny, but we’re doing it 100
percent
BUY MORE AND MORE |AND MORE
U. S. WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 152, Ed. 1 Monday, August 3, 1942, newspaper, August 3, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth812387/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.