Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1944 Page: 6 of 8
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I AM THE
RED CROSS!
AARON BURNS WAR
CASUALTY IN ITALY
I send myself to stand be-
side my soldier as long as he
needs my help.
I would go if 1 could, to be
here with him.
I would cheer him when
home-sickness pulls him down.
I would try to make him for-
get the horror he has witness-
ed.
I would take his worries on
my shoulders and relieve his
mind of fear for the welfare
of those at home.
I would give him comforts,
things not expected at the
time and place, and precious
■on that account.
If my soldier were taken
prisoner I would see that he
.got extra food, warm clothing
■and needed medcmes.
If he were wounded I
-would furnish my blood to
save his life, and surgical
■dressings to bind his wounds.
I would be beside him in
the hospital to give him com-
_fort and to make the hours
leas long. - -
If he were crippled I would
•help him adjust himself to his
new and smaller world, and
were he discharged for dis-
ability I would seek to safe-
guard his interests and to see
-him and the family through
-Stny difficulty.
I am needed to do these
things. I can do them—for I
am the BED CROSS.
By my generous gift to the
died Cross War Fund I do them
all. This is my share. \
The first war casualty from
the Garrison vicinity was an-
nounced last week by the Wnr
Department. Aaron Burns,
who at the time of enlistment
lived in the Arl&m community,
was wounded in action in Italy
February 8th and died the
day following, according to a
message to his family.
The young soldier was the
son of Rev. and Mrs. Homer
Burns who now reside near
Gary. The family lived at Ar-
!am for” several years when
Rev. Burns was pastor of a
church in that community.
The sympathy of many friends
is extended to this family
whose son has given his life
for our country. — Garrison
News.
Plastic Production
' One of the many uses for
plastics with a cotton content
-which have become important
.-in wartime is the packaging of
-certain spare parts going over-
seas for repairing miliiaty ve-
hicles and other mechanisms.
Parts are dipped in the plas-
tic while it is liquefied by
heat; the coating cools and
New Map to Show
Mineral Resources
In Various Counties
Austin, March 10.—When
the University of Texas Bu-
reau of Economic Geology
publishes its new statewide
mineral resources map—it's
now almost ready to go to the
engraver—every county in
Texas will be able to see at a
glance what its post-war in-
dustrial prospects are for new
mineral industries.
"And there’s not a county
in Texas that doesn’t have one
or more mineral resources
that could and should be de-
veloped,” declares Dr. "E. H.
Sellards, director of the bo-
reau.
This new map is expected
to provide the impetus for a
vast postwar expansion of
small industries, for it will
show the location and scope of
all mineral deposits in the
state, as well as indicating
minerals now in production^
Rev. and Mrs. Joe Z. Tower
“hardens to almost rubberllke; of Beaumont spent Monday
•consistency upon withdrawal.j afternoon and Tuesday mom-
Removal of the skintight wrap- ’ ing with his sister, Mr. and
per is simple—you just slit it Mrs. A. E. Rushing. Rev. Tow-
down one side and open it er came especially to officiate
with your hands. It is expect-at the burial of Judge Dan
ed that after the war this same ! Walker at Center Monday af-
materia! will almost undoubt-' ternoon. They were accompa-
edly become a factor in civil- ]uied by Mrs. Rushing from
ian packaging, particularly Center to Timpson to visit
•where a corrosion-resistant,
abrasion-resistant material is
indicated.
"Buy War Bonds and Stamps. For Victory: Bay Bonds!
their sister, Mrs. J. S. Har-
buck.—San Augustine Tri-
bune.
Farm Timber
Needed For War
College Station.—Owners of
farm forests in Texas must
produce a part of the lumber;
needed to make the contain-
ers, crates and packaging
which will be required to har-
vest and ship the state’s food
• crops to market next fall.
' There is a shortage of wooden
crating material both for civil-
ian and military uses. To re-
lieve this, farmers and farm
hands in timber growing coun-
ifies are urged to devote their
spare time to cutting trees in
their own and neighboring
.farm forests.
Lumber and pulpwood pro-
duction can be increased
. without stripping the farm
woods in any area, says C. W.
'Simmons, farm forester for the
Texas A. and M. College Ex-
tension Service. Selective cut-
ting will assure greater re-
turns for less time and labor,
and will improve the stands
-for future timber crops. Selec-
tive cutting means taking ma-
-ture trees for lumber and
thinning for pulpwood.
' Recently War Food'Admin-
Sbelhy-Panola Seal Conservation District
BEHIND SHE LINES—Little worries tf bm bcoM nttnlEal
to *Kc serviceman overarm* so the Red Croat field director, ta this
ease Ralph M. Chester, left, goes along with the troops into the
field, to help wish personal problems. Here Chester is talking to
U. S. CASUALTIES
NOW TOTAL 162,282
Army Hu 121,458
Killed, Wounded,
Captive or Misa-
, ing; Navy*. Lon IF
40,824, Secretary
of War Stimion
HONDO OFFICER
PROMOTED
istrator Marvin Jones appeal-
ed to farmers for more forest
products as a safeguard
against an acute shortage of
containers, packing and
wrappings for agricultural
crops. The WFA estimates
that the armed forces will re-
quire a much larger percent-
age of lumber and pulpwood
products in this invasion year
than previously. On that ac-
count production must be in-
creased substantially to l e-
vent curtailment of supplies
for civilian use. Some of the
military products made from
pulpwood are smokeless pow-
der. blood plasma containers,
cargo parachutes, aviators’
vests, shell casings, first aid
kits and commando bags.
In 1943, 381 individually or
cooperatively owned farm
sawmills in 53 Texas counties
cut a total of 22,500,000 board
feet of lumber, Simmons says.
Although small individually,
the thousands of Texas farm
forests are well distributed on
~o.=f farms for convenient and
suitable multiple uses, he ex-
plains.
Washington, March 9. (UP)
—Casualties of the United
States armed service now to-
tal 162,282, it was revealed
today.
Secretary of War Henry L.
Stin son announced to a press
conference that the army’s
casualties number 121,458—
20,592 killed, 47,318 wound-
ed, 26,326 missing and 27.222
prisoners of war.
On Feb. 24—two weeks ago
today—the casualty total was
156,865. of which 118.128
were army and 89,737 were in
the naval forces. The increase
in the two weeks totaled 5,-
417 announced casualties.
A navy list released today
showed a total of 40,824 casu-
alties—17,261 dead, 9,810
wounded, 9,239 missing and
4,414 prisoners.
Stimaon said 25,291 of the
army wounded already have
l>een returned to duty or re-
leased from army hospitals.
Of the prisoners of war. 1,627
are reported to have died of
disease in their capties camps
—mostly in Japanese camps.
Breaking down the figures
by theaters, he reported:
Asiatic theater—231 killed,
15$ wounded, 395 missing and
144 taken prisoner.
Central Pacific—147 killed,
589 wounded, S3 missing, and
one taken prisoner.
Europe—2,419 killed, 2,214
wounded, 4,622 missing and
4,542 taken prisoner.
Latin America—44 killed,
four wounded, eight missing.
Middle East—379 killed,
232 wounded, 671 missing and
294 prisoners.
North Africa theater, which
includes Sicily and Itaiy—9,-
271 killed, 29,278 wounded,
3,141 missing and 7,369 taken
prisoner.
North American theater—
1,243 killed, 1,018 wounded,
39 missing and no prisoners
taken.
Philippines—1,096 killed,
1,720 wounded, 15,198 miss-
ing and 13,590 prisoners, in-
cluding 12,506 Philippine
scouts.
So.uth Pacific—1,918 killed,
5,627 wounded, 467 missing,
and six prisoners.
Southwest Pacific — 1,959
killed, 3,577 wounded, 1,353
missing and 458 prisoners.
Hondo Army Air Field,
Hondo, Tex.—First Lieutenant
Paul Walton Smith of 611 Or-
ange Ave., Orange, Tex., was
recently promoted to his new
rank in the Army Air Forces
at Hondo Army Air Field,
Hondo, Tex.
Lt. Smith, 24, is the son of
Judson A. Smith of Timpson,
Texas. He attended Texas A.
& M., 1938-41, majoring in
electrical engineering. Prior
to entering the armed forces,
Lt. Smith has his own business
of radio service. He received
his commission and wings in
Navigation, Feb. 19, 1943. -Lt.
Smith is on duty at this huge
navigation airbase as a navi-
gation instructor.
The first modern police sys-
tem was created by Sir Rob-
ert Peel in 1819 when he was
Prime Minister of England.
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ORDER EARLY!
VOU can be sera el sett**? Hm
X Lied of tracks ye* «Mi at tbe
fine yoe wsat riwra Hi yes make
fcmwa year seed* NOW.
CHICKS
Ve rocomatoed our
Qmaiiiy Cltielu, nitcLtd
right from high-p»-
d’icing flock.*, vigovoe*
aad hwfy.
CHEK-R-FECT
Genii Killer for brooder
botwe. Mho readily
with water. One ounce
■ruakes gallon of dmft-
fectaoc.
CHEK-R-TABS
)-wayactiea water tab-
let, acts at disinfectant,
bowel astringent, fungi-
cide. Helpa live chicks.
STARTENA
I Ibi. i*r click 9 all
chicks need to get them
of to a good Start. Or-
der your su&pir wkh
Buy STILL MORE War
Bonds.
MIKE BYRN
Phone 123
Timpscn, Texas
Timber Salvage
Jesse McSw&in, one of the
cooperators with the Shelby
Panola Soil Conservation Dis-
trict in the Neubem conserva-
tion area, has been making
poles from his storm damaged
titr. ber during the recent wet
weather. Mr. MeSwain stated
that he was realizing from 84
to S6 per day farm wages and
at the same time improving
the stand of his timber by re-
moving this damaged material
that increases danger from
fire and insects.
• • .
Samford Smith, district co-
operation In the same conser-
vation area, has been harvest-
ing poles from his damaged
timber and is using the select
poles in the construction of a
barn, and marketing the bal-
by delivering them to
the railroad shipping point.
* 9 9
Winter Legume Cover Crop*
Austrian winter peaa and
Hairy Vetch have been mak-
ing some wonderful growth
during the past few sunny
days. This is especially true
of the peas that were planted
early in the fall and where the
land was bedded so the peas
could have, good drainage.
The peas on Nubern Green’s
farm in the Tennessee conser-
vation area are making a
rapid growth.
• * *
R. E. Faroe, district co-op-
erator in the Sit. Herman con-
servation area, reports that his
winter peaa that were inocu-
lated, fertilized with 200
pounds of superphosphate,
and planted in early October
have almost completely cover-
ed the ground in his field.
• m m
The inoculated peas are
still many jumps ahead of the
peas that were not inoculated
on the demonstration conduct-
ed by R. L. Burns on his farm
in the Antioch conservation
area.
9 m 9
Winter Pasture Clover*
The winter pasture clovers
that were planted last fall on
Doyle Johnson’s farm south of
Huber, Wiley Hayden’s farm
near Cedar Yard, and E. E.
Lawson’s farm in Antioch are
POINT VALUES ON
CERTAIN CANNED
GOODS LOWERED
growing rapidly sow and a
thick enough stand was secur-
ed to make a good re-seeding
this spring. E. E. Lawson
fenced his clover plot so he
could control the grazing on
it and insure a large seed crop.
Cattle will be grazed in this
plot after seed has matured
so the plants will get (scatter-
ed over other area ot the pas-
ture.
* •*
M. B. Patterson of the Ten-
nessee community, J. L. John-
son and Samford Smith of the
Neubem conservation area are
planning io plant a mixture
of these clovers consisting of
White Dutch, Persian and Hop
clovers this spring to assist in
establishing clovers and secur-
ing a seed crop so that early
pasture pan be secured this
falL
The fpllowing district co-op-
erators of the Shelby-Panola
Soil Conservation District, ac-
cording to Spy R. Woolley,
have purchased poisoned
grain to be used in controlling
gophers or salamanders os
i their farms this spring: George
Hillin, R. L. Burns, Morris
Childs, Chester Webb, Homer
Dotson, Joe Holt, A. M. Ram-
sey, D, F. Horten, Lon Coving-
ton, Wiley Hayden, J, L. John-
son, C. E. Greer, John Bowers,
and Mrs. A. B. McCrery.
Many of these farmers plan to
make a tour of their entire
farms and poison each active
gopher run that they find and
then as a further assurance of
getting all gophers in their
cultivated fields plan to carry
a small amount of the poison-
ed grain in a tobacco can
while they are plowing so that
all new runs may be poisoned
to prevent any gophers from
living through the season and
destroying planted seed or
causing 'g terrace break after
crops are on the fields and
terrace fills could not be easily
maintained.
m m w
Remember! That wet weath-
er is a good time to remove
brush and bushes from your
pasture so that more grazing
will be available for cattle
during the summer.
erthan it was in 1943.
Although March vegetable
values were reduced, fruit
values were sharply increased.
The OPA added 6 to 13 points
to the value of peaches, pears,
apples and other canned fruits
for the purpose, it said, of put-
. . ,, . „ , ting consumption in line -with
supplies. The
Washington, March 5. (UP)
-Thanks to last year* victory
gardens, the point values of
5 through April 1 will be the
lowest since rationing started,
the Office of Price Administra-
movement of canned fruits to
consumers has been 17.8 per-
.. . . . _ „ cent “faster than scheduled,’’
tion announced today. Fruit opA
values will be considerably J" ’
FOR SALE—Milk cow, extra
good; price reasonable. El-
ton Crawford, Timpson, route
1.
higher.
The OPA ordered point
values of peas, tomatoes, corn
and asparagus reduced two to
eight points a can, effective]
Sunday.
Price Administrator Chester]
Bowles gave 'Tull credit” for;catk>r, tte WecH
the cuts to victory gardeners shou|(j be m
and home eanners and
future ration values will
Buy War Bends Every Pay
Day!
important Notice
Communications for pubti-
Times
j -------- — ... this office not
j later than Tuesday of each
, , . . de"1 week for publication,
pend on our 1944 victory gar- _______
der.s.” The civilian share of
commercial canned fruits and
vegetables throughout 1944,
he added, probably will be
42,OGO.OOO cases smaller than
last year’s while the military’s
lake will be 70 per cent great-
646 TABLEn!^^aD^
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1944, newspaper, March 17, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth812713/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.