Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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Timpson Weekly Times
VOLUME 48
TIMPSON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1944
NO. 28
Roosevelt Says
He Will Accept
Fourth Term
Washington, July 11. (UP)
—President Roosevelt an-
nounced today he would ac-
cept, "reluctantly, but as a
good soldier” a fourth-term
nomination by next week’s
Democratic national conven-
tion and in so doing appar-
ently left the convention free
to replace Henry A. Wallace
as his running mate if it so
chooses.
He revealed the big "secret"
long since taken for granted,
at a locked-doors news confer-
ence by reading a letter to
Party Chairman Robert E.
Hannegan in whieh he said he
would accept and serve a
fourth term if so ordered “by
the commander-in-chief of all
of us—the sovereign people of
the United States.”
‘Tor myself, I do not want
to run,” he said, adding that
"all that is within mo cries
out to go back to my home on
the Hudson river."
"But if the people command
me to continue in this office
and in this war, 1 have as lit-
tle right to withdraw as the
soldier has to leave his post in
the line.”
Not once did he mention the
question of a running mate,
and when, at the close of, the
conference, a reporter re-
quested information on his
two-hour meeting yesterday
with Wallace, Mr. -Roosevelt
laughed and replied that he
had given out. enough news
for one day:'
Purple Heart Awarded Posthumously
’ Thousands at Dallas
I Pay Final Tribute
jTo Dr, Truett
Died at Hook m Dal-
las Friday Night; Fu-
neral Rite* Monday.
Mrs. McLean, chief op-
there he went to Hamilton crator at the LOP telephone
Field ia California. He was [exchange, is a native of Timp-
transferred to Nichols Field in'son, Texas. She has been one
the Philippine Islands, and of the Bondadiers, elected to
In the picture above are the,Field from 1932 to 1939. From - ears,
wife and children of Master
Sergeant Sherman A. McLean,
who has just been awarded,
posthumously, the Purple
Heart by the War Department
for his gallant service in the
fight at Bataan. They are, from
left to right, Mitzi, aged 5,
Robert Sherman, age 3, Mrs.
McLean, and Shirley Jean,
age 7. At the left, above, is
the soldier, whose family will
was reported missing in action
on May 7, 1942, after the fight-
ing at Bataan. Mrs. McLean
has never heard from him
since the Japs entered the
Philippines. On May 22, 1944, >
she received a letter from the
War Department informing
her that her husband was of-
wear forever a badge of pride ficially considered dead,
•for the great sacrifice he made
for his country.
Master Sergeant McLean
was stationed at Barksdale
A native of New Brunswick,
Canada, Master Sergeant Mc-
Lean had been in the service
of the U. S. Air Corps for 21
sell war bonds during the Fifth
War Loan Drive.
The above news story is re-
produced from The Victory of
Louisiana Ordnance Plant:
Mrs. McLean is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mary Tempie Hair-
grove and the late J. D. Hair-
grove. She is a sister of M. C.
Hairgrove, D. " J. Hairgrove,
Ellis Hairgrove, Mrs. Addle
Godwin, Mrs. Curtis Britt,
Mrs. W. C. Crump and Mrs.
A. B. Turner.
REDS CONTINUE
GAIN OVER
WIDE FRONT
Moscow, July 11. (UP)—
The Red Army waged a bat-
tle of Annihilation against the
German garrison of encirc-
led Wilno today and sent a
mobile column racing toward
Kaunas, final hedgehog base
from which the Nazi can de-
fend the East Prussian frontier
40 miles westward.
The Russian drive into the
Baltics posed the double-bar-
reled threat of a front push
on East Prussia and of a spurt
across the narrowing corridor
to the sea which would trap
hundreds of thousands of Ger-
mans in Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania
At the same time, the So-
viets made it increasingly evi-
dent that they were preparing
for a whirlwind posh across
the flat Polish Plains to Ger-
many. Dispatches repeated-
ly mentioned huge cavalry
formations concentrated on
the battlefront where the Ger-
man defense line had col-
lapsed.
Texans Urged
By Governor
To Cast Vote
Austin, Tex., July 11. (UP)
—Texans were urged to vote
in the Democratic primary
election, July 22 by Gov. Coke
R. Stevenson today.
“Go vote. If you do not
vote, you should not kick if
things go wrong,” said the
Texas governor.
Poll tax and exemption rec-
ords show approximately 1,-
567.000 people eligible to vote
in the election. ‘
Shelby County
Chairman Makes
Report On Fifth ~ ~
War Loan
Quota *515,000.00 Cash ;
Sold To Saturday Night
$725,168.00; Says, “Little
Short on E Bond Quota.”
It is with pride and grati-
tude that I report fo yon that
Shelby County has over sold
its Over All quota for bonds in
this drive. Our part as you
know was So 15,000.00 cash.
We have reported as sold up
to last Saturday night $725,-
158.50. But we are a little
short on our E Bond quota.
Every part of the county ex-
cept one has gone over ad a
good percent to spare. I am
unable to report now just how
much each has exceeded its
quota but most of them by
good percentages. The other
section may possibly reach its
goal by continuing through
the month in the sale of E
Bonds which as you know will
continue to be sold and credit-
ed to this quota until the last
day of July. And by having
the credits bought by outside
companies applied. Every oth
er part of tke county has made
its quota without any credit
from outside help.
This I think is a very won-
derful showing and I take this
opportunity to thank every
one who has helped in any
way in making this result pos-
sible. There are many people
and organizations to he prais-
ed and I cannot call all the
names. I do want to pay tri-
bute to the press for its gen-
erous and unselfish support of
this drive. This result could
not have been accomplished if
there had been divisions or
jeaious groupes in any part of
the county. It rather repre-
sents team work in which ev-
ery person and section worked
for the good of the whole
rather than for selfish or local
praise. I salute you and say
.with that sort of spirit and
MIES HWIUSEfl
FOB MUTE JUSTICE
COURT OF GlIiUlPPEALS
The Times ia authorized to
announce Charles B. Walker
of -Beaumont, as a candidate
for Associate Justice of the
Court of Civil Appeals, sub-
ject to action of the voters in
the Democratic primary elec-
tion.
Mr. Walker is a son of the
late Judge Daniel Walker and
a nephew of W. J. Walker of
Timpson.
(Political Advertisement-)
Tax Rate for County
And Road Districts
Same as Last Year
Dallas, Tex., July 11. (UP)
—Christians around the world
still mourned today the death
of one of the best-beloved
ministers of all time, Dr.
George W. Truett—the
Prince of Preachers.”
The beloved minister, pas-
tor of the Dallas First Bap-
tist church for 47 years and
former head of the -Baptist
World Alliance, died at his
home here Friday night. He
was 77.
Solemn, impressive funeral
services were Iheld in his
church yesterday, attended by
thousands of persons who
grieved his passing. An esti-
mated 5,000 persons jammed
the chnrch to hear Dr Louie
Newton, pastor of the Druid
Hills Baptist church of Atlan-
ta, Ga., and lifelong friend of
Dr. Truett, preach the funeral
sermon.
Other thousands of mourn-
ing citizens passed through
the church throughput yester-
day for a farewell glimpse of
the minister as he lay in state.
Dr. Truett, who will be long
remembered by the peoples of
every continent in the world
for his love for mankind and
his devotion to God, died af-
Shelfay County Singer*
Will Hold Convention
At Tennessee, July 16
President Hayes Say*
Good Meet Expected;
Other Dates Announc-
ed.
The regular meeting of
Shelby County Singing Con-
vention No. 1, will be held at
Tennessee church, about six
miles north of Timpson, Sun-
day, July 16', starting at 10 a.
m. Furman Hayes, in making
the announcement, said we
expect to have several visitors
from other counties, and that,
together with "all our Shelby
county singers this should be
a good meeting.”
Singing Convention No. 1
will meet at Arcadia commu-
nity chunch the fifth Sunday
in July, Mr. Hayes says.
Lunch will be served at each
of the above named meets ol
convention 1, it is announced.
Song service at McClelland,
Sunday night, July 16.
Furman Hayes states, "fn
four weeks freewill offerings
only, the people have given
for the upkeep of the ceme-
teries, $690.68, for which we
thank you from the bottom of
our hearts.”
a bone marrow infection.
His body was laid to rest at
Grove Hill cemetery.
FOR SALE—Used gas dove,
divan and daybed. Mr*.
ter a lengthy illness caused by Tot Taylor.
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work we can do anything we
set our hands to do.
Let’s all continue to be ac-
tive fcr the rest of the month
in the sale of E bonds and we
will excede our quota in them
also.
Again thanking you, 1 am.
Humbly yours,
W. C. Windham, Shelby
County Chairman of
War Finance Committee.
At a meeting of the Shelby
county commissioners’ court
Monday at Center tax rate for
county and also road districts
was set the same as last year,
we are informed. The rate for
state hes not yet been obtain-
ed, Commissioner W. C.
Crump states.
The court has been busy for
several meetings with one of
the duties of the office, that of
presiding as a-tax equalization
board. This work was com-
pleted Monday. Routine bus-
iness was also transacted.
County Judge Dudley Davis
presided at the meeting; all
commissioners being present as
follows: H. F. Campbell, pre-
MEN OVER SB HUT NOT
GET Sill TOM
Fort Worth, Tex., July 8.
(UP)—Men between the ages
of 30 and 37 may not be call-
ed for military service at all,
the Texas Selective Service di-
rector, Brig. Gen. J. Watt
Page, declared today.
General Page said the army
definitely prefers men under
26 and the deferred status of
those over 30 in the draft will
remain unchanged for a con-
siderable period.
Whether the registrants
over 30 ever will be called, he
said, "depends entirely upon
the exigencies of war.”
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by different rates of vibrations
of electrons, just as differing
frequencies of vibrating
strings cause varying tones of
music.
^No. 1636 ... . t-ijC
^ Official Statement of Financial Condition of ^
^ THE COTTON BELT STATE BANK ^
1 at Timpson, State of Texas, at the close of business on k
^ the 30th day of June, 1944, published in the Timp- F
t? son Times, a newspaper printed and. published at Timp- S
J son. State of Texas, on the 7th day of July, 1944, in %
% accordance with a call made by the Banking Commis- %
% sioner of Texas pursuant to the provisions of the Bank- £
£ ing Law of this State.
8
- $ 172,367.76 ^
304,425.00 ^
35,757.42 ^
___ 29,000.00 £
8.000. 00 S
1,700.00 ^
.. . 525,1^3.32 ^
8.000. 00%
467,850.08 ^
$1,643,238 50^
50.000.00 %
14,500.00 «
11,980.98 ^
^ RESOURCES
r-» Loans and discounts, including over-
^ drafts—Schedule I ____.... ..................
% United States Government obligations,
g direct and guaranteed—Schedule U
J Obligations of State and political
% subdivisions _________________________
’h Corporate stocks, including stock in '
g Federal Reserve Bank.________________
•J Bank premises owned_________........
^ Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Total Resources
LIABILITIES
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London, July 8. (UP)—Fif-
teen thousand more school
children were scheduled to be
evacuated from Robot-besieg-
ed London today, as the Daily
Herald reported the Germans
have began launching their
flying torpedoes from Belgian
as well as French bases.
Robot bombs continued to
crash in London and surround-
ing country at intervals
of the capital’s 6,750,000
throughout last night, but most
night-time inhabitants slept in
comparatively safety in- sub-
way or home shelters, or be-!
hind barricaded windows.
RAF fighters claimed to!
have taken a heavy toll of the I
robot during the night, ex-!
ploding them in the air before i
they could crash to earth withj
their 2,200 pounds of explo-j
sives.
^ Customers securities held for safekeep-
iirrr ■
SBurpius: Certified $10,500.00; net certified
S *4,000.00 -------------------------------------
^ Undivided profits _ . _______________
% Cashiers cheeks, dividend checks and
£ - certified cheeks outstanding................
5 Demand individual deposits____________ ________f
% Demand public funds, including -postal
% savings and U. S. Government deposits .
K Total all deposits ($998,90752)
^ Customers securities deposited for safe-
j keeping . -------------- ----, .-______
^ Total Resources.............. ...
t?State at Texas
S County at Shelby
^ L H. L. Rogers, Vice President and Cashier
$87.60 g
888,726.07 ^
109.493.96 %
$1,543,2985* ^
^ _ .________ shier of the%
above named bank, dftgolemnly swear that the foregoing £
J statement of condition is true to the best of my kr.owl- J
% edge and belief. %
^ H. L. ROGERS. ^
% Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of W
K July, 1944. W
T. J. Molloy, Notary Public, Shelby County, Texas. U
S| CORRECT — ATTEST «
% J. E. Blankenship, W. M. Byre, E. H. Hebert, Directors i,
^ Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 1944, newspaper, July 14, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth813208/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.