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Timpson Daily Times
VOLUME 37
TIMPSON, TEXAS, MONDAY, JANUARY 24. 1938
NO. 17
JOHN WOOD ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY FOR RAILROAD
COMMISSIONER OF TEXAS
John Wood of Timpson,
Shelby county, announced his
candidacy for Railroad Com-
missioner in the .1938 Demo-
cratic primaries today on a 6-
point platform. Wood, 54,
reared on a Georgia farm,
came to Texas when he was
18. He is now the senior mem-
ber of the Texas Highway
Commission and its former
chairman. Wood wa3 appoint-
ed chairman of the Highway
Commission in 1933 and con-
firmed by the Texas Senate
without a dissenting vote. He
has never held or before
sought an elective office.
John Wood worked as a
farm-hand in Grayson county
his first year in Texas. He then
clerked in stores at Whites-
boro and Greenville and was
for five years a salesman of a
southern clothing manufactur-
er. In 1918 he began a suc-
cessful mercantile career at
Timpson, which he left to be-
come secretary to the Gover-
nor where he served for a few
months before his appointment
as chairman of the Highway
commission.
Wood has a charming wife
and is the father of two boys
and one girl.
Wood’s announcement stat-
ed, “I am fully aware of the
tremendous responsibilities at-
tached to the duties of the
Railroad commission—a body
that supervises public utilities,
transportation lines and the
oil and gas industries. As Rail-
road-Commissioner I will have
an opportunity of continuing
my service to the State and it
is upon my public record that I
submit my candidacy.”
Wood’s 6-point platform
said:
1. The office of Railroad
commissioner belongs to all the
the Highway Commission. He
has championed and, in asso-
ciation with his colleagues, has
secured substantial wage raises
for both skilled and unskilled
workers.
3. The Railroad Commission
like the Highway Commission,
is composed of three members
whose cooperation is essential
to its proper functioning.
Wood has worked and remain-
ed on friendly terms with his
colleagues as a Highway Com-
missioner, without surrender-
ing his convictions or making
his judgments mere echoes of
theirs. He will be able to do
the same as Railroad Commis-
sioner.
4. Since the legislature has
seen fit to add regulation of
public utilities to the already
extensive duties of the Rail-
road Commission, Wood
pledges himself when elected
to the Commission, to give
earnest and painstaking study
to all problems involved in
such regulation and to deal
fairly with all parties concern-
ed, seeking to serve the public
interest without prejudice or
partiality.
5. Texas is committed by its
constitution and statutes to the
conservation of its natural re-
sources. When elected to the
Railroad Commission, Wood
pledges himself to faithful and
fair administration of the con-
servation laws. He believes
that, so far as governmental
supervision of Texa3 industries
is necessary, such supervision
should be exercised by agen-
cies of the State rather than
those of Federal government.
6. The powers and duties of
the Railroad Commission are
so extensive and their proper
exercise is of such importance
to the welfare of all the peo-
people and should be adminis- | pie, that members should be
tered for their 'benefit, not for capable of intensive and sus-
that of its holder or any favor- \ tained effort, taxing them
ed group. John iWood’s rec-
ord as Highway Commissioner
shows that he understands the
obligations of public service
and can be depended upon to
work diligently and faithfully
for the public interest.
2. Wood believes in fair
wages and fair treatment for
labor and has put that belief
into practice as a member of
mentally and physically. John
Wood has been a working
member of the Highway Com-
mission and will be a working
Railroad Commissioner when
chosen to that office.
A review of Wood’s record
reveals an outstanding public
service career. He set a pre-
cedent by becoming the first
member of the Highway Com-
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It is our constant study to give the peo-
ple of this community the best banking
facilities obtainable. Our experience
and equipment make this possible.
Make use of these things that are here
for your benefit.
Sound banking principles and judg-
ment, service and friendliness mani-
fest themselves every day for the bene-
fit of our customers.
COTTON BET STATE BANK
THE OLDEST BANK IN SHELBY COUNTY
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i INVESTED III G0IER1MENT
“BMinil 1937
Investors bought liberally of
■United States' "Baby Bbnds”
through the Timpson postoffice
in 1937, according to figures
obtained from Postmaster J. J.
Compton. The total maturity
value of bonds sold being $21,-
525.66. The actual cost to the
investors was $16,144.25.
JOHN WOOD
mission to devote his entire
time to highway affairs. Dur-
ing his five years as Highway
Commissioner he has directed
the expenditure of more funds
in the greatest road, bridge,
and street building program of
any individual member ever to
sit on the commission. It is
noteworthy that during his ad-
ministration $200,000,000 in
public funds have been expend-
ed without serious criticism
from any quarter.
PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED
MTTODIY TO BREAK
OP ‘TOG-JIT
Washington, Jan. 23. (UP)
President Roosevelt is ex-
j pected to strike swiftly tomor-
Wood is a strict adherent of row to end the congressional
air—Open-Door" policy on arr
highway matters. He is an ar-
dent advocate for the “Farm-
to-Market” road program.
“While I expect to make a
vigorous campaign and discuss
my platform with the voters of
every section of the State, I
will retain my position on the
Highway Commission until it
expires,” Wood said.
Rodesta Outpost in
Cass County Rigging
Up, to Spud Shortly
Atlanta, Tex., Jan. 23.—
The G. H. Vaughn Drilling
company of Dallas, Tex., was
setting up rig today in the
Jamea Taylor survey on W. G.
Riley’s eighty-four-acre tract,
four miles north of production
in the Rodessa field, approxi-
mately ten miles from Atlanta.
Oil officials said they were
hoping to spud in Sunday od
Monday.
$100 tuition order to apply
on scholarship Tyler Commer-
cial College. See ns if inter-
ested in business course, and
in the saving we offer.
tie-up of his legislative*pro-
gram growing from the pro-
longed southern filibuster
against the Wagner-Van Nuys
anti-lynching bill.
He has called administra-
tion leaders, including Vice-
president John Nance Garner
and Speaker William B. Bank-
head to a White House confer-
ence, presumably to discuss
means of breaking the log-jam.
Leaders hoped meanwhile for!
a definite “break” in the fili-
buster situation which was
shelved important legislation.
Majority Leader Alben W.
Barkley, (D.-Ky.), who is seek-
ing a “showdown,” has an-
nounced that the senate, be-
ginning tomorrow, will meet
an hour earlier than usual and
continue into night sessions
until the filibuster is ended.
Sen. Tom Connally, (D.-Tex-
as), lender of the filibusters,
asserted his bloc will “fight to
the limit.”
Ribbons for all makes of
typewriters. The Times.
Laughing Around the World
With IRVIN s. COBB
KENNEDY SUES DISPUTES
ENDANGERING PUNS FOB
N1TI0NIL DEFENSE
Washington, Jan. 23. (UP)
—Chairman Joseph P. Ken-
nedy of the federal maritime
commission charged tonight in
his first annual report to con-
gress that labor disputes are
demoralizing private and offi-
cial efforts to expand the
American merchant marine as
a valuable arm of national de-
fense.
In what was regarded as his
farewell message before he
formally resigns to become
ambassador to Great Britain,
Kennedy for the first time took
cognizance of the bitter rivalry
between the American Federa-
tion of Labor and Committee
for Industrial Organization
maritime unions. He said that
private operators were hesi-
tant to build ntw ships—the
most urgent problem before
the commission—because of
the “chaotic labor” situation.
“Labor conditions signalized
by demands of the crews, ‘sit-
down' and quickie’ strike, and
slip-shod performance of
duties are characteristic of the
industry,” the blunt-speaking
shairman said.
JUIA SEEKS ’’INOiK
SET'ON ill FINNS
NOT LISTED IN 1937
College Station, Tex., Jan.
24.—The Texas office of the
Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration has been directed
to secure “work sheets” on all
farms where these were not se-
cured in 1937, George Slaugh-
ter of Wharton, chairman of.
the Texas Agricultural Con-
servation Committee, announc-
ed.
Word to that effect was re-
ceived by the state committee
from I. W. Duggan, acting di-
rector of the Southern Region
of the AAA while the commit-
tee was in session at Texas A.
& M. College.
Slaughter said that it would
be necessary to have a “work
sheet” on every farm on which
a cotton producer hopes to se-
cure subsidy payments under
the 1937 cotton price adjust-
ment plan.
Slaughter also indicated that
the committee interpreted the
request as evidence that what-
ever crop control measures
Congress may make for cotton,
wheat, corn and other crops
will necessitate complete in-
formation as to the bases on
all farms. ■
Beavers Get Safety Decree
Montreal. (UP)—The Que-
bec provincial government has
decreed that a beaver colony
located on the farm of Ran-
dall Boyd at Andersoi’s Cor-
ners, Que., must not be disturb-
ed—at least until next spring.
Twenty-Two Children Drown
London, Jan. 2ft. (UP)—
Twenty-two school, children
between the ages of eight and
ten and a school principal
were drowned on the Danube
when a motorboat capsized
between Cladovz and Ada-
Kaleh, the Exchange Tele-
graph agency reported today
in a dispatch from Bucharest.
The boatman was the sole sur-
vivor. Seventeen bodies were
recovered.
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Bank Deposits Increase
McAllen. Tex. (UP)—An-
swers to the January bank call
showed that total deposits of
19 Lower Rio Grande Valley
banks had increased by 26 per
cent on Dec. 31, 1937, over
the same date of 1936.
Just One of Those Things
By IRVIN S. COBB
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friend questioned him regarding his peculiar
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must love bad oratory," said the friend.
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pleasure after the speakers finish.”
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"I can best explain” wis the answer, "by telling you a
story: Once upon a time up in New England the village idfo
discovered sitting on a fence and at interval* hitting himself i
head with a tolerably heavy’ hammer. 4Why do you do that?* Inquired
a citizen. 'Because,' answered the idiot, ‘it feels so good when I stop.’"
(Amrlrtn N«vi Fentons. Inc.)
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in the
WHAT IS THE BEST MEASURE OF
A BANK’S STRENGTH?
The strength of a back may be judged by the fol-
lowing 3-ply yardstiek:
1. The honesty and skill of its managements
in making sound, useful loans and invest-
ments.
2. Its reputation and standing in the communi-
ty, particularly in the confidence it has
built among its depositors.
3. The adequacy of its capital, surplus and re-
serves.
To those who understand figures, bank statements
when compared with those of preceding years, are a
good standard of measurement. But most indi-
viduals judge a bank by its good name among peo-
pley they know, by the friends as well as by the
loans it makes, and by its record for economical
methods as well as services rendered.
It is also judged by earnings sufficient to build up
reserves as well as by its usefulness to the com-
munity.
GUARANTY BOND STATE BANK
DEPOSITS INSURED
BY
TOE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURNNCE CORPORATION
WASHINGTON, D. C.
$5000 Maximum Insurance For Each Depositor $5000
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 17, Ed. 1 Monday, January 24, 1938, newspaper, January 24, 1938; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth813812/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.