The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1948 Page: 2 of 8
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The Tannanaie rieraid, rannandie, uarson bounty, Texas
Friday, January 30, 1948
The Panhandle Herald
Established July 22, 1887
printed Every Friday at Panhandle, Carson County, Texas
MEMBER: Texas Press Association, Panhandle
Press Association and National Editorial Ass’n.
DAVID M. WARREN, Editor and Publisher
Entered as second class matter, July 22j 1887, at the post
•ffice at Panhandle, Texas, under the act of March 3, 1879.
Subscription RateB Carson and Adjoining Counties
fftne Year _____—................................................-.........— $2.00
Six Months ...................................................—---------------$1.25
Three Months .......................................................—-------- .75
Subscription Rates Outside Carson and Adjoining Counties
One Year.......................-.............................—------------$2.50
Six Months ...............................................................— $1.50
Three Months .....................................-............................ .90
Advertising Rates
Obituaries, Resolutions of Respect, Cards of Thanks, etc.—
2 cents per word.
THOSE HIGHWAY DEATHS
Constantly you hear about highway
accidents and deaths. The Texas De-
partment of Public Safety reported
1,965 persons killed and 57,973 injured
in accidents last year.
There were 32,207 injury accidents
and 136,400 non-injury with estimated
economic loss of $80,003,213.
What would you think of accidents
that would wipe out a community twice
the'size of Panhandle within a year?
That is what motor vehicle accidents
did in Texas last year.
These accidents occur everywhere—
city streets, state and federal highways
and rural roads. So, there is the con-
stant need for safety. Of the deaths
438 were in cities, 138 in towns, 1,165
on highways and 223 on county roads.
Texas highway deaths in 1946 were
1,959, showing that the state is not im-
proving. There were 1,670 accidents
with deaths last year and 1,686 in 1946.
Eternal vigilance is the price of safe-
ty in handling motor vehicles.
WHAT TO DO WITH FRIENDS
Every man should keep a fair-sized
cemetery in which to bury the faults of
his friends—Henry Ward Beecher.
Lewis Nordyke in Random Thoughts
in Amarillo Daily News: “I apply the
above by Beecher to Dave Warren, pub-
lisher of the Panhandle Herald who sug-
gests in an editorial that I first run for
justice of the peace or constable before
becoming governor. If Mr. Warren
knew how many Panhandle and Carson
county citizens have pledged their sup-
port to me for 1950 he would fear a
wholesale cancellation of subscriptions.
Don’t do that, folks. Let’s be big. Dave
will get in line. But speak to him.”
Although Carson county citizens so
far have been rather timid about the
recent editorial—as the editor has been
away much of the time lately—a Phil-
lips reader has spoken up. You will
find the letter in the Voice of the People.
INCONSISTENT JOURNALISM
Texas has had no more competent
editor than Charley Guy of the Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal. His series of ar-
ticles on a recent trip to Germany fully
vindicates has ability as a newspaper
man.
As is commonly known and with no
effort at concealment, the Amarillo
News-Globe and Lubbock newspapers
are under the same ownership. It thus
becomes ridiculous to see the Amarillo
News-Globe strong advocates of Gov.
Beauford Jester and to see the Lubbock
newspapers his bitterest critics.
It just doesn’t make sense to the
average person that Gene Howe should
permit such independent editorial ac-
tion that the newspapers should split
their efforts in state affairs. Of course,
it would be expected that each news-
paper would handle local editorial poli-
cies without interference or too much
outside advice.
The fight on Gov. Jester by the Lub-
bock newspapers has reached the ridic-
ulous stage and does not show the high
standards of journalism which Charley
Guy is capable of following.
When Gov. Jester spoke on his first
anniversary as governor the Avalanche
carried two flippant heads to the effect:
“Yep, this is political year” and “Gov.
Jester pats self on back.” These sar-
castic heads do not exemplify good
journalism and Charley Guy knows this
more than any one else.
In the same issue of The Avalanche,
there was an editorial denouncing the
governor because he is trying to do
something for safety. The article
rapped his appointments from various
counties on a safety council.
Also, the editorial rapped the gov-
ernor’s interest in the Big Spring water
conference. Gov. Jester can be reelec-
ted in 1948 without the help of the
Avalanche-Journal, but it is time for
any newspaper to use common sense in
discussing the motives of officers.
No one could accuse Gov. Jester of
unfairness in dealing with state affairs.
He is governor of the whole state and
you can expect every section to be treat-
ed fairly.
It is time for the Lubbock newspapers
to return to the principles of ethical
journalism. If Charley Guy has lost his
sense of fairness, then it is time for
Gene Howe, Wes Izzard, Lewis Nordyke
and some other associates from the
Amarillo end of the dual newspaper
set-up to go to Lubbock and hold some
conferences.
FORMER CARSON
RESIDENT DIES
IN AMARILLO.
Amarillo Globe: Final rites
honoring the memory of Mrs.
Electa Pidcoke, who epitomized
the Panhandle pioneer woman,
were held at 7:30 o’clock Jan. 22
in Amarillo Buchanan Street Bap-
tist Church, Rev. A. E. Wilson,
pastor, cfficated.
Named as pallbearers were
Leonard Nunn, Fred Nunn, Albert
Bruce, Walter Haag, J. W. Drake
and Perry Woods. Burial services
were held at 10 o’clock Jan. 23
in Llano Cemetery.
Mrs. Pidcoke, 88 years old, died
at 6 o’clock Jan. 21 in the home
of a daughter, Dr. Evalyn McEl-
roy, at 908 Pierce, Amarillo. She
hadm made her home with Dr.
McElroy for the past 26 years.
As a young bride, Mrs. Pidcoke
first came to the Panhandle a-
board a lumbering covered wagon.
That was in 1883, soon after she
married the late George B. Pid-
coke at Gatesville. Mr. Pidcoke
died here in 1903
The Pidcokes first settled at Mo-
beetie, then moved to Panhandle
and finally to Amarillo
Mrs Pidcoke was a native Tex-
an, daughter of a veteran of the
Battle of San Jacinto She was
born ot Clarksville, Red River
County, on March 12, 1859 She re-
called the hardships of the Civil
War period, and one brother,
Robert Crittenden, a Confederate
soldier was taken risoner by
Federal troops
When the Pidcokes first came to
the Panhandle, the husband had
no definite plans. After living for
a spell at Mobeetie, he and Mrs.
Pidcoke journed south to Carson
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DEPENDABLE PLUMBING
Installed by a
DEPENDABLE
PLUMBER
You can rely on the equip-'
ment, fixtures and service
you buy when they are
furnished by Panhandle
Plumbing and Tin Shop.
OUR REPUTATION FOR FAIR DEALING IS YOU.R
ASSURANCE OF SATISFACTION
IT PAYS
To Deal With a Plumber
PANHANDLE PLUMBING
AND TIN SHOP
Wade Johnson Phone 106-R
County. There he cut prairie hay
for the Santa Fe,' which was build-
ing its line through the region at
that time.
Seeking new fields, the Pidcokes
moved to Potter County, where
they camped for a time on Ama-
rillo Creek. A few months later,
they established their home here.
The city at the time was a sprawl-
ing frontier settlement, composed
mostly of saloons and small j
shacks.
An active ,alert woman until re- j
cent years, Mrs. Pidcoke liked to
recall the early days she lived in
this rcgon. And despite the hard-
ship of pioneer life, she steadastly
refused to recognize them as such.
“Those were the happiest days
of my life,” she would recount af-
ter telling a tale of the early-day
panhandle.
Mrs. Pidcoke was an active
member of the Buchanan Street
Baptist Church. She attended ser-
vices regularly until infirmities
confined her to a wheel chair.
Surviving relatives include Dr.
McElroy, a son, George Pidcoke,
Houston, two granchildren and a
grandaughter.
Eat More Pork
People in the southern states ot
the United States have, on an aver-
age, always eaten three times as
much pork per capita as those in
other sections of the nation. But the
food habits of southern farm fami-
lies have undergone fundamental
changes during recent years. In the
future, so far as the South’s farm
people are concerned, the trend to
eat more beef and decrease pork
consumption will continue. This too,
in all probability, will be the trend
among urban families, according to
Louisiana State university.
DDT Smoke Battles Insects
War-desigaed to provide smoke
screens for troops, smoke genera-
tors have been adapted by the army
chemical corps for protecting or-
chards and row crops against frost
and insects. Fourteen department
of agriculture stations across the
country now are testing DDT mixed
with smoke to exterminate insect
pests on grain, tobacco, fruit and
vegetable crops. Regular army vol-
unteers selecting the chemical corps
for their service are trained to han-
dle equipment useful in both war
and peace.
Daring Bandits
Ignore Crowd;
Loot hmlty
Daredevils Get $100,900
- Brs Diamends, Threaten
Owner’s Family.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Six ban-
dits working in plain view of pedes-
trians robbed a downtown Birming-
ham jewelry store of diamonds
valued at about $100,000.
With utter disregard for the
crowds on the city’s main thorough-
fare, where the store is located, the
jewel thieves worked without even
bothering to pull the blinds.
Police Chief C. Floyd Eddins said
several passers-by noticed the men
inside but thought they were clerks
locking up the display of precious
gems for the night.
Threaten Family.
He ordered a four-state alarm for
members of the gang who were de-
scribed only as “young looking.’’
The thieves, following a plan that
obviously had been drawn up with
meticulous care, first went to the
residence of Louis W. Perry, owner
of the swank establishment. They
knew the jeweler was still down-
town.
They forced Perry’s ill and terri-
fied wife to get them the combina-
tion to her husband’s gem vault,
threatening to kill her and the Per-
ry’s 15-year-old daughter if she did
not comply.
Perry arrived a few minutes
later. As he walked in the front
door, he was struck from behind by
the butt end of a pistol. Before he
realized what was going on, he was
trussed up with a rope.
The six men then split their ranks,
three remaining behind to guard the
family and keep them from spread-
ing an alarm. The others, after tak-
ing Perry’s key chain that would
get them into the store and into the
jewel cases, went to get the dia-
monds.
Keep Gang Posted.
They worked swiftly but calmly,
scooping up approximately $100,000
of the best selections.
One man stayed at the telephone,
calling the Perry home periodically
to tell their confederates how things
were coming along.
After the job was finished, they
turned out the lights, locked the
store carefully and returned to the
Perry home.
They made a clean getaway in
their victim’s car after binding the
family.
State troopers in Alabama, Ten-
nessee, Georgia and Mississippi
were advised of the theft and asked
to watch all suspicious cars.
Man’s Death in Tavern Goes
Unnoticed for Several Hours
MILWAUKEE. — While business
proceeded normally, the body of
Henry M. Molitor, 44, remained in
Anna’s tavern, for “at least four
hours” according to the.county med-
ical examiner’s office.
Molitor had come into the tavern
that afternoon. After several drinks
he rested his head on his arms.
Other patrons, thinking he was
asleep, did not disturb him.
When Stanley Markel, one of the
proprietors of the tavern, tried to
rouse Molitor, he discovered that
Molitor was dead. Molitor was taken
to Johnston emergency hospital,
where authorities said death had
come from a heart attack.
Molitor is survived by his wife,
Ella.
Holdup Man Repeats for
Second Time in Three Days
BROOKLYN, N. Y. — An armed
man held up Samuel Plastrik, 48,
proprietor of a liquor store, for the
second time within three days. He
fled with $230 from the till and his
victim’s wallet.
Although Brooklyn police head-
quarters is only about 200 feet
away, the robber proceeded in lei-
surely fashion and waited, with an
automatic pistol pointed at Plastrik
from beneath a counter, while the
proprietor sold a bottle of wine to a
woman who entered during the hold-
up. The woman left, apparently
without knowing that a holdup was
in progress.
The same man held him up pre-
viously and took $560, Plastrik said.
Find Skeleton of Little Girl
Believed Kidnaped Last Year
LOS ANGELES.—A tiny skeleton,
clad in tattered, weather-eroded
clothing, was found in the foothills
of nearby Orange county. Sheriff’s
deputies said they were “morally
certain” it was the skeleton of Ro-
chelle Gluskoter, 6, kidnapped from
her home here February 15, 1946.
Identification of the remains of a
gray tweed coat and a red and white
checked dress was made by Ro-
chelle’s parents, Abe and Miriam
Gluskoter, delicatessen proprietors.
Finds Refrigerator Unsafe
Place to Hide Spare Gash
PHILADELPHIA.—Joseph Harris
cafe proprietor, reports sadly that
current high food prices make a
refrigerator a dangerous place to
hide spare cash.
Harris told police that his refrig-
erator, where he had hidden a coffee
can containing $600, had been emp-
tied of food and the money.
From Norway
“Fats and oils is a desperate need
all over Europe,” says Merete Klei-
berg, as she arrives from Stavan-
ger, Norway, aboard the SS Amer-
ica. Merete, who came to this
country to go to school, hopes that
American women keep up conscien-
tious fat salvage, because used cook-
ing fat that is turned over to ths
'meat dealer helps relieve the world
shortage of fats and oils.
Interest Shown
In Legion Work
Despite snow and sleet, a sur-
prisingly large number of legion-
naires of Kit Carson Post No. 441,
American Legion, attended the
first post social of 1948. Games of
bridge and “42” were enjoyed by j
all and refreshments were served
by the social committee.
At a short business meeting pri-
or to the social the outline for an
even more active Legion year was
discussed with emphasis being
made on increasing membership
and increasing attendance of
regular Legion meetings.
It is felt that 1948 may prove
to be one of the most crucial years
ever to confront this country and
that the veterans of both World
Wars could be of a real service to
the nation by the expression of
their experience through a strong
organization.
Ail present members of the
Legion are especially urged to at-
tend and bring a buddy to the
next regular meeting of the post
Feb. 12, as plans for major ac-
tivities will be discussed at that
time.
No Meat Shortage Here
In a normal year close to 69 mil-
lion pounds of wild rabbit are har-
vested in the United States.
Fertile Java
From fertile, colorful Java—with
its chattering monkeys, carabaos
working in the fields, and natives
dressed in sarongs and earrings—
come some of the world’s most valu-
able products. Rubber, quinine, su-
gar, coffee, tea, tobacco, kapok and
teakwood, plus the bountiful crops
of rice that help feed the island’s
own teeming population, are typi-
cal items high on the list.
No Food Shortage Here
The annual per capita consump-
tion in the United States is about
200 pounds of fruit, 300 pounds of
vegetables and melons and 150
pounds of potatoes, sweet potatoes
and beans, according to the U. S.
department of commerce.
Buddy, the ad solicitor for the Herald, came by this £
morning to get our weekly advertisement.
We looked through a lot of propaganda around the
office here about life insurance, fire insurance, auto-
mobile insurance, fidelity bonds, abstracts on Carson
County prpperty, farm loans, F. H. A. loans on new
homes.
Do Your “Gums”
Spoil Your Looks?
One look at some “GUMS” is
enough to upset anyone.—Drug-
gists refund money if the first
bottle of “LETO’S” fails to satisfy.
PANHANDLE DRUG
We couldn’t find a thing that hadn’t been said be-
fore, so this time we are just going to tell you that
Shirley Tate, Ethel Baird, Cyril Pingelton and J. C.
McCollough are in this office trying to serve you and
at the same time do a good job in this, the best com-
munity in the world.
Shirley is the typist.
Ethel is the abstractor and insurance policy writer.
Cyril is the insurance underwriter, salesman and
trombone player, also notary public.
Jay McCollouh is the swamper—the chief cook and
bottle washer, the bureau of information, and a notary
public by the way.
All four of us are ex students of Panhandle High
School. Two of us graduated here. The other two of
us, although you might not believe it, graduated some
other place.
Two of us were born here.
NOTE—Have you had a will drawn, and if so, have
you had it revised or gone over lately. You can save
your heirs a considerable mess of trouble and perhaps
expense by having your will made according to your
wishes and then keeping it up to date to take into con-
sideration changing circumstances. Consult your at-
torney about this.
Cordially,
Carson County Abstract Company
Insurance Counsellors—Abstractors of Land Titles
Phone 70
J. C. McCOLLOUGH CYRLL PINGELTON
NOTICE
TAXPAYERS
Your 1947 TAXES are now due and must be paid be-
fore the first day of Feburary, 1948 to avoid penalty.
Please ask for your poll tax receipt. Your poll taxes
were not assessed against you this year as they have
been in the past; however, it is necessary for you to pay
your poll tax to be eligible to vote.
Those who are 60 years of age on or before Jan. 1,
1947 are not required to have an exemption to vote;
those who have moved into the state since Jan. 1, 1947
are required to-have an exemption; those who will be-
come 21 years of age since January 1, 1947, or will be-
come of age during 1948 are required to secure an ex-
emption certificate during January, 1948 before they
may vote in any of the elections during the year; no
charge is made for these exemptions.
1948 automobile license fees cannot be paid before
Feburary 1st, 1948, but must be paid between Feb. 1st
and April 1st, 1948.
GIgA£mc& G.
Sheriff, Tax Assessor and Collector Carson County
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, January 30, 1948, newspaper, January 30, 1948; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth874156/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.