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FALFURRIAS FACTS
FRIDAY. MAY 1. 1942
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. payable In Advance
,.iu class matter. April 2, 1906 at
^ at Falfurrias, Texas, under the Act
egress of March 8, 1879.
AWARDS
1940—Pabst Engraving Company Cup for
best front page in South Texas Press Associa-
tion newspaper contest at annual convention.
Second place for best mechanical appear-
ance.
Third place as best all-around newspaper.
1941—American Type Founders Cup for
best mechanical appearance in South Texas
Press contest at annual convention.
Second place as best all-around newspaper.
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standing, or reputation of any person, firm, or cor-
poration, which may appear in The Facts, will
gladly be corrected as soon as It Is brought to the
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RAIDS ON JAPAN BRING NEW HOPE
rpHE DARING daylight air raids on the prin-
cipal Japanese cities brought new hope,
new resolve, to all the United Nations. For the
first time, the war has been taken straight
home to the heart of the enemy. The Japanese
people have at last had a taste of what death
and destruction from the skies is like. And, vi-
tally important, these raids are the forerunners
of great things to come.
Many experts are convinced that Japan s
weakest point is her industrial areas. They are
concentrated in a relatively small number ot
localities. Her cities’ suburbs are spotted with
vital aircraft munitions and other war plants.j
Out of those plants come the supplies which
make it possible for her to maintain her ever-
lengthening lines of conquest. Out of her ship-
yards come the ships to replace the vessels
sunk or put out of action by United Nation’s;
warcraft- Destroy a large part of these indus-
trial installations—and Japan’s capacity to
wage war and to consolidate her vctories will
be ended.
At the same time there is considerable mis-
o! 1 will require tremendous numbers of
major bombers, and vast amounts of high ex-
plosive and incendiary bombs. It is like.v that
he first Alied raids were )n the nature of
“Feelers’’, to give an idea of what can be done
in the future.
What are the best bases for United Nations’
raids on Japan? There are several answers to
that It is possible for the largest four-engined
bombers to make the flight from Australia or
Alaska but they would have to material reduce
their bomb load in order to carry sufficient
gas Further, long over-water flights are risky
and costly. It is said thatiwe still have air fields
in some of the Philippine Islands ,and they, of
course, provide ideal points for operations. The
distance is very short and maximum bomb
loads could be carried. There are many points
in China which are equally good. To use
Chinese bases, however, will mean that great
quantities of supplies and men must be trans-
ported across the Pacific.
Many beieve that Japan and Russia will be
at war in a matter of months. If that hap-
pens, the United Nations will have access to
excellent, fully-developed bases in the Vladiv-
ostok and other areas Here, again, the flight to
Japan proper is a short one.
Lastly, it is perfecty possible to bomb Japan
from Carriers off her coast. The carriers can
leave as soon as the planes depart, and the
planes after unloading their bombs, can fly on
and land in China. But aircraft carriers <fan-
not be used by big bombers, and they carry
relatively few planes.
The first bombings are considered by many
to mark the beginning of the gigantic Pacific
offensive which General MacArthur has prom-
ised. It is likely that in time, especially ag-
gressive attempts will be made to destroy Jap-
anese hydro-electric installations in the moun-
tains. She has no coal and so has developed her
water resources to the limit. A series of dams
provide practically all of the energy which
motivates her industries. Japan has used the
airplane to good advantage—but she is finding
that it is a two-edged weapon-
FACTS FANCIEl
* LET THE WISE
MAKE THE DISTINCTION
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER
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F YOU have a boy serving his country in the
Army or the Navy, whose life may depend
upon the delivery of supplies to the four corn-
ers of the earth read this:
In Portland Oregon where conditions are
similar to those in hundreds of other American
cities, a free-born American citizens answered
understanding in this country as to Japan’s the call for men to man a new freighter going
vulnerability to incendiary attacks. Many peo-
ple believe that Japanese cities consist of noth-
nig but tiny paper and wooden homes and
wooden homes and bulidings iwihich would
burst into flame at the touch of a match. That
is true of many Japanese residential areas. It
is definitely not true of her industrial plants.
They are well built as any in this country. They
are made of steel and concrete precisely asj
ours and they were built with an eye to the]
into the transport service He had waited a-
round for some days before the ship was ready,
and when it came time to sign up was about
out of money. He then found that before he
could go aboard as a seaman he had ot pay the
labor union about $15.00. He didn’t have the
money. Fortunately he found a friend who
loaned it to him.
Words are inadequate to express one’s opi-
nion of such a condition. Here is a situtaion
possibility ot attack from the air. And they where an American citizen can’t get a job on'
are protected with heavy concentrations of an- an American ship carrying American-madej
ti-aircralt and lighter planes. I supplies to American armed forces that arej
On top of that, it is probable that no people
on earth is better schooled in fire defense than
the Japanese. For many years, the government
has made this kind of instruction
and very elaborate prepart ions have been
made to prevent conflagrations. Tremendous
sums have been spent for fire-fighting equip-
ment Japan has had many great fires in the
past the buk of them caused by earthquakes,
and the experience gained has been aggros-1
sively put to use. •
fighting to preserve this nation, until he pays
tribute to private abor bosses. If the closed1
shop can tie our country up in this manner,
obligatory, j what personal liberty have we to boast abodt?
In a free country a man should the right to
join a labor union if he so desires, and hej
should have the right not to join if he so tie-!
sires Certainly no private organization should
have the power to deny a man the right to
work in a war effort, until that man can first
pay it a cash tribute- How long the rank and
CHOICE THOUGHTS FROM
OLD TOM CARLtLE
Man’s unhappiness comes of
his greatness; it is because thir -
ls an infinite in him.
No man who has once heartily
and wholly laughed can be alto-
gether irreclaimably bad.
Wonder is the basis of worship;
the reign of wonder is perennial,
indestructible in man.
Rightly viewed, no meanest ob-
ject is Insignificant; all objects
are as windows through which the
philosophic eye looks into Infini-
tude itself.
Produce! Produce! Were it but
the pitifullest infinitismal frac-
tion of a product, produce it ,in
God’s name! ’Tis the utmost thou
hast Jp thee: out with it, then.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to
do. do it with thy whole might.
Work while it is called Today;
for the night ccmeth wherein no
man can work.
—Boyce House “I Give You Texas"
The good old U. S. A. has al-
ways been known as the land of
plenty and rarely have we had
occasion to use the word rationing
In our everyday vocabulary, but
these are war times and all-out
war at that . . . Alreacy we are
having our automobile tires ra-
tioned and now comes sugar . . .
Mrs. CHAS. AUSTIN already has
finished registering the commer-
cial and wholesale users and Mrs.
America will apply for War Ration
Book No. 1 on May 6 and 7 . . .
Let’s hope this little booklet con-
tains only sugar stamps. . .
Speaking of war, messages are
still trickling out of tire Philli-
pincs and even out of beseiged
Corregidor ...W. A. SCRIVENER,
several years ago a resident cf
Falfurrias .gets a message thru
to his wife in Corpus Christi that
he is well and safe. SCRIVENER
at last reports is a captain in the
communications office on Corro-
gidor and it is assumed that the
message originated there although
the wireless carried an Australian
dateline ...
BILLY ROWLAND, stationed, at
the Mx-ine aviation base at San
Diego, Cal., is visiting at his home
in Premont on a fifteen-dav leave.
MAJOR GARLAND LASATER is
honored at a recent dinner party
but it soon develops he must
share that honor with MABEL
COOPER as announcement is
made that she is now Mrs. JACK
A. WHITLEY—as of January 1942
. . . The popular couple takes the
vows in San Antonio while the
man of the family is stationed at
Kelly Field and he now is at
Sheppard Field. . .
From John Tarleton College
ccmes news that JOHN LOUIS
FORSYTH is chosen by the offic-
ers in his company as a candidate
for Best Freshman. . .
Premont’s loss is Falfurrias gain
... Mr. and Mrs. BILL SKID-
MORE of that place are now resi-
dents of'Falfurrias. . .
It begins to lock as though loc-
al golfers will have to slip W. N.
CARTER’S foursome a bunch Oi
dead balls if any of the rest of us
expect to win a tournament . . .
Playing with CARTER are H. A.
ARMSTRONG. E. N. NELSON and
J. D. KNIGHT and these gentle-
men sheet a wicked 69 ... Just for
goed measure, they have a three-
stroke handicap s their net score
is 66 cn a 72 par course. . .
And thta’s ‘ JO’’ lor this week.
County Agent’s
Notes
BY TOM LEE EASLEY
FEEDING DAIRY COWS FOR
PRODUCTION
Your and my Government needs
more milk, and dairymen need more
profit frotn their cows It takes a
long time to produce a dary cow;
therefore in this emergency we
should do our part in producing the
maximum amount of milk a cow
will produce. I am listing some of
the points that are very vital and
may mean the difference between
profit and loss of a dairv herd:
1. Provide good temporary pas-
tures when possible.
2. Feed a complete balanced ra-
tion.
3. Provide ample roughage at all
times.
4. Feed concentrates according to
production.
5. Provide cool clean water at all
times.
6. Provide plenty of shade
7. Provide minerals needed by
dairy cattle.
8. Protect cows from cold rainy
days.
p Milk at regular intervals.
10. Give each cow a six weeks dry
period.
If any one o' the above points are
not provided for it may drop the
milk production of a dairy herd to
where ltitle profit if any will be
realized. Our cows wiirpi’oduce this
increase of milk if we will give them
a chance.
Tom Easley, County Agent.
Sugar Rationing To
Force Housewives To
Cut Food Sweeting
South Side Club
The S. S. H. D. C. studied whole-
grain products at their April meet-
ing with Mrs. Billingsley. Mrs. Jor-
dan was leader. Mrs. Burdett and
Mrs. Smith gave a written conversa-
tion on where to get whole grain
products, how to use them and why
they should; be in the daily diet.
After reports and recreation the
club adjourned to meet with Mrs.
C. Burdett cn May 22.
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To materially harm the Japanese war el'-j file of American citizens will put up with such
fort, therefore, will be a hard, slow and costly ! a condition remains to be seen.
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West Side Club
Mrs. B. B. Smith, Jr., entertained
members cf the West Side Home
Demonstration Club with a game
party Friday, April 24 This was the
first of several to be held.
Chinese checkers and card garner
were played. Prizes went to Miss
Aletha Barrett. Mrs. R. C. Jackson,
and Mrs. B. J. Kiesllng.
Guests for the occasion wete Mrs.
R. C. Jackson. Mrs. "Red” Smith
Mrs. G. A. Hoc fen of Alice, and Mrs.
B. J. Kiesling of Alice.
Falfurrias Club
The Falfurrias Homo Demonstra-
tion Club' enjoyed a discussion on
“Beauty Hints” at the home of Mrs.
E. C. Wright Monday, April 30.
After this, delicious refreshments
were served to the following: Mes-
dames H. H. Hampton, J. T. Allan.
M. R. Phillips. C. O. Atkins, A.AV
Lewis. Tom Tldmore, F. C. Smith,
Miss Aletha Barrett and the host-
ess. Mrs. E. C. Wright.
The next meeting will be in the
home of Mrs. M. R. Phillips May 5th.
Food Defense Pledges
Food Defense Pledges were signed
by members of the West Side Home
Demonstration Club at their meet-
ing Monday. April 27. at the home
cl Mrs. W. E Mayfield.
A motion to change the time of
meeting from two til two-thlry o’-
clock was madp and parsed.
Eleven members were present.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. B U. Smith, Jr.. Mrs.
W. R. Hrder will give a book report.
The agent meeting will be at the
last meeting In the month Instead
of the first meeting.
Tli«» Dairy Farmer's Job
In The War Kffwrl
Dairymen of this South Texas section, and the nation
as a whole, are charged with an assignment as important
as that of war production.
The dairymen of Texas and the nation must produce
the vital and nutritious oils and by-products so necessary
to the healthof the arm'ed forces and the physical well-
being of the civilian population which supports the na-
tion's mighty war effort.
Dairymen must increase and continue to increase,
their production and efficiency. As the United States and
the United Nations expand their offensive efforts, more '
and more food will be needed to sustain the millions of
men in uniform.
The Federal government has allowed a priority rat-
ing of A-2 for emergency repairs of plants and an A-3 rat-
ing may be used to obtain material needed for normal re-
pairs maintenance, operaton or replacement.
Falfurrias Creamery
Company
With rationing of sugar In the of.
fing, many Brooks County house-
wives will have to manage well to
ihave enough for the week-end.
breakfast, dinner and supper.
According to Hazel Phipps, spe-
cialist in food preparation of the
A and M. College Extension Serv-
ice, people can get along with less
sugar and still have tasty, nutri-
tious meals. Any reduction in food
energy which sugar furnishes eas-
ily can be supplied by increased
serving of starchy vegetables, ce-
reals and dried fruits.
Prepare only the amount of
sweetened food needed for each per-
son. Miss Phipps suggests, and a-
viod waste by thoroughly stirring
the sugar in Iced tea and coffee.
Fresh fruits, which carry their
own sugar, make nutritious desserts,
molasses, sorghum, and corn and
maple syrups make good sugar sup-
plements. Several of these are
sources of calcium and iron.
When ubstituting honey, use ap-
1 proximately the same quantity as
j th° sugar called for by the recipe.
But on account of moisture In
honey, decrease the liquid normally
required by about one fourth cup
for each cuo of honey usee'. Usual-
ly one eighth to one fourth ten
spoon of soda is used for each cup
of honey in products which are
leavened.
It takes about one and one half
times as much sorghum or molasses
to give the same sweetness as the
sugar the recipe calls for. Add one
fourth teaspoonful of soda for each
cup of syrup in leavened products,
and decrease the liquid given in the
recipe one fourth to one third cup
for each cup of sweetening in order
to eoualize the moisture in sorghum
or molasses.
I Miss Phipps cautions that the
'baking temperature should be low-
' erer’i when heney or molass ‘s Is
j substituted for sugar in a re. pe.
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