Benavides Facts (Benavides, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1939 Page: 3 of 4
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NECKLACE
$4.50
CIGARETTE LIGHTER
$1.50
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BENAVIDES FACTS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1939
Pedro Coronado
Tells How To Cut
Local Fire Loss
Fire Marshal Pedro Coronado,
of the Benavides Volunteer Fire
Department this week enumerated
the following list of fire preven-
tion suggestions which he urges
the readers of the Benavides
FACT? tri Hip out and keep for
constant reference to prevent fire
loss:
Keep waste paper, packing mat-
erial and rubbish cleaned up, and
remove from building at least
daily.
Make frequent personal inspec-
tions from a fire standpoint.
Instruct and drill employees on
what to do in case of fire.
Be careful about the use of
matches.
Put up “No Smoking” signs,
especially in hazardous sections.
See that your electric wiring is
standard and be careful in the use
of electrical devices.
Have all smoke pipes and chim-
neys inspected and repaired by a
competent person before starting
fires for the winter.
Keep gasoline in safety cans
and in a safe place.
Keep water barrels and pails
filled and extinguishers charged.
Use only safe floor oils and
sweeping compounds.
Feel your personal responsibili-
ty for possible loss of life and
property by fire and act accord-
ingly.
The second list, which follows,
are the things he suggests NOT
to do:
Don’t put ashes in other than
metal receptacles, and don’t dump
them where they will come in con-
tact with combustible materials.
Don’t hang electric light cords
on nails.
Don’t use wooden lockers.
Don’t permit oily rags to lie
around.
Don’t let the fact that you are
insured make you careless.
Don't use an open light when
looking for escaping gas or in the
presence of inflammable liquids.
Don’t use sawdust in spittons
or to absorb oils.
Don’t throw away lighted
matches, cigars or cigarrettes.
Don’t use insecticides or liquid
polishes in the vicinity of open
flame lights. Many such com-
pounds contain volatile inflam-
mable oils.
Don’t use kerosene, benzine or
naptha in lighting fires, or to
quicken a slow fire—it may re-
sult in death.
Don’t make bonfires of rubbish
where the wind can scatter it.
Burn it in a container.
Persons taking these simple
precautionary measures and put-
ting them into effect should have
little trouble with fires on their
premises.
CPL EMPLOYEES
INVITE YOU
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Music
to attend the
OPENING
of their new
ALICE STORE
and district office
TUESDAY, DEC. 19th
Starting at 7:00 P. M.
We, the employees, of the Central Pow-
er and Light Company are mighty
proud of our new home and we want
you to come down Tuesday night be-
ginning at 7:00 and help us celebrate
our opening.
We are appreciative of what J. R. For-
ner, owner of the building has done to
make it modern, attractive and up to
date. And we know you will find it
as comfortable and convenient a place
to shop as we find it a good place to
serve you.
COME AND BRING YOUR
FAMILY AND FRIENDS!
Special
Entertainment
H. J. St. JOHN, DISTRICT MANAGER, C. P. & L. COMPANY
for itself when you touch the lever. . . . Only
this one advanced steering column gearshift
is 80% automatic in operation!
You see, Chevrolet’s New Exclusive
Vacuum-Power Shift has a hidden power
cylinder. And this power cylinder goes into
action the instant you start to shift gears.
It does 80% of the work for you instead of
letting you push and tug and do all the
work yourself!
You want the newest and best—the best
in driving and riding ease, the best in styling
and road-action—and on all these counts
“Chevrolet’s FIRST Again!” /
Chevrolets are Shipped to Dealers —
NOT DRIVEN OVERLAND!
The 1940 Chevrolet gives
higher quality at low
cost!... Low Prices... Low
Operating Costs . . . Low
Upkeep.
No other motor
car can match its
all-round value
Oil Belt Chevrolet Co.
Christmas Seal
Is Small, But Is
Large In Relief
Need of an “anual awakening”
to l’ecognition of the fight against
tuberculosis in the United States
was voiced today by Dr. Thomas
Parran, Surgeon General of the
U. S. Public Health Service in an
endorsement of the 33rd annual
Christmas Seal Campaign of the
National Tuberculosis Association.
Dr. Rock Sleyster of Wauwa-
tosa, Wis., president of the Amer-
ican Medical Association, added
his endorsement to the campaign
which is now under way and which
will continue through Christmas.
Nearly 2,000 affiliated tubercu-
losis organizations and committees
in all parts of the country are par-
ticipating.
“When the matter of funds for
fighting tuberculosis is consider-
ed”, said Dr. Parran, “the Christ-
mas Seal, small in itself, but large
in its potentialities, enters the
picture.
“While the amount obtained
through this source is relatively
small in the aggregate, it serves
a doubly useful purpose. This is
true especially in the localities in
which the Seals are purchased and
where 95 per cent of the money is
expended i n anti-tuberculosis
work. Then, too, the annual stim-
ulus provided by Seals is an im-
portant factor in keeping alive in-
terest and promoting renewed ac-
tivity against an unrelenting foe.
Enlisted Men
Can Learn Trade
In U. S. Army
Kleberg Closes
Offices In Corpus
Christ! Friday
The district office of Congress-
man Richard M. Kleberg, main-
tained in Corpus Chirsti since the
end of the special session of the
Congress, was to be closed Friday
of this week with all office busi-
ness to be transferred to the
Washington office, pending the
opening of the new session Jan-
uary 3.
William P. Elliott, secretary to
the congresman, will leave for
Washington Saturday. Kleberg
will return to Washington the
first of January for the opening
of the session.
Doe deer, fawns and spike bucks
are protected by law in Texas.
Measurements
Must Be Taken In
Washing Woolens
It never l’ains on the army—
at least not enough to cut into a
soldier’s pay.
Johnnie E. Davis, United States
Army recruiting representative
stationed at Yoakum, Texas,
pointed out today that young men
from this area who enlist in the
army will not lose time because of
bad weather or sickness. The pay
goes on just the same.
“And the pay”, Cpl. Johnnie E.
Davis declared, “is a lot better
than some people think it is. It
varies from $21, to $157 a month,
but that is only part of the pic-
ture.
“A soldier doesn’t worry about i
the cost of clothing, food or rents.
Neither does he have to think
about doctor’s or dentist’s bills—
Uncle Sam takes care of all that.
Out of his regular pay the soldier
pays only for his haircut and
laundry—leaving a pretty neat
net”.
The recruiting representative,
who has been around the aripy
many years and knows most of
the answers, can’t figure out why
young men worry along with hard-
ly a dime in their pockets when
vacahcies exist in various branch-
es of the army.'
“Any enlisted man may learn
a trade that would bring him a
good income if he left the army”,
he explained.
“Much of the army is motorized
today. There are excellent schools
for radio operators, motor mech-
anics, and numerous specialists
schools for the air corps. The med-
ical department will train men as
x-ray, dental or general labora-
tory technicians.
“There’s a lot more to our mod-
ern army than shoulder-arms and
squads right.”
East Texas is one of the few
places in the United States where
the eastern wild turkey is still
found, the Texas Game Depart-
ment reports.
With the coming of cold wea-
ther when cleaning bills begin to
mount alarmingly, Mrs. Dora R.
Barnes, clothing specialist for the
A. and M. College Extension Ser-
vice, offers the suggestion that
Jersey dresses, sweater, and oth-
er knitted woolens can be launder-
ed at home provided careful at-
tention is given to the procedure.
The primary concern is to keep
the articles from shrinking. One
way is to measure all pieces and
write down the measurement for
the length of sleeve, width of
sleeve above and below the elbow,
v/rist, chest, bust, underarm, arms-
eye, front, back and skirt. When
the sweater or dress has been
laundered it can he laid flat and
shaped carefully to the original
measurements. Jersey may even
be pressed on the wrong side when
almost dry.
Another way to he sure that a
garment is the same shape and
size after washing is to take clean
wrapping paper and trace the out-
line of the garment on it before
it has been wet. When the article
is ready to dry, it should be laid
on the paper again and shaped to
the original outline.
The specialist Also lists four
things to avoid when washing
woolens—rubbing w'hile wet, put-
ting in hot water, changing sud-
denly from warm water to hot or
cold water and using strong alkali
agents in the washing water. It
is important that all water in
which woolens are washed be of
the same temperature—lukewarm,
Avhich is from 95 to 100 degrees.
Knitted materials should be wash-
ed quickly and never soaked, rub-
bed or twisted. When the water
has been squeezed out, the gar-
ment should be placed between
two turkish towels to remove the
additional moisture.
Hunters not allowed to le-
gally kill any migratory bird with
any gun other than a shotgun.
Pink Bollworm
Cotton Quarantine
Again Extended
Additional infestations of the
pink bollworm of cotton have been
found in new localities in Texas,
in the vicinity of San Angelo and
at other points in the surround-
ing area, the U. S. Department of
Agriculture announced today.
The Federal quarantine regula-
tions were accordingly extended
effective November 20, to include
the Texas counties of Concho,
Irion, Mitchell, Sterling, Tom
Green and that part of Coke
County lying southwest of and in-
cluding the right-of-way of High-
way No. 87.
The regulated area is now com-
prised of 49 Texas counties and
parts of 3 others in that State,
6 entire counties and part of an-
other in Arizona, and 12 in New
Mexico.
There remain but 300 horned
mountain sheep in Texas, accord-
ing to State Game Department
survey reports.
If marketing quotas are ap-
proved, all cotton grown on al-
lotted acreage can be sold with-
out penalty.
Adoption or rejection of mar-
keting quotas will have no effect
on acreage allotments or conser-
vation and parity payments.
Relief At Last
ForYourCough
Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to loosen germ laden phlegm,
increase secretion and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender, inflam-
ed bronchial mucous membranes.
No matter how many medicines you
have tried, tell your druggist to sell
you a bottle of Creomulsion with the
understanding that you are to like
the way it quickly allays the cough
or you are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
EYE IT. . TRY
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cMelp^td HINT
The business of our serv-
ice stations is to sell petro-
leum products—and we'd
like to see them sell more.
If you were in our shoes,
so would you .... To
accomplish that laudable
aim, we've provided them
with a leaded gasoline for
every car at prices for
every gasoline budget —
Thrifiane, a good gasoline
at thrifty price; Humble
Motor Fuel, a better gaso-
line at regular price; and
Esso, which is the best mo-
tor fuel, you can buy . . .
But you get more than a
tankful of a proven per-
formance, guaranteed gas-
oline when you fill up with
Humble: You get Humble
service with every gallon
you buy . . . And that's
somep'n! . . . Humble
service is a real help to
you. It's rendered by men
who know automobiles,
who know what your car
needs to keep it running
right and looking good.
It's rendered in a station
that's clean, neat, com-
pletely equipped ... So
here's that helpful hint—
fill up with one of Hum-
ble's three leaded gaso-
lines; you get helpful serv*
ice, too.
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PAY ONLY
*$3?
This Christmas give
a really fine gift —a
Buiova watch — the
gift of a lifetime!
1.50
' LOCKET
$7.50
J. B. DONOHO, Manager
SAN DIEGO, TEXAS
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STONE SET RINGS COMPACTS
HUMBLE
OIL & REFINING COMPANY
~A TEXAS INSTITUTION 1
MANNED BY TEXANS.
COP%. 133 9 BY HUMBLE Pit » REFINING CO,
Roy W. Johnston
Credit Jeweler
204 E. MAIN ST. ALICE, TEXAS*
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Beaman, J. L. C. Benavides Facts (Benavides, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1939, newspaper, December 15, 1939; Alice, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884627/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Duval County Library.