Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1947 Page: 2 of 8
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COOPER REVIEW
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FRIDAY, MARCH 14,1947.
WEEKLY NEWS LETTER
! —CONGRESSMAN —“ TEXAS —■
The appalliing fire loss
record in the United States
is continuing its upward
climb, according to a late re-
lease by the National Board
of Fire Underwriters^
In January, the loss was
$57,180,000—an increa.se of
14.8 per cent over the same
month last year. And January
destruction was only 1.6 per
cent lower than the all-time
monthly high reached in Dec-
ember, when more than $58,
094,000 worth of property
went up in smoke.
What this means is that
there is no end to human
carelessness, human ignoi'-
andce, human failure to take
the simplest, most vital pre-
cautions. There is no mys-
tery to fir. prevention. There
is nothing difficult about it.
It is, so far as the homeown-
er is concerned, a matter of
replacing a frayed lamp cord
in time; of having hvating
equipment periodically inspec-
ted; of treating gasoline,
cleaning solvents and other
inflamables with the respect
they descry?; of carting junk
out of attics and basements
and closets.
The fact that some 90 per
dent of all fires are unneces-
sary and could easily have
Daingerfietd Plant
The past week has beta one oi
activity on the proposed purchase
of the Daingerfield blast furnace
and coke oven and the coal mines
in Oklahoma by the Lone Star
Steel Company for $7,500,000.
The White House, through Dr.
John Steelman, Assistant to the
President, has had many confer-
ences for the purpose of expedi-
ting this sale and the production
of pig iron.
Since Lone Star Steel was de-
Drived of exporting any part of
the pig iron, it has been most
difficult for the company to ar-
range its finances to pay such a
large amount down on the facili-
ties and at the same time provide
adequate working capital.
At this time, the picture is as
follows: (1) The Reconstruction
cal and other explorations
which may prove to have
great economic as well as
military importance.
Some discoveries of mo-
ment have been made. It has
been found that the combat
efficiency of a man declines
about 2 per cent for every
degree of temperature below
zero. At 50 below, therefore,
his efficiency is reduced to
nothing—all his mental and
physical processes must be
devoted to the basic job cf
keeping alive.
It has also been found that
weapons reacted differently
in the antarctic under ex-
treme cold than they reacted
under artificial test conditions
at the same temperatures.
Apparently there is a differ-
ent chemical reaction when
cold is prolonged, as against
when it is of only brief dura-
tion.
The expedition is a distinct
contribution +n hemisphere
defense, and the facts pro-
duced will help make possible
the long-range planning which
is the principal duty of outf
military establishments in
the time of peace.
Finance Corporation ha;- offered
to pul up $1-million in operating
capital if Lone Star will put up
$l-million. This amount will be
considered necessary in view of
the other arrangements made for
certain needed equipment that
will not require the immediate
expenditure of funds. (2) The
Housing Expediter will require
that all the pig iron produced un-
til Oct. 1 shall be channelled into
the housing program: two-thirds
of it so channelled after Oct. 1
until Jan. 1, next, and released
from reconstruction for disposi-
tion in the United States after
that time. (3) The War Assets
Administration, the seller of the
facilities, agrees not to require
any immediate payment for the
first year. Our people, the Lone
Star Steel Company, are working
diligently to get all problems
solved and the plant into early
operation.
It is considered by recognized
representatives of the iron and
steel industry that there will be
a short supply of pigiron for
three to five years from now, and
during this time the Dainger-
field plant should enjoy a very
profitable operation.
Congress Adjournment
The Republican leaders in the
House and Senate are determined
to end this session of Congress by
July 10 and, if possible, by July
4. This will give the Members a
much desired opportunity to fully
cover their Districts before the
meeting of the next Congress un-
less some unforeseen emergency
arises and Congress is called back
into session.
Box Car Shortage
of the most crippling
One
shortages at this time is in box
cars. Production and distribution
cannot be carried on without
trasportation. Although the Gov-
ernment, through the Office of
Defense Transportation, is doing
everything possible to encourage
the production of box cars, the
railroads will not put in orders
for them. Railroad officials are
apprehensive that there would
soon be too many cars and do not
see that it is too much to their
advantage profit-wise for them
to insist on the construction of so
many box car units immediately
for seasonal use. However, the
situation is more hopeful for solv-
ing the shortage in time to meet
the spring rise in business and
In Years Gone By
A Review Of The Past In
Cooper And Delta County
TEN YEARS AGO
Directors of the Sulphur River Reclamation Project arc asking
$800,000 from the Federal government to aid in straightening the
channel.
A total of 375 persons in Delta county are now receiving pen-
sions under the old age assistance act. Checks for the past month
totaled over $4,000.
The home of C. F. Patterson was damaged by fire here Thurs-
day morning. The fire is supposed to have been caused by defective
wiring.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Alex Brice of Sulphur Spring's was elected to fill the unexpired
term of H. H. Moore, recently expelled member of the legislature.
S. W. Pratt of Cisco, who has been practicing there for several
years, will open a law office in Cooper soon.
The Texaco Service Station built at a cost of $15,000 will be
formally opened Saturday.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
. , , Professor W. L. Mayo, founder of East Texas Normal College,
been prevented, amplifies the j died suddenly Wednesday fillowing a heart attack. Mr. Mayo form-
‘ ■ ‘ erlly ran a private school in Cooper.
County Attorney Joel Berry stopped badger fights that a Negro
had been sponsoring, matching the badger with bulldogs.
Honor roll of the nineth grade in Cooper High School included
Maude Patterson, Bryan Sparks, Raymond Walker, Fanny McClana-
han. Georgia Robertson, Rowena Sansing, Ruby Rushing and Ben-
jamin Butler.
FORTY YEARS AGO
Dr. T. M. Tillman has returned from a trip to West Texas.
Three small boys locked themselves in the county jail where
they were playing Sunday, the jail being empty. Sheriff S. B. Tur-
beville was called and released them.
J. S. Sullivan, the trapper from Cherry Lake, lost his canoe in
Delta county last week. The canoe was later found near Union
Grove.
tragedy. Almost all of the
10,000 people who will die by
fire this year, unless the
trend changes, will die1 in
vain. They will be charred,
horrible monuments to ouf
stupidtiy^
The problem faces us all.
We have it in our power to
control fire. And we have it
in our power to let fire rage
unchecked.
THE BYRD EXPEDITION
The present Navy-sponsor-
ed expedition to Antarctica,
under the command of Rear
Admiral Byrd, who pioneer-
ed scientific research in that
v^ist region, is a significant
illustration of the enormous
changes that are taking f>lace
in thie world. It is a distinct
possibility that, if another
war comes, it may be fought
in part in the artic and an-
tarctic. The current expedi-
tion, therefore, is designed
to test men and machines un-
der. simulated combat condi-
tions in extremity unfavor-*
able weather and terrain. And
it is further designed to carry
oo metallurgical. met*x>rologi-
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WHAT ARE THE NEW
FRONTIERS?
By Ruth Taylor
Is this the end? Has civiliza-
tion as we know it come to a
close and are the great cycles of
time, turning as relentlessly as
the tides of the ocean, about to
swing into new orbits? Arc the
frontiers closed to ns? Is there
no future?
Wrong—the only frontiers that
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mind, of research anc^knowledge,
are virgin wilderness, marked
only by the footpaths of those in-
trepid adventurers who dared to
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there been such an ppportunity
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But Youth says: “We want to
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haven’t the opportunities to carve
out a life for ourselves that the
pioneers had.”
Haven’t the opportunity? With
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ing up new trades, new profes-
sions, new types of work; or new
ways to improve old ones? There
are not the same opportunities—
and there are no easy jobs—but
the pioneers to which they so
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lives and their work was not that
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They had to learn. Youth today
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There is always a place in the
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-he who thinks—who wants to
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work the means of helping others.
The frontiers are not closed.
Beyond them lies a challenge to
stir the courageous in heart and
spirit—a challenge to do and
dare, and to find out!
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our deep-
est thanks to all our friends and
relatives for their untiring ef-
forts to relieve our burdened
hearts in the recent illness and
death of our loving mother and
grandmother, Mrs. Ella A. Little.
Especially do we want to liiu.ut
the finger: for the 'leaut’.fui
songs, the Revs. Alford, Bonnti
and McClain for their comforting
« n 1__fl/irul nfioi'-
utilize his experience, i words; the beautiful floral ofier
place
ings and for all the kindness
shown us.
The Little Children and
Grandchildren. »
FRIDA
CITY TO PICK UP RUBBISH 7|
The City will run a truck to
pick up rubbish and cans Wed-
nesday, March 19, and people are
asked 1o huve it sacked or in
boxes at the curb ready for load-
ing.
TOM ROUNTREE, Mayor
Miss
versity
the weel
Mr. nnd
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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bryant and
little daughter, Suzanne, of
Shreveport, La. spent the week-
end with Mrs. Bryant’s parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Arvie Brice, and
friends in Cooper.
Paul Matthews will be the
speaker on^the Church of Christ
program over KSST, Sulphur
Springs. Sunday afternoon at
4:15.
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Freight Rates
Texas has not been very much
industrialized for one reason that
high and unequal freight rates
have been too burdensome. This
has also caused a lower standard
of living in Texas, the Southwest
and the South. There is strong
sentiment in Congress for
us better rates.
Chronic bronchitis may develop If
your cough, chest cold, or acute bron-
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trouble to help loosen and expel germ
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Since 1939, railroad employes have
had three general pay raises totaling
526/io%, and the prices of fuel, ma-
terials and ‘vjpplies have risen 616/io %.
today, few have been so little and so
late as that in the price of railroad
transportation.
But when the war ended in 1945,
the railroads were still hauling freight
at rates no higher, and in some cases
lower, than when the war began.
Without increased revenues, railroads
could not meet these costs and also
provide improvements in equipment
and facilities—improvements that are
essential for the low-cost freight and
pacTcnger services *"Hch are necessary
to America’s high standard of living.
How important are healthy rail-
roads to a prosperous country?
Only when the railroads are finan-
cially healthy can they provide the
new equipment, improved road beds,
and better terminal facilities needed
for still better service to you.
100,000 different products. They pay
big taxes — taxes which are spent not
only for public schools, public health;
and police and fire protection, but
even for highways, airways, airports'
and inland waterways.
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Railroads are America’s lifeline-
keeping goods flowing among the 48
states day and night in all weather.
The defense of the nation depends
upon the continuance of the efficient
transportation which served the na-
tion so well in the last war.
They can continue to do this only if
there is a reasonable balance between
income and outgo. Like yourself, the
railroads must make ends meet!
Under these circumstances—and al-
most a year after the last major wage
increase —the Interstate Commerce
Commission iteoently approved an
average increase in freight rates of
17^10%.
Of all the price increases m America
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