The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 24, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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DAVIS CLEANERS
Formerly Ihtwson Cleaners.
Our Prices Are
Cheaper
Cooper’s most modern plant.
Yes, We Deliver.
Delta Courier
Smith Funeral Home
Phone 109
Lady Attendant
Ambulance Service
W. D. HART & SON, Publishers
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Attorney General
Assistant Attacks
Accuses Unions Of Hamper-
in Total War Effort, Destroy-
ing Independent Business. j
WASHINGTON. — Attacking
organized labor in terms seldom,
if ever, used by a New Deal, "f-
fical, Thurman Arnold, Assistant
Attorney General, accused . the
union, Saturday of a long list of
misdeeds which, he asserted were
preventing the efficient use of
men and machines and hampering
the distribution of civilian neces-
81 H* charged organized labor
with injuring or destroying inde-
pendent business men, and^hold-
ing farmers and consumers “at its
mercy,” of impeding the distribu-
tion of housing1 and food, and of (oiaiii *»*«.»• « ——
“undemocratic procedures” vrlth‘; Identified Saturday
On the witness stand of the In Mt. VcTOOn
house judiciary committee, he
said a pending bill to require the
registration of labor unions was
Mother Of Cooper
Residents Dies In
Annona Saturday
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Prime Minister Churchill has
pledged dominion status for India
following the war, and an"°u"<c^
that his ranking aid, hlr
Cripns (above) would go to India
as an emissary. Cripps is popular
in India for his known sympathy
for the Indian national cause.
Slain Man’s Car
j Mrs. Harriett Patterson. 88,
| died Saturday morning at her
home in Annona, following sev-
eral weeks illness. Funeral ser-
vices were held by Rev. Cham-
Ibcrs, pastor of the / Christian j
| Church there, with burial in the
Annona cemetery.
Survivors include four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Beulah Richards, and
Miss Lillie Patterson, of Annona;
Mrs. Sam Leverett and Mrs. Ed
F Smith, Cooper; Walter Patter-
son of Denver City; Marshall and
Earl Patterson of Annona; also a
number of grandchildren.
With the exception of a few
years spent in Commerce, Mrs.
Patterson has lived on the same
place all her life. She was horn
March 30, 1874, was married in
March and passed away in the
same month of her birth and mar-
riage. She had been a life-long
member of the Christian Church.
Her daughter, Mrs. Ed F. Smit i,
had been with her mother for ten , - . j „ _
days proceeding her death. Her j rJ'’exang Would Ban
other daughter, Mrs. Sam Lev' dAUnUr Limit In
erett, was not permitted to he W-HOUr V" .
GOV. COKE STEVENSON
Governor Coke Stevenson will
speak in Cooper Thursday, April
2, at 2:30 p. m. on the occasion of
the dedication of Delta county s
new $110,000 court house.
MT. VERNON, March 21.—An
registration ol laDor unions i abandoned car brought here
insufficient to protect the public Thursday by of ,cers w«, identx-
with her mother on account
illness. )
War Production
PARIS. March 10.—Paced by
mechanical monsters that churn
and tear at the earth day and
night in preparation for roads
and utilities, Paris is rapidly
nearing full speed ahead in the
construction of Texas' newest
I army training center.
Road machines, bulldozers,
'trench diggers and other heavy
machines are working on a 24
I hour a day basis in grading and
! placing the gas and water and
I sewer lines, while construction
crews string the wire that will
carry electricity to the new can-
tonment.
Night construction, under huge
floodlights, makes a picture
worthy of a Dore or the pen of
Dante. The men who are on the
job thus far work with a vicious-
ness of effort that bodes ill for
anything or anybody seeking to
I halt progress for even an hour.
Texas Uvalde Associates, hold-
ers of the grading and road con-
tracts, hold the center of activ-
ity as they labor to make a place
for buildings to be started and
provide all-weather transporta-
tion to those sites.
4-H Club Boys In County May
Make Test To Get
Percentage.
from the practices which he al-
leged. “No other group in our
society” could do anything like
the things of which he complained
and escape punishment, he said.
Arnold’s testimony capped a
week of hearings by several com-
mittees or subcommittees© n la-
bor’s relation to the war effort.
They were aimed mostly at de-
termining" whether
should he enacted to outlaw the
fied Saturday as the property of
G. J. (Whitney) Allen, Longview
oil man found shot to death Fri-
day near Gilmer, Sheriff J. R.
Goodwin, says.
The 194^ Oldsmobile, reported
Harry Morgan, Of
Cooper, Staff Sergeant
Pilot, Receives Wings
WASHINGTON, March 24.—
A substantial majority, if not all
of tho twenty-one members of the
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knnv nins the navy cross on I.n
S Thomas H. Taylor for extraor-
sute; r«r”sr
thus saving many lives.
County Agent Offers
Suggestions For
Canker Worm Control
Reports have been received
from the Texas A. and M. Col-
lege and the State Department of
Agriculture at Austin that many
1941 grown cotton seed are of
low germination, states W. H.
Jones, county agent.
Mr. Jones recommends that
farmers run a germination test
on cotton seed before planting,
or if cotton seed are bought that
they see if there is a germination
tag on the desk. He reports that
he has shown the 4-H club hoys
in the county how to run this test
during the month.
I The test may be run by using
paper towels or cloth towels sat-
urated in water. Place at least
100 seed between the wet towels,
then roll tightly in newspapers,
---- tn*1!! roil Llguuj *»•
W. II. Jones, county agent, re- , being careful to see that the ends
i _____r.. omilk- I «nw-annnor nrp f ol(lC(l tO
MOFFETT Field, Calif., March
22.—Graduating wan the first
found on Highway 37, about five , F1 ying School here, Sgt. Harry | ported after a clo8ed ! local plant of the Talco Asphalt
,nnth of here. Allen’s poc- w Morean. 22, of Cooper, left | day that there was a general e 1 Refinin„ Company. Shortly
CIO Organizers
Texas deletion in .be bnuse of I"Vade Mt, Pleasant
Members of the delegation re-
| UIHV ---- »
I the CIO to organize into a fed-
— - - lounu on ______ |riyl„K ........... 5gt. Harry (ported after a closed ' local plant of the Talco Asphalt
mr effort. milos south of here. Allen’s poc- w. Morgan, 22, of Cooper, left ; day that there was £ & Refining Company. Shortly
tly at de- j ketbook, containing identification !today for advanced flying school. | mg that Cong s. de I after the rumor was ci
legislation | cardg and other personal papers j Morgan, the son of Lionel Mor- j lengthen ^thejvor^ other I town was thoroughly ai
day for aavanceu ny***s -----| *“» —~ ~ ^ de. after the rumor was circuited the
termining" whether legislation j d and other personal papers I Morgan, the son of Lionel Mor- | lengthen the wor w other * town was thoroughly aroused over
Sd be enacted to outlaw th. | £* ao money, was found on the ^ 85 N. Main Street, enlisted , fense industries and ^threats 0f violence to
closed shop and suspend the over- front soat 0f the ear, which bore in thc army in 1938 as a private steps to pi even y i some workers who showed ar
time pay provisions of the wage | no evidences of violence, police and advanced rapidly to thc rank | work. ^ ^ u ^ J willingness to affiliate with
hour law for the duration of the j said- Among the papers was an ( of sergeant. Last November he
war
work.
No formal resolution
by the
said. Among the papers was 0f sergeant. Last | ino xornuu .....
ir> ; undated clipping giving an ac- J was selected as one of the first delegation, however, was adopted
In the face of strong agitation j count of the death of his wife and ;f,roup 0f army personnel to be Members indicated that the meet-
- such action the chairman of infant son in Texarkana. j pVen enlisted pilot training. mg was harmonious, although i
’ mi . .. r ____ 1 Unn!,ln n VAQfl i T* 1 ______ fl’dim
one committee Senator Thomas | Allen was found beside a road j He began primary wain..* ^
(D-Okla.) said’Saturday that the | near Gilmer Friday morning, with Kinfr City, Calif., November 8.
Wi demonstrated no I bullet wounds in the head and i finishing primary in January,
some workers who showed an un-
willingness to affiliate with the
union.
According to information fur- j
finished this office hy local offi-
ing was harmonious, although 11 ^ & paid CI0 organizer was in
one committee,’ Senator Thomas | Allen was found beside a road | He began primary training at .lasted nearly an hour ami | ^ ’ Xuesday securing the sig-
(D-Okla.) said Saturday that the | near Gilmer Friday morning, with Kinjr City, Calif., November 8, half behind closed doors in ' naturCs of the workmen at the
hearings had demonstrated no | bullet wounds in the head and finishing primary in January. 0 , office of Represen a iu ‘ ,,lant and it was believed that a
present*need for legation of pear .be heart. He bad lart been!reportcd Moffett Fie.d to be- Sumner, Dallas. eb„rm»n m af(i„8ted.
such a character. ! reported seen early Tuesday with ?in basic training and with the the judiciary committee. j Ag a result 0f the alleged
He added, however, that he | a large sum of money in his pos-| t of his class, finished a full Most members refused to com-, meetinK was held by
would urge still another commit- ( session. Police theory is that he tw0 weeks ahead of schedule | ment for publication on mmus I . ’ members of the American
W0 "■ ' ------—' Ihnt | Upon graduation from advanc- j sion after its end, hut Represen- , Wednesday morning and a
I Cd instruction, the former Coop- , tative Luther Johnson of Cow - ’ ,Qn was pasaed opposing
; er youth will be given his wings cana said that it was general y | thod of organization, as-
and the rating of Staff Sergant afrreed that there should be ^ the workers that the town
Pilot and assigned to one of the legislation on the forty-houi ^ behind them to the point that
new squadrons of America’s rap- | week.” ! |f thev did not want to affiliate
i idly growing air force. J Speaker Sam Rayburn who has . it ^ they did not have
---- , been carrying the brunt, of the j witn tne ^ resolution
All-day Club Rally administration’s effort to avoid
ports that many farmers are mak
ing inquiries regarding the con-
trol of the canker worm. This is
the small worm which consumes
the leaves on most all fruit trees,
oak and other shade trees.
When disturbed, the worm
swings off the trees on a web.
Mr. Jones recommends, for the
control of this worm, the use of
spray mixture, 1 1-2 pounds of
lead arsenate to 50 gallons of
water, or for smaller quantities
usoj of one ounce lead arsenate
to two gallons of water.
Spraying equipment producing
a very fine mist is best for this
job, Mr. Jones adds.
of the newspaper are folded to
keep in the moisture. After the
roll is made, lay it away for 4*
to 60 hours, then check to see
the number of seed sprouted. By
using 100 seed! it is easy to fig-
ure the per cent of germination,
that is, the number of seed sprout-
ed out of 100 is the per cent.
Mr. Jones states that he will he
jrlad to show anyone just how to
make this test if the above ex-
plantation ia not clear, or he sug-
gests seeing a 4-H club boy for
the inspection.
Seeks Recreation
For Soldier Boys
Mrs. Margaret Wright, StationedAtParis
85, Dies At Enloe
“V
tee, the special senate committee
on the defense effort, to investi-
gate charges made by William
Green and Philip Murray, presi-
dents of the AFL and CIO, re-
spectively, that the current agi-
jdion was the product of an or-
jiized campaign to destroy the
fions ;under a pretext of war-
time necessity.
was robbed before he was shot.
J. A. Hollowell
Celebrates His 83rd
Birthday March 20
Recreation for the soldiers who
are to occupy the army canton-
ment in course of construction is
a matter under consideration by
a government agency. A repre-
sentative spoke at r. Chamber of
Commerce sponsored meeting at
Paris Monday morning. Judge J.
E. Thompson, Clovis Hooten and
Cooper Couple Return-
From Wedding Trip
1,
on
J. A. .Hallowell of route
celebrated his 83rd birthday
Friday, March 20. His children
surprised him with a birthday
1 supper. Those attending were:
! Mr.\ and Mrs. Jess Proffer and
I son, Raymond, Mr. and Mrs.
James Massey, Honey Grove; Mr.
Planned For Saturday
At CHS Gymnasium
actual legislation in the house,
was present.
Although delegation members
said that Sumners has been des-
Demon-! ignated to act as spokesman for
The Woman’s Home Demon- j ignated to act as
trip to New Orleans, Gulfport, j BiUy> CommcrCe; Mr and Mrs. Teachers College at the 4-H club ! talking on these questions.
Mobile and Natchez. They were ( Te(J ’ Hauowell and daughter, J p]ay day Saturday. March 28.
J Frankie, Mr. and Mis. ByTon j xhe c]ubg ;n the county, as
Hollowell and baby, Mrs. Lavinia weR as the recreational leaders
Layer, and Cless Layer, all of Qf tbe Home Demonstration Clubs,
i will be present at the all-day
I meeting. Sack lunches will he
was passed by members of the
Kiwanis Club at its regular meet-
ing at noon Wednesday.
Workers at the plant were also
asked to report to county offi-
cers any threat made against
them or members of their fam-
ilies.
The exact reason for a CIO or-
Mrs. Margaret A. Wright pass-
ed away at the home of her son,
D. A. Wright, in the Enloe com-
munity Friday at 3 a. m. after a
long illness.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist Church m Enloe |1 g -^Vellg attended from
Saturday at 3 p. m., conducted by , *
Rev. C. D. Reynolds of Mt. Ver- | from religious
non followed by interment gervieeS) athletes and dancers will
Simmons cemetery. welcomed byt the soldier hoys
Deoe.,edw.S8ly.«r..ld»nAd|^d»f.sthe ^ to h„ve
18 survived he' ’ • I citizens of the towns surrounding
Wright, one daughter Mrs. Gor- | extend imitations to the
don Walker, one su er, • • I ldie boys as occasions arise.
J. Stockton of Cooper, eleven solllier D°y
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Win The War Rally
At Sulphur Springs
married March 10 at 6 p. m. at j
Alexandria, La., with the Rev.
Harold H. Hobbs, pastor of the
Emmanuel Baptist Church of that
city, officiating.
For a number of years a
member of the Cooper High
School faculty, Mrs. Carrington
holds a degree in speech and Eng-
Cooper.
Iking on these questions. I nol disclosed
Shortly after the meeting was wher
Cooper Girl Weds
Commerce Man March
holds a degree in speech and Eng- j ^ jn Qkla
lish from Baylor University in j _
She also has a M. A. de
Waco. She also has a
gree is religious education from
the Southwestern Seminary at
Fort Worth.
Mr. Carrington attended East
Texas State Teachers College at
brought by all of thc participants.
The group will meet in the
Cooper High School gymn and
games, both quiet and active, are i
scheduled from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
over, however, Representative
Albert Thomas of Houston an-
nounced that he has prepared
and will introduce in the house
Monday a resolution suspending
the forty-hour week in defense
industries for the duration of thc
war.
George T. Myers
Called By Death
Ruby Dell Acker, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Acker of
Cooper, was married March 14 to
Howard Franks, son of Mr. and
Mrs Austin. Franks of Commerce.
Texas State 1 eacners ^ wup,e was married by a
Commerce and for the past sev-1 Peace in Hugo,
oral years has been a employee i Just
of the Post Office Department in , ukla'
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Branch and
daughter, Patsy, of Lakq Creek,
visited Robert Branch, who is a,
surgical patient" at a hospital in
Sulphur Springs after an appen-
dectomy last Sunday, March 15.
Cooper.
Hostess To Monday
Bridge Club
The bride was a student of
Cooper High School. They will
make their home in Dallas where
Mr. Franks is employed.
Dr. D. B. Westerman left Mon-
day afternoon for Dallas to at-
tend the Southern Post Graduate
Clinic for the remainder of the
week. Dr. Westerman was ac-
companied by Mrs. Westerman.
Mrs. W. C. Keahey was hostess
to members of the Monday Night I
Hi-iriire Club entertaining at her
JOHN BOYD HAD NO
INSURANCE ON PROPERTY
_____ j Mrs. Wm, Johnson, aocompan-
— ------------- x . . . . „| Tohn Bovd states that he had ied by her daughter, Martha El-
Bridge Club entertaining at h . . , ' dwelling len Mrs. Dahl Hurley, Mrs Al-
home on East First Street March | no insuianci " SOuth- bert Fry of Hugh, Okla., and
16. Mrs. R. L Williams The t-1 Mm Ruaaell Tucker of Pittsburg,
l,iKh score and Mrs. Harry Bar “■ ’ ^ authority from are visitine Iheir son and l.roth-
......«•<»<h- h»a * «*•“ iiar"in w,,°»
Winnsboro CCC
Camp To Move
The CCC Camp, which has
been located at Winnsboro for the
past several years, will be moved
from there within the next few
days, according to an announce-
ment made there.
Only four of the CCC Camps
will be retained in Texas, but
the soil conservation technicians
will remain to carry out the
work of the camps.
TO THOSE DESIRING SIDE
WALKS BUILT
ments.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira McDaniel and
son, Roy, and Mrs. (>‘ ^ j . Klondike and visited in
sr c^..»- ^
amount of insurance on thc prop- j stationed with tho air base in
i Savanah, Ga. Darwin had wnt-
" ‘__| tert his mother that he wa» leav-
W. A. McBride spent the week ' ing continental U. S.
All parties who want side walks
built, see me at once, a9 we will
soon he through with the first
lot. We want 5,000 feet more.
rci!2 TOM ROUNTREE. Mayor
Several refinery employees, when
asked, stated that they were per-
fectly satisfied with their work-
ing conditions and with their sal-
aries.
Here Is Record of What
Strikes Have Cost
' WASHINGTON.—Records of
the Department of Labor show
5,328 strikes' in thc defense per-
iod beginning with July. 19 10,
and ending with November, 1941,
with loss of at least 26,000,000
man days. In December, 1941,
and January, 1942, total strikes
begun were 830, with lost of at
least 890,000 man days.
Corresponding figures for
February are not available, 1 hut
War Department’s figures show
in February loss of 35,350 man
days from strikes in plants en-
gaged in war production and 10.-
560 man days lost from such
strikes in first nineteen days of
March.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, March
2J._Speaker Sam Rayburn and
Congressman Wright Patman will
be speakers at a state-wide “win
the war” rally at Sulphur Springs made in 0ak Lawn cemetery
on April 9, an announcement c......m hi* wife. tw<
George Thomas Myers, 64, died
Wednesday at 1 p. m. at his home
in West Cooper, following several
weeks illness. Funeral services
were held Thursday at 3 p. m. at
Smith Funeral Home, conducted
I .ester. Burial
received here Saturday said.
The rally, to be held at the
Hopkins county courthouse, will
he to “pledge an all-out effort to
winning the war and our loyal
and unquestioned support to, our
President and our congressmen
and leaders in this effort,” the
message from a citizens’ commit-
tee said.
The committee is composed of
J. K. Brim, Charles F. Ashcroft
and W. B. Kitts, prominent Hop-
kins county citizens.
NOTICE TO SCHOOLS PARTI-
CIPATING IN HOT LUNCH
PROGRAMS
Survivors include his wife, two
‘sons, Von Myers, of Coopei, and
one son in the army stationed in
’ Alabama. He also left two daugh-
ters, both of whom lived out of
town. Mr. Myers had been a
faithful member of the Baptist
Church for many years. He had
lived in the county for several
j years and was well known to
Delta county residents.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Finch of
near Sulphur Springs visited in
Cooper with their daughter and
Please call at store room , for
fresh eges and fresh cabbage.
HENRY T. HERRON
Co. Com. Supervisor.
HOPKINS COUNTY BOY LOST
ON HOUSTON
Miss Doris Hanna, a student ot, returned home
ETSTC, visited over the week, ^ week; hy Mr
- D.„.. hr-1r^briaX.’,s
cr.
Gaza Janes, who is a student in
medical school at Galveston, re-
turned Sunday after visiting sev-
, ., V I oral days with his parenfs, Dr.
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J™. Mrg Y. Janes. Dr. and
Bond, on route 3, severa ( a\s *Mrg Q Q jancs accompanied
him to Galveston.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius H. Mc-
Kenzie, who live two miles east
of Sulphur Springs, on thc Mt.
Pleasant highway, were notified
by the Navy Department Sunday ,
that their son, Cletius Julius
(Buddy) McKenzie, a seamon
second class aboard the USS
Houston, was “missing” since the
10,000 ton cruiser was reported
lost February 28 in the great
naval battle off the Java coast.
Buddy was 19 years old.—Hop-
kills County Echo.
Miss Louise Byrns visited
friends in Commerce Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Henley
visited in Cooper Sunday as
guests of Mr. and Mrs Doug
Morgan.
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