The Delta Courier (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 30, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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DAVIS CLEANERS
Formerly Dawson Cleaners.
Our Prices Are
Cheaper
^toper’s most modern plant.
9 Yes, We Deliver.
Delta Courier
Smith Funeral Home
Phone 109
Lady Attendant
Ambulance Service
W. D. HART & SON, Publishers
COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1942
VOLUME 61, NO. 26
Funeral Tuesday at Baptist
Church At 3:30
O’clock.
News From RBReporuj Job."u^ToXiy'iRXrToBuy^juso1 LIS™1 Eight Saboteurs
I T'bsi ......7m . o„ | For Schooling Three hundred nounds of sal- J. E. Moxley, chairman of! I____1 _ I ft__C__L
Men In The
Service
Cpl. James L. Wood, who is
stationed at Camp Hulen, bat-
tery A, 439 Sep., writes to have
the Review and Courier sent to
him. He is a graduate of Cooper
High School of the class of ’39.
WASHINGTON, June 26.—
President Roosevelt disclosed to- ^ Pointing out that more than
day that America’s mighty war per ct.nt of all jobs in Texas
effort, in the single month of .... *:,,J L.....—
May, had turned out nearly 4,-
000 planes and more than 1,500
N. G. (Gus) Castleberry, age
80 years, died at his home in
(northeast Cooper Monday ut
10:15 a. m., following a lonfc
illness. Mr. Castleberry had
been in ill health eight years and
an invalid for three years. His
last illness had been serious and
his death was not unexpected.
His faithful companion and chil-
dren have been constantly at his
bedside during his last illness.
Funeral rites will be held to
day at 3:30 p. m. at the Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev.
R. E. Streetman, Mineola, with
burial in Oak Lawn cemetery by
the Delta Funeral Home.
^Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Mary Castleberry, two
^rhters, Mrs. Dorie Brunson of
Lamar county; and Mrs.
Minnie Maye Huggins of Cooper;
two sons, Major Lee Castleberry
of Hugo, Okla., and Herman
Castleberry of Cooper. Surviving
also are several nieces and neph-
Gus Castleberry, as he was
known by his friends, was born
in New Hope, Ark., February 18,
1862. He came to Texas when a
young man and moved to Cross
Roads, Delta county, where he
owned and operated a general
mercantile store. He was mar-
ried to Miss Mary Rorie Febru-
ary 20, 1902. The family moved
to Cooper 15 years ago where
they have since lived.
Mr. Castleberry was converted
and joined the Baptist Church 55
years ago and has been faithful
to the church since that time. He
was well known over the county
and had many friends among the
older residents here.
Pvt. Ralph Traylor, who was
stationed at Ifakima, Wash.,
who visited his parents, Mr. and
Mr,. Wylie Traylor, while bjtajr ^ ^ be m00nted in
transferred to Wendover rae«,
war industries are filled by work
ers who have had specialized
training Mr. Woodie B. Gilbert,
rnanager of the Greenville office
of the United States Employment
Service, today urged people in
this area who wish war plant
jobs to apply for the necessary
that this country also turned schooling in the free War In-
tanks.
Releasing official war produc-
tion figures for the first time
since Pearl Harbor, the chief ex-
ecutive asserted in a statement
Three hundred pounds of sal- J. E. Moxley, chairman
vagel rubber was brought to the Delta county USO, reports addi-|
out nearly 2,000 artillery and
antitank guns in May, and these
were exclusive of anti-aircraft
Utah, has returned to his
station.
new
tanks.
The May output of machine-
dustry training schools.
“Most of these war industry
jobs,” said Mr. Gilbert, “are en-
tirely new to Texas. Special pre-
employment training is necessary
before the employers will hire
Corporal Billy H. Bracheen,
stationed at Lubbock, has been
transferred to Bonham. He was
here last week visiting his aunt,
Mrs. Grover Pickering, and fam-
ily. __
Mrs. Bluford Johnson, who
visited her husband last week
end at Camp Wolters, states that
he is doing well. Pvt. Johnson
won the honor pin for being the
best machine gunner in a three
day contest held there last week.
guns exceeded 50,000 weapons peopie t0 fjji them. This train-
of all types, including infantry,] ing is provided to both men and
aircraft and anti-aircraft. If | women free of charge by the War
submachine-guns are added on, [nduatry schools. There are
the total passes 100,000.
Unreit For Enemy
Mr. Roosevelt released these
figures because, he said, they are
going to give the Axis just the
opposite of “aid and comfort.
“We are well on our way,” he
openings now in these schools,
and local people should investi-
gate them through the Employ-
ment Service which selects and
refers all trainees.”
The schools, operated jointly
by the state and federal govern
amounting to $30.15. Three
members of the committee report-
ed as follows:
Mrs. J. H. Scrimshire:
Mrs. Delbert Askew .........$ .25
Mrs. Lola Young ....................-.....15
Mrs. John Boyd -----------------
.........25
.25
- . 1.00
.50
.....50
______ 1.00
........25
..........25
. $4.75
Mrs. Jess E. Moxley:
L. L. Crump ........................-
$1.00
.50
.......... 1.00
.50
.......... .50
1 Alpha Bryant ------------------
-------- .25
In United States
of 25c.
The rubber 3old at auction and
was bid in by Barton Good for
$4.85. Fifteen cents was donat-
ed by Clovis Hooten to bring the
total to $5.00. This enabled the
club to buy another $25 war
bond.
Tom Cumming presided. Thom-
as Bennington was guest enter-
tainer and favored the club with
several vocal solos. Miss Tommy
Lee Boyd was his accompanist.
Joe Frobese, Roy McMillan and
Wylie France, Jr., were guests of
the club. J. E. Moxley, chairman
of the USO drive in the county,
made a talk and urged support of
this cause.
After the meeting was turned i — —-—
over to President George Bolger, Mrs. W. D. Hart - 1
it was announced that the WPA| Mrs. J. C. Tynes — 1 ""
Trained In Germany And
Brought With Explosives and
$170,006—Caught by FBI. ,
... V. ...... ----- ' ’ ulc “““ -------------
declared, “towards achieving the ments jn cooperation with the
. .. wiiU......
Mrs. Oma Johnson is in re-
ceipt of a letter from her son,
Darwin Johnson, written May 9
saying that he was overseas in a
beautiful country and pleasant
climate and having a good time,
but couldn’t tell any more. He
is cook in his outfit. The War
Department also notified Mrs.
Johnson that her son was over-
seas and safe.
public school system, provide
courses to prepare workers for
aircraft, shipbuilding, munitions
and other jobs in which there is
rate of production which
bring, us to our goals.’’
The last announced objectives
of the war production program, Bllu ..............— -
told of in the president’s annual j or wju be a heavy demand. It is
message to Congress last Janu- ] vjrtually impossible to get one
ary, were 185,000 planes in 1942 of tbese j0|)s without this train-
and' 1943, 120,000 tanks, 55,000 j ing) which has already landed
anti-airciraft guns. | thousands of v
The chief executive, in citing payjnK war jobs,
the May figures, warned against] Machine shop, aircraft engine
over confidence. He said: mechanic, aircraft sheet metal
“While these figures give you] (including riveting), drafting,
some idea of our production ac-! and inspection are the courses
complishments, this is no time for offered. The training is open to
| the American people to get over- men between the ages of 18 and;
W I. Bartley,! confident. We can’t rest on our 65 years, and to women between
canning project for school hot
lunches was being moved to
Cooper and a motion was made
that the Lions club co-operate
with them. After some discussion,
it was brought out that there
was some dissatisfaction with
the change in location of the B. A. Wilson
Joe Crawford ................................ 1.00
Texas Power & Light Co......10.00
Mrs. John Anderson ..........-—• .25
W. C. Ratliff --------------------------- 1.00
NEW IYORK, June 27.—The
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
revealed Saturday night the ar-
rest of eight Axis saboteurs who
crossed the Atlantic by submarine
from France to effectuate a two
year plan of sabotage against
United States’ war industries,
water supplies, railroads and
waterways.
Apprehended before their am-
bitious plans could get under
way, the eight confessed their
complicity, J. Edgar Hoover, chief
of the FBI, revealed at an ex-
tlraoi dinary press conference at
FBI headquarters in New York
Saturday night.
Federal operatives found
catches of explosives of all kinds
trie cnange in lucauuu ui me —• .......-----
plant. The motion was changed: Mrs. Jennie Williams
ing, which has already landed ^ led , cooperative assistance Mrs. Margaret Gray
thousands of workers in good the project wherever it is
operated.
Ladies night will be observed,
next meeting, July 10. W. I. j Verlee Morgan
Bartley, Wylie France, and Tom-1 E. J. Cates
my Lee Boyd were appointed on
program committee.
W. C. Ratliff ..........-..............-...... —incendiary pencils, time bombs
Donation -........................... ...... I and dynamite—buried along with
T. B. Cumming ............................ i tbe Qerman uniforms the sabo-
Bert Davis ....................... ...... teurs had discarded when they
‘ I landed in two groups of four
’ each near Jacksonville, Fla., and
on Long Island near New York
City,
Total .....,......
Mrs. C. C. Pickens:
^“I'OO, Death Penalty Can Be Demanded
. By Government
.....$ .25 7
Worth were here over the week Pr.due.i.o Problem. PU.IK.I ] con fill moot of theoe jobo, >0 m- -
end to see their brother, Joe| “And we must also remember creasing.
that there are plenty of serious
N. L. Davis
Mrs. J. L. Johnson
J. L. Johnson
Herman Phillips
Mrs. J. W. Bates
Iaiverne Pickens
Whit Johnson
Where the tip-off came from
oil this audacious undertaking,
Hoover did not reveal, but he said
that the first arrests were made
on June 13 and the last two Sat-
iPlea For Safe And
[Sane 4th of July
Bartley, who is in the medical
corps, stationed at Camp Elloitt,
San Diego, Calif., who is here no
furlough.
.25
.25
.25
.25
25
urday at Chicago.
' -i The government may ask the
‘pq death penalty for the prisoners
'gj if it so desires, for espionage is a
rroductiin problems ahead-par-] that Hie training is -th^froe
in “raw' ma^riah^'which are re-] that he must support himself dur-
ceiving the closest consideration ing the six to 12 week training
of the government. j Period. Even this is not true in
_, .. . ., _ nf ' some cases, since boys and guls
The distribution of the pro- to 24 yoars old may be
duet.on figures concide with con- National Youth Ad-
tinfuing Anglfv'Am^rnan war assigned
. . - . . Swat the roosters, produce only W. W. Barker , ',««! capital offense in wartime.
Mr. Gilbert stressed the fact. infertjie eggs. Infertile eggs are Marlin Bettes ................................. 1-00j The men> trained in a special
higher quality table eggs and , sabotage school near Berlin, left
have better keeping quality than i Total ...........................—.................*4*b0 from an unnamed French port
Pfc. William D. Scott, who
was called here on account of
the death of his grandfather, W.
M. Fielding, has returned to his tinfuing Angic^Ymver.<an war | minIstration war work centers
station. Pvt. Scott has just co™’| strategy conferencea-^onferences th will be boarded and
fertile eggs—they also bring a] -
better market price. Delta coun-1 Selling Onion* At
££ 50 Cents Bushel
in the poultry yard after the';
hatching season is over, according [
J. D. and Handel Pratt drove
naicnifiK scaauu i«
to Joe C. Frobese, county agri-; to Denison Saturday to invest.-
1 . . I ____boiriniT
AUSTIN, June 29.—A plea for
safe and sane Fourth of July;
vas issued today by Dr. Geo. W.
fox, State Health Officer, who
'ared, “We should not forget
_ l^'sthe glorious Fourth is the
anniversary of American freedom
—a freedom which is now in
jeopardy.
“This nation needs every man,
woman, and child at maximum
physical strength. Unnecessary
loss of life or time from careless
accidents is a form of sabotage
against our total war effort.’
Dr. Cox stressed the fact that
hundreds of accidents occur each
year among Fourth of July cele-
brants, including drowning, traf-
fic casualties, and serious injur-
ies from fireworks. He declar-
ed that every day’s time lost in
this manner will handicap the
nation’s war effort.
“The celebration of American
independence is a custom dear to
the hearts of all Americans," Dr.
Cox said, “but this year as never
before care should be taken to
avoid accidents which cripple or
kill since our maximum man-
power is needed for the success-
ful prosecution of a war to de-
fend that same American free-
dom.”
“Using caution in water sports
and in traveling on the highways
will aid materially in cutting
down the total number of acci-
dents, and the cautious handling
of all fireworks will result in
fewer painful injuries to small
children,” Dr. Cox declared.
station. Pvt. Scott has just com-. strategy conferences—conferences “““ hftn.dpd and , , 1
pleted five and one-half months in which the white House and where y , . . cultural agent.
of radio school at Scott Field, 111.] Russian officials and experts had Pauia Schools are ^ W° eXDed
He is now stationed at Columbus been playing a significant part. The War IndustrJ ^hoota ure
army flying school, Columbus I Presidential Secretary Stephen °PcrateJ ® £ “ t can be TOn.
Miss. Pvt. Scott is the son ofjEarly said that the Russians had ^at 8 q P nrovide train-
Mk.nd Mr, D. B. M of’ in the , ^ *.
Yowel,‘ _ I beginning, and still did. , night fpr trainees who must work
~ , , iTT 7,0 „„„ nf I Russian ambassador, ®ax- ,,j receiving their training. market mice. Confine any male: experiment ana was —
Gar an aynar ’Ma ard j im Litvinoff; President Roose-] Gilbert urged that anyone birds to be kopt for next year’s to give any definite information
Mr. and Ms ... y \velt; Prime Minister *V inston -n Qr near Cooper who is inter-] breeding flock and sell or eat on onion processing.
C°°P!r’, "I Li ’ ! Churchill of Britain and Secretar? ted in entering a training class anv r009ters not now needed in The Pratts sold
from an unnamed French port
late in May. Their plans were
well laid, for they were expected
to operate over a tw0 year per-
iod. To aid their efforts at sab-
otage and undermining United
States’ morale, they had $149,-
748.61 in United States currency,
in addition to the explosive tools
aural agvuu , ^te the opportunity for having
If we expect to produce a qual-j their onion crops ce y ar t a heir trade> and the maps to
ity of eggs that are needed in our. the dehydrating plant at that
Food-For-Freedom program, we ] place. The Denison plant has; K Qther arrest3 were made Sun-
must produce only infertile eggs been in operation de y ra ing $20,000 additional
this summer, Frobese said. Fer- sweet potatoes for the federal, day
tile eggs deteriorate rapidly in hot1 government and was just pre-
weather and will not bring top- pering to process onions as an
market price. Confine any male i experiment and was unprepared
C°rrVrlU "eUnt iCh“"hin ? 1 «<■ i-i. train,nc c,a» »CZ* ^ed in
H li tL clmb» arZ fly- •» S““ Hul' haVe l’el‘ in the snbierk, listed, contact him tJ pooltr, y„d.
Tool ,7 CMumbu. M17 ed *nd mosl "T co",er'1at the United State. Employment R ,ho„1(i be marketed two
“ od w duty „ em1 Fj,rly “,d- 1 Service located at the city hall Qp tim03 , w,ek in hot
He enlisted “The meeting with Ambassador . Q r on Tuesday mornings weather as they deteriorate rap-
T n. 9 1941 and has been at Utvinoff.” he added, “was an- of each week. =»- —-
June 1J, 1J , d _ other of the series of conferences j ___
in which overall and detailed . A_\-t h
surveys are being made. The con-[CairlS 4“il V^lUD
Columbus flying base since Jan-
uary 24,
air offices, meaning those of the
United States, Great Britain and
Russia are taking place simultan-
eously.”
Hot Lunch Cannery
Moved To Cooper
The WPA hot lunch canning
project, which was begun at]
charleston recently to put up the Consider Summer
products of a garden the cooper- o • tt i i 1
ating schools had raised there and Session I O Help
other products which school dis- Labor Shortage
tricts might donate, was moved, --
to Cooper last week where suf-1
ferences with military, naval and Encampment District 5
i,„ uppp. .......... | We have been asked
ficient labor could be had foi , government to assist as best we
operation. can in helping to solve the la-
'Mayor Rountree was asked for bor probieni that we will be eon-
assistance and he offered a free] fr0nted with in gathering this
use of a building and water. TbelfaR.g cofton crop, and we realize
plant was moved to the Quentin1 • ■ * ” ’ ,-J
Miller building, second door
The Girl’s 4-H encampment of
district 5 was held at Trinidad,
June 17, 18, and 19. Sixteen
counties were represented by
outstanding 4-H club girls. Delta
county was represented by Mynu
Bell Owens of the Rattan 4-H
club an^ Norma Jean Davis of the
Enloe 4-H club. Myra Bell is
by our! poultry demonstrator of her
club and Norma Jean is a bed-
room demonstrator in her club.
These girls were accompanied by
Mrs. Troy Stockton, sponsor of
the Enloe 4-H club, and Miss
idly. Gather them twice a day,
store them in a cool place or un-
der refrigeration and market
them two or three times a week.
Here’s a few pointers for poul-
trymen to check on for summer
production} first, feed your hens
properly. During the summer _ ______
months, hens should eat approx-17vnT«lol Defeated
imately twice as much mash as Daniel Be Ueieaiea
The Pratts sold two truck
loads of onions to shippers at
Farmersville at 50 cents per
sack, hauling the first load Mon-
day. They hope to sell the bal-
ance of their seven acre crop for
local consumption.
They were out approximately
$140 for onion slips for the
seven acres and paid $60.75 for
500 bags.
Labor Chief Asks
grain. See that hens have plenty', TTZTT
of cool, fresh water and plentyj FORT WORTH,
of shade. Then inspect
AMERICAN LEGION MEETS
THURSDAY
The regular meeting of th*
l,i Henderson Post American
region will be held at 8:30
Thursday evening in the district
court room.
north of the city hall. Mrs. Ruby
Miller, local supervisor, stated
that they would need 27 workers
in the plant.
All school districts or patrons
of them who will supply suitable
vegetables may have them can-
ned for a 40 per cent toll.
that the children will be
.. never before in th» * Service,’"exes A^and M. College.
W'e are asking that all trustees,] 1 he girls had a f ull p,oa'a'”j
independent boards, common I classes in handicia s, ,ie* ' j
school trustees and county school charm, community an
June 24.—
your j The Texas State Federation of
house"for proper ventilation and] Labor, in annual session here
poultry mites. A good spraying
of the house with a mixture of
2-3 crank case oil, and 1-3 kero-
sene will control mites. Check
your houses and spray as neces
board be present with us on Sat-
urday, July 4, at 2:30 p. m. in
recreation and folk games. Delta
county was honored in having
Mrs. Roy Hancock, formerly
known as Gertrude Nabors, left
for Dallas Tuesday, June 30, to
attend defense school. Her
many friends here wish her much
success and happiness in her new
work.
Miss Margaret Woodruff, who
has been visiting Miss Virginia
Draper in Commerce, has re-
turned home.
Mrs. Fern Jefferson of Dallas
visited her daughter, Mrs. Olen G.
Janes, and children over the week
end.
urdav. .lulv J. at a:.iu p. vn. in '■““"•d ........ . ,
the district court room for the j 5oth of the local gn s P«r
purpose of discussing the ques-,"t the h'Kld'K t ° . .
tion of summer schools in Delta ment the cam i ig i
county for the year. C. L. Yar- mony the last night of the en-
borough, State Deputy Superin- j campment. _
tendent, will be with us. All
aary. Lice are also bad during
hot weather, if your’s are lousy,
dust them with a sodium flou-
ride powder, preferably at night
to keep from exciting the hens.
Now, a word about your pul-
lets. Egg prices will be good
this fall and winter and proper
;aie of the growing pullets will
mean more fall and winter eggs.
Keep growing mash before the
pullets until they reach six
months of age or are laying 25
Wednesday, heard Andie S. Mc-
Bride of Houston plead for the
defeat of United States Senator
W. Lee O’Daniel in the coming
Democratic primaries and then,
after cheering McBride, unani-
mously gave him an eighth eon-
secetive term as president. Harry
W. Acireman of Austin was chosen
for an eighth term as executive
secretary.
Brother-in-law Of
Enloe Man Killed
teachers are invited to be present.
Let us all he sure and be here
Mr. and Mrs. James Albright
and children left Monday for
because this is an important Rogers, Ark., and points in Mis-
question as it deals especially with' souri to spend several weeks on
the life of our children. j vacation.
Thanks in advance for com-|
ing.
JESS E. MOXLEY
County Superintendent, be up.
Mrs. Della McClarty, who has
been ill several days, is able to -
Joe J. Keeling of Sherman
died at Paris Saturday night
r 4oz L. w-e. k.
push the pullets into production I n fall from an electric power po t
too nuick during the summer. at Camp Maxey during the day.
months—-hot weather is hard on 1 This is the first fatality from the
laying pullets. Feed them plenty work on Camp Maxey. The body
or grain—at least 50 per cent of
the total ration.
Cull your poultry regularly. A
non-layer is unprofitable—get
1 out and make room for the
was taken to Sherman for burial.
Mr. Keeling was a brother-in-
law of L. J. Gilliam of Enloe
who moved to Sherman, recently.
currency secured.
Aluminum Plant* Were On Tlw.i»"
Li«t
Their known objectives, Hoov-
er said, included:
Aluminum company of Amer-
ica plants in Tennessee, East St.
Louis, 111., and Massena, N. Y.
The Cryolite Metals plant in
Philadelphia.
The Hell Gate Bridge, an im-
portant transportation point in
the populous New York metro-
politan area.
The Pennsylvania Railroad
Terminal in Neward, eastern ter-
minus of the line to Washington
and points west.
The Horseshoe Curve of the
Pennsylvania Railroad near Altoo-
na, Pa.
The water conduit system of
adjacent Westchester county, pas-
sageway of much of New York’s
drinking water.
New York City’s water supply
system.
The hydroelectric plant at Ni-
agra Falls.
All Had Lived In U. S.
The saboteur’s plans al-
so included such minute details,
Hoover said, as placing bombs in
the lockers of railroad stations
and department stores through-
out the country to create panic
and lower morale.
Step by step, Hoover outlined
the story of the saboteuis, u,ho
came to America—all eight of
them had lived here before—to
do a job for which they had been
specifically trained.
Four of them—including a
citizen, Herbert Haupt, whose
father was naturalized in Chica-
go in 1930, were landed at
Pontevedra, Fla. His compan-
ions were Edward John Kerling,
the leader; Werner Thiel and
Hermann Neubauer. They land-
ed on June 17. _
Mrs. A. O. Welch of Charleston
See Suggestions on Page Four was in Cooper Monday.
See Saboteurs on Page Four
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