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FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1944
THE COOPER REVIEW
COOPER REVIEW
W. D, HART 4 SON. Publi*her*
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LYNDOL E. HART
door toulh S. W. comer square—Telephone 86
Entered us gocond class matter at the post office
i Cooper. Texas, under the act of Congress. March
Soonest for changes of address must be accom-
both former and present addresses.
TODAY
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TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
WRIGHT PATM,
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WEEKLY NEWS LETTER
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— CONGRESSMAN— TEXASj^
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The address label on your paper shows the time
to which your subscription is paid. Monday, Jan- PEACE........muddling
JgJ l, 44; means that your subscription expires on
the first day of January, 1944.
be known as “fight pay,” as a
A charge of 81.00 will be made for publishing
notices and 50 c*nts for card of thanks.
WEEKLY B)BLE THOUGHT
“Forget not to show love unto strangers: for
thrrclr- some have entertained angels unawares.
—Heb. 13:1.
IKK TOR BILLS
By an overwhelming vote in a recent
National poll, the people of this country
made it clear that they think something
should be done to make it easier to pay
doctor and hospital bills. But by an e\en
more overwhelming vote, the same group of
people made it clear that t.»ey did not think
a federal insurance plan, which would in-
volve a six per cent deduction from their
wages, as proposed by a group of congress-
men, is the right answer.
In other words, the poll made it clear that
doctor bills are considered a real burden,
but, as opposed to a federal protection plan,
the people hold the doctor bills to be the
lesser of the two evils.
The poll thus indicated that the plan
most people want is one worked out by the
doctors themselves rather than by the gov-
ernment. And we imagine that the medical
profession is at this time working on pos-
sible plans to ease the burden of doctor
bills without government assistance. One
plan might be to work out a basis by
which we could pay a doctor a stipulated
fee each year to keep us well without addi-
tional payments being required by those
who are unfortunate enough to suffer trom
serious illness.
There are few people who think our final vic-
tory over Germany and Japan is going to end war
for all time or for even a very long time.
In making that statement I do not refer to the
opinions of government leaders or of military
leaders, but to the opinions of John Mary Smith
of Main Street, U. S. A.
] cemetery in each state. Effective
When we were in the middle of the last war I April 1. ‘suspension orders”
I ily Sunday.
Mrs. A. D. Smallwood and
daughter, Junf*, Mrs. R- _ F-
Meador visited Mrs. C. J. Ste-
phenson and Mrs. Lill Hendricks
and Mrs. C. P. Hollon and daugh- 44444444444444+
ters in Commerce Wednesday.
Mrs. S. H. Wood spent sever-j (Received too late for publi-
al days this week in Commerce ,.atj0n last week.)
with Mrs. A. W. Little and fam- Charles Jones, who is in the
ily. army and stationed at Fort
i uc nu„,c , ______ ...____ .. F. J. McBride, S. H. W ood and Bennington, Ga., is spending a
The Civil Service* Commission distinguished recognition of their A. 1). Smallwood were in Com- )5 day furlough with his par-
has asked for legislation Vo set risks of life and limb as a com- merce on bus,ness Wednesday. ents, Mr and Mrs Mitchell
aside certain jobs for veterans hatant. All of the statisticians Service. at the Church of Uhmt Jones and brother, Camillus.
exclusively. Fixed-fee war con- and moralists in the world can- Sunday Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Sandlin
tracts are being written on a not evaluate in paltry dollars Sunday, April 2, mere will be visjted in Enloe Tuesday,
much smaller profit scale. All what a man should he paid for services all day at the ( hurch ol Mr. and Mrs. John Harvey
physically fit fathers under 20. risking his life for the freedom Christ here. At 10 a. m. Elmer Toon 0f Midway visited Mr. and
with few exceptions, will be call- of his fellowmau. All of the as L’Roy, our regular minister, will Mrs q m. Jones Sunday after-
ed to service. Freedom of speech sembled wise men could not an- bring a lesson. At 1 I a. m. W nl noon.
does not mean careless talk, i swer this. Fliers get extra ‘flight W. Slater of Little Rock, Ark., Mr. and Mrs. Roy Coker and
which may he helpful to the en- pay.” Submarine sailors get ex-1 will give a lesson. In the after- Eay an,j Mrs. Winona Rainey
emy. The War Department plans tra pay, and so do paratroopers, noon there will be gospel sing were paris visitors Wednesday,
i at least one soldiers’ national These are services requiring a ing\ Friends and neighbors here Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gregory of
much greater hazard to life than and in adjoining communities Enioe visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank
and heard talk about that being ‘‘the war to end
war” a lot of us thought that might be the ease.
And there are millions of people today who hope
and pray that permanent peace will somehow fol-
low the present struggle—but I have found few
people who are optimistic enough to really be-
lieve it.
It isn’t that they feel the present war is doing
no good. They realize that it was definitely nec-
essary for us to go to war to prevent the Ger-
mans and the Japs from over-running the world.
But deep in their hearts they realize that some-
one—they don’t know who—was very much to
against violators of rationing
will not he instituted unless 7
days’ notice has been given by
OPA. The Director of Transpor-
tation says that 1 out of 5 rail-
road and l out of 3 bus trips
the ordinary branches of service.
This extra pay is specifiically to
make a more grateful recogni-
tion of the risks they are taking
for their country. Other coun-
tries, we are told, provide extra
pay allowances for troops in com
are unnecessary and impede the j hat. “Flight pay” would mean
war effort to this extent. The that a soldier or sailor had of-
70,000 men being discharged! fered his life for his country on
monthly from the services are j a field of death, and is entitled sion. He had been awarded the
easing the labor shortage. Lend- to recognition over and above the air medal for the first five mis-
one who has not. ! sions, had received two oak leaf
Victory Garden* clusters enrh representing five
are invited to be with us on that Gregory Sunday,
day. Rev. Lenwood Peterson filled
Wilford Bond was in Texar- }qs regular appointment here
kana Tuesday on business. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ward re- Mrs. Ita Price and Joy of
ceived a letter last week from near Cooper spent Sunday with
Lieut. Martin Bowman of Indi- her mother, Mrs. Lula Skeen
ana, who was pilot of the plane Mrs. Hattie Stanley of Paris
that Jimmie was lost from. He sp(,nt the week end with her
said Jimmie was on his 18th mis daughter, Mrs. Jewell fckeen
lease reserves have become so
vast they must be held to sta-
bilize our markets. Congress has
appropriated $30,00,000 for re-
cruitment and transportation of
farm labor for 1 ‘.>44. Seed sales
Mrs. S. I. Rattan is recovering
, ... .. i , . from a heart attack suffered lent
The War Food Administration j missions. He said he did not re- • Ia ni^ht
-... 1 L.. i I l. ... ... » i , , .,-m m kn». 4 no n.o of 4 Vt tllono * -
blame for permitting Germany to build up the . for victory Kardens are runnin(,
..... .. ..... ,,l. Inn !4 .11/1 ■■%>/! t »« vmt ninnmir t no O A .._____J r 1 j n r t
war machine it did, and for not nipping the
Japanese conquest plans in the bud. And so far
they have little faith that when peace is finally
restored there will not be a lot of new internation-
al muddling which will plant the seeds for new
wars in the future.
30 per cent ahead of 1943. Basie
war controls and all agencies ad-
ministering them will be liqui-
dated as soon as possible after
victory.
The War At A Glance
“We are fighting for liberty,
the most expensive luxury known
to man”—General Somervell.
This is the 119th week of the
war. America will bring tliplo-
cstimates that there weie twenty
million victory gardens in 1943,
and that they produced eight mil
lion tons of food. This constitut-
ed about 40 per cent of the civil-
ian vegetable supply. Much of
this was canned and it is the rea-
son why we have lower point ra-
tioning on vegetables right now.
This year the WFA has asked
that the number of victory gar-
dens be increased to twenty-five
million and the amount of vege-
tables to eleven million tons—a
ton for each man in the armed
BIBLE..........rule
It has always been my opinion that so long as ............... ..... ...... „
individuals fight with one another and so long as macy down ^ J
there are feuds and jealousies between small mistakes of 1918-1919. French civilions for 1944 on the
groups of people, there will always he the type | underground patriots will open a strength of more and better vic-
of bitterness between nations which leads to war. I sabotage from behind German ^ory gardens. Remember a vie-
The onlv thin- which can drive war from the I '>nes to coordinate with the Al- ^ garden is a patriotic em-
l he only thing which can drive lrom ln j lied channel thrust. “Uncondi-; b,em , around any American
face of the earth is the simple honesty and fair- tional surrender’’ means that the bonu>!
ness among all people which is summed up in the j Allies have a free hand for
Biblical rule, “Do unto others as thou wouldst | everything except blotting Ger-
mxnv out of the nations of Eu-
have them do unto vou. • „„„ , , ,
rope. 28,000 planes have been
If the world could live by that rule there would j sent to our alii(,s since passaKe
never be any more war. But the world can’t—i of lend-lease in March, 1941.
and when this war is over and all of the wise I 'dal casualties reported to date,
162,282. France, considered an
ally, will be re-occupied without;
setting up an allied military gov- Mrs. A. A. Moxley was in
sent out from there to POE the
last of this week. Thei- other son,
Keith, of Vernon will leave there
in the next call from Vernon.
Mrs. D. A. Bigony and Mrs.
L. E. Vandiver were in Com-
merce Wednesday.
Mrs. Ed Stringer and grand-
son, who have been visiting in
men from the seven corners of the earth gather
together and try to reach agreements which will
settle the international situation, they will real-
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♦ KLONDIKE
+ MRS. R. F. MEADOR
member the name of the plane
they flew that particular day.
He .aid as a soldier and man
Jimmie was tops, loved by all the
crew, an excellent gunner and a
well distinguished member of
the crew.
Miss Jaunell Gillean spent the
week end with her parents.
Mrs W. A. McBride and J Kailas" “have’returned ’home*
daughters, Peggy Sue and Judy
Kay of Dallas, and Miss Evelyn
Shaw of Commerce visited Mrs.
Dovie Williams and family Tu<
day.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hicl.ev
and daughter, Mary Bess, of |
Paris spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. D. A. Bigony, and son,
John Frank.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Meador
received a letter from their son,
Doyle Meador, who is in Fort
George Meade, saying that he
was at the station there Satur-
4 day night to he sent somewhere
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else hut 34 of them were sent
back to camp, he being among
the number. He expects to be
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NEWS FROM ENGLAND
During the recent coal strike in this js an amazjng thing that a rule for peace
Country, we heard a number of people say and happiness, expressed in the simplest terms, |
that it would be almost worthwhile to have and preached to people for thousands of years,
a few bombs dropped over here in order has b^n mastered. But on all sides of us-in
to make the miners realize that there is a
war going on.
But the news from England indicates
that even bringing the war to our own
front yards wouldn’t alter the situation.
For the English miners have seen plenty of
bombs fall on their homeland. They have
•een homes ruined and friends killed during
the blitz. They know that perhaps the
greatest battle in history is soon to be
fought.
eminent. Truk, Japan’s great. Commerce Tuesday to visit her
ize that all of their learned studies and plans ’’'aval bastion in the Pacific, has mother, Mrs. C. P. Hollin, and
could he cist 1 I/Ie if ill rouhl aoree to live hv b,een lsolated, and by-passed on Kisters. Miss Bcula Hollon and
could be cast as.de if all could agree to lice by th(, way to tho Philippines. The Mrs. C. B. Allard. Mrs. Hollon
tnat simple rule. two-ton block busters have been has been ill several days but is
replaced by six ton-town busters, improved
Argentina’s “palace revolution,’’ Alfre<1' aml „enrv chancellor
? w 1 ? k;rmUny'.L: the-iTa and families of Dallas spent Sun-!
' V : Latin variety without (, with thpir parents and oth-1
any harmful results to her neigh- *’ , *!' u u * *
hors. If the choice were entirely , r £e,a‘,v.es fh«re: exPects
Finland’s she would quit the ^ he mducted into the army
war, but 100,000 Nazi troops on I * I”1 ■ i
her soil is the deciding factor.1 ^r- and Mrs. A. B. Tatum of
The whole of Europe, except Dallas visited relatives over the j
Germany, hungry and war-weary, | week en(h
our homes, in our politics, in our business and in
dur social contacts—ve are constantly aware of
the fact that there arc those all about us who in-
sist, instead, upon living according to the selfish
theory of ‘ Do others before they do you.”
And that warped interpretation of right living
is even more apparent in the relationship between
nations than between individuals.
FORCE......... police
Our only hope of enforcing the “do unto
others . . . nule following this war is to enforce
it with a club. It isn’t the kind of a rule which
appears to call for such tactics. When we read
When hundreds of thousands of men in about it in the Bible we fee, that it should be en_
both this country and England are willing forced by the conscience of mankind,
to show such callous disinterest in their war That may be the answer when man has de-
role, even when their own sons and broth- veloped to a more perfect state, but meanwhile
ers are fighting at the front, it makes any
patriotic American keenly aware of the
limitations of his understanding of the
mysteries of human conduct.
is seeking a peace without a hid- Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hooten
den war for 100 years. The al- of Paris spent Sunday with Mrs.
lied blockage of De Valera’s Eire I Virgie HJurt and Mr. and Mrs.
was to plug Hitler’s most valuable Foy Hurt*.
leak on invasion preparations. I Mrs. E. J. Stokes, Mrs. Maud
OPA Staving Off Inflation I Wallace and Mrs. Wesley Wal-
Both parties in Congress agree lace were in Commerce Monday
that the Office of Price Adminis- I and visited Mrs. Lill Hendricks,
tration must be continued to J Mrs. J. W. Sims and Mrs. Clar-
stave off inflationary prices. As ence Sims gave a going away din-
in
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we have seen too many examples of people and
nations ignoring conscience to harbor any hope
that it can be relied upon to keep peace in t.he
world.
In the same way that it is necessary for us
Final conclusion of such conduct would be) to have policemen to keep order among the pos-
Hitler or some other dictator rule, which sibly per cent of the people who would take
would stifle labor’s voice altogether, but it | advantage of their fellow men if they weren’t
Some times seems that se IS urnan in el j sfer natjons be L-ept under constant surveillance,
ests unwilling to abide by government rna- We can’t hope to imprison all of the Germans
jority rules, must have a dictator. \ and Japs who share the responsibility for this
---------------- war, but we can treat those nations as virtual
No more harmful work for President prison camps until we are assured that they are
Roosevelt’s candidacy for a fourth term 1 aKain able to mingle with the society of nations
could be made than ' the work ot Harry be,,n* teT,e.d rc,“r" *“ thelr «»»*•
, ster way of life. In both countries it is apt to
Bridges, president of the Longshoremen involve at least a 20 year sentt.nce_a )onk,
and Warehousemen, while in Dallas recent- enough term for a new generation to grow
ly. Bridges is a radical alien who has been which is educated to recognize its social respon
ordered deported from this country and is 'i: ?-v-_
Btill resisting the order in courts. In ad\o- question as to whether that need is more
eating a fourth term for Mr. Roosevelt, than the need for raising fopd. Labor should
-Bridges does him further harm by denounc- be imported for the farms if it can be had
ing Congres as injurious to the war el tort at hours and prices farmers can afford to
and advocating election of a Congress that pav
will do the President’s will. This brings to
being watched, it is also essential that the gang-
ner Wednesday night for Har
old Sims of Cooper, who will en- !
ter the navy soon.
Otis Jackson and daughter, i
Miss Sue Jackson, of Dallas I
spent the week end at home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Chumbley |
of Dallas were visiting her over i
the week end.
Miss Ella Mae Gough of Dal-
proof of this, the living cost in-
dex stands today slightly above
the level of a year ago. The OPA
despite its severe critics, is “hold-
ing the food line.” If it is not
continued, we return to the sky
rocketing prices of World War I,
when sugar sold for 35 cents a
pound and coffee for 90 cents a
pound. Tighter rationing con-
trols and rollbacks by subsidies
are the most effective ways of
combating rising prices. If blind
partisan politics permit OPA to
expire June 30, it will result in
such confusion on the home front
to imperil victory on the battle
front. The OPA has already
saved an estimated $68,000,000,-
000 (billions) in the cost of the . week. Mrs. Burl Roland is teach-
war by price controls, which is J ing in his place in the school
the equivalent of $500 for every : while he is away,
man, woman and child. The ex- J. S. Porter, Ray Moore. Bil-
tended OPA will contain many lie Clyde Essary, Harold Ander-
improvemnets in administration son. Miller Pratt, James Ste-
and clarification of the original phens, John Dock Rainey, and
act, among them, permitting ap- Dalton Poteet were in Dallas
I peals from convictions for vio-! Wednesday.
I lations. Continuation of OPA is Mr. and Mrs. Billie Claud
225 ROOMS AND APARTMENTS
EACH WITH BATH, CIRCULATING
ICE WATER AND FAN
FROM
Th* Sanger it ideally located
just out of downtown clamor,
yel only a fow flop* from all
point* al inloroil. Beautiful
accommodation*, air cooled
lobby and Coffto Shop; alio
garage and parting lot. Theie
and many other fine feature*
make the Sanger preferred!
SAnGER
HOTEL *
ERVAY AT CANTON STREET
p*.'„Xnt’.Mhr' T„d X'l'T HOWIE-FRONT PILOT ...
Gough.
Lieut, and Mrs. Ross Moore of
San Marcus spent the week end
with his mother, Mrs. P. H. Moore
and family.
L. E. Vandiver is holding a
meeting in Wichita Falls this
necessary to maintain the “Little
up Steel Formula,” which limits
wage increases to 15 per cent,
and protects both worker and
con&’imer from ruinous living
costs.
“Fight Pay”
There is a growing sentiment
in this country that soldiers and
sailors in actual combat iinos
Jackson have rented rooms with
Mrs. Ed Stringer. Billie Claud
is stationed in Greenville.
Dan Claude Chumbley writes
from Camp Grant, 111., that he
expects to be moved from there
soon and will be sent somewhere
to a medical trechnical school.
Mrs. Will Hale and sister, Mrs.
Donnie Stephens, of Commerce
should be given extra pay, to visited Mrs. H. L. Gant and fam-
our minds that Congress’ greatest offense
to labor unions has been passing the anti-
We are yet to hear of a service man over-
seas who desired to vote in the next gener-
In Years Gone By
A Review Of The Past In
Conner And Delta County
Taken from the files of the Cooper Review.
TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Glen Turner, former Cooper lawyer, has been appointed on the
strike law and the revenue bill that requir- {l1 elect.on. but it is gratifying that Con-
ed labor unions to report to the internal *ress has been successful in passing a bill
revenue department over the President’s to *lve service men overseas a vote without
vetoes The lower branch of Congress which | attempting to abridge the rights of states
i» elected every two years is the most re- to prescribe qualifications for voters. Gov- jo2"SMi'S sufT.",.'
soonsivc branch of government to the will ernor Stevenson has assured the President j R. H. Foster has been named acting postmaster.
rf the people and the campaign to discredit that under Texas statutes overseas men 1 J™ *nd *“
them bv radical foreigners is resented es- mav vote *or federal officers in the general i TWENTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
• ‘ ‘ election. This solves the question and should ' r,.Ben D- 9,”wtfi,as s/vifred his c"nnect*Pn ^ithtUtheDfi,:^0f Jf.mcs’
pecially. . M Clower and Ratliff and nas opened an office in the Ratliff buildinpr.
- --——- quiet the political agitators, should the S. B. Turbeville, who has been ill for some time, is seriously ill
The continued rainy weather has prevent- President allow the measure to become law.. „mi Fred Turner were in Wolfe Cit, Sunday where
ed farmers from getting any farming done, Governor Stevenson is to be commended they inspected a larpre poultry ranch,
wid with the labor shortage much land will for not heeding the political agitators and i .. , thirty YEARS AGO THIS week
lay idle in Delta county this season. The calling a special session of the legislature at Sunday at the home of his soni w M Rattan.
arm pH forces are insisting on more men and a few hundred thousand expense which was Mayor and Mrs. H. E. Cabeen visited in Honev Grove last week.
, , . , , u * r> I imnn/mco/rrv Mrs. W. C. Hazlewood and children returned home the first of
no doubt they need them, but there IS a I ..ay. ,be week from Wolfe City where they had been visiting relatives.
This spring it is more important than ever before that youngsters fly
their kites auay from electric lines... because, not only will this keep
kite-flying a SAFE sport, but also, it will help in the war effort by
preventing accidents and by helping to prevent unnecessary inter-
ruptions in electric power service.
In flying your kite, be a home-front pilot and always remember to
, observe these safety rules:
1. Fly your kite in open spaces .,. free
from electric service lines.
j t. Do nor use metal or wire in your kite
or kite strings.
3. If your kite should get tangled in elec-
tric \s ires, do not climb the pole or try
to get the kite loose with a pole or stick.
Call your electric service company!
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