The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1940 Page: 2 of 12
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THE FLA TONI A ARGUS.’
THE FLATONIA ARGUS
Published Every Thursday
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1940
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THESE ARE MY JEWELS
GEORGE VV. 1IAWKES, Editor and Publisher
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OPENING THE SCHOOL DOORS
DRAFT BILL OF HOUSE I ir.v PM o
AND SENATE' DiFTER I '.hcitage in
oi vecruin.
AVitshtnrrrfrr, •Heplpmhrr 8
.—Here is a b.'ief comparison
of the compulsory military
training bii's passed by- the
Mouse and Senate:
The Hou-c* "old r^q ire
registration of men trein “.’1
to 44 inclusive while the
Senate chose the 21 to 30 in-
clusive age brackets. A maxi-
mum of 1.000.000 men could
be liable for it year’s military I
mat’1 up any
a 400.000 qum.4
Tne Sfljl.iEe would au Hi<1 ri zo
the government to condemn
and take over plants needed
for production of defense
materials. The House voted
to empower the War or Navy
Department to'lake over and
operate such plants...on .it
rental basis.
Similar or identical provi-
sions -of. the two versions:
The legislation would coit-
There is a new stir In the air as the school year begins.
Flocks of children have been away for the summer. The
streets seemed deserted without their cheerful shouts. Then i
the wanderers return. The neighborhoods teem with life j
again. The householders may deplore the heedlessness they i
often manifest. But a street without children seems half way |
to the cemetery. * • •M
Then with school opening, the streets arc* again filled with
a procession of young life. If the* children ever disliked
school, that time has passed. Their happy- faeces as they
hasten to the call of the school bell, are a '.sign they welcome
iioinrmhuhin itf their v-tsr mai-r-\ Vmf »iin~ reach Tor a
year's work.
If the American people* fail' to accomplish ;jll they cx-
• .pect through . education, it will not Ire* the* fault of “ the
schools. Billions of money have been provided for school-
houses and educational costs. Impressive buildings, finely
equipped, with the sunlight of heaven popiing into their
windows, provided with everything needed to make* children
healthy, have been ednstructe I. The standards , exacted of
teachers are higher than ever before.
The young folks come in contact with very bright tyul
capable mep and women, who study day and night how they
can train children so us to make them e.om'petelit ajuii. intelli-
gent. '.«
The child should enter the- srbrmth ntTTTfT door vitli Hie
feeling that the* school system is. his ..-friend. Ed neat ion is ar-
ranged to help the child make a place for * himsell in tin-
world. The rules are not made to harass and annoy him, hut
to see to 1t that the child' and the family behind Him get
their money’s worth.
If children enter school and plus the- game el study ac-»
curding to the rules, thc\ will be-.thc most loilunutc- youth
in all tin- world. Doors of opportunity "ill open to thenvnnd
they will go on to successful experience-.
* • *
THE FIRST YEAR OF WAR
The world, which had thought, that war* had passed and
that it had created systems that Id p’eserve peace and
progress, has now seen one- year el the most terrible- wai
that the human mind ever conceived.
What has the unit'll learned' out of its' year of mildness-’
Has it learned anything'.’. Some people- lliink it .ha -not, and
that file human race- is in l-or a long series ot wars u-ntit 4h'e
people are so ct'Ufbed by t.a y e . and .Jos c^. ol. *\ ar thgl'lhev
will be in fry hJrUf": iKit:iiiiLtiL:^arlv.ari--i. Tlicrdvmiuu -rncn*-
Tias Still left a ba ds' of 'inte llige nce and rc-iise.cn;' and -spine d«v.
■ it \vill conn- ou'f of ,1 his dark . c loud and see light and reason
again. . * *.
The world might learn thing from its year ot war. it there
was everywhere freedom of speech and a free press.- The- peo-
ple of Germany, with the- education and the intelligence
thov were supposed to have, cun 111 learu the lessons ot war
fast enough*, if they could only get the truth. With a distorted
picture of facts given them every day h.v their masters, they
got no basis on which to make a fair judgment, and are mu
now in a position to learn anything.
The main problem which this year of war gives to the
world, is how tec get the- truth into the minds of the deluded
people of Germany. If there was only some way by which
they could learn liow they are being driven like- skives into
action which .will make them hated by all men. then Hit-
year of war would give us more reason for hope. I he great
light which the- British people- are putting up against them,
suggests that before a second year of,war is over, the- Ger-
man people will discover that many ot the things the-.\ hn\e
been told are not true. Some day they will turn on the l'an)i-
tics .who have driven them to the present heights of folly
GET FIRF. ON THF. RUN FI.ORF.SVILLE GETS
PEANUT WAREHOUSE
Here's a date 8s> mark on
your calendar October 6 to Floresville, lex. — With
12, Wilson County now harvest-.
During that period, l-'ire ing a $200,000 peanut crop
Prevention Week will In- ol>- .amt farmers seeking fnghest
served this year. And that po siblo prices tor their
Week isn’t something to idly yields, Dick W eeks of Gor-
notice. then forget. Fire Pro- man. manager of the South-
vent ion Week is carried on western Peanut Growers As-
for you—Rnd for all the social ion announced that a
other people of this country, bonded warehouse for poa-
It ig carried on for your, busi- nuts w ill lie operated in
ness, and ..every other men’s ^Floresville.
business. It marks ah inten-
sive effort to a.wakeu the
American people to the ter-
rible waste fire loaves beliinfl
it—and to show - how fire
may be conquered.
Fire Prevention Week is
LARGE ALAMO STADIUM
IS NOW COMPLETED
-San Antonio, Sept. 10.—
Completion of the. beautiful
new Alamo Stadium in San
Antonio this month provides
an easily accessible site
where sports fans of South
Texas will be able to see big-
linic- college football with*
out■■-Imvi-ng to make exhaust-
, iojt drives to distant points
of. the ata-te-cm - weekends;
The; Ipp-iiRtch attraction
iu A lamp Stadium this .sea-
son- will lie- between the
National Champion Aggi'es of
Texas A. it- M. College- and
the pic-nty rouglk and tough
foot haliers of tin- University
o-f Tulsa. The game will be
played at 2:30 p.m;, Satur-
day, < Ic lober fit h,
Fcpially interesting to foot-
ball fans will be the iriglit
iraim- phiyc-tl at 8:00 p. m.,
Saturday,Or-tolu-r ,.|9th in the
new stadium, between 'I'aylor
•imvrsitv -hihJ the-' University
c-f VillttHyva. -
■ Tickc-ts for both games.are
noV on syh-- at- -the Municipal
A mjit oetrtm.-rrr Sa'ii- '"Antonio,
but persons wishing to pur-
chase- theii tickets Icy mail
should Send their checks to
the- ^-’ootliall Committee., San
Antonio
meree. Insurance Building,
San Antonio, Texas, lle.serva-
tions will be handled in the
order of their reception.
Holding to a minimum
price- scale which runs ap-
proximately f»0 cents below-
Southwest Conference prices
on all tickets, the Chamber of
Commerce. Football Commit-
tee- is acting to make the at-
tendance of every football fan
SOUTH TEXAS SHOWS
POPULATION GAIN
new stadium seats 2-2,174 and
prices for seats between the
goal lines on both sides of the
stadium are $2.20, and
beyond the goal lines $1.05.
The A A M-Tulsa, ami
Baylor-Villanova games are
both being sponsored by the
San Antonio Chamber of
Commerce as a means of mak-
ing available to South Texas
some big-time college at-
tractions. Guarantees of a
very sizable amount were
made by the Football Corft-
m it lee of the - Chamber of
Commerce in Stan Antonio
to bring ttie games to the
Alamo Stadium, and these
games are expected to be the,
lure runner* of many im-
portant contests in future
the precision of pistons. One
bad fire in one key factory , . , „
might delay for months the i™';sof in1er'
production of weapons which
we sorely lack,
l est to South Texas.
Other football attractions
On top of that, special (
'far more than usually im- 'precautions must be taken
portaut this year. . Today, ^
largely due to the rearma-
ment' drive, industrial pro-
duction is on the upward
curve, and is slated to go
rapidly higher as the drive
gains impetus. AiUi the re-
cord shows that the danger of
fire increases as production
Increases. That means that
fire, if not controlled, can
be a very real danger to our
defense plans. It takes an in-
industrial machine to
make the weapons we need
today—all the agencies of
manufacture, transportation national defense program. Do
gpd assembly must work with I your parti
in the Alamo Stadium this
year will be seven games
played by St. Mary’s Univer-
sity of San Antonio, and
also a large schedule of high
ngatrtxt: Hie -arsonist and tin-
saboteur:—as our experience
in other times of crisis grim-
ly proves. Authorities expect j gomes,
efforts to . sabotage the
defense program—and fire
is always regarded as a handy
weapon by the purposeful
destroyer. j
Fire Prevention Week | . "w«u- you find out."
should be ^served by all of "U* word
us—by evvrv man and 'V11 -V0,U? 1 fj'11 V Kva
woman aloe to read and listen;
and team. This is one place
where all. old and young,
can be of great aid to the
:o:—--—
"Fdith," he whispered,
"will volt marry me?”
"I don’t know, Toiri,” she
replied coyly.
:<k-
trainiug under the House' tiuue in effect until »May,
version. The Serrate fixed the i HH5; voluntary enlistments
limit at 900,000. Of men from 18 to $4 inclu-
Unlike the Senate, the , rive would be* encouraged.
House adopted a provision to | Deferment ot training
authorize a sixty-day further, would be granted men with
trial for the voluntary enlist- J dependents and some other
ment system. After sixty days, I special classes.
7w't vc iv th: Vl'cst’rn.
II j.i rs T'uitrd . State?,
po -o 4io11.8 atenitoaiti, iu-
TTTTTTTJiv rTie TmtUpytlRf "Is-
lands. . '
Itnse pay would be $30
monthly after the first four
months. »
On completion of training,
a conscripted man would be
entitled to return to bis form-
■er jo,^ mill-y changed ' cir-
ciiinstiincc-i. made it 'Impossi-
ble fm 'hi- em'pt-o.x lo rehiruf
him.
No men could be called to
prvice until Uongress made
ippropriations for their train-
ing.
The men' in service would
n- entitled to vote jiroviding
heir states of residence had
the draft machinery would beL The trainees could be used | absentee voting laws.
SaM Ahtlonio '' The 55-
County region of the* Sputh
Texas Chamber of Commerce
shows a population gain of
346,062 for the past decade,
according to announced cen-
sus figures tabulated at cham-
ber headquarters here.
The* figures disclosed a
total 1940 population of
2,025,277 as compared with
1,080,215 for 1930 in the 55
counties.
The chamber noted that
37 counties - recorded gains
while only 18 showed losses
*ii the region for the-10-year
period.
The South Te'xa's increase
accounted for more than two-
Hlirds of Texas' total popula-
tion gain of 503,119, as re-
cfcqjly announced with one
emint.C* missing from the data.
The stiite total for 1940 was
given as 6,395,740 as . com-
pared with 5,792.021- in 1930,
Despite the great East
Texan oil development in re*
cent y.cais, that section of
Texas'- gained,
popiilation th-pn
tion.. The East Texas figures
•Were 3.147,376 for 1W0 and
2,748,810 for 1930. West
Texas gained only 51.748, its
Chamber ot Com- j coiupanitivc totals being 2,-
“ “ " 038,301 and 1,986,553.
JOHN KIMBROUGH
REPORTS FOR PRACTICE
College • Station, Texas,
Sept. 10.—“Big John” Kim-
brough, All-America Texas
Aggie fullback, is now scal-
ing 220 pounds and says he
expects to play at that
weight. He peels off about
ii."this area piissihuV'The'fine ' s,‘veV. nTU‘* eat'h tlav ,n
practice, but the next mor
ing he is back up again.
Ernie Pannell, giant All-
Conference tackle who js gun-
ning for an All-American
birth this season, is up to the
225 pound mark in the
mornings and down to 215
at the end of practice.
TOM THE HATTER
announces the opening of
another Main Street Shop
located at 3005 South Main
in Houston—Hadley 8384.
AMliS
ON THE" AIR OVER KTRH
Every Wednesday at
1:10 p.m.
Following Society Girl
Program
Dig up your old hats
TOM THE HATTER make
them look like new and be
ready for the season for only
75c
Catch me at your home town
every week or drop me a line
and I will call at your home.
Meet me in Flatonia at the
City Cafe.
TOM THE HATTER
FACTORY: 1904 N. MAIN
HOUSTON, TEXAS
• C.
In the consiant search for new oil reserves
in Texas, even iTTL* dry hole's*benefit the com-
munities in which they ;ire drilled.
They mean empl ivment and wages for Texas
labor, lease monev for Texas farmers and
ranchers and main nfher expenditures which
benefit all lines of btisincis.
2,3<iO drv holes Were drilled in Texas’last
year at a cost of tiearlv 60 md I ion dollars.
Since oil was discovered in Texas, 52,000 dry
boles have been drilled in all sections of the
State at an expense of mere than one billion
dollar*!- * • **
This billion dollar research has already re-
sulted in the di overv in Texas ot over half
m *
of alt the known petroleum reserves of the
Nation. The creation of this weltlth will
benefit Texas citizens lor generations to
come.
Wlielhn the nil man wins or loses,
•the io>n»i)t'hiiy Tilwttys gains.
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from 1930.
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A. KANSAS CITY bridge burst into flames
one morning last spring. It twisted and
writhed under the terrific heat... then stout
steel spans splashed into the Kansas River.
“Voice bridges” went out of service, too.
For attached to the bridge were two large
telephone cables, containing wires to 1,700
telephones. It was a four-alarm for the tele-
phone repair crews — the men in the blue-
gray trucks. While flames still soared near
by, the reconstruction work began.
In a fire department rowboat they got(n'
line across the river. Emergency telephone*’’
were rigged up at strategic locations.
SOUTHWESTERN BELL
Then came a driving rain to make the task
even harder. All night they worked against
great odds. By midnight 60 telephones were
working. By breakfast time three-fourths of
the silenced telephones could speuk. That
afternoon telephone service was back t,o
normal.
Meeting—and whipping—emergencies is
a part of the telephone man’s job.
Your telephone service is backed
by skilled, loyal people whose ex-
perience in past emergencies
better equips them for the emerg-
encies of the future.
AMUICA
can depend
on the
Telephone
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Hawkes, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1940, newspaper, September 12, 1940; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth985405/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.