The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1943 Page: 2 of 12
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HALL of
Permanent
STATE,
Texas Museum
By JOE COOP EH
521 Xeches Street, Dallas, Texas.
'Copyright, 1943, by the Southwest Magazine Co.)
MANY visitors to the Texas Cen-
tennial Exposition, held in Dal-
las in 1936, will remember the
' Texas Hall of State," a beautiful
structure of native stone that was ereet-
1 'it a cost of $1,200,000 in com-
. :.;c:ation of Texas heroes as part
ot the Centennial program. After hous-
ing the historical exhibits at the Ex-
position, the building was leased by the
State to the city of Dallas and now
houses much of the original Centennial
historical exhibits as well as the ex-
hibits of the Dallas Historical Society.
This Society, founded 20 years ago,
has assembled in the Hall of State
an impressive collection of Texas early
day relics, manuscripts, mementoes and
such other things as authenticate the
social, economic and political life of Tex-
as pioneers. The Society has acquir-
ed, during the past 20 years, over 750,-
000 items, and the volume is increasing.
A total of 29,195 items were received in
1942 from 503 donors (all materials
must be donated since the Society has
no funds with which to purchase them).
Although known as the Dallas His-
torical Society, it is in reality a Texas
institution, chartered by the State of
Texas and "dedicated to the discovery,
collection, preservation and publication
of books, newspapers, maps, geneal-
ogies, portraits, paintings, relics, manu-
scripts, letters, journals, and any and
all materials which may establish and
illustrate Texas (local and regional)
history, and the cultivation of a taste
for historical inquiry and study."
Needed a Spacious Museum Building
For many years Texas has needed a
spacious museum building like the Hall
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of State. This magnificent structure
will help consecrate and perpetuate our
State's glorious past. With gigantic
murais and heroic statuary inside and
out, it is indeed the perfect setting for
accumulation of such materials as it
now holds and will hold.
Complete with an ornate and acousti-
cally perfect lecture hall, storage rooms.
toffices, reading rooms, vault for safety
of precious relics, the museum space
proper is made up of four high-ceiling-
ed walnut-pannel-
led rooms cabi-
net-lined and ar-
tistically lighted.
The building's
foyer is most im-
pressive with
huge C o p p i n i
bronzes of six
famous Texas pi-
oneers — James
VV. Fannin, Mira-
beau B.Lamar,
Stephen F. Aus-
tin, Sam Hous-
ton, Thomas J.
Rusk and William
B. Travis — who
seem to stand as
sentinels over en-
trances to rooms
which contain so
much val u a b 1 e
material.
Truly the entire
Hall of State building
perserved against
tyranny, savage-
ry, isolation and
all of the other
thi n g s which
made life hard,
yet constructive.
'Capable Staff
Geo. B. Dealey, publisher of the Dal-
las Morning News, has been president
of the Dallas Historical Society since
1934. He gives freely much of his time
to the work of the Society.
Capably staffed under direction of
Dr. Herbert Gambrell, long a member
of the faculty of Southern Methodist
University, the Society is making pro-
gress. Only recently it came into pos-
session of the original journal of the
convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos
newspapers which he lv'!:',p£xa*homes,
teriorating in hundreds ' ^ future
"We can preserve them for the *7hey
if people will send them tous, as y
should, for they might be of
toric value sometime, he
Longhorn Branding Irons and PlaqueH
The Society has been able to o> am
more than 800 branding irons:in ts col
lection of early Texas cattle J'™30
There is a section of wooden gas
^aifl
used in Dallas many years ago.
flag of the Confederacy,
guns and knives and
There
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There are about 800 plaques also m
collection and many photograph*, ol ^
whose names are almost leg
days of the Longhorn.
Too lengthy for description here a
reproductions of an old-time apo
shop. Adjacent is a tobacco shop, com-
plete even to the wooden Indian. Als
in a niche of its own is an ear■ y y
dental parlor with its complement ot in-
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HALL of STATE, former Texas Centennial Exposition building:, now a permanent Texas museum.
is a challenge
to the Dallas Historical Society to ob-
tain from the heirs of early Texans
those things which tell, as only ma-
terial things can tell, how the hardy
pioneers of more than a century ago
set about to carve from a wilderness the
commonwealth that now is Texas; how
they and those who came after them
MORE BOMBS
for Hitler
(Copyright—New York Times)
THE R. A. F. giant block-buster bomb
is a black and ugly object, 8 feet 4
inches long, 2 feet 1 inch thick, and
eighs 4,000 pounds. About 2,200 of
s 4,000 pounds are TNT and newer,
ecret explosives, the rest are shell
"1 fuses. Dropped from 20,000 feet,
i hits the ground at a speed of almost
GOO miles an hour. It pulverizes
v. hatever it strikes and buries itself
v eep. Then it explodes. The bomb
case shatters into more than 6,000
fragments that fly at 4,000 to 7,000 feet
a second and may spray for 7,000 feet.
The explosion itself will smash every-
thing within 120 feet
of the bomb. Ground
tremors may cause
brick walls blocks
away to collapse.
In early March block-
busters were falling
on Germany and Nfczi-
occupied land in
mounting nu m b e r s.
Allied bombers were
hammering at com-
munication lines and
war plants. The offen-
sive starting last Jan-
uary seemed aimed at
one great objective—
to soften the German
resistance as a prelude
to Allied invasion of
the Continent. His-
toric cities came under
the bombsight as
planes raided Rennes,
ancient capital of Brit-
tany, and twice pound-
ed Rouen, in whose
market-place Joan of
Arc met martyrdom.
In one of the heaviest
raids in history from
1,000 to 3,000 tons of
bombs were dropped
on the industrial city
of Essen, all but wip-
ing out the town and
the great Krupp arms
works. Symbolic of
what was happening
to Germany was the
fate of the two shrine cities of the
Nazis, Munich and Nuremberg.
Munich Dear to Germans
Fourth largest city in the Reich, larg-
est in Bavaria, Munich was the center
of softer culture in the old Germany.
The Nazis made Munich, birth place of
their party, a political center.
On this old city of the "Mad King of
Bavaria" Allied bombers recently drop-
ped more than 500 tons of bombs. Block-
busters were aimed at the Haupt Bahn-
hof, Munjch's central railroad station,
through which traffic flows to Italy
and France, and at the city's locomotivfe
works and motor car factories. Nails
said some" fell on other objectives—on
the Pinakothek art gallery, less than a
block and a half from the Brown House,
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historic headquarters of the Nazi party.
Long ago, when trade to the East
passed through Southern Germany and
the Balkans, Nuremberg grew up
around a castle that guarded the route.
The town fell on evil days when sea
routes to the Orient were discovered,
but soon it grew again, a city of fairy
tales, of gingerbread, beer and toys.
Tourists came to see its old walls,
ancient courtyards, oriel windows and
to wander up the hill to the Burgrave's
Castle and look out over the roofs and
spires and gilded cupolas.
Hitler selected Nuremberg as
rallying place for the Nazi party.
the
He
i
m
R6ICH
built great stadiums there for party
meetings. He turned the toy factories
to making machine guns, the machine
shops to making Diesel engines for
planes, tanks and submarines. Skilled
-workmen labored for 'hours in the
Siemens-Schukert airplane factory.
Halifaxes, Stirlings and Lancasters
bombing planes sought and found these
factories. Other buildings suffered when
block-busters fell and exploded. From
the Germans came the accusation: "The
British deliberately attacked and de-
stroyed beautiful medieval buildings in
the central part of Nuremberg."
10,000 Bomb Tons Dropped in One
Month
.How hard these blows were hitting
Germany was revealed by Sir Archibald
where Texas declared its independence
from Mexico. The manuscript, unre-
ported for almost a century, appeared
on the market about 1935 with a price
of $100,000. After changing hands at
least twice, the manuscript now rests
safely in the Society's vault, thanks to
the patriotism of an East Texan. That
same spirit of support has been evidenc-
ed by many Texans who held museum
pieces upon which no price was fixed.
Space will only permit mention of
a few items in the vast Hall of^State col-
lection. One case is filled with hand-
tools, brought by French colonists wno
settled LaReunion in western Dallas
county in the late fifties. Crude, yet
efficient-looking, are these hand-made
bits, augers, chisels, planes, knives,
spades, awls and hand-hewn shoe lasts.
Then there is a "hat-tub"—a bathtub
of a style few Texans ever saw. It does
resemble a hat in shape. Of sheet
metal, it measures about four feet
across the flaring top which rises about
a foot above the floor, Sloping toward
the center, it converges into a catch-
basin at the bottom which takes care of
the overflow. There is a low seat, upon
which the bather sat with feet in the
catch basin, while an attendant poured
water over his shoulders for the bath.
v First P. O. Box
In another case is the first postoffice
box used in city of Dallas—a canvas
strip about 3x4 feet onto which are
sewn a series of pockets to hold the
letters and other mail.
The collection of early fire-fighting
apparatus is crude indeed. There is a
bit of leather hose and a leather bucket,
hand-drawn hand pumps, small scale
working models of mobile equipment,
various types of hats, a loud-sounding
hand-rattle used as a fire alarm and a
lot of other miscellaneous items.
One case contains material relative
to Geo. C. Childress, author of the Tex-
as Declaration of Independence. There
is a photographic copy of the original
draft, a tinted miniature of Childress
and an etching of his birthplace.
Tribulations of a newspaper in war-
time is emphasized by a collection of the
Houston Telegraph as published during
the War Between the States. Original-
ly 6 columns, 24 inches in depth, the
Telegraph was reduced, as paper short-
ages continued, to 5 columns by 18
inches, then 4 columns by 15 inches;
then 3 columns by 12 inches, and finally
2 columns by 8 inches. There are five
different kinds of paper used in the
printing, including wrapping and wall
paper, each inferior to its predecessor.
Craftsmen of Dallas have volunteer-
ed to assist in completing an early Tex-
as print shop. Already there is an old
Ben Franklin hand-press, an old proof
press, a composing stone and a few other
odds and ends. Badly needed are bits
of old hand-cut type, old style type
cases, etc. Speaking of printing, recalls
Dr. Cambrell's plea for copies of old
t, Sinclair, the British Air Secretary. He
told the House of Commons that in
February the R.A.F. had dropped 10,-
000 tons of bombs over enemy territory,
half as much again as the total for Jan-
uary. During the first ten days of
March 4,000 tons were dropped. Some
2,000 factories and industrial plants
have been destroyed, about 1,000,000
Germans made homeless and 1,250,000
tons of steel production lost through
damage in the Ruhr and Saar Valleys
alone.
Germany's great industrial city of
Essen, pounded heavily by the R.A.F.
in two recent large-scale raids, and
many before, was pictured as a scene
(Continued on Page 5, column 3)
—PAGE In-
struments of torture. There is furni-
ture, hand-made of course, used by the
first settlers of Texas. Dr. Gambrell
is anxious to obtain more of the items
of home and industry with which the
frontier moved ahead, such things as a
candle mold, a hand-made rolling pin
and other kindred items, "the every day
things," he calls them.
Throughout the building are single
odd-looking items by the hundreds.
e.
na wearing anr^
every period in the State's hfag
Students by the thousands study th
relics. They come from grade sch0
high school and college, singly and '>
large groups. Boy scouts spend rim
time looking over Indian lelics and
ing questions.
No Admission Charge
The Society boasts that the museum
is open every day in the year, Sunday
and holidays, with no admission charge
Its working staff includes artisans'
experts in restoration and many itern'
are overhauled until their donors
would not recognize them. ' Wc even
wash and iron some of the manuscript"
Dr. Gambrell said, "so if people have
relics which we should have they should
not hestitate to send them to us because
of condition or appearance. In fact, if
they &re in poor condition we would
rather have them like that than have
them perhaps completely destroyed by
someone who does not understand re.
habilitation work."
"We have had one handicap," Dr
Gambrell emphasized. "Our name, Dallajj
Historical Society, has confused some
people into believing our motives and in.
terests might be selfish, but such is not
the case. We want to build the best
possible factual history of Texas—that
is our one objective—and our interest
is State-wide. We are proud of our
facilities for preserving and displaying
Texana and we believe that we have
made a good start. We know where
there are lots of things which we'd like
to have—and we'll get some of them,
But lots of people have things, I believe,
which they realize should be preserved
and I want them to know that we have
facilities to do just that."
• Yes, it is most appropriate that a
building which is "Texas" from roof to
basement—cornices, friezes, columns,
panels, niches, corridors, halls and every
other component part—should house
such a fine collection of Texana. All.
in-all, it is symbolic of the spirit of Tex-
as, past and present.
WILL ROGERS,
Congressman
Jr.
A
By MALVINA STEPHENSON
(Kansaa City Star)
SERIOUS-FACED young man,
Will Rogers, Jr., son of the late
cowboy humorist, Will Rogers,
came to the new Congress in January
as a representative from California.
Will tossed his hat in the political ring
last summer before enlisting in the
Army. He wanted to do a part in this un-
precedented struggle for a better world.
Pvt. "Bill" Rogers, who speedily rose
through the ranks to become lieutenant,
was swept to victory without a cam-
paign speech. Before accepting his new
post, however, he had to withdraw from
active duty in the 899th Tank Destroyer
Battalion, according to the President's
"Is he
a, vTnip
m
When Will, Jr., was Lieutenant Uogers In
battalion.
a tank
about Young Rogers:
off the old block?"
The young man, himself, insists that
he isn't funny, and he certainly doesn't
try to be a professional humorist. But
there" is a dry wit and subtlety in his
pithy comments.
Born Too Late
As for following his father's lead into
the show business, Will's wife says he
was "born thirty years too late." He
loved the era of the vaudeville, but it
may be more of a nostalgia, because he
rarely ever attends a movie, unless to
study it as a vehicle for propaganda or
other social influence.
Born in New York City October 20,
1911, Will Rogers, Jr., literally
grew up on the vaudeville circuft.
His father was very devoted to his
family, and took them with him
around the country. On stuffy
afternoons in the cities, the Rog-
ers children would be brought to
the theater. While the elder Rog-
ers rehearsed his rope act, the kids
would skate around the stage. This
served a dual purpose, because it
not only kept them off the streets
but provided handy lasso targets
tor their rope-twirling father.
The family's first permanent
home was in Beverly Hills, Cali-
fornia, where Rogers senior great-
ly expanded his income as a movie
star. Here, young Rogers grad-
uated both from grammar and
high school. With his brother,
Jimmie, and sister, Mary, Will, Jr.,
joined his father in the family polo
team, but he was quite studious
ahd really preferred to burn the
midnight oil rather than to ride
the range. He majored in philoso-
phy at Stanford University, and
there met a brilliant young west-
ern girl who later became his wife.
She was Collier Connell, and I
found her to be as individual as
her name.
directive for congressmen last Julv He,PS Her Husband
Of course, any freshman in Congress WoTI' £°gers helps her husband in his ,
must be cautious to get off on the right Washington office, doing the work of
foot, but it s an added problem for the ^ F1^' answering telephone calls
son of such a famous father. YourS an? letters.
vV ill, however, has displayed that fa- ..„jn,^ hington the new Congressman
miliar knack of his father's for making UI! I1 banning wife live in a modest .
nip* among Senators and Representa- th«n in the southeast section, al- .
♦r ii • . ™ough the northwest is the favorite ;
would Hke a spot on th77m™1 he "*■ ^ a"d resid^ntial
foreign affair,, committ«?b,Hffi
the older members to have the priority
i -,i T°U ,ha^ any vaca"cies left over
maticalfy? * he aclded ®
At any rate he got his important
committee post, and now is prepaJedSJ
plunge full force into the lSH»
side of the job to win the war and e
Here's the moet common ^
California, their home is a 5-acre .
isolatl? a" ?}d oil «eld. "We enjoy the ;
bodv 4. rs1, Rogers laughed. N°*
soil io to move in dose, and the
soil is very rich." *
th» is more what she terms
the urban" tvDe. Mr« Rnirers likes /
proceeds to get her share ,
"T ^thf,lrilttle 5-acre place. , . '•,
ri,d aH the work on the farm last m
continued on. Page 4, column 5)
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The Shackelford County Leader (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1943, newspaper, April 8, 1943; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth417034/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.