The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 9, No. 35, Ed. 1, Friday, May 9, 1947 Page: 3
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FRIDAY MAY 9 194
Baokhage
batch of clap
board houses
3t they line both
i sides of the street
for a whole block
in various
stages of comple
I tlon One group of
I workmen Is fin
ishing the grad-
ing on lots an
other hauls plas-
ter Into a house
still others un-
load door frames
I across the street
and put the fin
lshing touches to
the roof of a house being built for
a veteran
Go a little farther downtown and
you corrie to the Elm street houses
neat obviously new twobedroom
bungalows which have Just been sold
to veterans for 3250 each
On the other side of town In Park
Village you can drive for blocks
through winding streets flanked by
new houses partly completed houses
excavations for houses and every-
where the cheerful song of the ham-
mer and the saw the lap of pouring
concrete the thud of the pick in the
deep soil
When the lights go on at night
you will notice that a great many
of the oldfashioned three story
row houses In downtown York are
lighted from top to bottom Youd
guess that a lo of people were liv-
ing In those houses Youd be right
The buildings have been converted
Into small apartments
It looks as though York Is getting
Itself pretty well housed A glance
at the figures confirms Just how well
the town Is doing In 1940 York
built 613 new houses 100 per cent
more houses than were ever built
In any previous year of the citys
history n addition Yorkltes add-
ed 481 new dwelling units by con-
verting old houses into apartments
Of course this didnt Just hap-
pen It was made to happen by
a great many local people deter-
mined that Yorks veterans
would have a place to live
The big drive got under way last
year when a survey showed that one
out of every three York veterans
was 1 living doubled up with friends
or relatives In dilapidated old
buildings in need of major repairs
or In trailers without standard
plumbing facilities Thats the way it
was In York a year ago when Mayor
John L Snyder appointed an 18
member emergency housing com-
mittee
The committees decision was that
York should be able to provide
1200 new units In 1946 another
1800 this year They called a meet-
ing of every one concerned with hous-
ing asked each builder to stand up
and tell the group how many of
the needed houses he would build in
1946 until the pledges met the
quota
Shortages of materials were a se-
rious threat to this undertaking but
York builders had accepted their
quotas and were determined to build
houses When they couldnt find the
scarce materials near home they
went to Buffalo to Ohio to Hagers
town Md
Members of the housing commit-
tee pitched In with enthusiasm One
of them came back from a Sunday
drive with two kegs of nails In his
car bought on the spot when hedis
covered a little country hardware
store that had some Someone else
found a mlllwork concern In a near-
by town which had some door frames
for sale
To keep prices down local
builders voluntarily cut profits
One went so far as to take a prof-
it of only 50 per house on a
large group of veterans houses
Because converting to apartments
Is quicker and takes less materials
York also undertook a campaign
in this direction aided by the Cham-
ber of Commerce the local housing
expediter banks press and radio
In 1946 a year when shortages
brought building programs in many
communities to a dead stop York
built twice as many houses as had
been produced there in any previous
year Yorks goal for 1947 is 1800
new living units The folk in York
arent promising anything they
arent talking about what theyre go-
ing to do Cut In the first four
months of the year with the build-
ing season Just getting under way
theyve filed over 1100 applications
to build houses
Sphool Boys Learn Constitution
On a 140acro fruit farm a couple
of miles from Olcott Beach where
I used to go swimming and the name
of which was taken by one of the
sweet singers of the last genera-
tion some of ydu remember Chaun
cey Olcott of My Wild Irish Hose
anyhow on that farm a young
boy strained with the pruning
knife stretched to pluck the fuzzy
Niagara county peaches
That was scarcely a decade ago
On a bright March day this same
fellow now 17 fcame into my of-
fice Sincere was a graduate of a
Buffalo school we had something
in common despite the gulf of the
years We had something else in
common too I also bad once won
I prize In oratory
Mine had to do with a gentleman
named Spartacus when I was a
Masten Park high school entrant
Ills was a far more timely topic
th Constitution ofthe United States
Ills name is Edward Smith and hes
graduate of St Josephs on Main
Street In Buffalo
Smith Is on of the four national
winners of tha American Legions
oratorical contest held each year to
stimulate American high school-
boys to study and understand the
Constitution Never was such an un-
derstanding needed more
Winning was no cinch Two hun-
dred thousand boysfrom every state
entered this year Smith there
werent too many Smiths in this
contest ha told me had to face
rJne different critical audiences
one in his school one in the cltyof
Buffalo one In Erie county one In
tha district one In tha zone one in
the statej one In the region one
in the section and then the final heat
the national contest at Charles
ton W Va
Smiths them was that Americans
must not b too complacent about
tha dangers of Communism that
cur Constitution in Itself Is not pro-
tection for our form of government
that its duties and privileges must
constantly be exercised by every cit-
izen He told me incidentally that
Communism la relation to the Con
stitutlou was quite a popular sub-
ject amonj this fears contest en-
trants
Edward Smith of Buffalo a win-
ner In the American Legion ora-
torical contest based on the Con-
stitution Is being quizzed by
Baokhage also an exBuffalo
schoolboy en the BUI of Bights
HEMPHILL COtnJTY NEWS CANADIAN TEXA8
Profit 50 But Houses Are Built
Hammers Cheerful Song
Assures Homes for Vets
By BAUKHAGE
Newt Analyst and Commentator
WNU Service 1C16 Tye Street N W
Washington D O
Tblt h the third of m series describe
ing bow American ingenuity is help
inR to solve one ofAmericas biggest
problems toe G l s No 1 headache
the homing shortage
WASHINGTONHaVe you been
In York Pa lately Ita a big
little town of 50000 population In
southern Pennsylvania with a hin-
terland of rich farm country of the
famous Pennsylvania putch where
tables groan with sevensweetand
seveosour dishes as good victuals
as youll find though you wonder
the world between hors doeuvres
and baked alaskos from pole to pole
and back again
York Is a busy place a place of
bustling Industries whose products
are known from coast to coast It
Is also a town which can lift Its eyes
from the plowshare and the forge to
think simply and soundly about
caring for Its own Its a town of
Ingenuity
Valk out to the Midland avenue
section with me You come upon a
SCHOOL AT NORTHERNMOST OUTTOST There seems to be no
evading the traditional three Its These little Eskimo residents
of Point Barrow northernmost outpost of the tlnlted States are
learning them at the Tolnt Barrow school background from Amer-
ican teachers Point Barrow a little village covered by snow the year
around Is the center of extensive oil explorations started by the navy
in 1941
NEWS REVIEW
Big 4 Parley Is Failure
Wheat Pact Is Delayed
MOSCOW MEETING
Little Accomplished
After seven weeks of wrangling
the foreign ministers conference at
Moscow ended in a state banquet
Results of the parley were ex-
tremely disappointing even to
those whose expectations had been
small It had been hoped that a
treaty for Austria would be worked
out but even preliminary agree-
ments could not be reached The
more important matter of the Ger-
man treaty suffered the same fate
as expected
Secretary of State Marshall blunt-
ly blamed the Russians for ob-
structing the negotiations He
charged that the Soviet delegation
had widened rather than narrowed
our differences
Principal points of controversy
were the definition of German and
Austrian assets which the Russians
want as reparations and the disar-
mament and demilitarization plan
known as the four nation treaty
Almost the only proposition ac-
cepted was one Introduced by Rus-
sian Foreign Minister Molotov that
all German prisoners of war in
Allied hands be returned to Ger-
many by December 31 1048
Failure to complete the Austrian
treaty means that occupation troops
of the four powers will remain In
Austria for several more months
WAR GRAFT
Garsson Case Again
A new move In the drawnout war
contracts graft case of Representa-
tive May and the
Garsson brothers
will be Mays testi-
mony In his own
defense His law-
yer Sawyer Smith
told the court that
It Is untrue that the
71 year old Ken-
tucky politician
profited from deals
between the Gars
WARNS OF SURPLUSES
son munitions n Garsson
plants and Cum-
berland Lumber company Andrew
J May will take the stand and ex-
plain to you how every dollar of
that money was spent and bow not
one cent went to Andrew J May
the lawyer asserted
On trial with May are Henry and
Murray Garsson head of the war
materials s y n d 1
cate and Joseph
Freeman the Gars
son agent in Wash-
ington The govern
m e n t prosecutor
contends that May
received 5000 out-
right from the
Gars sons and two
checks for 1000
each for interven
M Garsson wIth war de-
partment offi-
cials In behalf of the companies
New evidence turned up by the FBI
according to the prosecutor Is the
typewriter used In preparing the
false invoices of the lumber com-
pany through which it is alleged
May received the bribes
WHEAT AGREEMENT
British Wont Sign
There will be no worldwide
agreement of wheat producing
countries on prices and marketing
procedures in the near future This
seems certain as the International
Wheat conference In London has
broken up on British refusal to sign
the proposed plan Negotiations have
been in progress for many weeks in
an attempt to formulate a fiveyear
price and marketing schedule
Sir Herbert Broadley British del-
egate explained his reason for re-
jecting the draft was that the price
scheme in it would not enable the
pHce of wheat to fall quickly
enough to a reasonable level The
United Kingdom cannot afford to
pay excessive prfces for its Im-
ports he said The world must
face much lower prices for wheat
than those ruling at present but we
want to see those prices achieved
in a manner which protects the pro-
ducer against hardship and enables
necessary switches to be made
without disaster
Delegates from Canada Australia
and India followed the British lead
Leslie Wheeler U S delegate
urged Immediate acceptance of the
draft Brazils delegate seconded
him This move was rejected
Wheeler then asked that the pro
posal bo sent to the International
wheat council which will be held In
Washington and that countries not
now adhering be Invited to Join The
conference accepted this request
NO RENT BOOST
House Kills 10 Plan
The house banking committee re-
versing its previous stand voted
down a proposal for a 10 per cent
blanket increase In rents It ap-
proved and sent on for action a bill
continuing controls until December
31 The senate banking committee
already has voted unanimously
against any raise and the senates
bill would continue control until
March 1 1948
The voteIn the house committee
was 14 to 10 As outlined by Rep-
resentative Wolcott chairman the
house bill provides
Continuance of rent control Just
about as It Is now until December
31 with the President having author-
ity by proclamation to keep ceilings
in effect until nexl March 1 if he
deems It necessary
A new provision whereby tenants
and landlords may voluntarily enter
lease contracts for up to 15 per cent
Increases in rent provided these
leases do not expire before Decem-
ber 31 1948
Strong Farm Program Urged
WASHINGTON Expanded con
sumption and adjusted production
are the major points of a strong
farm program recommended by
Edward A ONeal president of
American Farm Bureau federation
in testifying before the house agri-
culture committee
It would be tolly io assume that
we will not have burdensome sur-
pluses of farm produce again that
may wreck farm prices ONeal
warned
In endorsing reciprocal tirade
principles the farm leader declared
that sgrlcultura more than ever
needs an expanded volume of for-
eign ttads to absorb its output
Although deteriblng tha farm leg
Ulatlon slnte the early S0 as the
greatest cooperative endeavor be-
tween farmers and the govern
ment ONeal criticized a tend-
ency to develop centralized control
of these programs from Washing-
ton Instead be urged transfer of
larger authority to state extension
services as a means of effecting
savings in costs and providing
greater service to the masses of
farmers
ONeal informed the house com-
mittee which is Considering a long
range arm policy that his organi
xatlon Has not come to final conclu-
sions on the subject but be read
this statement
We recognize the desirability of
full agricultural production but
sericulture cannot maintain full
production It Udujlry is going to
maintain rigidly high prices by cut-
ting down production and applying
monopolistic controls or if labor is
going to insist upon maintaining
rigidly high wage rates and to con-
tinue such Increases in wages with-
out regard to productivity and to
enforce such rates with scarcity
policies which discourage consump
tion and throw people out of work
and onto relief rolls
It Is this approach which leads
to economic chaos
Farmers believe in an economy
of abundance and stand ready to
Join Willi Industry and labor to
achieve maximum production andl
maximum employment through
price policies and wage policies
which are geared to a maximum
level of consumption
Impnvid
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SUNDAY
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Br HAROLD I LUNDQUIST D D
Of Th Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Released by Vtsttrn Newspaper Union
Lesson or May 11
tf and Scrlphir UxU M
lion subject
Council of RtUslou Education uMd tor
permliilon
BEING LOYAL TO THUS
RELIGION
LESSONTEXTIKtnn 18 ZJ 11SO3J
MEMORY SELECTIONllear m O
Lord lliar me that this people may
know that thou art th Lord Cod and
that thou hast turned their heart Sac
again Kings IS 37
God meets the challenge of un
belief and sin through the ages to
Its different forms In the days of
Elijah it was the awful power of
the false religion of Baal which
threw its pall of heathenish im-
morality over the people
The prophet was Gods man of
courage In a day of unbelief and
sin To be courageous means to
steadilymeet perils of which one is
deeply conscious doing so because
of the call of duty Courage holds
a deeper and nobler meaning than
bravery carrying with It the Idea
of moral strength and in the case
of the Christian faith In God as one
devoted to his cause
The account of the conflict with
the prophets of Baal on Mount
Carmel Is a dramatic and InstruC
tlve story It shows that when Gods
man meets Gods enemy there Is an
open aboveboard honest victory
I Nothing Hidden vv 20 21 30
The appeal to Israel cut no cor
ners and mode no compromises
They must choose between the true
God and the false Baal They could
not hold to both or halt between two
opinions The same Is true today of
our relationship to Jesus Christ
The direct challenge at Mount
Carmel follows the same pattern
of out lntheopen dealing with the
problem
Men whose deeds are evil love
darkness rather than light God
does not have to work In the dark
All of his workings are in the open
sunlight Everyone Is welcome to
come near and see what Is done
Elijah knew God and ho acted
like Gods man What a tragedy it
Is that not all of Gods servants
have followed his example If we
had the open and above board deal-
ings of Elijah In the affairs of our
churches we might see more of the
Are and power of his ministry
Certain It Is that the admlnlstra
tlon of church affairs which has to
be carried out In hidden corners by
whispered conversations and by
secret manipulations behind the
scenes Is not Gods work at all It is
the work of man
II No Favors Asked w 3335
Elijah rebuilt the altar himself
He asked no help of the unbelieving
prophets of Baal or of apostate
Israel How old fashioned he seems
in this day when so much stress is
laid on a false unity of the faiths
and there Is so much solicitation
and acceptance by the church of
the help of unbelievers In financing
the supposed work of God
Note also that Elijah invited his
enemies to make the answer to his
prayer more difficult by pouring
water on the sacrifice This was not
on act of bravado It was for the
purpose of demonstrating that there
was no fraud He was willing that
the enemies of the truth should make
the demonstration more difficult if
that would be to Gods glory
There Is a delightful old fashioned
flavor about that act too in these
days when men are frequently will
lng to compromise with unbelief
and even with sin In order that the
work of the church may be carried
on without too much difficulty Hera
again we have an explanation of
the lack of spiritual power in our
times
The victory which came was
glorious testimony to the living
reality and the infinite power of
God It left
III No Glory to Man w 30b3J
3639
A man of bravery usually wants
recognition for himself while the
courageous man asks only that the
cause for which he fights shall be
successful
Elijah had long since demon
strated that he was absolutely fear-
less and sought no favor or glory
read the entire story Now1 in the
tenseness of this moment he care
fully rebuilds the altar of the true
God v 30 makes it a testimony of
unity to a divided Israel v 31
and he does it all In the name of
the Lord v 32
Ills prayer w 36 37 Is a pro
foundly simple expression of a rom
plete faith In the true God and his
power on the part of a man who
recognized himself as being only
the divine servant He made
plea that God would vindicate him
or his ministry but he did plead
that the name of the Lord should
be honored In the midst of an un
believing people
The fire of the Lord fell Th
lying prophets of heathendom were
routed Many recognized Jehovah
as the true Qoo While Israel did
not long remember tha lessoq
learned here the story has con
tlnued as a testimony that win
strengthen the people of Ood u
long as time continues
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speak the woman s name first unless tha
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II the people are both the same sex pre-
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ASH ME l
I ANOTHER I
A General Quiz
1 How much heavier than air Is
water
2 Can n member of congress be
Impeached
3 What country is the birth-
place of the piano
4 How does the size of India
compare with that of the United
States
5 Was Casey of Casey at
the Bat a real person
The Answers
1 Water Is 775 times
heavier
than air
2 No but each house can with
concurrence of twothirds expel a
member
3 Italy
4 Onehalf the size
5 Yes He was David M Casey
He played with the National league
Phillies Ernest Thayer wrote the
poem in 1838
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MOR0L1NE
PETHOUUMi JEUY AT ITS IIST
lun tain
PROBLEMS
tha nan with a Dodioa
fiflo knows bis fd cost
His stock will have bailor
rallons and ftadln Is
aslsr Ask lor Uterahu
on Dodsons Una Silos
tjiodablns farm buildings
Women In your 40aI Doea this
functional amiddle > ag4 > period pecul
naahes nervous hishstrung weak
tired teellngi Then do try Lvdla H
jtnUiama Vegetable Compound to
rtlleva such symptoms Its jamoua
for thla puipoMi
Taken regularly PLnkhama Com-
pound helps build up reslatanoa
against such distress Thousands bar
reported benefltl Also a very aSeotlva
stomachla tonlo Worth trjtngl
Storlnr Bntler
The best place to store butter Is
In a refrigerator where the temper-
ature Is always below 10 degrees or
better still below sero
Soviets Stud U S Books
Soviet Russia purchased during
1948 over S129000 worth of Ameri-
can technical books of all publish
era
Forest Impounds Water
The forest Is considered the most
effective cover or natural reservoir
for Impounding water
Milk Made from Water
About 87 per cent of the mlDa a
cow lives Is made from water
Beauty Dint
Make sure your face Is washed up
before It Ismada up
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