The Herald (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1942 Page: 4 of 8
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THE HERALD, BAY CITY, TEXAS
Thursday, February 26, 1942
MEN WILL BE INDUCTED SAME DAY GIVEN PHYSICAL
• ••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••a*************** * " * •
ARMY AND NAVY COMB COAST FOR RECRUITS^
Unde Sam
Needs Men
At Once I
Good Pay And
Good Food Are
Enticing To Men
The United States Army and
"Navy are combing the coastal coun-
try for recruits.
Sergeant Harry B. Luckemeyer,
Army recruiting officer in Bay
City, has vacancies available for
Flying Cadets and Parachute
Tkwpers. It is urgent that Uncle
Sam recruit men for these divisions
at once.
The sergeant said the Army has
vacancies in other branches, such
as infantry, field artillery, signal
corps, and so on.
"Interested young men are urged
'taxocmtact Sergeant Luckemeyer nt
his office in the basement of the
Fostoffire in Bay City.
Lieutenant Commander B. D.
Wood, U. S. N R., officer-in-charge
«f She -Navy Recruiting Station nt
305 Postoffice Building, Houston,
announces that Lieutenant-Com-
mander H. J. Duncan, C. E. C.—
''V fS), U. S. N. R., examining of-
ficer far .the civil engineer corps
of the United States Naval Reserve,
will be in Houston tomorrow and
Saturday to Interview men wishing
to enlist in the Naval Reserve as
construction gang workers.
"Tlse Navy urgently needs men
for such construction crews exper-
ienced in the following trades and
'work; Baker, boatman, chainman,
chauffeur, draftsman, pharmacist,
rodman, laborer, hospital attend-
ant, cook, carpenter, steward, trans-
it and level man, concrete worker,
idriller. electrician, crane operator,
steel worker, pipe-fitter, pipeman,
rood machine operator, and other
nUind trades, Lieutenant-Comman-
tder Wood said.
AH men who desire to enlist in
'the Naval Reserve with ratings bas-
ed up«u their qualifications in these
jtr^des are urged; to apply at the
Houston recruiting station. Good
lay, good food and clothing allow-
ances are available to men who
The Navy’s tremendous expan-
aa program' in the construction of
«Afi*i>anal shore stations and bases
is of vital necessity to the conduct
-of the war and the majority of men
•fdisted under these qualifications
as tils class V-6 will be assigned to
t]ms duty, the lieutenant-comman-
der said.
A TJ. S. Navy Recruiting Sub-
Station is located in the Postoffice
Balding at Galveston. Another is
located in Victoria with Chifef Ray
George in charge.
Applications for ilghter than air
draining at the Naval Air Station,
Inkehurst, N. .1.. are being taken.
Bay City Man Is In "Hell
On Earth"—Tough Marines
The Herald; has received a let-
ter from a Bay City man who re-
cently enlisted in the United States
Marines.
He’s Huss Shearer—his address,
Platoon 15{», M. C. B,, San Diego,
Calif.
“This is the first time I have
had time to think since I landed,”
Shearer writes. “As you know, the
life of a Marine is tough. It is hell-
on-earth, but the Marines arc a
part of the U. S. A. and I love her
dearly.
“My boot camp training is al-
most over. After that it won’t be
so bad. We leave for the rifle range
Monday. It is 14 miles from San
Francisco and they have promised
us ‘shore leave.’ Do you have any
addresses you could send me? (Edi-
tor’s note: Pssst, pul, I’ll write you
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FAITH—
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with your life, the spiritual world
will allow the careless and darken-
ed spirits to make life’s greatest
decisions unaware of the total nb
sence of spiritual illumination. So
many in the world today are mak-
ing life decisions while their con-
sciences are asleep or guided by a
rationalized philosophy of life that
has left God out of the decision en-
tirely.
This black-out in the spiritual
realm of life is also a man-made
black-out. They have been put
out by our own hands, and yet
the Universe will not excuse you
when, in that total darkness of
spirit and soul, you choose the
wrong path for your life. For the
Universe is aware of the fact that
God once said. “Let therf be
light and there was light,” and as
far as those who care to walk
in its glow that light still shines.
Paul would have all Christians
acknowledge this fact when he says,
“Give thanks unto the Father who
hath delivered us from the power
of darkness.’’ Yes, it is possible for
us to walk in the Light of God even
in Life’s darkest hours.
And these dark hours have been
and are still with many.
Only the most unconcerned and
complacent minds will doubt that
the world has fallen apart and
plunged into spiritual darkness.
Ours is a starkly, bitterly-tragic
world. We have ourselves to thank
lor the tragedy.
We made our choice in spiritual
darkness and we now live in a
world that is wrapped in sackcloth
and ashes. Surely there is some
answer, some explanation for the
black-out that now hangs so heav-
ily over the world? What has caus
ed? If we know the cause then
possibly we can apply the cure; if
not to the whole world, then at least
to our own spirits, that, even
though the world sits in darkness,
we can walk in the Light of God.
1. First, Darkness IS THE RE-
SULT OF WRONG THINKING.
What has produced this wrong
thinking in our world? Well, in
the realm of faith man has been
confronted with a threefold di-
lemna. He has been subjected to
a school of educators who have
taught three apparent certainties:
1. The Universe is the result of
natural causation; 2. Man is pri-
marily biological and his actions
are the result of external cause;
and 3. That which is secular, or
material, is alone important.
The scientist has hammered into
the mind of man for two-score
years that he is the product of nat-
ural causes. That finally eliminates
the necessity of a Creative Intelli-
gence. By this argument you can
account for the highest in man by
natural causes. This paved the way
for behavoristic psychology, and
all the other theories that have
cursed man. Our totalitarian ideo-
logies are by a by-product of this
naturalism.
It teaches us that the universe
is not interested in personality.
Man is a mechanized unit in a
world that exists for itself. Thus
man becomes a means to an end
and thus must accept the fate de-
creed by the state.
Thus the biological man, to be
lifted from a place of importance in
a natural world, must deify hrm-
self, since there is no God, no first
cause that will save him. He exists
but to serve the full expression and
urge of the body.
He is not free and therefore
'is not responsible. The literary
defense for such idea was furnish-
ed by Theodore Dreiser and it re-
ceived its legal protection from
Clarence Darrow and his kind.
Man was not really guilty in the
moral realm; he was but a victim.
Since he was not free, therefore,
he was free to do as he pleased.
a letter—somebody might be rend-
ing this!)
“When I got settled I am going
to start taking The Herald. Would
you mind sending me the rates, and
if you have a sample send it along.
How many other boys in the ser-
vice arc taking The Herald? (Edi-
tor’s note: Quite a lot). Would
like to hear from Bowie Pier and
the rest.
“If you have any space left in
your paper, tell all my friends hello
that I don’t have time to write.
“As your reward I will send you
two Jap ears. Be sure anrt tell Vic
Driscoll hello and if we don’t have
a winning team this year I won’t
get back with all my hide after all
the bragging I have done here in
the platoon.
“I don’t know much to say except
I would like to see a paper from
home.
"Please pardon the writing and
spelling and the crazy sound of the
letter. I am writing it on the floor
of my tent with two other boys.
This tent, by the way, is 8x8, so
you can see how much room three
men have.”
(Editor’s note: Thanks for the
letter, Huss, The Herald would like
t(T hear from you and others in the
armed services as much as pos-
sible.)
Axis Aliens
Must Obtain
Certificates
A warning to Axis aliens now re-
siding in the Southern Federal Dis-
trict Court territory of Texas to
apply for certificates of identifica-
tion by Saturday or be subject to
severe penalties, including inter-
ment, was issued by Dougles W.
McGregor, United States District
Attorney.
“There will be no extension of the
Saturday deadline,” he emphasized.
The certificates may be applied for
at any first or second-class post-
office in a county seat.
Thus runs the paradox.
And one of the most embarrass-
ing results of this wrong-thinking
is to find that parents are in com-
plete accord with it. They will agree
that this is one of the basic causes
of the youth problem and yet you
find all kinds of trashy reading in
the homes that promote this very
cause.
How many parents who are wor-
ried about the associates and friends
of their children are perfectly un
concerned with the literary com-
panions that they permit their
children to have in their homes.
This matter of secular interpreta-
tion of life has thrown life into di-
rect conflict with the Church. It
is not surprising then to find so
many people who are constantly
condemning the Church for acting
as a judge in the matters of blatant
violation of what is true and right.
If the Church is the light and has
the light, and the world sits in
darkness, then there is bound to be
constant battle between the two.
The Church is not judging when it
says that black is black. She is but
pronouncing a fact.
II. DARKNESS IS THE RE-
SULT OF WRONG ACTING.
But there is a natural fruitage
of wrong thinking. If a person
thinks wrong and believes wrong,
can you expect him to act right.
For twenty years we have been
beautiful. In spite of all the Nazi-
ism of Germany and the aggres-
siveness of the Japanese, there
are certain causes which must be
faced and understood.
A good student of economics
could answer easily a large num-
ber of the questions which have
baffled the Christian. Why? Be-
cause we have offered an imper-
fect witness of a great truth. We
have not found the grace to en-
shrine in our living the great truths
we have listened to in our preach-
ing. Thus we face the problem of
individual darkness moving on un-
til it has enshrouded the nations
of the world.
Is there any wonder that despair
has clutched many hearts and
minds?
But in all this darkness there is
Light. The children of God
through the power of God have been
delivered^ from the power of dark-
ness. There is no reason for us to
walk in this moral and spiritual
black-out. This light is a Divine in-
heritance of the saints, granted un-
to them as a family birthright.
There is no reason that any child
of God should ever find himself
walking in the darkness of in-
tellectual and moral confusion.
III. WE HAVE THE LIGHT OF
FAITH.
The Christian should not be dis-
couraged by facing squarely the
facts. If the world in which he lives
is one of darkness then so much
the brighter should be his Christian
witness. Light always shows up
better when its dark. The hours
when the Christian light has shown
the brightest have been the hours
of the world’s greatest darkness.
Against the grim, da*k back-ground
of the Cross the Love of God shone
forth more brilliantly than men had
ever seen it before.
The light of this faith should
grow rather than diminish. It was
so in the life of Paul. He was
speaking of this light in this text.
It first pierced the darkened soul of
Paul at the stoning of Stephen. He
Kniff Kong Cox
Faces Gorilla
In Main Event
“King Kong” Cox will face Go-
rilla Macias in one main-event, and
Sandor Szabo, recently dethroned
heavyweight champion of the world
will tangle Yonug Bobby Munagoff
in the other top battle of Morris
Sigel’s double main-event mat card
Friday night at the City Auditor-
ium, and each match will go for
the best two out of three falls, with
a 60 minute time limit.
But, if the top portion of the
card is attractive, the preliminar-
ies also have their good points, and
certainly bear presaging. For in-
stance, in the top supporting bout,
Irish Jack Kennedy will face Ivan
Managoff. Just to mention this
pairing should be enough, but if it
isn’t then it will suffice to recall
their one previous meeting here six
weeks ago at the Sam Houston Col-
iseum, in a battle that had the raf-
ters ringing. Their return will be
a honey.
Third battle on the program pits
Ray Clements, the pugnacious Lub-
bock cowboy, versus Cecil McGill,
the leg-adept Oklahoma youngster.
In the second go, Sergeant Rich,
outweighed last week, but not out-
battled, will face Eddie O’Shea, a
light - heavyweight veteran, for
whom Promoter Sigel searched far
afield, in ordei‘ to afford his fans
a good look at Rich’s abilities.
In the opener, Babe Zaharias, the
crying Greek will return, to meet
Miguel Torres, the Mexican lad who
looks, acts, and wrestles like Elis
Bashara.
Tickets, priced 6(J cents, 85 cents,
$1.15 and $1.65 are on sale at the
Auditorium Hotel Drag Store. Res-
ervations, accompanied by cash-
ier’s check or money order, should
be sent to Morris Sigel, 502 Milam
Building, Houston.
76 Men Selected
As Auxiliary
Firemen
Seventy-six Bay City men have
been selected as auxiliary firemen
of the Bay City Volunteer Fire De-
partment, It was announced Wed-
nesday by Fire Chief Fred Friday.
These men are asked to be present
Friday night at 8 o’clock at the City
Mall for instructions.
Mr. Friday said they would re-
ceive training in first aid, fire de-
fense, gas defense, a general course,
drill work, and incendiary bomb ex-
tinguishment.
Men uceepted in the auxiliary
are: Willie Allinieee, Arthur G.
Baer, Ronu V. Baker, Emmett W.
Baughman, Thomas B. Bedingfield,
C. F. Blanchard, Moses Brce, Aus-
tin B’-uinley, Perry Bryant, Tom
Burchfield, Doncinno Bustos, Edgar
Byrd, Randolph Cox, Charles B.
Crum, Litlard B. Crosby, Horace A.
Davis, Manuel Denn, Sidney Denn,
Louis Rambin DeSoto, John An-
thony Dillard.
W. F. Dillenback, Panfilo Enri-
quiz Jr., Kenneth Etie, Lynn A.
Fothergill, Lunn Gilmore, John Go-
la, Conger J. Hale, William James
Henry, Ray S. Hernandez, Edward
Hickl, Morris Hines, Roy Hogden,
Robert Homuth, Earl Johnson, Paul
S. Jones, K. C. Jones, Jake Kusman,
C. B. Keener, C. E. Fafferty, H. W.
Laird, William T. i.axson, Clifford
Jack Lee, Dillard E. Looney, Lad-
die Lowe, Walter A. Luna.
Marcelino Martinez, Francis J.
Milbergcr, Rodell Franklin Matte-
son, Thomas 0. Miller, James Mor-
gan, Randolph Morgan, George W.
McIntosh, Minn Norris, C. D. Os-
born, Milton G. Osborne, Dave
Paine, Claudie Poole, F. Pete Reina.
William Alvin Rice, Rudolph
Robles, Hillman P. Rouse, Dean
Cecil Smith, R. J. Smith, Weldon
Bailey Smith, Julius Monroe Snider,
t’eodor Suniga, James John Svet-
lik, Rommy Trevino Valle, Earl P.
Vaughn, J. D. Voyles, Harvey
White, Jack Windfield White, A. W.
Williams, Charlie Denman Williams.
Pete Cawthon
Seeks Coaches
For U. Sw Navy
Pito Cawthon, former Texas
Tech football coach and now repre-
senting the Bureau of Aeronautics
of the Navy Department, is seeking-
high school and college coaches and
physical instructors us applicants
for commissions under the Navy’s
physical training program in new-
ly-established aviation reception
centers.
Coaches or athletic directors may
write to Cawthon at Room 3915,
Navy Building, Bureau of Aeronau-
tics, Washington, D. C.
Only men with coaching or ath-
letic directing experience need ap-
ply. Those accepted will be given a
course in Navy indoctrination and
upon completion will be commis-
sioned officers. Requirements are
the passing of the Navy’s standard
line officer examination.
first speaks of it as a “light from
heaven." But as the fellowship of
Christ deepens the Damascus road
experience becomes more real.
In his defense before the Sanhe-
drim he speaks of it as “A Great
Light.” And finally before Agrip-
pa he speaks of it as "Transcend-
ing the Glory of the Sun.” In our
hour of darkness we will have to
begin where we are, taking the
faith’s grain of mustard seed, plant
it in the confidence of the Fatherly
God, nurture it with love’s sunshine
and water it with the rains of jus-
tice, honor, nndl brotherhood.
We have listened to all these oth-
er arguments long enough. It is
time for us now to listen to the
voice of the Spirit, “In the Begin-
ning God.”
Yes, darkness was upon the
face of the deep, the world was
without form and void, but God
said, “Let there be light and there
war. light.” ,
That was the beginning of the
end for darkness. Then finally
Glory of that light for all men
was revealed when Jesus stood on
the earth and said,
“I am the Light of the World
which lighteth every man that
cometh into the world.”
Randall Clark of Orange spent
the week-end here visiting his fam-
ily and friends.
LeRoy Bickle of Dallas was a
business visitor in Bay City the
last few days.
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CONSIGNEE
WiMti Gulli;
BAY CITY
. . TEXAS
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hurley, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Williams, and Miss
Gladys McSpaden attended the Ara-
bia Temple's annual ball for the
benefit of crippled children in Hous-
ton Monday night.
Former Bay City
Man Announces
For Harris Judge
Edmond J. DeCoux, who was
reared in Bay City, has announced
his candidacy for County Judge of
Harris County (Houston) in the
July Democratic Primary.
Mr. DeCoux has lived in Hous-
ton since 1909. He has practiced
law with offices in the Bankers’
Mortgage Building since 1921.
Ths is his first venture nto poli-
tes as a canddate, although he has
managed the campaigns of several
friends seeking office.
His la wpractice has been both
criminal and civil, and he has tak-
en an active interest in civic and
fraternal affairs and has gained a
wide acquaintance in the county.
He is a member of the First Christ-
ian Church, and has served on the
finance board and the board of
elders.
Mr. DeCoux is married and has
three children. One son is in the
U. S. Army and another, Jacques, a
senior in the School of Law at The
University of Texas, expects to en-
ter the Army at the end of the
present school term.
A daughter is married and lives
in Wharton. The family resides at
2146 West Main, Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Huston were
Houston visitors Monday.
Frank Long of Alvin is spending
a few days here with his son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J.
G. Long.
Swat a Stick on Hitler!
Percentage Due
To Deferrment
To Drop Sharply
New Lottery
Has Been Set On
St. Patrick’s Day
Men ordered into the Army under
the Selective Service system will
bo inducted the same day they are
given the Army physical examina-
tion, Selective Service headquarters
announced in Washington Tuesday.
Previously, induction nt Army
reception centers has followed about
10 days after examinations. How-
ever, in any cases where immediate
induction would cause undue hard-
ship, the registrant would be given
an immediate furlough to adjust his
civilian affairs.
Local boards will continue to give
“screening” examinations, rejecting;
the obviously physically unfit men.
But to speed up the induction pro-
cedure to meet the Army's needs,
men rated as acceptable for service,
instead of receiving a notice to re-
port for physical examination by
the armed forces, will be notified
to report for induction.
About 70 percent of all Selective
Service registrants classified so far
have been deferred, but that per-
centage is expected to drop sharp-
ly as a result of the Army’s recent
relaxation of standards for teeth
and eyesight.
Meanwhile, headquarters set tho
new draft lottery for March IT—
St. Patrick’s Day—and announced
that the numbers determining the
order of liability of service of some
9,000,000 men will be enclosed ill
green capsules.
The men whoes numbers will be
drawn are those who registered on
February 16, when all aged 20 to
44, inclusive, and not previously
registered, signed up with their
local draft boards.
Lend It to End It!
Lieutenant J. T. Browne, of Fos-
ter Field, spent the week-end here.
Mrs. Browne, who has been visiting
here for two weeks, returned with
him.
s
After an enjoyable evening of
dancing at the Palacios Pavilion,
Mr. and Mrs. James Cheatham en-
tertained at their home in Franci-
ta with a spaghetti supper. Attend-
ing this supper were Mr. and Mrs.
John Rakestraw, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Cram, Mr and Mrs. Hayden
Curtiss, and Mrs. Irby Stinnett.
PLANT (or VICTORY!
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OFFICIAL WEEK: MARCH 1-8
OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT
IS WORKING DAY AND NIGHT KEEPING TRACTORS and MACHINES
IN REPAIR FOR DEFENSE. WE HAVE INCREASED THE CAPACITY
OF REPAIR BINS TO TAKE CARE OF 50% INCREASE ALLOWED
BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
CHECK ALL MACHINERY ON HAND AND
PLACE ORDERS FOR PARTS NEEDED
DURING THE YEAR . . .
• • •
Five NEW Model B Tractors and
Two NEW Model H Tractors
All With Equipment. Also Several Complete
Outfits Of Used Equipment *
A. R. MATTHES
FARM EQUIPMENT COMPANY
DIAL 2651—BAY CITY PHONE 26—BLESSING
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