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PEOPLE
I AND
JHINGW
Here’s a delightful poem by the
Rev. J. E. Shea of Palacios which
our boss will like:
DOROTHY LAMOUR
She sells war bonds, she knows
she’s right,
She’s in the war to win the fight:
They’re honest bonds, she’s honest
too,
They’re winning bonds, she is true
blue.
She loves the cause, for it is grand,
It is a cause to save this land;
Other nations she works for too,
Because to justice they are true.
God bless Lamour, she’s good and
true,
To her this nation’s thanks are due;
She’s patriotic, noble, and grand,
And for the right she takes her
stand.
Men at the front, on land and sea,
Will honor her effectively;
They’ll put the Nazis on the run,
And blot the Japs out of the sun.
----V____
Congratulations to Billy Stin-
nett, who has been commissioned
a lieutenant in the Army. Lieu-
tenant Stinnett, who has been
stationed in Puerto Rico, will ar-
rive for a visit with home folks
in a few days.
The congratulations are espec-
ially sincere because Billy worked
awfully hard to get it. He started
out as a buck private only a
couple of years ago.
____V____
To the person who signs her
name, “R. B. F. S.”: Thanks very
much for your interest in The Her
aid and journalism. In regard to
your interesting column, no small
town newspaper would pay you that
much. About $1 per month would be
more like it.
You will find your letter in the
postoffice.
____V..._
Postmaster S. M. Ciupton of
the West Columbia Postoffice is
a happy man. His postoffice has
been promoted from third to sec-
ond class because of the large
increase in the sale of stamps and
envelopes.
----V____
With only one week to go, po-
litical campaigns are sizzling hot
Last-minute assertions from cam
paign headquarters are crowding
the war news in our big city papers.
You can hear a speech over the
radio almost any hour.
It’s all a big show, a thrilling
show, and we’re getting a big kick
out of watching developments.
But these are serious times, and
when we go to the polls to vote
July 25 we’ll vote for the men who
will see this war program through,
men who will cooperate with the
president, men who will heed the
voice of the people, men who are
not stooges for big-shot labor rack-
eteers, men who abhor Communis-
tic encroachment upon our govern-
ment, MEN WHO WILL BEST
SERVE OUR COUNTRY.
We believe we’re capable of pick-
ing our law-makers, without any
interference from a Hitler. Let’s
keep this right, not only by actual-
ly fighting dictatorship, but by vot-
ting for men who will legislate for
the best interests of our democracy.
It’s to our favor to study the
various candidacies closely before
casting our ballot.
4500 COPIES
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE GULF COAST OF TEXAS
VOLUME III
BAY CITY. MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1942
NUMBER 42
TWO TESTS SPUD IN NEW FIELD
Postal Receipts Show Increase Here
$503 More Are
Collected In
Second Quarter
West Columbia
P. O. Is Made
Second Class
Postal receipts of the Bay City
Postoffice for the second quarter
(April, May, and June) totaled
$10,952.40 as compared with $10,-
199.40 for the second quarter of
1941. This amounted to u .$503 in-
crease over that period, it was an-
nounced by Postmaster Sam Sel-
kirk.
In El Campo, postal receipts of
the postoffice there for the second
quarter totaled $7,199.29 as com-
pared with $0,883.35 for the second
quarter of 1941. This amounted to
$335 increase for that period.
Announcement was made last
week by Postmaster S. M. Gupton
that the West Columbia Postoffict
had been promoted from third t<
second class. The promotion was
reward for the large increase in
the sale of stamps and envelopes.
Under the new set-up, one of the
three windows will be open all day
'rom 8 o’clock in the morning until
6 at night, and will not close at
noon as heretofore.
More Than 48,000 Acres Of Rice
Are Planted In Matagorda County
J. J. Mansfield
Makes Record
His Platform
(Political Adv.)
Representative J. J. Mansfield of
Columbus, veteran chairman of the
House rivers and harbors commit-
See the page advertisement in
this issue which endorses the
candidacy of J. J. Mansfield for
reclection as Representative of
the Ninth District. The page was
signed hy hundreds of Kay City
voters.
Clements Charges
Judge Mansfield
With Complicity
16 Marriage
Licenses Issued
By County Clerk
Sixteen marriage licenses were
issued during the week by D. B.
“Jack” Hinton, Matagorda County
Clerk, to Louis Moore and Glynn
Bresenham, Tomas S. Rocha Jr. and
Carmen Trevino, Cleavis Williams
and Minnie Harris, Aster H. Dye
and Josephine Zernicek, Franklin
Dancer and Doris Smith, Harold F.
Engler and Frances Mae Fekete,
Gerald Thomas North and Mary
Grennan, G. W. Graham and Mil-
dred Ruth Thompson, B. F. Sweeney
Jr. and Helen Branam, Wesley
Haywood and Katherine Edison,
Woodward W. Cates and Juanita
Lewis, James Henry Fortenberry
and Lula Florence Whipple, Clar-
ence M. Head and Evlie Regina
Todd, John M. Kiernon Jr. and
Dimple Del Davis, Roosevelt Rich-
ardson and Eulelah Hawkins, John
E. Teele and Charlotte Osterlund.
Boling, Newgulf
Boys Are Up
For Induction
Wharton County men up for in-
duction in the Army are William
Cornelius Mangum of Newgulf,
Judge Herbert Curlee of Newgulf,
Ignacio Cadillo of Boling, Pablo
Longoria of Iago, Fidencio Ybarra
of Newgulf, Archer Lee Rudloff oi
Newgulf, Floyd Gore of Boling
Antonio DeLuna of Lane City, Clar-
ence Lee Tiner of Newgulf, Pedw
Martinez of Newgulf.
(Political Adv.)
VICTORIA, July 16.—James A.
Clements took his campaign for
Congress to the lower section of the
Ninth District last week.
Visiting and speaking in Victoria,
Seadrift, Port O’Connor, Port La-
vaca and Palacios, Clements charg-
ed that his opponent, the 83-year-
old incumbent from the Ninth Dis-
trict, “aided, abetted and encourag-
ed the Congressional spirit of in-
difference and ignorance which
cast this nation into war unprepar-
ed.”
“The record of the 77th Congresr
is shot through with the black
marks of isolationism and obstruc-
tionism,” Clements charged. “It is
notable for delays when the fate of
the nation trembled in the balance.
And on the cover of that record in
blazing red letters is the shameful
epitaph of the 77th Congress—Re-
member Pearl Harbor.
“And yeur Congressman,” Clem-
ents declared, "cared so little for
the fate of this nation while Presi-
dent Roosevelt was vainly trying to
prepare it for war, that he did not
even take the trouble to vote on five
of the most important defense
measures ever before the Congress
of the Umited States.”
Quoting from the Congression-
al record, Clements named these
measures as:
The Naval Appropriation Act of
1939. (To increase the Navy).
The Arms Embargo Act. (Per-
mitting the U. S. to sell arms to
its present Allies.)
The Lend Lease Bill.
The Ship Seizure Bill.
The Fortification of Guam Naval
Base.
“Your Congressman,” Clements
continued, “chairman of the Rivers
and Harbors committee though he
is, did not even take the trouble to
vote on the measure to fortify
Juam Naval Base—the fortification
that would have stopped the Japs
before they reached Hawaii.”
“I charge,” the young business-
man candidate eoncluded, “your
Congressman with complicity in the
massacre at Pearl Harbor that
dreary, Sunday, the seventh of De-
cember.”
Do Your Bit to Keep It Lit—The
Torch of Liberty!
tee, is standing for renomination
and election to the House of Repre-
sentatives on his long record, in-
cluding the thousands of votes
which he has cast.
“During my long service,” Judge
Mansfield declared, “by my votes
as well as my endeavors, I have
naturally made a record. Upon that
record my constituents should de-
termine my election. 1 am not con-
scious of anything in it that re-
quires my retirement.
“I have striven to the best of my
ability, and I think with honesty
and courage to do those things and
to vote for those measures which
were for the best interests of my
district, my state, and my country,
‘Fragment’ Opposes •
Mansfield said that insofar as he
had been able to learn, opposition
to his reelection is largely confined
to “a fragment” of organized labor.
“I have cast many votes for the
benefit of labor, but was never able
to see my way clear to support the
wages-and-hours bill. It is now law,
of course, but the operation of this
law should be suspended during the
present emergency. Such action
would not only stimulate the pro-
duction of our war materials, but
would have a further tendency of
far greater importance.
“It would restore the confidence
of the people, a thing so vital to
our success. Organized labor should
willingly acquiesce to this proposal,
in this hour of our national peril.”
They Try To Persuade
The Texan said that immediately
after this, he was deluged with
about 2,000 telegrams and letters,
"obviously inspired, from so-called
labor leaders and some members of
unions.”
These communications threaten-
ed his defeat, he declared. Later,
while he was in Texas, “I was visit-
ed by a delegation of labor repre-
sentatives who tried to persuade me
to change my views. Later, one of
them informed roe by telephone I
would have an opponent if I did
not comply with their wishes.
“I did not change,, have not
changed my views and now I have
opposition, largely, if not entirely,
financed by the labor unions,” he
declared.
Don’t Deny Right
“I would not, if I could, deny the
right of organised labor to try to
elect a member of Congress who
will abjectly and subserviently do
their will. I have never opposed
labor as such, neither have I been
frightened by labor just because it
was organized.
“This is America. If we are to
have the kind of country and the
kind of government we are fight-
ing to preserve, we must resist the
efforts of any and every group, la-
bor, organized or unorganized, capi-
tal, big or little, cliques, creeds or
organizations of any kind, to run
the country for their own selfish
benefit. I expected to have the sup-
| port of all the people of the district
Indications Point To
Bumper Crop On Coast
More than 48,000 acres of rice have been planted in Matagorda
County this year, according to F. O. Montague, county farm agent.
Mr. Montague said the increase in acreage over last year is sup-
posed to be 10 per cent, but as far as he knows it is about the same.
Other informants say an increase is a certainty because the govern-
ment lifted acreage allotments.
This acreage is watered by the Gulf Coast Water Company, the
Pierce Estate water system, and the Farmer’s Canal.
This figure compares with 30,000 acres planted in the El Campo rice
area, which is said to cover such Matagorda County districts as Blessing
and Markham.
It is not known how many acres w’ere planted in rice in Brazoria
County, but 8,000 acres have been planted in Galveston County.
Indications point to a bumper crop on the Texas Gulf Coast this
fall providing the weather favors the farmer.
'20 Organizations Here
Support Victory Sing
Fat Drippings
Flow To Grease
Skids For Axis
Scrap fats and drippings flowed
in a constant stream this week from
Bay City and Matagorda County
kitchens, on their way to grease,
literally, the skids for the Axis.
Housewives are scouring their
kitchens for waste fat from pots
and pans. They turn their contribu-
tion over to their butchers, who
pay 5 cents per pound for the
grease. Ultimately, the fats go to
rendering plants, ending up in de-
fense plants.
It is all part of the general scrap
campaign of the Bureau of Indus-
trial Conservation, War Production
Board, to speed up production of
munitions.
At the same time, local men, wo-
men, and children continued to pro-
duce tin cans.
Bay City, Palacios, West Colum-
bia, Boling, and other nearby com-
munities are all within 100 miles
of Houston and consequently are in
one of the two Texas areas to col-
lect tin cans.
The tin can collection was limited
to the Houston and Dallas areas
because to date only these will be
served by plants for shredding cans
for 'hipment. All other communi-
ties were advised to ignore the can
collection until further notice.
From all reports the Victory Mu-
sic Festival scheduled in Bay City
on Thursday night, July 23, will
attract one of the largest crowds
ever to assemble at the local high
school football field.
In Bay City, twenty organiza-
tions are supporting the victory
sing, and in the rural communities,
under the leadership of Mrs. Charles
Hale, the women are working
through their club groups.
Word has been received from
Port Lavaca, El Campo, and Whar-
ton, assuring that they will be rep-
resented on the program.
The Camp Hulen band under the
direction of Major Floyd Betts has
accepted the invitation to entertain
the crowd before and during the
program.
This program will have a simple
pageant theme under direction of
Augustus Zanzig, nationally-known
director, and will be varied, con-
sisting of group singing, choir sing-
ing, folk dancing, and military band
music.
Arrangements have been made
for the importation of sound trucks
and speakers so the crowd may be
able to hear the out-door program,
which is a part of a national recrea-
tion set-up and is free to the pub-
lic.
who feel as I do on this vital issue.
I know they are in the overwhelm-
ing majority. If they are not, we
are in a bad fix and we are fighting
the war in vain. The test of Ameri-
canism is not what kind of work
we do, what lodge or church or un-
ion we belong to, but what our prin-
ciples and convictions are with re-
spect to the rights of men and the
freedoms which constitute the es-
sence of our democracy.
“We should enjoy our privileges
and discharge our duties as free
Americans and not as members of
any group or creed or organization.
Only in that way can America be
America and remain a free man’s
government in spirit and in truth.”
PLANT PROGRESSING
Construction on the $15,000,000
octane plant near Sweeny is pro-
ceeding nicely, according to reports
reaching here.
Milady’s And
Rosenzweig’s
Have Big Sale
A big clearance sale is now un-
der way at Milady’s and Rosenz-
weig’s in Bay City, it was announc-
ed this week by Manager Max Ep-
stein. Both stores, fully air-condi-
tioned, are located on the north
side of the square.
The sale features summer dresses
at an appealing reduction, Mr. Ep-
stein said. For real bargains, ladies,
scan the half-page advertisement in
this issue of The Herald and then
visit Milady’s and Rosenzweig’s.
8 Absentee
Ballots Cast
By Wednesday
“About eight” absentee ballots
fer the Democratic primary had
been cast by Wednesday noon at
the County Clerk’s office in Bay
City, it was announced.
Absentee balloting closes three
days before the primary, which will
be held Saturday, July 25.
Be On Alert
For Enemy Aliens,
Montague Warns
By F. O. MONTAGUE
Captain, Company E,
Texas Defense Guard
The world war race we are now
in becomes more grim by the hour.
Many more of our people are be
coming conscious that we are in
war and are now wanting to do
something for their protection.
From here on out, will show all
of us who the people are who can
be counted on “when the chips are
down,” “the men and women who
take it,” as well as “dish it
out.” All of us have been hearing
wild rumors as to aliens entering
this country along the coast. Such
thing is possible and feasible; so
much so, that we do have a small
group of Immigration and Border
Patrol Officers here in the County.
A great number of ears have been
stopped and closely questioned
along the coast within the last two
weeks.
But anyone who knows this coast-
line has a very good idea, about
what an almost impossible job it
is for a small group of strangers
to do any close job of checking all
people who visit this coastline with
its numerous rivers, creeks, bays,
marshes, and miles of beach. It is
also easy to understand that any
alien agents attempting to land
here, as they did on the Atlantic
Coast, will be shrewd, smart men
who know this country, who can
speak well and who arc familiar
with our people and customs.
We are also sure that our enemies
know our coastline in detail. They
have maps and know the surround-
ings of our waters better than most
of us do.
With this background we must
get all of our people, all along the
coast, on the alert. Let every one
be on the lookout for strangers.
Don’t hesitate to ask them ques-
tions. Introduce yourself and get
them into conversation. Get detail-
ed description of the person or per-
sons, how they are traveling, car
license, and any other details that
will help identify them.
If they can’t give a satisfactory
account of themselves, take charge
of them until an officer can be call-
ed. Don’t be backward about find-
ing out about any strangers in your
neighborhood. If he is all right he
won’t mind being questioned. We
are in war. If he docs mind, that
places him under suspicion and he
will have to stand the consequences.
In order to keep our coastline
properly watched, lend a hand. It
will take the best kind of coopera-
tion on the part of all of us to do
this job. If your neighbor runs
across to your house and says “come
with me to investigate,” grab your
shotgun and go double quick. That
is being a good citizen. We are
sure these enemy aliens can not get
far after they land without help
from somebody inside.
Therefore let us be on the ulert,
Discovery Well
Has Squeeze,
Re-Perforate»
Gasser Comes
In At The Mott;
New, Test Slated
Two tests have spudded in Bay
City’s new oil field northwest of
town while the discovery well, Ohio
Oil Company’s No. I McDonald,
squeezed the bottom sand and re-
perforated from 8406 to 8408 feet.
The squeeze job was finished early
Wednesday morning.
Tests spudding in nearby are
Ohio Oil Company’s McDonald Ac-
count 2 No. 1, and Sun Oil Com-
pany’s No. 1 McDonald.
Another gas field seemed defi-
nitely established in Matagorda
County when Continental Oil Com-
pany brought in its No. 3 Hawkins
in the Shepherd’s Mott area at
J1840-50 feet. Total depth was S208
l'eet with six-inch casing set at
3905 feet. The well had 1635 pounds
of pressure on a quarter-inch choke
Tuesday, and was turned into the
Hamman-Freeport line.
Conoco is now fixing to move ri _
ging on Rugeley No. 1 In the same
area.
Wheelock and Collins are drilling
below 6500 feet on their No. 1 Mc-
Nabb in the Matagorda area with
no shows reported.
Meanwhile, Stanolind Oil and Gas
Company has decided to carry its
No. 1 Buckner Orphans Home in
the Buckeye Field from the con-
tract depth of 10,500 to 11,000 feet.
An electrical survey was run at
10,500 feet.
In the Lucky Field, Stanolind is
below 7,000 feet with its No. 2
Thompson.
In the deep Old Ocean Field,
Harrison and Abercrombie No. 13
B. R. L. D. was drilling riear 10,-
650 feet in sandy shale. The No.
B-2 Mueller was at 9800 feet in
hard sand.
District Court
Slated To Close,
Divorces Granted
DiArict Court, now in session in
Bay City, will close this week, prob-
ably Friday, it was announced by
Grady Walker, district clerk,
Fourteen divorces were granted
during the past week by Judge M.
S. Munson.
They were awarded in the cases
of Miguel B. Garcia vs. Ltfiza Gar-
cia, Pinkney Fletcher vs. Mandy
Hawkins Feltcher, Jim Williams vs.
Ella Williams, Jerry Payne vs. Eva
Payne, Bobbie Kelley vs. Burt Kel-
ley, Lee S. Beckerman vs. Syvlia
Beckerman, Eslie F. Newman vs.
John N. Newman, Ezell Spiller Vs.
Jimmie Spiller, Estefano Rojas vs.
Antonio Rojos, Blanche Barnes vs,
Douglas Charles Barnes, Raymond
Elliott vs. Eva Elliott, Minerva
Brown vs. Joe Brown, C. F. Blanch-
ard vs. Maudie S. Blanchard, Agnes
Miller Helm vs. Leonard R. Helm.
Cases dismissed were Celia
Mamie White vs. Frank James
White, Ruth Nicar vs. Earl A.
Nicar, Frank Wushingten vs. Ellen
Washington, G. H. Adkins vs. Lucy
find out what ho is doing there. I Ann Adkins, Marie Jones vs. J. E.
Simply because he may drive down Jones,
from Houston or some other town
does not mean that he is not an
enemy of ours. Anyone who tries to
cripple the wur effort of this nation
is an enemy of ours. This is ik> time
for wild rumors or jitters, but it is
a very definite time for everyone
to be on the alert.
In a case like this everybody is
an officer and should take the
necessary steps to protect this na-
tion of ours. Let’s get awake.
Lend Our Boys in Blue a Hand'
George Hatchett
Buys Magnolia
Station Here
George Hatchett recently pur-
chased Otis Russell’s Magnolia Ser-
vice Station on West Seventh
Street and is now operating it. Mr.
Hatchett hundles all of Magnolia’s
fine products and will be glad to
serve you.
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