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DEOPLE
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A month ngo we would hnve pre-
dicted the senator’s race to end like
this: 1—W Lee O’Daniel; 2
James V. Allred; 3—Dan Moody.
But now it looks like this; 1—W.
Lee O’Daniel; 2—Dan Moody; 3—■
James V. Allred.
Moody is not only staging a
whirlwind campaign but his stock
has been boosted since it was found
out that Allred DORS NOT have
presidential approval. The presi-
dent is not publicly taking sides in
this race, according to Pearson and
Allen, famous Washington corre-
spondents.
Despite Moody's tremendous
gains, it looks like O’Daniel will
win again, probably without a run-
off. True, he is not attracting ca-
pacity crowds as in the past—but
who is? You can lay the obvious
decrease to the war, Abner, and to
subsequent problems of tire and
auto rationing
Back to Allred—We’re wondering
if he’s “Allredy” sorry he gnve up
that gravy train paying 10,000
, — smackers per annum.
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Welcome to Bay City—Cap
tain Paul H. Thorpe, Captain T.
J. I.easure, Lieutenant Jewett,
and Lieutenant A. W. Gillespie.
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Mrs. Hayden Curtiss supplanted
Mrs. C. E, Hatcher as advertising
solicitor for The Herald this week
Mrs. Curtiss has been society editor
for the last five months, is well ac
quainted with newspaper work, will
be glad at all times to discuss ad
vertising and job printing with
merchants and business men.
Mrs. Hatcher, who served capab
ly for the past eight months on the
staff, resigned and will soon move
from the city. Her husband was
graduated from the C. A. A. school
in Houston last week-end as a pilot
instructor and will be located
an airport.
Announcement of the new Herald
society editor will be made next
week.
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE GULF COAST OF TEXAS
VOLUME III
BAY CITY, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1942
NUMBER 39
OIL ALLOWABLES HIKED HERE
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Baptists Convene At Palacios June 30
Boy, is it hot! This is the time
of the year when we wish we
were at Dr. and Mrs. Sam Sho-
lars' mountain lodge at Ruidoso.
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Many thanks to Mrs. Charles
ale, Matagorda County Home
Demonstration Agent,’for the invi
tation to attend the home demon
stration rally day scheduled at Le-
Tulle Park yesterday.
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The $5 use tax must be paid by
automobile owners by July 1.
These stamps may be purchased
at your postoffice.
Also, driver’s licenses number-
ed from 900.001 to 1,350,000 ex
pire June 30, 1942, and are re-
newable after April 1, 1942. Li-
censes numbered from 1,350,001
up expire November 1, 1942, and
are renewable after July 1, 1942.
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We were interested in the story
from East Bernard stating that
Alois Kozelsky, an uncle of Adolph
Hitler, had died Monday at his
home in East Bernard. Kozelsky
was 83; his sister was Hitler’s
mother. Kozelsky had lived at East
Bernard many years.
Kozelsky, according to the story,
had described Hitler as a “bad
boy.’’
That’s not the half of it.
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' Do You Know
Any Good
Pierce Stories?
Chris Emmett, who is writing
the autobiography of Shanghai
Pierce, is wanting information
about Pierce and Brahman cattle,
as was pointed out in a Herald
story last week.
Mrs. Oscar Barber and O. J. Dou-
bek, upon reading the story told
the Herald editor to notify Mr. Em-
mett of the addresses of Mrs. A.
P. Borden and Clay McSparren.
who live near Pierce, Texas, and
who were acquainted with the his-
toric cattleman.
After being notified Mr. Emmett
writes:
“I thank you for your letter ad-
vising me of the residences of Mrs.
A. P. Borden and Clay McSparren.
I most assuredly appreciate your
kindness, and will establish contact
with them as soon as possible.
“Do you by any chance know any
good Shanghai Pierce stories—just
one even will add to the store 1
already have—and I have many.
“Are you acquainted with any
other people in the Bay City sec-
tion who knew Shanghai stories—
whether true or mythical ? ”
Mr. Emmett’s address is 2601-
26-18 Smith Young Tower, San An-
tonio.
41st Annual
Encampment
Is Scheduled
Dr. W.R. White
Will Deliver
Keynote Address
Baptists from every section of
Texas will attend the forty-first an-
nuul Texas Baptist Encampment at
Palacios June 30 to July 10.
The keynote address will be de
livered by Dr. W. R. White, pres-
ident of llardin-Simmons Univer-
sity, Abilene, while the vesper ser-
vices on the opening day will be
conducted by Dr. John L. Hill,
Nashville, Tenn. A. C. Head, Beau-
mont, president of the encampment,
will preside at the opening session,
while T. C. Gardner, State Train-
ing Union Secretary, will present
the faculty and discuss the pro-
gram for the forty-first annual as-
sembly.
Some of those on the program
are Dr. E. D. Head, pastor of First
Baptist Church, Houston; Dr. Ju-
lian Atwood, pastor of Highland
Baptist Church, Dallas; Dr. S. G.
Posey, pastor of First Baptist
Church, Austin; Dr. W. W. Melton,
secretary of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas, Dallas; Pat
M. Neff, president, Baylor Univer-
sity, Waco; Dr. John L. Hill, book
editor, Baptist Sunday School
Board, Nashville, Tenn.
Other officers of the encamp-
ment are first vice president, Ca-
rey Selph, Houston; second vice
president, S. G. Posey, Austin; re-
cording secretary, W. Clint Little,
Houston; corresponding secretary,
T. C. Gardner, Dallas; treasurer, M.
C. Oldham, Houston; encampment
manager, B. L. Millard, Palacios;
camp pastor, Lem Hodges, Houston.
Youths 18-20 To Register Tuesday
Matagorda County Keeps Ahead Iow"s Named
Of War Bond, Stamp Quota i^CountT""3
J. J. Mansfield
Announces For
{e-election
The Herald was authorized this
week to announce the candidacy of
Congressman J. J. Mansfield for
re-election as Representative from
the Ninth District of Texas in a
formal statement issued by the
Congressman through his campaign
headquarters in this city.
Congressman Mansfield has serv-
ed this district for 25 years and is
basing his campaign upon the rec-
ord he has established in that time.
Only eight other members of the
425 in the House of Representatives
have served in that legislative body
for longer periods of time, and two
of them are Texans, Honorable Sam
Raeburn and Honorable Hatton W.
Sumners.
Judge Mansfield, as he is affec-
tionately known throughout the dis-
trict, states that he will be unable
conduct his campaign in person
because of imporant pending legis-
lation vitally related to winning
the war. As a result he is leaving
his case in the hands of his friends
and constituents whom he has serv-
With two weeks to go to make
the War Bond and Stamp quota for
the half-year period in Matagorda
County and without the City State
Bank of Palacios and fhe Palacios
postoffice reporting, 49.65 per cent
of the quota was reached by June
15, Mrs. Emma Carleton, chairman
of the statistical committee, an
nounced.
I Fifty per cent of the quota will
easily be reached—and may already
have been—by the end of six
months on June 30, she said, judg-
ing by the percentage to date. The
total sold at Palacios was report-
ed directly to the state headquart-
ers instead of to the local statistic-
ian and is regarded to have been
high enough to push the county
over the hump.
The net sales by June 15 in bonds
and stamps totaled $390,941.75. The
balance needed to make the year’s
quota is $396,358.25.
The net weekly sale of stamps
amounted to $490.60 and the net
weekly sale of bonds amounted to
$8,284.20.
Bunks reporting were the First
National and the Bay City Bank
and Trust Company. Postoffices re-
porting were Blessing, Bay City,
Collegeport, Markham, Matagorda,
Pledger, and Van Vleck. Postoffices I
not reporting, in addition to the
Palacios office, were Ashwood,
Midfield, and Wadsworth.
According to past reports issued
by Mrs. Carleton, 48.47 per cent
of the quota had been reached by
May 30 and 48.61 per cent of the
quota had been reached by June 8.
ed for nearly 13 consecutive terms.
“We should enjoy our privileges
and discharge our duties as free
Americans—and not as members
of any group or creed or organiza-
tion. Only in that way can America
be America and remain a free
Man’s government in spirit and in
truth,” the Congressman said.
During his time in office he has
striven to the best of his ability to
do those things and vote for those
measures which were for the best
interests of the district, the state
and the country.
It is upon that basis that he is
seeking the support of his friends
and constituents for his re-election
subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic Primaries in July.
Bay City Man Sees
Action On Lexington
R. C. Berglund, Visiting Here,
Tells Of Plane Carrier Sinking
R. C. Berglund .Jr., 25-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Berglund
of Bay City, briefly described the sinking of the giant Navy aircraft
carrier, Lexington, jn the Coral Sea battle to the Herald editor Tuesday.
Berglund, who enfled his six-day visit here yesterday, had been
on the Lexington fir the past two and one-half years and was rescued
by an American shjh floating nearby after he had slid down a line on
the bow of the caificr.
On May 7, iWglund said Lexington planes attacked and sunk
a Japanese plffn. carrier. All of the American planes came back
safely to the deck. On the next morning, the Lexington found
two Japanese c: triers and, while the fighters went out to meet
them, Jap plan# , attacked the big American ship.
That was , the fun really started, says Berglund, who is an
Aviation Machinists Mate First Class. U. S. planes shet down fifty
Nipponese aircraft and the ship guns got half of what was left.
Ho waver, enemy bombs started fires on the Lexington, which was
attacked at 10:30 a. m. and abandoned at 5 p. m. A few of the sailors
jumped off the high deck, while most of them went down ladders and
lines, and swam over to nearby ships.
Berglund was on the same rescue ship as the war correspondent,
Johnston of the Chicago Tribune, who wrote several thrilling in-
stallments of the battle for the Associated Press.
The youth, who has been in the U. S. Navy for five years and four
months, was graduated from the Bay City High School in 1935.
25 Divorces Are Granted
By District Court Here
Fifteen divorces were granted by
Judge M. S. Munson, presiding of-
ficer of the District Court now in
session in Bay City, during the
week.
Divorces were granted in the
cases of Edmonia Parks Southall
vs. Arthur Southall, Bennie McNeil
vs. Sallie McNeil, Marian Louise
HICKL LEAVES FOR ARMY
Edward Hiekl, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hiekl of El Maton, left
last Thursday for the U. S. Army
reception center at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, San Antonio. Mr. Hiekl was
employed by Anderson-Rugeley
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Reiman,
Miss Marion Bruce, Dewey Caden-
head, and James Scott attended the
horse show in Wharton Sunday.
Marriage License Trade
Is Still On Big Boom
Nineteen marriage licenses were
issued during the week by D. B.
Hinton, county clerk of Matagorda
County. This number equalled last
week’s—and truly the marriage
business is still booming.
Licenses were issued to Ralph
A. Sirmon and Bendde Mize, Rienr-
Longoria and Maria Ramirez,
Frank O. Perry and Winnie Mae
Arnold, S. L. Smith and Josephine
Skatnik, Rudie Foss and Mary Neal
Keener, Leonard Norris and Ruby
Miles, Marvin S. Gauthier and AI- j Windle.
bina Senkyrik, William Oliver Mc-
Cullcy and Harriett Virginia Tigar,
Robert Windle and I. V. Pettit,
James Lee Johnson and Elnora Wil-
son, Major L. White and Erma Lee
Wiley, Orland Dean Frontz and
Pearl Madeline Ramer, Mack Hudg-
ins and Malvenia Brown, Marcus
Andrews and Lavina Stephens, Le-
roy Harold Evans and Irene Ma-
rie Jezisek, Boyd O. Nave and
Genevieve Lowe, Alton C. Mick and
Phyllis Yeiter, Cook Stapleton and
Grace Welsch, Bill Ward and Mable
Colonel Defines
Requirements
To Be Officer
Col. Chase P. Kirkpatrick,
cruiting and induction officer,
Houston Recruiting District, stated
that the War Department program
for permitting men now classed 3-A
by Selective Service to enter the
Army as volunteer officer candi-
dates, has been misunderstood in
many cases.
All of these candidates are re-
quired before acceptance as such
to report to a designated Army re-
ception center for mental and phy-
sical examinations. These exami-
nations are intended to weed out
all of those who are of doubtful of-
ficer caliber. This is a protection
for the Army as well as the indi-
vidual concerned.
A great many more applications
have been received than can be ac-
cepted except after a delay of sev-
eral months. Successful applicants
are called to service in order of
their date of qualification.
After an applicant is accepted
and inducted into the Army as a
volunteer officer candidate, he is
still not certain of acceptance for
an officer candidate school. In se-
lecting candidates for this school,
all men in the service are consid-
ered and the volunteer officer can-
didate must take his chance with
the others.
The fact that he has already
passed a qualifying examination in-
dicates that his chances for selec-
tion are better than men who have
not taken one, but no promises can
be given that he will be selected.
Ringer vs, Cedric E. Ringer, Doro-
thy Lee vs. Ray E. Lee, Margaret
Myall vs. J. M. Myall Jr., Robert
Moran vs. Didia Moran, Lulu Bell
Mosley vs. Charlie Mosley, Reda
Myrle McFarland vs. Ray McFar-
land, Frances Lee vs. Juan Lee,
Iola Senter vs. James B. Senter,
Macie Lee Spoon vs. Virgil Leo
Spoon, Bessie Rinks vs. E. H.
Rinks, H. H. Holland vs. Fannie
Beard Holland, Lucy Ann Faulks
vs. G. W. Faulks, Agnes Virginia
Bennett vs. Aubrey Bennett.
The case of Howard Holland vs.
Annie Holland was dismissed.
Bay City Will
Close Doors On
July Fourth
The Fourth of July will be ob-
served in Bay City as a holiday,
according to President E. O.
Taulbee of the Bay City Cham-
ber of Commerce. All business
stores will be closed, even though
the holiday falls on Saturday.
The stores will remain open late
Friday night.
No plans for any special cele-
bration are being made, Mr. Taul-
bee said.
Hours Are From
7 A. M. to 9 P. M.
Rugeley Says
All youths who were born on o-
after January 1,1922, and on or be-
fore June 30, 1924, will be required
to register in the fifth national
Selective Service Army registra-
tion on June 30, 1942, according to
a notice from the Matagorda Coun-
ty draft board.
In this county registration will
take place in eleven towns; name-
ly, Bay City, Matagorda, Cedar
Lone, Markham, Collegeport, Wads-
worth, Blessing, Pledger, Sargent,
Van Vleck, and Palacios.
Registration hours, according to
Rowland Rugeley of the draft
board, begins at 7 o’clock in the
morning and concludes at 9 o’clock.
The registration in Bay City will
be held in the District Courtroom,
he said. Men in Palacios will regis-
ter at the high school.
Pat Thompson is chairman of the
county draft board. He will have
charge of registration in towns oth-
er than Bay City and Palacios.
Mr. Rugeley will have charge of
registration in Bay City. His chief
registrar will be Mrs. Erie Luder
Duncan Ruthven will have charge
of registration in Palacios; his chief
registrar will be Mrs. Myrle Bur-
ton.
Chief registrars in other towns
are Hugo Kundinger, Collegeport;
Judge W. E. MoNabb, Matagorda;
H. M. Seerden, Wadsworth; Bob
Tharp, Blessing; H. W. Estill,
Cedar Lane; M. H. Shaw, Pledger;
Harold Barbour, Markham; Lonnie
Glaze, Sargent; E. Rudd, Van Vleck.
Pop Shivers
Still Uses 1932
Tire On Car
Bay City And
Hamman Fields
Are Increased
No. 1 McDonald
Continues To
Look Better
Oil allowables effective July 1
have been raised for the two major
Bay City fields, Bay City (Skelly)
and Hamman.
The Bay City field allowable was
hiked from 2400 barrels (June 1)
to 2480, and the Hamman allow-
able was raised from 2440 to 2363
barrels.
Variance of basic allowables in
other nearby fields, comparing pro-
ration orders effective June 1 and
July 1 respectively, showed:
Magnet, 2286 and 3301; Old
Ocean, 17,955 and 16,481; West Co-
lumbia, 2000, unchanged; New West
Columbia, 1500, unchanged; With-
ers and Five Corners, 8515 and
7750. The Magnet and Withers
pools order provided for 20-acre
production units with proration
based 50 per cent on wells and 60
per cent on acreage.
Ohio and Sun’s No. 1 E. L. Mc-
Donald, a wildcat test northwest.1
of Bay City, continues to look bet-
ter as it is drilled ahead. A gas
sand was cored from 8031 to 8081
feet and another oil sand was dis-
covered from 8245 to 8258 feet.
The last sand was not drill-stem
tested, but cored and apparently
was well saturated. Operators are
now drilling below 8600 feet. There
seems to be no doubt but that this
hole will open a new oil field be-
tween the Bay City Field and the
North Markham Field.
On the LeTulle prospect at Buck-
eye, Stanolind Oil and Gas Com-
pany is not having such good for-
tune in their wildcat, No. 1 Buck-
ner Orphans Home in the James
(See “ALLOWABLES,” Page 4)
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Talk about saving tires—M. C.
“Pop” Shivers of Bay City has a
1932 Federal tire which he still
uses on his ’30-model Willys-
Knight.
In addition to this ancient piece
of rubber, Mr. Shivers has a 1935
Star tire and three 1939 Sears Roe-
buck tires, which are still in good
shape.
The secret in conserving tires,
states Mr. Shivers, is driving be-
tween 32 and 33 miles an hour and
keeping 40 POUNDS OF AIR in
each tire! Now that seems like a
lot of air, but Mr. Shivers does
drive slow and he checks the pres-
sure once a week.
When the speedometer gets up
to 40 miles per hour, Mr. Shivers
says he gets scared—and lets his
foot slip off of the accelerator.
Help Them Do Their Jobl
Montague Says Charbon
Raging In East Of County
F. O. Montague, Matagorda
County farm agent, writes:
“Our cattlemen should really
wake up. If you haven’t vaccinated
for Antrax (charbon) you are in
a very dangerous position. For two
weeks now it has been raging in
Wharton and Fort Bend Counties,
and has moved into the Pledger sec-
tion of this county, also into Bra-
zoria County near Damon und West
Columbia.
“One man lost 141 head in three
days out of 480 head. If that is not
taking a beating, I don’t know how
he would get one. The price of one
of those animals could have vac-
cinated the entire lot; cattle are
worth plenty of money these days.
“Let’s get these cattle und horses
vaccinated. It will save many val-
uable animals,” Mr. Montague con-
cludes.
Harry Scull of Cleveland, Ohio,
is visiting friends and relatives
here after being away for 25 years.
Mr. Scull, while living here, was
employed at the Matagorda Phar-
macy.
F. B. I. Meet
Will Be Spiced
With Barbecue
A quarterly F. B. I. national de-
fense police conference will be held
at the U. S. O. Club in Bay City
Monday, it was announced by Ray
J. Abbaticchio Jr., special agent in
charge.
The meeting was arranged to
facilitate the attendance of state
and local peace officers in this most
vital coastal area.
In addition to hearing from an
outstanding guest speaker, Mr.
Abbaticchio stated, the officers
will discuss with the F. B. I. agents
the peace officers’ part in enforc-
ing the selective service act as well
as the various regulations and pro-
cedure to be followed with respect
to our alien enemy population.
Moving pictures of the bombing
of Pearl Harbor, the burning of
the Normandie, the bombing of
London, and the halting of the
Nazis’ advance in Russia by winter
and Stalin’s legions will be shown.
The Bay City Chamber of Com-
merce will give a barbecue for
the visitors at LeTulle Park at
6 o'clock Monday evening. One
hundred and fifty visitors will be
here, Mr. Abbuticshio has notified
E. O. Taulbee, president of the
chamber.
The barbecue will be supervised
by F. G. Cobb and George Serrill.
BIG FOURTH PLANNED
El Campo will have a gigantic
Fourth of July celebration with
Cump Hulen soldiers participating,
it was learned here. Soldiers and
equipment from Hulen, pianos from
Foster Field, and a big softball
game between Foster and Huh n a re-
scheduled to be on the program.
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