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THE FLATONIA ARGUS THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1942
THE FLATONIA ARGUS
Published Ever; Thursday
GEOKGE W. HAVVKES. Editor and Publisher
Entered at the poatoffice at Flatonia, Texas, as second
class .-natter,' under the Act of March 3, 1879. <
INDUSTRY
AND BUSINESS
AFTER THE WAR
Subscription rate: $1.50 per year, in advance.
Advertising rates on application. Cards of Thanks,-etc. are
classed as advertisements.
—TELEPHONE 57-
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing oi
reputation of any person, firm or corporation that may appear
In the columns of this pup«.r will be gladly corrected if it i>
brought to the attention of the publisher.
We do hot hold ourselves responsible for the views of
our corres post dents.
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5® Chttortal <S>pittion
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STEVENSON ASKS
SCRAP RUBBER FOR T
CIVILIAN AUTOS
Austin, Sept. 21—Continu-
| inn his har.ra.iP* oi criticism
1942 CAR PLATES
AND TABS TO BE
USED IN 1943
Austin, Sept. 17 — Now is
the time for all good men-—
PRECIOUS TIRES
[
William M. Jeffers, wim is named- administrator of .the
government rubber program, reminds motorists thaV the big-
gest stock pile of rubber j<s what is ipjw. being used as tires
for motor vehicles. He reminds every motorist that he is now
the custodian of a material ibaLis more precious than gold.
There is an obligation on motorists to use that rubber
wisely. If people wear out their tires too Iasi, thev are lu-ini/__
some of the mu term I on which the American people depend th»\jb.’iljcaiioi» of a portion (J
tuc JricWsy. ""*"1“,k“ ........**
Every American knows that the
manufacture of automobiles has
ceased for the duration of the war.
The (peat automobile industry
which iri 1940 produced and so(.d-p
more than 3 * a milUoa.cei s, ha-, been
re-tooled to produce airplanes, gutis,
tanks und muriiljot;* of wac, Wiiere
will these companies 'get the money
necessary to resume the ma/lufac-
lure of automobiles when the war
is ended ?
The uutomobile'Industry happens
to be important, and there are thou-
sands of Smaller industries whilst
will also face the same piulilem.
What will- the millions of workers
do when the Hemand for 'war ma-
chines stops? „
What will happen to the domestic
market for farm products -when
ROAD TO VICTORY!
By - Stuart Cloete
against proposals for’na#>n- tend woman—to come to the
wide gasoline rationing to aid of their automobile li-
cm'iservt* rubber. Governor cense plates. ^
Coke R. Stevenson Monday The. 1912 tags are in for
declared that 20,000,000 cars the duration, apparently, and
____1.1 l. 1 •fnllillir 'linrlpl* 1 24 4 1 .. II . ... .. .. • * 1*
ottlil be kept rolling under a 1 ittle* elbow exercise by way
those millions of war wor
longer have Jobs?
The stage seems set for nn even
worse depression after World War II
than we suffered attei World War 1
unless right now we start to plan
•bout these surpluses
It hr comforting u> learn Oiat CJptiv
gross is n^w considering some plan
to prevent, or til least to ease, aijy
ufter-the war depression. *
War Profits for I'eace-TIme
• Recovery.
The host, plan scorns to contein-
luT
•<’ Why should anyone buy
War Ronds V There is no
coin)pulsion . to buy them.
There is no Winter relief . . .
,lio SS* man standing outside
the door saying, "‘Buy, «Y
else." Nothings is at stake
but the future of the country
. . . perhaps of the World.
Wiiat then' is a stamp or
iron'd but a vote of confident1*?
in ourselves? In our capacity
to drive on, to break "all op-
position and then to recon-
struct upon ';t new and better
design, a world that will be
different* A world, of surplus
norm’ll ypefathm “if avail-
... men die . . . not only
lighting men, but women and
small children also. They
die for a good cause. A good
reason . . . for freedom.. Rut
we who ai*e not dying must
pay in time and money, or
we shall find ourselves dis-
honored. The time is short. It
passes". . . and having pass-
ed, is forever lost.
Men in France, in Poland,
in Norway . . . men all over
Europe are regretting time
. . . are saying: “If only we
had known,"
Rut do know. The writ
• •i-lo-id of scarcity, . Rut , a i ang is on the wall. Corregidor,
If people are tempted to use up the rubber tires top
freely, they might well think that if their fires wear out,
thejr cars may be stranded for months ami perhaps years.
The chahees seem more than even that the majority of mo-
torists will have to make.lifeit preseul.tires go as long a* the
war lusts. . * , . "
ADVENTURE SPIRIT IN WAR
.. „ T'v
The majority of cautious older people look at war with
horror, us the greatest folly of the human race. They udmit
that it.ns necessary, when a nation is attacked, that it should
defend itself, and not let the Wftrmaker.fi rule thiL jj^irhj, II
they Were drafted .to go to war, they Would no doubt go out
of patriotic duty, and to support a good cause, but war into
them a wholly horrible thing. .. .
There have nlways been many young men who wcTc
rather cheerful about going to war. Hack in the ancient times
of chivalry, when men roamed the world as. knight*, seeking
war profit a for the purpose of piovut
big industry with the ready cash on
hand to quickly change to* peace-
bond is-more than this. It is
• an-iti1v,e-,tntcjtt It is something
of a mJnicle That freedom'can
lie■ drought and that jjt addi-
tion it should'pay a dividend
'of-u-lsnoM I hre-e fwr- oeot. And
this is not all, bonds .stand
I re tween its, and. the spiral of
inflation which could engulf
time activity and thus lessen the ps mol’e easilv than any Cue,1
shock to manufacturing und agri-
cultural surpluses "when the #ar is
ended:
to redress wrongs and rescue the oppressed, they departed
<•***>•*±1r ^1-. uai. ,.j______. .
Ucs*- rifTMtir \?hks wfth a.rather cheerful spirit,' aCcordmg ttr-The
stories of -history.' .
Many young men seem to have-the. same feeling now.
The. spirit of adventure is strong in their hearts. They are
very fearless, and think little of danger. To some war mav be
h kind of game, and they qtny enjoy; Some phases of it, the
struggle or wits tfr-defeat 'thi* enemy; the* pride "in their own
strength and skill with weapons, and in theif cunning.
The spirit of adventure iu civilian life frequently gets
people into .diffieritty."TTrPT ?$kt ffo"1rninv riskl-'. they disre-
gard the advice of wiser and more prudent heads.
When^urcitroes, these Ynen with fearless hearts*and the
spirit of adventure make wonderful fighters' The country
* pwes a deep debt to them. Their courage communicates itself
, to their comrades.” Mien hate to show fear when there are
among them so many who* know1 no apprehensions, and are
out to win the game of war at alt costs. America Is descended
from a race of men who faced the perils of the wilderness
with high adventure spirit, and their descendants are likely
to show a similar dauntless feeling.
A lttTovSTy" Bond program has
been suggested whereby each In-
dustry, bli^ ’and little, will be re-
quired to invest at least 20 per cent
of Its war. proflts.it? Recovery Ronds
which do not bear Interest until the
war Is ended and which cannot be
sold by the purchaser until peace is
declared!
Such a plan would .build* at the,
rute of ’almost a billion dollars a
jAar, a huge tx-cQiu-ry u-scrye to
convert wjjf industries' tq peace pro-
duction. launch new piwliivts and
ftiAM‘ia?n erhployu.cut. * it, would
place this reserve immediately -and
automatically in thc.hurids of tinise
businesses and industries with' the
| greatest ailer-the war needs.
Tin- jyuua-l.t m ..ti-jaL,i'|)f
‘Trfiie .lock’’ aiUoinaticalkTrelcasi s’
this recovery reserve, the bunds be-
come negotiable and begin to itiaw
Interest-. Purchasers holding them
will then treat them like any other
Government bunds, p, f>e sold hr
used In borrow money. .There would'
be no waiting foi a [xnt-wur Con-
gressional appropriation, ho red
tape, and no delay in launching the
business and industry offensive that-
<miy turn Uitcatc-.n^d depression into
jwurivulvd 'prosperity.
The plan is simple, practical and
fiiir.
During'late yeurs science and re-
search have discovered many new
uses for present-major farm crops
mv out-ide our gati*s. For the
first time in. many -years, de-
nt and brrkmt*'br“ wmnr'’ b'trt"lToTTds
reeds supply,’* which normally
Pearl Harbor, Singapore,
avitti-, of cleaning and waxing will
able supplies of scrap rubber ease their long range job.
The state highway depart-
were converted into tires for
civilian use."
merit- has .settled on a policy
The governor, quoting 0f one by four-inch'tabs for
I '
from a re|»brt. submitted to
him by George S. Armstrong
& Co. of New York, industrial
engineers and management
consultants, told his press
conference that capacity for
producing 872,000 tons of
synthetic rubber annually
would be available by the
middle of 1943.
“War production board es-
timates place our total needs
for this year at 813,000 tons,”
Stevenson said, “so according
to these figures our synthetic
1943, the tabs to bfc bolted
on the present 1942 plates
after they a r e obtained
through regular registration
channels.
Adolph. Benito and Hirohita
—the three blind mice. Make
(hem run with ten percent of
your income in War Bond*
every pay day.
Dunkirk, j aye -not drep.ms. .^production will exceed our
They are'evil things that Have f total consumption.”
.happened, and now this evil From- Jttlv to January of
approaches us. .It lies in wait next-year, the governor stat-
«>ff our. coast*.
Time
..;t40,tuu).-t-yms -»f-avnthe,tif.
money
"but rubber will be-produced* un-
inches long. Its presence in
this part- of. .the country is
very unusual. Wild boars are
ferocious beasts ,w^en dis-‘
-tu-rhed or "wounded, attacking
man or animal with a dogged-
ness that could be stopped
only by killing them.—Lavaca
Co. Tribune. '■ .—T*—r_—.....
money cannot buy time, nor der present schedules.
bring dead -men to life, nor
juircha^e freedom once it is
lost.
“The military requirements
for all of this year total, only
j 271,000 tons, according to a
That is why we must buy report .from the war prodiic-
now
todrfy ahd tiWt board," he added.
eciuals demand, and even!day after. Buy bonds until
stimuat#s it ( by advertising this thing is utterly-destroyed
and credit ' purchase* plans. . . .'because tiftYe is not, sub-
Are we to rave money again-t ject to' .manipulation
today, and Tomorrow, and the • —Thrmr Yw f<*•«#* into rn> h'mht!
WILD BOAR KILLED.
* FLATONIA
* FRATERNAL
ORGANIZATIONS
* Schedule of Meeting*
**••••••
HOW CAN I
HELP THE 5
HARVEST C/
the timh when we may need
it. or bid for the'few consum-
er goods that, are left against
ourselves? • r ► •• ’*
Then* js' more reason for
buying bonds. The l’resjdfbtj,
-who is also tbe commander in
chief, ha-' ue’ke.d u-f to do so.
Meanwhile ... while %ve
because the past is detul and,
the future*' mprtgligid ?
hesitate
while
L -tmmnuiL
we coni-
Ikurd^liip.
bepiUise the world ciijinot live
half.free and haff slave. Nor
Ve, the free, a 1Toy,' the mrtrt-
' gage upon our freedom to be.
‘ foreclosed. Fatting now, we
fail forever. Never, before
could so much be hought for
sto little. Never so rmich 'lost
NEAR MOULTON
A wild boar, a stranger in
this part of the country, was
Jit,til,ft flail:-..
4iuu.ng Al-
FLATONIA LODGE
A. F. A A. M,
* - No, 436 -
ers\1
Meets s^corfnrjrlotnlay night hi
and Mrs.KJohn 'Afe."’tdvhrs ^ d-e‘iTrrt^Ily Tnv'ied
Northeast of
RFADER TENS EDITOR
WHAT SHE THINKS
housewife.) Humble
itntuir
HUMBLE TO BROADCAST
' FOOTBALL-GAMES
“I notice," a housewife.) Humble Oil and Refining
v. ha is a reader of this paper Company announced today
said yesterday.- "that you l that for the eighth .consecu-
live 4 miles
Moujton
The ugly beast was killed
by a luck.N51 shot from a l?i.
guage shofgun with Only No-
4 shot. The hoar w*as spotted
'try Armfrf";\3 'ft 'fihTT-d‘itfro^
the pasture nearby, The youth
related to us when lfr-°+*rrrrigh4'
in a picture, of the untisiial
kill. He was accompanied
here by Aug, C^ichos and
Frank Seidel, nelghbuas. Al-
1 GIVE YOU TEXAS
By Boyce House *
You might think that edit-
ing a newspapvr in a small
town would be devoid of ex-
citement. Hut back in the
days when this'writer was n
small town editor, it was a
favorite pnstime in "many
communities to “give the edi-
tor a licking.”
1 recall one“very tense oc-
casion when two men walked
THF. STORM FURNISHED
THIS BELIEVE-IT-OR-NOT
■ iii •...... riaiiK sMMUtM, .iieiKi|iiuv?v. ni-
have a good deal to say about tive year the Company will did nof kn(AV what kind
the«necessjtv of ^pending, our
money at horm»-rf, ottfrenm-
munjty iy to- hold * its pwft
during the trying times inci-
dent to the war.. I bo lie Ye that
is true. but. also believe that
the mejchants.'have'a part in
this program" also. I believe
sponsor the broadcasts of 0f.an animal it was, and gave
northwest ( ontcrence foot- it a chase witji ]ils dogs.. But
games soon as the dogs -neared the
hall., All Conference
a,r«KW''SSf.rJ2 •!w..w'«!«* «»> ^
cliuriicter place* immediately in tl.e
A runaway box car tvhich
traveled more than a hun-
dred miles, propelled at in-
credible sneed by the surging
Gnif hurricane, provided one
of, the most unusual stories
arising from the. recent trop-
ical blow.
The Jreight car was oil a
siding at Vanderbilt when
the liurrtcane struck. As the
hands of industry the^ resources
‘which enn used in finance furth-
er research anil to plun for the con-
version of surplus crops, surplus
factory buildings - arid1'the euiployt
mint of wuly workers in new arid
useful enterprises whenever' tills
war shall cease and normal peace-
time industry, business arid sericul-
ture sludl he resumed. "'i
This problem deserve* the thought-
ful consideration of every’Amcru.an.
If we can have the assurance otrea-
sonable security in the ufter (lie-war
recovery period we can throw our-
.selves into ari all-out effort to win
the war and feel that by so doing
we hove secured "the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and our poster-
ity.” •
into the newspaper office. - "M1(js velocity increased, thi
What made the occasion! ‘‘V n,^.'nk and*headed
tense was that one of the! to"Hr,I 1 lacedo.y »
men; just the day before, bad ’ * *10 car gained speed in the
been acquitted' of murder. He 90-mile an hour wind tijid not
was a big fellow, with n tent ***“ 1 ■ 1 1.....
TOOL USERS AND
TOOL OWNERS
per so fiery that once or
twice during the trial he
started from his seat with the
ir
at the special prosecutor hut
was dissuaded by his own at
torney. Of course I had writ-
ten a full account of these,
and other events in connec-
tion with the trial for our
little paper each day.
And now here he was, one
killing out of the way, enter-
ing my office. Bringing along
a friend, too—(always a had
sign that means the trouble-
meeker wants a witness so
there will be fair play). He
asked if I was the editor,
which I acknowledged. He
then called for a copy of the
day before’s paner. (Another
bad sign—because the pre>-
liminary to giving the editor
a whipping is to confront him
.with the offending write-up).
The visitors read the ac-
count through — it was the
main article in the paper—
until the wind died down dii
the runaway stop. The chi
was found near the litth
town of (Idem, near Corpu-
4-tmsi4v Fortnriateiv the—pay
songer train which travels
the route hail been held up
in Corpus Christi due to tin
storm.—Cuero Record.
Throw Yokr. Strap Into TUr Fight;
In a recent advertisement signed
by u well known business concern,
this statement appeared: ,uMy bos*
has 14 Oi and tied up in me”
What that slangy use of words
meant waa. Ural ihe average em-
ployee in industry represents a capb
tal investiiioiit-in property,, plant,
machinery and equipment—of $14,.
000 In btber words, labor has Jobs
NATURALIZATION
INSTRUCTIONS SET
A class of instructions for
naturalization applicants will
be held in the court house by
District Clerk Roy H. Giesi*
Saturday, September 26 at 3
o’clock.
Mr. Close urges all appli-
cants, as well as those plan-
ning to file papers, to be pres-
ent for the meeting. ‘
speech my lawyer made to
the jury and you’ve got a real
writeup of it too. Let me have i
six copies, please—and how i
much are they?”
only-..when sonic business man, or
group of Investor*, puts up the
money necessary for the creation of
Jobs.
It was well said recently, by a
student of economics, that men In
governmental authority too often
forget that while the rights df work
ers are being considered, the owner
of the tools used by workers mast
also have some consideration.
After this war is over, the plants
now devoted to military needs must
be re converted to peace-time activ-
ity; must be re-tooled for the kind
of production they were engaged in
when it became necessary to tool
up for war. Labor will expect peace-
time Jobs then, but somebody must
provide the money for re converting
and re tooling. That money cannot
be forthcoming unless enough profits
capital con be stored up to meet
such requirements.
if they will tell' the people
what they have to sett
through the advertising col-
umns of the paper. Most, peo-
ple would -rather trade at
home ir they can get what-
they want. The city mer-
chants tell the readers of the
Hty papers what they have
and Thus suggest them to
buy. I think a good store that
felN (he readers of thi* local
paper what it has to sell each
week in well written, care-
fully planned and thought
out advertisements is the-best
builder a community can
have."—Range News.
Throw Youi St roll Into The Fight; -
A man noticed one morn-
ing that his newsboy had a
puppy on his stand with a
"for sale” sign over him.
H«* asked the boy' how
much did he expect to get for
him; •
The hoy said" $50,000; Not
,n cent less. The man whistled
iuTd went on"
Rut a. few mornings later
the man noticed the dog was
gone. ».
"Sell your dog?” he asked.
"Yep,” the boy grinned.
“Uid you get vour -price for
him?”
“Yep,” replied the* bov.
'“took a couple of $25,000
cats.”
and . a. number of. important*
ihteriectional games will be
brondca-t direct ’from the
playing field, providing none
of these broadcasts interfere
with the wan effort, the an-
nouncement said..
~ Although some of the fa-
miliar announcers, heard dn.
past years, are now serving in
the armed forces, the Humble
Company has gathered- to-
gether a .competent group of
announcers, headed by. two
popular veterans of .previous
' ears—Kern Tips and " Ves
Box. These old-timers ’are be-
ing augmented by several
newcomers, who, though new
to the Humble staff, are well
known to Texas sports fans.
Tying in with these broad-
casts. Humble stations arc
distributing to football fans
free copies of a handy pocket
size 1942 Southwest Confer-
ence Football Schedule, simi-
lar to those that have proved
so popular in past years.
As a future service to sport
enthusiasts, a list of broad-
casts fm each weekend will
be posted in Humble stations'
the preceding Wednesdav.
lasts will.....Sai„ compleft
broadcasts schedule, inclu/1-
hog. they turned and fled
home. Albert did-likewise. Se-
curing a shotgun- and accom-
panied by skihnnie Svjitek he
went after ,the boar and shot
at it from a considerable dis-
tance. T4?e wounded beast
turned and charged against
him grunting and ^napping.
Albert stood his ground and
pumped two more shots into
its head, killing it instantly.
Tb/> beast weighed 40 lbs.,
and had tusks 3 and a half
To attend meeting. F. B. 4
C<a d-w e-1 1, W, M„ VV. I). \
Johnson, Sec, 's '!
• * *
W.--VVhat
lo to aid tl
V RA 1* H
GRAM?
A.—.He cH
comb „everv ii
■t.’gti for -era
rTe should s
KNIGHTS OF
PYTHIAS
- Flatonia Lodge
• No. 208
every first Tues-
Meeta
Jay in their Castle Hall-—^
E. V. Kopecky,. C,. C.; Henryk
Miller, K. K. and S.
GERMANIA. LODGE
NO. 15 O.D.H.S,
at
Meets every first Sunday
) p. m.'at the S.P.J.S.T.
Visiting brethfcren and
sistqrs wefQomefl.
J. A. K-eil, Pres,
fl. It. ThulomeVer, Sect
ROTARY CLUB Q
MEETING FRIDAY
ttie
12 :(5 to 1:15 p. m. in
K. of 1>. Hall in Flatonia.
ing, stations, game time and
announcers. .
RAY OPTltAL *
^ SERVICE *
* J. D William,. Opt. D. *
* F**r Your Next , Glassa* *
* 107 E. 6th — Austin *
KEEPING PACE
wit A the p&zxi strides ofu/aA - time tnaoet
\
—r*4«lr*i *v*ry but Greyhound
can mutter—every meant-of iov-
Ing rubber, fuel, vital materlalil
fc«'P yaureelf
—. .. .. .* , “Not a cent, not a cent,”
and then the recent defen- gajd a very relieved newspn-
dant said: * j per man, “Take them with
««Thgt wa» a mighty fine our compliment*.’’-Exchange
The First Jab
American* ar* impatient people,
»ay» the Farm Journal. Impatience
never won • war. Soundly planned
action,- backed by enough power
win» victories. The Job now I* not
to remake America, but to sava it.
V
JUST
RECEIVED!
New Fall And Winter Suits
— Latest Brown Novelties _
LINE OF PANTS AND HATS ALWAYS IN STOCK!
AH At Very Moderate Prices.
Carrying millions more people than-
ever before, Greyhound is extend-
log its facilities lo the utmost.
There are few new buses available,
so every piece of equipment must
stretch farther and farther to serve
vital war travel.
Zrr teun*rr "*•"
'■* trip,,
. creek bids" I
„ Lit■ m building
Where posi
tlismUntle an.v
ii lo be turtle-
lie should
-nap to a
til ,i set a i i * I e>
' :-i f tro ts' ,
^ -.fMiii'iei
trie * n;a|i fri
lit' I’iiu -offe
l'*- l-oe.’il Sill'
. hjjilkiUUtU. j;ut;
the' NATION
HARVEST PI
i ittttir Yom' St'ri
PRAHA NEW
". The Praha
;' Ifcii'day nioi’ni
and teat
Holy Mass fu
istrattbn in tin
. Public School
rbI bdl. •
Mr. and M
benka are the
of. a baity bt!\
16 in the Shin
was bajjtized
P. Netardus' it
tmes. Alph.on
rs. Atlton
sponsors. Conj
Jfer. and M
and son, Mr. ,
Hajek, Jr.
made a trip t
♦or Field, Ca
Port Lavaca,-
last week.
Frank Vac
James, of Yoal
day visitors a
Mr. and- Mrs,
Last week
made in the.
Jerome Darilc
address is 794
F. T. y., Bks.
North Cardin
Pvt. George
Duncan FTteld,
^?j
jjtik of Ca
Jerry Kalina
Krhovjak of I
ton spent the
their iiarents'
■ ? Irr-J i**
Mr. nd Mr
Ml Fjgar Ear
Weekend in
home here, a
Wheeler celel
day.
' on Tuoadgy, w -
w**fc-nnd, for ,#ov n0
form cn ____ m,n in «»!•'
And n iihout your cooperation the
Uvk would be impossible. Grey-
hound’s tinart thanks lo trery one
«/ you!
* T°‘« oi lini,
possibl*.
wor worn;
ba990B.
MlKULf,‘r DRUG STORE
Phone 17
"dvonce. 9 ’’ W*w I"
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Hawkes, George W. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1942, newspaper, September 24, 1942; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth988179/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.