Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 179, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 12, 1942 Page: 3 of 12
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Renfro’s
Dinner
DEPARTMENT
BROWNWWOOD (TaxarJ BULLETIN, SUNDAY, ABRIL IT. 1941
RASE THRE8
HELP CAME TOO LATE TO SAVE JIM BOWIE, TOO—
M Like Texans Who Survived Then Men
Of Camp Bowie Fightin' Mad About Bataan
■r PVT. ARNOLD SHAW
Men of Camp Bowie cursed when
Bataan feU
Snarling, bitter curses, coming
frofn mouths that tasted a frustrat-
^ hate. 8cowling soldiers, cling-
***• to a forfom hope, huddled over
r*dk>s and hawked the headlines of
late editions as the fatal curtain
dropped over the Bataan de-
fenders. American troops had been
baaten, terribly beaten. Troops that
wore the same clothing and Insig-
nias of men here.
It Is a strange and somewhat awe-
some spectacle. Not unusual to
hear a soldier cuss, no. He has done
a hearty Job of that for many
months. The food, pay. lack of pro-
motions, quarters, officers, home-
stckneaa, short peases—all these real
or Imagined grievances combined to
sure. But behind that deairs la
something stronger, more gripping
and packing a greater drive within
the man. It Is his pride. There Is
no flag-waving, no drum-thumptng.
no outward show of heroics. With-
out attempting to define his feelings
he has become the number one pa-
triot for his country, cause, service
and his own abilities.
It is the pride produced by hu-
miliation too. Not because 100.000
•slant-eyed so-and-os” knocked
over 30.000 of his mates, but because
he wasn’t there with enough planes,
men. ships and artillery to male the
game a little less one-sided. He tele
America was outmaneuvered. Her
cause has suffered a severe setback.
He blames no one in particular, but
he feels a stain upon his uniform
make a huge melting pot of discon- 1 *^d ^ ronet*1 rtne^nd^grenade**
tent that approached a tangible wlth M
stage prior to Dec 7 Maybe the old topkick with eight
Change Has Been Slew ! service stripes on his sleeve voiced
The change following America k something for the fighting men of
entry Into the war has been grad- j this country.
• So the Army is going to retire
me.” he snorted. “They can retire
me In hell if they’ll give ms one
crack at those yellow half-pint . .
sons of the sun t"
Fifteen men In one company alone
asked for transfers when the news
broke. They “put In" for foreign
service.
Bstaan brought the war to Camp
Bowie. Jim Bowie muse be grin-
ning.
AAA Office Receives
108 Soil Checks That
Total $7,934.82
Brown County AAA office re-
ceived 101 checks totalling I7I34J3
Saturday. The checks are to farm-
ers of the county and are in pay-
ment for sell conservation work
done on the farms of Brown county.
The shipment of checks received
here todsy Tnakss a total of 473
checks that have been received In
Brown county. Total amount of
American 112 checks is 112.396.
Farm officials hers Saturday said
eat-Eyed Devils DM It that they sxpept to receive some
He is raging to avenge his mates. 2JO# checks that will total |X7tJ00.
ual but sure. Few actual warlike
tendencies were manifested because
the soldier felt, even as his civilian
brother did. that the war tone was
a remote and distant region and the
scene of action some indistinct spot '
on a map.
Then casualty lists began to alow- !
ly drift In. This mans boyhood
friend, the schoolmate of another,
a brother, a “a good egg I us la work
with." appeared In those terse War •
Department releases of regrets ,
Pearl Harbor attack. Manila fell., j
Guam. Wake. Singapore and Java
and the list of casualties grew.
Handclasps of goodbye became
more frequent. More troope were
on the move. Fred. Blister. Bob,
Slim. Rankin, good guys all. guys
he was inducted with, got drunk
with, shot craps with—moving out j
for some unknown destination
Some were In Australia, some were
on Java and a crew he knew fought
the long siege of Bataan
And so a bitterness of discontent
has become a hate spawned of pride
with the objectives as far apart as
the miles from here to Japan A
hate climaxed on Bataan. A hate
that can only be fed on action—a j
hate that will tolerate no interfer-
ence from the smug self-satisfied
slap-happy pre-*ar
WATER
WAGON
On land and on the sea—or on land and on the rivers
in the vicinity of Fort Knox, Ky, this strange, dual-duty
"sea jeep" has been running riot. Being tested by the
Armored Force Board for possible adoption by the
Army, the new amphibian can carry eight men down
the road, over the river, or through that mixture of
road and river, heavy mud. Top picture shows it in 40
feet of water.
m
Newsmen Discuss
Vital Role of
Unshackled Press
DALLAS, April 11—(UP)—An
unshackled praas was called the
“barrel-hoops of democracy” today
and editors were urged to fight s
growing belief that criticism of
government or party was disloy-
alty.
Veteran R. T. Cnu*. ror a quar-
ter-century publisher of the Ath-
ents. Texas. Dally Review, told the
Southwest Journalism Congress that
“We are going to need some dyn-
amic editors to save ourselves from
too much government supervision
and eventual lost of freedom of the
press."
“I yield.’’ he said, “to no man my
loyally to my nation, but I deplore
the Jpea so prevalent that criticism
of the government or party is dis-
loyalty."
“An expert." said Palmer Hoyt,
publisher of the Portland, Oregon.
Oregonian who also Is here as na-
tional president for a founder’s day
dinner of 8igma Delta Chi. pro-
fessional Journalism fraternity, “Is
one who Ignores small errors and
sweeps on ths to grand fallacy.”
He' told Instructors and Journal-
ism students that the proas need-
ed a sharper view of conditions and
that It must sec that things turn
out right after the war.
“I am not pessimistic over our
newspapers.” he said. “They are
the barrel-hoops of
Lewis W. Bailey.
editor, paid tribute to the publish-
ers and editors who have done sc
much to shape Texas destiny. Us
reviewed the career# of Oeorge S.
Dealer of the Dallas News, ths lat#
E J Krieet of the Dallas Ttmed-
Herald, late late M. E. Poster of
the Houston Chronicle and Prose,
Roy Miller of the Corpus ChrM
Caller, among others.
He cited developments which
stemmed from the Scripps-Howard
newspaper enterprises, whose local
editors caught ths possibilities of
Texas development and individual-
ity. fought and achieved program^
Led Stale’s Advent—ft
Allan Bartlett, editor of the
Houston Post, said that Texas news-
papermen have taken part in every
movement for the state’s econom-
ic and sdclal advancement.
“While many newspapers have
fallen by the wayside." he said,
“the headstone on the grave of
many could be: ‘Died In action—
bom 30 years too soon’.”
They frequently were too far
ahead of development, he said.
Dr John Ashton of Texas AgrU
cultural and Mechanical fW'
was elected president oL_^irt*
gress and his school^.., o
for ths 16th amr
21_*
Ov#r 1,000 Tom o( Bom&t
Dropped on Rhintland Ar#g
LONDON. April 11—(UP)—Brit-
ish bombers have dropped mare
than 1.000 tons of bombs on Ger-
man Rhineland and Rhur Indus-
trial targets this week, the air
ministry said tonight.
ITS OVERTIME FOR EYES, TOO!
for twenty-four hours
produc-
terrlfie
your duty
and
Dial m
before all of the soil conservation
payments are made.
Notices were sent out Saturday to
all farmers who received checks
Saturday.
RUSSIA WAGES WAR BEHIND THE LINES
IN FACTORIES UNHAMPERED BY STRIKES
’Styled in California" Ixclativaly for Anthony's!
NEW
ARRIVALS
tN
Maternity
SLACKS
BY MOVITONE
•They Spesk for Themselves"
W® have had request after
request for sTia-t lookingj
Maternity Slacks. These;
a^e designed for expec- i
tant mothers. Comforta- 1
ble concealing slacks —
boxy blouses roomy slacks
with adjustable waist ban
$1095
& 0"““
L.o<oT
By MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service Staff Cerrwpeadewt
WASHINOTON.-No strikes . . .
millions of men and women volun-
tarily and desperately working
longer hours . . . that is the story
of the past winter s “behind the
lines” action on the Russian Indus-
trial front, as It Is being told in
Washington by recent observers.'
Prior to June. 1940, Russian fac-
tories worked their employes five
days, with every sixth day off. The
hours per day were anywhere from
6 to 8. depending upon the Indus-
try. After June 1940. the six-
day week, with the seventh day
off. was Introduced. The working
hours were now I per day.
81nce Hitler made his war upon
Russia, the factory scheme has been
changed once more. There Is still
the regular six-day week with Sun-
days off But. In addition to the
regular 8 hours, there Is a compulso-
ry extra three hours per day. and
for these extra hours the pay Is
time and a half. If the employes
want to work more than 11 hours,
they can do so and many do. If
they voluntarily also work a seventh
day they get double pay.
Figures as to rates of pay In the
various Industries are not forthcom-
ing. The piece-work pay system Is
now widely used all over Russia. It
got Its first Impetus from A. Stakha-
nov. a coal miner He studied plans
by which It would be possible for
him. with the same amount of phy-
1 sical labor, to get more coal from
the strata he waa working. The plan
was then named after him and
thousands of miners increased their
coal production. In the Russian rail-
way world, the plan la known by the
nam^of Krlvonoaa, because P. Krlv-
onoss perfected a plan whereby he
got more speed per hour out of the
freight engine he waa running. In
all factories the workers have been
encouraged to perfect ways by which
production can be speeded up with
the machines In hand.
In 1833 It was estimated 23.000.000
persona were employed In Industry.
In 1838, last official figures given
out. the number had risen to 38.-
000,000. The average yearly wage
of workers In Industry In 1933 was
1513 rubles. By 1938 tide had gone
up to 3447. But spokesmen for the
Soviet always insist that. In talking
sbout wages, other things must
also be considered. There is free
insurance of the workers. It covers
sickness, permanent disability, old
age and death. In case of sickness,
medical service Is supplied free.
Wages go on. ’
In each factory there Is a vertical
union like the American CI O. At
the start of each year there la col-
lective bargaining for the year
This Is carried on by the director
of the plant and a committee of
the union. If there Is a dispute as
to pay or working conditions. It is
referred to a committee composed
j of the directorate of the plant, rep-
resentatives of the factory union and
of the city-wide organization of
trade unions.
It la claimed that (Tie vast ma-
jority of the directors of Soviet in-
dustry were once rank and file
workers who secured their promo-
tion because of the ability they man-
ifested and the Initiative they dis-
played In production.
Highway Patrolman
Stationed Here to
Go to Army Soon
James E. Riddles, highway patrol-
man who has been stationed here
for the past two months, will be in-
ducted Into the army next week and
B. D. Vanderworth. who Is stationed
at Amarillo, has been sent here to
take his place temporarily
Riddles has bene In charge of is-
suance of drivers* licenses here, and
has had his office In the Brown
county court room at the court
house.
Riddles left Friday night for hu
home in Wlndom. Fannin county
and will be Inducted Into the army
through his load board in Bonham
Farmers Warned to Save
Feed and Seed Begs Now
AUSTIN. April 11 «UP»—A warn-
ing to Texas farmers to save feed
and seed bags was Issued todsy by
State Agricultural Commissioner J
E. McDonald.
A scarcity of the bags Is antici-
pated. McDonald said. He advised
farmers to be careful to see that
bags are not torn or damaged and
when they have accumulated a rea-
sonable supply, to dispose of them
to their feed and seed dealer or to
any bag dealer.
With
180 Inch
Complete
:le
Skirt
They'*
Junior
Sizes—
Not Ages
9-11-13-15-17
For Good Food, day a
night, try
KARL DERRICK CAFE
203 W. Broadway
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SHEER COTTONS
Check
De toils
Expensive
Actually
Worth on
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Bosket
• Two 7-ir
• Fitted Mibriff—Front
ond Boat—
• High Ppminote Bust
Lir
• Miss Aluffatt Puff
Sit
• Doubfr Organdy
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