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STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY. JULY 4, 1941
SIXTEEN PAGES- -Vol. 71. No. 27
O’DANIEL LEADS IN SENATE RACE
Expect Thousands
For Gala Fourth of
July Fiesta Friday
Weather permitting, thousands
of persons from all over this sec-
tion of the State are expected to
be in Stephenville Friday to at-
tend the day and night Fourth of
July celebration being presented
by the local Lions Club for the
entertainment of the citizens of this
area.
The festivities will begin at
9:45 o’clock Friday morning with
a huge, patriotic parade, in charge
of L. W. Phillips, chairman of the
parade committee of the Lions
Club. Entries in this event, which
is expected to be the most color-
ful and the largest seen here in
years, are numerous. More details
concerning the parade will be
found in another story in this is-
sue of the Empire-Tribune.
Following the parade, a free
singing convention will get under
way at the City Park, with Ern-
est Rippetoe in charge. A picnic
basket lunch is scheduled at the
City Park during the noon hour,
and from 12:45 to 1:30 p. m„ J.
Thomas Davis, John Tarleton Col-
lege dean and president of the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce,
will speak on “My America.” Ben
McCollum is chairman of the lunch
committee.
Cash Prizes for Singers
Starting at 1:30 p. m., another
singing session will get under way,
with several famous quartets and
other singers and entertainers tak-
ing part in the program. Cash
prizes will be awarded best groups
or individuals competing in the
singing.
At 3:00 p. m., an amplifier will
broadcast President Roosevelt’s
speech to the nation, in which he
will rededicate the Fourth of July
and will lead the citizens of Amer-
ica in repeating the Oath of Al-
legiance to the United States Flag.
A jalopy “blitzkrieg” race will
start at the City Park at 3:15
p. m., with H. E. Stuart in charge
of arrangements. Although com-
mon in many sections of the coun-
try, this will be the first jalopy
race ever seen in Stephenville,
or at least it will be the first pre-
sented in a good many years.
Two girls’ softball teams, White
Bros. Motor Company of Steph-
enville and the Alvord Girls, will
play at the City Park diamond,
starting at 4:15 o’clock Friday
afternoon. This game will be free,
and many will see, for the first
time, the Stephenville club—smart-
ly outfitted in complete bright new
uniforms—exhibit ability on the
diamond. This team, one of the
best in Texas, is sponsored by
White Bros. Motor Co. and is
coached by Clinton Maxwell. R. Y.
Anderson is chairman of the ball
game committee.
Health Review Outstanding
One of the largest and best health
and beauty reviews will start in
the recreational building at the
City Park Friday night at 8:00
o’clock, with many girls entered
in the contest. Pop Stover and his
radio gang of radio and stage en-
tertainers will present a musical
show in connection with the re-
view, after which cash prizes will
be announced and awarded to win-
ners in the parade, the singing
convention, the jalopy race and the
health and beauty review. Entries
in the review will be placed, ac-
cording to age, in junior and sen-
ior divisions, with juniors to be
children from four to eleven years
of age and seniors from 12 years
old up. L. B. Howard is chairman
of this committee.
A free water carnival, under
the supervision of Joseph A. King,
manager of the municipal swim-
ming pool, will start at the pool,
in the City Park, at 9 o’clock Fri-
day night.
Dance Tickets on Sale
Pop Stover and his band will
furnish music for the dance and
musical show which will close the
full day and night program of en-
tertainment. Elton Latham, chair-
man of this committee, states that
tickets are now on sale at Lath-
am’s Tailor Shop, on the west siffe
of the public square, and asks
that these tickets, which are $1.10
per couple, be purchased as early
as possible, since a large crowd
is expected to attend.
In addition to the admission to
the dance and musical show, 10c
and 15c admission fees will be
charged to the jalopy race and the
same prices will be charged for
admittance to the health and beau-
ty review. All other events dur-
ing the day and night program,
including the water festival* will
be free to the public.
Hugh Wolfe, chairman of the
general program committee for
the entire celebration, states that
proceeds obtained from admission
charges to these three events will
be used by the Stephenville Lions
Club in carrying out its program
of aiding the indigent blind and
crippled children. The public is in-
vited to assist in this movement
by attending these programs and,
at the same time, securing high-
class entertainment and enjoyment
throughout the day and night of
festivities.
STORES TO BE
CLOSED FRIDAY
Most Stephenville stores will be
closed Friday for the day and night
Fourth of July celebration in this
city, sponsored by the local Lions
Club.
All federal, state and county of-
fices, banks and post office will be
among those which will take the
holiday off, in addition to prac-
tically all places of business with
the exception of drug stores, res-
taurants, cafes and service sta-
tions.
Independence Day is one of the
four principal legal holidays of the
year which practically all Steph-
enville business houses observe an-
nually. The others are Armistice
Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas
Day. A number of other holidays
also are observed by many places
of business, especially banks, post
office and federal and state offices.
Leave For Rio Grande Valley
Jimmy Hale Davidson, accom-
panied by his sisters, Ramona and
Audrey Davidson and his brother,
Edward Bird Davidson, left Thurs-
day afternoon on a motor trip to
the Rio Grande Valley. They will
spend the Fourth of July holi-
days with their sister, Mrs. J. L.
Young at Harlingen, and their
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Sid
Davidson and family in Weslaco.
Visit In Parents Home
Mrs. Dick Ayers and little son,
Richard, of Ballinger, arrived in
Stephenville last Thursday for a
few days visit with her husband’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Young Ay-
ers, at 986 West Long Street. Mr.
Ayers drove here Sunday to spend
the day with the family, his wife
and baby son returning home with
him Sunday afternoon.
I’LL TELL THE ‘ j
WORLD
gRATH County maintained its
usual reputation of being among
the last counties in the State to
make its election returns Satur-
day. As late as Sunday night the
telephone of this department rang
repeatedly from State officials and
election bureau attendants in an
effort to get the final tabulations.
This newspaper has no desire to
place the blame on any particular
individual, but it does say that this
condition should not continue to
exist. The county receives a lot
of criticism by reason of these
delays. Perhaps county officials,
precinct chairman and all others
could work together in an effort to
bring about better results.
JN years gone by Erath County
has responded to every emer-
gency call that has been made
on its people by the government.
In the war days of 1917-18 no
county in this section of Texas
had a better record than Erath
when sales of liberty bonds were
made known. The same was true
with Red Cross drives, as well as
all other drives designed to help
not only the government but the
soldiers in the service. Recently,
the sale of Defense Bonds has
been good in these parts. But now
there is a need for funds to take
care of entertainment at the vari-
ous camps over the country—and
so far as we know there has been
no organized effort made in this
direction in Grand Old Erath. The
U.S.O. drive is on all over the
country, and it should be under way
here. It’s a job for somebody and
needs to be taken care of quick-
ly and definitely.
(Continued on page two)
BESTPARADEIN
YEARS TO START
FRIDAY AT 9:45
Thirty-Seven Colorful Units
Will Participate in July 4
Gala, Patriotic Exhibition
Through the efforts of the Lions
Club, Stephenville promises to
have the biggest Fourth of July
parade seen here in many years.
Practically every business and or-
ganization in the city will be rep-
resented. Forty-two business firms
have agreed to enter decorated
floats, cars, pickups or trucks.
Massed flags will be represent-
ed by one or more members of
each Sunday School class from all
churches in the city, each carry-
ing an American flag. Dr. Harry
Lee Spencer, pastor of the local
First Baptist Church, will be in
charge of this part of the parade.
Spectators will see, for the first
time, the public appearance of
Company C, 15th Battalion, Texas
Defense Guard, in the parade. Boys
and girls will ride on gaily-be-
decked bicycles, dogs and pets will
bo entered and prizes are offered
for the best performing clowns.
Plenty of Livestock
Hench Humberson and daughter,
Mrs. Doyle White, and Thomas &
Tackett, livestock auctioneers, will
furnish plenty of livestock for
the parade. Henry Clark and Henry
Belcher will supervise entries of
oldest married couples, horses and
buggies, hacks, surries and buck-
boards.
Under the direction of G. O.
Brown, Bill Lockhart and Joe Han-
cock, invitation have been extend-
ed to 66 fox hunters in this sec-
tion to bring their dogs and partici-
pate in the parade.
The most patriotic tiny tot cos-
tume section, under the direction
of. Mrs. Gatiand Eubank and Mrs.
W. J. Wisdom, is another import-
ant unit. Civic organizations, gov-
ernment agencies, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts and, ether units will com-
plete the demonstration.
Parade Starts Early
The parade will start Friday
morning, July 4, at 9:45 o’clock,
with “Uncle Johnny” Lockhart,
Confederate veteran, and Mayor
J. W. Clements riding in a 1906
model Maxwell automobile, obtain-
ed from a Fort Worth business
firm. Bands and massed flags will
be prominently featured.
Thousands of people from all over
thi3 part of the State are expect-
ed to be on hand early Friday
morning to see this gigantic, pat-
riotic and entertaining exhibition,
free to the public.
L. W. Phillips, secretary-man-
ager of the Chamber of Commerce,
is parade chairman. Other mem-
bers of the Lions Club parade com-
mittee are Rev. W. H. Cole, Mayor
Clements, Dan Evans, A. M. Mc-
Mahan and Morris Novit.
Units in Parade
Phillips Monday announced that
the parade would consist of 37
units and stated that the order of
march had been planned and each
unit notified. These units are: Con-
federate veterans, massed flags,
high school bands, fire trucks,
Spanish-American War veterans,
American Legion and ex-service
men, Texas Defense Guard, Girl
Scouts, Bluff Dale Boy Scouts, Dub-
lin Boy Scouts, Hico Boy Scouts,
Stephenville Boy Scouts, 4-H Club
girls, most patriotic tiny tot cos-
tume, dogs and pets, clowns, old-
est married couple, best horse and
buggy, hack, surry or buckboard,
fox hunters, bicycles, beauty sec-
tion, girls’ softball team, nurser-
ies, government agencies, land use
planning committee members, REA
board of directors, Future Farm-
ers of America, home demonstra-
tion clubs, John Tarleton College,
civic organizations, ambulances,
jalopies, horses and riders, Thom-
as & Tackett livestock, Baxley
Studio baby contest winners float;
farm machinery and decorated
floats, cars, pickups and trucks.
All units are requested to be in
their proper places, as notified,
well in advance of the start of
the parade.
Heads Legion
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W. J. Wisdom, commander of
the Ammon Turnbow Post No. 240
of the American Legion, who was
elected District 17 commander at
that organization’s recent conven-
tion in Stephenville. Itfore fami-
liarly known as “Coach” Wisdom
isathletic director at John Tarle-
ton College.
PEANUT RULING
ALLOWS HIGHER
1941 ACREAGE
Peanuts For Crushing Oil May
Be Planted; Would Lose Only
AAA Conservation Payment
Farmers of Erath County can
plant as much acreage as they
wish to peanuts for crushing for
oil without incurring deductions in
any AAA payments except the
peanut conservation payment, J. L.
Killian, chairman of the County
AAA committee, announced today.
The United States Department
of Agriculture has changed pro-
visions of the AAA program to
encourage the production of pea-
nuts for oil as a result of anti-
cipated increases in the demand
for such oil, the AAA commit-
teeman said.
The change does not affect the
marketing quota program on pea-
nuts he declared. Under provis-
ions of that program, peanuts pro-
duced in excess of the farm quota
must be delivered to a designat-
ed .agency at oil prices, in order to
avoid payment of the marketing
penalty.
Permits Greater Increase
A previous change in the con-
servation program had provided
for increasing the peanut acre-
age for oil purposes on any part of
the 1941 cotton acreage allotment
not used for cotton production,
without deductions being incur-
red in AAA payments. The new
change permits an even greater
increase in the amount of peanuts
that will be made available for
crushing for oil.
If it is not too late Erath farm-
ers may plant all the additional
peanuts they want for crushing for
oil.
ERATH CO-OP IS
REPRESENTED AT
POWER PROGRAM
National Attention Focused On
Ceremony Held at Dam Site By
REA And 13 Co-operatives
Home on Vacation
Vernon Tackett with the Lock-
heed Aircraft Corporation at Bur-
bank, Calif., came home last week
on a two weeks’ vacation which ho
is spending with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Tackett and fam-
ily at Huckabay.
Home From Fort Worth
Miss Ollie Boase returned home
Friday after a several days visit
in Fort Worth with her uncle,
Price Martin and family.
College Out Until Tuesday
Independence Day is being cele-
brated at John Tarleton Agri-
cultural College by the students
not only being allowed July 4 as
a holiday, but July 5 as well. Dean
J. Thomas Davis, in making this
announcement, explained that the
second holiday had been made pos-
sible due to the fact that the stu-
dents had attended school on Mon-
day of this week, while classes
do not ordinarily meet upon that
day during the summer session.
Work will be resumed on Tuesday,
July 8, as usual.
NOTICE
Advertising in the last is-
sue of the Empire-Tribune was
somewhat misleading, concern-
ing the Fourth of July celebra-
tion to be put on under the spon-
sorship of the Lions Club here
Friday, in that it was started
that everything was free. The
front page news story last week
stated that all events will be
free except a 10c and 15c charge
lor the jalopy race, a 10c and
15c admission fee for the health
and beauty revue and a $1.10
per couple charge for the dance
nnd musical show. Proceeds will
he used by the Lions Club in
aiding the indigent blind and
crippled children.
Erath County had a good rep-
resentation at the celebration of
initial public power Wednesday af-
ternoon at Possum Kingdom Dam,
according to G. A. Tunnell of Ste-
phenville, project superintendent
of the Erath County Electric Co-
operative Association and a direc-
tor of the Brazos River Trans-
mission Electric Co-operative, Inc.
Both Dublin and Stephenville
were well represented at the cere-
mony( as well as other communi-
ties in this and adjoining coun-
ties. Several thousand persons from
this section of Texas, and visitors
from Washington, D. C., and oth-
er places, were in attendance.
Harry Slattery of Washington,
national administrator of the Rur-
al Electrification Administration,
was unable to attend, as planned,
due to pressing duties at headquar-
ters brought on by the national
emergency.
From Washington Office
Dr, Robert B. Craig, deputy ad-
ministrator, attended, however,
with C. O. Falkenwald, chief of
the application and loan division of
the REA office jn Washington.
Arthur W. Gerth and others from
the national olfice also were pres-
ent.
Mr. and Mrs. II. H. Rampage of
Iredell, Route 1, was the Erath
County Co-operative’s entry in the
“Mr. and Mrs. Texas Farmer” con-
test at the celebration, sponsored
by the Brazos River Transmission
Electric Co-operative, Inc. All 13
• co-operatives which will receive
power from the high voltage trans-
mission lines the Brazos River
Transmission Co-operative is con-
structing had representatives in
this contest.
These entries and other repre-
sentatives of these counties par-
ticipated in the parade which op-
ened the program at 1:30 o’clock
Wednesday afternoon.
Fart of l’rogram Broadcast
KGKO, Fort Worth radio sta-
tion, broadcast 45 minutes of the
program, from 2:15 p. m. until 3:00
p. m. The announcer described the
parade, then introduced Dr. A. C.
Scott Jr., director, Bra/.os River
Reclamation and Conservation Dis-
trict, who explained the purpose
of the ceremony. Dr. Craig, Con-
gressman W. R, Foage and John
W. Scott, Federal Power Com-
mission, Washington, D. C., were
others who spoke during the broad-
cast.
After the radio part of the pro-
gram had ended, other speakers
were Congressman Ed Gosset,
Wichita Falls; C. D. Blair, REA
supervising Construction Engineer,
Washington, and Falkenwald.
The hoard of directors of the
Brazos River District and the board
of directors of the Brazos River
Transmission Co-operative, Inc.,
were introduced. Carlton Smith,
Transmission Co-operative attor-
ney, made the closing remarks on
the program, which ended at 4:15
p. m.
SWIMMING POOL
SET FOR FOURTH
The municipal swimming pool
has just been drained and thor-
oughly cleaned for the Fourth of
July celeration that is being spon-
sored by the local Lions Club.
Joseph A. King, manager, states
that the Stephenville pool meets
the State Department of Health
standards in every respect, “which
means that it is a safe and clean
place in which to swim.”
The water carnival which will
follow the health and beauty re-
view, King said, will include exhi-
bition diving and swimming, life-
saving disrobing in water, under-
water dive, brick relay, tub re-
lay, floating display of United
States flag and clown acts.
“There is plenty of room out-
side the pool enclosure,” King said,
“for the people to see this free
water carnival Friday night.”
Leave For Nebraska
Andrew Potcet of Falls City,
Neb., arrived In Stephenville Tues-
day morning for a short visit with
his mother, Mrs. Prank Poteet,
1105 West Sloan Street, lie re-
turned home Wednesday, accom-
panied by his rhotber i nd his niece,
Miss Wanda Lee l oteet, who will
spend several weeks with him and
his family in Falls City.
Leads Mann In
Erath County Vote
Johnson in Third Place; 2,989 Votes Cast in
Erath County; Many Thrown Out as Invalid;
O’Daniel Increases Lead in Late Rural Boxes
As Erath County goes, so goes Texas. This statement has often
been heard around election time and, apparently, it usually holds
good. For Governor W. Lee O’Daniel led the pack in Erath Coun-
ty in his race for U. S. Senator Saturday and, as final votes were
tabulated over, the State, he passed Congressman Lyndon B.
Johnson for a 1,095-vote plurality, in unofficial but complete re-
turns from the 254 Texas counties, to win the hottest and closest
race the Lone Star State has seen in many years.
GERALD MANN SECOND
Gerald Mann, popular attorney-general, was second in Erath County
returns. O’Daniel polled 1,110 ballots, or 215 more than Mann’s 895.
Johnson was third with 692 and Martin Dies trailed with 255. All other
candidates, Democrats, Republicans, Independent and Communist, gar-
nered but 37 votes in Erath County.
O’Daniel and Mann ran neck and neck in this county, with the Gov-
ernor just a few votes ahead, from Saturday night until all but the
latest boxes came in Monday. When the final unofficial count was made,
however, O’Daniel had emerged with a 215-vote lead in the county.
Johnson was 203 votes behind Mann and Dies 437 below Johnson.
O’Daniel’s Closest Race
Erath County has gone strong for O’Daniel in each race but this, his
third, was the closest the Governor had been pursued in the 34 boxes of
Erath County by any previous candidate.
The other 21 candidates in the race received only a smattering of
votes in this county. Of the Democrats, Davis gathered three ballots,
one voted for Hatfield, one for llieks, one for King, one for Ryan, two
for Thompson and 22 for Morris. Elvins, the Republican candidate, re-
ceived one vote; Fletcher, another Republican, had withdrawn from the
race but was given two votes anyway; BVooks, the Communist, picked
up three votes in Erath County and Jones, the Independent, failed to
scratch.
O’Daniel 1,095 Votes'
Ahead As Race Ends
Complete unofficial tabulation Tuesday night by the Texas
Election Bureau, Dallas, showed that Governor W. Lee O’Daniel
had passed Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson, as the final rural
boxes were reported from over the State, and had ended his race
for the office of United Stales Senator from Texas with a plural-
ity of 1,095 votes.
The final eompiliation of votes
by the Bureau showed the fol-
lowing totals: O'Daniel, 175,368;
Johnson, 174,273; Attorney Gen-
eral Mann, 140,853; Congress-
man Martin Dies, 80,601.
These totals accounted for a
total Vote in Saturday’s special
election of 571,095. Many ballots
were thrown out, however, due to
the fact that a large number of
voters scratched only the Demo-
crat candidates, other than the
man for whom they were voting,
and failed to cross out the candi-
dates in the other parties on the
ticket—the Republican, Independ-
ent and Communist.
It was decidedly a four-man
race. Early returns gave Johnson
as much as a 13,000-vote load over
O’Daniel, but as returns came in
from “the forks of the creek,” the
Governor gradually overcame the
margin and passed it, in a thrill-
ing, neck-and-neck horse race, to
emerge the winner.
Unless the official count changes
the outcome of the election, which
is considered unlikely. Governor
O'Daniel will resign shortly to ac-
cept his seat in the Senate at
Washington and Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Coke Stevenson will succeed
O’Daniel as Governor of Texas.
Erath Vote By Boxes
Din
Johnson
Mann
O'Daniel
Others
1. Stephenville ... ........... .......
31
56
81
92
6
2. Shelby
1
6
3
10
1
3. Dublin ...................................
48
135
ICO
193
4
4. Kiker’s Gin ......
6
4
1
19
5. Alexander ---------------------------------
2
21
20
32
1
6. Purves
1
8
17
23
7. Duffau ---------------------------------------------
8
10
13
31
2
8. Pony Creek —..................................
2
2
3
8
9. Bluff Dale
3
28
37
29
4
10. Elm Grove . ...............................
5
3
8
11. Morgan Mill .................
5
22
30
50
1
12. Patillo
3
3
26
13. Exray.......................................—
2
12
7
25
14. Highland .......................................
1
6
15
17
15. Moccasin Rock
6
4
17
16. Thurber .................................
2
9
6
17
1
17. Linglevillc ................................-..........
1
8
22
15
18. Huckabay..................._................—
4
3
24
13
19. Chalk Mountain
2
2
12
2
20. Halsell ..................................
1
1
11
17
21. Clairette , -----------------------------------
10
19
39
1
22. Pleasant Home
3
6
1
8
23. Selden -------------------------------------
3
7
14
14
24. Victor
1
10
6
9
25. Altman ......—
3
7
6
9
26. Russell Chapel .................
2
4
4
10
1
27. Stephenville
42
85
116
142
2
28. Harbin ________________________________
4
2
25
1
29. Edna Hill ......-.............................
1
3
1
3
1
80. Bins .................—-.........-..............
3
1
6
14
1
31. Johnsville .................-m
4
4
12
8
2
32. Stephenville ...................
73
196
220
155
6
88. Banyan
1
7
19
8
34. Millerville _________
1
1
7
12
1
Totals ___i.....;_________....__________
255
692
895
1,110
37
Comes to Visit Parents
M. T. Allmon arrived here from
Panhandle Sunday to spend a few
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. H. Allmon and other rela-
tives before leaving Panhandle for
induction in the United States Ar-
my. He returned home Tuesday
night.
Are Visiting in City
M^s. G. G. Wray and her dau-
ghter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Willoughby and daughters,
Pauline and Wanda Jo Willough-
by, are visiting here this week as
guests in the home of Mrs. Wray’s
sister. Mrs. S. H. Allmon and oth-
er relatives in the city.
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