The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 1942 Page: 1 of 8
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INDORSED BY—American Angora Goat Breeder’s Association
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INDORSED BY—Texas Angora Goat Raisers'
ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27th, 1142
NUMBER FOUR
Let’s All Plant
Gardens and Trees
Now, as spring approaches, and with
another world war on, and our facilit-
ies for furnishing foodstuffs to our
fighting forces, as well as to our al-
lies, will be taxed to the very hilt,
therefore‘it behooves each of us to put
in a garden spot, even if it be quite
small, so that we might provide much
for our tables that is being bought to-
day from trucksters in the south and
southwest.
Few of us owning small places, have
much ground to spare for raising vege-
tables, yet if we would properly plant
and cultivate patches about the house
that have heretofore been planted to
flowers, you will be surprised just how
much these small patches will provide
in greens, lettuce, peas, beans, carrots
and other vegetables that will be ap-
preciated by the \4hole family, and this
can be done with no greater outlay of
labor than is necessary for the pro-
per care of the several varieties of
flowers many 'of us have around the
house.
Those of us who have plots of
ground about the premises of say 40
by 40 feet, then a complete assort-
ment of everything for the table in the
way of vegetables might be planted
and worked to "advantage after busi-
ness hours in the afternoon.
Potatoes, tomatoes, peas, beans, car-
rots, radishes, beets, as well as some
berries; grapes might be enjoyed by
the family, and fruit trees might be set
out in these small patches, if proper-
ly checked at around 12 to 14 feet a-
part, and if this is done, then gar-
dening might be followed in sections
between the trees, being careful not to
turn the ground very deep near the
trees.
Necessity for providing as much
food at home is upon us ,and instead .of
spending much of our time running
about after working hours, then the or-
dinary man, in good health, can pro-
vide much on his own ground that will
be necessary to help him “carry on”
during a period of time that will tax
every manner of procedure and endur-
ance that will enable us to live and
at the same time allow as much
foodstuffs as possible to be provided
your boys, fighting for the freedom of
America.
We know that small gardens and or-
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President Made Comprehensive and
Appreciated Talk to Nation’s People
NOTICE TO C. OF C. MEMBERS
The Edwards County Chamber of
Commerce’s regular meeting Monday
night, March 2nd, will not be held on
account of the First Aid meeting being
held at the City Hall on that evening.
E. I. MILLER, Secretary.
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SPECIAL NOTICE
This gives notice that the First State
Bank of Rocksprings will be closed
Monday, March 2nd, on account of the
observance of Texas Independnce Day.
LON R. SMART, Cashier.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Roosevelt said Monday night that Am-
erica had been “compelled to yield
ground” to its enemies, but he added
that with constantly increasing pro-
duction, the Allies would take the of-
fensive soon and drive on to victory.
“We and the other United Nations
are committeed to the destruction of
the militarism of Japan and Germany,’
he said. “We are daily increasing our
strength. Soon, we and not our ene-
mies, will have the offensive; we, not
they, will win the final battles; and we,
not they, will make the final peace.”
Despite the cruelly long distances
involved, the President disclosed, “a
large number of planes” manned by
American pilots, “are now in daily con-
tact with the er.emy in the Southwest
Pacific,” And he said, “thousands of
American troops” are also in the area.
The Chief Executive also said recent
surveys had disclosed that the prodi-
giously high production goals estab-
lished two months ago would be at-
tained, and this, he repeatedly em-
phasized, was the key to victory.
Discussing strategy only in broad
terms, he attributed Japanese success-
es to command of the air. In that, he
said, the Japs had an initial advantage
because their small fighter planes could
be flown to the scene of combat, while
ours must be crated and shipped.
But, in any event, the essential stra-
tegy of a war with Japan, the strate-
gy which military men bad contemplat-
ed for years has not been changed by
the events of the last two months, he
said. It called for delaying battles and
in the Philippines a retreat on to Ba-
tan Peninsula, with America meanwhile
waging a war of attrition against the
Japs.
And in this war of attrition, the
United States and her Allies have been
taking a terrific toll of the enemy. In-
cluding, losses at PeafH Harbor, he said,
“we have destroyed considerably more
Japanese planes than they have des-
troyed of ours.”
The President was unsparing in cas-
Large Plane Lands
At Sherrill Field
tigation of “rumor mongers and poison
peddlers in our midst,” who among
other things had spread reports of loss-
es at Pearl Harbor far beyond reality.
It had been said, he asserted, that
Japanese gains in the Far Pacific were
made possible only by the success of
the Pearl Harbor attack.
“I tell you that is not so,” he added,
and went on to give his denial of loss-
es over and above those prevjpusly
officially reported and to argue that
the fleet in any event could not have
opposed the Japanese advance effecti-
vely, because of Japanese aerial super-
iority. This prevented reinforcing Gen-
eral MacArthur’s Army on Pataan.
And, the Chief Executive laid down
“three high purposes” for Americans at
home:
“1. We shall not stop work for a
single day. If any dispute arises we
shall keep on working while the dispute
is solve by mediation, conciliation or
arbitration—until the war is won.
“2. We shall not demand special
gains or special privileges or advan-
tages for any one group or occupa-
tion.
“3. We shall give up conveniences
and modify the routine of our lives if
our country asks us to do so. We will
do it cheerfully, remembering that the
common enemy seeks to destroy every
home and ever freedom in every part
of our land.”
Scornfully, he reported that Axis
propaganda was aimed at setting na-
tion against nation with statements
that “the British are finished”—“The
Russians and Chinese are about to
quit,” that “Americans are soft and de-
cadent, that they cannot and will not
unite and work and fight.” To this he
added:
“From Berlin, Rome, Tokyo we have
been described as a nation of weaklings
—‘playboys’—who would hire British
soldiers, or Russian soldiers, or Chin-
ese soldiers to do our fighting for us.
“Let them repeat that now!
“Let them tell that to General
MacArthur and his men.
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Sirene Signals
To Be Observed
Must Secure
Explosive Permit
E. I. Miller, county clerk has been
appointed as licensing agent for
explosives in Edwards county by the
explosive division of the United States
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Mines.
Mr. Miller asks us to give notice
that all persons who require ex-
plosives, must secure at his office a
license, and explosive license will be
issued to those purchasing explosives
if they are eligible, on March 1st, 1942,
and application for these licenses must
be made at once.
If you use dynamite, black pow-
der. fuse and caps in your work, or if
dealers have storage for these com-
modities, then it is necessary that you
secure the necessary license, so that
you might secure supplies to carry on
your usual operations in blasting doby
pits, blasting roadways and other oc-
cupations requiring these explosives.
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A very large government transport
plane landed at Sherrill Field at around
11:00 o’clock Tuesday morning, and af-
ter a few minutes stay with workmen
pilot took off and went on his way
to Goodfellow Field, San Angelo.
When asked by Morris Stewart, sup-
erintending improvements there, if he
had any trouble in landing his heavily-
loaded aircraft, he stated that he ex-
perienced no trouble whatever, and felt
that the field would prpve very valu-
able, more especially to those forced
to make emergency landings, as was
hit case.
He made a perfect take-off against
the north wind.
The citizens of Rocksprings are ad-
vised that a system of sirene blasts
will hereafter acquaint the people ofj
their meaning.
When you hear one SHORT blast
of the sirene :t means Noon.
One LONG blast is for Fireman’s
Meeting, or Drill.
Two blasts—FIRE.
Three blasts—Emergency.
Four or more blasts—Blackout.
Cut this out and paste up some-
where about the house, so you may
better acquaint yourself with the sig-
nals from the sirene.*
TROY OSBORNE, Fire Chief.
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Scrap Iron Is
Now Going Out
Brown Epperson, Edwards County
chairman U. S. D. A., War Board,
asks us to notify every person having
iron and steel, as well as copper and
brass, to please notify the County Ag-
ent’ office, so that this might be easi-
ly located.
Up to date seme twenty tons of ir-
on and steel has been sold and deliv-
ered, and the price paid for this scrap
is $5 per ton.
Ranchmen arc urged to pile this
scrap near the highway or county road,
so that purchaser will not have to
drive over ranch roads, then notify the
County Agent’s office, either by card,
letter, or telephone.
We had a prominent citizen from the
Canyon Section to state to us that in
his opinion we “should as well feed*
many families that might lie able to
work, as to cut the cedar from the ac-
reage of many rich landowners.” We
wonder if this gentleman ever exam-
ined the tax records to ascertain how
much taxes these “rich” landowmers
are paying, and in addition, how much
do they pay in income tax as well as
investments made in Defense Bonds?
RED CROSS SEWING ROOM
OPEN
The American Red Cross Sewing
Room over the Hough Drug Store is
now open and will be open four days
each week—Monday through Thurs-
day. There will be an Instructor in
charge each afternoon. Please call for
your s'ewing as early as possible.
Yarns and patterns for knitters are
now available. See Mrs. Dick Babb
for watch caps, and Mrs. Hulette
Franks for sweaters.
MRS. A. D. WELCH,
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