Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 192, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 30, 1950 Page: 4 of 6
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Stephenyille Daidt Empire
INCLUDE THE LIVING
TUESDAY. MAY SO. 1*50
WE HAVE.
MEMORIAL DAY
FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE GONE
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By JADA DAVIS
Hugh Wolfe wM asked to make Says U. S. Might “Occupy’ More Countries
a speech at the recent meeting of
"'rials. The
chamber of commerce officials,
speech was supposed to extoll the
virtues of the local golf course.
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FOR
Liberalizes Admissions
DISABLED VETERANS
WHO ARE WITH 05
Because admission procedures of American institutions of
learnings are considered “unrealistic. Columbia University
has ndopted a new admission policy whereby "mature adult sut-
dents” may work for a bachelor’s degree without ever having
received a high school diploma.
The university plan, explained by Prof. Louis M. Hacker,
■would permit applicants. twenty years old who 4kt not com-
plete their high school education, to take an aptitude examina-
tion. On the basis of this test and an interview, the student
would be accepted if he indicates probable ability to handle
college work. *
While professional academicians may shudder at the
thought of admitting a student to eellege without an acceptable
high school degree^the Columbia University plan is based on
solid sense. After all, many students get high school diplomas
without developing any aptitude for college work and some stu-
dents, for a variety of reasons, are unable to complete their
high school work, regardless of the fact that they possess the
ability to satisfactorily assimilate advanced studies.
Circumstances sometime prevent a student from continuing
his education. Often a young man or woman has to drop out of
school to help support a family in financial distress. Changed
economic conditions, after n few years, may make it possible
for the individual to go to college. Certainly, if the applicant
has native ability and a desire to study, there is no reason why
a college, or other institution (of learning, should not give such
a person a chance.
Will Polio Strike Again in 1950?
about the course. For one thing,
it's too cheap. They charge $25
a month at some clubs, and we only
charge $40 a year, so I know
rn . .
people won’t like anything cheap
like that.
“Another thing,’’ he continued,
“the course is too near town. Most
people have to drive six or 10
miles to play golf, and we only
get to drive a half mile.
“ITien, too,’’ he said, “if people
here go out and play golf they
might get to liking somebody they
didn’t Tike before. And they'd be
bound to make a bunch of friends,
and nobody wants to do that.
"Something else bad about the
course is that people might get a
tittle exercise ana live longer If
-they -take-tip goif.
“To tell the truth, I can’t find
anything good to say about the
course. So, come on out and join
up and play if you want it, and if
you don’t want to—well, sit home
and be mean.”
It continues to be difficult for the average American to
get a clear picture of the international situation as it affects
the United States.
Despite much talk about the “cold war,” there corner from
Washington, at very frequent intervals, a reaasuring appraisal
of the situation from the president and a confident statement
from Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson as to the efficiency
of our armed forces. From the statements of these officials,
one would conclude that if the United States keeps its powder
dry, there is no immediate prospect of serious trouble.
From other officials, however, including some of the lead-
era of the armed forces, the statements are not quite so reassur-
ing. Even others, high in official positions, make statements
which tend to confuse the public because they seem.to contradict
the reassurance and confidence expressed by the president and
other Cabinet members.
For example, Vice-President Alben Barkley, speaking at an
Armed Forces Day dinner in New Orleans, declared that the
United States must maintain armed forces throughout the world
and perhnplWniipmpy r*nre *«nntriaa hnfnee t.hn “cold war" ends.
In addition, the vice-president declared that “we must drive
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Some of these softball
ers in the City League would
out in any league in the countr,
ry.
Take this Brock from Lingleville.
That’s right, you take him. For
my part, I can’t even see the ball.
He has only the good right arm,
but that’s all he needs. He’s not
The people of Erath county, in common with others
throughout the nation, are hoping that the current year will not
produce a repetition of the 1949 poliomyelitis epidemc which
was the worst in the country’s history, striking 42.375 persons.
If the disease continues its attacks, we can be comforted by
the information reported by the National Foundation for In-
fantile Paralysis.
This organization admits that “no practical means of con-
trol” can be promised within a given number of years but re-
ports “promising leads” to discoveries that may make possible
control of the feared disease. Drugs, serums and vaccines
against polio are at least "within the realm of possibility.”
Already definite progress ha« been made in isolating and identi-
fying the types of virus or poison that cause infantile paralysis,
Another interesting item in the annual report of the org-
anizaton. issued late in May, is that eighty per cent of the 1949
vicims were assisted by the 2,822 chapters scattered throughout
the United States. No person who came to the organization for
help was turned away, although 1,089 chapters went broke
"meeting the demends of epidemic.” All told, the chapters spent
about $16,000,000 of their.own funds and, in addition, about
$11,000,000 in emergency assistance from the Foundation itself.
With Nichols in * Washington
By HAItMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 30 (UP4 —
Our Army is seriously concerned
about whether an ant belongs in-
side or outside a house—or maybe
up in the air. And if <so, who has
jurisdiction?
Gem J. Lawton
if so, wl
Collins,
Army
M* FARM
JTr RANCH
MpC HATTER
8/ Layne Beaty
chief of staff, has just issued a
learned report on the subject called
“Research and Development, Insect
and Rodent Control.” It’s a straight
off-of-the-arm order to the Army.
.The chief takes off first on the
surgeon general. That gentleman,
it says in small type, is responsible
for the “study of insects and ro-
dents as vectors of disease.”
“This study,” the dispatch says,
“will include the aspects of epi-
demiology, effects on public health,
direct control methods, etc. He *.lso
is charged with supporting studies
in the field of etimology, toxicology,
insect physiology, and such coliat-
studlis as may be required.’’ #
eral studies as may be required.”
words, but I presume they take care
of all of the inside bugs.
Congratulating the Grads
The 1950 crop of graduates of Erath county schools may
have finished their educational training but they must realize,
as they face this perplexed world, that the future holds a prob-
lem for them than cannot be solved entirely by the fact that
they hold a diploma.
We see no reason for pessimism on the part of the grad-
uate* but nothing is to be gained by ignoring the stern facts
that confront modern civilization. To learn these facts, to un-
derstand their causes and to intelligently meet them is to score
a life success, regardless of the tricks that fate may have in
store.
The Daily Empire congratulates the young people who have
earned the diplomas they receive. Due recognition of their suc-
cessful studv is well-merited. After all, the young students
have met and mastered difficulties that, at their age, are equal
* to any that they will meet later on.
People in South America aren’t
so much different from us.
When the WBAP Cattlemen’s
Tour was in one of the five coun-
tries we visited in February one
of the gentlemen in our party was
quoted in a Igfial newspaper as
saying something complimentary
about a herd/of English-type Htre-
fords. fj
Thereupwi a prominent breeder
of Americmn-type Herefords took
umbrage and said so both in the
local press and in letters he wrote
to this count
This happenethiu Uruguay, where
there are some excellent Hereford
cattle of both types.
Questions and
Answers
Q—My husband, a World War I
veteran, receives a pension for non-
service connected total disability.
He has an income of about $2,000
and I have an income of about
$3,000. Must I include my^income
The name of that country, by the
way, is Republics Oriental de Uru-
guay, meaning the republic east of
the Uruguay River.
Accidents mnv occur to all motorists but you can do much
to prevent one happening to you by exercising ordinary care
when you drive.
We note that in this year of re-
stricted cotton acreage, Val Verde
county, which has never grown any
cotton to amount to anything, now
If sympathy could help unfortunate people, there would
be few unfortunate people.
HOME OWNERS
If you are building a new home or need tile floor for
your present home, we invite you to see our representa-
tive this week for estimate on any kind of tile work.
Also rubber and asphalt tile.
Waco Tile Service
Call Tour-O-Tell and Leave Number
Our representative will call.
has one grower with an allotment
of 46 acres. There are 6,000 acres
of crop land in that Texas border
county, and most of that is in 15-
acre plots.
with his in reporting „
A—Your husband will report
only his income. Yours has no bear-
ing on his rights.
Q—I have completed a course as
mechanic under the GI Bill but
my health is bad and I now wish
U> use the balance of my eduction
and training entitlement in a
course to be a farmer. Can I do
this?
A—Since the two courses are in
unrelated fields, you will have to
undergo advisement and guidance
by VA to determine your aptitude
for, and need of, the new course.
Q—My estranged wife was grant-
■ • ' ' Wr ”
Your Sheets Stay
Like New!
People who want to get around
the cotton acreage restrictions by
raising long staple cotton had bet-
ter think about it a while first.
First of all, you have to get
permission from the PMA, which
wants to be sure the cotton you
plant will produce staple of 1V4
idy it is too
inches or longer. Already
late for most of it, and it takes
special ginning, too.
Over 20,000 chickens in Texas
are entered in the Chicken-of-To-
morrow contest, to be judged May
31 at Gonzales.
Only 15 birds out of every hun-
dred entered actually will be sent
to Gonzales for the judging, but
that makes 3,000 all tojd.
It’s part of a nutionhLcontest
sponsored by a big chain gbag^ry
store, to improve on our eating
chickens.
At Gonzales it will be a feature
of the famous annual Fryer Frolic,
that community being the center of
a great broiler raising area and
the site of the state Poultry Ex-
periment Station.
And so do your other linens ... as
well as your family's many items of
personal apparel .. . when we launder
them carefully and scientifically. Call
A Farm and Ranch Club is being
formed in Fort Worth, similar to
those in Houston, Dallas, San An-
tonio, Waco, Wichita Falls and
other places. Eligible for member-
ship is anyone who is interested in
any phase of agriculture or live-
stock. It will meet once a month.
The reason eggs are
froi
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ported to Texas from other states,
the merchants tell us, is that they
can’t find sufficient dependable
volume of top auality egga here.
Now, we have plenty of egge laid
in Texas that can be just as good
as any in Minnesota but we can’t
sell them, it seems, unless ws prove
it.
I’ll have mine over easy, please.
ed an apportionment of my World
War I compensation. Can I do any-
thing to stop payment of the ap-
portionment T
A—You may apply for relief by
means of a special apportionment
to be adjudicated on the basis of
undue hardship. Your nearest VA
office will assist you in preparing
a communication for your signa-
ture. It should explain fully the
reasons for your objection.
Q—Does the age of the wife of
a Spanish-American War veteran
have any bearing on her eligibility
for pension as a widow?
A—If she married the veteran
prior to Jan. 1, 1938, and meets
all the other eligibility require-
ments, her age has no tearing on
the entitlement to pension.
Then the chief pitches one at the
chief of engineers. This gentleman,
according to the dictum, is respons-
ible for “studies pertaining to the
development of methods to protect
buildings, other military structures,
and materiel and supplies from in-
festation and damage by insects
and rodents.”
That should give fair warning to
ants and rats which hanker to
mess up the outside of a govern-
ment building.
Collins didn’t pull any punches in
his next paragraph which was di-
rected to the quartermaster gen-
eral. He made that gentleman re-
sponsible for “research and de-
velopment of insecticides, rodCnti-
cides, and fcther control agents. He
is responsible also for the develop-
ment of measures built into cloth-
ing and portable shelters for pro-
tection against infestation and for
the development of methods of im-
pregnation or treatment of these
items.”
If you get the idea. Uncle Sam is
in the bug-killing business, for sure.
And listen to what the man has
to say to the chief of the Chemical
Carps:
This man is responsible “for fun-
damental physiological studies on
the mechanism of action of insecti-
cidal and rodentical compounds. He
will, consistent with security mea-
sures,. advise other interested tech-
nical services on the Army commit-
tee for insect and rodent control of
.findings and methods in the field of
chemical warfare agents which
may have useful application in the
field of insect and rodent control.”
Ants and rats like to fly, too, ap-
parently.
At any rate, the chief of staff in
his directive, says that the Air
Force has a duty. It is the respon-
sibility of that department to look
into the matter and “evaluate de-
vices and methods of aerial dis-
persal of insect and rodent control
agents.’’
I trust that all of these gentle-
men will bow low and carry out
their orders.
There are too many ants and
bugs around.
Also, too many rats.
handicapped. His speed is phenom-
inal and his control is something
to write home about.
By the time most players get
the bat off the shoulder, the catch-
er is throwing the ball back to
Brock. Even if a lucky batter hits
the ball, it won’t get anywhere.
They say Brock used to be a
demon in the field, but after losing
his arm, decided that he’d better
learn to b« a pitcher.
He should be giving lessons now.
back this monster (Russia) that has crept over the earth, de-
stroying the freedom of man.”
We do not know whether the statesmen from Kentucky was
talking from the exuberance of oratory at an Armed Forces din-
ner or whether his remarks constituted something of a trial
balloon to test public reaction. Certanily, it is an advance in
preparedness and defense talk to suggest that it may be nec-
essary for the United States to occupy other countries. Once
this procedure gets underway, there is no telling where it will
stop or when a shooting war will begin.
Having said this much, it should not be assumed that a dis-
patch of limited forces into troubled areas might not be an ef-
fective and economical method of preventing further advances
by the Reds. Just as the presence of American troops in Ger-
many exercises a deterrent effect, much more than their strength
suggests, the dispatch of token forces into trouble areas might
make it more difficult for Communist agents to penetrate into
neighboring states and create confusion which, later, could lead
to serious trouble. >
A. H. Downing Improved
Out-of-town relatives here last
week to visit Ak'H. Downing, who
has been ill, were his daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. D.
C. McMillan and son, Mart, Tyler;
his sister, Mrs. Ben Grant, Breck-
enridge, and brother, Tom Down-
ing and wife of Caddo. Mr. Down-
ing is reported considerably im-
proved but the attending physician
has prescribed plenty of rest and
relaxation.
If children had the wisdom of old people, then old people
would have the innocence of children, which wouldn’t be so good.
Good impulses often do evil unless mixed with intelligent
efforts.
Unemployment looms as a spectre before a prosperous na-
tion ; some way must be found to provide work for willing hands.
Attend Clinic
F. L. Miller and Leland Birdett
attended a Dry Cleaners’ Clinic in
Dallas Sunday and are highly elat-
ed over the valuable information
they received.
las with his children. They are
Miss Thelma Stinnett, Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Tolar and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stinnett and
family.
Lenders, as a rule, try to Jook out for themselves but, oc-
casionally, they invest in “sure” things and find out about it
later.
Classified ads are what many people use to sell old articles
and unused material. Very often they result in some surprising
sales.
The man or woman who is able to control desire and restrain
appetites will not need old age pensions in later life.
» Despite the continuous whining about taxation, the corpor-
ations of the nation are doing very well this year in the making
of profits.
If a home will last for twenty years there is no logical rea-
son why it should not be paid for in twenty years.
Cleburne Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Anderson and
sons, Jerry and Jackie, of Cleburne,
visited here Sunday with her
mother, Mrs. Nancy Roberson, sis-
ter, Miss Locta, and Mr. Ander-
son’s father, Hume D. Anderson.
PONY CREEK
(Mrs. W. J. Howard)
Mrs. C. P. Carter spent several
days this week with her daughter,
Mrs. Herman Starnes, and family
of Stephenville.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Toombs have
moved to Desdemona.
Miss Winnie Dell Houser of Fort
Worth spent the week-end with
her patents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Robison.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Driskill
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Henderson Woods of Rock Church.
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Carter and
children, Carolyn Sue and Calvert,
of the Sisk community have moved
to the Toombs farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Birdwell
of Bluff Dale spent Sunday with
their daughter and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Carter, on the
Black Ranth.
Mr. and Mrs. Zane Carter of
Michigan were recent visitors of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Carter.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Toombs of
Desdemona spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Howard.
Mr. and Mrk Lee Yancy of Mor-
Takes Degree at A&M
C. E. Hambright went to Col-
lege Station Sunday to bring his
nephew, Marvin Elliott and wife to
their home in Tolar. Mr. Elliott
will return to College Station
Thursday for the commencement
exercises at which time he' will
receive his degree.
Here From Vernon
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Jones and
children and Curtis Lagrone, all
of Vernon, spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Lagrone and
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cork and
children.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill and
baby were in the city Monday and
Tuesday visiting relatives and
friends! Mr. Hill has been affil-
iated with a wholesale drug com-
pany in Waco for the past several
months where he has permanent
employment.
gan Mill spent Sunday with her
sister, Mrs. T. G. Carter and family.
George Minter Jr. arrived home
Monday afternoon from Denton
where he has been in school the
past year. He came by way of
Dallas where he visited his father
who is taking treatment in Bay-
lor Hospital* for arthritis. Young
Mr. Minter reported the condition
of his father greatly improved.
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