The Teague Chronicle (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1942 Page: 4 of 8
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THE CHRONICLE, TEJ
The Teasrue Chronicle ,N*PRAVfB
A recent new* item states that
Established in 1906 Ljx thousand Roman Catholic* of
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Published Every Thursday
Chronicle, Building, 19 Main St.
Teague, Texas
Wm. J. Stringer, Editor-Publisher
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Entered at the post office at
Teague, Texas, for transmission
through the mails at second-class
rates of postage, under the Act
of Congress of March 8, 1679.
Obituaries, resolutions, cards of
thanks, and other such matter not
usually considered newB is to be
paid for at regular advertising
rates.
Any erroneous reflection upor.
the character, standing or reputa-
tion of any person, firm or corpo-
ration which may appear in the
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cheerfully corrected upon being-
brought to the attention of the
management,___________„__1________
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan,
met in a northern city to pray for
an fearly peace and for vlctdVy
founded on justice. This idea of
proyer during siege is not ns
for in ages hack man has prayed
for strepgth to ca^ry on the strug-
gle, be a national situation or a
fight within, oneself the call for
prayer. Many scoff at a faith or
criticise a creed, yet when faced
with a tough fight, they turh to
the. solace of player. England
turns a day bf ferayer for her
country, so does our country, there
is a day of world prayer, which
points out that prayer must
strengthen one for war, not sof-
tens. History shows us that the
hardest pf fighters back throuf
the ages knelt in prayer before
engaging in a fight. The pulpit
in Colonial daya often held the
parson's gun while he prayed that
hia people be • protected from the
Indians. Famous words these of
the Bataan soldier, “There are no
atheists in |6x holes.”.
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MARINE CO
OF WORLD I
ggpRBfiSS,
WHOSE HEROIC EXPLOITS
INSPIRED LAURENCE
fagfosTH,,,E
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VA.RD O. SMELL,
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THURSDAY, OCT. 16, 1942.
IN COMPARISON
We might bedr in
N.
-
mind certain
CHILDREN AT WORK
More children around Teague
are working at odd" joha and we
are glad to see it. We mean the
kind of work that is good for
them, realizing that it is training
and also" gives an appreciation for
earning money through their -own
'iZTfixrxmt'dMfM
WHO LED THE MARINES
IN THE RAID ON MARIN
LSI AND. WAS THE FIRST
F0REI6ri OFFICER TO F16HT
WITH THE CHINESE ARMY „
ASA INST THE JAPS IN 103ft.
I'buejliwfws,-'
of the .privations of England and efforts. Oldsters recall their child-
here in our own land, at this hood* when work on their father’s
writing. Take women's clothing as farm was not stressed as charac-
an example. Before the war Eng-j ter building, it was simply a fact
Jish women bought an average ofiof life, something you did because
four dresses a year and today they jit was necessary. Maybe rising at
average one. They buy oneotouae about five o’clock to feed chic!
SUCCESSFUL
PARENTHOOD
By Mrs. Catherine
Conrad Edwards
jumper in every two years now in-
stead of buying two and a half
blouses add jumpers a year. They
do now with six pairs of hose a
year instead of pre-war 14. With
gasoline rationed for ua England
gets no rationing of gaa for pri-
vate use—-she gets no gasoline!
As for food, it has been rationed
since the very start of the war in
England , and we are just , now get-
ting sugar and prospective meat
rationing. Perhaps yve haven't
seen anything yet.
There is one thing that England
has learned so far in this conflict
of reduction and ration, and that
is that the poor must be better fed.
England’s upper classes always
ens, carrying in buckets of water
for mother, keeping the wood box
filled, a lamp aa well. Milking
cows, husking corn, plowing, all
chores part of the farm pattern.
So today we must follow this line
of work for our children and if it
isn’t a comcrib,' an orchard, a
barnyard, we must supply the
work in some other way to'make
men of children.
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AN “E" FOR THE. FARMER
classes
ate heavily but the poor were un-
derfed, in great numbers. Today
..we find that the very -poorest of
England are better fed than ever
before In their lives. Fighters must
be kept in condition in order to
fight The health condition of Eng-
land is encouraging, less in many
quarters is making for better
health and the needed increase in
other sections has improved
health, too, There has always been
the problem of eating too much
or too little. This has MR been ac-
complished by conscientious ef-
fort and we hope that if such a
food situation arises in our own
coqntry we edn meet as ef-
fectively.
INDIAN-SUMMER'
' Are you one of those'in Teague
who says, “when is Indian Sum-
mer’’ or one of those who says,
is it?’’ The only explanation
for such a phrase aa this is be-
cause each year in the autumn,
usually after that period of froBt
and slight cold which is called
“squaw winter" by some folks, the
sun comep back with renewed vig-
or to shine brightly and warmly
more than usual at this time of
year. There is nothing quite as
soothing and lovely aa the touch
of thia brief Besson. As we search
back for the origin of Indian sum-
mer we see where Indians of years
ago were not famous as farmers.
They were apt to put off the
chores of harvesting and cultvation
until the last possible minute and
sometimes they were so late they
lost their crop*. But often they
waited until that period of Indian
summer and during theae mild
days gathered grains and fruits
and performed the tasks
postponed until almost too late.
Thus, by haviqg a limb when na-
ture seemed to give them another
chance, this holding-off time be-
Any charges that the farmers of
the United States are not patrio-
tic, based on the fracas in Con-
gress over parity prices should be
nipped in the bud right now.
For the American farmer is
probably the most patriotic species
of citizen we have in this coun-
try—and ever since the war start-
ed he has been putting in man-
killing hours to bring food pro-
duction to an all-time high.
In spite of labor shortages, re-
sulting from selective service and
farm help going to the cities from
easier and more lucrative work,
the farmer has achieved a notable
record this year—and he probably
ia much more deserving of wear-
ing an Army-Navy “E" than are
many of the war factory workers
who drop their tools the minute
the whistle blows unless they are
assured of time and a half for
over-time.
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LOSING THE WAR
During recent weeks, more and
e in the know have
ex-
far
more people
pressed the opinion that
we are losing this war.”
Those of us who do not have ac-
cess to the facts, and hear only
the news which official bodies
agree to release, don’t have much
of knowing whether things are
looking brighter or darker.
It is alarming, however, to have
such a prominent official as
Ralph Bard, assistant secretary of
the Navy, publicly state that we
are losing. Mi-. Bard made that
statement because he thinks the
people will have to do a lot more
than they have done so far in dr-
der to assure victory. He thinks
a lot of us are “whistling in the
graveyard to keep from facing
reality:’’
Maybe we are—or maybe, if we
are not* facing reality, it < is be-
cause reality is kept hidden from
us. So long as the American peo-
ple are .given the facts they
be counted upon to do something
about them.
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Budgeting Your War Time
JdoUisra arer^-constantly being
told, and rightly so, that their
greatest patriotic duty is to work
for the health, happiness and mor-
mal development of their families.
But even the most devoted of
them can’t help wanting to take an
active part in community war
work too. Here is how one mother,
who lives in a college town, made
it possible for herself and four of
her friends to devote part of their
tijie to Red Cross and civilian de-
fense, in spite of the fact that
they all had little children and no
maids. It was the simple plan of
having onefof the mothers take
care of all of the children one af-
ternoon during the school week.
Saturdays and Sundays the chil-
dren spent at home—those were
fathers’ days. This was less com-
plicated and easier to get going
than t. co-operative nursery school.
No one home had to be fitted out
with a school room—it was just
“going to Billy’s or Janie’s house”
for the afternoon.
To make a success of such a co-
operative endeavor try to have the
children near the same age,
though older ones can be UBed as
helpers. It’s bets that the mothers,
too, have .similar ideal^on rearing
children to avoid unpleasant feel-
ings if one mother is too strict
and another too lenient.
While the mothers put their free
time to good use for Uncle Sam
the children will be learning to
share toys and make a place for
themselves in group activities.
So /much for the idealistic side
of the project. How about your
reactions when a visitor four-year
old your gets out of hand and may
be plops your own more timid
youngster on the head? You’ll
simply have to control your wrath
and act with schoolteacher object-
tivity. Separate the quarreling
ones, of course, but don’t show
child special sympathy. Besides he
may be the one to cause trouble
at your neighbor’s next day.
Frujt juice and crackers for re-
freshments aret a safe bet since
most children enjoy them. They
arc also easy to supply. Don’t be-
come over-generous and provide
ice cream at youa house, thus
leading the children to expect
to”dh’toPjoomo’t fst i-s eta or
to expect more than it may be
convenient for the other mothers
Author
and
to serve.*
Don’t try to carry' out your
neighbor’s program—depend a lot
on.your owh special talents in en-
tertaining children. If you are
good at story-telling and one
friend is good'at games and still
another mother is musical the chil-
dren’s week pf visits wil be varied
and worthwhile. i
Of course you don’t expose the
group to colds or other infection
your child may have picked up. It
would be much better to give up
your afternoon of. community
work than to keep al the mothers
at home nursing sick children.
Observe the same rules of punc-
tuality in calling for your children
us you would if they were in
school. It’s sometimes hard for a
hostess to remain, agreeable to the
straggler whose mother hasn’t cal-
led for him when it’s time to be
getting her own child’s supper.
In fact, there’s no better time
to apply the Golden Rule than
when trading children-tending with
your friends!
•Learning
Than Education
- I have a letter from a
man bewailing the fact thi
has had very little education. He
is afraid his lack of education will
cause him to be a failure ir. life.
Would you like to hear what
one of the most brillant educators
in the United States has to say
on this subject? Prof. Harold F.
Clark, professor of education at
Teachers’ College, New York, says:
“A college education is likely
to make a man too hesitant.for
the task of money making when
daring and courage are the prime
necessitieBilL___
Let me tell you briefly about
some people who didn’t receive
much education.
Orville Wright never finished
high school. But he had something
far more important than a college
diploma—resourcefulness and am-
bition. »
In Greensboro, N. C„ there was
a boy who missed out os formal
educaton. Never goUas fir as high
school. But he got along alf right.
That young man was O. Henry.
Near Ingelow, Manitoba', Caha-
da, lived an orphan boy eleven
years old. He h$d never gone to
school in his life,, so his foster
father made arrangements for him
to enter. The boy’s tin diner buck-
et was packed and he trudged off
early one morning._The very first
day he disobeyed a rule. The
teacher was engaged, pulled off
his belt and gave the boy a
thrashing. The belt buckle hit,the
boy’s hand and bruised it, and by
t'he time he reached horde his hand
was' badly swplle/i. His father was
indignant. He sued the school, the
trial was held in the largest of-
ficial place in town—a box-car,
which also served as the town de-
pot. The boy’s foster father wop
the suit, but by the time he won
it the boy had grown restless and
left home, to try to get 'a jpb as
an actor!
Well, he got it. That boy who
went to school only one day in his
life is Wallace Ford, the movie
star! You’ve, seen Kim in “Of Mice
and Men,” “Back Door to Heaven"
and “Isle of Destiny.’’
No, a formal education isn’t ab-
solutely necessary to succeed in
some lines of work. It helps im-
mensely, but it is never absolutely
essential. The important thing is
to keep going to school outside
the walls. Educate yourself. Read.
Absorb. Read on the run. Cut out
chapters from a book. «Carry them
in your pocket. Read them every
time you have a minute to spare.
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fin Teag
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By Dr.
“Rheumatism’
growing corn
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phorus fertilizer or a combination
of both elements applied to the soil
in sufficient quantities.
Corn “rheumatism” is especially
prevalent in areas that have been
consistently planted to this crop for
generations. It often manifests it-
self in poor yields from normal
looking corn plants that fail to pro-
duce properly ripened ears.
If the stems of these backward
corn plants are slit lengthwise, the
chances are that the interior of the
rgauge
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there are
■zations
handle the
the real re
cess rests
ders of every
home owner and
No comr
through every I
search every f
for needed iron arid
aluminum and zinc,
and woolen rags and
your job. It’s the
sibility of every me
family, young or old.
Most of-us are thrifty
After a “hard” day these pure-
breds on a Jefferson county, Wiscon-
sin, ^airy farm are heading home.
joints will be found considerably
darker in colbr than the remainder
of the stem tissue.,
These darkened areas are due to
an accumulation of iron and other
minerals that break down the tis-
sues'and wreck the “conveyor belts”
that transport food to all parts of
the earn plant Scientific tests have
established that this malady# is
caused by a lack of available pot-
ash in the soil. It can be prevented
by the addition , at potash.
In some cases a definitely stunt-
ed growth of the entire corn plant
accompanies the symptom* of poor-
ly maturing ears. Here again a
lengthwise section of the stem Is
likely 'to reveal tell-tale darkened
joints. In such instances, the trou
ble is due to a lack of both potash
and phosphorus. The application ol
these plant food elements to the soil
will remedy the condition.
While corrective measures stich as
the foregoing are advisable, the sur-
est preventive of plant malnutrition
and its resultant crop failure is to
make certain that before com plant-
ing time each year the land is pro-
vided with plenty of fertilizer to sup-
ply needed potash and phosphorus
to the growing crop.
Most notable of the Texas stone
resources are the granites of the
and Trans-Pecos
are
Bumet-Llano
Agriculture
in
Industry
By FLORENCE C. WEED
"Mart your own horn* scrap
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It looks as though when they
spoke a few years back of the
“more abundant life” that they
must have mqant a horse and
buggy in every Teague home.
areas.
The seven and one-half million
‘tons of sand and gravel produced
annually in Texas ip valued at ap-
proximately
Between 60 arid 76 clay products
plants of various kinds operate in
40 .or 50 widely distributed cocn-
the United States’ sulphur.
'exas as val
$3,500j(X)0.
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Practically the entire world's
helium supply is produced in a
government owned plant in Potter
County, Texas. ;
The U. S. Navy does not ac-
cept enlistment of men with
criminal records.
There are more than 470 proven
gas fields in Texas.
THE HOUSE OF HAZARDS
HERE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF
4 PRACTICE BLACKOUT AND THAT
tPILOT U6HT0N THE GAS STOVE
SHINES UKE A BEACON
LIGHT... *
Cellulose for Textiles
Wood and cotton linters, grown on
American farms, are used to make
rayon, the fabriejhat goes into ev-
ery thing.from football breeches to
velvet evening wraps. So popular
has It become that five times more
rayon than silk is now used. The
process was discovered 50 years ago
by a Frenchman and has been pro-
duced commercially in the United
States since 1811. More than 500,-
000,000 pounds of rayon yarn is used
annually.
Although there are several vari-
eties of the process, most rayon is
made by adding chemicals to
wood and cotton lintera to <
into a thick, syrupy solution,
is pressed through a kind of
. dried, it Is the thread
rayon is
committee ? Get all the i
bers of the family In it.
gether every single pound and ti
it into the place that will be l
ly designated as the --------
ter
And start today. I
make your contribution the
moment your local collection t
is announced.
You are not asked to give s
materials,
make a pi
Sam is willing tc
price hLyau
tant thing
working for
war will be ov
and our young
their
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Teague, T«
Mrs. An!
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ttvage def
Instinct and training. We
ber the ,old adage: "Save a jj
100 years and you’ll find a i
it.” Now that use has cau
with us. sooner than any
pected.
There is a surprising nun
tons of these vital materials i
the country, waiting'to be
Intp the national supply bins. |
Don’t neglect to turn in i
quantities. They count up. ij
gle wheat stalk doesn’t
very big handful of grain,
acre of them yields a good i
bushels.
A worn-out tire may yield 4
five pounds of recla
But if each one of our
farms would turn in on
we’d be putting to
three average shiploads of
that today ia almoab^wo
weight in gold.
Each one of us must I
volunteer collector of
Scouts, members of ,4-H i
ture Farmers! members of I
tional Farm Youth Foundat;
all making sound plans to do {
shore. But we heed a Scarp ii
that Is bigger than any that i
before existed. There is a I
to be done, and your help is i
By the millions, our fine
strongest young men have g
war, willingly and ' “
who stay at home
best possible
them will give
giving some
their lives, that the world
again know peace.
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Stringer, William J. The Teague Chronicle (Teague, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1942, newspaper, October 15, 1942; Teague, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1136696/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.