The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1940 Page: 2 of 16
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Friday at Levelland, Texas, by Saunders and Wdm-
FORRE8T WEIMHOLD__________________EDITOR
J. D. SAUNDERS_____________BUSINESS MANAGER
Xfc is not the intention to cast reflection upon tha character of
anyone knowingly and if through error we should, the management
will appreciate having our attention called to same and will gladly
correct any erroneous statement made. 1 * _
Entered as second class mall November 11. ISM, at the post office
In Levelland. Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1197._
Whether therefore yea eat, or drink, or whatsoever
ye do, do all to the glory* of God.—1 Corinthians 10 :31.
Loyalty Comes First '
Today the American people are. in no mood to coun-
tenance disloyalty of any kind—no matter where it may
be. Loyalty must be unqualified from those in high places
and in low.
- A short time ago one of the nation’s leading newspa-
pers investigated the business activities of a commercial
agent of the German government in this country. This
agent had rented a local home under an assumed name to
negotiate deals of all kinds with some American business
men. Great secrecy surrounded the transactions. Much of
what actually occurred is still shrouded in mystery, but
enough has been disclosed to shock the country. A few'
business men apparently worked on the principal that
nothing counted save profits. This is on a par with labor
leaders who would call a strike to further their own ends,
regardless of its effect on our defense program.
___,_One of the business men involved has been discharg-
ed from his position' by his company. It is time for both
government and industry^to work together to disclose any
other machinations of this kind that may exist. The over-
whelming majority of American business men are true pa-
triots, but there are a few who are for sale—even as there
are a small.number of labor leaders and government
officials who are for sale—and the country must be riel
of them.
(Editor’s Note: This is the first
of a series prepared by the Na-
tional Defense Advisory Commis-
sion).
THE PROBLEM
The American citizen, sudden
iy becoming . defense minded, is
liable to Jump one of two ways.
He reads that President Roose-
velt has asked Congress for $10,-
000,000,000 to build up our na-
tional defense. The following week
he looks out the window and is
disappointed not to see the sky
darkehecThy new planes and the
highways rumbling with new arm-
ored divisions.
His neighbor, across the street,
jumps to the other extreme. He
feels that it takes forever to build
a battleship—that it will be ten
years before this county can be-
gin to have a proper defense ma-
S ELECTION OF CONTRACTORS
Then comes the letting of con-
tracts. Items of defense are neces-
sarily complex. No fly-by-night
operator with a factory in his
brief case is qualified. Companies
with experience in working in the
materials used under the strict
dimensional limits necessary are
considered. Organizations which
have the mam-power with hard
won “know how” experience are
vital in supplying defense mater-
ial
To make guns, tanks, airplanes,
and rifles, the manufacturer must
have raw materials to work with.
In this respect, we are compara-
tively fortunate. With a few im-
portant exceptions, all materials
needed can be found within the
limits of the continental U. S.
Supplies, such as rubber, tin and
antimony, are being accumulated
chine.
rj^a .. . in stock piles* The flow of these
The truth, of course, lies between---------- *. . _ . „
Blitzkrieg For Defense
From the standpoint of destruction, a lot of us sur-
pass actual dive bombers and don’t know it. We are un-
wittingly careless with the destructive forces of fire. Due
to careless smokers and campers in our country's forested
lands, fire has made it necessary to develop dractic meth-
ods for combating it. For the first time in history, britz-
krieg tactics have been adopted for the “defense” of a
country. Parachutists are being trained in the mountains
of the West to nip forest fires in their infancy. Parachute
fire fighters have appeared, equipped with explosives and
chemicals to fight forest fires. They also carry food to tide
them over until reinforcements arrive..
When a citizen sees these daredevils dropping out of.
the sky with their fleecy parachutes, he will not have to
con for shelter. These men risk their lives to save thecoiin-
tgryW natural wealth, not to destroy it. They arg to be com-
lPir ......ff ns........... endeavor.ta
these two. To get a clearer picture
of the time necessary to build'up
our defenses, it is necessary to un-
derstand how the National De-
fense Advisory Commission func-
tions in this program we have
undertaken. ,
The goal was known. It is to
provide equipment for a modern
army of 2,000,000 men, to provide
the nation with a two ocean navy.
This is already well under way,
as the Commission has cleared
contracts for more than two bil-
lion dollars worh of defense ma-
terials.
ORGANIZING INDUSTRIAL
RESOURCES
The first job facing the Commis-
sion was to lay a firm founda-
tion on which the resources of
American industry could be coor-
dinated. At the same time, every
save the nation’s resources by making fire fighting more
scientific and efficient.
This county teaches its people to preserve, not to de- gram-”
Sjtroy,
contracts for military equipment
Within eight weeks after ^"..na-
tion of the National Defchse Ad-
visory Commission, Commissioner
Knudsen was able to report that
“with the continuing cooperation
of Industry and the interested
Government agencies, we can be
confident of a' production machine
capable of attaining the definite
goal. This can be accomplished
Just as fast as the best production
facilities and techniques in the
world «w. <gdn adttentum
through favorable Congressional
action upon this augmented pro-
commodities is up to the Indus-
trial Materials Division of the
National Defense Advisory Com-
mission which Is responsible for
having them ready when they are
needed. The Industrial Materials
Division has already determined
that there are plentiful supplies
of steel, copper and other essen-
tial materials available.
The Production Division of the
defense Commission is charged
with seeing that there are adequate
production facilities to fill con
tracts issued by the Army and
Navy, nie next problem after,
finding manufacturers, is provid-
ing machinery because machine
tools are fundamental to the en-
tire defense program.
Before we can step up our pro
duction of defense materials, we
must have the machines that can
make a rifle barrel that is accurate
within *a thousandth of an inch
effort is made to speed current inch and can also make a bullet
Consumer Profits Here
Today much of the world faces the grim specter of
famine. But here in the United States we still have the
blessing of plenty. —
A Department of Agriculture survey shows that abun-
dant supplies of nearly all food-stuffs will be available for
the coming year. Increases in production of edible fats and
oils are expected to continue. The fresh fruit supply will
be slightly above last year, and large wheat and rice crops
are anticipated. In the case of most foods, there will be
enough to meet all domestic requirements, and to provide
surpluses for export.
Other surveys indicate that the demands of war ma-
terial production in our factories will not seriously dislo-
cate production of consumer goods. We may have to dc
^without a few manufactured luxuries as time goes on, but
there will be plenty of the necessities.
* If our productive facilities are to prove of maximum
benefit to the consumer, another factor must enter in—and
that factor is the distributor. Abundance on the farm is
wasted unless the crops can be delivered to the buyer at
minimum cost. And efficiency in the factory can be offset
by inefficiency and waste kn distribution. «
But the consumer need to worry. The American dis-
tribution machine, like the American productive machine,
is the most efficient in the world. Our competitive system,
with all kinds of distributors seeking to outserve each oth-
er, must be given credit for this. When you enter a store
and make a purchase you’re getting more for your money,
all things considered, than the buyer in any other nation.
The first step toward the pro-
duction line involves design. The-
engineering preparation involved
in the construction of airplanes,
tanks, guns and battleships is
highly involved. It takes thirty
tons of blue-prints for the designs
of a battleship. The gun carriage
alone for a 155 mm. gun requires
a thousand separate drawings and
five hundred more are required
for the recoil mechanism. The
preparation of all this detailed j reac*y their plant facilities to
material takes 'time, skill, and j h°use these machines, and locate
effort befoie a hundred prcduc •js^dled workmen necessary to op-
to fit that barrel with the same
accuracy. These machines which
carve toughened steel to these
tlght-dimensions must be specially
designed. _»
One particular type of grind-
er, for instance, 'can pick up a
motor shaft, load it between the
grinding wheels, keep the work in
perfect position, polish the piece
within na thousandth of an inch
absolutely true and round and
eject finished pieces at the rate
of ten per minutfr When a battery
of these machines is set up, they
can turn out thousands of parts
per hour, which in turn will re-
sult in big production of finished
machines.
MACHINE TOOLS SPEED
PRODUCTION
The Production Division reports
that definite progress has been
made in producing these machines
and that no actual delay exists
in delivery thus far. It takes sev-
eral months for the manufacturers
to receive their contracts, make
tion lines can begin to roll out
maierial cn finished designs.
The next problem involves
diawing of spec'f'cations for con-
t.Hcts, by Army and Navy serial -
ist.s who know cxtctly the type of
material needed for every nut and
bolt to stand up under severe ser-
erate them. When all are ready,
j the production can begin cn a big
! scale.
; Thus, this basic work makes
possible the easy flow of mater-
ials through the shops. American
industry then begins to meet rap-
idly the heavy requirements placed
. , „ ,, :Upon it by the program. Delivery
vree requirements. Specifications | of the contracts calling for twenty
__ __ ________ ^ ^ Within a few months. Soon, the
often make up a full size book giv-j fi‘ve" u'lousanT compete* aircraft products of the many defense pro-
incr I nP r.roricn ci7n cVionn plvnnivtK ' ...111' ___i_
ABOUT PEOPLE
Miss Jdell Bacon left the latter
part of the week for Wichita Falls,
where she Is teacher In the Wich-
ita Falls school. Miss Bacon has
taught there for the past three
years.
Miss In a Bacon, Texas Tech
graduate was elected to the Spur
High School faculty and left the
latter part of the week to be there
for the opening of the schools
September 9th.
Mrs. Wilson Cox returned home
the first of the week from a visit
with her parents at Monahans.
Mrs. Rayffum Knott and little
son. spent the week end in Brown-
field visiting with relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin R. Allison
and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gordon
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Wadkie Fowler at the Mallet
Ranch last Friday evening.
Mrs. Laveme Benton returned
the first of the week from a vaca-
tion spent in Slaton, Weatherford
and Hamilton. Mrs. Benton is
saleslady at the Watson Dry Goods
company.
Miss Christine DeVitt, of Lub-
bock, was in Levelland Monday
attending to business and visit-
ing with friends. Miss DeVitt is
owner of the Mallet Ranch. While
here she was a very pleasant vis-
ifdr at The Herald office.
Miss Marion Lee Mason, cf Post,
spent the first of the week visit-
ing with relatives in Levelland.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Abell
and Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Watson
attended the rodeo at Morton Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bearden,
who for the past several months
have been making their home in
Lamesa, moved here the latter
part of the week. Mr. and Mrs.
Bearden formerly lived in Level-
land. .
Mrs. T. J. Capps and daughter.
Jean, of Whiteface, spent the week
end in Levelland visiting with
tlieir daughter, Mrs. J. W. Morton
ahd Mr. Morton.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Harris and
baby arrived in Levelland the last
of the past week for a visit with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. R. A. Love of Levelland
was admitted to the hospital Aug-
ust 29th for minor surgery. She
was dismissed from the hospital
the same day.
Mrs. Tom Robinson, Mr. and
Mrs. Neulon Robinson and Bill,
returned the latter part of the
week from a vacation trip to
northern New Mexico and south-
ern Colorado.
VACATIONING
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Snyder,
of Nashville, Tennessee, are vaca-
tioning this month in Florida and
Cuba. They will return to Nash-
ville, September 1ft, where Dr.
Snyder will continue his work with
the Vanderbilt School of Medi-
cine.
Mrs. Snyder was the former
Miss La Verne Brown, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brown of
Levelland.
Homer Gravitt and Andy Wade
returned the first of the week
from Oklahoma City and Weleet-
ka, Oklahoma
TO MY FRIENDS IN HOCKLE
COUNTY AND VOTERS OF
PRECINCT Na t:
I wish to express my
tion for the support you
in the last primary,
tinue to give you
the end of my
L. D. GANN.
FOR
INSURANCE 4k BON]
SES
PEARL JINKINS
Office in
Bragg-Benbow
, Store
ing out 200,000 pounds of explo-
sives per day in full production
promptly. The first powder plant
contract was let within eight
weeks after the National Defense
Advisory Commission was organ-
ized. In 1917, the contract for the
first powder plant was not signed
until seven months after we had
entered the war.
Shells from new shell-loading
plants are, cf course, useless with-
out rifles and guns, but looking
ahead to that point the defense
forces ascertain that production
of rifles and guns will be doubled
The Hatch act, a local Democrat was heard to re-
mark jfesterdfcy, is going to work a hardship on Wendell
Willkie in this campaign. The Hatch act provides that no
party can spend more than $3,0()0,000 on an election and
Willkie can’t be elected with $3,000,000.
By some strange concidence all of the success stories
that we have read tell that the person about whom the
story was written and who made a success of life, as a
young man worked hard, long hours, lived simply and
saved his money. We do not recall ever having read a suc-
cess story where the subject as a young man was an idler
and a “dawdler and waster his money. It seems one of the
natural things of nature that success isn’t founded on such
beginnings. Some young fellows who hope to succeed
should take notice of this before their present habits be-
come fixed with them and it is too late to change.
Middle West editor notes that while civilians are be-
ing drafted to serve in the army at $21 a month, labor un-
ions in vital producing units are beginning to strike and
quibble over petty details.•
Even a college edlocation won’t help a man much if he
doesn’t have self-initiative. He is like a car without a self-
starter. No one wants him around.
ing the precise size, shape, strength ,ls thereby assured and we will see
and mateiial of every item. I the plants with capacity for turn-
Flying has opened up a vast field for young women.
In addition to the several thousand positions as air line
hostess, an agreeable, delightful and interesting line of
work, many women are becoming pilots. Th.e air plane
lends itself well to a trained women pilot. It is not heavy
or disagreeable work, and calls for a clear head and quick
thinking. The American girl today meets every require-
ment fully.
duction lines will begin to flow in
huge volume to the defense man-
power which is-to be equipped.
VALUES l
Watson Grocerj
PHONE 116 — WE DELIVER
Specials Friday and Saturday Sept, 6 and]
0XYD0L
Blackberries, 2 No. 2 cans 1
TOILET SOAP, Crystal White 4 bars J,
Pickles, Sour or Dill, 2 quarts 2
Vienna Sausage, 4 cans
PINEAPPLE
CRUSHED, 9 oz.-cams
3 for ___— 20c
_ CHERRIES
NO. 2 CANS
2 for-------
PINTO BEANS, Colorado, 5 lb. ___
PEACHES, in Syrup, No. 2 V4 can 14C
Com, 3 No. 2 cans ___________ 25c
PEAS, No. 2 ioc
Marshmallows,
pound-----12C
Cookies, Fig Bars
2 pounds____25C
COOKIES
GINGER SNAPS
2 pounds _ 25C
TREET, can 23<
PICNIC HAMS
Ready to Eat— ,
pound_____
Full Cream Cb
pound _____
OLEO, lb. I:
SPINACH, can 5c
Green Beans,
an-----5c
GRAPE JUICE,
quart------29C
1 Chuck Steak
pound----16c
SALT JOWLS
pound______
A recent ruling requires all aliens be registered and
finger printed. Vigilance should not stop here. Many aliens
are most loyal citizens. The fellow that needs watching
is the one that parades openly as a full fledged American
and does his dirty work under cover. He may not be an
alien. He njay preach patriotism, salute the flag publicly
at every opportunity while he is carrying on his treason-
able work under cover.
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-Every picture I have seen of Wendell Willkie, a local
man remarked yesterday, shows him laughing. What Is
he laughing about? He will find out if he is successful in
elected that being president of this couhtry these
,no laughing matter. Maybe he js aware of that
his laughing now—just in
Argentina has a bumper crop of corn this year and
no place to sell it. Great quantities of it are being dumped
in great piles and burned. Enormous quantities of coffee
are being burned in Brazil because of the surplus. This,
in spite of the fact that there are millions of people in the
world hungry and other millions to whom coffee would be
a rare treat. ________
The suggestion has been made as a way in which re-
lief can be tapered off. Each worker is to bp given a cer-
tain number of hours work a year. If he catches a day’s
work or a week's work or a month’s work other than relief
he can take it on. When he can find nothing else to do he
can return to relief as long as he has unused hours to his
credit. The suggestion is made because of the fact that
many on relief have made no effort to find other work,
and will not as long as wages are paid on relief projects
comparable to those paid by private individuals, and as
long as a full quota of hours is permitted.
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Weimhold, Forrest. The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1940, newspaper, September 6, 1940; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154057/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.