Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1949 Page: 2 of 8
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JOY
OPENING and
feature Schedule
‘WHERE THE BEST
ARE SHOWN”
•:H F. M.WEEK NIGHTS,
PREVIEW, 9:00 P.M.
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SATURDAY, 12:30 P.M. innuDn,
Sunday, 1:30. p.m. Continuous Program Both Days
CALL 197 FOR FEATURE TIME
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Improvement within the next 30^
on the valuation of the City 9! ' way and the residential section^
Avinger and as soon as It is com- will be lighted as soon as the sur*
pitted a tax rate will be set. vey has been made. The Com-*
The Commission is having mission will sell the bonds Issued
streets named and the town sub- recently for Water and Sewerage
divided into additions. A down- J
town lighting program Is under days.
FRI. SAT. Feb. 4-5—
SAT. PREY. SUN. and MON. FEB. 5-6-7.—
Cartoon: “Wet Blanket Policy.’’
TUESDAY Matinee and Night Feb.
Continuous Matinee 2:00 p. m-
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WED. and THURS. FEB. 9-10—
Gene Autrey, Jean Heather
Ralph Morgan, Carol Thurston
Mark Daniels, and “The Texas Rangers”
“The Last Roundup”
Cartoon and Serial-
Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan,
Edmond Lowe, Joan Loring
“Good Sam”
Dale Evans, Vera Vague,
Harry (Poppy) Cheshire, Lullabelle and Scotty
The Stars of Screen and Radio
“Swing Your Pardner”
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello,
Cathy Downs, Leon Erroll
“The Noose Hangs High”
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Cartoon and Noveltoon.
men
i ed our training yet the price
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National Social
Hygiene Day To
Be Observed
Throughout America
women
City of Avinger
Plans Extensive
Civic Program
AVINGER, Feb. 1—The Avinger
City Commission composed of C.
F. Powell, Mayor; H. A. Bridge.
City Secy; and R. H. Poole, Ai-
derman is making a city Poll Tax
' Drive to end February First ana
. the equalization board is w’orking
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MARGARINE
The unfair Federal tax on mar-
garine will doubtless be repealed,
but very likely public eating places
will be required to label oleo serv-
ings as such on meals or on cards
with servings; in other words, to
distinguish it from butter. This
will furnish a large outlet for cot-
tonseed oil and soybean oil.
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Two Important questions as ' to | cent of these persons have been
cotton may be decided by Con- ■ brought under treatment sq that
gress. within the next few weeks. tney can no {onger spread the dis-
Flrst, will acreage planted to cot- ease More than 43 uoo contacts
ton in 1949 be considered hi ar- jjuve been investigated and plac-
riving at cotton Quotas on Indi- e(1 under treatment until no Ion-.
ger Infectious. A continuous edu-
cational program carried on by
the State Department 3f Health
is another effective means for
controlling venereal diseases
among our people, and reducing
the number of crippled, blind and
______________ , > who are an-
acreage control program in 1950. j dually the victims of syphilis and
other venereal diseases.
vidual farms in 1950? .Second,
what sort of formula should be
used in fixing cotton acreage quo-
tas for the states, counties and
individual farms in and after
1950? It is assumed that if there
is to be a support price on cotton |
in 1950. there will .be a cotton paralyzed persons
Uv.vwftk wwsAvsva
Production controls, how ever,
Wpuld not be placed in operation
without an affirmative vote of the
producers themselves.
BARGAINS
Bargains appeal to every-
one; however the best is us-
the
with a
good name in the business
world strives to live up to
his reputation. That is your
protection against poor qual-
ity.
We are proud of our ach-
ievement in Spe c i a 1 i z e d
Training and we intend to
maintain our high standards-
We have constantly improv-
! ually the cheapest in
and long run. Anyone
have become conscious of
the necessity for fighting t;.e men-
ace of verereal diseases, and it is
a matter of pride to public hea.th
workers that the entire nation
now Joins in the obse-var.ee of
National Social Hygiene Day.
which in tiur year is dated -Ftb-
ruai j 2.
Dr. Geo. W Cox, State Health
Officer, .'■tates that at the present
tin e three tapid treatment co iters
are being operated in T« sas, lo-
cated at San Antonio, Wa-o a> d
Rocky Mount, rdid that ’. t.ot;-r 7
approximately io.000 patients per
o'ar are being treated in these
"nters. I to? ’-six vene-'u! di>-
ease clinics are also in operat’un
tb-'.'Ughout the state, and tn™.o
clinics as well a: the rapid tre -t •
n cuts centers are primarily for
the treatment of indigent tnil
semi-indigent persons refer~d I y
physicians for local health units.
In the past two years a blood
testing survey of more the.r. 80-
(XX Texans has disclosed that be-
tween seven and ten per cent of
that number had positive tests for
syphillis and that a large major-
ity of them did not know they
had the disease and had never
had medical treatment tor it Tnis
vast reservoir i.f untreated syphilis I
is one reason for its continued
spread, and it is a notable ach-
ievement in furthering public I
health that approximately 98 per
of our training has remain-
ed essentially the same for
the past 10 years.
Write today for our free
catalog telling of courses of-
fered in Business Adminis-
tration, Secretarial Science,
Accounting, and Radio. Re-
member. The Best cost no
more at TCC.
Approved for Veterans
Training.
Tyler
Commercial
College
TY1.ER. TEXAS
THE MOUNT VERNON OPTIC-HERALD '
JK- ry, . 'Lt , <r
Friday, February 4, 194!
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It Is better to have It and not ne<4
it than to need it and
not have It.
By WRIGHT PATMAN
Congressman First District of Texas
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TEXARKANA DAM NAVIGATION
The President’s budget requests
96-million for construction work
on the Texarkana Dam. commenc-
ing July 1st. The Corps of En-
gineers is now spending $3,300,000
for that purpose during this fis-
cal year. This project is a part
of the Red River Valley Improve-
ment Project, which will include
another large dam and reservoir
at Ferrell’s Bridge on Big Cypress
west of Jefferson, and a large dam
near Mooringsport, which will con-
present law assures
per-cent
THE MT- VERNON OPTIC-HERALD
Published Every Friday
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Mount Vernon. Franklin County. Tune
OH ART .ER K DEV ALL,-Editor-Publisher
OUN HARDY, Manager
■ntnred In the poet of fire at Mt. Vernon ae eeeond clan matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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Bn Mentha Elwwhera___________________________ *
*na Tear In Franklin end Adjoining Counting
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. Formal obltuarie*. rwoluUon. of reenact and memorial poem. published at regular
alvertiRng rates.
SOCIALISM
When the number of companies
producing steel in England was
reduced to six, the industry was
' so concentrated that the Govern- I
ment took it over. Dr. Steinmetz,
the most outstanding scientist and
engineei of his time, was chief
consultant for the General Elec-
tric Company, one of the largest
concerns in the United States. He
was a Socialist and often made
speeches for Socialism. When ask-
i ed how he considered himself
' consistent being a Socialist and
working for a company that was'
almost a monopoly in electrical I
1 equipment and appliances, he re-
plied, “Every Socialist should be I
in favor of monopoly, since It is |
such a short step from monopoly'
to Government ownership and So-
cialism.’’
feet that private monopoly is in-
defensible and intolerable. The So-
cialist platform always
the statement that the Govern-
ment should own a monopoly, or.
siderably deepen the waters of
Caddo Lake. The Corps of Engin-
' eers is now studying plans for
I putting locks on the two latter
! dams for the purpose of provid-
ing navigation to the Lone Star
j Steel plant. This will also give
that section of the country
[ outlet to the Gulf and the At-
lantic Ocean.
as
perous
perous.
Here is the situation as to cot-
ton. The present law assures a
support price of 90 per-cent of
parity for 1949, but after 1949, the
support could be as low as 60 per-
cent of parity. A 60 per-cent sup-
port would be practically worthless
and we hope to fix the figure
for the long range program at
! not less than 90 per-cent
in other words, “The Government ’
should take over the trust.”
So the big businessmen in this
I country, who are building up mon-
I ster businesses by destroying com- )
[ petitors and getting all of the
I units of an industry in the hands
of a few people in one company,
are the ones who, are doing the1
most in the direction of forcing
or causing Socialism in our coun-
try.
CONGRESS ON
PRICES
The first bill our Committee re-
ported out and which passed Con-
gress concerning parity was 110 j
per-cent on the theory that the!
farmer should have at least a 101
per cent profit. This was such a I
drastic step, sentiment in Con-
gress changed it to 90 per cent I
of parity. The Republican 80th .
Congress passed a law. which will
permit loans of only 60 per cent j
of parity in certain cases. This
Congress is so much more sympa-
thetic to the farmers, it is be- I
heved that substantial changes i
will be made in behalf of the far-
mers on the theory that such
changes will not only help the
farmers, they will help everybody,
the Nation can only be pros-
if the farmers are pros-
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MISSION THEATRE
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS
25c and 12c, Tax Included
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Hopalong Cassidy in
“Storage Gamble
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BANK-BY-MAIL
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If the weather is bad.
If it's inconvient for
you to come to the bank.
If you're “too busy."
Endorse your checks “for depo-
sit only,” mail, and we will send
you a duplicate deposit slip imme-
diately.
It's Safe and Convenient
To Bank-By-Mail
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MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Mt. Vernon. Texas
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IMllEM OF FAHHFVtNFSS
TOUR 8ADGF OF SATISFACTION
Locomotive Fire ml
to use the diesel 11
forcing a feather Ixl
roads. The extra m
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faster, better servid
Two men compd
They occupy a deal
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fireman sits and vJ
With no coal to s|
nothing else to do. I
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motive Engineers I
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Why the Authorized Ford
Exchange Engine is a
Dependable Buy
Only Genuine Ford Engines go
into the Authorized re-building
process. This guarantees you
sound metals throughout, tested
and seasoned by usage. The en-
tire process is under rigid Ford
specifications and supervision.
Every engine gets final inspec-
tion and is test run “under load.*
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Broadway Theatre
"ALWAYS A GOOD SHOW"
20c and 12c, Tax Included
Tuesday and Wednesday—
Fred MacMurray in
An Innocent Affair
CARNATION
THEATRE
30c and 12c Tax Included
Sunday and Monday—
Lana Turner, in
Three Musketeers’
Thursday and Friday
Robert Mitchum in
Blood on
The Moon”
Saturday Only—
Cameron Mitchell in
“Leather Gloves”
Sunday Only—
Leo Gorcey in
“Trouble Makers”
Monday and Tuesday—
Scott Brady in
“Canyon City”
| Wednesday and Thursday—
Walter Pidgeon in
How Green
Was My Valley”
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Locomotive Engind
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putting through thi
because it would J
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Devall, Charles K. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1949, newspaper, February 4, 1949; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1267895/m1/2/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.