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VOLUME XXI
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1942
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compapy at Camp Bowie.
destroy
homes
Special Examination For
Teachers October 16-17
High School F, F. A.
Elects New Officers
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NOTICE!
Peanut Growers
For Victory... Vi
Pledge \
UNITED STATES DEFENSE
SAVINGS BONDS'
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and
FOR VICTORY
Pledge
UNITED STATES DEFENSE
BONDS • STAMPS
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I many
Drivers are warned again
ley Robertson and son, Reggie,
of Decatur, were week-end guests
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
O. Hurdt
Roiarians Hear
School Program Draft Board
Rotarians Wednesday at their
WITH OUR
SERVICE MEN
ft’ ft ft ft ft ft
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Fresh Apples To Be
Urged as Victory Food
Fresh apples will be the next
Victory Food Special to be fea- Superintendent,
tured nationally September-
'through the 26th, Mr. A, S. El
liott, County Extension Agent,
announced today. Victory Food
o---1-,3 are designated by the
ird is clos-
16. If you
ir\e, see me «jr
you don’t
le an offer,
28-29p .
crop (com
earn, farm-
se on
Also
ieap,
167
have
near
See Oscar
Barber
29-30p
2
£
of instruCtio non weather observ-
and ....
plottin g.of weather data on maps.
The ones wh make the grade
in this training ■ course may be
rapidly promoted, with duty in
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and
■New Mexico,.,
j Applications
Pvt. R. L. Nichols Here
Pvt. Raymond L. Nichols, sta-
tioned at Camp Barkeiey, Texas,
is spending a ten-day fur'ougn
here with his father, R. L. Nichols
and other relatives.
ave been
commando
taught by
of the
and mem-
ir Mission
Red Cross Will Forward Messages
To Japanese War Prisoners
Relatives and friends bf pris- and fourth, the message must be
™ confined to 25 words.
The American Red Cross an-
nounces that these messages will
be mailed on the “Gripsholm”
addressed to the International
’".ed' Cross delegate in Japan. ,.
'ho will make every effort to J. D. White was eleceted to
that they are delivered. The ‘ — — - ... —
Red Cross can give no assurance
of delivery, but this method has
been adopted in agreement with
the State, Navy, War, and Post gn
Office Departments, because the bal
Japanese government has not yet
furnished official lists of the ma ...
jor’ty of American prisoners in' cf new members will be held Oc-
thc Far East. tober 1st.
ing course at the
School by Norman
structor.
Preceding these'• talks. 1
Louise Street. Bowie High School
English teacher, presenter! a | '
selection.
Stewart Says
By Charles P. Stewart
Central Prass Columnist [
i “Gripsholm”, soon to sail
— its second voyage.
The procedure for those wish-
ing to send messages is:
First, the message is to be filed
with the local chapter of the Red
Cross on Form 1616: second, com-
plete information as to name,
number, rank, military unit and
last known address must be given;
- - . , | <toiit.n, ii wc u/i.i uni
see-fay and accented on the s< c-; cause fjres which
factories, stores,
farms.’’
Civilians must constantly keep
i on the alt rt, and continued ar-
I tive support of ths Civilian De-.
I tense train tog program will be
[gratefully ar predated, Chief Bac-
cus said.
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B. M. Graham, who is working
at Standfield, spent the week-end
here with Mrs. Graham. Mr. and
Mrs. S. B. Cable were also guests
of the Grahams this week-end.
aylor also
St Camp
for “Tex-
11. explain
Guard is
y be ex
attack,
ed by the T
rnittee for
CeTeature
Network------
>f the Air, ,
nance this ('
ne Studios
e program
WBAP,
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■HOSPITAL NEWS
Mrs. F. E. Cordell, Newport.
E. H. McCray, Shannon.
Mrs. H. R Earp, Park
Springs.
Bobby, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Reuben Winder. Stoneburg.
Mrs. M. E. Griffin, Bowie. "■
Mrs. W. Q. Robinson, Hen-
___?tt®, . . , .. J' |
Dismissal*:
. Mrs. Joe John Hill and son,
pobby Gene, Bowie.
Mrs. Hunter Arnold, New-
port.
Miss Mabel Gladden, New- j
Mrs. H. R. Earp,
Springs.
Mrs F. E. Cordell, Nev
Bobby, son of Mr. and
Reuben Winder, Stoneburg.
Mrs M E. Griffin son,
Danny ^.Eugene, Bowie. • ■ _s
Mrs. Estelle Moody, Ring-
gold.
He was graduated from Bowie cents, as a (on of scrap steel,
hp, High School in 1933 and was cap- L -- 2..
[ tain and an outstanding football keys collected lyilk be given
i player of that year. --ithe _U. 4Bi- O. - '—~~
five room j .
rolux, gar-
ward anef
J. B. l.ew»>
me 310-W. r
arried thru
rented but
29tfc
’ machine,-’,
years old.
■, Phone
29p
house. Hot
igh school,
re Hall.
29-30p
r lease bn
southwest
t. 4, Hast-
29 32p
6-room
Well
29p
hree room -
close in.
Its. Hattie -—
28 29p
7MENTS-
ces. Also
J. F. Rob-^,
St. Phone
oners of war oor military men
nni'ing in action in the Far East
are urged by the American Red
Gross to go immediately to their
-focal Red Crods chapter to file
messages to them. The message
Singing Convention At
Sunset Sunday, Sept 27
The Southwest Montague Coun-,
ty Singing Convention will meet
. " in regular session next. Sunday,
September 27,. at the Baptist
Chureh in Sunset.
The program will begin at
10:30 a. m., with a large crowd-,
expected, to be on hand.
ST. SGT. THOMAS NICHOLS
Sgt: Thomas “Nick" Nichols.’
It's Por above, recently received his ap-
pointment'from Supply Sergeant
to Staff Sergeant at Camp Ed
wards. Massachusetts. He 1s with
Co. B. 111th .Engineers of the
36th Division.. ---
Sgt. Nichols, son of R R. Nich-
>0°
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that all lovers of Gospel singing* ship
were invited and urged to attend on >
and help make this a great con-
vention.
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Mrs. G. E. ifrilaon anct daugh-
ters, of Belcherville. Mrs. Atkins
land chfMmt, Mrs. W. H. Stoker
and son, of Nocona, and Jack
Ki4well of Belcherville, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Pearl Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. I. Lane, of
phy, Anne Shirley In “Mayor Houston, and Mr. and Mrs. Stan-
1 U | V—- I I i y. 1 AJC* W Cl lol 7 1 vl Illi I V< 0 1V7V <1 I
Per citizens that Governor Coke Stev-
enson has proclaimed October 4
'.■j 10 as Fire Prevention Week , A ,, .. , , . . ,
in Texas I Applications can be obtained
«>m,; <.-n |from any first or second class
r thlf Post °fficd in Louisiana or Texas;
k regional director, Tenth Civil
riiliTv nr nrpt’pnrintf titor r.vnrv « i
Service Region, Customhouse,
New Orleans, La.
service. Nocona. 1 retread; A P.
Wood. Montague mail carrier. 1
tirej Eli Whitehead, Bowie .far-
mer, 1 tire.
For trucks: Montague County.
Ayars, Also*the Three
quiteers in ‘.‘Riders o
Range".
Sunday-Monday: “Dangerous-
ly They Live", with John
Garfield, Nancy Coleman.
Tuesday Only: George __Mur-
puy, .
of 44th Street”
Wednesday-Thursday: Ginger
Rogers in “Roxie Hart”.
V. W. Redman, Saint Jo rpneh-
2 retreads; Lon Lee. Spanish Fort,
truck farmer. Hire; C. A Zahn.
Montague former. 2 tires, 2 tuba's;
L. G. Campbell, Bowie merchant,
1 tire, 1 ttibe.
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Mrs. L. D. Waltman, Mrs. Will
Young, Miss Ellen Joplin and
Mrs. Lynn Garlington spent Sat-
urday m Fort Wdrth.
Lt. J. R. Tinney,’who has been night
J Field, as Saturday’s sudden chill ex-
„?i'? tended as far south as Laredo,
d m niv N J where the thermometer registered
a minimum of 60. Lowest nnint
recorded in Bowie war around
Accompanying rains covered
most of the state.
Wednesday night’s “nbrther”
dropped the thermometer here to
NUMBER 30
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First Game of 1942 Football Season:: j
At 8:00 P. M. Friday With Alvord
❖
The Bowie High. Jackrabbits
will open the 1942 football sea-
son at the local gridiron at 8
p. m., Friday evening with the ‘
invading Alvord Bulldogs. Coad*
L. W. Hughes has been drilling
the Jackrabbits two weeks work-
ing out the starting combination
for the non-conference game.
The Bowie squad has fourteen
iettermen but has four J
it players missing by |
graduation. Especially hard to re-
place will be Pat land Mike
Wright, two four year lettermen.
Paul White and Bob Woodall, all-
district end and fullback of last
season, must also be replaced.
This year's, team has enough
weight to compare favorably with
jthe championship teams of the
past two seasons. In addition to
the returning lettermen are a
BOWIE, MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS,
12,000 Acres of Peanuts Ready
For Harvest in Montague County
+—.—r——----------
Drug Stores of Bowie
To Close at 9 p. m.
Except on Saturdays
Beginning Sunday night of this,
week, all drug stores in Bowie
„ ... will close at 9 p. m.l except on
active of the opinion that some of the ' Saturday. Closing time for Sat-,
mi---- best acreage will yield 35 bushels | urday nights andopening time
of nuts per acre, while on some 1 will not bechanged.
' I will | The earlier closing time for the
depening j drug stores has become necessary
‘"d adap | because of shortage of help in
------ty of the land oh whicTr'ttTC ’StOTef, making 'f orking Tiours
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timated that the average yield of i than when the stores were fully
the total df 12,000 adres will be staffed.
at least 20 bushels of nuts per In case of emergency where
acre. ' unedicine is necessary, pharma- I
The peanut vines are go6d irrTeiSts.may be called at their; resi-
most fields of the entire cYpp | dence.
and it is estimated they wjill I The four drujg sto’res in Bowie
turn out an average of half-ton; will observe the new closing tirne.
vide producers with goodly quan-
♦rHxx- Tr#——fc1 •
Theatre Calendar
BOWIE MAJESTIC
Friday-Saturday: “Dr. Kil-
dare’s Victory”, with Lew
Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Ann
..... “ ; Mes-
of th*
Trt-MTX-
with his parents before leaving
passenger Cars:
a’
. I V-VU1OCO Ill ma UIIClllOLlVS, V11VI111S-
'ts | try and physics are being stressed,,
mathematics’ being taught than | obsolete tire'. “1 f’tube?"Gen" Um
Vx r /-x r* ’ V, • v 4 1-. _ - - ■ fx * T . — - - - - — - 7* _ 7- — _ * A -
time, tires. 2 tubes; Dowell Oil Well
. are ] -1-- K¥----- ’ —1—J- * "
- _ - . yfiax
rather than alternating Ufpse
courses.
November 18th has been ' set
j for . a special “attendance day"
[-program and all Rotarians were
i requested to keep this date in
mind as “100 percent”-day, with
the basic information contained
p ,
and women—but especially the; , when and if ther student enters
Wft 1 <- ♦ zx ■ ** 4 I— . •!» 4l_ — — • 11- 4 *
President Walter Alexander, in
{■charge- of the-program for j
|me--:-- J;*—--J ‘t-- ,r
the war o nthe school program. MHo'd to Grady T.' c'hupp’ '-*w-r^„—e
i Cmircnc tn molVtomofinc CODS I C-OrpS oCpt. 10.
nir passenger cars: Oscar I J* "
Wvnn. Nocona garbagejTauler, -IjJ’-------- ’• ’
obseieie tire, i tube; Geo. Um v k !k cAaiiiiiicrt-
berson. St. Jo farmer. 2 obsolete f° J? V? h, £nIlstnlcnt Feh‘ who has been in Bowie on Wed-
ary training at the advanced fly- been transferred to San Antonio
) but has been replaced in this dis-
I trict bv H. B Vinson of Graham,
unai 4 raining who will continue to be in Bowie
Jones M. Robinson. Bowie, i« ev“7 aW?d!?eW,,y between 8:00
2tires; Hughes Tool ^Co., Nocona, One of 83 enrietx-from-Texak who i !n'-aPd2P- .mi_ln the base-
o . i„. t r „„ _ _ . suceessfuiiy passej their elimina-
tion flight training and are now
at the Naval Air Station at Cor* [
pus Christi to begin a training
course that will lead to the award !
of’ the Navy wings.
i com-
iffjeers candi-;
of
Wanted: 2,000,1
Old Keys Any Size......
“ “ (vital foods to meet war needs.
Five “Key Kans” were placed )
in plibifc" places Thursday as the
staru.of a participation in a na-
tionwide campaign sponsored by
Paper and Twine Club, a national
--iWgaiuzMion—oi—papw—distribu-..
tors, to collect ofd keys to sal-
vage-their valuable nickel silver
content.
•n,-K r'- ??nSMhr’C P’v °d •' ‘iuncheon"tea?d Coach L*. er.’ha"’ ^"aPpSd'Tv^Gov-
f‘rSt Bank, the k. Hughes report on the local | ernor Coke*Stevenson to fill, the
lostolhi-C. (..I illin.s Liue , 'kr- football l< am*s prospects and-out-: vacancy on the Mont.iciie County
■ lbw s Cbllt-V Jlu.J) .IIHI J.likMin, look, tor the 1942 season and a Draft Tlotird createdwilti the
Grocery by a representative of • ... ,
a paper company who will pick
■ tip the collected keys' in four
- weeks.. '
A goal of 12.000,000 pounds of
nickel silver, of which most keys
contain 80 per cent, has 'wen set
j the as a nation-wide, goat ^ectiuse
Bowie National Guards-October 0! -thete-high nickel content-, one
his hundred pounds’of old keys' are
•worth as much in dollars and
The first meeting of the year
of the Future Farmers of Ameri-
ca was held last Thursday night.!
Officers for.the coming year were
elected. They are J. D. White,
president; Oliver Scroggins, vice- mn
president; Wayne Summers. JSRf.- . .rietta.
retary; Benny Tidwell, treasurer; —'■
Embry Privitt, reporter; Grady
Scroggins, parliamentarian; Leon,
ard Heath, historian; Art.Kistler,:
song leader; Cecil Studebaker,
watchdog; A. D. Wheat, adviser.
raise the F. F. A. gilt. Two com-
mittees were appointed: Harry
Stout, Embry Privitt and I. J.
Owens Wfere named for the pro-
—am committee and Cecil Stude-
-aker, Donlad Langston and J. C.
Vanbibber were appointed to the
initiation committee. Initiation
.tarians that, white he was uri
able to promise that' the Jack-
, r .. , . .. rabbits would win every game
Proceeds qf the sale of the old p]ayetj, he would guarantee the
■ys collected Wllb.be given to load football fans a fiahtina loam
the _U. 'Si1 O.
J. A. Fanning, County School
—:_4—'J--*, advised this
17, [ week that due to the teacher
shortage, the State Superintend-
ent has authorized a special ex-
amination for Second Class Cer-
tificates to be given October 16,
17 of this year.
High school ■ graduates and
restaurants, other qualified men or women
dance, thereby releasing , other I intendent by October 1, 1942,
ris. j Sup’t. Fainning stated.
Bowie- High t-luee months ago.
»«m— jn ij-^p (w0 other members of the
I hoard am r 1___
Miss : Bitt Billings, Nocona.
zchool * ■ 4«*o -4 4 4 V» 1,4 4*-* j 4U4O. A1V44.7J H
piano Serial Number Old Tire b‘.'ie on. w, furlough from
Coach Hughes assurred the Ro Must Be On Application stattonedr'foiiowing hiTeniistment Must Be Renewed Not
w, in the' Marine Corps in March. , . K. . .
Business was a little slow with _ Later Than Nov. 1st.
■ Ular Thursday meeting this Week. !
load football fans a fighting team filling requiring the serial num- - -7
well worth watching in action bf’l’ <>f tile applivunl’s old till' Hl [
Norman MHler explained the
purpose and necessity of the-
Weather Bureau Workers pre-fiight aviation course ut-
r-. , >, -T i j't* zx ’ stalled this year in the Bowie
Program Sunday 2 p. m. [ Needed By Government high schooL He pointed out that
. , n 723^7 whTcK^cTrama-| 1
Spaniards and Portuguestei, _tizes the work of Auxiliary Fire
av m ac diRf.inrf hrond® ac____i____
they both_ are from Anglo-Saxons. fense win be broadcast by sta- er bureau. L. I}. Roberson, ------
•x »x zx ifloleT tnnt ♦ Vi ZSTT zxr* »x ▼ Htxzxrtti * • zv* z-. . • . W» , x « x z »• z—
stand one another. Lwork. Sunday, September 27, at Service examiners, announced to-
- ‘It s bunk,-of course,- but yoy 11 [2 '
acquiesce if you want to be tact-'
_. ful.
Each maintains that the oppo-
—Xuildaiedara^Ctthese UHU Hall, State Fire. Defense Go,
wrinkles.
Portuguese geography requirv^-- —
study alsQ- I T»
Every Brazilian city has
least two names. T2. __ . .. .
, tion is that they were christened (tbe Texas School of the Air
* by different groups of early se' cooperation with the, Net:-
tiers. Today some swear by ore i Defense Committee for Texas, and
O4 cm, uuicia izy viuciB.
You have notticed that
nun)bers were <not on the appli-
cations. '
.—, -------- .— , In addition to the following !- T . 4 „ I ziupv'*>*•«'■ miouiui aic avima-
._fSrge-oT the^program for the ‘ cetrificates for purchase tires and ■ se U: Fannmg, Montague. ble at the First National Bank
meeting, discussed the effect of tubes a car certificate was al . s ’commission as Sec- and Evans Motor Co.. - in Bowie,
the war o nthe school program lAHed to Grady T. Chupp, No- "" r ■—»—-i-* - a- - - ■ - ------ - -
[Courses in mathematics, chemis-
Alexander said, w>tb more classes
J ever before in the history of the
( The fledgling weathermen (pi school, and for the first
weathirwomen) win be knowntboth chemistry and phvsics
as junior observers in mcterology, being taught- during this
and will draw $120 a month while ’’ ’’ " ”
[ they’re in a three month’s course
of instruCtio non weather observ-
ing, weather coding, and the
{program and all Rotarians
[ requested to keep this d;
^v-,i«-yzj c r. vxzxyxzxetwx 4 ” ’
all members attending.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sanders
and son of Corpus Christi are
visiting her mothef, Mrs. Ray-
mond Ayres, this week.
Montague County producers!
have a total qf 12,000 acres of pea-
nuts which are about ready' for I
harvesting. This is the largest
peanut acreage in cultivation in
this county any year during a
long period of time and might
be thelargest'acreage ever culti-
vated here any previous year.
County. Agent A. S. Elliott is
They best acreage will yield 35 bushels | urday nights andopening
of the acreage the yield
prove out rather low, c
lagrely on the strength qnd adap- | because of shortage of help in
of the land ob whicTi~the'Stffifbs, making“worUihg hours
f growing. But it is es [ of employees remaining longer
the total bf 12,000 adres will be [staffed.
per In case < ”
(medicine is necessary, pharmi
go6d irrt-eists,----u~ ~~----
will [ The four drug stores in Bowie
4 . I ...111 — L_____ XI— ________•___
. rri-i- -•■:n ---- .....,. . .~ ,r_. .
.A--.
ttttes-bt pTaTrur-hay‘Hn ,-iftKtion ree Picture Show For
to the other kinds they are put- Youngsters Sat. Morning
ting up and if the weather proves '
favorable during the harvesting I' tn connection with the nation-
I sca-s<)n SO it can be properly cured wide movie industry Sponsorship
---- — j and baled in good condition they of War Bonds and Stamps during
the vefgc Will have considerable quantity the month of September, Mana -
------1-. 1 of fine hay to feed to their cattle- ger Frank Benson of the Bowie I
during the cold weather season. Majestic Theatre is bringing a[
special free show for the “kids'’''
. ____^........................__- _ihere_ Saturday.mopiing, begin- L
Appointed Staff Sergeant inE,Iat 1(130 a t-
-------- Toe purchase of one .or more
[ ten cent Wai- Stamps at the box
[office Saturday morning is all
(that is ^required for admission.
The picture, Johnny Mack
lBT.WK ’in uRagtime J?e" wi.ivu.wvu ivuuy. V1V4UIV roou
will be shown_ only Saturday Specials are designated by the
mormng.ht the War Stamp show. Agricultural Marketing Adminis-
War Stamps must.be purchased . tration. ------J----------—
j! ?.hc. sh”w, Saturday morning Local merchants. 1 „
w ifiiv aduuMivii. and other local food outlets wil'' the county over 18 years of age
Farmers have not bought as
. *-y peanut threshers as
| will be necessary to handle the
erdp this fall. Only a few . - --
J J hashers have been purchased . lr^£n‘n8
{To date.; Threshers are avaU-l all-aistrici
| able and groups of farmers
[ with a large acreage of peanuts
I should begin to make ehresh-
I ing plans now and pool their
1 [ work. When the time to
. [ thresh comes and if there are
j not enough threshers available,
i the losses-may be high. Our
I country needs-the oil and we-
cannot afford to lose the pea
[ nuts. - .. . . ...JSS_
Some farmers seem to have number of the Cottontail squad
. the idea .that some government . ib;!t/von the Red River Valle/ -
[ - agency isgbing to furnish the ‘ League "Tor FFTree consecutive
4—threshers.—This idea has fle4+YeaEUJj4gene Deaver, Don .Watts
basis at all. Farmers will have I and Tom Dutton, all three backs
[ 1 to arfage for their own thresh- ' of 150 pounds each, promise to
ing. develop into ground gainers.
A. S, ELLJOTT, The complete Jackrabbit ros-
County Agentr tcr is ?s follows:
— — —. , - — _J| H- L.^S-wan,^ 160; Jimmie Wig-
’— ....... - ————_ K—i is, 175. Kenneth Shockley, "1
se: I40; Jin* Coyle, 160; L. M. Elen-
K Ki [burg. 180; L. E. Catlin, 165; Jim [
r>. m — — — Williams, 160; Herbert Arledge,
IJ57; J. JJ, Faulkenberry, 170; Dav» . ,.lj
id Latham, 135: Hftrace Bridge-
water, 135; J. C. Gossett, 198;
Joe Wolfe, 150; Herbert Russell,
[ 175; Albert Lee South, 160; Ver-
nice Ward, 160; Travis Under-
wood. 130; Thomas Chandeler,-------
1125; Art: Kistler, 140; Jack Lov-
Pvt. Lloyd Wiggins in Solomons I ette, 125; Eugene Deaver, 150;
In a V-Mail letter received ; Billy Rhyne. 175; Elmer Menasco,
here Saturday by his parents, Mr. 155; Tommy Dutton, 150; Don’ .
and. Mrs. L. £ Wiggins. Pvt. Watt. 150; Billy Elenburg, 150; *
Lloyd G. WTggins wrote that he [ Roy Ppemister, 135; Walter Cham-
0 was now on Guadalcanal Island | bers, 140; Billy King,-135; Char-
.“’ --J was Uine lie Winters. 180.. . ’ ..('[-gal
He enclosed two; - ----------------- o- |
[ as eviden^VhaX'h^'b^r Cold Wave of
.contact with some- "goodf- Japs Year Sicinals
Good Japs being dead Japs, nat- y -----1 J
, uraiiy. Approach of Winter
Pvt. Wiggins, 24, enlisted . in) ---------=------——7—jjM
the Marine Corps in Washington, I Texans did a quick change , .
D. C.. January 21. and received froru flimsy summer garments to
basic training at. Parris Island, heavier clothing during the past ;
[South Carolina. ,weke as a premature cold wave
z * , . t, 2- L * rnnsnrf h-uipci ahJl'cs Tn' III op last
, , •„TTney al , • Dyf Saturday and again Wednesday ' t
stationed at Ellington
an instructor since receiyfrfg
wings as a 1
bee transferred to Fort. Dix. N. J
ivMiv. zvz mv iCTxz. scab'll uuu a, iziaii ooara creaieu witn me [-a ice
discussion’of the new pilot train- i esignation, of Utis Burns about A .f ,[lnne-V- visited ’Several days
----- ,u r, I ., with his parents before l<*nvinzr .
' • • - - f for the new field. »
» Lee Tucker. Bowie, and Pvt. Leon Randle Home - - - ------------—
---kt.------ pvt Lion c RandI(J-.s visi|ing 54 early Thursday morning.
“--; his -mother, Mrs. Ruby Randle, ~~jp---r-—
" :•*" “ , / ’ \ San All Drivers License
_ Diego. California, where he is
• .4 .. 4 r. . — „ 11 • . .. t-f......1 I_*
Miller,
sp,
be faebi.
I in the* Marine Cprps in March, f
•the.Rationing Board at their reg Stuart Watson at Maxwell Field;
Aviation padet Stuar* Watson, I Drivers are warned again by
A ruling requiring the serial num- son of Mr. and Mrs. B. E Wat the Department of Public Safety
OCT of iifo applieaiirs-rrtd tire to-szth, Itowie, ss new stationed at -that all driver’s license of the old
be placed on the application for Maxwell Field, Alabama, follow- style must be renewed by Nov-
a new tire caused few applies- ing his. transfer from Nashville, ember 1, regardless of serial num-
ti-n' to' he considered -al this Tenn., after receiving classifica- her This anolication should be
meeting. :tion as pilot. He was one of 30 made immediately as-the new
„u,.. i---—1.„ so , license must be in possession by
- clLiSsifiod- thr i rnininfier hrinff : Nnvyrphor 1 .and dup tn
•- of applications, three or four
weeks are required -to clear the
. . . . uppliatcion thru the office at
Foy Fanning Receives Commission Austin’ 4
^F°y Fanning, son of Mr. and j Application blanks are availa-
land Evans Motor Co..-in Bowie,
i ln the Army Air an(j at-the ta5c cdllSctor’s office
T?” r-"" * a l- *n Montague and may be filled
Lt. Fanning received his com [ OUt and mailed direct to Austin.
mission from the officers candi-1 H. C. Smith. Department of
v!°u Public'Safety license examiner,
”” ----- ---------------wnu iicis in xsuwie Oil M
ruary 14. He took his prelimin- nz-sdays since last November, has
rr- fl*- i .-----------j-----.ijsa
ing school at Lubbock, Texas.
J. M. Robinson Completes
Initial Training
Learning More
► About Brazil
Will Be Helpful
WASHINGTON — More South 1
American countries will be com
ing into the war as United Na-
tions, against the Axis. In gen-
-eral, they won’t be very
participants,
haven’t the nee^
essary facilities.
However, they
^Bwill declare hos-
tilities. Wash- tabilit;
ington hears from they ;
one or another —
- thru diplomatic
channels almost
^■hourly.’
Even thou gh!
to do much actual
■ fighting, with the
■ ' exception of a lit-
qf aviation,' Uncle Satti appre-
ciates the value of the alignment.
It’ll be fine now, from the stand-
point of all-around morale, and
it’ll be a grand thing for Western ,
hemispherical relationships after [
> the war's over. We and our
neighbors at'last are on I'
of becoming really well acquaint-!
ew with one another on an ex-
*“ ceedingly friendly basis.
, .For immediate purposes, though,
Brazil’s bOund to be bur’ closest
affiliate.
This not only is because it's
the biggest of the bunch, with
sufficient military strength to be
or less physically’ outright ’ help-
ful. It’s also because of that
bulge we hear so much about,
which characterizes Brazil. to
the eastward into the Atlantic
in the direction of Africa's west-
ward bulge toward it. from the
- opposite point of the compass.
Naturally Brazil’s bulge will’ be
invaluable to- us, as- a base fpr
-*.--operations—against- wirto+y-advr-r- -
- —Used Dakar. at the African bule--’-
i extremity, in the case of its Akis
occupation, with the eonnivanee-
of Vichy,, since it’s a Vichy pos-
session.
f Bulge io Be Familiar
. It behooves us, then. to devote
a little especial attention to Bra-1'
---ail, arid to its bulge in-partieu-;
lar. It’s not improbable that
we’ll presently find ourselves as
famil airwith that bulge as we
i are with Michigan's bulge into
the Great Lakes or Florida’s
bulge ipto the Gulf of Mexico.
- 1 ft shouldn't tee fwepotton—toM--
Brazil isn’t Spanish, like all_the
rest of Latin America. I:’„ .
tugucste. '
Between the Spanish atwl Por
tugueSe I never could «-o - tmv
considerable difference, after sev-' [
■ ..era! -years’ experience in. their
respective midsts. In their lan-
guages they differ slightly in a
fevz of their rivql spellings. lilus’
tratively, if a Spaniard wants to -
employ the < quivalent of our '
word for “mister," he spe.ls it
“senor”—only, over the “n' 1..
puts-a little accent mark called a,
“tilde,” -whiJ can’t procuce
because it isn’t'included in any.).. _
English type face. Anyway, itj|-
Civilian Defense Radio
like ! sane and yOre.» A Por
tuguese gets that same -identical F — •
effect by snr-lling the title senhor, —:
Wy’1 nc„^'L^e’j j z zJ'l .-A radio program wl
.v’ *, J- .. . , “j '-HAVa -*IC vvw,r> ,LUA!I!U,J A ZZV --XX, | Wliejl — 11U 14 U1V piUUC-lll CIH
say they re as distinct breeds as men jn p]an of Civilian De- gals—to go to work in the Weath- the air service of the nation,
they both are from Anglo Saxons. fense win be broadcast by sta- I er bureau. L. ]}. Roberson, secre-
and insist that they cant under- tions of the, Texas Quality Net- tary local Board of U. S. Civil
z-tzimJ z\nzi nnrtrnzi^ « zr. « • « .
jtion as pitot, 1
A special meeting of the board Per cent fro mhis barracks
-----AT- ---------------—re—C—■——T----r-----—T——j. wiU ’ tee. held *wxt Monday- to,classified—thfcw remainder—X -------------
TTnnte ic tozzVinzz O., basic toformat:^ . cqntained,^^^ o„ appiicatiotis passed-Crated as bombardiers pnd navi- of applications,
Uncle Sam-is looking for men in this course would be invaluable OVPr this week because tire serial ga«°rs. . weeks are reai
id women—but psnecin v the . whnn »nzl if the- <u.,zlonf' over mis wcck necapse tire serial ««■ weexs are riqi
p. m. * , (day. Applicants should be
| This announcement was made,!03^ years old and have
I by Fire Chief A. C. Baccus upon| h|gh school education or
I receipt of information from Mar j equivalent. They’ll have to pass
nttio v*n HmL State Fire Defense Go- a mechanical aptitude test to
ordinator of the National Defense'9uajuy^ '
-Committee for TOxas. )
The program will he another
at in the series, titled, “Texans on
The e'xpiana (he Alert,” which is prepared by
,1V-1I 1— ,<IO. HITJ Wd: ,<ll ICTU-'U , --------Z--- ----“r~----- ---- bl
by different groups of early se' ! cooperation with the, National
tiers. Today some swear by-one j Defense Committee for Texas, and
of ’em; others by others. [features various activities of j
You have notticed that news .Civilian Defense.
from the extremity of the Bra-[ Chief Baccus also reminds Jocal
zilian bulge is dated from P_.
nambuco—pronounced Pern-am-
book-0, with the accent on the
third syllable.
The Same City
-Yet you’ll have seen that same
identica! burg (everlastingly in . bility.pt preventing frres.’ ‘Every |.
dispatches, due to its strategic fjre helps -the. .cause of our ene-
location) referred to half he my • The war cannot.be won by
■time as Recife, pronounced Ray- ashes, if we permit carelessness to
pzKAK *ZA«r -ITTrt A rtZlZlTT 4z\z4 ZX»A ♦ to C<-rX I « X I
pnd syllable.
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