Navasota Daily Examiner (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 180, Ed. 1 Monday, September 30, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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Gibraltar To Be
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Appropriations For
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Home of the Texas
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Texas Livestock
Shipments Mount
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 30. — Texan
livestock shipment* stopped their UNO
downward trend in August, University
of Texas Bureau of Business Research
officials revealed today.
A decline has been registered each
month thus far thia year, polling total
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“little Hitler" under a general
nesty to political offenders..
lother war,
le ’’war to
American Legion
o Install Officers
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totals $500,000,000. The house, in the Vocational Teacher of Plantersville is ^r™8 “re almost a necessity for the
band. Four years ago when our cotton
uniforms were new fluey looked fairly
well, but since then wear and tear
have reduced them to such a state that
they make titeband present an appear-
ance of which we are not proud."
Moat bands in this vicinity have
woolen uniforms, says Sirs. Harris, and
purchase of new
the school band.
Mrs. Harris says that, ‘ Wool uni-
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept 30.—
(UP)—'It happened on one of those
semi-busy streets in a residential sec-
tion one night.
The man, clad in pajamas, ducked
behind a bush each time a car ap-
proached .When it passed, he ran to a
nearby tree and shook it.
Residents of the
watching the process,
and called police.
Radio Patrolman M.
swered the call, reported that the man
merely was trying to retrieve his cat
and “just didn’t like the Idea of being
seen irf his pajamas by passing motor
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rope pertaining to the war, and in the
objectives of the new order of the
axis."
While there was no hint of the way
in which an attempt will be made to
break Britain's grip on the Western
Mediterranean entrance. observers
pointed out that Germany now has a
I common frontier with Spain by her*
i occupation of France's, Atlantic sea-
Voted by House
Navasota To Get
$163,221 If Bill
Passes Senate
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. —« A civil at 2 p, m., and goes to the W. A.
airport construction program for Tex-j Boney farm at 3 o'clock for a Pure-
as. totaling $38,461,873, will get under bred Hereford, Turkey, Goat, and Sheep
way if the senate approves provisions I Demonstration. i
of a house deficiency appropriation; Thursday, October 3rd, the tour
MU. _ | leaves from the city hall in Navasota
The prograin fpr the entire country at 0:30 in the morning. J. C. Jordon,
Automobiles ware offered as prizes in Seattle’s famous salmon derby.
Those anglers all won ears. Lilly Torkelson (eenter) with 27-lb. 5-oz.
salmon that made her the winner. L. to R. Roy Meister, 26-lb. 11-oz.
salmon for winner men’s division; Mrs. E. Carlson, 23-lb. 4-oz. fish, j. E.
Webb, 26-lb. 6-os. and Frank Markham, 25-Ib. 11-os.
Price Control
System Proposed
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. — A sys-
tem of price controls restrictions on
production and hours of work in war-
time was recommended by the Brook-
ings Institute today in a study under-
taken at the request of the war de-
partment
The report proposed that wage rates
under wartime economy be raised only
“where necessary to insure health and
eficlency or when made necessary by
the failure of other controls to keep
down the cost of living.”
The Brookings Institution, a private
research organisation, financed the
study with funds provided by the Falk
Foundation of Pittsburgh. It empha-
sised that although the war depart-
wm tootn- of IMO to M.» par rout below those of
1 “ •“--. the steelier ported of IMP.
k U August, however, S.M6 oars of
1 «M etaeera at Uvwtock moved M
ranehoa of th. gteto, TA per esht meoo
‘ it your age.
Meeting at Brenham
A meeting'of Company A, lit Miii-
j tary Police of the 36th Division meet
at Brenham Sunday at which time
officers were named for the year and
a date set for the annual meeting
which will b« the last Sunday in Sep-
ember of each year.
Officers named were Ix-win Routt
of Chappell Hill, president, M. H.
Ehlert, vice-president, Herbert Schoff,
treasurer, and George Hoffman, sec-
retary. The last named men all of
Brenham.
The meeting was held in the armory
of the Brenham Cahrery Company
and they also furnished the dinner.
Thirty-five members were present
and those going from Navasota were
Walter Smith, Alex Moody, Georgs
Sledge and Neel Stacey.
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j mg visitor Ribbentrop to Rome, is re-
• turning to Spain by way of Romo, jt ,
? I was said.
; .‘‘Gibraltar is . . . Spanish territory
‘ which Spain Is redeeming for herself
in the new European Order," said Giiy-
da.
j 'He said the talk in Berlin yester-
_r “prove among other things that
the Spanish problem figures in the im-
mediate scheme of things, together
Hungary’s Nazis
Merge Parties To
Gain Strength
Lenient Attitude
Gives Power To
National Socialists
BUDAPEST. Hungary. Sept.
A merger of the Magyar national
clalist party and the arrow cross party.
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leaving precipitately over the
fence, and twanged » an arrow
him.
Police picked up a suspect a
Are Made
To Outfit Band
bands from towns near here, this fact
was noticeable. Navasota’s playing and
marching was on a par with the per-
formance of the other bands, but the
shoddy uniforms detracted much from
Navasota’s appearance.
Mrs. Harris urges that the town sup-
port to the fullest extent the move-
ment to obtain new uniforms for
local school musicians.
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topics will be t:,k.-n N,. .lining
■■■■i McNeely Takes
Band To A-& M
For Aggie Game
Navasota'.- High S<-h> Bund
raded I"1 1.^"'
RalU O. Brewrter, Kapablilui. plac0
elected U. 8. senator for Maine in "L a he. aoan8
son at 10 o’clock.
I At the Aaron Isbell farm a Farm,
Livestock, Soil Conservation, and Paw
try Demonstration will be held at 11
o’clock. At noon the tour goes to Be-
dias for a P. T. A. benefit luncheon.
Wednesday afternoon the tour is un-
der the direction of Miss Rheba Merle
Boyles, County Home Demonstration
agent. The Bedias Mattress Making
Center Is to be visited at 1 p. m., and
the Iola Mattress Making Center at
1:40 p. m.
Vern Andrews, Vocational Teacher of
Iola takes charge for the last two
demonstrations on the day’s program
The tour visits Walter Isbell’s farm
for a Dairy Cattle and! Pantry exhibit
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that statement.
There is a war in Europe now, and
22 years ago there was aw'
only the earlier one was the
End All Wars.”
But it took those 22 years for two
Navasota residents to find out that
they had lived within 800 yards of each
oher during that ruckus known as “The
First World War.”
Earl Mercer and H. E. Woodworth
were talking about sweaters for army
boys ithe other day when, surprised-
they found put that they had both worn
the knitted woolens at Purdue Uni-
versity in Lafayette*. Indiana, during
Mia
Mr. Mercer waa there to receive
training in the Mastag JUnal Electri-
cians School, a dlvlsft# dpthe Signal
Corps, And Mr. Woodworth was study-
ing airplane and other "
2,000 men were?
IdtouV^rXRl
a
board.
; The apparent ’‘clarification” of
Spain's role in the war by the Ber-
lin conferences left the axis two big
countries to worry about- the United
States and Russia.
as a
board had co-operoted with the author,
Dr. Charles A. Hardy, neither was
responsible for his conclusions.
Dr. Hardy outlined the parpen of
jR . On Thursday evening, October
i, the American T>eglon will meet at the
I. August Borst Club for the purpose of
installing officers for the year.
At the meeting the group will des-
|, cusS plans for organizing a military
in Grimes County and other
the
na-
■ day
a mores
toward . ■
the nari groups, was expeoted to l«<t)wlth oth<.r
elsewhere in Bn
to an immediate increase in their
strength- and influence.
Evidence of the government's
changed attitude toward nazl groups
since the recent Vienna conference—
at which Germany and Italy sliced off
a large section of Transylvania from
Rumania and gave it to Hungary—i
was seen in the release from prison
Sept. 18 of Ferenc Szalasl, Hungary's,
am-
onetration on the Walter Greenwood
farm. Richard Evers, Navasota Voca-
tional Teacher, is in charge of the af-
ternoon tour. Lunch will be in Nava-
sota at 1:80 p. m.. the farmers will
go to the Gerald Lott farm to see' Saturday, when the Navasota band pa-
Purebred Hereford*, and Trench 8Hos. radod ** A * M. with several other
Atj 3 o’clock they go to the S. D. Cole-
man ranch for the closing demonstra-
tion, Purebred Herefords and Improved
Pastures.
County Agent Altgelt has urged that
os many of Grimes County’s farmers
vho find it possible should join the
tour. ' .<• ■
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Mem- at tim eoroutteu < w
CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 30. — A night
Tile rushed out the back door of his attack on an Italian truck convoy, 15
Roosevelt Names
Draft Executive
Wash i ngton. sept.' so. _
dent Roosevelt has signed an
cutive order giving Lieutenant Colonel
Lewis H. Sherwy power to administer
the selective service system pending
designation of a draft, director. It was
learned Sunday night.
tear • price <
Gayda Declares
Rearrangement In
Scheme Of Things
ROME, Sept. 30, - Restoration of
Gibraltar to Spain la in the axis* plan
for the rearrangement of Europe and
Africa, the authoritative fascist
spokesman. Virglnio Gaydu. flatly de
dared today.
New talks" Ip Berlin prove that
Spain figures In the “Immediate
scheme of things," said Gayda, who
specifically indicated for the flrat time
that Spain, which heretofore has been
regarded as only p sympathetic friend
like Japan, is now to be considered an
active partner in the world girdling
axis lineup. ' > >
He avoided saying In ao many words,
however, that «l»*fiu will enter the
war.
The flat declaration that Spain is to
the
Drive To Start
In Near Future
Says Mrs. Harris
Mrs. Earl Harris, president of the
Navasota Band Mothers’ Club, has an-
nounced that a drive- is to be started
in Navasota to obtain funds for the
wool uniforms for
As Maine Goes?
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t Eyes turned to watch high-stepping
dram majorettes and band members
■-.AS they took part in colorful activl-
<ka on Kyle Field at A. A M, Satur-
day during the half intermission of
Texas Aggies, A. & I. Javelina
football game, which the Aggied won, I
g there can be no harm in repeating
C Mkvasota, with seven other bands
this vicinity participated in the
' W arranged by A. A M. College
icials for the starting of the Aggie
•dll game.
he bends, making bright spots of
>r on the field, marched onto the
Hron at th* half and formed the
kn of Texas A. 4 I.” Then they
tebedi toe A A I. to A. A M. while
ftators cheered. While they were
dheee formations the bands, joined
the Aggie Band, played several
ch numbers.
Mtor bands that took part in toe
fttiee included V Hempstead, Mad-
»iUe, Bryan, Caldwell, Hearne,
MB, and Calvert.
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( to Amt^-andthae, AEEMCANlSM"
■stoMOTto ma mnrotY, saw »» imp
feime-s Farnierr^-
Hold County Tow
During Hiis Week
Altgelt Announces
Schedules For
Demonstrations
Ai farmer’s tour over Grimes County
to be held Wednesday and Thursday
of this week has been announced by
County Agent George A. Altgelt.
Starting from the courthouse at
Anderson at ft :30 on Wednesday morn-
ing. the tour will begin with W. D.
Rigby, vocational teacher of Bedias,:
j-.- -Named
w For Committees Of
City Organizations \
la to be a Community Cen-
ter established in Navasota.
Plans originated by the W. P. A.
teAdult Education program and sponsor-
K «d by all the organizations in Navasota
■ call for toe center to be established! in
B the Ranta Fe Railroad Section House
Ukattind the Bosse Warehouse on Wash-
Mfegton Avenue.
Kkneral chairman for the establish-
1«‘CL V. Merriam, and the general
committee Is composed of J- T. Fergu-
> uou, Mrs. Watts Brown, Mrs. T. P.
»•:. Buftington. and teachers, Mrs. C. A. 600 votes.
Shackelford, Mrs. T. W. Wilson, and
/...Mrs. MJattje A. Wyse.
| The committee for repairing the
house Will have C. V. Mlerrlam rbpre-
Aentlng the Klwanis Club, Robert W.
R.'DeUu, the Junior Chamber of Com-
merce, L. -V Yeager, the Chamber of
s' Commerce, Mrs. Willie King, the Wo-
'f'--man's Junior Chamber of Commerce,
r And County chairmen, Mrs. Ralph
■■ Barry and Mrs. H. R. Turner.
K >. Organisations named above are fur-
| nishiug funds for repair to the house. 1
The equipment committee Is divided
“■ into six groups, with Mrs. H. R. Tur-
nor as chairman. The Library commit-
I’ tee 1b composed of Mrs. H. E. Mortl-
mer, chairman, Mrs. Ivan Collier, and
Mrs. L. 8. Pierce. Kltohen committee:
mrs. Whtt8 Browrn, chairman, Mrs.
Willie Gardner, and Mfs. W. C.. Todd.
« Berceation committee: Mrs. W. P.
^Carroll, chairman, Mrs. Neal Stacey,
Fond Mrs. James Sanden. Class-rooms
Committee: Miss Eugenia Wellborn,
^bhalrman, Mrs. Q. Dyess, and Mrs. H.
R, Wood.
SF1 fiewing room committee: Mrs. T. P.
Buffington, chairman, Mrs. J. W. Bro-
Big, and Mrs. Otto Druckhammer. Mis- ,
dellaneous committee; Mrs. W. 8.
’ Baker, chairman, Mrs. Fred Johnson
' Mrs.. Ralph Barry.
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Texan Killed In
Soaring Accident
WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Sept. 30.
home, caught a glimpse of the prowler miles west of Barlda, Libya, and too —Wormsn Levilloux, 27, credit manager
Of a paint concern here, was electrocut-
ed today when a steel towline hanging
A aalvo of bombs fell a few yards from « Mil P**11® 8tiack * P°*’er wire
away, his coat ripped where the ar-' from the leading trucks in the desert and carried 12,000 volts of electricity
through a motor winch he was operat-
ing on the ground.
Relbert Booth, instructor of the
Wichita Falls Soalng Club, and G. P.
Brand, a member, brought the plane
down safely a short distance away.
Thein waa toe 23rd flight made by
club member* during the afternoon.
World Still Small
Say Local Men
It baa often been said that toe
world is a small one. and so, then,
deficiency defense measure, allowed in charge of the 10 o’clock Creep Fed
$30,000,000 cash and $50,000 contract- ( Calves, Pasture, and Small Grain dem-
nal authority to start the program.
Among toe projects recommended
foi! Texas by* the Civil Aeronutlcs Au-
thority Navasota was included with a
recommended appropriation of $162,221.
Should the program go through.
Houston is to get $408,076, Huntsville
$16,000, Hempstead, $16,800, Hearne,
$175,616, Madisonville $17,000, Marlin,
$188,516, Brenham $180,000, and Cald-
well $36,500.
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Fair tonight and
cbangeintempwa- atM Mr T
OWi had been
ck>u<^ other. Mr.
stablish
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Joint Committee
Agrees on Tax
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 — A sen
ate-house committee reached an agree-
ment today on an excess profits tax
bill, clearing the way for early final
cougreeaional action on this measure.
The legislation, asked by toe admin-
istration to guard against anyone’s
making huge profits from the national
rearmament effort, would Impose s 25
to 50 per cent levy on corporation pro-f
Ita In excess of normal, aad would
also increase the normal corporation meat and th* army and navy munltiona
income tax from 20.0 te M per cent
Both texes would apply to 1M0 income.
Estimated by commute* member* to
yield nearly 91X^00000 fW, too
. foi-defense conteMtonswd would sue-
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Archer Uses
Arrow On Thief
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept; 30.—
(UP)—As an archer, W. A, Albee is
a good thief catcher.
Hearing q noise In his chicken yard r» i r» i
one night, Albee called the eherlffa of- *5r>tl8n OOIHD
flee and grabbed a heavy hunting bow Italian Positions
and several arrows. Archery Is his!
hobby.
‘Hite riiahte/i nut thA haokrt rtnnr of hla
be rewarded by acquisition of
“rock’’ which Britain has held] for 236
years as a symbol of her empire
strength, was made by Gayda as For-
eign Minister Count Galeazzo
started horn,, after conferences In Ber:
lin with Adolf Hitler and Generalis-
simo Franco's No. 1 aide; Ramon Ser-
rano Suner. ' ' r •
Serrano Suhcr, after his round qf
talks in Berlin, interspersed by ft fl,v;
I ing visit of Ribbentrop to Rome, is
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largest of Hungary's uazi grout*, was ,
announced today.
The merger placed virtually all,'
Hungarian nazis in one party, since1
several other small groups were united
some weeks aga with the Magyar
tlonal socialists. ,
The merger, together with
lenient government attitude
Ralph O. Brewster, Republican,
first general election in the nation. Farm «n<» Nursery of Grover C. Wil
defeating former Gov. Lonis J
Brann, Democrat, by more than 4S
bock bombing of Italian positions at Fort
after MUgddalena were reported today In a
I royal air force communique.
block j
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attack near Ba rd la, the communique
said. Mechanical transport concentra-
tions southwest of Sidl Barren!, Egypt,
were also bombed last night.
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Nemir, Lucile. Navasota Daily Examiner (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 180, Ed. 1 Monday, September 30, 1940, newspaper, September 30, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1382577/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Navasota Public Library.