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LaCoste, Medina County, Texas, Friday, December 17, 1918
No. 20
World Court Hears Corfu Channel Case
•) WAR ON POLIO
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NUTS ’API ETY
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.— The
result
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NO TOOTHACHES IN INDIA
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only one decayed tooth for every
Salvation Army
Sticks to Word
However, Elector Preston Parks
Thurmond as he had said ilf ad-
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in the India study.
EXPENSIVE SIGN
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people throughout Southwest Tex-
Average ago
must be torn down.
HONEST TOWN
the girls is 17 and some are
as young as 12.
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Medina River and from its"
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Extends 'Home' Drive
To Southwest Texas
| Public in S. A. Area
Warned Against V.A.
Deception Campaign
Fire Chief Asks
Eliminatian of
Yule Hazards
C. of C. at Devine
Is Host to Women
On December 14th at Harlandale
High School in San Antonio Far-
zona.
U. 8. Mediator William F. Mit-
Judging of Poultry—Hondo 1st,
Laredo and Carrizo Springs tied
with the following results: Leo F.
Vena, president; Winfred White-
every person in the country—and
some left over for the squirrels.
Interscholastic League
Organized By Dist. 28-A
Righter J. Strom Thurmond 39.
A majority is required to elect.
Tennesse has 12 electrol votes,
and ordinarily all would have gone
to Mr. Truman, as he carried the
I Truman lost one electoral vote in /that the inhalator was demons tva-
Tennessee to the States Righters. /ted some time ago. He stressed the
Hondo Locker Plant
Banned By S. A.
Veterinarian
In Casey, Illinois, the front door
to the office of the Casey Banner-
Times, a weekly newspaper, has
a lock on it for the first time in
22 years. The old lock was broken
that long ago. / Apologizing for
the installation of the lock the
Bexar 4-H Club
Boys To Show
Prize Stock
Notice To Medina County
Livestock Owners
George Smith, 55,
Laid To Rest In
San Antonio, Monday
also invited to this tea.
Farrell, a senior at Harlandale,
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F C.
Tyson, and grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. John Zimmerle, all of San
Antonio.
SAN ANTONIO. —: The Salva- of the Houstot Fat Stock show
tion Army this week turned to the At Houston.
of the motion.
Election of officers
Southern Pacific
Strike Postponed
For Thirty Days
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•ertue in the-
LaCoste Ledger
it will take your message to
hundreds of-consumers
Water District Threatens Legal Action
To Bar Dam Building on Medina River
Inspects Schools At
Macdona, Idlewild
Endorses Sale Of
Christmas Seals
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as for assistance in its Campaign
to raise $175,000 for construction
of a new Home and Hospital here
for unfortunate young girls and
their babies.
The Home and Hospital which
is now a haven of hope for ap-
proximately 100 girls and their
babies each year is antiquated and
Arguments in the first case between nations to come before the
International Court of Justice are now being heard at The Hague,
The Netherlands. The case involves the United Kingdom’s claims
for payment from Albania as the result of mine damage to British
destroyers and the death of 44 seamen in the Corfu Channel off the
Albanian coast Here Sir Hartley Shawcross (left), U.K. counsel,
looks at a map of the channel with Pierre Cot, Albanian counsel
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Electoral College
Gives Truman 303
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mable Christmas decorations in-
troduce a needless fire hazard dur-
ing the current holiday season, and
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The City of Sinton, Texas, has
passed an ordinance to permit,
license and regulate the drilling
and operation of oil or gas wells
within the corporate limits'. The
300 Bushels
Farmer’s Aim
In Corn Yield
Legal action to stop the construction of dams on the
Medina River tributaries is contemplated by the Bexar-
Medina-Atascosa County Water Improvement Dist. No. 1,
Hugh R. Robertson, the district's attorney, said Wednesday.
Such steps were discussed at the board meeting Monday, he
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But
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16 Schools Represented at F.F.A.
Judging Contest Held Here Sat.
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that individuals representing'
themselves as VA ‘employees were
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Commercial Printing
Call This Office
B. Allen otBryan; one sister. Mm.
Grace MeSeiff of Houston and
eight grandchilren.
Rosary was said at Southside
Funeral Home, 6301 So. Flores St.,
at 7:30 P.M. Sunday with services
at 10:30 A.M. Monday at St. Ce-
cilia’s Church in San Antonio with
heads of anyone standing up.
Candles should not be used as
part of the Vuletide decorations.
Curtains and other flammable ma-
terials should be pulled back at
least six inches from any electric
light.
The Fire Chief emphasized that
these simple precautions would
help prevent the tragedies which
have marred previous holiday sea-
sons.
newspaper told townspeople:
isn’t that we don’t trust you.
However, Elector Preston Parks head vice-president; Thomas Frey,
of Somerville cast his vote f"1 secretary-treasurer; and Clay-
bourne Tschirhart, Fire Chief.
Five boys also will show five
Lytle 1st, Crystal City 2nd, J
and Devine 3rd.
Judging of Dairy Cattle—De-
vine 1st, Lytle 2nd, and Carrizo
Allowing livestock to run un-
attended on Highway* and County
Roads in Medina County is illegal
under our County Stock Law and
creates a most hazardous condi-
tion to the travelling public. Vjo-
laters continuing this practice will
be prosecuted.
• COMMISSIONERS COURT
MEDINA COUNTY
was held
DEVINE, Dec. 10.
The regulai; monthly meeting of
the Castroville Volunteer Fire De-
partment was called to order by
President Joe A. Bader Tuesday
evening, December 14. The minu-
tes of the previous meeting of
October 12th were read and ap-
proved. Then the treasurer gave
hi* report..
“I have been informed by rep-
iksentatives’ of the Brotherhood
of ILdcomotive F i r e m e n and
Enginemen that the strike set for
6 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, has
been postponed for at least 30
days?’
The controversy arose over 296
grivances on working conditions. ’
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building. Members voted i
have an Angus steer in the open
class.
But it is in the swine division
of the Houston Fat Stock Show
where the Bexar County boys will
have their greatest number of en-
tries. Forty-eigth pigs are to be
shown at Houston by eight youths.
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shipments of meal from the Hondo
locker plant.
Dr. A. E. Wharton, chief city
veterinarian, said the ban was
levied on the plant because ani-
mals were being killed without the
presence of an inspector and be-
cause of the insanitary condition
chell authorized the following
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nentwich of
' Macdona, will be the only girl ex-
hibitor from Bexar County in the
'two shows. She will have a steer
calf entered in the open class at
Seven Bexar County 4-H Club
boys will show a total of 11 steers
in the Southwestern Exposition
and Fat Stock Show at Fort WortR
early next year, and five boys will
exhibit a total of 17 head of swine
Geo. Smith of San Antonio, died
in a San Antonio Hospital on De-
cember 10, 1948, at the age of
55 years. Mr. Smith was known
by many in LaCoste and owned
some property near here.
He leaves surviving besides his
widow, Mrs. Cecilia Smith; three
changes in his methods he thinks
he can boost that figure in 11149.
Courtright’s field, planted in 14
varieties of hybrid seed corn, aver-
ages three stalks to the hill. He
treated the land with 450 pounds
of aerosnamid per acre and used
4-13-4 suited fertilizer. t
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Wm. Robert Smith of San An- mer 4-H Club boys will have *U#r»
of San Antonio and we msamimmecemezmma
The count, after this step in the importance of department num-
electoral college process, was, bers acquainting themselves with
Democrat Truman 303, Republican the operating of this inhalator.
Thomas E. Dewey 189, States 1 Motion was made by Leo F.
Yena and seconded by W. J. Jung-
man to authorize the treasurer to
pay one-half of amount for the
1-inch pipe to be put around the
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The Pacific coast growers shook lice Department, the Better Busi-
nearly 250,000,000 pounds of al- ness Bureau or to this office.”
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... Contributions i should be mailed te
Farrell Tyson Initiated to The S*IvallU!l Afnj Bunning -
side FunerzyHone
bushels of corn from each acre
of a 10-acre field next year.
The Illinois Crop, improvement
Association has confirmed Court-
right's production record of this
year, 221.3 bushels an acre. Court-
right says by making certain
There have been four previous
occasions since 1900 when a state's
electoral vote was split in 1904
death rate is declining, I am in-
formed that nearly 50,000 people
Rev. J. McDonald officiating. In- . . ,
, ,, . . steers at the Houston show,
terment was in San Jose Burial „ .
„ , . .c Entering steers at Fort worth
Park. Arrangements by South- , 1
will be Harold Wenzel, Henry
Tuesday.
Lighting at Macdona was found
unequally distributed while one .
preferable to put decorations up
near the ceiling, well above the
9 Sap flerrp Xmas 897
There is no better way to wish your friends
and customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year than through the Ledger’s specially
to the success of the contest by
supplying the judging' material
were Mr. Fitzhugh, manager of
the Straus-Medina Ranch, who
furnished Hereford Breeding Cat-
tle; Mr. Hildebrand, owner of the
Rio Vista Dairy, who supplied
Jersey and Holstein cows; Rudolph
Bippert furnished Hampshire Gilt;
Fred Schulze furnished fat bar-
low; Arthur Kriewald supplied
white leghorn laying hens; Eu-
gene Keller furnished breeding
sheep; J. Yantis supplied Rhode
Island Red breeding stock; John
MeAnelly of Hondo provided fat
weathers.
and 1908 in Maryland, in 1912 in
California, and in 1916 in Westiof the plant and equipment.—S. A.
Virginia.
member* of the National Honor
Society.
After the initiation'an informal
tea was given in their honor at
the kchool. The parents were
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strategic position to help speed
thet day when tuberculosis will be
eradiated. Through our estab-
lished organizations—bii|- official
health agencies and the voluntary
asociations affiliated with the
National Tuberculosis Association
we ca lend the way to total
victory against tuberculosis.
"Between now and Christmas
we have an opportunity again to
demonstrate our support • of the
tuberculosis control work of the
voluntary associations by the use
of CHriktmas Seals."
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SINTON OLI- WELLS
surveys nor are we in the business
of house-to-house canvass. I have
no idea what the purpose is of
these efforts to impersonate VA
employees, but the matter has
been turned over to Federal and
local criminal authorities for in-
. vestigation. Our employees who
are required to contact the, public
on official business are provided
with proper identification and
failure to produce such identifi-
cation should be immediately re-
ported to the F.U.I., the local Po-
int© National Honor Society Fund, P. o. Box 991, San Antonio,
■ • • Texas.
Smith, superintendent of county
schools, said no more weekly in-
spections would be made until
after Christmas vacations.
Vacations in most of the 59
county schools are scheduled to
begin Dec. 21 and end Jan. 3.
said.
Thesuit-prebally- would
ask for a mandatory injunc-
tion which would require
owners to do a Way with the
dams already constructed, Robert-
son said,
The Water Improvement district
directors took notice of recently
published statements from the Me-
dina water shed area that a large
number of such dams have been
constructed and others are plan-
ned. The district has a vested
right to all the water flowing in
we probably will use the lock now 'action came dfter steady develop-
that we have it." The door had ment of the West Sinton oil field
been open to all since 1926, and had moved wells closer and closer
only a few postcards and a slug of to Sinton’s boundaries, and g60l0
type hail disappeared during that gists had indicated that the field
time. I would spread over into the city.
Night was observed by the cham-
ber of commerce at its quarterly
banquet this week. The banquet
meal was prepared and served by
the Band Mothers, assisted by the
home-making department. Super-
intendent J. D. Klingmanh was the
guest speaker. It was announced
that Christmas street lighting
' again will be sponsored by the
chamber.
two children, despite seven
famines in 10 years. A similar
survey among school children in
at the same event, County Agri- Votes; Dewey 189
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NEW YORK, NY.. Dec. 10.—
Citing tuberculosis as a grave
health problem throughout the
world, President Harry S. Truman
today declared that the American
people are in a strategic position
to speed the day when this disease
cen be eratenteda--ae
in a message to the National
Tuberculosis Association, Presi-
dent Truman said:
• "When the World Health As-
sembly meeting in Geneva last
summer, adopted the program for
the first year’s operation of the
World Health Organization on a
If dams have been constructed in
ehis Mipd. as stated, it is
without; authority of the district,
which is without power to grant
any such permits, he said.
Robertson has been connected
with the water district for many
years. He was federal court re-
ceiwer of the two companies,—
the San Antonio Land and Irriga
tion Company and the Medina Ir-
rigation Company—that formerly
operated in the water district.
These were merged in the re-
organization, and Robertson re-
tained as legal counsel.—S. A. Ex-
press.
state with a plurality of 67,488
vance he would. He and another
Democratic elector in Tennessee,
were pledged to Thurmond, but
the other man changed his mind
and voted for Truman.
Parks stuck to his stand that
he would not vote for Mr. Tru-
man under any circumstances. He
was exercising his constitutional
right to vole for whomever he
pleased. This right has not been
exercised often, thowever, as a
party’s state of electors tradition-
ally goes in full for the party's
nominees.
Fred Schulze, Jra cal vocational agriculture teacher,
has termed the Future Farmers of America Judging Contest
held here Saturday for the Winter Garden District a hugh
success A total of 206 boys attended from sixteen high
schools in the district. ‘
(Contest honors were* taken 1 , ’
by the following: ^exar School Board
J udging of Livestoqk— 1
attempting to entr private dwel-
lings to discuss VA matters. In
other cuses, a “veteran census”
। was being made over the tele-
phone.
In bringing these matters to the
attention of veterans and non-
veterans, Howell stated:
San Antonio meat puckers and
processors were being notified
Thursday, to accept no further
The local office of the Veterans
Administration isued a statement
today warning the public of an ap-
parently widespread deception
campaign in the San Antonio area.
Leon P. Howell, Regional Office
(Manager reported’ that his office
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Dr. Robert G. Kesel of the permanent basis, tuberculosis
University of Illinois believes the headed the list of health problems,
best way to reduce tooth decay is I he emphasis thus placed on ,
to move to India. Dr. Kesel said tuberculosis is a forceful reminder]
a recent survey in India disclosedof what a serious menace this in-
..... fectious disease is throughout the
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Fire Chief V. L. Tondre of Cas-
troville warned today that flam-
■ ) • । r asked local citizens to avoid the
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Yuletide period into a , time of
grief and tragedy.
“Many of the tragic holiday
fires of the past were caused by
the use of flammable decorations,-’
A Fraser Valley farmer near
Vancouver didn’t qmind when his
eows went on an oecasional Satur-
day night binge. But when they
became so plastered they had to be
milked lying down, George Brown
decided that was too much. H.
Tonnson, supervisor "rorthe Valley
Cow- Testing Association, dis-
covered the trouble. “They were
pie-eyed," he said, “from eating
fallen apples which had ferment-
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arranged greeting ads. You can feel assured
-that you haven’t overlooked anyone when you
place your order for these beautifully laid out
greetings.
Stop by any time at your convenience and place
your order.
Our Christmas edition will be the December
24th number and will be published on the 23rd.
When Bill Bard, who has a
photographie studio in San Fran-
cisco, went out to lunch he put
this* sign on his door: “I'm at the
Bellevue for lunch. Won’t you
join me there?" After the 11th
person sat down at his table and
ordered he went back and took
down the sign.
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Sweepstakes— Lytle 1st, Devine
2nd, and.Carrizo Springs 3rd.
The barbecue which was served classroom had no lights at all
at noon to approximately 300 peo- ! Recommendation the lighting be
pie was prepared by Wm. Wen- l improved was made.
genroth. Others who contributed No major Idlewild faults were
discovered,, but Hoffman school
lacked first-aid facilities: Clyde
nuts from their trees thi fall.
That's u pound and a half for
Members of the county school
hoard, visiting Macdona, Idlewild
and Hoffman schools, made pro-
posals for their improvement
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13. A
scheduled strike against the
Southern Pacific Railroad has
been postponed 30 days. It was
to take effect next Wednesday at
6 a.m.
The strike would have affected
Texas, California, Oregon, Ne-
vada, Utah, New Mexico, and Ari-
Rochester, N.Y., showed 36 times
the amount of tooth decay found died of tuberculosis last year.
P"The American people are in a
William Schirmer, Walter Geiger,
j Louis Reyes, and Lloyd Tripp, popular votes.
• | Kathleen Nentwich, daughter of
One atep at a time—that’s
the way the youngaters gradu-
ally regain use of their limbs
during treatment at Gonsales
Warm Springs Foundation.
LINCOLN, Ill.—B. H. Court-
right of the Lincoln State School of
and Colony hopes to harvest 300
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has received numerous reports
he said. A few years ago ninety-
nine people were killed at a Christ-
mas party in St. Johns, New-
foundland, as a result of, this
dangerous practice."
Non-flammable decorations of
sons, George O., Edward Lee and announced. In addition, two for-
The people of San Antonio this
month raised $120,000 toward the
new building.
G. Archie Helland, General
Chairman of the Campaign, point-
ed out that about half of the girls
sheltered at the Home and Hospi-
tal are from outside Bexar County
and come from throughout the
Southwest Texas area.
Inasmuch as the present Home
and Hospital is considered a haz-
ard, The Salvation Army Officials
are anxious to start construction
of the new building early next
year.
CRYSTAL CITY, Dec. 12.
Puhlici schools in District 28-A,
consisting of the towns of Crystal
City, Carrizo Springs, Del Rio,
Eagle Pass, Hondo, Uvalde, Co-
tulla and Pearsall, have completed
organization for a University
Inerscholastic League meet, ac-
cording to R. J. Kidd,, director.
Principal Clem C. Jones of Uvalde
has been named director gengxal
of the meet. The following contst
diractors have been chosen: \
Athletics, Osville Ethredge,
Uvalde; declaration, E. J. Bailey,
Cotulla; debate, Presley Smith,
Carrizo Springs; one-act play,
Miss Iva Lee Donaldson, Crystal
City; ready writers, Mrs. M. J.
Boehmer, Eagle Pass.
The district contest will be held
next spring and competition will
be between winners In each class
from the various schools represen-
world. Even here in the United
States where the tuberculosis
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“fireproof" know should be used
around the Christmas tree. It is
dangerous to use paper or cotton
in decorating the tree.
Decorations should never be
used near chairs or other places
where people may smoke, and
plenty of ash trays should be plac-
ed around the house during the
holiday season, as always. It is
"We are conductin no telephone
Leo F.Y ena Elected
Castroville Fire /
Dept. President
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