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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Saturday Evening, January 11, 1941 0
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Give me understanding, and I shall keep Thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.-Psalms 119:34. ..
The light of understanding humility kindleth, and pride cdvereth.—Quarles. -: •
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-ALIEN EPPES
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Text Books—Shield and Target
The United States believes in public edu-
cation of its children as a cardinal point of
political and social faith. It spends two bil-
[ lions of dollars a year to run schools for 26,-
'000,000 children. It employs 880,000 teachers
and usually elects directly its local school
boards.
Most teaching must necessarily be from
books. Therefore the choice of text-books is
important to everybody. .
Every once in a while some special group
takes upon itself the task of influencing this
choice of text-books, either by demanding
elimination of matter displeasing to it. or
more positively, "by getting matter inserted
which furthers its particular point of view.
The work of selfish interests in having texts
written and adopted, or modified, has been
thoroughly exposed and in the long run the
resentment aroused by the practice out-
Other Viewpo ints
What "Just Peace"
From the Arkansas Gazette:
/ It is at least of a piece with his action in
calling on President Roosevelt to insist that
the European war be ended with a “just
peace,” that Senator Burton K. Wheeler of
Montana should describe the forces locked
in death struggle as "warring factions." Nev-
er before in history, not even in the Ameri-
car. Revolution or the civil strife that rent
the United States of the 1860‘s, has a conflict
been further removed in cause or character
from mere factionalism. This is not even a
war between nations. It is an irreconcilable
conflict between conceptions of government
and ways of national life that are poison to
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each other. The issue is whether freedom and
justice shall be restored in the world, or
whether vanished Czechoslovakia and Po-
weighed any benefit the interests might have-
reaped directly.
The American Legion has had its say about land, enslaved Norway and Denmark. Hol-
text-book material which it considered un- .land. Belgium and occupied France, shall be
American: so have the American Federation' embodied in a “new order” ruled by terror
of Advertisers, the D. A. R., and other 1 and force. What is the "just peace" that Sen-
groups. Latest organization to take up this
issue is the National Association of Manu-
facturers. which is now launching a new na-
tional campaign to scan school texts criti-
ator Wheeler demands’ If peace proposals
were made at this time what would the
Nazis, who look upon themselves as the con-,
querors of Europe, demand — and what
wouldn't they demand’ What would Mus-
solini demand’ Would France agree that a
e cally.
.All these groups -have the unquestioned
righ. (because they are made up of Ameri- . . .__
can citizens, not because they are groups) to and Lorraine, from which Hitler is already
protest against any text-book material which 1 evicting the French population?. What of the
is being presented to their children. The smaller nations that Hitler has crushed?
schools being among the most democratic of what of the Czechs and Poles and Norwe-
our institutions, local school boards ought gians and Danes, the Dutch and the Bel-
to consider most thoughtfully any such com- gians? What force has the United States to
plaints. i bring to bear on Europe for the purpose of
The principal job of the schools is to turn | compelling "the warring factions" to make
out men and women who can think. It is peace? American aid might be denied to
not to teach them a single body of doctrine England, and such a course might conceiv-
as ultimate truth—that is Hitler’s wav ably force the British people, for all their
We Americans have a strong and abiding valor and dogged courage, to seek terms
faith that our ways are, in general, good . from Hitler. But is that the kind of peace
wavs. We have found them so, in good times ■ the American people would be willing to
_________. have their government take a hand in estab-
face today. We believe they will stand , lishing in Europe?
peace was “just” that deprived her of Alsace
ably force the British people, for all their
valor and dogged courage, to seek terms
and in hours of trial no less severe than those
we
like a rock in the midst of descriptions of all
other ways of life.
Our children are not, nor do we want them
to be, so tenderminded that they may not
even hear of other ways. Surely a way of
life that must be thus hedged about is not
worth preserving. Ours is not such a way
So to call attention of local school boards
Cranium Crackers
STAMP STUMPERS
You can lick an airmail stamp, but you
is a privilege can't keep it down, goes the current saying
-11- and there’s more than a pun in the phrase
to unfairness or inaccuracies is a privilege can’t keep it down, goes the current saying,
* of any citizen, and a duty. But it is equally and there’s more than a pun in the phrase
a duty of school boards to weigh the objec- When you lick a stamp, it's only the begin-
tions themselves in the scale of the interest ning of a series of operations that speeds
of all the people, and not in the scale of any
vour letter to its destination. See how much
sun mar ***
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group or organization.
you know about the postoffice by envelop
--------o - ing these questions.
No Course Without Danger 1. What would the postage be on a three-
From the president’s recent defense ounce airmail letter traveling from New
speech, one phrase keeps coming back to York to California?
mind. It was to the effect that today no • 2. What is the special delivery rate on a
course is open to the country that is without -first-class package weighing eight pounds?
3. What man, other than a U. S. president.
danger. .
Everybody wants to be safe. In fact some has had his portrait on U. S. stamps contin-
of the most desperately daring deeds of per- uously from the time, the first adhesive
sonal bravery have been done in the effort | stamp was issued in this country?
to become safe That is how precious safety | 4 What is the franking privilege’
is to man—so precious that he will often ' 5. How old must a person be to open a
risk his life on a hair’s turn in the hope of postal savings account?------
Answers on Back Page .
attaining it. •
So with every course faced by our country
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Correspondent Catches Up With His Mail
Yesterday: Folly and David
have had to postpone their
marriage because at the last
minute Peter Wiley, David’s
young cousin, descended upon,
him And David must care, for
the boy. David Is working at
the Powers Lumber company,
remembering Peter’s desire to *
fix up the old and bankrupt
inn. which is David's one pos-
session besides his home. Peter
wants to fill the old swimming
pool.* .
Chapter Nine
LUNCH WITH THE BOSS
I'm afraid." David remembered
saying, "that the pipes which used
to bring the water down from the
spring are all rusty and clogged.
But I’ll see what I can do."
David now turned an invoice
sheet and went on with his check-
ing. Not a bad idea, having a place
to swim, when the hot weather
sets in. But like everything else,
money was the chief issue. It
would probably take quite a sum
to put the pool in order.
He heard a footfall behind him.
and turned to see Mr. Powers.
"Hello, David!” the lumberman
greeted. "That’s a beautiful lot of
pine we're getting off in this ship-
ment."
"Yes, sir," said David, "it is.
Smells good, too.' doesn’t It?"
Mr. Powers breathed deeply.
"Nothing more’ fragrant than the
odor of clean lumber,” he said.
And then: "By the way. I’ve just
gotten hold of a very good book
on reforestation. I thought you
might like to read it, since our
talk the other day about the time
when all the tres would be
felled." .
"Thanks." sald David. "I would
like to read It" He grinned. "I had
a.dream the other night. In which
I was wandering through a huge
tract of land on which was noth-
ing but endless tree-slumps. And
all at once I seemed to hear a
voice saying. Please plant a new
tree every time you cut down one
of us.’ It sure got me to thinking."
"I've seen just such a tract of
land in reality.” Mr. Powers sald.
“It's a pretty tragic-looking sight.
I tell you. come on up to the house
to lunch with me! I’ll give you the
book, and you can have a look at
the rejuvenated tennis court. Mar-
go's been getting it in shape May,
be you two can get in a set or
' two.” •.
"Are you sure it won't interfere
with Margos plans?" David asked.
By JACK STINNETT
f stands now, the boundary is the
WASHINGTON- Answering the Potomac river’s "high water mark
mail orders:
T. L.. Wichita, Kas-I had
of 1791" on the Virginia shore: The
| Milford, Conn, is one of six which
Having a guest for lunch on such
short notice?"
the proposed bill, as I understand it, -__.______________
published- report of Gov. Payne would set the boundary at the pres-I of three designated primarily tor
Ratners commission on educa- ent high water mark on the Virgin-
tion and national defense before ia shore. This would throw the new
me when I wrote the columns on i Gravelly Point, airport into Virgin-
that'subject Apparently the Kan- ia, which I am sure the district
sas commission has done a very
the Department of Interior either_
has started or completed in the Certainly not. , said Mr. Pow:
past year. That at Milford is one
biological study. Investigations will
be made there into the cultivation
and use of marine sea foods, pri-
ers. But Ill 30 telephone her that
I'm bringing you with me"
“All right," said David "Thanks
you from the tearoom. Could you
come here for your lunch today?
I want to talk to you for a few
minutes.” ,
David was on the verge of say-
ing he would be there, when he
remembered Mr Powers' invita-
tion.
"Gosh, honey ' he said. "I'm
sorry. Mr. Powers has asked me
to go up to his house, for lunch."
"Oh!" said Polly
"He's got a book on reforesta-
tion. he wants me to read" David
went on. Were both interested
in that sort of thing, you know®
"Yes I know," said Polly. And
then: All right; what I've got to
talk over will keep."
"Couldn't I come over to your
place this evening?" David asked.
“Of course,” said Polly, "unless
Margo Powers dates you up." Ts A
TONIGHT AT EIGHT
That, David thought, didis
sound a bit like Polly The slight
tinge of sarcasm he detected in her
remark wasn't characteristic of
Polly-not a bit
"There's no danger of that." he
said. "Girls like Margo don’t date
up smalltown guys like me." 1
"No?" Again that tinge of sar-
casm. ‘I’m afraid you don't know
very much about women. But I’ll
look for you around eight.”
"I'll be there!" David assured.
"Can't you tel* me now what’s on
your mind—and then discuss it in
detail this evening?" ’
"I'd rather not." said Polly.
"Not over the telephone—"
"Okay, then—Tonight at eight."
David hung up the receiver and
went back to his typing. Some "4,
thing was bothering Polly. He I
could tell by the tone of her voice.
It was probably the same thing
that had been bothering her the
other evening out at the Inn. It
worried him. He wished- that he
hadn't, told Mr Powers that he
would go up to the house for his
lunch hour.. He would much
rather lunch at the tearoom, and
find out what was on Polly's
mind. He .was even tempted to
break the engagement, ask Mr.
Powers if he could make it some
other day. And yet he didn't like
to do this. After all, Mr. Powers
was his boss, and he was trying
to be kind and helpful:.?.
Finally he forced himself to put
everything out of his mind but the
work at hand. He finished the
tabulation just as Mr. Powers
came out of his private office to
say that Margo was expecting
them at twelve-thirty sharp.
And presently he was seated in
the long, paneled dining room of
the Powers house up on the hill.
National de
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above, at Ni
were typical
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den.
good job and I had no intention
of slighting it, but there are it
other states where the governor,
the state superintendent of
schools, or the state education as-
sociation has organized such state-
wide surveys and since the work
and reports are* similar, it would
have been an injustice to the oth-
ers to single out any one for par-
ticular credit. In addition to these
commissioners and their loyal fol-
lowers will consider a fine kettle
of fish These shifting-river boun-
daries have provided some of our
grandest family scraps in this coun-
try (how about it. Texas and Okla-
homa?' and although this seems
to be a continuing battle. I would-
n’t miss the next round for any-
thing.
B M R. New Haven. Conn—
state-wide programs, there are Your new fisheries laboratory at
numerous local programs in cities -----------------------
marily oysters and other shellfish.
The other biological laboratories
are the one at little Port Walter,
Alaska, for the study of salmon
and herring, and the floating labor-
atory. - Albatross III. whose staff
will work on everything from mi-
gration habits to salinity. The
technological laboratories, which
— "I personally selected every -
piece of oak that went into those 2
I would like to see that book-but ( panels."., Mr. Powers said with
I reckon my tennis u pretty rusty. | pride slot et. pen 2
I Mavent played for s mighty long some "taster but not Anas Port
A short time later he was in ers—Me for the wood of my own
the lumber plant office. He had country. .
just begun a typed tabulation of | Margo laughed.
the shipment of lumber he had . Suppose XQU Dorget
^ chc taleonom oathe vre. “surer sou ana Devi ns on.
... " someone % ALI Eh" W ui th
"Thanks." said David. He walked THAL rent,- said her father. ,
i guess I do talk business too much
Go on, you two youngsters, and
talk about what interests you. Ill
apply myself to the food”
"But I like to discuss business
will report on food values, by-
products. new methods of cap-
ture and canning will be at Col- over and took the receiver. "Hello!"
lege Park, Md. Ketchikan, Alas- he said.
ka; and Mayaguez, Puerto Rico i "David, this is Polly. I'm calling
large and small There were many .., *
which I couldn’t mention for lack L.A. A: 4 I A
'of space and which are really go- I ney Ain t Laying Much, Just-a-Listening
| ing "all out” to combine education Z X•
with you," said David. “I’m all
wrapped up in my work. I like it."
"That’s fine, my boy! But we
mustn't bore our hostess!"
"Hurry and finish your lunch.
David, ” said Margo.. 'I want you
to have a look at the tennis court
Dad said we might have time for
a set "
"I’d like to." said David, "but I
iest remembered I haven't any
tennis sneakers "
Dad has some around some-"
place,” said- Margo. "You can
wear his.” _
' He d be lost in them.” And
Powers laughed. ‘He couldn’t
keep them on ”,
Oh, darn!" said Margo.
— "Ask me for tennis some other
time," said David, "and then I’ll
come prepared '
“I will," said Margo Don't’
worry!" -— ,
MARGO BEGINS
However, as soon as the lunch
was overl,she insisted that David
see the court, whether they played
or not. And they went out a side
door, down through a beautiful
sunken garden, and across a
stretch of velvety lawn
and national defense. Pasadena By the Associated Press
Calif., for example, is doing a job AUSTIN Jan 10—AT— Members
that the educational policies com-of the legislature who take office
mission here has recognised by January 14 are not talking much
circularizing the----4 “
ardson Jr. of Austin, member of
the public safety commission and
one of the bosses of the rangers.
terms he has occupied in the house
hall. It is on the first row almost
.in front of the speakers rostrum.
*---“ January 14 are not talking mucn “Davenport was a moat color- From this vantage he Is in excel-
program in Its about the legislation they will spon- ful ranger" Richardson said He lent position to observe goings-on
..- | sor and how they will vote as mem- undoubtedly was one of the most ln the big chamber and miss very
K M N Butte Mont -Fla- 1 bers of other legislatures have done disliked men in Texas—by the little.
A. 4. Butte, won. ng just prior to general legislative ses- minor criminal element Gamblers He loves parliamentary interplay
, —A - * PROP 1-2-Am na and on ah Sides is conceded To be
ing—a gamble. , Italian press says Mussolini’s soldiers have | cisco now is running ahead
Why take these chances then? Why not , not lost sight of their goal. Must be looking New York in the number of refu-
withdraw, ostrich-like, from the world, in | over their shoulders -.see aliens from the war areas. Seat-
. .__: .' over their snouigers. tle and Los Angeles also should be
the hope that the st rm .11 pass? . . .. , : . „ , receiving a share of these arrivals
Because most of us feel instinctivrely that The Italian soldiers started out for Greece Thf reason is obvious—the difficul-
this is the most dangerous course of all.
today. Our mounting debt—a terrible risk. -----------
of course Our foreign policy— what can it
be but a frightful passage between Scylla oGrD5
and Charybdis’ Reforms and socialpioneer- -----------
Lambs and Wolves
Innocence is a lovely virtue It implies a
certain purity and simplicity of mind that is
in itself a thing of beauty, in a lamb it is an
admirable quality.
A nation, however, cannot afford inno-
cence. especially in a world in which most
nations are more akin to the wolf than to
“national defense news letters
sor and how they will vote as mem-
. with the idea of running things and wound ty of getting passage across the
up just running Atlantic There are thousands of
up just running.
the lamb.
Only a few years ago. wire-tapping in the
Department of Justice was bitterly resented.
. and when it was abolished, people, sighed
with relief, content that ancient liberties had
been preserved.
Now Attorney-General R bert H Jackson ■
is compelled to ask Congress for special per-
mission to tap telephone wires in cases in- |
volving espionage and other grave crimes. |
Why? Because we know that the wolf is
among us and that he lamb's innocence is
little, protection when-spies must be fought
with their own weapons
Are we losing our Golden Age innocence*
Or are we just getting smart to ourselves?
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Entered M Second Class Matter Oct
14 1908 at the pol office Abliene Texas,
under the Act of March Ind, 1879
aliens stranded in Lisbon awaiting
1 passage—but also there sre other
thousands" who have avoided that
trap and are beating their way
east to cross the Pacific There are
hardly any refugees here yet from
I Greece and the Balkans. These
of the racketeer type feared and
of I This is the opinion ot ETTes. hated him because he was relent- one of the ablest parliamentarians
Boyett, sergeant-at-arms of the less. The big shots were afraid of in the legislature.
house of representatives who is him, too, but they also respected He was chairman of a special
probably in as close touch with the him because they knew he was on
new legislators as any man in the level."
Texas | By the gamblers called “Pappy.”
It also is the opinion of veteran I the ranger weighed little more than
press correspondents who have ob- one hundred pounds. He was known
served the comings and goings of as a demon raider and stickler for
many legislatures enforcement of the law of him
Many members have bills but the gamblers are reported to have
they aren't saying much about had this saying:
them " Boyett said ' They seem to I "He is so straight he won't let
be awaiting the governor's recom- you walk a red light for $30,000.”
committee named at the last ses-
sion to revise house rules.
Asked the reason for his extra-
ordinary interest in such a dry sub-
ject as rules, Alsup replied:
"I interested myself in the rules
to protect myself on the floor.”
In 1935 he is reputed to have
sponsored successfully more bills
than any other member of the
house.
mendations with more than usual ' Among members of the new house
interest. of representatives who arrived early
Questionnaires about their pro- for the general session of the legis-
could, not possibly come west
Therefore, any headed for Ameri- _____
ca must be moving east across Tur- grams sent to members by one press lature starting January 14 was the
key Iraq and India to ports where correspondent brought many replies blind veteran, Lon E Alsup of
they can ship to the Pacific The in- that action to solve the problem of Carthagt
flux of refugees on the West coast financing social security must be For the slight sandy-haired East
almost certainly will become great- | taken but few definite proposals Texan, affectionately called Lonnie"
er later on ■ for legislation • by many, it was the commencement
• • - This extraordinary desire to hear of his sixth term of two years, which
Mrs R 8 Rick mond: Va —Your what the governor has to say ap- period of service makes him one of
Water Plant Award
Postponed a Week
"There!" said Margo. “Isn’t it a
Awarding of a bid on the Lake - Cun said David. It sure in.
Iprexement Darned if 1 don’t believe I'll Ate
th off my shoes and play in Van
* stocking-feet." ,
"I tried to have the court made
exactly like one I once saw on the
’ "Ch Riviera," said Margo. “All
I needed was a view of the ocean
I had to ce content with a view of
Kirby water plant
________________._.___... _______________________project was postponed a week by
little query brings up a lot pos- parently Is due to his sweeping vic- the five oldest in senority in the the city commission yesterday: _
sibilities First, to answer you, thetory in last summer’s primary elec- house, a allow City Engineer R C Hoppe
new national airport at Gravelly tion after a campaign In which he The other four are Reps. C. E time to check the only two pro-
Potit Is in theDistrict of Colum- asked for a legislature which would Nicholson of Port Neches, the house posals submitted to see if they
bia—just barely. And Rep Jen - cooperate with him. 'dee n "Emmet t Morse of Houston, complied with specifications.
The visits he made to members in the retiring speaker Homer Leonard Bids were received from A J.
their homes following the election of McAllen, the Incoming speaker. Rife Construction company of
Intends to rein- also is believed to have strengthened, and R A Fuchs of Brenham Dallas, $56,000; and Sherman Ma-
the Idea that he should be allowed Alsup first ca me to the legisla - chine and Tron Works of Oklahoma
to take the lead. ture in 1931, and he recalled that or City. $75,562. The former wanted
In other words, the governor's all the new members that year only
- - ----- - --- .two besides himself. Morse and
Texas Ranger E M Davenport Leonard, till are representatives
kind rerely heard outside: the im- who died Dec 16 in Corpus Christi i Lonnie will have again the seat
mediate sections involved As it waa highly praised by H H Rich- which for four of the five previous
Lomaxes, Father and Son, Are Ace Compilers of Cowboy Lyrics and Folk Songs
...... TEASLEY. _ songs brought by immigrants to from Dallas recently to take a words -Horne-on the Range” 51
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Evening and Sunday, ' 17e a week.
Morning A Evening and Sunday. 11.
a week By man ‘n West Texas 60€
month Olner ra es. on request
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WASHINGTON, Jan 10—P
In a spacious but low ceilinged
room which tops one cornri of
the congressional library, reach-
ed only by a steep circular
stairway works a Texan a- one
of the most interesting Jobs in
the government.
The man is Alan Lomax
formerly of Austin He is in
charge of the collection of
American folk lore and folk
music When he isn’t at work
in the library or conducting an
educational program over the
radio, he la out wandering into
the remote regions of this coun-
try with a portable voice. „re-
wording machine....... sawwl
in the files Lomax keeps are
recordings of the songs of cow-
boys hillbillies, miners lumber- '
Jacks negroes and American- |
ized versions of European folk I
to this country
An assistant
sits in one corner of the room
at a machine, earphones fast-
ened to. his head playing
strains over and over again
until he has recognized and
put down on paper every note
emitted when a record was
made
Lomax comes naturally by his
interest in that kind of work.
His father is John Lomax of
Dallas: who in 1910 published
a book of cowboy songs he had
picked up all over, the south-
west in travels sponsored, by -
Harvard university.
The elder Lomax himself is
to be found In another room,
at the ‘congressional library
these days working, on a book
to be entitled Adventures of
A. Hallad Hunter." He came up
nings Randolph, chairman of the
house district committee, has an-
nounced that he
, troduce in the next session of con-
gress the District of Columbia
boundary bill The bill or a similar
Job he describes as having "the
biggest title and the smallest
pay in the government "
The salary is $1 a month The
title is Honorary Curator and
consultant of folk song archives
| in the library of Congress.”
* * *
Among the adventures he re-
called was the discovery of that
beautiful song known as Home
on the Range " He said It was
in 1909 in wandering over
Texas he heard that a negro
in San Antonio who once had
cooked on a chuck wagon, knew _
numerous cowboy ballads He
searched over the city and
found the negro in a drunken
stupor leaning against a tree
behind g drinking dive The
negro asked him to return the
next day Sober then the ex
chuckwagon chef sang the
our lily pond!" .
David looked at her.
"It must be pretty wonderful
to have seen so many places,” he
one has been up before and has prestige at this time is high
caused those little storms of the
words to "Home on the Range" .
and Lomax published them the
following year That was the
first time, so far as is known,
the words and music of the
song had been put downon '
paper
At the Fort Worth stock
show in 1907 Lomax took In-
terest In a blind man who was
attracting large crowds with
his sad melodies Nearby was a
woman dressed as a gypsy and
selling fortunes. She was the
blind man's wife
Lomax asked if he might ac-
company them home and make
recordings. His apparatus was
heavy and used the old type
cylindrical records like the
present day dictaphone record. -
He trudged along with it to a
tent along side a creek two
miles away
Once inside the tent the
(
blind man removed his smok -
ed glasses, and disclosed that
his vision was perfectly all
right. But he did go through
his repertoire, and then the
"gypsy" woman sang the song
which a few years ago was so
popular on the. radio . Git
Along Little Dogie, Git Along.
John Lomax won t give his
age, but says he was born in
Mississippi and moved at an
• age too early to remember with
his folks in ox and mule drawn
wagons to Bosque county. They
settled on a farm with a good
creek on the old Chisholm
trail. Because of the water,
herds were bedded down there -
for the night Around camp fires
cowboys sang and the youngster
who later was to record their
songs listened with delight
After graduation at ths Uni-
versity of Texas in 1897 Lomax
taught English a few years at
Texas A. and M, -college, then
went on to Harvard for ad-
vanced study. At Texas Uni-
versity as a student he had
burned all his old manuscripts
of cowboy songs behind famous
B hall because an English
professor had looked upon them
with worn While at A and M.
he rewrote all he could re-
members, and later Harvard
professors hailed them as a
rare discovery in original Amer-
• lean folk music.
In later years the aon. Alan.
Joined his father in explora-
tions about the mountains val-
leys and plains of this conti-
nent in search of such ballads
Then Alan on one trip to Haiti
with a portable recording ma-
chine gathered all the chants
of the native voodoo worshipers
Completion
An adequate wi
here ■
150 working days, the latter 160. . ... --------
The commission had hoped to said. "You must have stored up a
carry out the ‘project at a cost’of nt "'-----as '" ------14 ***”
little more than $50,000.
Improvements to be made are in-
crease, of daily capacity from 4,-
000,000 to 6.000,000 gallons; con-
version of the settling basins from
lot of memories for your old afe."
“Perhaps,” said Margo But
sometimes I wonder it people like
you haven't stored up a lot of -
memories also — maybe memories
that are a lot more worthwhile
fill and draw type to continuous
flow: construction of clear wells;
and addition of nitration units
Water from both Fort Phantom
Hill and Kirby lakes will be purl-
fled Ih the enlarged plant, for sup-
ply of the city.
Lake Abilene water will be re-
served exclusively for use of the
45th division at the new army
camp.
Five-Year Traffic •
Record Spoiled
MARLIN, Jan Il-<UP>-Mar-
lin’s five-year safe driving record
was married Friday with the death
cf L B Martin, 20. in a, street in-
tersection crash The traffic fathl-
ity. first in Falls county this year,
was Marlin’s first since late in
1935. Martin died instantly of a
broken neck. The truck overturned
and caught fire The victim lived at
Moody.
than mine "
"I wouldn't know about them
being more worthwhile than
yours. ,Margo. David said "But
I've got a lot of memories, all
right— They aren't backed by-a
lot of color and fun. though
afraid most of them would strike
you as being pretty drab."
Margo dropped down upon a
bench near the tennis court.
"Sit down," she invited And
when David had taken a place be-
side her, she said "From what
Dad tells me, you've spent most
of your life looking after other
people"
"Oh, well that's nothing." Da-
vi said "After all, they were
tv kin-folks And I reckon I’m
one of thoee fellows who have a
pretty strong family feeling."
"But you missed a lot of fun,"
Margo said
"Sure! Lots of men and women*
of my generation have missed
Boo SERIAL, Fg. V
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all counted, but.
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