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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
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Sunday Morning, June 18, 1944
Sunday Mon
CAMPFUL OF SCOUTS — Merkel and Baird, 171 in num-
Boy Scouts from Abilene, Has- ber, have L d e
kell, Bule, Hamlin, Stamford, Camp Tonkawa, near Lake thip,
Executive Charles Rut- Cockrell, Anson high school
. On the camp ledge, Field Executive Bob athletic coach.
Abilene State Park, living in ming and other phases of cil
spent “this* week at tents and studying craftsman- Scout work. 0- ----- *- * « J . .
"pen - • • ' marksmanship, swim- staff are Chisholm Trail Coun-Eastus of Stamford and Frank
EUROPEAN WAR
AT A GLANCE
By The Associated Press.
INVASION—U. S. Ninth Division 1
and the 82nd Airborne Division
break through German defenses
and reach a point four miles from
west coast of the Cherbourg penin-
sula. Thousands of German troops
Allied bombers lash PM de Calais peninsula.
area of France in day and night
attacks on robot plane installa-
tions while thousands of other Al-
lied warplanes blast German trans-
port and military installations in
direct support of invasion.
• • •
ITALIAN—French troops land on
Elba, five miles from Italian main-
land. and win control of one-fifth
of Napoleonic exile island against
strong Nazi resistance. In Italy
Fifth Army troops blast through to
Grosseto on western side of the
60-STOCK COMPOSITE
HEST 4
RECORDED SINCE LATE 1937
RUSSIANS — Russians have
smashed to within 25 miles of Vil-
purl from two directions. Evacu-
ation of civilians from Finland’s
second city reported ordered.
GERMANS—Nazis estimate Allies
have 50 to 60 divisions—500,000 to
900.000 — men waiting in England
for another invasion of Europe:
predict next landing be between
"Ostende and Dunkerque."
NEW YORK, June 17.—(P)—The
stock market’s post-invasion boom
continued at full speed yesterday
under a new wave of buying that
sent the Associated Preis 60-stock
composite to the highest figure re-
corded since lata 1937.
With volume at 1,064,480 shares,
first million-share Saturday since
December, 1941, many leading in-
dustrials and rails extended the
week's advances by fractions to
around 3 points.
The carrier stocks were uniform-
ly strong. Steels, farm equipments,
coppers and specialties were nearly
M good. Chrysler showed another
gain and Douglas, up 2 1-4 points,
was the strongest of the aircrafts.
At lU closing level of 55.2 the 60-
stock average was up 3 of a point
on the day and up 2.2 points on
the week for the widest six-day rise
since early January, 1942.
Bonds had some strong points,
particularly among rails, Chicago
wheat closed 1-2 cent lower to 7-8
cent a bushel higher. Cotton
future?
advanced 10 to 40 cents a bale.
The broad character of demand
reflected confidence of an early vic-
tory over Germany, a confidence
which wM later bulwarked by the
bombing of Yawata and other aP
tanks on Japanese positions. -
There are 2,796 languages spo-
ken in the world, according to the
computation of officers of the
French Academ y.5
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trapment. Nazi counterattacks on
eastern end of beachhead repul-g
========== Clyde Garrett Announces
M British put up heaviest anti- |,
aircraft barrages In effort to check ,
======Candidacy for Congress-
AERIAL—Powerful formations of
HEDGECOCK
Z=ATEXAS
INSTITUTION
MARKSMANSHIP STUDENTS-Taking a practice shot at Boy Scout Camp Tonkawa are
left to right Louis Martinez, Abilene, Larry Sharpe, Abilene, Jerry Waggoner, Hamlin
and George Foster Jr., Abilene. Frank Cockrell of Anson instructs the marksmanship
course.
PRO-ROOSEVELT ELECTORS ASK QUICK
ACTION ON BALLOT PRINTING PETITION
“ The primary, committees of the this court take jurisdiction and de-
countlee are required to meet on terrain e the matter on its merits,
the fourth Monday to June (June and that the court act promptly
26) to make up the official ballot x x x."
x x. It is essential, therefore, thatThe primary date is July 23.
AUSTIN, June 17—Attorneys for
Texas’ pro-Roosevelt Democrats to-
day asked the state supreme court
to take prompt action in a suit to
compel printing of electors names
on the primary ballot so that Tex-
ans wishing to vote for the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee "shall
not be deprived of their suffrage "
A brief filed by 12 attorneys for
the Rosevelt faction presented a
seven-point argument contending
that action of the regularly consti-
tuted convention on May 23 in only
conditionally binding its electors to
vote for the party's nominees wip-
ed out custom and precedent and
made the filing of the mandamus
proceedings necessary.
The regular convention's electors
were instructed to vote for any
Democrat holding views in harmony
with resolutions adopted by it, in
the event the national convention
fails to adopt certain platform de-
mands. Among these wM a demand
tor a plank disapproving of the su-
preme court's decision "holding that
. Texans are powerless to exclude ne-
groes from participating in activ-
ities of the Democratic party "
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well equipped clinics and hospitals
be made available to every section
of the U. S. He believes in de-
centralising veterans' hospitals after
the war; that instead of a dozen
huge hospitals for wounded vet-
erans. with thousands of beds each,
several hundred smaller establish-
ments should be built as clinical
and recuperative centers for the
expected vast number of casualties.
These 100 to 300-bed hospitals could
be scattered about the country,
roughly to proportion to the num-
ber of soldiers from each section,
making it possible for all sections
of the country, except the most
sparsely populated, to be fifty or
The Taylor County friends of
former Congressman. Clyde L. Gar-
rett, of Eastland, have authorized
the Abilene Reporter-News to an-
nounce that he is a candidate for
Congress subject to the action of
the Democratic primary.
Mr. Garrett served in Congress,
two terms—from 1937 to 1941. Con-
gress being in session in 1940. pass-
ing war legislation. Garrett did not
return to make a campaign—he
stayed on the job. He was de-
feated by a ‘hill-billy band' only
by a very small majority.
Since 1941. he has been engaged
in Public Relations work in Wash-
ington. He has been associated...----~-------
with the office of Jesse Jones. Sec- seventy-five miles from a
retary of Commerce, and to the equipped hospital. After specials-
Executive Office of the President, ed treatment for the critically
0850
The rump convention, which spill
from the regular session, named
electors unconditionally bound to
support the party’s nominees for
president and vice president
The pro-Roosevelt faction's brief
argued that while It hM never be-
fore been necessary to invoke the
statute providing that electon be
voted upon in ths primary election
the action of the regular convention
M only conditionally binding them
to vote for the party's nominees
made this course necessary.
Heretofore. It had been customary
for electors 16 be named in the May
convention, and their names vot-
ad upon only in the general elec-
tion.
The court will hear oral argu-
ments in the case Monday Seek-
ing a quick ruling, the pro-Roose-
velt attorneys said:
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CLYDE L. GARRETT
in performing his important »--
time duties, he frequently contact-
ed the President, the Vice-Presi-
dent. Members of the Cabinet,
Members of the U. S. House of
Representatives and the Senate,
Ambassadors of the United Na-
tions, and the personnel of the
various foreign embassies in Wash-
wounded cases, and for less seri-
ously wounded, the veterans would
be transferred to the smaller hos-
pitals in their home locality. The
advantages and satisfaction to the
veteran and the convenience and
consolation to relatives and triends,
of being near home, cannot be over-
estimated For the lower-tocome
people, visits to wounded loved ones
would be impossible unless a plan
like this is adopted, because of
travel expense involved. As beds
in these hospitals are vacated,
either through recovery or death
of veterans, the hospital will become
available to the community.
"Furthermore." Garrett asserts
“the winning of a just and durable
peace is M important M winning
the war itself Only by preventing
another World War in future years
can we spare another generation of
young Americans the horror, suf-
fering and death which the present
generation is enduring to preserve
freedom and the American way of
life." "When such a peace 1* achiev-
ed." Garrett states. "It can be pre-
served best by a strong association
of peace-loving nations: through
the promotion of closer and friend-
lier relations among nations and by
maintaining a navy as great or
greater than any on the face of the
earth, together with a mighty army
and air force.” We must never
again be unprepared." Garrett de-
clares. "but we must always be
ready to defend our freedom.”
For employment after Victory.
Garrett favors permanent and
worthwhile projects of lasting bene-
fit-such M 1 carefully-planned
BUY
FLORSHEIM SHOES
AND YOU’LL NEED FEWER PAIRS
ington.
Mr. Garrett entered the race for
Congress at the urgent request of
his many friends to the 12-county
district who feel that his long ex-
perience. his ability and intimate
and highly practical knowledge of
national and* international affaire
qualify him to act more ably and
efficiently in these most moment-
I ous days to the Nation's history.
Winning the war at the earliest
possible date with a minimum loss
of life and waste of money." Gar-
rett declares in announcing his
candidacy, "Is the most important
object of our people. To this end
if elected, I pledge my wholeheart-
ed support.”
Garrett not only has a broad
knowledge of the weighty problems
facing the Nation during war, but
he also intimately and sympathet-
ically understands the intermost
personal feelings, desires and anxie-
ty of the millions of Americans who
have loved ones serving in the arm-
ed forces. His only two sons—Lleut
Carl Garrett, a veteran of eighteen
month's duty, "somewhere to the
Southwest Pacific with the U. S. .
Navy and Sgt Clyde Garrett, Jr, "borderline between subsistence and
of the U. 8 Army Air Forces—are .____"
serving their country. Both volun- income groups.
nation wide system of highways;
hard - surfaced farm - in-market
highways; and an extensive soil
conservation and flood control pro-
gram; aid to towns and munici-
pilities to providing adequate water
supply and sanitation, and assist-
ing school districts to Improving
and constructing necessary bulld-
ings. Such project* would provide
employment for the veteran, war
worker and others.
He advocate* rendering immediate
aid to the distressed low and fixed
Income groups—school teachers, of-
fice workers, clerks, etc., whose
earning continue to remain at near
pre-war levels while the cost of
living has increased tremendously.
Garrett points out that this is a
deplorable situation and that some
provision should be made to al-
leviate the pressure which is now
bearing heavily upon millions of
Americans who are living in a
privation” in these low and fixed
PHONE
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SERVICE EMBLEMS
Attractive one, two, and three
star Service Emblems are
available to relatives end
friends of men and women to
the Armed Forces, free of
charge of The Reporter-News
Business Office. ,
These emblems are printed on
book poper in colors, if the
one you now have to faded,
discolored, or torn, one will be
given as e replacement.
They will be mailed for only
We know by experience that Florsheim Shoes will
last a little longer than the next best . . . a lot
longer than the average . .. Therefore Florsheim
wearers have the double satisfaction of saving
leather for the nation’s military needs, and saving
money for themselves every extra step they take.
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"LET’S 8E
FIRST IN
THE FIFTH
| leered •
“Those who win this war, those
who are risking their lives and en-
| during unbelievable hardships M
they engage in combat with our
enemies deserve our full consider-
i ation,” Garrett stated. He favors
for our veterans, prompt and ade-
quate provision for their hospital-
isation and medical attention, com-
pletion of education or vocational
training, government loan at 2 or
| 1 percent interest to purchase or
Improve homes, farms or business
establishments, and every assist-
ance in securing desired and suit-
able employment Garrett believes
that our fighting sons should be re-
hired, by former employers, after
discharge from service, and that
service men should be given first
consideration In all post war em-
ployment. He also advocates that
suitable provision should be made
for recuperation of veterans near
their homes and relatives and that
Increasing the old-age pension
Is another objective of Garrett who
states that the $30.00 per month
month, for life, for those serving
long terms. Both of our Senators
voted against this bill—I voted
against a similar bin while I wM
in Congress. I think Congress act-
ed wisely, in promptly repealing
this law.
"Certainly, labor." Garrett states,
"hM the right to bargain collec-
tively." However, he is unalterably
opposed to slow -downs, sit-down
strikes or strikes of any kind which
win-in any way hamper the war
effort, "During this emergency, we
have had no labor trouble in the
17th District," he declared, and
we should all be justly proud of
the fact that labor In this district
is giving full support in backing
the attack of our fighting men.”
Garrett recognizes that oil 1* one
of the most important industries
to this District and to Texas. That
from it, we derive a major portion
of our income and the industry
provides much employment—oil is
our biggest tax-payer. Whether he
realises it or not every farmer,
ranchman, land owner and business
or professional man in this District
to directly or indirectly to the oil
business Practically every county
to this District to potential oil land
and. tf developed, would produce
oil or gas in paying quantiUes. But
unfair and unreasonable regula-
tions and restrictions. Including
price controls, have greatly retard-
ed and seriously handicapped the
development of this most import-
ant resource To encourage more
drilling for oil and gM these ob-
stacles should be removed and the
price of oil, which remains at pre-
war price levels, while everything
else hM gone up, should be in-
creased by price adjustment—NOT
BY SUBSIDY. The bureaucrats in
Washington admit the inadequacy
of existing price of oil—the same
letter which they wrote denying the
industry a price adjustment, offer-
ed a subsidy.
Regarding surplus war materials,
Garrett advocate* that immediate
steps should be taken to avoid the
mistake made following World War
I when such surpluses were ac-
quired by a few speculators—this
should not be permitted again. The
acquisition of such surpluses and
dumping them on the market would
be calculated to upset our national
economy and also increase Gov-
ernment competition with private
business" ”I believe,” he said, “that
our farmers, stockmen, states,
counties, and cities should be given
the preference in purchasing such
material M they can use, and that
this material along with Idle gov-
ernment-owned war plants should
be sold to the highest bidder rather
than at private sale to those- having
political influence. Furthermore,
that these materials may be pur-
chased in the state* without hav-
ing to go to Washington to obtain
them.”
Mr. Garrett state* that he to op-
posed to legislation now pending
in Congress providing for the rais-
ing of 3 1-2 BILLION dollars an-
nually. from payrolls mostly, to
provide medical care by the gov-
ernment. which would destroy the
effectiveness of medical care to the
United States. This legislation
proposes to place to the hands
of one man, the power and auth-
ority to hire doctors at fixed sal-
aries to provide medical service; to
designate which doctors may be
specialist* to determine the num-
ber of individuals for whom any
one physician may provide service;
to determine arbitrarily what hos-
pitals or clinics may provide ser-
vices for patient*.
Medical attention and hospitial-
meanwhile the new time has dis-
arranged the lives of a great many
people. Our people do not object
to foregoing any inconvenience nec-
essary to the war effort but they
do not need unnecessary regulations
to make them war conscious. €
firmly belief that 90 percent of
our people would prefer to go back
to the standard time. The present
time works a hardship on farmers,
mothers and school children, and
thousands of women employees who
are compelled to go to their work
before daylight and seriously ef-
fects church attendance etc.
He advocates the abolition of all
unnecessary Boards and Bureaux
and insists that operation of those
retained be strictly confined to the
law and constitution. "In the pres-
ent emergency,” Mr. Garrett states,
"it is necessary to have some bu-
reaus. However, at the earliest
practicable date, we must abolish
them and return to the status prior
to the war. If bureaucracy con
tinues to grow and thrive after
the war, our nation is doomed. Let
us put the bureaucrats on notice
NOW that their positions are not
permanent."
Garrett stands for equality and
uniformity of freight rates and will
support and work for legislation
m will achieve a fair adjustment.
He favors reducing subsidies to
the very minimum and instead
give an honest and fair price to
the farmer, stockman, dairymat
and oil man for what he produces.
"To encourage the improving and
building of rural homes, where
farmers have sufficient equity to
their land to adequately secure a
loan-when funds are not available
through other sources—" Garret,
says, "he favors the government ex-
tending credit to farmers and pro-
ducers, from one to three thousand
dollars, on a long-term basis and
w GALLUP
vention slated to
nesday to begin
platform to be n
Convention, may
in a Gallup
@iroughout the
rent days.
The results of
to effect a “peo
the Republican F
teresting to coin
finally adopted
with the plat foi
when Republican
of the country w
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er plank whirl
your party te
a party platform
presidential ele
Tabulation of
to field reporters
phasizes one fact
terest: Republics
more attention
fens than to 11
lesm. Three out
gestions made del
problems.
Here are the s
dition to the obvi
port for the war
scan voters to I
the Gallup Poll I
U. 8.:
. 1. Republican ■
one plank of the
platform include
dnate wasteful, 1
and to pare down
In line with this,
publican Party 1
elimination of n
bureaus now fun.
ington. This empl
fe spending is con
poll findings she
McMurry G
honored in
Dr. Dan W. D
McMurry college
assistant profess
sociology, at New
das been named
of the Mayor's Co
it wM learned he
Dr. Dodson is
of absence from
give full time to
work. The commi
Grith officials wh
racial and religic
city, will operate
lyn Municipal bul
The new direct
master’s degree
Methodist univer
since been on th
York university
Ph. D. degree to
payment, the amount voted by the
people, should be the very mini-
mum. He favors removing unnec-
sary and unreasonable red tape and,-----------.
all discrimination against old peo-1 ization should, of course, be made
ple. believing that every applicant
should be treated fairly and alike
He emphasises that the plight of
these old-age pensioners is today
similar to that of the fixed income
groups—the cost of living has al-
ready increased more than 25 per-
cent. but the pension checks re-
main low "Though I favor an ade-
quate pension for the aged." Mr.
Garrett stated, "I am unalterably
opposed to "pensioning Congress-
men' after they retire or are de-
feated as provided by a bill recent-
ly passed by Congress (it having
passed the House without a dis-
senting vote) authorizing the pay-
ment of more than $350.00 per
at a low-rate of interest—2 or 3
percent.” “Such a program," to
stated, "would not only encourage
living on the farms but would also
provide additional employment af-
ter Victory.”.
Regarding the School Lunch Aid
Program. Mr Garrett state*.
think it to.eng of the finest pro
grams to which the government has
cooperated. I do not think this
program borders on or is leading
towards Hitlerism' M some main-
tain.” Our Lord said, ' Whosoever
shall give to drink unto one of
these little ones a cup of cold-
water, verily I say unto you he
shall to no wise lose his reward.
Certainly, if this be true of a drink
of water. It must be doubly true
of providing food for a multitude of
school children—some 4 1-2 milo)
lions—now receiving lunch aid, who
otherwise may go hungry. I be-
Heve that this splendid cooperative
program should be continued
Clyde Garrett, the youngest son
of a family of eleven children, was
born and reared on a farm be
tween Gorman and Carbon in Hast-
land County-the log house to
which he was born still stands. His
experience in dealing with the peo-
ple and serving them has been
broad and varied His age and prace )
tical knowledge of everyday prob-
lems of all the people qualify him
to render a highly intelligent and
beneficial service to those whom
he will serve as their representative
to Congress. In young manhood,
Clyde worked on a farm, the rail)
road (as section hand and to extra
gangs—living to tents and box cars),
taught school and engaged in the
Insurance and banking business be-
fore entering public life. He served
two years M Deputy County Clerk
three terms M County Clerk 0.
Eastland County, and was City
Manager of the City of Eastland.
Just prior to being elected to Con-
gress in 1936, he served eight years
M County Judge at Eastland Coun-
ty, the last year of which he warp
President of the County Judges”
and Commissioners’ Association of
Texas.
"1 want to thank the people of
the 17th District for their great in.
terest to my candidacy,” Garred
says. 'I am basing my candidac D
available to and placed In the reach
of every one. In fact, both are
now available under the American
Hospital Association’s Blue Cross
plan for voluntary group hospital-
ization I believe that our people de-
sire that medical rare for their sick
be provided by their doctor—not by
bureaucrats or politicians.
Garrett states that he believes
serious consideration should be
riven to going back to standard =
time "It is possible,” he asserted, on the pledge of rendering •
"that war time may have produc- * *
ad desirable results in some parts
of the country, but It is very doubt-
ful that; such results have been
produced in many places, and to the
highest type service to my con-
stituents, to my country, and to-
her gallant fighting men. Your sup-
port and influence in my behalf
will be deeply appreciated." ,
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