The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1954 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ALTO HERALD. ALTO, TEXAS. AUGUST 12, 1M4
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THE ALTO HERALD
A Leader in Muth Cherokee County since 1896.
MEMMR
Entered as second class matter in 1896 at the post office in Alto,
Cherokee County, Texas under the act of Congress of March 3, 1887.
Published every Thursday at Alto, Texas.
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reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may appear in
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brougit to the attention of the Publishers.
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will ne charged for at two cents a word in advance.
Advertisement rates furnished on request.
ARMY, A!R FORCE SEEK RECRUITS
On July 1st the Army and Air Force ended their combined recruit-
ing system which had been in progress since the Air Force became a
separate service. Unti! that time, the two services maintained joint
recruiting offices and recruiting sergeants of each service signed up
applicants for terms of duty in the other service.
As of the first of July, however, the Air Force opened its own of-
fices and began to use its own initiative. As the senior service, the
Army had run the recruiting system of the combined services.
New devices were tried out in many localities by Air Force re-
cruiting sergeants, and free rides were offered to recruits who woutd
telephone the recruiting center to hear about the gtories of the air
service. The prospective recruits were also promised free rides home,
whether or not they signed up. by some Air Force sergeant?—
strictly on their own.
A considerable amount of competition has therefore resulted be-
tween Army and Air Force recruiting agencies in some areas, and
we think this is a good thing. Since the nation is still resorting to the
draft, every new idea and all competition possible should be tried in
an effort to increase the number of recruits for the services.
We might suggest to the Air Force that there is one inducement
they might offer which would surely bring in recruits by the tens of
thousands. We have in mind something like a free two-weeks air
trip to Florida, California, or some other vacation spot. And, if the
Air Force would pay expenses while the prospective recruit was va-
cationing, we might even consider the proposition ourselves.
JAPS TO GET F!RST JETS
The Japanese Government is reported to be negotiating with the
United St; tes for the purchase and delivery of twenty-five F-8H Saber
jet interceptors. The Saber jet is the fighter with which the A'r
Force gained mastery over Communist MIG's in Korean skies.
It has been nine years since the Japanese surrendered to the United
States, ending World War H and. since that time, the Japanese have
had little, if any, air force. In recent times, however, the United
States adopted the official policy of encouraging Japanese rearm-
ament. since the Japanese are traditional enemies of Russ:a, and
are opposed to Communism.
It is reported that the first Japanese jet squadron will lye delivered
to Japan next spring and will consist of approximately twenty-five
Saber jets. A second squadron is expected to be organized later in
1955. and the planes may be loaned to Japan, as were several United
States destroyers some months ago.
Although it is not generally known, the Japanese Air Force is be-
ginning elementary Might training, with U. S. instructors helping, at
Matsushima Air Force base in Japan. It is understood that thirty-
five veteran pilots of World War II are now in training in prepara-
tion to receive and fly, and teach other Japanese to fly, the Saber jets
expected from the United States.
Slowly, but surely, the Japanese arc being rearmed and the United
States is succeeding in convincing the Japs to build their own se-
curity forces to protect their country against Communist aggression.
Whereas West Germany is ready to move ahead in the realm of re-
armament, the Japanese have been reluctant to do so, and the United
States has had to pursue a careful policy of winning the majority of
the people of Japan over to a rearmament program.
PROMISES ARE NOT PERFORMANCE
Since the Ferguson heydays, the Texas highway department has
been free of blighting politics. Its directors have planned and built
roads where most needed and where they would do the most good
for the most people. They have developed the far-flung highway
system as an integrated whole, spreading the inadequate funds as
equitably over the state as possible.
Now comes a candidate for governor who thinks those funds
should be put to work luring votes. He promises the people of this,
that and the other section to help them get highway improvements
which they especially need and want. The other day he wired the
Galveston County Commissioners Court, "If elected governor I
will support the program of a bridge and road across San Luis Pass."
How many of the other 252 county commissioners courts may
have received similar messages about their highway needs, we
have no way of knowing. But the motive is obvious. As Chairman
E. H. Thornton of the State Highway Commission says, the Yarbn-
rough telegram was an effort to "trade roads and highways for
votes."
Mr. Thornton, a Galvestonian, wants the San Luis Pass span as
much as anyone. The politically-conscious island commissioners
court must have laughed at the suggestion that a hill-country can-
didate could and would do more than a Galveston highway chair-
man and a coastal governor to get it.
But that is the basic joker of the Yarborough candidacy—pledges
to get bigger handouts for various segments of voters, which he
could not fulfill. A bitter critic of the Eisenhower administration,
he would get more federal aid for them than Gov. Shivers, a warm
friend of Mr. Eisenhower, could swing. A leftist of the spend-elect-
borrow-tax school, he would wrest vast appropriations from a
Legislature that is normally conservative and economical. And this
without a suggestion as to where the money is coming from, or who
would pay the necessary taxes.
Surely the people of Texas are smart enough, in this case, to see
the difference between promises and ability to deliver the goods.
—Houston Post.
IT'S THE LAW
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BA)L BOND LAWS
EXPLAtNED
From time to time there is a
great deal of talk about the need
for revision of Texas laws relating
to criminal bail bonds. Since this
is a topic about which most people
have more curiosity than know-
ledge, perhaps a brief explanation
of baM bond procedure will be of
interest. However, in today's col
umn there will be no attempt to
discuss possible defects in the
system.
In the United States a defendant
in a criminal action is presumed
to be innocent until his guilt is es-
tablished beyond a reasonable
doubt. His guilt or innocence is es
tablished at his trial—not when he
is arrested.
With this concept in mind it is
not hard to see why the right to
bail in criminal cases is guaran
teed by the Constitution of the
United States, with the exception
of capital cases. A capital crime is
one which the punishment may be
death. In Texas murder, treason,
rape and robbery with firearms
arc capita! offenses.
Al! prisoners are bailable in
Texas except where the proof is
evident that a capital offense has
been committed and it is prob-
able that a jury will assess the
death penalty.
An officer making an arrest is
required by law to take the ac-
cused promptly before a magis-
trate. It is the duty of the magis-
trate to examine into the truth of
the accusation made. He deter-
mines whether the accused should
be discharged or bailed or held
without bail. If bail is set for the
defendant, the magistrate must
determine the amount. The law
provides a procedure for review-
ing these decisions before the
Court of Criminal Appeals.
When an accused is on bail when
his trial commences he has the
right to remain on bail during the
trial of his case. Where the
punishment of a defendant has
been assessed at confinement in
the penitentiary for fifteen years
or less the defendant has the right
to remain on bail pending the ap-
peal of his case. If the penalty is
more than fifteen years the defen-
dant is kept in custody from the
moment the jury returns its ver-
dict.
The Constitution also says that
bail may not be set in excessive
amount. What is considered a
reasonable amount depends large-
ly upon the circumstances and the
risk involved. Bail must be se<t
high enough to assure the court
and the state that the person will
not run away, but will return and
submit to trial on the date set.
The judge usually will ask the
prosecuting attorney for a recom-
mendation as to the amount of
bail. The accused's attorney may
then ask that the amount recom-
mended be reduced, giving his rea-
sons. The judge will settle on an
amount he believes reasonable to
assure the accused's presence at
the trial.
F/RE Z.4/VE5 URGED
FARM /MPROyFMFJVF
Losses in farm improvements
;is well as natural resources are
already showing a build-up due
to the unusually early forest fire
season according to D<"i Austin.
District Forester of District 2,
Texas Forest Service. "Our
present high forest fire danger is
unseasonal to say the least, said
Austin. "Our danger doesn't
usually rise until late September
or earlv October but its hitting
us about three months ahead of
schedule this year."
Heading the list of improvement
losses so far this year in District
A f'tnrt prinrfst <n"<in if r<*< -
omnw <u!< d f*n* < <H"f"r! ft? i<*
c«nm'i"Ut) teen nc< r" by "
nmgaxinf :t<!\tnrrf. fhif* a!-
trartivc fr<nk if "* <*""! '* '*
prfMy. l! if drfignfd hy M<rk in
HatCf Diffiptinct <nt)«n with white
cotton piping at th<* «fo«pe*!-out
neckline and on the fiecvca.
are a rural church, one barn,
,,nd one farm residence. Several
lesser outbuildings have burned
also. The church concerned was
a complete loss.
Fanners are urged to construct
! fue lanes around their homes,
barns and outbuildings. Lanes
along fence rows are of great
value in protecting pasture as
well as the fencc investment it-
self. Forest land should be in-
cluded protection plans on the
farm also, ptriicularly pine plan-
tations that have been set out by
landowners.
No special equipment is needed
fo- fire !ane construction, accord-
ing to the forest service represen-
tative. Every farmer has a turn-
ing plow «r
or mule tt, p^] .'
Laney ^
wtde—ten '
should n.,'
stop a ft). <
consider. ^
the fire fro,,.. ].
lanes are a toe! '
Through a ,. ]
smaller - .
that fire l;.t.<.. .
around their
Look for the '
for the wor t!
You can
by obeying
without wa.::tn "
to catch you.
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LOANS
The Small Business Administra-
tion recently announced that it has
approved 524 business loans, to-
taling $30,896,262 since it began
taking application from small
companies last October. About 400
applications are being received by
the SBA each month and about
one-third of them are said to meet
the agency's credit requirements.
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The industrial production of the
nation in June showed K) matcr:a!
change from May, staying at the
seasonally adjusted index figure of
124 per cent of the 1947-49 aver-
age. The Reserve Hoard reported
the June rate ran slightly above
that of March and April but was
nine per cent below June 1963.
SERVICE IS A DEFINITE PART OF A
Good Drug Store
By service, we don't mean just waiting on a custom^gj
when they come into the store.
Real Drug Store Service means, also, proper attct]
tion to stock and supplies to see that the many things youtii
pend upon a drug store for are here when you want them
it means keeping abreast of newest developments in tin
drug and pharmaceutical fields so that we can provide vo;
personal physician with the remedies he may prescribe
you—and it means giving you and your needs the person;
attention we'd like to have if we were your customers
You can depend on Boyd's Pharmacy to give you ttiii
service, for we list our customers through the years at theto;
our lists of assets of business! ( al! us first when you nei
any drug store service, please!
Boyd's Pharmacy
Phone 261
ALTO, TEXA
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Texas Firs
WITH
ALLAN SmVERS
And A!)an Shivers !s First With Texas Because—
COS7 OF t/V7JVG UP
An increase of four-tenths of
one per cent in food prices be-
tween mid-May and mid-June
caused the Consumer Price Index
to go up one-tenth of one per cent.
Rent showed no increase and four
other categories remained stable.
Meets second Monday
night in each month.
Special meetings each
Tuesday night for
the first three degrees.
Ail members should attend. Visit-
ing brothers invited.
T. E. CUMMINGS. Sec'y.
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AMBULANCE
SERVtCE
M Hour Servtet
PUBHC SCHOOLS: As a State Senator, Lieutenant Governor
and Governor, Allan Shivers has supported, sponsored or
stgned every major piece of legislation during the past ^0
years. The Texas public school system today is more out-
standmg than ever before. He believes Texas must continue
to meet the growing needs of our schools.
WATER CONSERVATiON: Allan Shivers is a strong out-
spoken advocate of water and soil conservation. He has a far-
sighted program in this important area and the proven leader-
ship to carry it through. "Soil and water conservation con-
stitute our Number One domestic problem," he said recently.
ROADS: Allan Shivers was one of the original sponsors of the
^J-n-to-market road system Tex"'' D^ing his adminis-
tration, more miles of farm-to-market roads and state high-
ways have been built than in any other comparable period
He believes highway construction and maintenance should
keep pace with a growing Texas.
HOSPtTALS: One of Allan Shivers' first official acts
as Governor was to call a special session of the Legislature to
appropriate $20 million additional administrative funds and
$35 million m building funds to improve deplorable IvJdi
tions then existing for the unfortunate patient "We h^c
Pgn^s one o^ ^ been
best in the nation. He wants to complete the dvn imi< ^
tiv eprogram for Texas started with his leadership
solid foundation already built and with his the
ability to get the job done, ^e'pe^!e o t-x^ c m ^
government at its best during the next t^Ur" ^
OLD AGE ASstSTANCE: Allan Shivers as n c
wrote the first Texas Oid Age Assisatnce L w '^.,
ago, he promised the old peonie of Tt-^s -
constitutional amendment to ,nc-ease f,!d Le "
amendment will be voted on bv 'he ncLtf
Allan Shivers carries out his promises. November.
R1SON REFORMS: Administration of the Texas PMSj
'S,recognized by experts as among the bes! inttj
h,. f Shivers began working toward this goat ^
realizing that the System was classes ^
m .nr. the nation. Remarkable progress has w
t ^ same time, the net cost per man per day'
taxpayers has br*.n en . ^
Allan Shivers courageously battled for
wnew")" ^ school children the tidelands. rightf^:
\ ^ unjustly seized by the federal govern
th, tLi t achieve a conclusive victory and, since
! ^ a'''eady have added $32 million to the sia
* e. manent School Fund.
Allan Shivers believes gowr''^?l
convitir. f) home as possible. He is
boir,)s Supreme Court should give local
virif.ri latitude in handling the many difix
segregahon d^is.^.'' "
evLYv st^^AMan Shivers has visited -n"
enx.vs ^ii^" Texas as Governor because he hkes P<
and and profits from their comme^
and h^ f ni. of his genuine interest in peopljJ
the St-ttf. lamily have become known and loved j
mide'°[vJ' ^e vast improvements which have
^ c',,^ , famong the lowest in the nato^
i c-tsh h- y, 'axes. Unlike most states, Texas operates
All ,n wthout either a sales tax or state income "
"<*n Shivers is opposed to both.
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1931
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NS RANCE REGULATtON: As far back as i?
nveis recommended strengthening of insurance
protect the public. Action is being taken to weed out
tr dion"wm^° clean-up campaign launched by his adn
trauon Will be continued.
SIR!BL!NG-S!MIH
FUNERAL HOME
A Vote For AHan Shivers Mean!
A Vote For Texas
ALTO,
TEXAS
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