Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1945 Page: 7 of 8
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BASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS, OCTOBER 11, 11)15
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EDITOR'S MOTE: Thu newt/taper,
throunh .</ •< m/ arrangement uith the
U athmglon Hut run of Western \en«-
paper I hi on at Ihl6 Tye Street, S. U'.,
U uthinn.on, />. u able to brum
reader* thu weekly column on prob-
lems of the veteran unil ten iceman
and hi* family. (Jueilioni may br ad-
drened to the above llumm anil they
mil be ant tier ril in a %ub%equ*nt col-
umn. No replii t can be made direct by
mail, but only in the column ubich tall
appear in thu nru tpa/rer regularly.
Veterans' Administration
Gen. Omar Bradley, new boss of
the Veterans' administration suc-
ceeding General Bines, has moved
with military dispatch in reorganiz-
ing the administration to provide
bt'tier and more efficient service in
behalf of the stream of veterans
now being discharged from (he serv-
ices.
One of the most important
changcs made by General Bradley
Is a complete decentralization of all
veterans facilities under the super-
vision of 13 branch offices. Obvious-
ly routine decisions can be made
more promptly and more intelligent-
ly in a vast organization such as the
Veterans' administration if they are
not forced through a bottleneck In
Washington
Am ihfr change, one which had
long been a subject f >r discussion,
and ofttimes of criticism, was the
medical service. The general now
has separated and elevated the
medical division to a higher status
under command of Maj. Gen I'.uil
R Hawley Under this new arrange-
ment, the new "surgeon general" will
report direct to General Bradley,
The Veterans' administration is
combing the government agencies
and other channels for help and
likely will emerge in the postwar
era as one of the largest if not the
largest governmental agency, han-
dling as it will the affairs of some
12 million discharged veterans at one
tmie or another. The administration
has recently been the object of both
congre ssional and private investiga-
tion as to conditions within the or-
ganization, conditions at Veterans*
hospitals, treatment of patients, the
tremendous shortage of physicians
and nurses and other help and
no doubt, it will be General Brad-
ley's J hey to eliminate immediate-
ly ail situations which led to these
investigation*
Bus and Truck
Tire Quotas Are
Increased
Tire quotas for bus and truck
tires have been increased during
September, Kugene Kurtz, ncting
district rationing executive of the
San Antonio district Office of
Price Administration, said re-
cently. The increase is designed to
help meet heavy demands for bus
and truck tires, and to cut increas-
ing backlogs of unfilled applica-
tions.
"For this district, 2,f Q0 small-
size truck tires, 7.,ri0 and smaller,
and 80(1 truck tires, size 8.25 or
larger, have been allocated to the
OPA by the War Production
Board for rationing," Mr. Kurtz
explained.
"Of the small size truck tires,
800 are 10-ply tires in size 7x20
and 7.50x20, and the remaining
1,800 are in all other sizes and
pliees in the smaller group."
This l umber is in addition to
the original September quotas for|
the San Antonio OPA district of
5,850 small truck tires, he con-
tinued. The KOO additional large
size truck tires will enable local
boards, including the Bastrop
County board, to wipe out a part
of their unfilled applications for
large casings.
"Production of new passenger
tires was not sufficient during
the first week of Septembe" to
warrant additional increases even
though demand for new passenger
tires has flooded the local board
with the largest backlog of appli-
cations yet on file,** Mr. Kurtz
stated.
Book Fair To Be
Held in Dallas
Dallas, Texas, Oct. Texas,
traditional land of action but few
words, will become the book cen-
ter of tnc United States Novem-
ber 8, 9, and 10 when the South-
west Book Fair is held at Dal-
las.
Authors whose books are inter-
nationally known, and publishers,
representing the country's largest
publishing houses, will be in at-
tendance during the three-day fair,
lecturing, autographing books and
presenting elaborate exhibits of
current and classic volumes.
The Southwest Hook Fair is the
first and only completely com-
munity-sponsored book fair in the
nation. All Dallas public and priv-
ate schools, civic and cultural
groups, local newspapers, book
sellers as well as colleges through-
out the state, are cooperating in
presenting the fair.
Programs for the Southwest
Book Fair will be held at McFar-
lin Auditorium on Southern Meth-
odist University with exhibits ex-
tending to Fondren Library on the
SMU campus. Three night pro-
grams and a Saturday matinee
will present the authors in short
talks and informal get-togethers
with the audiences. In addition,
three special children's matinees
will be held. Aside from the pro-
grams a' the auditorium, events
throughout the city will include
special exhibits at the Hall of
State and Museum of Fine Arts,
Fair Park. The motion picture in-
Urges Complete
Development of
Water Resources
Austin, Oct. 3.—Declaring that
Texas should seek "Nothing less
than the full development of the
water resources of the State,"
Wesley R. Nelson today urged
members of the Texas Water Con-
servation Association to prepare
a "dynamic program of action."
Nelson, Regional Director of the
Bureau of Reclamation, addressed
the first session of the annual
convention of the group which
opened here today.
Irrigation development, which
would provide an annual increase
in the cash value of Texas crops
amounting to $(10,000,000, was out-
lined by Nelson who said the state
dustry is recognizing the Texas
event by sending to Dallas the
best films made from rccent pop-
ular books.
program of the Bureau provides
for the construction of 18 projects.
These developments would pro-
vide new or supplemental water
to almost 1,000,000 acres of land.
In addition to irrigation, the
Texas projects would develop over
100,000 kilowatts of hydroelectric
power, increase benefits to the
State's fish, game and recreational
features as well as provide for
flood control and municipal water
supply.
"It is obvious that the benefits
to flow from this vast program
will accelerate the agricultural,
economical and industrial develop-
ment of all Texas," Nelson said.
"In addition, jobs would be avail-
able at construction sites for thou-
sands of returning veterans and
demobilized war workers."
The proposed Bureau of Recla-
mation projects are located in the
basins of the Nueces, Rio Grande,
Colorado, Guadalupe and Canad-
ian rivers. Other projects are un-
der study to determine their feas-
ibility in the basins of the Brazos,
Red, Pecos, Trinity and Sabine*
Neches rivers.
Quetliont and /Inau'era
<) I discharged on !>brnary
5M, lfH3 bv rea*nn of "Sec II. \ It.
fil.V-JiiS and ( lili Hill \ou explain
the meaning thl* I u 10 soon lie
42 year* of age. Is there any «ay
I ran volunteer for sen ire In ihe
nertipaOonal force*?— S . Knger*-
vllle. Tenn.
A. -Thin means that you were dis-
charged under Mcti<>n 2 of the code
governing discharge nf veteran* and
"CUD" nifmu a certificate of medi-
cal disability In other word- you
were discharged for a medical dis-
ability of some <u*rt The nature <-f j
yotir disability should be staled < n
your discharge Yen, if you can pass
the physical, the army is accept
ing volunteers for the occupational
forces
Q, Mow many point-, does a father
nf lour ehildren have «l n hat been
in aervlee since bi*t October 'I and
across slru e Jul}? Mrs It It . t li-
rlrhsvlllr, Ohio.
A. The army point rationing sys-
tem as of Sej (ember 2 gives 1 | int
per month for time in service, l
point per month for time overseas.
12 points for each child under IB
years with a maximum of three,
and 5 points for each decoration or
battle star If your husband has no
decorations or battle stars, he would
have about 51 points At this time
80 points arc necessary for dis-
charge, although the army h:is an-
nounced discharge for 70 points by
October 1. fifl points by November
1 and elimination of the point sys-
tem later in the winter.
<|. I am writing In regard to a
soldier killed in Ocrman> who made
hi« Insurance to a lady who raised
him. After hi* death, his own
mother came and claims she should
get his Insurance. Which one Is en-
titled to ihe lnmram-e?—Mrs. T. O.,
Water Valley, Miss.
A If the soldier named the lady
who raided him as beneficiary In his
insurance, she Is entitled to It and
will get it notwithstanding the moth-
er's claims.
My brother left high
aehool recently to Join Ihe navy.
Is my motlwr entitled to an al-
lotment or allowance from the
government if he allots the re-
quired $5? K. W., Kogersvllle,
Tenn.
A — Yea. providing your brother
listed hia mother as a dependent
when he enlisted or was inducted
into the service.
Q. If a member of the regular
marine corpa extends hia enlistment
while overseas and the extension has
one more year before expiration, will
he have to remain overseas until thr
expiration, If he haa been over-
seas 20 months?—Mrs, W. I>„ West
Memphis, Ark.
A. Not necessarily. The marine
corps haa set up a rotation for re-
turn to thia country after 1H months
•ervlco overseas Extension of bis
eiiliatment would have no bearing
upon llie time ho spent overseas,
liie chancea are this marine will
return aoon for duty In the statca.
Now Move this Scene Abroad
I? OUR YEARS AGO—before the Japs
* hit us at l'earl Harbor—this drawing
appeared in an appeal for the U.S.O. It
showed our men from the training camps,
on the streets of an American city, with
nowhere to go and nothing to do with their
spare time. In those days, before the
shooting war men easily became dejected.
The U.S.O. was a Godsend then.
But, now that the shooting is finished,
our army faces the same problem—only
many times worse.
Change the scene of this drawing from
Middletown. U.S.A., to Germany or Japan.
And change the boys from green, home-
sick recruits to tired, heartsick veterans
of months of mortal combat. Men doing
occupation duty, men still recuperating
from wounds. If ever they needed a lift
to their spirits, these men need it now.
General Eisenhower is so aware of this
problem that he has asked the U.S.O. to
quadruple its entertainment program for
our men still overseas. Fifteen hundred
Give Generously to Your
U.S.O. entertainers are now abroad includ-
ing 16 complete acting companies. They
ore playing to two million men every week.
But to continue this work on such a huge
scale, and to support the hundreds of
U.S.O. Club Houses, takes money—your
money.
The U.S.O. is one of the principal serv-
ices of the National War Fund. You sup-
port this great fund by giving to yohr
local war chest campaign.
COUNTY WAR CHEST
Representing the National War Fund
BLUE BELL CREAMERY
FAIRMONT CREAMERY
PIGGLY - WIGGLY
W. B. RANSOME COMPANY
O. B. WOLF BAR HER SHOP
MISS ROSALIE PERRY
RENDEVOUS CLUB
JOHN O. TURNER
F.LK1NS 510-25c STORE
CITIZENS STATE BANK OF BASTROP
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
NEUMAN BROS. DRY GOODS STORE
J. L. WILBARGER & COMPANY
M. B. COPPIC'S GROCERY
DENISON'S RED and WHITE FOOD STORE
SWIFT STUDIO
I G A GROCERY
JAS. P. WOOD
BASTROP FURNITURE COMPANY
FRANK GREEN, DRY CLEANER
C. ERHARD & SON DRUG STORE
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1945, newspaper, October 11, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237031/m1/7/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.