Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 1945 Page: 4 of 8
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Bastrop Advertiser. Bastrop, Texas, November I, 1945
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By L. L. STEVENSON
KambUngs and Ruminations; An
ancient dame leading an ancient
pug along Park avenue. . . . May-
be it's due to years of association
but they look much alike in face, up-
holstery and walk. , . . Park ave-
nue divided into two partS at 46th
street by the New York Central
building. . . . With traffic darting
through the two openings . . . and
with two pedestrian lanes which are
lined with shops of various kinds.
... In the window of a jewelry
atore, a chronometer by which I
always check my watch on the way
back to the office from the Dutch
Treat club on Tuesdays. . . . Can't
place any reliance in those street
clocks. . . At Park and 47th, a
navy captain, though built along
beamy lines, agilely dodging a taxi
and muttering angrily, "He should
have blown a passing signal." ... A
well-dressed young Chinese with an
American flag pin in his button hole,
the stars of which glisten like real
diamonds.
• * •
Waiting for the light change at
Broadway and 46th street, a plumb-
er's helper with an extremely heavy
box of tools on his shoulder. . . . "I
should have taken up piccolo play-
ing for a steady job," he moans to
a companion. . . . Three jaunty
British fliers accompanied by three
more than passingly pretty Ameri-
can girls—hands across the sea or
lend-lease. ... A display of melons
in the window of a restaurant. . . .
But my favorite fruit has not yet
reached that degree of sweetness
that makes me wish Times Square
were a cantaloupe and I had to eat
my way out. . . . Youths wearing
those open collar sports shirts and
thus exposing prominent Adam's
apples to the sunshine and wind. . . .
Coifples keeping dates on the steps
of the Astor. . . . On® taxi driver
talking to another. "They give Goer-
ing a chicken dinner — brother, are
you eatin' chicken?"
• • •
Servicemen wearing Pacific cam-
paign ribbons inspecting the Rosen-
thal flag-raising picture replica in
Times Square . . . and in front of
the nearby Statue of Liberty rep-
lica, one woman telling another,
"My soldier son sent home a real
souvenir — a new German vacuum
clcaner complete even with spare
parts." . , . Her companion, after
a couple of "tsks." remarking,
"My son sent me only perfume,"
. . . then adding hastily, as if she
didn't want to seem ungrateful,
"But it's awfui good — and high
priccd." . . . Those fat pigeons on
43rd street that are too lazy io get
out of the way of pedestrians and
take wing only when menaced by
band or foot.
• • •
V
Bobbysoxers hanging around the
stage door of a movie palace — they
are lying in wait for a well-known
band leader whose name slips my
mind. ... A good-looking lad In
uniform making his way up Broad-
way on crutches, his companion an
attractive brown-eyed girl and their
conversation dealing with the possi-
bility of finding an apartment
after he is discharged and they are
married. . . . Small boys scuttling
here and there looking for bond
buyers. . . . One lad in an uptown
public school sold (10,000 worth in
one day, his customers, his father
and two uncles. ... A bevy of
good-looking army nurses wearing
their uniforms for the first lime—in-
formation picked up by eavesdrop-
ping as they talk with a nurse not
yet in uniform but who soon will be
if they have their way.
• • •
The ancient Metropolitan Opera
house which looks more like a loft-
building than the home of the
world's highest priced noise. . . .
Wonder if there will be a new opera
house after the war. . . . Boy Scouts
aiding an extremely important sal-
vage campaign — they are gather-
ing waste paper. . . . Kids playing
marbles in a Ninth avenue vacant
lot just as we used to do on the
school grounds when I was a young-
ster. . . . Windowbox gardens in
tenement homes. . . Thought:
Since all but one of the elevated
lines have gone, there are no more
glances into the second and third
floor dwellings of the poor. ... A
whole flock of feminine needle work-
ers heading for the nearest Red
Cross blood bank. . . . Union Square
where soapboxers used to spout al-
most continuously, . . . None in
eight now though numerous lit-
tle groups are busily discussing
world events.
BcU Syndicate —WNU Features.
SERVICE
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lEDITOR'S NOTE: This neus paper,
through special arrangement with the
Washington Bureau of W estern Sett s-
paper In ion at 1616 Eye Street, N. If'.,
Washington, D. C., is able to bring
readers this weekly column on prob-
lems of the veteran and serviceman
and his family. Questions mar be ad-
dressed to the above Kuwait and they
mill be answered in a subsequent col-
umn. No replies can be made direct bv
mail, but only in the column uhic.'i u ill
appear in this newspaper regu! mrly.]
Revised C.I. Bill
Citation Given
To Camp Swift
Civilians
CAMP SWIFT, Texas.—A War
Department citution is recognition
of the record made by Camp Swift
civilian employes in the purcnese
of war bonds has been received
by Col. O. J'. Houston, post com-
mander.
WPB To Reduce
Personnel By
October 31st
Reduction of th" number of War
Price and Rationing Hoards in
the San Antonio OPA district of
(57 counties, and of personnel in
the San Antonio district Office
of Price Administration, will re-
sult in the reduction of approxi
This citation, signed by Secre- mutely 220 employes by October
tary of War Patterson, together
with the secretary of war bond
flag accompanying it, is the high-
est award made by the war de-
partment for war bond purchases.
Since last Dccembei the par-
ticipation by Swift civilian em-
ployes in the purchase of bonds
Unless the senate accepts the re-
vised G.I. Bill of Rights as it wa
liberalized by the house recently,
there is little chance of further en- Ithrough the ,,av reservation plan
nctment until the reconvening of ; h b cent. Last Month
congress after the summer vaca- , , .
tjon ' 1 the total payroll for the purchase
The major provisions of the new | 01 bonds "•* Pfr ,
bill which skimmed through the , ' record established by the
house by unanimous voice vote are civilian personnel of your organi-
designed to liberalize the loan and j zation in the purchase of War
education sections and make only Bonds by means of the Class A
Pay reservation plan stands high
employment, unemployment com-
pensation and administrative titles
of the original bill.
Amendments to the education sec-
tions extend from two to four years
after discharge the time in which a
study course may be started; ex-
among the leading installations of
the military establishment," said
the letter to Colonel Houston from
Maj. (ien. Hasten, chief of finance.
"It is a distinct pleasure," the
general letter continued, "to trans-
tend from seven to nine years after j mit to you the War Department
Citation, personally signed by the
Secretary of War, in recognition
Eskimos Are Pleased
With 'Invasion* Meat
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA —Fear
of a Jap invasion of the Aleutians
early in the war has helped solve
the Eskimos' meat shortage A
kind of sausage made then out of
salt pork and coarse black meat
from whales, stuffed into cloth
sacks, proved sc tasty they no*
eat it as p#rt of their regular
diet.
the war's end the time in which edu
cation or training may be given at
government expense; provide for . t,
short intensive post-graduate or vo- ■ *"18 accomplishment. 1 he Sec-
cattonal courses of 30 weeks or less; j retary of War's War Bond flag
permit the government to finance , to accompany the citation is be-
correspondence courses; increase , jnjr forwarded separately.
from $50 to $60 monthly educational j ..The Secretary of W'ar has a
subsistence allowance for a veteran I, „„ ,..„ii „
..... , , . : keen persona!, as well as official,
without dependents, and from $75 to . . , ,
$85 the allowance for a veteran with "Merest in the success of the War
Bond program.
He has requested that I extend
to you and to the civilian person-
nel of the organization his con-
gratulations and express his deep
appreciation of the splendid sup-
port they are giving the Govern-
WEARY EYES
GIVE YOU THAT LET-DOWN FEELING
dependents.
Amendments to the loan feature
extend from two to six years after
discharge or end of war the time
in which a veteran may apply for
a G.I. guaranteed loan; permit a
qualified veteran to negotiate with
any established lending agency or .
individual approved by the Veter- j ment ,n ,ts financial program,
ans administration, for a loan for | "During the past months I have
purchase of a home, business or : observed with interest the pro-
farm in any amount; retain the ex- j ^ress of the program in your coin-
isting limitation of 50 per cent of j mand anij would also like to ex-
the principal, or $2,000 whichever ! tend congratulations. 1 know
is less, on the amount the govern- . ,
ment will guarantee; prohibit nego- that under y«ur able direction the
tiation of loans until 30 days after j record established will be main-
a veteran's discharge; provide that tained."
the application need be approved
only by the lender, instead of by the
Veterans administration and pro-
vide that the reasonable value of
property involved in a loan shall be
determined by the lender's ap-
praisal.
* * * I
Q.—If a wife is separated from
her husband, a lieutenant in the air
corps, and be names his mother
beneficiary In his life Insurance, is
the wife entitled to any benefits if
the husband is killed?
A.—Since the mother is named
beneficiary, she would be the recipi-
ent of all the insurance.
Q.—-Are women In the service ell-
glble for benefits under the G.l. Bill
of Bights?
A.—Yes, nurses in both the army
and navy, WAVES, SPARs, WACs
and women in the Marine Reserves.
Q.—If a serviceman is not phys-
ically qualified for combat duty will
he be sent overseas?
A.—The army will determine his
physical qualifications, and if r.ot
physically qualified for combat he
may be sent overseas for limited or
other than combat duty.
Q.—Is the lapel pin for honorable
discharge given only to men who
have served since December 7,
1941?
A —All men who served honorably
in the armed forces since Septem-
ber 8, 1639, are entitled to wear the
honorable discharge lapel pin.
Q.—How can I get a duplicate of
my army discharge, lost in a fire
at my home?
A —You cannot get a duplicate,
but you may obtain a verified cer-
tificate in lieu of discharge by writ-
ing to the Adjutant General. War
Department, Washington 25, D. C.,
and asking for an AGO Form 0214.
Q.—What Is the difference be-
tween an enlisted man's allowance
and his allotment?
A —An "allotment" generally is a
sum of money reserved wholly from
the pay of a serviceman and sent
to his dependents or placed to his
credit in a bank. The benefits ob-
tainable under the Serviceman's De-
pendents' set are termed "family
allowances" and are made up from
a sum from the soldier's pay plus
a contribution from the government.
Q.—Was the Increase In pay of en-
listed men In the army for the dura-
tion only?
A —No, the pay act ii permanent
legislation.
Q.—My husband served a year
and then was discharged under a
Section 1 disability. What Is his
draft classification and can he be re-
inducted?
A —"Hie Selective Service policy
now is where men are honorably
discharged, they are placed in Class
1-C and identified on the records by
the designation "disc." They may
not be removed from this classifica-
tion unless the director of Selective
Service determines circumstances
warrant a reclassification. In such
case he may be reinducted, but not
as long as he remains in Class 1-C.
Ml, and annual savings of approxi-
mately $275,000, according to C.
T. Giesen, director of the San An-
tonio OPA district.
(iiesen explained that the con-
solidation of boards, which is now
being accomplished, will lie com-
pleted in this district by Decem-
ber 31, with the release, at that
time, of a total of 26f> employees,
and total savings of approximately
$415,00(1.
Boards are being retained in
centrally located towns and cities,
the district director said, so that
they may serve several counties
with the utmost convenience to all
citizens of those areas. In each
county an office will be maintain-
ed where hoard employee, usually
the former chief clerk of the board,
will accept applications. These ap-
plications will then be forwarded
to the board serving that county,
for final processing. Board mem-
bers, in counties where boards are
closed, will continue to represent
their counties by serving on the
central board.
Consolidation of War Price and
Rationing Boards was announced
recently by Giesen as part of the
Government's post-war economy
program. Personnel released as a
"Refresh
yourself";
Don't let overstrained eyes
and annoying headaches make
you feel worn and old. Come
in and have our registered op-
tometrist examine your eyes
today.
Nominal Charge For Examination
JAS. P. WOOD
The Stat© Of Texas
TO; WALLACE .MOUTON, De-
fendant, Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to
appear before the Honorable Dis-
trict Court of Bastrop County at
the Court House thereof, in Bas
trop, Texas, at or before 10 o'clock
A. M. of the first Monday next
after the expiration of forty-two
days from the date of the issu-
ance of this citation, same beinc
fh,. Kith day of December A.D.
1 V*4f>, then and there to answer
Plaintiff's 1st Amended Petition
filed in said Court, on the 24th
day of October A.D. 1SM5, in this
cause, numbered 10,6.'M on the
docket of said court and styled
Mildred Mouton Plaintiff, vs Wal-
lace Mouton Defendant.
A brief statement of the nature
of this suit is as follows, to wit;
That plaintiff is now and has been
for a period of mor,. than twelve
months prio*- to the filing of this
petition an actual and bone fide in-
habitant and resident of the State
of Texas and County of Bastrop
and sues for divorce on the
grounds of cruel treatment, a> is
more fully shown by Plaintiff's
1st Amended Petition on file In
this suit.
The officer executing thi* pro-
cess shall promptly execute the
same according to law, and mak<-
due return as the law directs.
Issued and given under my hand
and the Seal of said Court, at of-
fice at Bastrop, Texas, this the
2/ th day of October A. D., 1946.
Attest:
GAIL BSKKW Clerk,
District Court, Bastrop
County. T >- is
result of the consolidation was
notified of impending changes in
ample time to find other employ-
ment.
Gas
HEATERS
FOR THIS STURDY 5
RADIANT HEATER
Adjusted and Tested Free
AGA APPROVED
ELZNERS
Phone 146 Bastrop
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The Public Is ( ordtally Invited To Attend
BUY NOW FOR CHRISTMAS
WHILE THEY LAST
New Smith-Corona Clipper Model Portable
T ypewriters
$57.77, Tax Included
WILSON TYPEWRITER COMPANY
709 Eul 44th Si.
Austin, Texas
Phone 6060
O'NEAL & PEAK
Located in Bastrop Feed & Seed Store Building
On Main Street
IF YOU COULD
GET IT . . .
how much Superior Milk
would you drink? Yes! Every
drop your family could get
and that is what we are work-
# ing for—ENOUGH
Pasteurized Milk
WE PAY MARKET PRICE FOR
PECAINS
m
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MONTERREY INN
A MODERN MEXICAN RESTAURANT IS NOW
OPEN DAILY FROM 12 NOON TO 12 P. M.
EXCEPT THURSDAYS.
Wc Specialize in a Varitey of Mexican Dishes
LEONARD GARCIA, Owner
South Main Street Phone 95 34
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 1945, newspaper, November 1, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237034/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.