The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1938 Page: 2 of 8
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Page Two
The Mineola Monitor, Mineolat Te::as, Thursday, October 27, 1938.
Playing Possum
With Wage Law
The new Wage-Hour law, which sets a
minimum wage of 25 cents an hour for in-
dustry involved in interstate commerce,
went into effect Monday, and a correspond-
ing howl went up from employers at the
same time.
Just how severely the law will affect
industry is not known, especially in the
Southwest, this early, but mcst employers
have fortified themselves with a pessimistic
attitude.
The actual meaning of the law seems
to be vaguely understood, all of which is
probably some reason for the general ob-
jection. But, at the same time, it would
not be guessing wildly to say that most em-
ployers—especially those who are closing
down their plants without even giving the
program a try-out—are making a false
grand stand play.
Whether the good of the new law will
overshadow the bad cannot be told this
early, but in any event it is not likely that
the law will force out of business many
-worthwhile concerns. And if it does, it can-
not be expected to last long, regardless of
liow much it may aid the man who actually
does the work.
Pension Problem for
Future Governors
Already there has been some discussion
in various parts of the state as to who will
be_ ^he main gubernatorial candidates two
or four years hence—when Mr. O'Daniel re-
tires from office.
Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thomp-
son, runner-up to O'Daniel, practically an-
nounced his candidacy after the votes were
counted in the July election. Attorney Gen-
eral William McCraw, believed to be another
potential contender, said at the time that
the people had apparently petitioned him
to private practice. If O'Daniel does not
for the U. S. Senate against Tom Con-
nally, as many predict he will, he may either
retire from office or run for re-election.
^<dose followers of political activity figure
"that if O'Daniel is moderately successful he
may be re-elected governor without an op-
ponent, but if his pension work fails to
produce, he is likely to have a swarm of
opponents. However, in the latter case, Mr.
O'Daniel may choose to say, "I've done all
I can as your governor, now send me to
Washington where the real trouble lies
and I will get your pensions for you." And
if he does, he will have an argument that
Vill make one of the most capable members
of the Senate sit up and take notice.
In the latter case, the next governor's
' race should turn out to be a real hodge-
podge of a dozen or more candidates, with
McCraw and Thompson at the head of the
pack, all playing mountain music and ac-
cusing each other of being professional
politicians.
"
The boys of Texas used to be told they
must begin at the bottom of the ladder
and climb. Now they want to begin at the
bottom of the elevator and ride.
**
What is the mdern girl's favorite line?
Don't know, only feel sure it isn't the clothes
line.
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corrected upon being brought to the atten-
tion of the publishers.
TOWER VIEWS In Christian
Science Monitor:
Inspiration—In the Bronx,
New York City, there is a boy
of 14 who, like many other
Bronxites, never has been be-
yond the city limits and never
has seen a cow. Yet, this lad,
this Samuel Cohen, has just
received a gold medal awarded
for his skill in farming. He
is one of 200 children who cul-
tivated plots in Crotona Park,
in a contest run by the Park
Department. I'm much oblig-
ed to Sam. He has reminded
me that one doesn't have
to have a farm to be a farmer,
neither does one have to own
a bank to be wealthy, or a
country estate to appreciate the
beauties of nature, or an im-
portant position to be happily
employed, or a poor house in
which to be charitable. How
true it is that the corner
which we have to turn to find
opportunity is merely a corner
of thought.
**•
PEGLER, In The Fort Worth
Press:
If Charles Lindbergh warned
the British that the myster-
ious Russian air force was no
good he probably told the truth.
Whatever the scientific worth
of Lindbergh's experiments with
a chicken heart in a tube of
jelly, there can be no doubt
that he does know planes and
engines, and he certainly was
in a position to make compari-
sons between the Russian and
German material and the skill
of their fliers.
Major A1 Williams, who also
knows the difference between
a German bomber and a me-
chanical June bug. confirms the
information which Lindbergh
is said to have passed on to
the British petiicoat govern-
ment at Cliveden. He says, in
general effect, that a Russian
still has no mere feeling for
a machine than a Spaniard has
for a horse, and reports, in
particular, his observation of
one Russian ship which was
their pride and joy, but to the
expert and exacting eye of a
first-class military flier seem-
ed to be composed of old wash
boilers, broken down egg beat-
ers and tin.
He also was impressed by the
excellence of the German
equipment and personnel, and
no mere accusation of sympa-
thy for the Nazis will suffice to
answer his findirgs. Tl, ~ * ac-
cusation probably will be made,
because few people nowadays
are willing to believe that any
report of achievement, either
in Russia or in the killer coun-
tries, is innocent of political
bias one way or the other.
**
STATE PRESS, In Dallas News:
Denton Record-Chronicle: Tur-
nip greens threaten to become
scarce this fall. Seldom does
a year present the problem
to the greens lover as has this
one. As a rule, rain can be
expected some time in Sep-
tember, which is the season
for sowing fall turnips, and a
fine crop of both greens and
turnips can be expected by the
time cold weather comes. But
this fall has played a trick
on those who made ready for
the annual planting of this
lush vegetable. Here it is. well
along in October and no rain
yet, and hope for a turnip crop
has about gone aglimmering.
Fear not, fearful brother,
there are substitutes for tur-
nip greens. Perhaps no substi-
tute equally ag.eeable, equally
vitamic, equally caloric. But
if you failed to carry over from
your summer garden a few
rows of collards, that mistake
should not be ascribed to the
weather man, whose hoarding of
rain is becoming an open scan-
dal. Furthermore, you can
have all the turnip greens you
want by buying them at the
store, shipped in from the Rio
Grande Valley. This expedient
you may decline because you
prefer to grow your own. Yet
the cost of valley greens is not
exhorbitant. Independent gro-
cers and chain store-keepers
carry them, and a dime's worth
is enough for two days. Two
days if only turnip greens are
served, four days if served with
4 W/C-
Fleeing a tornado near Clyde, Texas, parents of these babies were killed,
their automobile tossed a quarter-mile away. Hours later a telephone
lineman heard a child's whimper in a roadside ditch. There he found 3-
year-old Jess£ Donald Rutledge, water up to his chin, holding his 3-months-
old brother Daryl's head above water. Relatives being unable to care for
th« orphans, Red Cross workers arranged a maintenance fund to support
them until they are 16. A Texas college promised scholarships and ranch-
men st herd of cattle for their benefit. The Red Cross will help the
boys make adjustments as they grow older.
Ten Years Ago
Roy Hester, Mineola's new
band director, arrived in the
city to take charge of the band.
An announcement party at
the home cf Dr. and Mrs. S.
C. Noble told of the approach-
ing marriage of their daughter,
Miss Marguerite Noble, to James
Samuel Dodson of Fort Worth.
W. W. Fitzwater, president
of the Farm Labor Union, was
scheduled Jo speak in Mineola.
Other speakers here who talked
in behalf of the Democratic
nominee for president were Mor-
gan Sanders, Tom Pollard
and Duncan Maynor.
Cecil Wisener, star end on
the Yellow Jacket football team,
some other course. Speaking
of reluctant rain, did you know
that even Amarillo got a boun-
tiful downpour a week or two
ago? Amarillo which boasts of
its ability to do without rain*
which regards rain with more
tolerance than affection? It is
not that the Amarillo weather
man is more proficient than our
Dallas rainmaker, under whose
auspices Denton also dwells.
We would match our Dr. Cline
against any professional wea-
ther clerk who ever watched a
cloud or dodged a shower. The
pluvial Jupiter may have been
more weatherwise, but he was
an old heathen and didn't out-
last even the little sycophantic
fiods who surrounded him.
Drive
Carefully
AND SAVE A LIFE
Automobile accidents in
Mineola and immediate
vicinity in 1938 have
claimed victims as follows:
KILLED 7
INJURED 76
DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY—
You or a member of your
family may be next!
JUST HUMANS by Gene Carr
Everyday
Reliqii
The Monitor editor predicted made the highest scholastic
a close win at the polls in Nov- average in Mineola High School
ember, 1928, for A1 Smith, Demo- for the first six weeks, Supt.
cratic candidate for president. C. E. Nesbitt announced.
More than $100 in prizes for
the best Armistice Day parade
floats were being offered ten
years ago by the Luckett Coch-
ran Post, sponsor of the Armis-
tice celebration here.
Ten years apo the Grand
Jury of the October term of
District Court returned twenty-
three bills, many of them for
the sale of teotleg whiskey.
In one case, J.. D. Brown was
sent to the pen for life for the
murder Qf his wife.
Lon Cheney was playing at
the Select Theatre in "Laugh,
Clown, Laugh," a benefit show
for the Mineola Band.
The Thinker
German troops have just en-
tered and occupied two nerve
resorts. More coals to New-
castle.—Longview News.
**
The railroad strike is called
off for a short time, the Czech
trouble is temporarily settled,
we have the bond arguments
fixed up, and now maybe we
can get down to the real busi-
ness in hand—the world series
baseball games—Troup Ban-
ner.
**
Cotton will be King for a
week at the 1939 California
World's Fair, next May 22 to 27,
with cotton styles, parades,
pageantry of the Old South,
and a Grand Cotton Ball on
Treasure Island.
**
The average yam crop for
Upshur county io approximately
135.000 bushels.
o
Largest flying boats in the
world, the new Boeing 72-pas-
senger clipper ships, which are
military flying fortresses equip-
ped as commercial planes, will
be on exhibit at the 1939 Cali-
fornia World's Fair.
o
More than forty counties in
Texas produce yams for com-
mercial shipment.
o
East Texas has pioneered in
the yam curing industry, which
permits indefinite storage of
the yam without deterioration,
thereby allowing a gradual flow
of the tuber to markets allow-
ing high prices.
o
The "talking tooth" will tell
the story of decay of molars
and bicuspids in the Hall of
Science at the 1939 California
World's Fair.
Main Street
Wby this column?
With modern means of trans-
portation, the shortened work-
ing week, and the growing de-
sire of our population to take
vacations over the week-ends,
we are faced with the alarming
situation of a nation neglect-
ing God and the Church.
History shows us time and
time again how, through the
centuries of the world's exist-
ence, disaster has befallen the
nation that forgets God. We
iiv.'d it in both Biblical and mod-
ern times. Present v/orld tur-
moil ,s being caused by a nation
and i*s leader that taboo Chris-
tianity.
Illustration of the work of
God with a nation is the strik-
ing contrast, in cultural and
economical respects, of nations
where God has been honored
and nations where Christ is
unknown. Think of the cul-
tural and economical differ-
ences in America and Africa!
Our nation, founded on the
basis of making God supreme,
rapidly became the leading na-
tion of the world. But isn't
there reason, in the light of
history, to believe that we may
lose the distinction, that we
may lose our culture and lib-
erty, if we forget God?
This columnist and the edit-
or of this paper feel some re-
sponsibility in making the peo-
ple of this nation to continue
to put God first. The people
must be kept in contact with
Christian ideals, but we feel that
the away-from-ctrarch attitude
already has gone so far that
the task of reaching the peo-
ple cannot be handled from the
pulpit alone. The press—prin-
cipal source of information and
molder of thought in today's
world—remains a solution.
"Everyday Religion" will con-
tinue to come to you weekly
in what we shall do our best
to make instructive fascinating
reading. Comments, contrib-
utions and suggestions from
readers will be appreciated, and
should be addressed to Every-
day Religion in care of this
newspaper.
Clipped
Quips—
MINEOLA MERCHANTS are getting their
stocks in shape for Christmas and Winter
buying. Ocie Fair and F. E. Adams were
in Dallas this week getting new merchandise.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Weitz were in the whole-
sale markets last week for the Leader. Ray
Neill and Mrs. B. A. Brooks have also made
recent trips to market, as has T. A. Collins
of the Collins Man Shop. Out of all this
scouting of the wholesale markets, there
seems little excuse for local people to go out
of town for their buying.
**
GEORGE F. (Brooklyn Joe) Roddy, veter-
an of 62 years at the printing trade, was in
Mineola Wednesday on his way to Dallas.
Brooklyn Joe had this notice pasted in his
hat: "Like h—1 it's yours—Put It Back!"
Vice-President John Garner has the same
thing pasted in the top of his derby,( and
Joe says Cactus Jack swiped the idea from
him.
**
A PRETTY YOUNG University of Texas
co-ed was in for a bit of embarrassment
recently while serving as an election judge
at a campus election. Noticing a handsome
young male student standing nearby, she
asked him if he didn't want to vote. "No,"
he replied, "I didn't pay my poll tax." "Oh,"
she said facetiously, "so you're one of those
O'Daniel guys." "Yes, my name is Pat O'Dan-
iel," he smiled. And was her face red!
**
THE BEST editorial page anti-war cartoon
appeared in Wednesday's Fort Worth Press.
.It was a photostatic picture of two pages
from the London Daily Mail. Both pages
were filled with advertising of gas masks,
gas-proof safety cellars, oxygen generators,
and other protection devices designed for
wartime invasion. We'll take the good old
U. S. A.
^ **
LUCKETT COCHRAN post of the American
Legion is making extensive plans for the
biggest and best Armistice celebration held
in East Texas since firing ceased over there
twenty years ago.. The program committee""
is working out an elaborate entertainment
schedule that will last over most of two
days.
**
LARGER CASH prizes than have ever been
offered will be set up as premiums for the
best parade floats, according to reliable in-
formation. The parade this year has prom-
ises of being far superior to any of the
eighteen others which have attracted thous-
ands of visitors here for the annual cele-
bration. There will be more queens from
visiting towns, more bands, more school
floats, more private floats, and more o f
"everything," Legionnaires say.
**•
AN EFFORT is being made to have as many
floats from individual business institutions as
possible.
**
A LETTER was received by The Monitor t
this week from the U. S. Army Recruiting
Station at Tyler asking for names of likely
candidates for the Army. Any single young ?
man between the ages of 18 and 35 wishing
an Army career might get further informa-
tion from this newspaper or the Tyler Re-
cruiting Station.
**
FOLLOWING SEVERAL recent automobile
thefts here, City Marshal Will Ray announc-
ed instructions on how to best aid car
thieves which contained only four brief
points. They were: (1) Be sure to leave
key in ignition switch; (2) Leave the door
unlocked, slightly ajar, if possible; (3) Al-
ways leave tank full of gas so thief won't be
bothered with stopping to fill up; and (4)
If convenient, place small sign in conspicu-
ous place notifying any possible thieves that
the car is in good condition and ready to
drive off. Today, Mr. Ray has some good
scarcastic advice for merchants on cashing
hot checks. Never call the bank when a
stranger offers a check, it might embarrass
him if it's hot; trust all strangers, and give
them as much extra cash as they want!
**
WITH THE annual Methodist Conference
coming up, Mineola is in position to lose a
good citizen and the First Methodist Churcn
is in position to lose an excellent pastor-
JOHN DONAHO. The more you hear of
Donaho's well thought-out sermons, the in®reJ
you want to hear, and for this reason a nv
ber of other churches in this district
said to have eyes on him.
.
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