The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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The Denison Press
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1942WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930-DAILY IN 1934
VOL. 14—NO. 13
All-Out Attack
On Tunisia
MOVE TO BUY GAS CO. PUSHED
*U-fV
PROPOSE $600,000 IN
REVENUE BONDS FOR
DEAL; VOTE LIKELY
Further pushing the position
of the city of Denison in the
matter of purchasing the prop-
erty of the Community Natural
Gas company within the city
limits, the city commissioners
at their last meeting took steps
that laid the groundwork for
paying the litigation costs in-
volved. Mayor T. J. Long indi-
cated that the cost will not ex-
ceed $2500 in his opinion and
indicated that the bond com-
pany which has promised to han-
dle the revenue bonds promised
they would defray all expenses
above $1,000.
At the outset when the first
meeting was held at which a
representative of the gas com-
pany was present, the position
of Denison in the determined
effort to purchose the gas prop-
erty was indicated. At that
time Mayor Lon,g stated, “We
did not start this move to pur-
chase the gas system of Denison
from the Lone Star Gas Com-
pany with any idea of backing
up, but are in it strictly as a
business deal which we think is
for the best thing for Denison
ALONG THE
NEWS BEAT
BY THE EDITOR
Few Mourners Here
A new death is in the offing,
the date set for his demi.-e be-
ing Feb. 1st, He is known to
all of us us WPA. He lived to
be some seven years old and
now his death is said to he well
earned and his function over.
There will be a few mourners,
but more of us will rejoice in
the den*i.se since it cost the peo-
ple plenty before it got to do-
ing any sort of solid work. Most
commentators at the birth of
the alphabetical monstrosity took
the position it would be better
to have the government hand out
the largecy directly through
checks from the U. S. treasury
and cut out the overhead offices,
and officiary who drew fat sala-
ries and afso cut down the other
means by which funds were
worse than wasted.
As an editor we took that po-
sition when they were raking up
loose leaves and piling them in
places, only to be blown by the
hex' wind, ami othe-wise hand-
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and do not intend to quit short
of the highest court's answer If
necessary.’’
Subsequent proceedings have
brought about the necessity for
rourt action to get any farther
along toward the city acquiring
the property of the gas company,
that organization taking the po-
sition that it could not legally at
this time enter into any negotia-
tions to sell to the city.
At the last meeting of the city
commissioners and Mayor Long,
the cost of legal proceeding! to
the city was pegged at the $2500
level, the bond company, Garrett
& Co., of Dallas, agreeing to
take care of any further cost of
legal proceedings.
Mayor Long announces that
the city can operate the gas
company at an annual net profit
of from $10,000 to slightly more
than that This money, it is ex-
plained, would be applied to the
general revenue fund and help
lift the cost of operating the
city’s business from the tax
payer’s shoulders.
The council has adopted an
ordinance serving public notice
that it intends to issue not more
than $000,000 in revenue bonds
for the purchase of the gas
property. Such bonds will be re-
tired exclusively from the re-
ceipts of the gas patrons, it is
explained.
Election Promised on Matter
At the meeting of the city
commissioners when the repre-
sentative of the gas company
was present, it was stated at the
meeting that it was the inten-
tion of the commissioners to put
the matter to a public vote of
the people to determine if they
wish the city’s representatives
to make the purchase. As yet no
date has beern set for such an
election, but it is the promise
that such will be held, since the
matter involves every tax payer.
Recently the city sent out
through the city secretaiy’s of-
fice a total of nearly -1,000 oil
cular letters to citizens to in-
form them of the details of the
deal the city has in mind. Very
little street talk can be heard
on the matter, but enough is
evident to see that the opiniin is
divided as to whether the city
should make the purchase. The
election will tell, as the majority
vote will talk more than any-
thing else at this time.
People Should
Be Given Vote
OnGasPurchase
The Denison Press is of the
opinion that the people of
Denison should be given an
opportunity to vote on whether
or not they wish to enter into
a deal to purchase the prop-
erty of the Community Natu-
ral Gas system here.
The matter of a deal of
something over a half million
dollars, for which the city of
necessity will be responsible,
even with the gas property as
collateral, all of the people
have their interests involved.
If the matter is put to a
vote and the people decide
that it is best for the city,
then there is no basis for any
future complaint or talk. If,
however, they are not given a
chance to vote, then any
business deal in which the peo-
ple are concerned and on
which they were not consulted,
will mean endless complaint
■and rightful objection being
registered.
We are in a war that in-
volves every ounce of energy
we can muster to carry on and
such a thing as taking steps
that would divide us is some-
thing that must and should not
happen.
There is considerable talk on
the matter, even though it is
coming up at a time when all
should he thinking of and do-
ing all we can to win a war.
Should it come up in peace
fimes, there would be more
said and done about it than
now.
For that reason, more than
anything else, when the peo-
ple bent on winning a war,
to handle a business deal for
the people that involves more
than a half million dollars is
something they should have
every chance to know about
and to vote on intelligently.
Lutheran Church
Here To Occupy
Own Structure
The Lutheran church, which
congregation has for sme months;
been worshipping up stairs over
the Chief News building at
607 Main, street, has purchased
their own lot and building and
will soon be at home in their own j
building, according to an an-
nouncement made Thursday by
the pastor, Rev. II G. Ram-
ming.
The property acquired is the
Den Nelson residence, at 931
West Main, street and is being j
reconditioned for church pur-
poses. Rev, Ramming state-; that
the bui.'ding reconditioning will
be only for the duration, the con-
gregation later to erect a more
pretentious structure.
The material in the building
so far has furnished a home
for the school children of Deni-
son, later to be purchased by!
Mr. Nelson when the new high
school building replaced the old
one. Now the structure is to
become the home for church
folk.
The school -building which wa-
created from the material was
the first public free school to
be erected in the state, and Mr-
Nelson was one of the early
i students in the school. The
j stones forming the front step
at the new church home and
which have been used by the
Nelson family, are the same
stones which formed the front
steps of the Denison high school
for more than forty years.
The earnest and efficient
work of the Rev. Ramming, also
also is pastor of the Denton con-
gregation, is in large part re-
sponsible for the ability of the
I local congregation to acquire
I their new home Since coming
I to the Denison church, Rev.
I Ramming brought his bride to
this city and the two have been
working hard to make the new
J home of the congregation po si-
j hie.
FIGHTER PLANES ON
BIG SCALE NOW AT
FRONT FOR ALLIES
Peculiar Case
Of Death From
Pistol Shot
Denison had one of those pe-
culiar cases of death from a gun
shot wound, reported as being
accidental, this week, which sent
a young wife to an early grave
shortly after the fatal shot was
fired.
The shot that sent the young
wife to her grave was filed when
she is said to have been cleaning
a pistol in one room at their
home 920 W. Bond street, while
the husband was in an adjoining
room. The tragedy happened at
10 o’clock Saturday night.
The victim was Mrs. Harold
Kohler, 32, who was struck by
the bullet near the heart and died
shortly after in a local hospital.
She resided at the Bond street
address with her husband and one
child.
Police were told by the unfor-
tunate woman before she died
that she was oiling the gun at
the time it went off. Only one
cartridge is said to have been in
the gun.
Surviving are the husband and
London, Dec. 13—The hour for
an all-out offensive to drive the
Axis forces from —Tunisia is at
hand as large numbers of fighter
planes recently arrived, have en-
abled the united forces to clear
the skies of enemy planes on a
scale large enough to enable the
all-out attack
The fighter planes are pouring
in like autos from an assembly
line and are taking their places
on the airfields which have been
prepared. A tempoiury lull be-
cause of weather conditions which
have turned the mountain roads
into streaks of mud prevented im-
mediate action.
The Allies have resumed the of-
fensive, acceding to a Morrocco
report, i/n the Tebourga-Mateur
sector.
a son, Michael Kent Kohler, her
parents, Mr and Mrs. Robert E.
Kent, of Rock Island, 111., and
i other relatives.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed at the Short-Murray chapel
Tuesday at 2 p. m. and the body
was shipped Wednesday morning
a* 1;.30 to Rock Island, 111., for
burial in the family burial plot
there.
me.
ITlI'inC RpnamPfl Rev. Ramming expects soon to
EaVdlld lYCliaill^U have R formal opening 0f the
Deputy Sheriff
Denison Office
structure and will announce h;s
plans at an early date.
Youth Of Country To
Start Registering
Friday For Drafting
All youth- between IS ami 20J (b) Those who were born on
years of age will begin regi.t- after Sept. 1, 1924, but not
tering for drafting today, Fr - after Oct 31, 1924, shall be reg-
day, the 11th, and will continue j istered on any day during the
on each Friday thereafter until week commencing Friday, Dec.
Dec. 31, according to a procla-| 18, 1942, and ending Thursday,
mation by President Roosevelt. (Deo. 2i. 1942;
The registration is in line: (c) Those who were born on or
with the recent placing of all (after Nov. l, 1924, but not after
youths between those ages in the (Dec. 21, 1924, shall be registered
draft regulation in order to on any day during the period
commencing Saturday, Dec. 26,
speed up the armed forces. It is
the sixth registration of men for
army purposes since war was de-
clared.
Blackout For Traffic
Lights Proposed For
The Duration Here
Virgil Evans, who has been R llrOclCl IVlCfl
serving as the Denison deputy — ™ , ^-v
sheriff for the past four yearsi ||1 L/fl
under Pleas Porter, was renamed _ -
for that office this week by th.-f^^y ItlC!*CciS0
incoming sheriff, Prentis Gaf-i , ,
ford. A large number of citi- E- R Bryan cha.man of the
zens and practically all of the trainmen and Tom Penn, chan-
i u , • 0 man of the firemen, are this
business men had signed a peti- , .
I week in Chicago where they are
tion asking that he be rename . ^tendingr a meeting of members
Another Denison man, A. H.| of the five operating railroad
Horton, now serving as agent ofi brotherhoods who are asking
the state liq mi bouid, was for a pay increase which will
named as Gafford’s chief deputy - affoct like 350,000
Arthur Vaughn, sheriff from] memhers
1929 to 1932, and Sam York, at Tlie group of railroad men in
1942, and ending Thursday, Dei
31, 1942;
(d) during the continuance of
Registration wdl be between the present war, those who were
the hours of 9 a. m. and fi
P- nt and in the following birth-
day order:
(a) Those who were born on
or after July 1. 1921, but not
after Aug. 31, 1924. shall be
registered on any day during
the week commencing Friday,
Dec. 11, 1942, and ending Thurs-
day, Dec 17. 1942 •
born on or after Jan. 1, 1925,
shall he registered on the day
they attain the 18th anniver-ary
of the day of their birth, provid-
ed that if suVh * anniversary falls
on a Sunday or a legal holiday,
their registration shall taka
place on the day following that is
not a Sunday or a legal holi-
day.”
A survey of a number of Deni-
son people, especially those who
operate automobiles, as they
were contacted this week I y a
representative of the Press, are
in favor of doing away with the
signal lighting system as it af-
fects stopping and going of auto-
mobiles as long ns gas rationing
is on.
The idea appeals to them on
the basis of saving precious gas
which is so badly needed for
actual service to the public,
lather than burning it out start-
ing and stopping for signal lights
on the streets
As it is, especially when the
down town area is at its average
each day, the car driver must
make numerous dead still stops,
and then as many starts, all of
which consume precious gas
which in these days is something
needed to be conserved to the
last possible drop.
The average car driver con-
tacted said he favored such a
blackout for the period gas is
so scarce, aii|d ftls0> "as al^‘
ed, that the people would of
necessity be more careful than
when depending on lights. Since
the presence of lights is for
the purpose of safety more than
anything else, with the slowing
down of traffic and the fact
that accidents by auto are being
reported taking a big slump, the
saving to the gas burning public
would far offset any objection
that could be offered to the
idea.
It is estimated that down-
town starting and stopping be-
cause of “lights, consumes an av-
erage of ten per cent more gas
than would otherwise be burned.
This ten per cent, or more, sav-
ing, is something to he consid-
ered. when the average man is
cutting every corner possible to
save his fluid.
present si deputy, will be depu-
ties serving as jailers. Outside
men will he Joe Hall, now work-
ing as guard on the Denison
dam; M. G. Dieken and F O.
Mangrum of Sherman, these lat-
ter two now serving as deputies.
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Need Pointed
Out For Rally
And Sing Song
Several local citizens interested
in furthering the war program
and keeping alive the American
spiiit through patriotic rallies
featuring singing, are this week
talking of inaugurating regular
meetings of such proportions
here.
It will he recalled that during
the first world war all over
the country such patriotic rallies
were conducted to the great
good of keeping alive the home
fires. One ex-service man this
week indicated that inasmuch as
we were in a war far more dev-
astating and bloody than the
first world war, such meetings
the brotherhoods are locomotive
engineers, firemen, conductors,
brakemen and switchmen. They
are assembled from all point--
over the Nation
The amount of increase in pay
has not been made public. A
year ago the operating brother-
hoods received an increase in
pay of 9 cents per hour, while
the non-operating organizations,
numbering 15 received an in-
crease of 10 cents per hour.
--,V----
Mrs. Harmon C. Shelby left
Wednesday night to visit with
her husband who is in the U. S.
signal corps and is stationed at
Kansas City with the civilian
school. Mr. Shelby is making
his headquarters in the Puritan
hotel in that city. He entered
the service two months ago,
leaving his position here as city
editor on the Denisin Herald.
Corners Down-Town Are
Gathering Places For
Accelerating Bus Fares
Down town corners are taking ing and listening in on them the
on daily more localities as they reporter hears everything from
decide to park the car and pat-j how to make a cake to «"hat the
ronize the city bus service, and war is doing discussed. Maybe,
at early hours and afternoon! after all, one bus rider says,
periods, when I usiness and office the new and growing method of
forces are making their daily travel for many will encourage
trips, the matter of getting a; more neighborliness,
seat is growing more difficult. I Most busses are loaded at the
Staggering the rides has not as; busy hours and strap hanging is
yet become a subject here and j coming back for its old time
the new situation of former car] business.
drivers having to ndjust them- j Some of the cities are begin-
selve.s to the pleasure of the ning to complain that crowds,
bus company and get what he | determined on getting their seats,
can that is left of seats, is some-1 are pushing into the cars before
thing new. those wishing to get out have
On corners each afternoon! an opportunity to do so. and the
now may be seen increasing; congestion is detaining bus
numbers of citizens awaiting the! schedules. This, however, has
ariivai oi the bus. Some, during not a.- yet become the habit
were in order at the earliest
moment.
(Note—the editor of the
Press would like to hear from
its readers as to how they feel
about such meetings for Deni-
son.)
the cold weather, step into a
near by store to await the ar-
rival of the bus, have waited too
long inside and missed their ride
; and must await another. They
i are taking it in good form, how-
, ever, and get to visit with others
while the next ride arrives. This
' street corner visitation is grow-
here, and ingress and agress is
orderly and lacking in the hog-
gishness which makes such a
thing possible
Meantime, the Chamber of
Commerce, through a committee,
's working on a systematic share
the-ride program which is planned
to be city-wide ultimately.
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