The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1944 Page: 4 of 6
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?AG* FOUR
n THE DENISON PRESS
FRIDAY, AUGUST I8tht 1044
The Texan’s Share In
Winning World War 2
Sgt. VIenry IKrolczyk, who is
typically Texan despite his Polr
ish name, crawled through a
hail of (machine gun bullets in
Normandy and finallly reached a
thick hedgerow. Rising care
fully, he peeked through a hole
in the hedge . . . and found
himseilf eye-to-eye with a big
Nazi soldier, wha was peering
through from the other side, less
than two feet away.
“Hank” yelled at the man,
demanding that he surrender.
Just at that time, however, sev-
eral other Germans started lob-
bing hand grenades at the
Texan.
■“Hank’* tossed a few himself,
killing four Nazis and routing
the others. During the scrap,
the enemy in the hedgerow took
to his heels, lie didn’t get far,
however, before the East Ber-
nard, Texas, trooper, dropped
him with a single rifle bufllet.
paring the same battle, S'
Sgt. Homer Molina of Laredo
dived into a shell hole right on
top of four Huns. When ne
came out, he was marching the
Germans before him as prison-
ers.
When his buddies congratulat-
ed him on the feat, the Texan
Sgt. Otis Wiley, San Antonio
and Pic. iReuben Peterson,
Kenedy.
The three fighting Clawson
brothers of Llano, who have
been in action overseas for
many months, are back home
foil- a rest, and are reunited lor
the second time since they en-
tered the service, Tch. Sgt.
Billy Clawson was the last to
arrive, being preceded by two
weiVs by his brothers, Capt.
Johnnie Clawson and S. sgt.
Doyle Clawson. Their first re-
union was behind the lines in
Italy, ;
Lt. John Holloman of Livings-
ton, Texas, has been ivoted “best
pal” by a group of doughboys
fighting in France. He pilots the
little artillery observation plane
known as “El Diabilio,” and is
so good at spotting Nazi gun
positions that he is credited with
saving hundreds of American
lives. When Lt. Holloman lo-
cates a German gun, he radios
the news back to the artillery
units, and they blow it off the
earth.
Texas parents of men fighting
in France may soon hear their
, sons voices on Texas radio
grinned. There weren t but stations. Wayland D. Towner,
four of them,’’ he insisted. “Four
Nazis to one Texan—that’s
about the right odds!”
Incidentally, the American
fighting men are covering
ground so fast in France that
one of the biggest jobs is not
how to whip the Germans, but
how to take care of the chil-
dren and old men and women
freed from Nazi slavery, Field
representatives of the French
Relief Fund, an agency of ihe
National War Fund, already are
on the job, and will see that
the aged and helpless war vic-
tims axe given another
chance at life.
The fighting ability of Tex-
ans is being reflected these
days in the medals they are be-
ing given by a grateful govern-
ment. Here are some of the
Texas boys who recently -von
the coveted Silver Star, given
only for “conspicuous gallan-
try and bravery:”—Maj. Jack
Bradley, Mustang pilot, of
Brownwood, who has downed 15
Nazi planes; ’Maj. Andrew
Cheek, also of Brownwood; Lt.
M. B. Etheredge of Weldon; S.
Sgt. Frank Hash, Killeen; S'.
general manager of the United
War Chest of Texas, has ar-
ranged to have .several Texa
fighting tnen speak to the
“home-folks” direct from the
fighting fronts. Their voices
will be sent by short-wave
radio to the United States, re-
corded here, and presented on a
state-wide radio hookup to In
staged by the War Chest abut
the 28th of this month.
The United War Chest is the
Texas agency of the Nationa
War Fund, which raises funds
for USO, War Prisoners Ait
and 17 other war-related relic
agencies.
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During the British occupation
of Philadelphia at the time ol
the American revolution, the
Liberty Bell was hidden beneath
the floor of the Zion Reformed
Church at Allenton, Pa.
Turkey Dinner
Planned For All
Boys In Service
College Station .— Texas
farmers and those in 23 other
states have been requested by
the War Food Administration to
set aside their marketable tur-
keys to provide Thanksgiving,
Book Binding Department
On the Job nt N. T. S. T.
Denton, Texas, — Rejuve-
nating old, torn library books
and' binding important docu-
ments for the future are daily
routine for the student workers
in the North Texas State
bindery.
When a book is taken into
the bindery for repairs, it is
first collated or taken apart
, from the old binding. Then
Christmas and New Years dm-,if the book needs p^-mending,
ners for the fighting forces at|smaU/ tears are repaired with
home and abroad. • transparent tape and larger
Under an order which became! t01n places are mended with
eflective July 1/. 100 per cent tissue paper. The book is
of the turkeys marketed and Bcuffed after this and new
processed in Iexas aie re- holes are punched into it
quired to be set aside for pur
chase by the Quartermaster
Corps. This means that until
the full requirement of the
armed forces is met, Texas pro-
ducers can sell only to author-
ized processors or to .dealers
buying turkeys for processors.
The birds must be slaughtered
by authorized processors and
held for sale and delivery to Ihe
that the book can be sewed. All
books which are taken into the
bindery are hand-sewed.
After the book has been
sewed, end-sheets are glued on,
and when it has been trimmed
and shaped, the book is than
ready to be put in a new
cover, made of hard boards and
cldth. After the hook is
stamped with title, author, and
Quartermaster Corps either di- can number, it is washed and
WANTED BY FBI
The Flying Fish is perfectly
constructed on modern aerody
namic principles. Airplane de-
signers can learn more from i!
than from birds.
rectly, or through wholesalers
or from cold storage-
y‘Generally speaking,”1 svaid
Ted Martin, poultryman for
the A. and JM. College Exten-
sion Service, “this means mar-
keting turkeys through many of
the outlets the producers are
in the habit of using. The
all-important thing, however, is
to market them as early as
possibt'e so that they can (be de-
livered abroad in time to serve
Thanksgiving dinners to the
men on the fighting fronts on
land and sea.”
Where there are no author-
ized processors or turkey buy-
ers purchasing under the or-
der in a given locality, produ-
cers who wish to market tur-
keys may obtain the name of
processors from either the offi-
cer in charge, Quartermaster
^Market Center, attention poul-
try section. Produce Terminal
Building, 1201 Jones Street,
Fort Worth 2, or to a similar
source at 109 Milam Building,
115 West Traivis Street, San
Antonio 5.
The actual quantity required
for holiday dinners for all of
the armed forces is not dis-
posed, but the WFA estimated
it is likely to exceed the 35,-
000,900 pounds obtained under
a set aside order last year.
While the 1914 Texas turkey
crojp is large, Martin said that
it was not possible now to ap
proximate the percentage which
might be finished for the holi-
Take good care of
your Electric Refrigerator.
TO KEEP IT SERVING ON A
PULL, WARTIME BASIS
Your Electric Refrigerator is one of your
most valuable wartime servants. It keeps your
food fresh and wholesome ... protects the
health of your family. Since, due to wartime
restrictions, new electric refrigerators are no
longer being made, you'll want to give yours
the best of care to keep it working until new
ones are available. Listed below are some
important details which will be of help to
you in prolonging the life of your electric
refrigerator.
4 / '■•. M
1
A
. JUST FOLLOW THESE Rt/IES,
KEEP THE INSIDE SWEET. CLEAN
Wash with baking soda
and water. Don’t for-
get the freezer. Use
soap and water for the
shelves.
STORE POODS PROPERLY
DEFROST REGULARLY
@|
Follow manufacturer’s
directions. Empty drip
water immediately. Let
frost inch—never use a
sharp tool.
LET THE COLD AIR CIRCULATE
iMffl
Frozen foods in freezer, |
meats and fish below.
M3
Milk and cream at top.
o '«* y
Butter, leftovers, mid-
dle. Vegetables, fruits
1 in crisper.
■—lb**
ET? 1
Don’t overload. Re-
move paper wrappings,
except frozen food.
Keep toi.eit tempera-
ture 40® is safe.
DON'T OPEN DOOR TOO OFTEN
The cold air escapes,
makes refrigerator
work harder. Remove
two or three needed
items at the saute time.
THE DOOR GASKET SHOULD FIT TIGHT
n
Prevents cold air leak-
age. Promptly than off
grease or oil. Don’t
touch the rubber any
jrtnrf tlnn nrressar;
f EX AS POWER & LIGHT COi^NY
shellacked, and then it is sent
tip to the library to be shelved
for use.
In addition to the first aid
service for books, the workers
bind magazines and newspapers
The above is the UlKeness of a
much wanted man and the FBI
is out to find him. His name is
Randel Odell Thornesberry, and
is soiught for (murder and other
crimes. Born in Cleburne., Tex-
as, Oct. 20, 1917, he has, since
19:34, been arrested in many
states on many charges. He
has a wife and two children who
may be with him. He is five
feet ten. Eyes and hair arc
so that they may he placed in I brown, weighs 149, medium
the stacks of
book form.
the library in I build and slender, follows the
Oil Is Second
Money Crop In
State Of Texas
^Dallas, Texas.—'Every one of
Texas’ 2'54 counties has land
under lease for oil and gas de-
velopment, the Texas Mid-Conti-
rient Oil and Gas Association
pointed out today.
The total amount of land
under lease exceeds 48,500,000
acres, up 2,000,000 over the pre-
ceding year, the association said’
in a report based on county tax
rolls, oil company scout reports
and ownership maps.
The acreage under lease com-
prises about 75,787 square miles
which, for comparison purposes,
exceeds the total area of the
states of West Virginia., Mary-
land, (Vermont, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Con-
necticut, Delaware, Rhode Is-
land and the District of Colum-
bia.
On a percentage basis, North
Texas leads with 3,256,081 acres
or 47 percent o|f the 6,993,960
acres in that district. The Texas
Gulf coast has 6.266,333 acres
or 37 iper cent of its 16,787,587
acres under lease. Southwest
Texas, with 13,725,620 acres
leased—the largest amount in
) work of a truok driver, waiter, ?ny re*fjon has .54 per cent of
laborer and tailor. Also travels
as farm worker and alleged sew-
ing machine repair man. Half
inch scar over right eye, scar
above little finger of right
, . .. . . . . , hand, four-point sear inside left
leavnu, its poster,or strik.ng out forea’rm. £ armed and said, to
Ostriches don’t hide their
heads in the sand, but one
western frog when frightened,
jumps head first into the mud,
in ludicrous fashion.
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I be dangerous.
When danger threatens, thei Mr*. Voit Langford Recovering
Porcpine Fish swe’fls up like a
large globe with formidable long
barbs protruding. Scarc-s off
even shafts.
Birds are descendants of rep
tiles.
day dinner pool. The contribu-
tion last year was substantial,
and already spring laying hen
turkeys had been
under a (preliminary
order which recently was termi-
nated.
From Injurie* In Bu* Cra*h
Mrs. (Voit Langford, 718 W.
Owing, who received injuries
Saturday night while riding in a
Perrin Field bus, will likely be
able to return to work next
week, it was stated Wednesday.
Mrs. Langford, who worked on
the first night shift at Perrin
Field, received injuries which
required several stitches, and
suffered' a knee injury which
marketed impaired her walking when Ihe
set aside
its 49,530,776 acres held for de-
velopment.
The West Texas region com-
prises 415,317,524 acres of which
12,034,139 or 27 per cent has
been leased.
)Of West Central Texas’ 14,-
111,0117 acres, 3,468,537 or 25
per cent is- leased.
In the Texas Panhandle. 4,-
745,630 acres or 23 per cent of
its 210,681,494 acres has been
taken.
East Texas, with 24,798,358
acres in its area, has 5,9013,660
or 20 per cent under lease.
Money paid to Texas farmers,
ranchers and other land owners,
last year in the form of lease
renta'is and bonuses exceeded
$63,000,000 which, added to
$94.090,0(1 in oil and gas royalty
bus careened into a bridge abut- payments to them, was a second
ment. She has been under the! money crop, a vitally important
care of a physician this week, source of income.
Voters ot Grayson County
Thanks for the
Splendid V ote y ou g ave
me July 22
—LeUOY M. ANiDERSON
YOUR VOTE is something that is to be placed
where it will SERVE YOUR BEST INTEREST. It
is not something to 1 e extended a candidate for
office on any other basis t. ah the idea of what
tin. man for whom lyou are voting can do In the
way of serving and representing YOU, THE
VOTER. YOUR VOTE IS NOT PRIMARILY
TO BESTOW A FAVOR TO THE CANDIDATE-
'You arc electing him to serve you at some post of
duty as you would like to cany on for yourself
wero you there in person.
Run-Off Election, August 26th
Grayson County. Let s Elect
LeROY M. ANDERSON
Representative, Place 1, Dist. 44
1. Anderson is a family man
and knows the struggles and
needs of the average person and
how to guard the things of best
interest to the home life, school
and church, as well as the voca-
tional and state matters.
2. lie is a successful busi-
ness man, who owes no man on
his business or other accounts;
whose credit rating is capable
of standing the test of such
matters; he has educated nine
children, and at The same time
with the help of his children,
built the Denison press and a
printing business. By the same
token, he will care for the in-
terests of the people as their
rapresentive, and will watch
over the financial! interests of
their county and state.
3. He will go to Austin, If
elected, not with the thought of
hedging to secure a second
term in office, but will throw
away the pillow fighting and
start the vigorous effort, if nec-
essary, letting the matter of be-
ing elected again stand on what
he has done for the people in
the way of filling the office.
4. He is no youth, nor is he
in his senility. He is vigorous,
fearless, capable, and versatile;
a luw student, experienced in
farming, u public speaker, an
editor, trained and capable of
scenting the efforts of the
propagandist seeking ‘to put
over something to tho hurt of
the weaker ones, or small con-
cerns, a practical printer, and
friend of the working man. He
has made a long fight for the
aged, physically handlicappedy
retarded pupils and the under-
privileged and will continue to
do so. He has worked consid-
erable in the field of educa-
tion, both manual and ecademic
and has received high praise
from leading educators over
America, Tie knows the need
of the educational field and
thp struggles of the teachoi's
and the necessity of bettering
school conditions.
5. Mr- Anderson has lived in
this general locality for more
than fifty years and his people
were the early settlers in Hunt,
Collin, Grayson and Cooke coun-
ties. Denison has been his home
for the past 43 years, he mar-
ried a Collin county girl, spent
his early boyhood days in
Greenville, where he finished
his schooling, and learned a
trade.
He has two sons in the serv-
ice, and since they entered the
armed forces to help win this
war, the 1’ress, operated
while they were with their
father, as a daily, hae taken its
share of the war casualties as a
business and has reverted to a
weekly publication until this
war is won and the boys get
hack to post-war activities.
Voting is no sentimental
business—it is a patriotic duty
and its highest function is in
casting it for a man who is
qualified to carry on for your
interests as you would have
them managed. Your legislator
is YOftJ extended to tho hulls of
legislation where the home fires
nre to be kept alive, your inter-
ests guarded and the most good
for the most people carried
through.
(political Advertisement)
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Anderson, LeRoy. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1944, newspaper, August 18, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth527569/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.