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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas
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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN
Published Every Monday and Thursday
Afternoon by Albert Cooper. Ted Rogers
and Arval Montgomery, 407 N. Main St.
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Monday, November 3, 1941
Stewart Says:
Proper Peace
At War'* End
Concern* U. S.
Here’s How Nazis Would Dismember Russia
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AMERICAN AND BRITISH
TAXES
A STOCK SAYING has been go-
ing the rounds for several years.
It runs something like this:
"If you think you’re paying high
taxes, just think what the people
of England have to pay, then you’ll
be thankful.’’
Comes now the United States
Chamber ,of Commerce with the
statement that the average U. S.
citizen In 1942 will pay $168 in taxes
and the average Briton will pay
$165.
It is not revealed whether the
U. S. figure Includes concealed
taxes, which are really taxes that
are passed on to the consumer and
included in retail prices. The point
that should always be remembered
is that no patriotic citizen objects
to paying taxes If his money is
spent wisely and economically. It
is the useless federal extravagance
on non-defense items that makes
him wince.—Daily Oklahoman.
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TOO LEISURELY
DEMOCRACY
If anything is to be gained from
the lessons of history, France’s "pre-
paredness’ program on the eve of
her debacle contains a timely worn-
ing for the American democracy.
Lacking modem armament, France
was planning her production for a
four-year war, labor was enjoying
many reforms and business leader-
ship was obsessed with its narrow
selfish concerns. Dissension flour-
ished within legislative assemblies,
the cabinet and the economic sy-
stem.
The final prelude to disaster for
France was her indulgence in the
costly luxuries of leisurely demo-
cratic processes; for self-interest,
controversy and delay are the most
expensive luxuries of free 'people
under a free state when a crisis is
at hand. The gravity of our own
national defense emergency may
seem not to be as great as that of
France, but history must determine
whether that assumption is true or
false. Time only will show whether
all-out production of armament in
1942 or 1943 will have been early
enough to preserve our national |
security. All Continental Europe |
has been bowled over by the Nazi
war machine, but Russia and Brit-
ain remain as the only obstacles
to complete German domination of
Europe and Africa, perhaps a big
portion of Asia.
Facing this precarious world sit-
uation, America is planning produc-
on programs fcr 1942 and 1943.
Although time is required for build-
ing and equipping factories, there
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Columnist
LICKING Hitler is recognized by
the state department as today's
most important business. The de-
partment is at a deal of pains,
however, to emphasize its opinion
that licking him is no more impor-
tant now than
Sumner Welles
the Job of fixing
up the right
kind of world-
wide peace will
be, after he’s
licked.
State Under-
secretary Sum-
ner Welles does
most of the
public speaking
on the subject,
but there’s no
question that he
expresses Sec-
retary Cordell Hull's views as well
as his own.
Secretary Hull's thesis during
his whole career. In the house of
representatives, the senate and the
department of state, has been that
it’s a fatal mistake for nations to
try for economic advantages over
one another—bad for 'em collec-
tively and. in the long run. bad
for the nations, individually, that
actually succeed in gaining seem-
ing, but Inevitably temporary ad-
vantages In their own apparent
favor i
That's exactly the doctrine that
Undersecretary Welles is preach-
ing at present. He remarks that
it wasn't the prevailing interna-
tional philosophy after the last
war. though, and that, he says, is
what made such a tizzle out of the
ensuing so-called peace And what
he fears is that, at the current
conflict’s end. "special Interests and
pressure groups In this country
and elsewhere again will selfish-
ly and blindly seek preferences
for themselves and discrimination
against others.'^
Don’t I know what happened in
the late 19-'teens and early 1920's!
I was living in Latin America In
those days, running an English-
language weekly newspaper of my
own. It was dependent upon local
Yankee traders' advertising, and It
had a lot of It, for the war had
driven all the Latins' buying in our
direction; they couldn’t get their
necessary Imports from anywhere
else.
We Closed the Door
If we’d had the Sense of a Jack-
snipe we could have kept all those
customers In perpetuity. Instead
we passed the Smoot-Hawtey tar-
iff, closing our markets against
Latin products, correspondingly
making it impossible for the Latins
to pay for what they needed from
us, knocking inter-American ex-
change rates into a cocked hat and
ending the whole thing. Thereupon
my paper busted and I came home.
Now we're straining ourselves to
rebuild In that same field, but we
wouldn't have _ to rebuild if we
hadn't tom downU_
By the way, Sumner Welles was
In the diplomatic service in Latin
America just when I was there,
saw precisely what I saw and fully
understands what he's talking
about now
His obvious scheme's to head off
any more Smoot-Hawley-lsm in
advance. And he may succeed, be-
cause the last war and what fol-
lowed it are recent enough not to
be forgotten by large numbers of
folk. Nevertheless, he's well ad-
vised to rub his idea in thoroughly.
There also is talk, here and
there, to the effect that there
mustn’t be any revenge motive, on
the democracies' part, at the next
peace table, as undoubtedly there
was. In the Allies’ minds, at Ver-
sailles International President
Zeke Hopkins dwelt on this point
at a recent Washington meeting
of his organization, the Civttan
club.
Distinction f
But what T ask Is:
Is It going to be possible for the
democratic delegates at the next
peace conference, supposing Hitler
to be licked, to draw a distinction
id iforit
Views of Contemporaries
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THE BEST POLICY! j FOOD WILL WIN C
The other day in Tulia a person I Food will win the war, say the
j found a $100 cashier’s check on the ■ experts. After all, soldiers cannot
street. Noting the name to whom fight when their stomachs are em-
the cneck was made, the finder left
the check at a place with instruc-
pty, and civilians can stand most
any harsh treatment, excepting
““ a kiui uwuuo- any narsn treatment, excepting,
tions to notify the owner. When i hunger. Rebellions in the 16 coni
the owner called for the check, he
was asked by a clerk, “Don’t you
want to see the person who found
the check?" The owner replied,
“No, why should I want to see him?
I have my check, that Is all I want."
A little later, the man’s daughter
j to whom the check belonged, called
i up the finder and thanked him for
| returning the check, and told him
i to come by the house and get his
! reward.
[ When the owner called for the
I reward, he was presented with a
! jar of chow-chow for his honesty.--
j Tulia Herald.
i SURE SOUNDS CRAZY
I After so many contradictory
statements and acts by govern-
ment leaders, no wonder the psy-
chiatrists are working overtime. For
example, farmers are urged to In-
crease food production, yet the gov-
ernment requires a penalty for ov-
erproductlon of cotton, com and
wheat.
This map shows how the Nazis plan to cut up the Russian Bear (with the aid of Japan). Germany has
tut a big slice in the West for herself; a big slice in the East goes to Nippon, and what’s left would be
a “free” Russia under orders from Berlin. Even the name of Russia would disappear from the map. This
plan was elaborated in detail by Alfred Rosenberg and his expert staff.
quered nations are attributed large-
ly to the fact that Hitler has rob-
ber the civilian populations of their
food supply in order to feed their
oppressors. It^is hard for a marv
to see his family starving, while tf"
well fed German soldier walks the
streets, telling the civilians what
they must do to further impoverish
themselves, and to further enslave
their own nation.—CLYDE WAR/"
WICK In Canyon News.
ARE WE TO BLAME?
Most of us would welcome the
man who can correct the business
and moral wrongs of the worldll
but we would not want him to find
any fault with the way we run our
business or live our lives.—T. A.
LANDERS In McLean News.
Ducks And Geese Resting On Texas Lakes En Route South:
Hunting Should Be Swell
dent because it is not making a
supreme effort in defense prepara-
tion, yet he formulated and still
sponsors a labor policy that lays
a dead hand on productive capacity
strikes.—GERTIE HASKETT In
Childress County News.
AUSTIN Ducks and geese tear- pomtj out, costly attempts to es-
ing out of the north to the balmy ; tablish wlld Mery have also prov-
climate of South America are to ; ed disappointing
be seen these days settling down | What kinds of plants will work?
for a little rest and food on tanks , In East Texas the fleld blolo ist
and lakes and ponds virtually all , aftcr experlmenting two years with
all over Texas, and what the sports- j thls problem has this to report:
man is bothered about is how to UThe followlng 10 group of water
keep em on those waters a little | plants were eaten more than all
longer so here will be some good ;other kindg ot plants by more than
duck shooting. ; 200 ducks collected: Pondweeds,
The waterfowl will stay for , musk grass, water shield, Naiads or
a fairly long time on the larg- | bushy pondweeds. Coontail, Spike-
lakes but the small lakes ; rushes, water lilies, Bulrushes, But-
and farm ponds don’t seem to hold ; ton willow, ^nd various water
them for any length of time, espe- 1 grasses.
cially in the more interior parts j Some or most of these plants
of the state. : might not work In the Panhandle,
The Game Department has ex- on the South Plains or in Central
perimented with solutions to this ; and South Texas. In each section
will
still is the element of leisurely prep-
aration in a long-range prepared- between Adolf and Germans gen-
ness program. Congress indulges in eraliy ’ [t 9 true- be isn't a Ger-
> the luxury of debate over the Neu- but an Austrian. The Ger-
, ■'! trality Act, a proposition which has
been discussed ad nauseam for
months. The Administration tem-
porizes with strikes and other in-
dustrial delays when it already Is
'mitted that adequate production
not be under way until 1943,
if men and machines stay on
ob continuously.
The parallel between France and
;ca in their "preparedness’
s may not be sufficiently
to invite calamity howling,
it is at least apparant that
America is indulging in the same
* Which cost France her free-
The American democracy is
in too leisurely a fash-
ih a time as this. The
demands that everyone
the luxury of “easy going”
country may be prepar-
with aggression. The
on every side are
too much complacency,
false sense of security for
a world crisis. Ameri-
rake up to a problem of
effort that should bar the
of delay.—Fort Worth Star-
ii
mans fell for him, though. Will
the democrats be able to forgive
'em for that—to say, "The Ger-
mans are alright. Adolf’s the only
miscreant"*
I can imagine the Italians as be-
ing pardoned for Mussolini. But
the Germans for Hitler ? Oh, my'
Indeed, if Adolf's licked, what’li
be done with him, anyway? Will
he be permitted to retire to some
Doom for the rest of his life?
I've my doubts if he Isn’t disliked
worse than Bill Hohenzoilem was.
Maybe the Germans themselves
will attend to him.
Director Edward H. Bean of the
Chicago zoo makes what perhaps
is a constructive suggestion. He
wants Adolf, to keep In the gorU-
las' cage at his zoo._
Agricultural wage rates on Oc-
tober I had advanced to 165 per
cent of the 1910-14, average, five
points over July, 36 points over a
year ago, and were at the highest
level since 1930, says the USDA.
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See EASTERN STAR'S Christmas
Cards, positively most complete se-
lection in West Texas. Liberal com-
mission goes to Masonic charities.
problem. In some cases it has
worked. Here’s the general idea:
The small lake or tank affords
ducks a chance to rest. But prac-
tically every time a duck needs
rest, he’s hungry, too. He gives
the lake a good once over. If there's
food there, he'll stay a while. If
no food is present, you. can count
on It that he’ll be looking for bet-
ter pastures before long.
There are numerous small lakes
over in Eastern Texas. They form-
erly held ducks and geese long
enough to give the hunter all the
shooting he wanted. Of late years,
ducks and geese have been very
snooty about those East Texas lakes.
Instead of stopping, they fly on to
the coast.
A Game Department fleld biolo-
gist of the East Texas region made
a thorough study of this situation.
He found that most of the plant
life that formerly provided food for
waterfowl had disappeared entirely
from some lakes, or was very defi-
cient in others. So, in cooperation
with landowners and sportsmen,
the fleld biologist began planting
the right shore and water plants
in fenced off portions of one or
two lakes. The fences are neces-
sary to keep out cattle and hogs,
which dote on these duck food
plants. Results have been satis-
factory, and consequently about a
dozen lakes in eastern Texas are
lined up to have “duck food nur-
series” established on their shores.
It’s important, the fleld biolo-
gist emphasizes, to plant the right'
kinds of vegetation. He says in a
bulletin on this subject, for in-
stance, that “Hundreds of attempts
have been made to establish wild
rice in Texas. Most of these have
been failures, for wild rice is not
native in this region. Wild rice
requires running water."
And except In a few instances, he
there will have to be research done
to find out the kinds of plants that
THE LEADER LAGS BEHIND
As strong as The News is for the
thrive there. It is believed , announced foreign policies of the
that pondweed and Bulrushes will Roosevelt administration, we are
work In Central and North Central ! forced to confess that we are some-
Texas, where there are many small | what disappointed in its passive at-
tanks and lakes that over a period , titude in the face of defiance by
of time might be developed into! certain labor leaders on the mat-
good duck lakes. j ter of strikes and delays in defense
Interested landowners and sports- industries,
men are urged to give this planting In this regard it appears to The
business a try. If you’re interested News, that the leader lags behind
in more detailed results of the East public opinion, rather than assum-
Texas studies, they have been sum- ing his place as leader,
marized in a little bulletin called Furthermore, there seems to be
“Duck Food Nurseries For Lakes every indication that the continued
and Ponds." It has been published presence of Madame Perkins as sec-
by the Game Department and will ret ary of Labor has a lot to OT
be sent to you free upon request. with this lethergy, which criminal-
A little work along this line ally delays America in one of its
might hold for a time the millions most critical moments,
of ducks and geese that are flapping The retirement of Perkins and a
their wings
as.
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WE LEAD THE FIELD C
The Dispatch from Berlin quot-
ing Nazi officials as saying that
they can out-cuss Mr. Roosevelt if
need be, suggests that the Germans
Industry is berated by the Presi- think they are good as users
harsh languages.
We doubt that any European
country, in a name-calling or rough-
talking contest with the United
States, would make a creditable
showing. It would be like the Mid-/
west Agricultural College playing'
the Texas Longhorns.
You could let all the European
peoples take a hand in it, and the
sum total of their abusive efforts
wouldn’t be more than a zephvi*
against the remarks of the aver-
age American when he is steamed
up about something.
The French language is supposed
to be one of the most expressive
in the world. Yet when a French-^
man wants to get somebody told,
what does he say? He calls the
other guy a yellow cow! That is
the crowning insult, for the French.
Add It to the worst that Germans,i_
Spaniards, Italians and Russians'”
can offer, and you still don’t have
enough 1 vinification to make an
American bat an eye. An American
mule-skinner, addressing his team
in language he regards as almost-,
affectionate, would begin where the*-'
the skies of Tex- vigorous use of the powers at hand | most talented European cusser
‘V For Victory’ Pageant To
Be Presented At Meeting
Of Federated Club Women
would unite Americans and cheer
the forces fighting Hitler more than
Clar-
.. ,;,s j anything else at this period.
--J3-'! endon News.
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FIRED FROM COLLEGE?
WHOSE FAULT IS IT?
If your son is one of those who
are “on the dean's list” or outright
fired from college at this season of
the year, it may not be his own
fault, says William Lytton Payne,
in the current Rotarian magazine.
It may be Just as much fault of
the parents or the school which sent
him to college. Take a look at the
circumstances and think them ov-
er, before blaming the boy—or girl.
The author, himself an Instruct-
or who has some 500 conferences a
year with freshmen, finds that the
usual student comes 111 prepared for
college, not necessarily in his les-
sons, but In his concepts. Movies
have given him a false Idea of col-
lege life, and the freedom allowed
misleads him as to his duties. That’s
his fault. But too many students
don’t want the courses their fam-
ilies select for them, or should have
a chance to determine for them-
selves the lines they wish to fol-
low.
A new smooth awn barley named
Texas and developed at the Denton
sub-station of the Texas Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, Is being
made available to farmers this year.
Its qualities include resistance to
disease and superiority in yield In
central Texas.
CANYON—Indicative of the pol-
icy of club women always to keep
in tune with the times will be the
presentation of Mrs. J. A. Hill's
pageant, “V for Victory," at this
year's meeting of the Texas Fed-
eration of Women’s Clubs. The
meeting will be held in Dallas Nov.
10-13.
Mrs. Hill, wife of President Hill
of West Texas State College, Can-
yon, is a member of the state
board of the Federation and is a
past-president of the Seventh Dis-
trict. She has written various mag-
azine articles but Is best known for
the book, “In Little America With
Byrd" of which she and her son,
Joe. are co-authors. Joe was with
Admiral Byrd on the second expe-
dition to Little America.
Flags and costumes of many na-
tions will be seen in the two col-
orful episodes of the pageant. The
first episode, “The Changing
World,” depicts Hitler’s many con-
quests, while the second episode,
"Our All for Defense,”’ introduces
the Federation’s new department of
defense. A narrator will give a
survey of the present world situa-
tion.
The cast of the pageant will be
composed of Dallas women.
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SEVERAL GOOD BUYS, In used
typewriters, ranging from $7.50 up.
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN. tfp
OUR YOUNGER GENERATION
A six-year-old Hemphill County
boy quite frequently says, “Daddy,
I’ve got to have more money for
school uses.” A few days ago, af-
ter such a request, his mother re-
marked, “Son, It’s too bad Daddy
Isn’t made of money.” The young
man piped up, “Say mother, would
a new daddy have lots of money?"
But, with sincerity in his voice he
quickly added, “I’d rather have a
re-fill on this dad.” — MARIE
NOBLE In Canadian Record.
would leave off. Imagine a couple
of truck-drivers that have scraped
fenders discussing the situation with
each other, and one of them call-j
ing the other a yellow cow!
The Germans are all wet, think-
ing they could out-cuss anybody in
this country. They would be up
against a nation of experts.—JOHN
GOULD In Wichita Falls Daily*
Times.
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University of Texas geologists pre-
dict a peat industry for Texas from
recent extensive finds of the soft,
spongy coal-like substance through-0
out Texas. German imports of peat
to this country in 1939 alone totaled
over $1,000,000, they said.
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The atmosphere in which we move
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as the ground cn which we walk.
The entire earth, including the
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