The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1945 Page: 2 of 8
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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas.
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN
Published Every Thursday by
COOPER * MONTGOMERY
407 N. Main St. Phone 160
Albert Cooper ------
Arval Montgomery
Mra. G. L. Stanley
Chat, summer —
___________ Publisher
______________ Editor
________Society Editor
__________Shop Supt.
Entered at the post office of 8hamrock.
id-class matter under Act
Texas, as eeconc
Of March 3, 1878.
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(In Wheeler and adjoining counties)
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colui
pear in the columns of this paper will be
gladly corrected upon due notice being
given to the editor personally at the office
at 407 North Main St., Shamrock. Texas.
The Shamrock Texan does not knowingly
accept false or fraudulent advertising, or
other advertising of an objectional nature.
Each advertisement in its columns is
printed with full confidence in the pre-
sentation made. Readers will confer a
favor it they will promptly report any
failure on the part of the advertiser to
make good any representation in our ad-
vertisements.
FORESEEABLE
There seem to be some inescap-
able facts that history teaches, or
at least there are things that are
foreseeable In the light of history.
It Is foreseeable that a linking of
Church and State will be brought
about by the Induction of the teach,
ing of religion Into the tax-sup-
ported, free, public schools. Our
American system of separation of
Church and State is upheld by the
great Constitution of our country.
But suppose the country does not
uphold the Constitution? Suppose
the citizens sleep while religion Is
introduced Into the free, tax-sup-
ported public schools, and then
definitely the standards of religion
taught therein. And, eventually,
this would mean State over Church
because by that time the genera-
tions likely would know only the
religions taught in the schools.
It Is worth much consideration and
investigation to discover If such a
condition exists and whether, If
religion Is taught In the public
schools, there will be any necessity
of continuing the Sunday Schools
or whether they will pass out of
existence.
The state-religion angle has been
brought out by Herber H. Votaw,
the editor, in an article on released
time In the magazine Liberty, pub-
lished In Takoma Park, Washington,
D. C. He points out that In the
early days In our new nation most
of the schools were operated by re-
ligious denominations, but they
found It difficult to provide all the
Thursday, July 5, 19451
/1 War ProbUms
Your questions on allotments, In-
surance, legal problems or other
matters as they relate to Army per-
sonnel and their dependents wiy
be answered In this column or by
letter. Write Headquarters, Eighth
Service Command, Dallas 2, Texas.
Q. My husband was a first Lieu-
tenant In the Officers Reserve
Corps when he entered the service.
He Is now a Major overseas. Since
his promotions have been tempor-
ary and have been In the Army of
The United States instead of in
the reserve, what rank will he hold
when he Is released from active
schooling needful due to the fact j duty and resumes his place In the
that such schools were dependentj reserve?
upon voluntary offerings. Then he j A. The War Department has ah-
says: "The State more and more nounced that all qualified officers
came to recognize Its responsibility j holding commissions in the Army
for giving to every child an oppor- \ of the United States will be offered
tunity for learning. To do this it I the highest temporary rank held
was necessary to tax all for the while on active duty should they
support of the schools. But It /should
ever be remembered that the State
has no more right to tax citizens
for the teaching of religion In the
schools than to tax them for the
teaching of religion In the churches.
If the State pays for religious
teaching, it must eventually control
religious teaching. All that the
past teaches confirms this convic-
tion.*
In his article, Editor Votaw quotes
from newspaper editorials on the
West Coast and the East Coast Ill-
ustrating that the problem Is to
ttie fore throughout the land. He
quotes also from the wise words of
President Grant, uttered in 1875 in
Iowa: "leave the matter of religion
to the family circle, the church,
and the private school, supported
entirely by private contributions.
Keep the Church and State forever
separate.”
One newspaper, The Dally Ad-
vance, of Lynchburg, Va., said in
the autumn of 1944: “But few
Corps
•v .1 ,
suppose the citizens waken and find
^12!^ a^.8^t!.alln0i?nf: people'seem* any longer to*'be con-
cerned with religious freedom, with
Join the Officers Reserve
when they are released.
Q. Has there been any change in
the age limit for Joining the Wo-|
men's Army Corps?
A. Yes. The maximum age for
enlistment In the Women’s Army
Corps used to be 50. It Is now 38.
The minimum age remains at 20.
Q. Would you please list the dec-
orations for which soldlerB are given
five discharge credits under the
point demobilization plan?
A. Five points are given for the
first and five for each additional
award of the following for service
performed since September 16, 1940:
Medal of Honor, Distinguished Ser-
vice Cross, Legion of Merit, Silver
Star, Distinguished Flying Cross,
Soldier's Medal, Bronze Star. Air
Medal, Purple Heart and Bronze
service stars for battle participa-
tion. Navy decorations awarded to
er separate but that the State,
through Its tax-supported public
schools, controls religion and - or
religion Is embedded In politics and
government?
In other words, the controvercy
over teaching religion in the public
schools here Is not only one between
various denominations, but one be-
tween Church and State. Domina-
tion of the State by the Church Is
no less atrocious than domination
of the Church by the State. The
minority rights. The public schools
Increasingly are being used to dis-
seminate any Ideas whatsoever that
may be approved by the school
authorities, regardless of statutes,
established principles and traditions.
And seldom is any protest made."
And the paper goes ahead to say
that what Jefferson put Into the
best a panacea, an evasion of a
greater Responsibility, a recognition
that parents lack the courage In
many, many Instances to meet the
real Issue head on, and to subordi-
nate their own convenience to the
greater need of religious instruc-
tion."
And Editor Votaw continues:
“Nothing will lead eventually to
more bitterness and strife, more
petty bickering, and more religious
Statute of Virginia for Religious intolerance than to attempt to sat-
Freedom is
upon today.
certainly being trod
lsfy all the discordant elements of
Christianity and Judaism by the
State might very well say, in due [ The San Francisco News In 1944 teaching of religion by Instructors
time, that Inasmuch as it pays for said that opening the schools to the ; paid ‘from the tax funds of all.'
the school upkeep It shall determine 1 teaching of religion would be “at 1 —Scottish Rite
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soldiers and certain decorations
from foreign countries also count.
Q. Can a bank refuse to loan
money under the G. I. Bill of
Rights?
A. Many misunderstandings have
arisen over this point of the G. I.
Bill of Rights. The bank can re-
luse to loan money under the
provisions of this bill. If money Is
loaned under the G. I. Bill of
Rights, the government partici-
pates to this extent: It will guaran-
tee to the bank payment of one-
half the loan, to two thousand
dollars, if the veteran should not
make his loan payments. The gov-
ernment also pays the Interest for
one year for the portion of the
loan It guarantees. The loams are
made by the bank and not by the
government.
Q. My husband Is an Infantry
Reserve Officer now on active duty
overseas. When he Is released from
the service, will he receive five
hundred dollars for each year he
was on active duty?
A. No. The lump sum payment of
five hundred dollars to officers for
each year of active service applies
only to those holding commissions ;
In the Air Corps Reserve, who are
on flying status.
Q. My daughter Is a WAC and
she Is married to a soldier. Both
are overseas. Her husband has
been wounded and believes he will
be returned to this country for
limited service. Could my daughter
request a return to duty here, be-
cause of her husband’s case?
A. Yes. Theater Commanders are
authorized to return to duty In the
United States any member of the
Women’s Army Corps who requests
the return and presents satisfactory
evidence that her husband has been
sent back from permanent over-
seas assignment for such reasons
as hospitalization or honorable dis-
charge.
Q. Is It true that soldiers over
42 years of age can be discharged
from the Army?
A. Yes. Tlie War Department has
announced that an enlisted man
42 years of age or over who applies
will be discharged from the Army
unless he Is undergoing disciplinary
action or reqii res further medical
or surgical treatment. ThLs policy
does not apply to WACs.
Q. My son wants to go to college
under the G. I. BUI of Rights when
he is discharged from the Army.
Would he have to continue the
same course of study he was follow-
ing before he entered the service?
A. No.
Q Is it true that a soldier who
hag been awarded a Congreslonal
Medal of Honor can be discharged
from the service, regardless of the
number of (to^harge points he has?
A. Yes. A* soldier who has been
awarded the Medal of Honor may,
unless he Is a Regular Army Of-
ficer, be discharged from the service
on his own application.
Q. Our soa always wanted to go
to West Point, but was drafted be-
fore he could make arrangements.
Could he be sent to West Point
from the Army?
lowing his discharge?
A. until he arrives at hlsl home.
He may wear the uniform for such
military occasions as parades, cere-
monies and veterans’ meetings.
Q If a sergeant went AWOL
for four days just before his unit
went overseas and he was reduced
to the rank of private, will he get
his rank back when he returns
from overseas?
A. He will not assume his former
rank when ne returns from over-
seas. However, his organization may
promote him If he again demon-
strates the qualities of leadership
for which he was elevated in rank
before
Q. Do sailors get discharges on’
the point system as soldiers do?
A. The Navy has not put Into
effect any discharge plan slmi®r .p
to the Army’s point system.
GOODYEAR
DEPENDABLE EXTRA-MILEAGE
RECAPPING
NO CERTIFICATE NEEDED
A. Yes. Ha may apply for pre-
paratory training for an examina-
tion which will be given March 5,
1946 to select enlisted men to enter
the United States Military Acad-
emy in the class beginning July 1,
1946.
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THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN
With Farmall Tractor Power
fYlssOTJCHOtri the Spring, from the Rockies to the
J[ Atlantic seaboard, worried farmers searched
the skies for signs of dear weather, but the cold
rains fell relentlessly.
For more than a month the seed should have
been germinating in the warm soil. Millions of
acres lay unplanted because the ground was too
wet for preparation of the seed bed and too cold
for germination of the seed.
Only a generation ago there could have been
but one outcome—crop shortage and food scar-
city. Nature allows scant time for planting when
the warm sun waits till late May or June before
drying the soggy soil. Horses are too slow and
tire too quickly to get the job done then.
But the farmers remember May of 1943—only
two years ago—when their fast, untiring
! averted crop failure. Then, too, rains
t the fields and the month was all but
spent before they could go in on the land
and Plant’ ___
In 1943, most fanners drove their tractors '’SSwim?1
from dark to dark, and longer. Many planted
around the clock, working in two or three shifts.
They made one of the greatest crops in history.
In today’s war-tom world—with hunger and
disease already stalking many peoples —even
one major crop failure could bring famine. This
is why the sound of tractors and planting ma-
chinery was heard, day and night, from the
Plains states to the Eastern seaboard-why head-
lights stabbed the darkness over the fields.
America’s farmers are doing it again, in spite
of an unprecedented combination of adverse cir-
cumstances—bad weather, shortages of machines
and shortages of manpower. For the second time
in three years, they are relying upon their trac-
tor-powered machines to help rescue large areas
of the world from catastrophe. More of these
tractors are products of International Har-
vester than of any other company.
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1945, newspaper, July 5, 1945; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528987/m1/2/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shamrock Public Library.