The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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Lt. Col. Tells Experiences:
2nd Lieut. Hise
Mentioned In
'The American'
The 5 HAMRO CK
A Shamrock youth, Second Lieut.
Billy Hlse of the U. S. Marine Corps,
reived prominent mention in the
current American magazine.
Second Lieut. Hise Is referred to
by Lieut. Col. Richard C. Mangrum
In an article entitled “Guadalcanal
Diary,” which tells of experiences
or the brave Marines who shared
the primitive life at Henderson
Field.
The story points out thnt some
portion of the squadron was al-
mf t constantly In the air, attack-
ing enemy relnjorcements. Llehl.
Col. Mangrum declared that the
filers, with a Navy bomber unit,
accounted for 11 Jap ships, includ-
ing a cruiser and five destroyers,
a4 that from these dive-bombing
missions more than half of the
squadron failed to return.
The Lieutenant Colonel gave re-
TEXAN
VOL. 39
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1943
COUNTY OFFICIALS
SWORN IN FOR NEW
YEAR LAST FRIDAY
New Stripes for the "Top Kick” MOST FMPLOYFES
FEEL EFFECTS OF
COMMISSIONER PRECINCT TWO
IS ONLY NEW MEMBER OF
GOVERNMENT BODY
Only one new official made his
debut Into Wheeler County's gov-
cognltton*” to”second Lieu t.” Hise in «™mental structure when office
holders were administered the oath
mu la for identifying Tojo's ships: The ceremony, as usual, was held j
If they shoot at you, they're Japs. , in the Commissioners Court Room
“Several destroyers had
been iin wheeler. W. E. Mason, Commls-
spl'ted north of Santa Isabel, and sio,ner °f Prec‘nct No «■ ‘he
„TTv,. ... ^ infprppnt only new member of the entire
County and precinct officials and
eight of us took off to intercept
them. All the way out, Hise was co^.ty„,.an„d„f
worrying about whether we might
not make a mistake and bomb some
of our ships.
ftt last we found them. As we
Started down, I noticed frantic
flashes from the fordeck of the
thj> office they hold are:
D. A. Hunt, county Judge.
Harry Wofford, county clerk.
Artie Lee Hunt, district clerk.
T. L. Gunter, county tax assessor-
NEW VICTORY TAX
SYSTEM IS EXPLAINER
SERIES OF QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
lead destroyer. Hise apparently saw collector.
J
them too. for through my
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BOYS TO REGISTER
• ON I8TH BIRTHDAY
VOUTH8 ARE BEING DRAFTED
AHEAD OF MEN MARRIED
BEFORE REGISTRATION
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Tom Britt, chairman of the
Wheeler County Selective Service
Jess Swink, sheriff.
E. E. Johnson, Commissioner Pre-
cinct No. 1.
W. E. Mason, Commissioner Pre-
cinct No 2.
Tom Montgomery, Commissioner
Precinct No. 3.
George Hefley, Commissioner Pre-
cinct No; 4.
T. E. Burkhalter, Justice of peace
of Precincts No. 3 and 4.
' -RPB MA-46
Soldiers call him the ‘Top Kick,” the “First Soldier,” or "The Man.”
He is the first sergeant, and he is one of the Army’e top-ranking enlisted
men, for he was recently put in the seme pay grade with matter ser-
geants. Note this first sergeant's new chevrons. There are three arcs
beneath the diamond rather than two, as formerly. He is conferring with
his clerical assistant on company business.
GOOD DUALITY OF RED CROSS IS IN
CREAM IN DEMAND NEED OF NURSES
John Cox. constable of Precincts FARMERS ARE ASKED TO BE 165 CHAPTERS TO ESTABLISH
No 3 and 4. I CAREFUL OF GRADE WHILE RECRUITING STATIONS TO
A. C Wood, Justice of peace of INCREASING OUTPUT SIGN UP APPLICANTS
Wheeler. - -
Dan Weeks, constable of Wheel- America's farmers must keep an i In an effort to meet the Army's
er. | eye on the quality of their cream : 1943 goal of 30,000 nurses, 165 Red
Sgt. Allen Kavanaugh Is Supt- while they strive to produce the Cross chapters throughout the na-
of Wheeler County huge quantity of butterfat asked tlon will establish recruiting sta-
The following series of ques-
tions and answers, compiled by
Rep Reed of New York and issued
by the House of Representatives,
will serve to explain to Texan
readers the new Victory Tax,
which became effective on Jan-
uary 1, 1943:
Q. What Is the so-called Victory
Tax?
A. It is a new type of Individual
income tax which is Imposed in
addition to the regular Income tax.
Q. What Is the rate of the tax?
A. Five per cent of the Income
in excess of *12 per week, or *624
annually.
Q. Does the *624 exemption ap-
ply to both married and single per-
sons?
A Yes; allowance for the mar-
ried status is provided under the
post-war credit which Is allowed, the
amount being larger for married
persons than for single persons.
Q. Does the five per cent rate ap-
ply to the entire Income If it Is
greater than *624 per annum?
A. No; only to the amount Is ex-
cess of $624.
Q. Is allowance made for Interest
Wounded
In Action
ures, the amount of canned good*
on hand and the amount of coffee.
Canned goods Include canned and
bottle fruits and vegetables, soup*
and Juices, and does not Include
canned fruits and vegetables.
The OPA will back any merchant
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BROTHER OF LOCAL
WOMAN IS KILLED
CPL. TRUMAN WHITE DIES OF
INJURIES RECEIVED WHEN
STRUCK BY STREET SAR
PEC. ROBERT LEE OWENS
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PRICE CEILING IS
PLACED ON TIRES
Board, reminds all youths who be-
come 18 years of age in the future erintendent
that they are required to register \ schools, and was elected two years of them for the war effort during tions to sign up nurses for the arm-
or" their 18th birthday with the ago for a four-year term. the new year of 1943. H. C. Darger, ed forces, Miss Marv Beard, Direc- _____
Selective 8ervlce Board for possible -©- coordinator of the National Cream tor of the American Red Cross ONLY PASSENGER CAR TIRES
military duty. If their 18th birth- nrnuirrn iiri n rnn * Quality Program, Chicago, states In Nursing Service, ntn„ounced today. ' being MANUFACTURED ARE
**'■ ™ "mrt*y ir ta *** Milled HLLlI rUK ,,a ™fage ,Jake 1TaKer. . The action (tallow* the request of OF RECLAIMED RUBBER
unn n a mtirurn Wheeler County agricultural agent. Surgeon-General James C. Magee, ——
MKu C A InUlllLn Dargers ™essa8e was sent in con- United States Army, that the Ameri- West Texas motorists purchasing
Mrs. Nora Phillip* of -near
Shamrock was notified by the
War Department this week that
her son, Pfc. Robert Lee Owens,
had been seriously wounded In
action In New Guinea.
The 22-year-old soldier entered
the armed forces on January 4,
1942. He was first stationed at
Camp Wolters and then trans-
ferred to Camp Roberts, Calif.,
for three and one-half months
holiday, they will. In that case, re- I
glrigr on the day following their
bhroday.
All youths who became 18 years
old during the last half of 1942
were required to register during
the month of Decern tier. Cliff Wea- j
thgjy, clerk for the local board, an-
noum
nec tlon with the scheduled obser- can Red Cross assume entire re- 'new passenger car tires of reclaim-
for recruiting army j ed rubber are amply protected, both
vance throughout the county and sponsibillty
SHAMROCK RESIDENT PASSES country on Tuesday, January 12. nurses. j in price and In information on the
AW AX SUNDAY; HAD BEEN of Farm Mobilization Day proclaim- Although the Red Cross Nursing grade of tire they are purchasing.
ILL SEVERAL MONTHS PCl President Roosevelt with the Service has been the official re- Howard Gholson, district manager
- object of “ensuring for the year serve 0j the Army Nurse Corps of the OPA. has announced.
■ Funeral services were held at 1943 the maximum production of vi- since 1912 and has supplied the A label showing the maximum
retail price and Indicating the tire
Phillip* of Route 2, Shamrock,
and of Mr*. John R. Page of
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
ices that the board had recelv-1 ________ ________
ed notice of 53 registrations of this lhe p^ttye Baptist Church here tal foods.
I 8Toup in Wheeler County threw i tyds afternoon for Mrs. B. A. Crock- "Failure by many fanners to safe-
Wednesday Of this week. This report, er> g3 years old who p^sed away guard quality may result in cream
however, was not complete, since at her bome on South Arkansas so bad that state and federal laws
th#e were several registration places street Sunday morning will not permit Its use for mak-
ower the county and complete re- Mrs. CEbcker had been In ill lng butter — a true Victory food,”
ports from all communities were not health for several months and con- Mr. Darger writes. “During 1942 an
available. ... traded pneuhronia a few days ago estimated 30 to 50 million pounds of
• Ntae out"of"oount5 youths havp which resulted In her death. cream — enough to make more
registered here. * Rev. B. S. Price and Rev. Luther than a thousand carloads of but-
*ltt st ’
stated that the board has:
Crawford had charge of the last ter — had to be rejected by cream-
■ received many Inquiries from mm rites, and burial was made in the eries and cream buyers as unfit,
of the April 27 registration In re- shamrock cemetery by Nix Funeral in addition, huge quantities of fin-
gard to when they would receive ;h£)me ished butter were sel2ed and con_
their notice of classification. As Mrs. Crocker mowed to Wheeler demned because lt was made
: : , ' 45 and °!!r County from Oklahoma In 1928, and of poor -cream that had
Included In this registration areo - had many friends here who mourn -gotten by.’ This represents
er than the present draft age mIt, her pagslng 1 not on,y the lo38 of valuab]e food_
there is no classiflration of indivt- survivors include the widower, stuff badly needed by our armed
seven sons and two daughters. The forces but also a loss of many mil-
sons include J. B., Q, D. and Orvis j lions of dollars to the farmers whose
Crocker of Shamrock, Chester j labor went into the production of
majority of nurses to date, a
small percentage has been appoint-
ed upon direct application to the
corps. The new ruling provides that
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there Is no classiflration of Indivi-
duals of this group.
Britt stated that under present
-—“iatlons 'teen age youtlM are be-
3 Local Youths
Among Graduates
Of Texas A. & M. “
Is grade three for rationing pur-
poses must be attached to each cas-
ing by manufacturers and private
brand distributors of reclaimed rub-
ber tires.
The only tires how being manu-
factured for passenger cars are of
reclaimed rubber. They may be sold
only to persons who obtain certi-
ficates from their war price and
rationing boards. Under the mile-
age rationing program, all motor-
are eligible for tires, but the
rationing system still is based on
MERCHANTS INVITED
TO MARKET CARAVAN
SEVERAL REGISTRANTS HAVE
MISPLACED THEIR “NOTICE
OF CLASSIFICATION”
MERCHANDISE TO BE SHOWN
IN AMARILLO ON SUNDAY,
MONDAY ANB TUESDAY
Tom Britt, Chairman of the
Wheeler County Draft Board, stated
today that it Is believed that some
registrants have lost, or misplaced.
tag drafted aheiwi of married men j Crocker of Arizona, Paul Crocker this large volume of unacceptable
who were married prior to their j Qf California, F -ard Crocker of j cream. To the extent that we are
registration
-
Misfortune
Moves In On
•The Johnsons
New Mexico and Gordon Crocker I able to whittle down the amount
—-— I of poor and rejected cream men
(Continued on Last Page) : tioned, the 1943 food job wlU be
-o--| made easier.’'
FOOTBALL BOYS AWE ! In hls —■ Dar«»r caU» »«•-
. -
Hie “hard luck" story of the
week was sent in by Mrs. Jim
Ught of the Aberdeen community
andgruns something Uke this:
SR, and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson
and daughters, Mlsse.s Roberta, Bon-
HJe Ruth and Freida, spent the
Christmas holidays with relatives
in Anadarko, Okla. While there
MriC Johnson became 111, the fam-
ily started home, and was caught
lu the snow storm near Altus, Okla.
They were 24 hours driving the
remaining 14 miles to the Hollis
hospital, where Mrs. Johnson under-
weriflf a major operation.
During the absence of the Ken-
neth Johnson family. Mr, and Mrs.
Robert Johnson were doing the
farm chares for them, and last
Hie^day morning, Mrs. Johnson lost
i herwsotlng on an ice covered step
if§! and fell, sustaining a badly broken
f§ iiankJe. She was forced to ride home
1 on a tractor, a distance of one
ffilmlle, and because of the snow-
HamM road, was unable to reach
mm 5 Wamrock hospital for eight
Yjj Both of the Mesdame - ’am™
’ It re resting nicely. \
iv
I —1m.
GUESTS OF BOOSTERS I
separation which hold the possibi-
Coach fob Clark and members
of the 1942 Irish football team were
guests of the Shamrock Boosters
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Club at the weekly luncheon meet- WESTERN UNION NOW
Jng Wednesday OPEN LONGER HOURS'
Coach Clark introduced the grid --
warriors, gave a short resume of The local Western Union office Is
the past season and expressed ap- now open from 8 a. m. until 10 p.
preclation for cooperation shuvrd m. on week days and from 8 a. m.,
hls team by the business men. until 6 p. m. on Sundays.
Rev. Marvin B. Norwood and J. Mrs. Chas. Braxton now has the
B, Clark welcomed the guests and i Western Union agency before and
invited them to visit the club a- after the hours worked by Miss
gain. Alleen Bunch, the regular opera-
Dr. J. W. Oooch was a guest of j tor.
L. E. Davis. I-------
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Shamrock merchants are remind- j their Notice of Classification (Form
ed of the Southwest Market Cara- 57), and that provision has been
van to be held in Amarillo on Sun- made for the issuance of duplicate
day, Monday and Tuesday of next ; cards.
weelc- ; Application for the duplicate
£ i E™i: IS
claimed robber are. (si*) 7.00-15. ^ havlng to drlve to dtstant point. but may lt by mall answe;
uary 22, instead of June 1, which
mac mario nnstihlo hv tK $17.80 , 6.00-16, $13.25 , 6.25 6.50-16,
as made possible by the stream-,
In-1
sixteen-week semesters yearly
stead of two as in the past.
The Shamrock young men who
are candidates for degrees anl the
degrees they are to receive are as
follows: Bachelor of scleoc in ag-
ricultural administration, T. F. F.
Wlachkaemper; In agriculture, Har-
very J. Walker; In engineering,
Gene B. Caperton.
By attending school this past
summer, these graduates have been
able to complete their training a
full semester ahead of the normal
time.
Final military review for the gra-
duates will be held on Saturday
morning, January 23, and then prac-
tically the entire class will report
to their various branches of ser-
vice training camps to complete the
work toward their commissions as
second lieutenant*.
-19, $9.95; 4.50 4.75 6.00-20, $11.05;
4.40 4.50-21, *990 ; 30x32, *8.45.
The celling of *1395 for 6.00-16
tires of reclaimed rubber Is about
22 per cent below the oiling of
*71.11 for a first-grade tire of the
same si*. ,r
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FATHER LOCAL WOMAN
SUCCUMBS SATURDAY
Funeral services for G. M Jones,
father of Mrs. A. O. Krug, were
held in Lamesa Monday afternoon
with Minister Rodney D. Glasscock,
pastor of the First Christian Church
of Shamrock, In charge.
Mr. Jones, about 85 years old,
passed away at his home in the
Hancock community, near Lamesa,
last Saturday, interment was In the
Lamesa cemetery.
as they have In the past.
The caravan Is being sponsored
by the Amarillo chamber of com-
merce and there is. no charge.
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Cl UC ttiiu IUCIC *J», J4V S'— — ^ | - _
A directory of lines to be f CLtmeYS b 00111(1
repented:
Sportswear; Cole of California; j guild BfOodeTS
(Continued on Page 5)
For Little Pigs
BIDS OPEN ON MAIL Shamrock Boosted With Unique Piece of Advertising:
MESSENGER ROUTE ,
Bids are now open on the mall j
messenger route between the Rock j
Island Dpot and the post office.
Postmaster Flake George announced
this week.
The bids were opened to the pub-
lic on Monday, January 4, and will
remain open 10 days from .that
date. The route is for transporting
the mail from the post office to
the depot and back.
City Mad Few Fleas 31 Years Ago
Necessary forms may be obtained
Mrs. D. F. Spruill this week
brought The Texan staff a most in-
teresting piece of literature. So a-
musing is the article, written 31
years ago, that we have decided to
pass it along so that our readers
may enjoy it.
The masterpiece Is printed on
post office and will be sub-
ln sealed forms.
the back of a letterhead of the
Golden As Spruill Furniture and Un-
dertaking Goods firm, one of the
oldest business houses In Shamrock
and owned by D. F. Spruill and
the late John F. Golden, JJrjs,
Spruill's father. The story Is print-
ed In the center of the sheet and
on either side of it appear adver-
tisements of 12 of the pioneer busi-
ness houses of this city.
Mrs. Spruill declared that all
merchants had the stationery print-
ed In this manner, which in our
opinion Is unique, In order to adver-
tise the new town.
The article written In 1911, reads
as follows:
"Shamrock Is a beautiful, grow-
ing town of about 1,200 popula-
tion, and is situated on the Chica-
go, Rock Island and Gulf Rail-
road, ninety-eight, miles east of
at^SSdon : «Esa
- to meet the goal for more pigs next
Members of the Wheeler County spring, points out County Agricul-
War Price and Rationing Board tural Lgeht Jake Tarter, who de-
and other local residents have been Glares that 75 per cent of all pi*
Invited to the annual Clarendon leases occur within the first week
Chamber of Commerce Banquet to after farrowing,
be held In that city on Tuesday Farmers, he says, can reduce such
evening, January 12. losses considerably by using home-
Mark McGee, State OPA and made PHt brooders warmed by a
Rationing Chief, will be the prtn- ioo watt electric bulb. These devi-
clpal speaker, bringing a message ses give good protection during far-
concerning the Impending ration- rowing through January, February
lng program. Members of the local ^ Mar0b.
rationing board have been assured Besides keeping young pigs from
that they can Issue themselves gaso- chilling, properly built brooders
line rations to make the trip and help greatl In preventing newly
have been urgd to get a car load bom pjg3 from beinB crurhed by
of Interested people to make the the sow. After a few hours they
trlP- need no coaxing to stay In the
0-■_ iwarmth of the brooder when they
NEW BOOKS DONATED are not nursing or exercising. The
TO PUBLIC LIBRARY present off-season offers fanners
an opportunity to make ready brood-
Eight new books have been donat- j ers for early farrowing,
ed to the Shamrock Public Library Some hog raisers make one or
by Mrs. B. F. Holmes, Mrs. W. A. two electric brooders do the work
Kessie, librarian, announced this of several by shifting them to new
week. ! farrowing pens after the pigs are
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Other books of value have also
been contributed recently, she said,
adding that all donations are great-
ly appreciated by the library board.
a few days old. Very good results
also are reported from placing a
chick brooder ovejs the adjacent cor-
ners of four pens. 1.
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Hoarding Must Be
Prevented, Says
Rationing Board
All canned goods bought and on hand must be declar-
ed before rationing starts and stamp deductions will be
made for excess stocks, the Wheeler County War Price and
NO. 35 Rationing Board declared this week.
The public is advised that hoarding and runs MUST
be prevented.
“Consumer declaration forms will soon be made and
released to the public," members of the board stated.
“Your local paper will print this form and you should study
it very carefully so that when it is made available, you
will be prepared to fill it out before registration.”
The form will call for two fig-
Funeral services will be held In
Wellington tomorrow afternoon for
! Cpl. Truman White, brother of Mrs.
Clarence Spurlock of this city. Cpl.
1 White, who was stationed at Mines-
fleld Airport, Los Angeles, Calif.,
was killed Friday night, January 1,
when he was struck by a street
car in that city.
The body reached Shamrock Wed-
nesday and Nix Funeral Home an-
nounced that last rites wlU be
conducted at 2 o’clock Friday after-
noon at the First, Baptist Church
of Wellington.
Details of the accident have not
been learned here. The victim was
on duty as a military police at the
time of hls death.
Cpl. White was the son of Mrs.
L. J. White 'of near WeUington,
and was bom and reared in Col-
lingsworth County. He enlisted for
army service, and after having ser-
ved for a time, he received a dis-
charge and was held as a member
of training before, being sent to ^ q| the Army Reserve. He was re-
Australia. He had been In New cajied into service In August.
Guinea for more than three | He is survived by hls widow,
months. hls mother, three sisters and a
Pfc. Owens Is a brother M brother.
Mrs. Evelyn Page and Clinton R. --o-
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