The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1946 Page: 4 of 18
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FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE
THE WEST NEWS
KELON BUSBY RE-ENUSTS
A veteran of almost IS years In
the Army. Kelon Busby re-enlisted
last week for another three-year
term He plans to complete his1
twenty years and retire
On re-enlisting. Kelon was made;
T-Srt., one rank lower than that
held after World War II He saw
action in both wars and on report-
ing for duty will be sent to Oer-t
many.
Mac Coker, War II Veteran, Seeking
Texas Railroad Commissioner Office
20%
SAVING ON
FIRE, WINDSTORR
u tVD HAIL ANT
0 AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE
SEE E. E. WALLA
SOUTHWESTERN LIFE
INSURANCE
Policies Issued by Southwestern
Life Insurance Co. are Registered
with the State ol Texas.
RUB KOLAR and SON
Representatives
(14—dzc>
Mac Coker, 35-y;ar-old World for mv »:rv\ces to our State against
War II veteran and eorsulting geo-, the dictatorial administration o^,
ogist has announced his randidac: ] the affairs of the Railroad Com
for the Texas Railroad Commis-: mission."
sion. Coker says. "I will never be too
Coker s platform calls for a Rail- busy to welcome any citizen to the
road Commissioner qualified by offices of your Railroad Commls-
any measure designed to raise the
gasoline price paid by Texas auto-
mobile owners.
As for the old people, who get
oart of their pension money from
the petroleum industry, Coker
favors prompt and full payt b t
ol all old age pensions. He believes
further that fair Wages should be
paid all workers, both in private
industry and public service.
Coker makes this declaration,
"The present closed-door policy of
the Railroad Commission has put
it bsyond the reach of the vast
majority of our citizens who need
its protection Land and royalty
owners are not notified beforp oil
and gas hearings affecting ‘their
property. My policy will be to give
wide publicity to all oil, gas and
transportation hearings so the
general public can know what the
Commission is doing.”
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ducation, training and experience
to return the Commission to Us
legal and logical place as guardian
of the people's rights; and for
energetic and progressive policies
to replace the
and antiquated procedures of the
Railroad Commission.
Coker was born at Abilene, at-
*<'nded the Dal'as public schools
one for himself as an independent.
Maybe, he'll b» young enough Vo
play in it when he finishes his
present schedule.
• •
When Alexander Korda and hts
brother, Zoltan, make the screen
version of Thomas Mann's famous
novel. "The Magic Mountain." they
will follow the story very closely,
the only change will be to cha |
the period from the novel’s Ger-
man publication date In 1924 to
the present time.
• •
Unable to find a piano at the
Wtndsor steak house, Hoagy Car-
michael played his newest tune on
fourteen water glasses.
• •
The ashes of Mrs. David Niven,
who was accidentally killed while
attending a party, rest beside those
of Carole Lombard at Forest Lawn
Eventually, they will be taken home
to England.
• •
Warner Bros, plan to release
"Humoresque" In September, In
the hope of getting an ..her Acad-
emy Award for Joan Ciawford.
Some explanation of the tre-
mendous cost of movies Is seen in
the fact that large sums are often
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Cash Buyers
• POULTRY
• EGGS
• CREAM
Highest market prices always.
WEST PRODUCE
WEST, TEXAS
don. where I will give courteous,
prompt, unbiased attention to your
problems. I have no private business ine Igcl inai llir(Jl. sunls Blc Ulvcll
or interest to divert my attention, pai(j for the sor<»°n rights to suc-
t and I will not spend the State s Cfssfuj pjayg or novels. West Coast
present inefficient time and money travelling over pjCt,ure_ma|cers have paid a total
the State and Nation meddling in $2 026,000 for such rights this
matters not covered by the statu- seaaon whlie the amount for the
tory duties of a Commissioner.” j prevlous seaSon was $3,740,000, or
Coker favors prompt adjustment $1714000 more,
and the University of T?xas and re-! of freight rate differentials and * *
•eived his science degree from! other transportation barriers which; A case in point is the $370 000
Southern Methodist University in'place Texas at an economic dis- (plus 50 per cent of the picture's
1933 He was employed In the pet- i advantage He states that the gross receipts after the cost of the
oleiun engineering department of Railroad Commission's policies re- film production has been recouped 1
•he Railroad Commission at Kil- lative to oil and gas conservation which Paramount paid for screen
ire and Corpus Christl from 1934 have~a direct effect on the amount rights to “Stat? of the Union."
i93g iater he became geologist of revenue received by the Old Age Broadway success A similar $300 -
and drilling superintendent for an Pension fund, the Public School 000 was also paid for "Dream Girl."
ndependent oil company in Corpus fund. Texas University. Texas A .. . r* ,* F Ls rc_
-hris i: and in 1939 he opened of- ahd M College and the Teachers Tfwe.nt *th. *2^000 for
flees in Austin for statewide prac- Retirement fund. | [*,r ‘ . h . „~hp 0eorBe
ttoe as a petroleum geologist. j Coker, who has had ten years of Apley„ g^huJ. Mf tro . Goldwvn-
Of the 41 months Coker spent in practical .experience In Texas 0 ^ $250(M)0 {or .The Day
the Army. 25 months were served and gas fields, pledges that he will spring "
in the Southwest Pacific. He was work for the efficient conservation » »
awarded the Distinguished Unit of our natural resources, and will
Citation; the Asiatic-Pacific rib-' conduct the Commission’s business
bon with four battle stars for cam-! so that Federal interference will
paigns in New Guinea, Bismarck j not be necessary
Red Skelton and Jackie Jenkins,
swell child actor, will be teamed
by Metro In Slide, Kelly. Slide."
a baseball story which deals with
the regeneration of a baseball
pitcher by a child.
♦ •
Laraine Day has been released
by MOM at her own request, with
five years still to run on her con-
tract All of her films in the last
two years but one, “Keep Your
Powder Dry," have been made away
from Metro on loanouts. ,
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COLORADO UIISHERMEN
GET TIIE BIG ONES
Two local fishing parties return-*
ed from the Colorado River last
week, the two groups accounting
for 500-pounds of choice cat fish.
One fishing party composed of
Gene and Shorty" Popp, Pete
Crocker, all of Abbott, Jesse 8pruce
and son of Houston, made a 300-
pound catch. Their largest cat fish
weighed 45 pounds, several ranging
from 40 to 25 pounds.
A. J Weinberger and son, Ray-
mond, Julius Weinberger and Alvin '
Uptmor spent four days on the
Colorado, returning with 200 pounds
of cat fish. Their catch included A
thirty-pounder and several In the
ten to twenty pound class
Archipelago. Leyte and Luzon; and! to stop the waste
Talking of prices paid for film
rights to plays, here's one about
-----— —- what wasn’t paid. Agent Stanley;
He also pledges Rose 0{fere(j King Vidor all rights'
of two billion on ,.Tobacco Road- for $500. Vidor!
the Philippine Liberation ribbon (2.000,000.000) cubic feet of gas want r The play has since
with a battle star. He said, “I vol- daily. 1 grossed nearly $10,000,000.
unteered my services to our Coun- Gas rates in the Texas homes will * •
try to fight against the threat of be investigated under Coker's ad-j Barbara Stanwyck took an un-
world dictatorship, and now I of- ministration, and he will oppose scheduled fall from a horse dur-j
ing the filming of a Western pic-1
ture. She was swept from her!
mount's back by a tree limb when!
she tried to spur her horse from the J
path of another which had bolted.
After a noon-hour rest, she went
back to work. |
Despite a bad leg as a result of |
an automobile accident. Ward!
Bond is commuting by plane be-j
tween tv^o pictures—"My Darling j
Clementine" and “It's a Wonder-1
ful Life,”
• •
Gregory Peck is a busy man these
days—he has nine pictures already
scheduled for him as soon as he|
finishes work In “The Short Happy;
Life of Francis Macomber.” As if
that were not enough, he's writing
WHO HATES WAR MOST?
Attention Fanners
If you need tractor parts or parts for any of your farm machinery you will now find them
available at our shop in West, Our service will make out-of-town trips unnecessary.
INTERNATIONAL TRACTOR PARTS
AND PARTS FOR ALL WELL-KNOWN
MAKE OF TRACTORS
• • •
IN ADDITION TO STOCKING TRACTOR PARTS WE OFFER
COMPLETE ERACTOR REPAIR WORK
Our shop is equipped to give the best in mechanical service. If your tractor needs recon-
ditioning we invite you to bring it to our shop.
• • • r V -H'"-
WE ALSO HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF
PARTS FOR ALL FARM MACHINERY
Whenever your farm machinery breaks down call on us. We have parts for all machinery
and can put your farm machinery back in motion at a minimum loss of tune.
• • #
MAGNETO AND STARTER REPAIRING
« We are well equipped to repair all makes of magnetos and starters on tractor or automo-
bile. See us when you need this type of repairservice.
. . . naturally, tha man who tivad amid it* horror* day aft#
day, tha man who *aw for thamialva* what thi* madnatt of
mankind doav Do you think they want to 90 through anothar 4
and moro horrible Atomic War which would maan tha and
of ad civilization? 1
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. . . lot'* waka up, America I Let'* realize that our greatest
fore# for peaca is tha men who fought in war—World War* ,
I and II—tha man in this mighty organization of oversea*
veteran* who today . . . now, in 1944 . . . ire working
against war, for peace, for your counfryl
ilSnSfei
SENSIBLE AMERICANS REALIZE THAT VET- Uf&l?/
ERANS UNITED IN THIS ORGANIZATION ARE /*S
A MIGHTY FORCE FOR LASTING PEACE •
JOIN AND SUPPORT THE V*F*W
V. F. W. POST 419
West, Texas
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATIf
• • •
est Tractor Supply
Joe Holy, Proprietor
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Webb, Leonard. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1946, newspaper, June 14, 1946; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth589996/m1/4/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.