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WBT, TEXAS. AUGUST It. 194t
TIE WEST NEWS
Oeehoalovak Publishing Company
Publishers
Leonard Webb — Editor
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TEXA&^pU/ PRESS
ASSCOWCM
Most persons will agree that it is
“more blessed to give than to re-
ceive' advice
One isn’t a hopeless failure un-
til he begins to hate his neighbors
who have won success.
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A scientist says the flight of time
is an illusion Tell that one to your
banker when your note falls due
TCX^S^-O’
College Station Texas. Aug 15.
‘A. & M Photo*—That shell in the
hands of that Texas Aggie sopho-
more will travel almost five miles
when fired from the anti-aircraft
gun in the background when ele-
vated at an eighty-five degree
angle
This is one section of the 611-man
class in the Coast Artillery Corps
i anti-aircraft i unit of the Reserve
Officers Training Corps at Texas
A it M College Six other branches
I ati vice form the military science
department at the college.
The gun is mounted on a mobile
base and can be maneuvered in any
direction so that enemy planes can
be kept on sights.
ALIEN REGISTRATION
We wonder if well ever see the
day when the author of a novel
lets all his characters get cut of it
alive
Historians say fanning is 20.000
years old So the idea of farm re-
lief is probably not more than 19 -
999 years old
A naval expert says the U 8
Mavy could blow the Japanese fleet
out of existence in three weeks
Maybe it wouldn't be a bad Idea.
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We wouid like Vo know what
Slier Stalin and Mussolini really
think about one another, but we
probably wouldn't dare to print it
is a family newspaper
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Mrs Lloyd Thomas of Holden-
ville, Okla , has been the first voter
in her ward in every primary and
general election since 1920
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BIG CITIES SHRINK
Offhand one would hardly think
that some of the largest cities of
the country could have lost pop-
ulation during the last 10 years,
but such is the case, according to
preliminary reports of the 1940 cen-
sus. In fact, eight of the first 25
dues in respect to population
showed looses—Philadelphia Cleve-
land. St. Louis, Boston, Pittsburgh.
Newark and Rochester
Hew York showed a gain of four
and a half million, but Chicago
bnreiv held Its own. showing a gain
of only about 8.000 Jersey City and
Portland. Ore , were crowded out of
the list of largest 25. Jersey City
dropping from 23rd place to 30th.
which isn't anything for Mayor-
Dictator Hague to crow about.
Houston and Denver got into the
W* 25 class for the first time.
Houston Jumping from 28th place
to 21st.
Washington passed the half-
millton mark for the first time now
having 663.153 inhabitants, a gain
of 176.2S4 in 10 years. This Increase
was due largely to the greater num-
ber of government payrollers In
the nation’s capital, which was
almost exactly doubled, not to men-
tion those who live nearby and in
the adjoining states of Virginia and
Maryland but work in Washing-
ton offices.
Smaller cities and towns nearly
ail showed increases in population,
as did most rural communities
This is perhaps a healthy trend, as
concentrations of people into small
areas do not, as a rule, make for
better or happier living conditions.
The next decade is expected to
show a atill further decentraliza-
tion of population.
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Mrs. Estelle Van Demark of
Rochester N Y , recently won an
annulment of her marriage when
ahe testified that her husband
chewed raaor blades, ate gi»« and
sewed buttons on his arms “Just to
Bake her nervous "
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Immediately after being nomi-
nated for President by the Repub-
licans. Wendell L Winkle resigned
from the presidency of the Com-
te Southern Ootpora-
been succeeded by M-
Judin R.
for the
In accordance with the Alien
Registration Act of 1940. about 3.-
500 000 aliens now in the United
States must appear at designated
post offices for registration and
fingerprinting, and als' answer for
record 15 questions which are to be
asked
Registration will begin August 27
and must be completed by Decem-
ber 26 For willful failure to register
or falsification of replies to the
questions, the penalty is $1,000
fine or six months in Jail. Aliens
frund to be illegally in this country
are liable to deportation.
Among the questions is one re-
garding the alien’s activities dur-
ing the past five years, and an-
other respecting affiliations with
organizations devoted in whole or
in part to "influencing cc further-
ing the political activities, public
relations, or public policy of a for-
j eign government." One question re-
quires a statement of the criminal
record, if any. of the alien, except
minor traffic violations.
Ear! G Harrison of Philadelphia, ]
appointed director of the registra-
tion. says the enforcement of the
law will not carry any stigma or
implication of hostility toward
aliens who are loyal to this coun-
try and its institutions. It will,
however, give officials a better
means of checking up on those j
whose presence in the United States
, is a menace to cur national safety
Unfortunately this law does not
reach those who enjoy American i
citizenship, yet are disloyal to the
country which affords them free-
Idom and protection.
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PEACE PARACHUTISTS
YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE
W£'iJ- ‘PRODUCE WhatS NEEDED
*OR MAflCNAL DEFENSE,
ALL t2l&«T/
3'JT WE MUST WAVE
cooperation.
you can't just appropriate
A TANK on PLANE, »T TAKES
TIME TO retool and OuilO
■Tor national production !
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Will Trap More Deer
Austin. Texas—Trapping and dis-
tributing ct wild deer by the Texas
Game. Fish and Oyster Conimis-
j sicn next winter is expected to keep
. apace with other progressive moves
1 made by the Department. A total
of 100 deer traps have been ordered
; built. Twenty-two were construct-
ed and used with great success last
| winter In the Hill Country.
The Department, despite a late
| start with the new traps, captured
, more than 100 deer and transport-
ed them to regions depleted of big
gams. With a total of 122 traps
i operating next winter the Depart-
ment hopes to trap and transplant
several hundred deer.
Few deer were trapped in past
years due to the lack of a trap
which operated successfully. How-
ever, the trap now being used,
which catches one deer at a time,
was developed.
The executive secretary of the
Department, highly pleased with
the way the traps operated last
winter, ordered the additional 100.
In the past many of the deer dis-
tnbuted have been tame or semi-
tame deer which were picked up by
i ranchers as fawns Those will still
be collected and distributed, but
,the executive secretary has high
■ hopes of far more rapid and suc-
cessful restocking due to both the
increase in number of animals trap-
ped and to the fact that they will
be wild deer, better adapted for re-
stocking purposes.
Rabbits Battle Snake
Many times the statement,
"Truth is stranger than fiction"
' has been used in connection with
many fact stories. “Believe it or
not’’ is the phase that should be
used in this story even though this
incident Is truth stranger than
fiction.
Mr. Odel Morris, acting relief
pumper for the city of Comanche
at Lake Eanes. was standing in the
door of the pump station recently
when he noticed a small rabbit
about one third grown hopping
along near the station Suddenly a
snake grabbed the small rabbit and
he began to squall. Here the old
snake got a big surprise, because
there appeared two full grown
cotton tail rabbits and Jumped on
the snake and forced him to re-
lease the baby rabbit. Papa, mama
and baby rabbit went off In a hur-
ry, while the old snake took off to
a lumber pile nearby for cover.
This story was confirmed by
Elbert 8tewart, regular pumper
who witnessed the odd occurence.
Junior Club Big Aid
The Beaumont Junior R d and
Reel Club Is another organization
In Texas through which boys are
aiding In the conservation of wild-
life, it Is reported to the Game De-
partment by N. E. LeBlanc, secre-
tary of the Gulf Coast Rod and
Reel Club of Beaumont, sponsor of
the junior organization.
Among the projects being hand-
led by the more than fifty mem-
bers of the junltr club Is the polic-
ing of Twin Lakes near Beaumont.
Formerly, boys seined and used nets
in the lake, destroyed many small
fish and did other damage. Now the
lake is patrolled by members of the
junior club and the fish supply has
Increased, it Is reported.
The Gulf Coast Rod and Reel
Club is another of the many or-
ganizations In the state which are
backing the attempts of the Game
Departments to obtain a universal
license and regulatory powers.
Spotted Javeiina Spotted
There have been a few Instances
of albino javelinas being captured
and there have been some reports
of spotted javelinas The latest Is
a white-spotted peccary reported by
a cowboy on the Crane Ranch nine
miles from Pearsall.
Pheasants Do Not Thrive
Pheasants will not do well in
Texas except in captivity and oc-
casional reports that the birds are
spreading are minimized by the
Game Department. Records show
that In few sections of the state
will the birds do well In the wild.
For example, approximately 50
pheasants remain out of the 152
young birds liberated In the spring
of 1938 on a large tract of land in
Colorado County. At least seven
broods were reared In 1939 and
pheasant eggs were found this year
in March Some of the pheasants
have roamed as far as five miles
from the point of release.
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EMDUtTISp'
THE POCKETBOOK
of KNOWLEDGE
The use of parachute troops has
been tried In war with varying
success, but the United States For-
est Service has been training a
group of parachutists for use in
time of peace This new force will (
be composed of fighters, too, but
they will fight fires instead of
j human beings.
It is estimated that an average
of about 172.000 forest fires occur
in this country every year, result-
ing In a loss of timber valued at
between 50 and 60 million dollars.
Much of this loss might be pre-
vented if the fires could be attack-
ed quickly when they start, and
| thus prevented from spreading
over wide areas.
Observation towers throughout
the large forests have been of great ■
value in enabling lookouts to locate
fires promptly, but even when they
are thus located it Is often im-
possible to cover rough or moun-
tainous country in tune to stop .
their spread It is to enable fire
fighters to reach a beginning blaze*
more quickly that the parachute
force, to be dropped near the fire -
by airplanes, is being tried.
In experiments already made,
the parachutist carries a light port-
able radio tor reporting the progress
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While on a drunken spree, Jack
Scharpo of Oakland, Cal., drove an
automobile up the steps of the
trJZZZTi^ station and was arrested
able him to descend safely If he
lands in a tree Fire fighting equip-
i ment is dropped near him by „
another parachute Official, of the * *"*• trmTete« “ **
Joseph W Willett of Ogden,
Utah, has ridden a bicycle around
Forest Service believe that this sys- j
timated 43,800 miles within the
tem can be developed so as to pre- jett* ******
The honeymoon was postponed
when “bear hugging ’ of the bride
by a guest at the wedding reception
dance of a Pittsburgh couple re-
sulted in three fractured ribs.
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Ambrose Murphy of Boston says
a man climbed a high fence, forc-
ed a barred window and stole SO
empty milk bottles which were not
AVIATION ENGINEERS
Intensive training of 120 men be
tween 30 and 40 years of age to be
aviation engineers within a period
of only 16 weeks has begun at the
California Institute cf Technology
The course is sponsored jointly by
the Institute and the Lockheed
Aircraft Corporation.
These students all have engineer-
ing degrees of some kind already,
and will be paid $200 a month while
eertng. They will have eight weeks
taking the course in aviation engin-
~A Instruction at “Caltech” and
eight weeks at the Lockheed plant.
Each has been promised a job with
Lockheed upon completion of the
course, but they may go to other
aircraft manufacturers if they de-
sire.
It is said that unofficial assur-
ances have been given by the gov-
ernment that if this pUn proves
successful It may be applied to the
entire aviation industry. The pres-
ent course was worked out between
Dr. Robert A. Millikan, president of
Caltech; Robert E. Gross, president,
and Hall Hibbard, chief engineer,
of Lockheed.
Caltech aviation professors gave1
up their summer vacations in order
to conduct the eight weeks of class-
room instruction at the Institute
Hundreds of engineers, some of:
whom are already rated highly In
their profession, were interviewed
during the progress of selecting the
120 men to be specially trained un- j
der the present program, which is j
in aid of national defense.
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Amcng the “actors” sent from ;
Hollywood to make a recent pic-
ture In Virginia were four sheep
While Virginia sheep might have
been obtained, it was thought best
to use those with experience be-
fore the camera.
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Recent circulation statistics show
four weekly magazines in the Uni-
ted States with more than two and
a half million subscribers each:
Liberty, 2.590.410. Life, 2357,738:
Comer’s, 2331.708; Saturday Even-
ing Post, 329*375
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A fig bee planted in the base-
ment 10 yean ago has grown
through a hole in the floor of Jerry
Dfl Ouidice’s Chicago barber shop
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Brooks Speaks
At Amarillo
Amarillo. Aug 13.—Pierce Brooks,
candidate for Railroad Commis-
sioner. speaking here tonight ex-
pressed astonishment that anybody
would criticize him for offering his
full support to the Qovemor of
Texas when he became a member
of the Commission.
“It has been charged by my op-
ponent that I am trying to ride in-
to office oil the coat tail of Gover-
nor ODaniel.” Brook said. "In order
to keep the record straight. I want
to remind the people of Texas that
throughout the first primary cam-
paign I said in every speech that I
would co-operate with the next
Governor of Texas, regardless of
who he might be.
“The people by an overwhelming
majority named Governor ODan-
iel. In keeping with my pledge to
the people. I Immediately wired him
my assurance of full co-operation.
“I cannot understand why criti-
cism would apply to any public ser-
vant or any candidate for public
office who tells the people and their
chief executive that he will work
for harmony and full co-operation
In these perilous times that are
confronting the people.
"Patriotism must be above par-
tisan politics. In these times of
national stress, there is no room for
anything but full co-operation as
between all state departments.
‘ 8tnce Jerry 8adler and Ernest
Thompson both fought the present
Governor in the recent primary,
and since through Olin Culberson
they are seeking to perpetuate their
control of the Commission, I can
understand why none of them can
reason why I will, as Railroad Com-
missioner, put public service and
patriotism above politics and ad-
minister the affairs of the Rail-
road Commission to the best In-
terest of all Texas."
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CITIFIED SQUIRRELS ARE
DESTRUCTIVE MARAUDERS
Denver, Oolo„ Aug. 14 —Denver’s
red squirrels found themselves
without sufficient natural food. I
they robbed birds' nests, ate ’
bark from trees “3 —“
the
trapping permit*.
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Webb, Leonard. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1940, newspaper, August 16, 1940; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth590068/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.