The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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Sixty-seventh Year—Number_47
Jap Suicide Sub to
Visit Mineola Soon
Mineola, Wood County, Texas, Thursday, February, 18, 1943
Eight Pages Today
U-Boat Captured
From Nips Will
Be Shown Here
Two-Man Pigboat,
Wrecked At Hawaii
Here Thursday
A captured Japanese submar-
ine, far from its home base in
treacherous Japan, will be
brought here by the United
States Treasury Department
Thursday night, February 25.
This is the first time in history
that a submarine has made an
overland tour of any country.
Hie tour was made possible by
mounting it on a simi-trailer
pulled by a tractor truck.
The submarine, a two-man
suicide affair captured at Pearl
Harbor, T. H. on the first day
of the war, will be displayed on
Pacific Avenue in front of the j
Federal Building. It is beingj
sponsored here by a committee!
of local Citizens, and members1
of the American Legion, Rotary,
Club and Junior Chamber of j
Commerce are expected to take!
part. j
The sub is due to arrive in j
Mineola and be set up for the
exhibition by 7:30 p.m., it was
announced. Any person can see
the submarine but those desir-
ing to have a closer view of the
death dealing instrument and a
look into the interior will have
to buy War Stamps. Adults can
take a peek into the inside by
buying $1.00 worth of stamps
and children for a 25c stamp.
Windows have been installed in
the sides of the sub for those
who wish to do this. Any per-
son who buys a $25,000 War
Bond will get a small piece of
the steel plate which was cut
out and purchasers of a $1,000
Bond will get a small package
of coral sand taken from the
torpedo tubes.
In addition to the program
carried on by the three organi-
zations, the high school band
is expected to play during the
evening. Eevery effort will be
made to sell War Bonds and
Stamps during the evening.
Captured at Pearl Harbor
The submarine was captured
when it was grounded on a reef
near the entrance to Pearl Har-
bor. It is eighty-one feet long
and weighs twenty tons. It was
taken to Mare Island, Calif., on
the deck of a freighter and
there refitted by the Navy with
facsimiles of batteries, guages,
dials and controls that had been
taken out for study at Pearl
Harbor. Those who look into
the interior of the sub also will
see two Japanese, very lifelike
dummies, in the proper uni-
forms at theiir battle stations,
ready to launch two torpedoes.
Since the only entrance is a
sixteen-inch hatch in the con-
ing tower, some thirty viewing
ports have been cut in either
side of the hull and glazed with
plexiglass. Catwalks with stairs
at either end have been hinged
to sides of thesub. These are let
down when it stops for exhi-
bition.
To Meet Sub
E. A. Reeves is general chair-
man of arrangements for the
sub’s visit, the only one to be
made in Wood County. L A.
Wood is chairman of the sales
committee and will have three
tables set up to handle sale of
War Bonds and Stamps. It is
hoped that thousands of dollars
worth of Bonds and Stamps will
be sold.
Mayor Miles Caudle will meet
the submarine at the city lim-
its and escort it to the place
where it will be set up. The
American Legion has been asked
to furnish a guard of eight men
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Ethel Willingham is vis-
brother, John Curl and
rs. Herbert Vandiver.
Edna Burford
Reports For
WAAC Duty
Mrs. Edna Burford. Mineola’s
first white lady to join the Wo-
men’s Army Auxiliary Corps,
has received her orders to re-
port for active duty on Sunday
February 21 at the District Re-
cruiting and Induction Office
in Dallas. From there she will
ue sent to Ft. Des Moines, la.,
where she will receive her basic
training for five weeks. Mrs.
Burford plans to enter Officers
Candidate school upon comple-
tion of her primary training.
Mrs. J- II. Cox
Funeral Services
Held Wednesday
Mineola Faces Loss ot Fire Dept
Nip Submarine Coming to Mineola
Firemen Threaten to
Quit Unless More
Help Is Secured Soon
Department Has Saved Mineolans
Over $100,000 Past Ten Years
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America’s first war
two-man Japanese suicide
marine captured at Pearl
trophy, a i bor when the Nipponese made
sub- | their stab in the back attack, j
Har- will be shown in Mineola next
Thursday night in the interest
of the War Bond Campaign.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sal-
ly LeGrande Cox, 78. were held
Wednesday afternoon at the
Mineola Church of Christ at
4:30.
Mrs. Cox passed away Tues-
day afternoon at 5:30 after a
long illness at the family home.
The deceased was born Aug- .
ust 23, 1864 at Christianburg. 11118
Virginia. She came to Texas at
the age of 12. She was united
in marriage to J. H. Cox on
February 28, 1885, at Tyler. He
passed away 26 years ago. She
had been a member of the
Church of Christ for 50 years.
Four sons survive: Roy Cox
of Cleveland, Miss.; E. H. Cox
of Abilene; M. A. Cox of Abi-
lene and Henry Cox of Tyler
and three grand children sur-
vive. A sister, Mrs. R. M. Smith
of Quitman, also survives.
The pallbearers for the fun-
eral services were E. A. Reeves,
Alford Williiams, C. C. Sims,
Mark Breen, C. E. Revelle and
Ocie Fair.
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Registration lor War Ration Book 2
Set lor Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Former Mineolan
In Wheel Chair
Buys Many Bonds
Mrs. Dave Johnson of Abilene,
formerly a resident of Mineola,
who has been unable to walk
for eleven years, has purchased
one hundred and sixty-one dol-
lars and fifty cents worth of
War Bonds according to a clip-
ping from the Abilene paper by
Mrs. Annie Coffield.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson moved
away from here twenty years
ago but have many friends here
He was connected with the T.
& P. Railroad when they resid-
ed here. He is now in the cafe
business in Abilene.
Mrs. Johnson’s picture was
carried in the paper and the
story stated that her husband
had for many years given her
the silver dollars and two dol-
lar bills that he ran across.
She had until Pearl Harbor al-
ways purchased things she wan-
ted for personal use but since
the war began she has saved
this money to buy War Bonds.
To purchase these bonds she
used 112 silver dollars, 12 two
dollar bills, $3.75 in change and
275 pennies and twenty dollars
she had saved from her per-
sonal money that she had earn-
ed by doing handiwork.
Her son, LeVon Reed John-
son. is an aviation cadet. He
had' purchased two twenty-five
dollar bonds and has another
filled ready to turn into a bond.
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AM 3 c Charles S. Lindsey and
wite were here during the week
end visiting his sister, Mrs. Bob
Kline and family. He is station-
ed at Key West Florida with
the Naval Air Station. Mr. and
Mrs. D. E. Skinner of Bullard
and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lindsey
of Grand Saline also visited
their sister and daughter, Mrs.
Kline during the weekend.
Registration for point ration- [ -
processed foods, canned, !
bottled and in jars, which will j
open in all schools in Wood i
County on Feb. 25, 26. and 27.
will be simple and quickly ac-
complished if the householders
and individuals who must file
Consumer Declarations in order
to obtain War Ration Book 2
will prepare their Declarations
before they go to the registra-
tion site, J. H. Robbins, chair-
man of the local War Price and
Rationing Board declared to-
day.
“The volunteer organization
which will assist the board has
been carefully instructed in its
duties,” Mr. Robbins said.
“Here are the things to do
to be ready to get the new
books:
“In every household, someone
must count the cans, bottles
and jars 8 ounce size or larger
of fruits and vegetables, on
hand at midnight, Saturday,
February 20. That will be a Sun-
day morning task in somee
homes. The count must inculde
canned fruits, canned vegetables
(including spices) fruit and
vegetable juices, soups, chili
sauce and catsup. Take from
the total five cans for each
member of the family. The new
total must be reported on the
Declaration form, or if there
are no more than five cans, the
report will be ‘None.’
“These are not to be counted:
Canned olives, canned meat and
fish, pickles, relish and jams,
jellies and preserves, spaghetti,
macaroni and noodles, home
canned food, if
sale.
“Persons who are not living
as members of the family group
must make their own Declara-
tions and get their own ration
i books. Domestic help is not a
part of the family.
An official Declaration form
is published in the Monitor this
week and should be clipped and
used for making the formal
declaration. Be sure to write
in all the information asked
j for on the Declaration,
j Coffee on hand November!
! 28. 1942, must be declared, min- j
100 Feet Oil Sand
In Quitman Well
Oil interests in East Texas oil
circles was at fever heat Wed-
nesday night following the re-
port that an electrical survey
of Delta Drilling Company’s east
offset in the Quitman field, No.
1 J. A. Blalock, disclosed ap-
proximately 100 feet of good oil
sand.
Every well has varied so far
and the latest well prior to the
Blalock offset only had a few
feet. This is the best showing
of oil by a considerable amount
yet to be made in any test in
the newly opened field.
Only one core was taken in
the well, that from 6266-84 feet
and this is said to have shown
seven feet of well saturated oil
sand. The Schlumberger showed
all oil sand with the exception
of two feet, it was reported,
from 6284 to 6378 feet. Total
depth of 6382 feet in shale, and
there were no shows of water
sand, it was reported.
Bruce Kelly
Wins Bond On
Kyser Program
Many Mineolans were thrilled
Wednesday evening as they lis-
not canned for !*ned f°JKa5', *pser Colle8e °f
Musical Knowledge program and
heard the familiar name of
Bruce Kelly called as a partici-
pant. A great feeling of pride
was felt when he started sing-
ing that well known favorite
“Swanee River.” Of course those j
listening judged him the win-j
ner readily and were not very i
surprised when the Professorj
announced that Kelly had won |
first prize of a fifty dollar War I
Bond.
Kelly’s mother, Mrs. J. C. Me- j
Glothlin, was listening to thej
program and was almost burst- ,
ing with pride, and rightly so.!
The east offset is being drill-
ed by Delta Drilling Co., with
the Gulf, Sun, and Rudco Oil
Companies all having an inter-
est in it.
This is reported to be a con-
siderably better showing than
either the discovery well or the
second well completed in the
new field. Twenty-six feet of oil
sand was cored in the discovery
and in the second well to be
completed, the Shell No. 1 J. B.
Goldsmith, 67 feet of oil showed
up on an electric log.
Shell was waiting on cement
to set after setting 4t/2-inch
pipe at 6425 on its No. 1 J. A.
Blalock, north offset to the dis-
covery well, which recently cor-
ed 23 feet of oil sand, and drill-
ing on the Shell No. 2 Gold-
smith was at 4358 feet in shale.
Ward School P. T. A.
Will Meet Feb. 22
The Ward School Parent-
Teachers Association will meet
for the regular monthly meet-
ing next Tuesday, February 22
in the school auditorium, ac-
cording to the president, Mrs.
M. F. Usry. The meeting will
open at 3:45. A very interesting
program has been planned and
everyone is urged to be present.
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Work Resumed
Wednesday At
Red Cross Room
Mineola Woman
Disputes Claim of
Youngest Mother
Mrs. Elbert Willingham of
Mineola challenges the claim of
an Alba woman to the title of
the youngest mother to have a
son in the United States Navy.
The Alabama woman was 34,
her son 17. Mrs. Willingham is
only 33, her son, Tommie Jo
Clements, on
in the Pacific
The citizens of Mineola find
themselves faced with the pros-
pects of inadequate fire protec-
tion this week,unless steps are
taken immediately to come to
the aid of the Fire Department.
Fire Chief W. E. Lott, in a
straight-from-the-shoulder talk
before the Rotary Club Monday
noon stated that only six men
remained of the once highly ef-
ifeient Mineola Fire Depart- \
ment. and that he and the re- ''i
duty somewhere ^aifh^S members were going to
is only 16. He is quit unless something was done
a first class seaman.
Incentive Payment
On Peanuts Has
Been Clarified
COLLEGE STATION — The
incentive payment of $30 per
acre on peanuts will be made
only to those Texas farmers who
dig in excess of 90 per cent of
their peanut goal, B. F. Vance,
chairman, Texas USDA War
Board announced this week.
For this reason, he explained,
farmers who plan to hog-off
peanuts must plant over 110
per cent of their farm goals for
this purpose to earn maximum
incentive payments. Each acre
of dug peanuts between 90 and
110 per cent of the goal
earn the $30 payment.
Incentive payments will not
be paid on farm goals of less
than three acres, the chairman
said but added that farms with-
out peanut goals, or farms with
goals less than three acres would j ed
| about it by the people of Min-
I eola.
! Without mincing wrords. Chief
! Lott said: “Something has got
j to be done. We are not inter-
| ested in fighting other people’s
fires if they’re not. The situa-
tion is the worst in the history
of the local department. Some
action must be taken by some-
body at once.”
The Rotary Club immediately
agreed to take action in the
matter and met with the fire-
men Tuesday night to see what
steps could be taken to alleviate
the situation.
On some calls recently only
two men have been available
and only sheer luck has kept
Mineola from having some real-
ly disastrous fires. The condi-
tion of the fire department has
already reached a point where
it will cost Mineola fire insur-
will !ance policy holders more money
| than in the past and more will
be added if the department isn’t
brought back to its full strength
Another meeting will be held
at the City Hall Tuesday night
at which plans will be discuss-
to assure the proper main-
be eligible for the $30 per acre I tenance of the department in
payment if more than 2.7 acres | the future. This meeting is open
were dug. In such cases, pay- j to the pubic and every citizen
ment will be computed as if •Mineola is urged to be pres-
th» farm had a three acre goal jent as it is vitally important
At the same time the incentive | to every property owner,
payment was clarified, an-; It was revealed this week that
nouncement was mode that the ! the efficient work of the Min-
$1.10 per ton AAA payment,1 eola Fire Department during
which already had been estab- j the past 10 years has resulted
lished, would be eliminated un- j hi a savings of $100,000 to pol-
der this year’s program. | icyholders.
Texas peanut farmers are be- j Men who will join the depart-
ing asked to produce 1,300,000 | ment are urged to contact Chief
acres, or one-fifteh of the nat- | L°tt or Secretary Otis Fleming
inoual peanut acreage, unrerj at once. The Rotary Club is ac-
this year’s Food for Freedom! tively backing the program to
program.
Tom Pegues Named
Student Teacher
At East Texas
put the department back on its
feet and every citizen of Min-
eola must cooperate or insur-
ance rates will go higher than
ever before Mineola cannot af-
ford to be without the best of
protection and only the effort
•f all will make it possible.
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us one pound for each person,, . , „ , ,
whose age stated on Book No. | Many friends called her to con-
1 is 14 or over.
“Remember to take Book 1
of all persons listed on a Dec-
laration to the registrars when
applying for Book 2. No Book
2 can be issued unless Book 1
is presented at the place of
registration
Robbins.
for ‘tailoring,” said
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Anderson
visited her mother in Tyler
during the weekend. Her mother
had fallen and injured her leg
but is recovering nicely, it was
said.
gratulate her and to make sure
she had heard her son.
Kelly. Pharmacists’ Mate. 3rd
class, at the U. S. Dispensary,
at San Pedro, California, has
lived here for many years be-
fore he entered his work in the
Navy. He was prescription clerk
at the Mineola Drug Company.
His many friends here should
drop him a card or note telling
him that they heard his song
and let him know that his home
town was really cheering him.
After all, not every one has the
honor of being presented on
Kyser’s popular program.
The material for the new Red
Cross quota has arrived and
the work was started again at
the Blankenship building Wed-
nesday morning, according to j
the chairman, Mrs. T. B. Reed. |
The new quota is even larger j
than the one which was com-j
pleted two weeks ago and it j
calls for forty-six thousand
bandages. The three sizes that
are to be made are the two by
two’s, four by four’s and four
by eights.
The Red Cross in a letter to
Mrs. Reed, urged that the quo-
ta be met as quickly as possible
as the bandages are needed
very badly. The women of Mine-
ola are urged to come and work
as much and as often as pos-
sible. Several reported for work
Wednesday and it is hoped that
many more will get started back
to work immediately. Night
classes will get underway soon,
it was stated.
COMMERCR-Since Tom Pe-
gues, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Pegues of Mineola, is doing ad-
vanced work in the East Texas! Navy Recruiter
State Teachers College teacher-
training program, he has been
assigned to do student teaching
in Civics.
Pegues. a senior student, will
receive practical experience in
To Be Here
Every Tuesday
F. A. Wade, Navy Recruiter
from Tyler will be in Mineola
teaching"methods and' will'^ ! every Tupsda~v from three until
obtain credit toward his degree ISlx P; m to interview, answer
which he will receive in June. | (*uestlons and Pass out lltera-
ture to anyone interested in
SPARS,
was
It was stated
would be glad
he will receive
This work is under the super- ....
vision of the Department of Ed-i-101111118 the WAVES 01
j it was announced this week.
ucation of the college.
Rev. R. E. Streetman, Mrs.
C. C. George and Mrs. L. L.
Chadwick attended the Sunday
School and Training Union
Convention of District One,
which was held in the First
Baptist Church of Marshall on
Tuesday. Rev. Streetman, who
was the training union director
for this district presided during
the mornhjg session.
also that Wade
to see any sev-
enteen year old boys or any
man between the ages of 38
and fifty years of age. who are
interested in joining the Navy,
as there are still openings in
these groups.
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Lieut. Bedford R- Underwood,
of Victoria spent Wednesday
and Thursday with his mother,
Mrs. B. R. Underwood.
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Carraway, R. H. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1943, newspaper, February 18, 1943; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth591216/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.