The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1946 Page: 2 of 8
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North and East Texas’ Foremost Weekly
Thursday, March 14, 1946 70th Year—No. 51
The Red Cross
The annual Red Cross drive begins inMin-
ccht Saturday, Mar;h 16, J. L. Bjxtsfield,
diairman, announces. And the same workers
viho contributed their time last year are being
aiiked to work again this year.
■ Mineola’s goal of $2,252.50, which is just
aibout half of last year’s quota, should be
esisy to make, but the reduced quota shouldn’t
' hs any excuse for not giving freely. Try to
®ire the same amount you donated last year.
Every citizen with an income should be a
contributor to the Red Cross.
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State Internship
Several states this week were discussing
a])proaches to the merit system in govern-
ment, while Maine had set a new tempo
in constructing thinking by reviving an old
plan for setting up an internship in state
government. '
The entire trend is worthy of further
consideration and particularly fruitful study
could be given to the Maine proposal else-
where. Indoctrination in governmental pre-
mise at an age sufficiently young to stimu-
late a career outlook, is the basic purpose
of this idea, and it may hold the germs of
more than just ideology. It may be a sound
approach to a major development in the
whole cycle of politics and government
in America.
Certainly the internship—proposed on an
undergraduate and post-graduate basis—
vrcrald help to shape something else besides
-the political laissez-faire which has been
cne of the basic roots of trouble in our
national life.
Office-holding would not be so much a
eiuestion of personal opportunism or poli-
tical happenstance. Instead, if properly de-
veloped, such an internship would tend to
stabilize some of the uncertainties of of-
fice-seeking. Quacks would remain, of course,
just as quacks are never fully eliminated in
medicine, but the entire tendency, like in
medicine, would be to raise government
to the level of an applied science.
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Balancing Budget
A considerable difference of public opin-
^ ion has appeared in answer to President
!]Truman’s recent statement, in his message
to Congress on the “The State of the Union”
that the nation’s budget would be balanced
. in the coming fiscal year.
Some have criticized the President’s esti-
mates on the ground that his calculations
won't work in practice. Others are equally
jure that the President is correct and that
the budget will be balanced in the fiscal
year of 1346-47.
Only time will settle this argument. The
most important fact in these "human” dif-
ferences is shown in the healthy alertness
of the American public to matters of nat-
< tonal concern.
This alertness also indicates a healthy
land of American thinking—a belief in the
fimdamental importance of “sound” business
management in all things—a kind of think-
ing that has gone a long way in giving this
. country the highest standard of living in
Ihe world.
The balanced budget idea runs through
sill of American life. The housewife balances
Ihe budget of her household. The farmer
v has his own budget to balance. And so does
>. every businessman, every worker, every part-
nership and corporation.
Actually every phase of American life
i must meet the tests of the balanced budget.
I Fanners must meet the nation’s food require-
ments with enough food to give everybody
all they need without having a dangerous
i.urplus hanging over. That is true in steel,
in automobiles, in sewing machines, and in
everything else that goes into production,
consumption and distribution.
Week to Remember
Today the world is face to face with man-
kind’s worst enemy—bate, says the Laymen’s
National Committee, in outlining its pro-
gram for National Sunday School Week, April
8 to 14. “Train up a child in the way he
should go; and when he is old, he will not
depart from it.” Prov. 22.6.
In seeking the widest possible support for
Sunday School Week, the Committee has
asked the President of the United States
and the governors of each state to cooper-
ate in some appropriate manner. Mayors
throughout the country will be asked to pay
tribute in 15-minute radio addresses. One
or more feature radio programs participated
in by outstanding talent, are contemplated.
Chambers of Commerce will be asked to dis-
play the National Sunday School Week pos-
ters in cities throughout the land. The Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls will assist.
Editors, columnists and commentators aid in
the national movement, whil» many corpo-
rations help create interest through their
radio programs. Ministers, fraternal and
service organizations and feature writers will
seek to popularize this worthy cause and urge
parents to encourage their children to at-
tend Sunday School during National Sunday
School Week.
While such an occasion is not a cure-all
for current disregard of Christian princi-
ples, by many adults as well as children, it
is a step in the direction of tolerance and
good will toward all mankind. Never in the
history of the world was it so important that
every individual accept his responsibility for
making the future in which we must live,
better instead of worse. Sunday School Week
is a place to start.
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Prevention Now
A Pennsylvania judge recently proved
himself no piker on the problem of juvenile
delinquency when he recommended to the
state legislature an appropriation of $4,-
400,000 for inauguration of a program to
curb crime among youth.
The judge advocated co-ordinated effort
by community educational and recreational
departments in checking youthful delin-
quency. The judge’s “ounce-of-prevention”
move is one worthy of study. It seems feas-
ible to expect, at least, that long-range
preventative programs would ultimately re-
duce operating costs at penal institutions.
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Same Old Symbol
The dollar sign still appears to be the
significant symbol behind world troubles
ranging from strikes on the home front to
all forms of international chaos abroad.
Men who shy away from reprimands of
scolding wives or irritable bosses will tackle
whole squadrons of police during a strike
because of their determination to win their
fight for a few more dollars a week in their
pay envelopes.
That, of course, appears natural enough
until one thinks it over. It is as natural,
at least, for the working man to want a
better living as it is for the industrialist to
concentrate on a bigger annual profit, but
it is a sad commentary on civilization that
these little wars, like the big ones, arise
of the same incentive.
It has taken the United States many
years of almost perpetual labor troubles to
get around to naming the National Com-
mittee for Labor Education as a move to-
ward lasting labor-management peace, and
the gesture isn’t promising any conclusive
early solutions. Similarly it has taken the
world whole centuries of wars to get around
to anything as promising as the United Na-
tions Organization, and in view of the na-
ture of current internatio.^ problems—
most of them economic in import—it is due
for virtual warring within its ranks.
The Mineola Monitor
l?uWished Every Thursday in Mineola, Wood County, Texas by the Wood County Pub Co
;R. H. CARRAWAY, Business Manager; R. H. CARRAWAY, Jr., Editor; W. H. QUINN. Jr,
Associate Editor and Advertising Manager.
Entered at the Postoffice at Mineola, Texas, as second class mail matter under the Act of
Congress, March 3, 1879.
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corporation which may appear in the columns of this newspaper will be gladly cor-
rected upon being brought to the attention of the publisher.
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A LOT has been said recently in Monitor editorial columns about
the dangers of traffic accidents, but little comment has been
given to domestic mishaps, always a threat. We’re not going to
prescribe on how not to slip on a cake of soap in the bath tub,
but we’re passing along these little squibs from the day’s news as
evidence that anything can happen.
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Wackiest accident happened in Houston where Stanley
Bonner wrent out to shoot a
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domestic duck. As he took
aim the duck leaped at
him and jarred the gun
just enough to cause it to
go off. And the bullet hit
Stanley in the knee. The
duck? He’s still alive and
sassy.
A WOMAN driving through Virginia had her 15-month-old baby
riding beside her in a basket strapped to the seat of the car.
The child suddenly stopped drinking milk, swung the bottle
lustily and conked his mother on the head. Dazed, she let go of
the wheel, and the car overturned in a ditch. Both passengers
escaped injury, however.
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MINEOLA’S most distinguished recent visitor was Artist
Douglas Chandor. He stopped here for a visit with Dr. and
Mrs. T. H. Peterson and other friends and relatives while
enroute to Miami, Florida, to paint the portrait of Wins-
ton Churchill. One of his best known works is a portrait
of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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THIS IS no one-horse town. Fact is, it’s a thirteen-horse town.
A check-up reveals there are still twelve hitching rings and one
hitching post in the sidewalk of the four principal downtown
blocks.
☆
THERE ARE two Japanese trophy windows down town,
Collins’ Man Shop and Shivers’ Pharmacy, and both are
interesting.
☆
PRESS RELEASE from the Navy says 28,500,000 rounds of ammu-
nition were fired in action from the ships and planes of the Fleet
during the war. This, we assume, does not include practice am-
munition, it just couldn’t. Most Navy men will never be able to
forget those long hours of practice, practice, practice. Battleship
Squadron Two was still practice-firing coming home from Japan
. . . after the whs was over.
☆
FOR EX GIs interested in the LeTourneau Institute which
Is due to open soon in Longview, we regret to report that
application blanks are not yet ready. LeTourneau officials
have promised to send the Monitor a supply when they
are printed.
☆
THE MINEOLA Country Club golf course will be in playing con-
dition by early April, Golf Pro H. B. Moore states. Mr. Moore said
the course would be in good condition except for fairways one and
two which have been damaged by improper drainage. If there
is not too much rain these holes will even be playable by the
time of the opening tournament April 6 and 7. The course will be
open to the public, and later golf tournaments will be arranged
for all comers
☆
SUGGESTION: Mineola needs an anti-noise campaign. Es-
pecially will this be true later in the year when politicians
begin making the city with their sound trucks.
☆
FRIDAY is the last day for paying your income tax. To escape
penalty your return should be postmarked not later than March
15. Uncle Sam is pretty insistent that you pay up . . . and this
means ex-GIs too. The government’s got to have money to run
its bureaus on and to pay for all this surplus equipment that you
boys can’t buy. And don’t try to get by with anything because
Washington has a record of your service pay!!!
Something Good for
Refrigerator Owners
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tific
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One unit protects ice cubes, butter, milk, etc.
from troublesome refrigerator odors up to 12 cubic
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Each of us owes a special tribute to the “silent
section” or our city—the City Cemetery.
The fund raised last year by the Fannie
Marchman Garden Club for the maintenance of
the cemetery is just about used up. An emergency
is almost at hand.
We therefore add our voice to the Garden
Club’s plea for additional finances for the 194p
cemetery labor.
The need is great ... the need is now. Won’t
you lend a hand by writing your check NOW, V
made payable to the Fannie Marchman Garden 1
Club. Jaw
☆
J. H. English Funeral Home
and
J; H. English Burial Association
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He’s back! Home again. Home, after long,
lonely months of separation.
Father . . . son . . . brother . . . whoever he
is . . . this is the long-awaited day . . . the day
we all wondered . . . “would it ever come?”
And if there is a “let-down” feeling after
the initial job . . . stop and think how he’s feeling.
Sure he’s glad to be home. Wasn’t that one of the
things he was fighting for? But the future . . .
what about that?
Remember your Red Cross was with him . . .
on Leyte, at Iwo Jima at Anzio ... or was it
Normandy? Wherever he was, the Red Cross was
at his side when he needed it most. That same
down-to-earth friendly counsel and helping hand
. . . that warm and human touch which helped
him through his darkest days and months . . .
will stay with him in 1946 and for as long as he
needs it ... if you help.
Your RED CROSS Must Can
On-GIVE!
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Carraway, R. H., Jr. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1946, newspaper, March 14, 1946; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth595649/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.