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SIXTEENTH YEAR—NUMBER 43
MINE OLA, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 1946
4 PAGES TODAY
Contract Let For City Improvement Survey
Program to Open
Door for Growth
Off
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Servicemen May Vote WithoutCurtisMorris
Poll Tax, Says Attorney General I shaker Say
By JeaneUe Bryant
these long 9 years that
X have been married to a news-
paper man, I have had a secret
desire to try my hand at writ-
ing a column. ‘Tis a shame that
You good people are the ones
to suffer from this experiment
but I will at least have the sat:
isfaction of having proved that
I am not a columnist.
Non-Exempt Have
Ten Days to Pay
Attorney General’s
Opinion Given on
Publisher’s Request
Servicemen in Texas may
vote without a poll tax. This
rilling was given by Attorney
General Grover Sellers this
week in response to a special
request from the Monitor and f
Settlement of
two Big Strikes
Is Rejected
Now We Are
Getting Someplace
Unit System of
Road Building
Will Be Subject
Water and Sewer Line Extension and
Street Paving Program May Follow
Completion of Survey, Mayor Says
Direct government efforts to
settle the nation’s two big-
gest labor controversies failed
Friday.
The threatened strike of
800,000 CIO steel workers was
“on” again for 1201 a.m. Mon-
In my visits around town
this week, I found Miss Evelyn
Vandiver at the Service Drug
Store wringing her hands and
pulling her hair. I finally dis-
covered she had locked her
keys to Dr. Reed’s office inside,
Hurt the boss was in Dallas for
two days. She didn’t mind not
being able to g^t to her work,
but she had left the fire burn-
ing. “Little Willie” was giving
her some free advice about the
er, such as getting a crow
and prying the door open,
the young lady seemed to
ive ideas of her own. I finally
without learning the final
ion.
For the three years that I
have been working at the Mon-
itor-Record office, we have had
people come into our office and
bring clothes to be cleaned, call
for a loaf of bread, or a dozen
cookies, or ask to have their
photo “snapped”. And in a few
instances, we have had calls
for articles which are unmen-
tionable in this column (espec-
ially since a woman is holding
the pen). And just as we are
ready to get the place “pret-
tied up” and a “honest-to-good-
ness” sign erected, so that peo-
ple can tell at a glance just
what we have to offer here, the
Bryints decide to leave. Oh,
well, we will be just as proud
of the attractive building as
the office staff who will really
have the privilege of enjoying
all the conveniences of a mod-
newspaper office.
le many friends of Bill
Quinn (author of Quinn’s
Quacks) are very happy to
iMfeow that he has decided to
Kj^Bst his lot” with Mineola cit-
||Hrens again. I can speak for
■" my husband, as well as myself
in adding our word of satisfac-
tion that Bill is to take up
where we leave off. We know |
how capable and popular he j
is and have learned that he j
already has a very warm spot
in the hearts of Mineolans.
And another important fact
about this fellow Quinn, girls,
he is still unmarried. Now
don’t rush down here, he won’t
be here until February 15.
Record.
Veterans entitled to vote
without payment of a poll tax
may cast their ballots without
obtaining exemption certifi-
cates and without being on the
certified lists of voters prepar-
ed by the county tax collector,
the Attorney General said.
Persons not entitled to ex-
emption have only ten more
days in which to pay their poll
taxes and qualify themselves
to vote in the 1946 elections.
Answering the question of
how a serviceman or woman
included in terms of the con-
stitutional amendment could
establish his right to vote, and
how much evidence an election
judge may require, Sellers’
opinion said:
“Under the statutes, the
judge may require him to show
by his own oath that he is
qualified to vote. The election
officials can not legally require
more.”
Sellers, commenting on the
opinion, said that he did not
think a special session of the
legislature would be necessary
to clarify the question, and
that the amendment was self-
sufficient.
“The constitutional amend-
ment under consideration pro-
vides that persons who qualify
thereunder, and who are other-
wise qualified voters shall not
be required to pay a poll tax
or hold a poll tax receipt for
a poll tax as a condition pre-
cedent to their rights to vote,”
the opinion said. Such persons
are entitled to vote “in any
election held under the au-
thority of the laws of this state,
during the time the United
States is engaged in fighting
a war, or within one year af-
ter a war, or within one year
after the close of the calendar
year in which said war is ter-
minated,” the opinion added,
if they show by oath they were
otherwise qualified.
“The statement under oath
may be either written or oral,
and we see no objection to the
day, after the United States
Steel Corporation rejected Pres-
ident Truman’s union-accepted
wage proposal.
Efforts to settle the three-
day nation-wide strike of 263,-
000 AFL and CIO Meat Work-
ers reached a stalemate in
Washington and the meat fact-
finding board arranged to start
public hearings in Chicago
Tuesday.
President Makes Appeal
President Truman, declaring
that a steel strike would “stall
our attempts to establish a
sound economy to which our
veterans can return ” appealed
to United States Steel to recon-
sider its rejection.
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The OPA has just removed
price control from:
Manholes and manhole
covers, beeswax comb foun-
dations, horse-show buggies,
horse race sulkies, racing
motorcycles, pneumatic life
rafts, advertising streamers
made of coated fabrics, and
domestically grown bamboo
poles.
Humble to Delay
Mt. Sylvan Test
For Title Work
Curas Morris of the East
Texas Chamber of Commerce,
will be guest speaker at the
Rotary Club here Monday, and
he will discuss the unit system
of road construction and main-
tenance for counties.
Members of the Wood County
Commissioners’ Court will be
special guests of the club.
Mr. Morris spoke last week
to Winnsboro Rotarians on the
same subject, and the club en-
dorsed the plan as a beneficial
one for Wood County.
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The City of Mineola this week
engaged Wyatt C. Hedrick En-
gineering Company of Dallas
to make an improvement sur-
vey that will open the way for
Jacket Cagers
Outclassed 52-24
By Van Vandals
By Billy Adrian
Winnsboro Rotary
OKs Unit System
Of County Roads
The mystery which for sev-
eral weeks has surrounded the
Mount Sylvan wildcat in Smith
County is beginning to clear
with the release of information
The Winnsboro Rotary Club
this week put its stamp of ap-
proval on the unit system of
county road construction and
maintenance. The club’s action
by the drillers, the Humble followed a talk by Curtis Mor-
Jehovah’s Witness
To Face Draft
Dodging Charge
Warrant was issued in Tyler
Friday for the arrest of a man
listed as Austell Cowley on an
FBI complaint of failure to re-
port for induction into the
United States armed forces as
so ordered by Local Draft Board
No. 1, Mineola.
U. S. Commissioner Dave M.
Price, who handled the war-
rant to a U. S. Marshal, said
the accused is a Wood County
member of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Arraignment of the man will
take place before the U. S. com-
missioner in Tyler.
Several Jehovah’s Witnesses
have been charged with draft
violations during the past year,
through this district of Texas,
Price recalled.
HENRY SIMS JR. ARRIVES
Henry Sims Jr. has arrived
on the west coast, according to
information received by his
father here. He has been sta-
tioned in the Pacific with the
Navy.
Oil & Refining Company. The
company said Friday that a
five and a half-inch pay string
has been run to 7,503 feet with
total depth 7,665 feet.
In an announcement design-
ed to head off rumor and spec-
ulation the company said rig
on the location will remain
idle for some time and may be
moved to Sand Flat or some
other location for a time before
completion of the Mount Syl-
van wildcat is attempted. Com-
pany officials stressed that the
delay will be necessitated only
by work on titles and that the
firm definitely will move back
in for completion attempt when
title work is finished.
Officials said Humble defi-
nitely looks on the wildcat as
a likely prospect, but contiuned
to withhold detailed informa-
tion on shows logged.
Royalty prices in the vicinity
of the test, the No. 1 Pool, are
said to be extremely high.
Unofficial reports, lacking
confirmation on denial from
company sources, credit the
well from 42 to 54 feet of sat-
uration in the Paluxy around
7300.
Company officials would not
estimate how long completion
attempt at No. 1 Pool might be
delayed.
ris of the East Texas Chamber
of Commerce.
The Monitor and Record
have advocated such a program
for Wood County as a step to-
ward more efficient county
government. Six other East
Texas counties have already
adopted the system.
The unit system provides for
all county road construction
under a single head, a county
engineer, County commission-
ers act in an advisory capacity.
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The Mineola Yellow Jackets
ran up against one of the
strongest basketball teams in
the district Friday night, losing
a 52-24 decision to the Van
Vandals.
Brewer of Van wTas high scor-
er with 20 points, and Nichols
was high for the Jackets with
12.
Both clubs played hard ball,
but the locals were out classed.
Van tangles with Quitman Wed-
nesday night in what should
be one of the hottest games in
district play. Neither team has
been defeated.
The Jackets’ next game is
with Canton here next Tuesday
U. S. Nayal Hospital, Pensa-
eola’s first half schedule.
Individual scores were:
Miss Julia Mayer,
Former Resident,
Dies In Dallas
Mineola
Pos
Van
Campbell
(2)
F
(11)
Tunnell
Adrian
(4)
F
(6)
Moseley
Nichols
(12)
C
(11) Matthews
Fouse
(4)
G
(20)
Brewer
Burnett
(0)
G
-0—
(2)
West
Sherlock Holmes lived on Ba-
ker Street in London.
use of printed affidavit forms,”
the opinion said.
This statemement could be
required to show that the voter
at the time of holding the elec-
tion is, or fbr 18 months im-
mediately prior to holding the
* * * election, was a member of the
jra^Kould like to ad my thanks i armed forces, the armed forces
l^^rcur friends in Mineola who j reserve, or the U. S. Maritime
l^ve done so much to make j Service, or Merchant marine;
stay in this lovely city a ' further that he is 21 years of
one. Your very kind age, a resident of the state for
PI after hearing of our j one year prior to the election
'leaving, have made our hearts I and subject to none of the dis-
swell with pride. This reminds qualifications such as those for
me of the wTords of G. D. Pren- ! the mentally deranged.
Points Out Drawbacks
To Ceiling on Cotton
tice, “A word of kindness is j
seldom spoken in vain, while j
l witty sayings are as easily lost
Isis the pearls slipping from a
Broken string.” The cheapest j
gift that we can bestow is
kindness, yet there is none who
do not need it. And you, good
friends, have been very liberal
with your kindnesses toward
us. Our thankfulness overflow's
our swelling heart, please ac-
cept it.
iv (By the way, I am not on
IK my way out as yet. I may be
John Benham Gets
Release From Navy
Lt. John F. Benham, USNR,
has been placed on the Navy’s
inactive duty list, according to
an announcement from the sep-
aration center at New Orleans.
He served thirty-one months in
the Pacific and was commend-
ed for duty on the staff of the
Commander of the Third Am-
phibious Forces during the
Philippines campaign.
The chief drawback to be
proposed OPA ceiling price on
cotton will be the successful
administration of the regula-
tion, Dr. A. B. Cox, professor
of cotton marketing at the
University of Texas, pointed out
this week.
“There are so many different
qualities of cotton and uses for
cotton that it wall be difficult
to enforce such a law,” he ex-
plained. “Manufacturers may
shift from one quality to an-
other or from one product to
another, with some slight var-
iation, and thus create an en-
tirely new problem.
“It was the opinion of the
group of cotton experts on the
committee of price ceilings and
cotton research which met in
Washington in ’43 to place the
ceiling on the goods rather
than on cotton,” said Dr. Cox,
who was a member of that com-
mittee, “and thus effect con-
trol of cotton through that
means and through
Government - owTned cotton
when the price threatenend to
reduce consumption.
“It will be to advantage of
the Texas cotton producer in
the long run if the Govern-
ment will sell its stock of sur-
plus cotton at a price v ach
will induce maximum consump-
tion in order to dispose of the
cotton surplus at present high
prices.
“The maximum consumption
of cotton is needed to relieve
the present scarcity of cotton
goods. If the government will
turn loose its surplus, the max-
imum amount of cotton will
be available and the carry-over
will be reduced, which must be
accomplished sooner or later,’
he pointed out.
Such a policy would be the
greatest possible curb on in-
flation. A policy of pushing
sales of Government cotton to
prevent excessive price ad-
Funeral services for Miss Ju-
lia Mayer, 81, former resident
of Mineola and brother of the
late Buddie Mayer, state com-
missioner for the blind, will
be held in Dallas Sunday after-
noon at 3 o’clock at the Wei-
land Funeral Church 2909 Live
Oak. Rabbi David Lefkowitz
will officiate. Miss Mayer died
Thursday afternoon after an
illness of five years.
A native of Carthage, Panola
County, Miss Mayer lived in
Henderson, as a child. In 1890
she moved to Mineola where
she resided until 1924 when
she moved to Dallas.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Belle M. Bromberg and
Miss Ida Mayer, both of Dal-
las; four nephews, Henri Brom-
berg, Louie Bromberg and Al-
fred Bromberg, Dallas, and
Henri M. Silverman Marlin;
two nieces, Miss Mina Brom-
berg and Mrs. Essie B. Joseph,
Dallas; three grand nephews,
Major Henri L. Bromberg, Jr.,
stationed at Chicago; Edward
S. Bromberg, Dallas, and Alan
R. Bromberg, student at Har-
vard University.
Burial will be at Temple
Emanu-El Cemetery. Pallbearers
will be Edward S. Bromberg,
Ernest Daniel, Angus D. Beaird,
Wylie B. Sims, Karl K. Schmol-
ler and Richard Sonneborn.
Young People
Here May Join
Civil Air Patrol
Air-minded young people in
Mineola now have an oppor-
tunity to join the Civil Air
Patrol.
One of Uncle Sam’s peace-
time arms, the CAP will be an
auxiliary of the Army Air For-
ces and will be operated sim-
ilar to the National Guard.
Members do not fly until they
are 18 years old, but they may
join for ground courses at 15.
More _ detailed information
may be obtained from J. E. Ar-
nold or Charles Epps.
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the city's growth. \
The survey will cover the ex-
tension of sewer lines and the
expansion of the disposal plant,
extension of water and ftoe
mains, street paving, and the
platting of streets through neir
residential sections. These fa-
cilities are necessary to the
progress of any city Mayor
Miles Caudle said, and the
gram we are undertaking/
give Mineola a chance to ex-
pand, »
Following completion at the
survey, which is being mMe.
without cost to the city, the
City Commission will be able
to let contracts for these need-
ed improvements.
The most urgently needed,
perhaps, is the expansion of the
disposal plant which has been
carrying a double load. The
plant was originally built for a
town of 2,100 population, and
Mineola now has in the vicinity
of 5,000 population, and the
next few years may see thh
figure jump past 6,000. Along
with the disposal plant pro-
gram will be the extension of
sewer lines to all parts of the
city.
Water and fire mains wfll
go along with the sewer lines
to every part of the city on
both sides of the railroad
tracks and including all new
residential additions.
Newsome, Wigley and Gra-
ham Streets will be extended
and paved, opening up choice
sites for home construction. On
the south side of town, Elliott
Krause, and Belcher Streets
which run east and west will
be extended to the city limits,
on the west. No decision will
be made on what streets will
be paved until the present sur-
vey is completed.
$1,034 in Old Age
Insurance Paid in
County Monthly
East Texas Scouts
Get Awards for
Waste Paper Drive
Van Coach to Take
Job at Honolulu
Fisk M. Ray jr., Boy Scout
Field Executive lor the East
Texas Area Council, announced
this week that scouts in this
area collected over 2,000.000
pounds of waste paper in their
two month drive. For this work
440 General Eisenhower medals
were presented to 440 Scouts
and Cubs who qualified in the
drive.
Inspired by General Eisen-
hower the Boy Scouts of the
nation more than doubled their
waste paper quotas of 150,000
tons by collecting a total of
318,000 tons.
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DUE IN STATES
Coach Charles (Babe) Webb
Van High School athletic
coach, has resigned to accept
a job on professional football
have the
team in Honolulu, T.H. He ex-
pects to leave Van after hie
contract terminates in the
spring.
Webb, World War n veteran,
played professional football
with the Green Bay Packers
Van.
A press notice from the Navy
said Travis H. Martin of Min-
eola was on his way to the
states aboard the USS Mobile,
a light cruiser, which left
Guam January 6. The ship is
scheduled to arrive in San
Francisco about January 22.
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A total of 1738 individuals in.
the Tyler area were receiving
monthly old-age survivors in-
surance benefits at the end of
1945, according to E. B. Free-
man, manager of the Tyler
field office of the Social Se-
curity Board. These benefits,
which are being paid to retired
workers and their dependents,
and also to survivors of de-
ceased workers, amount to
$25,734.04 per month. Of the
total for the area, 90 reside in
Wood County and receive
$1,034.31.
The 10 counties in the Tyler
area are Anderson, Cherokee,
Gregg, Henderson, Rains, Rusk,
Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt and
Wood.
Freeman pointed out that in-
sured workers frequently die
without leaving a dependent
who is eligible for mothly ben-
efits. In such cases lump sums
payments are made. During
1945, 199 persons in the Tyler
area received lump sum pay-
ments totaling $24,951.95. Of
this total, 7 reside in Wood
County and were paid $599.04.
Anyone wishing to file a
claim for old-age and survivors
insurance should contact the
Tyler office, Freeman said.
MRS. T. B. REED IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. T. B. Reed is reported
doing well following an opera-
i Dallas hospital Wed-
tion
THE WEATHER
U. S. Weather Station
Mineola, Texas
SUNDAY: Considerable cloudi-
ness with occasional rain. Min-
imum
Sunday in upper thirties;
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