Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 230, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1944 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursday, August 17, 1944
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First Biography of Amorica's Groat Gonoral
C»prri<kt, 1044, Ann Wundt*aril Mllleri OiNtrlbsUd, NBA dervles, hr.
APPOINTMENT TO WEST POINT
IAWIGHT EISENHOWER’S grad-
*■* nation from the Abilene High
School was a “great event.”
His family sat in the audience
and looked'uiKir. him with pride
as he received his diploma. He was
starting out on a career, no one
knew where.
Ike himself didn’t know. He
worked around Abilene for more
than a year, helping his father
and doing various jobs as a tire-
man rod rofrigerutive .engineer—
and ail the time he was "planning.”
Finally he decided. He was in-
trigi.ul by the biographies of great
military leaders. His decision took
his family by complete surprise.
‘'I'm going to enter the service
of my country,” he announced.
The Eisenhower family were re-
ligiously opposed to war. Dwight,
however, insisted he knew what
he was about, and no amount of
persuasion could change his mind.
Two pals had reached their de-
cision together. Ike and his friend,
Everett Hazlett, were going to
Annapolis and enter the Navy.
Hazlett passed his entrance exam-
inations. but it was discovered that
Ike, 20 years old, was a few
months over age. He bid his friend,
Hazlett, goodby and went into a
secret session with himself.
Again Ike came out with a de-
cision: he would go to West Point
and serve in the army. Immedi-
ately he lost himself in all the
documents and official information
ho could obtain about the United
Slates Military Academy. Ascer-
taining the qualifications required,
hr began to study day and night.
Finally he felt assured he was
equipped for his first battle with
the examinations.
Appointment to West Point re-
quinxt political confirmation Ike
enlisted two family friends, Editor
Harger, of the Abilene Rcflector-
[ Chronicle, who knew everybody,
and Ed Heath, postmaster of Abi-
lene. Other influential citizens
were lined up. Ike now had his
first fighting squad ready for ac-
tion.
United States Senator Joseph H.
Bristow was a power in state and
national affairs, a leader on the
floor of the Senate. And on Oct.
11, 1910, Dwight David Eisenhower
received from the War Department
an appointment to West Point.
Young Dwight passed his ex-
aminations with flying colors
against eight competitors, and on
a June day in 1911, surrounded by
friends at the railroad station in
Abilene, he stepped on the train
"to go east.”
• • *
WHEN DWIGHT EISENHOWER.
" a rugged, bronzed youth out
of the west, stood before the por-
tals of West Point on the 14th day
of June in 1911, he gazed in ad-
miration at the stately structures
standing like citadels on the rock-
hound hills overlooking the gran-
deur of the Hudson River. The
boy from the plains had come to
the highlands.
Five feet 11. weighing 170
pounds, 20 years and eight months
of age, he was entering the great-
est institution of its kind in the
world, the United States Military
Academy
West Point, like Ike himself,
was in a state of transition. It was
preparing for the future. The mag-
nificent cadet chapel was being
erected, an outstanding example
of modern Gothic architecture.
A huge new gymnasium, where
j Ike was to make a notable record,
t was under construction. The larg-
I est riding hall in the world was
being built from granite quarried
on the reservation; here Ike, horse-
man from the west, was to give
j daredevil exhibitions of a lad at
home in the saddle. Surveying be-
! fore him the Gothic structures of
Imposing beauty, he walked Into
the administration building.
“Eisenhower from Kansas,” he
reported cryptically.
» • *
nr»HE appraisal of a cadet begina
*■ with the moment of his rude
plunge into the West Point system.
Nature had saved a blast of rec-
ord-breaking heat to welcome Ike
when he arrived at West Point in
1911. Through the three broiling
weeks that preceded the transfer
of the new cadets from "Beast
Barracks" to the summer encamp-
ment at Fort Clinton, they under-
went a process of indoctrination
which left its mark. The job was
thoroughly done. The end of each
strenuous day found the plebes
only too glad to tumble into their
hunks for a night’s sleep.
Taps inspection was hardly over
when more or less rugged spirits
asserted themselves Bull sessions
were under way. Ike’s room be-
came a favorite hangout for these
after-taps sessions. Voices, were
kept low and a sentry was always
posted to give warning of the ap-
proach of a first-classman of the
"Beast Detail." In the darkness
the day’s woes became less impor-
tant, the boners of some ovcrzeal-
ous first-classman developed into n
tidbit, and plebe life in general
became more endurable. There
were plenty of arguments, often
ended by one of Ike’s pungent com-
ments. Before anyone realized it,
Ike had been accepted as a leader.
Like his classmates in “F” Com-
pany, Ike fitted easily into the tra-
dition which, throughout the his-
tory of the Corps, has fallen to the
company marching at the close of
the parade column. The tradition is
one which scorns “file-boning,”
"teeth-boning,” and any such seri-
ous efforts for advancement in
corps or academic standing. It
seeks to discover such maximum
of ease as is possible under the
strenuous West Point system Oil
the other hand, it puts n high pre-
mium on athletic prowess. The
physical brawn of a group of fit
inert, averaging six feet or more
in height, lent itself to outstanding
performance on the athletic field.
That feature of the environment
likewise suited Ike.
NEXT: Plebe.
1944 Christmas
Packages Overseas
TIME: Musi be mailed between
lime milt no written request
| 11cm serviceman b necessary.
Size: May noi exceed 5 pounds
in weight or 15 inches in length
ant! girth cimbined.
NUMBER Ni more than one
typewriting or ink. ,
For further information consult
your local Red Cross Chapter,
City Hall. Phone 587-588
Phillips Vice President
Discusses Pipelines
VON GONTARD TO BE
INDUCTED FRIDAY
MIAMI, Fla., Aug. r_fffV—
Charles Stark, vice president of
the Phillips Petroleum Company,
NFW YORK Aug. 1"*—(Ah—| forecust today that internidionii
Gert Huns Von Gontard, acquit- ; pipelines "will one day prove
ted lust June in Federal Court of I bonds to pull the world t
a charge oi conspiracy to evade
ouckage will be accepted for mail-, military service, has been order-
ing in any one week when sent j
ty or on behalf of the same per-
son or concern to or for llv >ame
Mrcssre.
K STAGE: Musi be full pre-
paid.
ADDRESS: Must he eligible in
ed to report for induction into the
Armed Forces Friday.
The grandson of the late Adol-
i htis Bi oh. Si Ixiuis brewer, will
he 811 years old Aug 24, which
would have deferred him auto-
matically for age
[ether
more firmly in International coop-
eration"
Accompanied by Chief Engineer
Nathan Isenherger of Corpu
Chrlsti, Texas. Stark " ill in' e< t
I> iiIdinr of the Phillips Company
in Venezulea.
BUY WAR BONDS
Dime-Store Heiress
To Separate From
Actor Cary Grant
HOLLYWOOD, Aug 1 1 —(fft—
Barbara Grant “avs t ••
•.partition fr< m her husband, actor
Gary Grant, is a friendlv one, de-
cided upon by both after much
a d careful thought.
I urn sorry that our marital
r rndei standing has made this
‘op necessary,” the dime-store
: ch ess added in a statement vps-
Erdny. "There is no thf ught of
■ivoice at the present time and
a id I are remaining the
fonderi ef friends.”
Grant .-, comment was:
“Yes, I regret to say that it la
all true. You can quite understand
why I have no Inclination to Make
an extended statement.”
Mrs Grant, 31,. formerly was
married to Alexis M’Divani, Geo-
rgian prince, and later to Count
| Haugwiiz-Revenllow, former Dan
i ish count with whom she Is con-
| tending for custody of their son,
| Ijince, 9.
Grant, 40, is the former husband
i Virginia CherrIM, British ac-
!t rets.
Back The Attack
MEXSANA
SOOIHING MtOtCA ‘ to RQWPkB
3 AUGUST ’KSfittSS1’
EFFECTIVE
August 13
THRU
Sept. 2,1944
(Official Table No. II) .
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CANNED OR BOTTLED
(SUITS (iothdt poittl) (ioolvdo P'lkiod, iplttd oi brpoditd)
APPLES—(include crob apple,)...... ......
APPLESAUCE .............................................—.............
APRICOIS____________-...................................-..........................
BERRIES, oil vaneli.i ...........................- --------------------------—
CHERRIES, RED SOUR ............—.........—.....-.................
CHERRIES, oil other [..elude maraschino lype)............-............
CRANBERRIES OR SAUCE (who!., iiromed, or jellied)...................
FIGS
FRUIT COCKTAIL, FRUITS FOR SALAD, OR MIXED FRUITS.
PEACHES ..........................................
PEARS ..........................................................................
PINEAPPLE..............................................-.............................
PLUMS OR PRUNES loll kinds) ......... ...........................—.......
HOME PROCESSED FRUITS— on* o! ih. nbo.c _____
OVER -tj 0
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| INCLUDING -*j 7 oi.
10 oi. ; Uoi. MO. 7oMID.Sw.: 210.
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GRAPE JUKZ
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE ....... .....
ORANGE-GRAPEFRUIT JUICE BLENDED...................-
ORANGE JUICE ...............-
PINEAPPLE JUICE ... ................
PRUNE JUICE----------------------------------------------------
TOMATO JUICE_________________________________________________
VEGETABLE JUICE COMBINATIONS lot least 70* tomato iu.ee) ...
HOME PROCESSED JUICES—ant ,i rU ohc.._
VEGETABLES (ifuKJt ovftn)
ASPARAGUS
BEANS. FRESH LIMA
BEANS. GREEN OR WAX
BEETS UscSudo ptfUad) ...............
CARROTS
CORN, vacuum pocked whde kernel ........- —......
CORN except vacuum packed wh< e kernel, aaclode corn on cob)
MIXED VEGETABLES :ovei 20^ by weight ol rouor.ed vegetables)
PEAS exclude scared dry peas) ...............
PUMPKIN OR SQUASH
SPINACH .........
GREENS fin. ;-de only beet, colloid, dandelion, kale, mustard, poke, and turnip) ■
TOMATOES (except putee)
HOME PROCESSED VEGETABLES—* mu ■ < tin- -»ny__
SPREADS (whtlhit or not htrmttico//y itoltd)
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JAMS, PRESERVES, OR MARMALADES—PURE OR IMITATION
marn-.alades cjntolBina only citrus Iruits).
marmalades containing only
(I) Rflkpkruy, Strawberry
combination with apple or any cthei trusts
(II Apricot, Blackberry, ond olh.t botrier, Cberry, Peach, Pineapple
ur coml notion v.,’:. Appi- r any olh* r Iruiis or Havers except tf ose
(3) Crape, Tomato
All alhers
JELUES-PURE or IMITATION
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rant, Qu<ntt. Pa pberry. Strawberry w.n Appc; o
ombmatior. with Apple or any other
(2) Apple, Crape, Mini, Plum r .p >i
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BAKERS JELLIES ontoinag no liu.t or Iru.t ,-r.ces) ----------
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FRUIT BUTTERS- -J* : . Ap««a», Crape, Peach
HOME PROCESSED SPREADS --orv u .he oi
SPECIAL PRODUCTS
BEANS alJdry eaweties c jr.nedof bdtieJ (lacliale baked beans, pork and bears
kid'fv u*a-x soaked dry lima beans, etc j esciode say. bio-»eyes, and gaibamos
SPAGHETTI SAUCE Labeled ar such, caula uuuj lots and uueed ttfttaUto!
SPAGHETTI SAUCE (in combrnal. n pa.-»o«e erdh cheeee!
TOMATO CATSUP OR CHILI SAUCE .
TOMATO PASTE - -
TOMATO PULP OR PUREE
TOMATO SAUCE » <; * sfaybef sance! caata,rursg ouer 5* dry lomaro ea!>i»
CLAM AND OTHER SEA FOOO SOUPS (.dud. mcd...
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We find that chiiu.n.g a* a rule.
Are happy to return to school,
If they have understanding mothers,
Who dress them just as well as other*.
A child whose mother shops with care,
Who counts on Penney’s Children’s Weaf»
Is one whose children do their best,
Because they’re always so well-dressed!
Expensively Det-ailed
ALL WOOL COATS
Sturdy-wearing coats with
.ill the new details that murk
them FASHION NEWS,
1045! Sweetheart lapel
C’lie.sterfiplils, flange front
ea: ualx, top-everythln* boy
coats. Gently molded of
claud suit all-wool suede or
fleece and warmly into
lined. 12 - 2(1.
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Day Time or Date Time
FELT HATS
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CHOSEN AS BIST ALL-ROUNjD
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Boys' Campus Clad Suits
I, wgonals und iiei FIB
ringbones in browns X/«/w
old bines All wool.
Trentwood Sport Coats
Rich suedes, herring) Q Qfl
,oi . s, diagonals and Q Jjll
plaids. Sizes 8-20.
Boys Poplin Jackets
3.98
Plaid 1 Lined Cossack
Style. Weather pro-
el Lion: slide lastenei
.’losing, sealed pock-
>ts; cuffs, side straps
Pompadours, Ca-
lais. off-the-face
ty 1 il: all '.vi ol
It It Tcdo ed or
softly veiled
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In Rich Colors or Black
FALL HANDBAGS
Roomy puucht .",
undei io m or lo|>
handle styles
F;~u?l et>*<l leiith-
•rs or fabrics.
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FULL-FASHIONED RAYON HOSE
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»Il-dressed loo . knowing wom-
i»n f‘.tibiashinned hosiery. Perfect
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1111i11, and dicer for leg flaticry! Fall thadc
GIRLS' WELT SHOFS
3.49
GIRLS' SHOES
2.43
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GIRLS CLASSIC JACKETS
5.90
rail colors. biz?s <-iu.
MISSES ALL WOOL SKIRTS
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GIRLS' ALL WOOL SKIRTS
ool long- A AQ
wearing crepe, pleated J JB
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