The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1938 Page: 2 of 8
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Plane
famed for his
his recent trip
did not rest on his
set right in making
Last week he
sport plane across
10 hours and 56 min-
record. Hughes and
him in the flight
masks which
fly their plane most
substratosphere,
s piloted across the
1 average height of 17,000
e trip was made at an
I of 332 miles an hour.
Tax Bill
s for next year’s tax
week following an in-
between Chairman
of the Senate Finance
Chairman Robert L.
the Ways and Means
sury experts already
t on estimates and the staff
Congressional Committee
Revenue are figuring out
raising more revenue to
the growing debt. It is
I opinion that the next Con-
t pass a revenue bill increas-
ne tax rate and lowering
tions.
ning
War Talk
have been coming from
i long that we in this country
ne immunized to the alarm-
But one writer tells of
preparation going on in cen-
such as owners of large
the Czech border- being
to turn over their cellars
storage. Army officers take
the owners are not permit-
see their own cellars. Civilians
mobilized for emergency
with the maneuvers of the
army. Things just don’t look
either,
but they can’t explain
for measles does not re-
Federal Authorities
Break Lottery Ring
Jt $20,000,000-a-year nation-wide
fake lottery ring has been broken up
in Boston, federal authorities an-
nounced last week. The government
its arrived at their headquarters
with 12,000 pounds of spurious horse
race numbers and policy lottery tick-
ets. Promoters of the lottery have sold
20,000,000 tickets a year at $1 a tick-
et for the past 15 years, they said. All
those under suspicion are of promi-
nence and one is a national figure. The
government is ever on the search for
such racketeers who steal from the
public millions of dollars a year
such fake rackets.
Odds and Ends From
Around the World
The Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion keeps 9,000,000 finger prints on
file, and the list is growing daily.
America is still Smith, a
the largest list of names yet compiled
That is the list of 39,000,000,000 work-
ers to whom Social Security numbers
have been assigned. More than 470,-
000 of them are named Smith. The
Johnsons come next with 350,000
names. Next in frequentcy are Brown,
Williams, Miller and Jones.
A man’s name is no sure indication
of his ancestry, since in America
one’s name is whatever one chooses to
call himself. Most people, however,
keep the names of their fathers and
grandfathers. The preponderance
the names I have listed indicates that
the dominant strains in America are
still British, German and Scandina-
vian.
Smith is a name almost as common
in Scotland as in England, though
many Smiths are of German stock,
their names having once been Schmidt.
The names of Williams and Jones are
distinctly Welsh. Johnson may be
either Scandinavian, English or Scot-
tish. Miller is English or German, and
so is Brown.
Frank Hawks, noted aviator, was
killed as his plane crashed into power
line in New Jersey. • . A barrel-
chested wrestler, John Siejack, caught
a 5 year old child as the latter
dropped from a third story window
. . . Research has found that Gov.
James Stephen Hogg set the prece-
dent for Govemor-to-be O’Daniel in
asking that a slate be elected to aid
in carrying: out the duties of dis-
patching the State’s work.
May Take
i Candozo
Sr tO be a rather united
t among the friends of Prof. Felix
er to see that the President
this able law scholar to the
Court to fill the vacancy
by the death of Justice Car-
> There is little question of Frank-
•’s ability, for he is recognized
i having the outstanding legal mind
» America today. However, there
light be two Objections to his ap-
ointment. First, he is a Jew; second,
e is an Easterner and the West is
ot represented on the Supreme Court
«st now. Friends of Frankfurter are
not concerned over the racial question,
Cardozo was a Jew. The geograph-
1 objection has some merit, but not
much. Right now it looks like the
’d professor is as good as ap-
to the Supreme Court.
49,241 Cases of Measles
in Next 6 Months
Exactly 49,241 little boys and girls
*1 have measles between July 1 and
time when the whistles blow for
Vew Year, 1939, if the U. S. Public
ft Service is correct. Such an
nate must not be taken too iight-
for this type forecast is so accu-
that it missed by only 4,000
over a six-year period, involv-
sickness covering something like
cases a year. More than the
number of boys and girls have
i down with the measles this year,
department doesn’t attempt
»in why. The disease seems to
In the Morning
ling Fine!
-ashing relief so many folks
y get by taking Black-
constipation makes
Pure-
‘"SSSSKSS
bavtat to
GOLD? YES—IF YOU CAN GET IT!
There’s still plenty of sunken treas-
ure! Italy just sent a steamer out to
see what can be done about recover-
ing $4,000,000 in gold and silver from
a liner which sank about 30 years
ago.
Even if that is recovered, there
will still remain scores of other for-
tunes safely preserved in the bottom
of the seas, and just waiting to be
picked up. You can have the $3,000,-
000 to $15,000,000 estimated to be in
the sunken Lusitania, lying off the
Irish coast.
There are $30,000,000 worth of
wrecks on the beds of South Ameri-
can lakes. Twelve hulks in the Great
Lakes will yield about $2,000,000
Table Bay, at the tip of South Africa,
contains 100 ships with $100,000,000
worth of treasure.
Why doesn’t somebody sBatch all
this up? Most of the treasure lies
deeper than 150 feet, where diving is
difficult and dangerous. Sharks, octo-
pus, sharp coral, tricky currents, hur-
ricanes, collapsing wrecks—all have
proved efficient guards for sunken
riches.
Most treasure hunts have been
spurred by hope and greed. Not
enough time or money was spent on
equipment. That’s one reason why all
that wealth still rests on ocean beds.
Exchange.
Shortly before the World War, at
the instigation of Germany’s chief of
general staff, a German industrialist
built a non-rigid airship with several
gondolas, and with the gas balloons
divided into separate apartments.
Latest reports from U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture forecast Texas
peach production at 1,080,000 bushels,
compared with 1,392,000 bushels pro-
duced last year.
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Speaking of unemployment, a friend
said to me the other day: “The great-
est area of unemployment is above
the ears.” He was trying to empha-
size the truth that most people do not
use their heads when looking for jobs
A day or two later I saw a news-
paper paragraph about a young col-
lege graduate who used his head so
well that he got four jobs when he
only wanted one. He took competitive
examinations for engineering posts
in the Army and Marine Corps and
applied for Army service on the
strength of his college record in the
Reserve Officers Training Corps. Then
he went out and hustled for a job in
private employment, and got one. Af-
ter he had gone to work he received
notice that he had been appointed to
the Army post and that he had passed
both of his engineering examinations.
That boy, of course, had special
qualifications. But the point is that
he didn’t sit down and wait for a job
to come his way. He used his head
and got four jobs! Almost everybody
has some special ability. Too few use
their heads to find where their abili-
ties are needed.
• » •
A young friend of mine started in
business for himself as a plumbing
contractor about three years ago. He
had no capital, but a lot of intelli-
gence and moral courage. He knew
his trade and was willing to work
hard. He told me the other day that
he had jobs for a dozen good work-
men if he could find them. The trou-
ble with most workers, he said, was
that they tried to get by with poor
work and take things easy.
A building contractor I know will
not hire young workmen because, he
says, they don’t use their heads and
don’t take work seriously enough to
master their trades. I don|t know how
far that is true generally, but I have
an idea* that it is pretty general.
I think that the idea that hoys
should be kept in school until they
are 16 to 18 has made white-collar
loafers out of a great many young
Americans who could have become
first-class artisans if they had been
allowed to work when they were
young enough to learn a trade.
» * •
There is a homely old proverb
which says: “You can’t make a silk
purse out of a sow’s ear.” All the
schooling in the world will not make
in spite
ducat
I was reading the other night Rud-
yard Kipling’s Autobiography. What
struck me most foricbly was his ef-
forts at self-education. He was under
16 when he quit school to go to work
on a small daily paper in India. Inside
of ten years his name was known all
over the world. He was the greatest
literary genius of modern times. No
university could have given him the
understanding of people and life
which he learned at first hand from
personal contacts and hard knocks.
, • * •
The older I grow, the more I real-
ize that the qualities which we call
“character” are more important than
learning or technical skill. A man. may
know everything in the books, be a
master of his craft, hut if he lacks
character he is heading for disaster,
no matter how high a position he may
reach.
The world thought highly of Rich-
ard Whitney. He thought well of him-
self. He had intelligence, ability and
qualities of leadership far above the
average. But he had, also, ambition
and personal vanity which made him
believe that he was not bound by the
ethical codes which men of honor fol-
low. He is in Sing Sing prison today
because, when he came to the test,
he did not have the essential quality
of character.
I knew, years ago, the most skil-
ful engraver in the world. He had
everything but character. He quit his
job with the government to become
a counterfeiter. He is in prison now.
Education which does not build
character is worse than no education
at all.
Austin, Aug. 19.—Sudden death
came to 138 Texans on the highways
last month, the public safety depart-
ment reported today. While this was
a total of 15 below the same month
of last year, state police pointed out
that 99 per cent of the fatal crashes
were unnecessary had drivers followed
“simple rules of safety.”
So far the 1938 death toll from
traffic accidents is 909 .which is a re-
duction of 145 from the same period
a year ago.
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TO THE VOTERS OF BOSQUE
COUNTY:
I have missed many of you in this
coming election. It has been my inten-
tion to see each and very one of you,
personally, hut I have had lots to do,
civil work and criminal work; also
several lunacy cases to handle.
I have stayed on the job and have
had little time to campaign. I have
been your sheriff for 6 years; I have
never had the opportunity of holding
office without two run-offs on every
term I have been in office. I have
made some good catches, as you know.
Have conducted my campaign cleanly,
have spoken evil of no one. I hope
you good people can see your way
clear to give me this office two more
years.
I have never dictated to anyone
who to vote for, but I will tell you
I would like for you to vote for Pearl
Benson for sheriff August 27 and if
I am elected I will make you a sher-
iff.
Thanks for past and future favors.
Respectfully yours,
ltc Pearl Benson.
SURPRISE BUNCO PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thiele sur-
prised their daughter, Miss Helma,
with a Bunco party on her birthday,
August 18.
The high score was won by Velma
Miilier and the low score by Leslie
Krueger. Both were given beautiful
prizes.
Later in the evening the guests en-
joyed delicious refreshments of sand-
wiches, cakes, cookies, and punch.
Those present were: Miss Helma
Thiele, Velma Miilier, Louise Land-
graf, Viola Thiele, Lydie Hampe,
Rev. Walter G. Tillmanns, Messrs.
Herbert Miilier, Walter Prescher,
Norbert and Pool Miilier, Louis
Thiele, Arnold and Oscar Hampe, Les-
lie Krueger. Frank, Jr., Rudolph,
Adolph Edward Thiele, Mr. and Mrs.
Fritz Prescher and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Prescher, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Thiele and daughter, Mrs. Max
Landgraf, Mr. and Mrs. Frank How-
ard and sons.
The guests departed at a late hour
wishing Miss Thiele a happy birthday
and many more. —A Guest.
THRESHING NOTICE
Will be at Henry Hampe farm east
of Clifton on Tuesday, Aug. 30th to
thresh maize for the public,
ltp Martin Johnson.
We have a good mower anil rake at
a bargain.—Clifton Implement Co. lc
PLAY SAFE
Let us clean your out of season
garments and put them in moth
proof bags without extra
charges.
MARTIN’S TAILOR SHOP
PHONE 87
DOC MARTIN, Prop.
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CLIFTON, TEXAS
When you drink Beer in a
tavern... choose your tavern
Florence
Console Oil Range
This famous make of stove has been added
to our already complete line of John Deere
Implements, tractors, plows, etc.
WHEN YOU restrict your patronage to legal,
respectable retail outlets, you not only en-
courage those better outlets hut you’ve made
a start toward driving out the bad spots
in your community.
And that is exactly the aim of the great
body of honest retailers of beer who, along
with the brewers, recognize that Beer’s
only problem is to remove the anti-social
conditions that sometimes surround its sale.
Existing laws can curb these evils. Help
us by demanding their strict enforcement!
Sales to minors, or after legal hours,
of a beer license as a screen, for selling illicit
liquor or for operating an illicit resort...
all these are violations of the law and should
be stopped. Public opinion, once aroused,
can see that such practices are stopped!
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1938, newspaper, August 26, 1938; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth779465/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.