Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 241, Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1942 Page: 3 of 4
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The meeting of the Tim peon
chamber of commerce will be
held tonight at 7:30 o'clock. A
good attendance it urged.
Mrs. G. H. Motley spent last
week-end visiting her daugh-
ter, Mrs. S. W. Pridgeon of
Joaquin.
Corporal Mike Kyle, in
training with the TJ. S. forces
in California, is en;oying a
several days visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mr? N. Kyle
of this city.
Pvt. Van B. Turner, in train-
ing at Camp Clairborne, La ,
has returned to his duties af-
ter spending a few days at
home.
Mias Leta Vae Brineon of
Nacogdoches, spent the week-
end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Rex Brinson.
12-YEAR-OLD BOY
EXPIRES; FUNERAL
SERVICES TODAY
Othel Duke, age 12, sue- Washington, Dec. 5. (UP)
combed Saturday afternoon at —Selective Service Headquar-
ters has sent local draft boards
detailed instructions on classi-
fication of essential farm
worker.? under the Farm de-
ferment clause of the recently
enacted 'teen-age draft law, it
was learned today.
The instructions define an
essential farm worker as “a
person necessary to and regu-
larly engaged in agricultural
occupations essential to the
war effort.”
They set up standards in so-
5:30 at the home of his grand-
mother, Mrs. G. R. Long in
Timpson. The little boy was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Duke of the Tennessee com-
munity, and had only been ill
about five days. Funeral serv-
;ces will be held this afternoon
at 2 o’clock at Corinth.
Interment will be made in the
Corinth cemetery. Funeral ar-
rangements are under direc-
tion of W. A. Taylor Estate
Funeral Home.
Survivors include his par- called war units as a guide to
Homer B. Smith, with the U.
S. forces, arrived last week
for a visit with his mother,
Mrs. Byron Smith of Timpsoc.
PALACE
TMPSOM
Monday Od?
LINDA DARNELL
In
“LOVES OF EDGAR ALLEN
POE”
GEO. SANDERS
In
“FALCON’S BROTHER”
Wednesday • Thursday
JOHN PAYNE
BETTY GRABLE
VICTOR MATURE
In
“FOOTLIGHT SERENADE”
eats, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Duke;
four brothers—Edwin. Billy,
Johnnie Mack and Forest
Duke.
The family has the sympa-
thy of friends in the loss of
this beloved and popular little
boy.
MOTHS Mil
Win OF TUB
U DEC. 17
Austin, Tex.—Christmas va-
cation will begin at the Uni-
versity of Texas Dec. 17, and
classes will resume Tuesday
morning, Jan. 5, according to
a new raling by the adminis-
trative council.
This is the second change in
dates in recent weeks, the first
in response to the Office of
Defense Transportation rec-
ommendation, the latest to
permit students to attend the
Cotton Bowl football game
Jan. I, in which the Long-
horns, Southwest Champions,
meet George Tech. The new
ruling also abolishes the two-
day Easter vacation.
For Victory: Buy Bor.da
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draft boards for placing such
workers into two new classifi-
cations—-2-C and 3-C. The
standards were established in
cooperation with the agricul-
ture department.
Any farmer or farm hand
who is directly responsible for
the production of at least 16
war units may be deferred by
his board. The instructions
suggest his deferment, but do
not order it.
In computing the war units,
crops and livestock are divid-
ed into essential and non-es-
sential groups. Each nnit of
livestock or acre of essential
crop land is given a war unit
rating.
For example, each milk
cow is counted as a war unit
A unit also may comprise 20
hogs, 20 feed lot cattle, 5 acres
of corn, 15 acres of wheat of
75 hens.
A typical midwestem farm-
er would be entitled to defer-
ment if his farm comprised 5
milk cows, 60 hogs, 150 hens
and SO acres of corn—a total
of 16 units.
Essential farm products,
and the number of head or
jacre necessary to comprise
one unit:
Farm beef herds, 12; feed-
lot beef, 20; range beef, 15;
Stocker beef run on grass, 76;
broiler chickens, 600; hens for
laying, 75; hogs, 20; milk
cows, 1; farm sheep, 30;
Iambs in feedlot, 160; range
sheep, 40.
Fiber and oil crops—Ameri-
can-Egyptian long-staple cot-
ton, 2.5 acres; castor beans, 3
acres; flaxseed and soybeans,
12 acres; hemp, 5 acres; pea-
nuts, Irish potatoes and sweet
potatoes. 2 acres.
Field crope—barley, wheat,
grain sorghums, oats, rye, dry
field peas, cover cropseeds,
hay and hay crop seeds, 15
acres; corn, dry edible beans,
rice, Broomcorn, green peas
and sweet corn, 6 acre*.
Fruit trees, 1 acre; black-
berries, dewberries, raspber-
ries, strawberries, blueberies,
currants, gooseberries and
quince. .7 (seven-tenths)
acres; sugar beets, 2 acres,
sugar cane, 1 care, nuts, 5
acres.
Truck and canning crops—
broccoli, Brussels sprouts, col-
lards, endive, kale, tomatoes,
carrots, chard, escarole, mus-
tard greens; spinach, turnip
greens, onions, snap beans,
green leafy lettuce; lima
beans, green peppers, turnips,
aspargus. cauliflower, cab-
bage, 1 acre.
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HE IS FELT
IT BOOL! BILLS
Beverly Hills, CaL, Dec. 5.
(UP)—A mild earthquake
was felt here at 6:35 p. m. to-
day. It was described as a
single short, sharp jolt.
J. J. Futrell, A. H. Boodell
and George Haden, were here
from Orange for the week-
end.
Geologists believe that Tex-
as has 65 per cent of all gas
reserves in the United States.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Daily Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 241, Ed. 1 Monday, December 7, 1942, newspaper, December 7, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth813494/m1/3/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Timpson Public Library.