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(
UNDER THE
Dome at Austin
By GORDON K. SHEARER
United Press Staff Correspondent
Austin—Texas will end another
fiscal year this week. State ap-
propriations and state accounts
run from September 1, to August
31.
Appropriations are made by the
legislature for two years at a
time, but the appropriation is di-
vided so that the amount to be
expended the first year is sep-
arated from that appropriated for
the second year. Balance of any
amount appropriated for the first
year does not carry over to the
second year.
As a result state departments
and institutions are checking up
this week to see how they will
come out. Some of them have
found themselves in
position
d*'"v\rtments has issued orders for
materials authorized in the first
year appropriation. The order is
placed put the supplies will not
be delivered until August 31.
What to do in such a situation
proved so puzzling that Attorney
General Gerald C. Mann was asked
to rule upon it. Pis decision was
that *n general appropriation
must be expended in the year
specified, but if the appropriation
is for machines, fixtures and' books
not consumed during any one year
the purchase may be made out of
the appropriation for either year
of the biennium.
Appropriations for employment
of help are held strictly to the
fiscal year for which they as*
made by the legislature. If the
material purchased becomes a part
of the capital assets of the de-
partment, the more liberal rule is
applied.
''but one ISM in America—and that's AMERICANISM
—Texas Press Slogan
The Howe Messeng
I Give You Texas
By BOYCE HOUSE
VOLUME XVII
HOWE, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940
State Schools to
Teach Democracy
Austin—(UP)—The Texas stat<
board of education voted this
month to fight un-American prop,
aganda with enlarged courses in
American government in the pub-
lic schools.
Five text-books on American
democracy now are furnished fref
to the 1,500,000 children of high
school age in the state. Thei board
has called on book publishers to
submit suitable text book^ for the
FOOTBALL PRACTICE TO
START MONDAY
NUMBER 31
Wesley Cox, new athletic coach
at Howe high school, announce
that he will begin fall practice
Monday. He requests that' all who
expect to play this fall report to
him Monday if possible.
seventh, eighth and ninth grade
a peculmr pupife> also>
For instance, one of the „ , . . _
Board Chairman James G. Strong
of Cart-hags said he would like to
har,e Democracy taught in all the
school grades. “I would like to
have a pre-primer on it, if one is
available,” Strong told the board
members.
Besides ordering the additional
texts on Democracy the board in-
creased the quota of library copies
of a book on “Democracy In Ac-
tion” that is supplied to the
schools for use in their libraries
The board ordered that two cop-
ies a+ least be furnished to each
school. Schools with more than 50
pupils are to be supplied a copy
for each 25 pupils and major frac-
■ tion of 25 pupils. The- new text
i book will be submitted by pub-
lishers to a committee of teachers.
The teachers committee will con-
sider only the text. Prices of the
books will not be printed in the
copies submitted to the committee
After this committee makes its
recoimnendation on the text, the
state board of education will be
giyeVi copies of the submitted
books, and the prices. Selection
then will be made by the board.
A proclamation of the board no-
tifying publishers what books the
state board will consider purchas-
ing on October 14 directed that
the new texts be “designed to pro-
mote a love for the United States
of America and its institutions.”
It was directed that at least one
of the texts selected shall pre-
sent a historical background of
American civil liberties. One of the
books now furnished to the school
libraries gives the , text of Magna
Charta, the Bill of Rights, the
American Declaration of Inde.
pendence, the United States Con-
stitution and copies of writs ot
habeas corpus, search warranto
and other similar documents.
The Secretary of State’s office
has begun official publication of
the proposed amendments to the
state constitution upon which vot-
ers are to express their views at
the general election on November
5. There are four such proposals
One, if adopted, will authorize the
Secretary of State to appoint no-
taries public. Another will permit
longer terms than two years for
,-hppiointive offices in municipali-
ties that adopt a civil service sys-
tem. Another amendment would
authorize direct appeals from trial
eourts to the state supreme court
in cases of injunction involving
constitutionality of a statute or
the validity of an administrative
order issued by a state agency
The other amendment is a local
one to permit Red River county
to increases taxes and issue refund-
ing bonds for specified indebted-
ness, subject to an approving vote
of a majority of the voters who
own taxable property in the coun-
ty.
* * *
The meeting of the state wel-
fare board scheduled for Septem-
ber 4 will be of special interest
to old age pensioners.
Final payment is to be made by
the board next month on the $2,-
230,000 emergency debt created by
borrowing money from Dallas ban-
kers to continue pension payments.
Under instruction of dfie last
legislature $200,000 of the money
WormalJJy going to \h;e wlelijare
board for pension payments each
month, has been applied on retire-
ment of the debt. The final install,
ment is $180,000.
When these payments wSYe bi-
gun the board ordered a horizontal
slash of $6 in previous pension
payments. Now there is little
hope that the entire $6 will be
returned. I
How much will be added to
August’s average payment of $10.-
86 will not be determined until it
is known just what the federal
matching agency will consider
“need.”
The last Texas legislature in-
structed the board not to consid-
er ability of relatives to contrib-
ute to support of a pensioner in
computing his peed. Rolls current-
ly have about. 120,000 names. '
* * *
Miss Frances Goff of Kenedy is
new receptionist for Gov. W. Lee
O’Daniel’s office. The pretty greet
ler is not a stranger about the
I state capitol. She was a house of
IreprAentativee stenographer In
hh^^%h and 46th legislatures, and
piirApJr-stenographic work in the
Igovernor’s office as well as re-
Food Locker Plant
Nearing Completion
The Grayson County Frozen
Food and Locker company; is rush-
ing to completion its new, modern
plant at the comer of West (Lamar
and Elm streets *n Sherman and
expects to be open for business
Saturday, September 14, Nolan D.
Jackson, manager, said this week.
The plant is nsw in its entirety
and will provide complete meat
curing facilities, regardless of the
type of curing desired. A cutting
and processing room is also in-
cluded in the plant. Custom butch,
ering will be done for those de-
siring .such service.
ihe p ant makes possible butch -
ering ir any kind of weather. The
carcasses are hung in a chilling
room to remove animal heat, then
[cut by an expert butcher, labeled,
quick-frozen and stored in indi-
vidual lockers. The lockers have a
capacity of from 250 to 30o
pounds.
Fruits and vegetables can also
be frozen and stored in' the lookers
PILOT GROVE MAN BRINGS
IN FIRST BALE
O. J. Mears of Pilot Grove hac.’
ihe honor of ginning the first bale
of the 1490 cotton crop at Ho^v*
bringing in the bale about noon
Monday. It was reported that he
had previously won first bale hor
ors at Wliitewriglit. The Howe
Gin company ginned and wrapped
the bale free of charge.
AN OLD RULE WITH
A NEW TWIST
See DOME on Last Page
Fort Worth—(UP)—Two mid-
dle-aged men stole a wheel from
W. G. Baxter’s auto trailer. When
Baxter found it missing he went
to a garage to borrow a jack. He
came back and found the inen
trying to get another wheel.
Now the men are telling other
prisoners: “If you do succeed,
don’t try, try again.” '
Air Cadets Show
Little Fear
Editor’s Note—This is the last
of two articles describing cadet
Hfe under the U. S. Army’s new
air expansion program.
By Arnold Dibble
United Press Staff Correspondent
Hicks Field, Near Fort Worth—
“Dodoes” of 1940 face army fly-
ing training with little fear.
The single thought that hums
through the minds of this' genera-
tion’s cadets as they step up to
their training ships is: “I hope 1
can do better today than I did
yesterday.”
In 1917-18 at this field—then
Taliaferro—fliers started the day
with the-viewpoint that they’d “be
lucky if the baling wire holds this
packing crate together.” Fatalities
were numerous then, mostly be-
cause of mechanical trouble.
All that has changed. Men who
answered the call for air corps
volunteers in 1940 grew up with
airplanes. They consider the air-
ways the safest mode of travel.
Learning to fly is but a small
part of cadet training. They
spend less than 50 minutes a day
in the air. Students loll about the
flying field gathering informal
ground school pointers from civ-
ilian instructors, or meet in class
rooms where the theory of flying
and its military uses are taught
Instructors say that the hardest
thing to drill ifato “dodoes” is re-
laxation and rhythm. Flying, they
say, is largely a matter of rhythm
They compare it with driving an
automobile. A person learning to
drive, they illustrate, will let out
the clutch rapidly and feed too
much gas to send the car into
jerky motion. Rhythmic movement
learned through practice finally
gives the driver ability to start
with flowing action.
“The- same with a young flier,”
says Boyd Kennedy. “You’ve got
to teach them to relax and to fly
with rhythm.”
New recruits—all college men—
find that they enrolled in no easy
course. Their day starts at 5:50 in
the morning and keeps them “on
the trot” until “lights out” at 9:50
in the evening.
Only 20 minutes of drill spots
the day. Hot afternoons find ca-
dets at their most gruelling stage
From 1:00 to 5:00 p. m. students
remain in class rooms studying
hygiene, meteorology, mathema-
tics, and maps. After dinner and a
short recreational period they stu-
dy from 7:30 until 9:50. Mornings
are spent at the flying field.
New cadets will spend 10' weeks
training here. If they pass, they
go to Randolph Field, San Anton-
io, for another 10 weeks and on
for another. 10 at Kelly where
they graduate as second lieuten-
ants in the U, S', army air corpr
Fairchild PT-19 planes are used
for training—one ship for every
three students.
Beginners’ course here includes
65 hours of flying instruction and
T40 hours of ground school includ-
ing 25 hours of laboratory work
on motors.
EARL RICH NOW PRIVATE
FIRST CLASS
Earl Rich, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Rich, who joined the
marines in May and has been sta-
tioned at San Diego, California
writes that he has recently re-
vived his first rating and is now
irivate first class, and that he
hopes to make it corporal soon.
Earl says to tell everyone
“Hello” for him and requests that
we send him the Howe Messenger
so he can keep informed about
things in the old home town.
--6---
George Home Is
Wedding Setting
Edwin and Edward Lupher are
visiting relatives and friends in
Tennessee and Georgia this week.
L C, Carter and
Whitesobfo visited in.
day.
family at
Howe Sun-
Miss Pauline Wak’is of near Mc-
Kinney visited friends here Sat-
urday.
Mrs. Clifton Horton
Miss Lula Fae George, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C, George,
and Clifton Horton, son of Mr
and Mrs. Jot Horton of Sherman
were married at 2:30 p. m. Sun-
day at the home of the bride's
parents. Rev. Claud Johnston, pas-
tor of the North Park Baptist
church oS Sherman, read the dou.
ble ring ceremony before an im-
provised altar.
Attendants were Miss Johnnie
Lee George, sister of the bride
and Eugene Horton, brother of
the groom. Mr. George gave his
daughter in marriage. Her dress
was of imported lace over white
satin and she wore a pearl head
band.
Only members of the two fam-
ilies and a few close friends, were
present. The house was decorated
with ferns and with peach and
whit£ gladioli.
At a reception following the
ceremony, the bride cut a three-
tiered wedding cake which cen-
tered the lace-covered table. Mrs.
Dan Scott of Tom Bean, sister of
the bride, presided at the punch
bowl while ^another pis ter, Mrs
Ralph Davis of Burkburnett, as-
sisted in serving.
After a short wedding trip, the
couple will be at home at 211
North Lee in Sherman. The* bride's
going-away suit was black with
black and white accessories. The
bridegroom is ^employed |at ^he
Talley funeral home in Sherman.
12,000 Votes Cast
In Run-off
Outline Procedure
On Cotton Loans
The 19l40-4l government cotton
loan plan is somewhat different
from that of previous years, ac-
cording to information received
this week. Producers desiring to
take the loan must follow the pro-
cedure outlined below.
1. Cotton must be placed in an
approved and bonded warehouse.
2. The warehouse must cut* sam-
ples on the cotton and send them
to the government classing offie
in Dallas.
3. The classing office sends a
class sheet on this cotton back to
the warehouse.
• 4. The warehouse then fills out
the cotton note.
5. The producer takes this note
to the bank and obtains the money
bn his cotton,
--—O—--
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. O’Briant of
Crandall, and Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter Wickliffe of Ferris spent the
week end with Mr and Mrs. Frank
Jeter.
s
Voters of Grayson county up-
set all predictions Saturday and
turned out 12,000 strong to cast
their ballots. Due to the fact that
there were only two state races
and four county races id be settled
in the run-off, it was general opin-
ion that not more than 8,500 votes
would be cast. The district at-
torney race proved to be the most
popular, 11,990 votes being tabu-
lated in this race, while 11,429
were cast for representative place
two.
Ralph Elliott was elected dis-
trict attorney by the overwhelming
vote of 7,109 to 4,881 for Rey G.
Baker, a majority of 2,228. Baker
led Elliott in the first primary
by 602 votes.
Roger Q. Evans increased his
first primary lead over J. H. Wag-
goner for representative place on*,
to win 6,437 to 5,277, a majority
of 1,160 votes.
M. B. Morgan, who lacked 42
votes of receiving a majority over
two opponents in the July primary
defeated Chas. H. Hagler 7,160 to
4,269, in the race for representa-
tive place two, a majority of 2,-
891.
C. H. Barrett, who held an 1100
vote lead over Grady Thompson
for county, clerk in the first pri-
mary, was defeated 4,931 to 6,970
Thompson’s majority was 2,039.
Results for the Howe and Tom
Bean boxes are as follows:
Candidate— Howe Tom Bean
Rep., Place 1:
Evans .................... 181 82
Waggoner ............ 110 61
Rep., Place 2:
Morgan ................ 164 95
Hagler ................ 119 40
District Attorney:
Elliott .................. 214 . HO
Baker .................. gl 42
County Clerk:
Barrett .................. 82 25
Thompson ............ 210 120
Brooks was choice of Grayson
county voters for railroad com-
missioner, and Lattimore for su-
preme court justice, but both lost
in the state-wide returns.
What is a Hollywood “story con
ference” like?
Well, “Boom Town” conferences
were held in Sam Zimbalist’s of-
fice, the producer presiding be-
hind his big mahogany desk. Jack
Conway, the director, would come
in, seat himself in a chair in the
comeif, squirm (around, get (up.
fold the chair cushion, sit back
down, bending one foot under him
and dangling the other over the
arm of the chair. All of which
consumed about three minutes.
Denison Boosters
Here Tuesdty
But we weren’t ready to start
vft. Conway would begin squirm -
ing again and, in a querulous
voice, would ask, “Sam, doesn’t
it seem cold in here to you?” So
Zimbalist would pick up the phone
and summon the assistant build-
ing custodian who would arrive
with a miscellany of wrenches and
a step-ladder and would work on
the airconditioning equipment for
several minutes, then would re-
mark:
“Mr. Conway, your chair is
right in front of the opening that
admits all the cool air into the
room; if you would move your
chair to one side-”
And then we were ready to lie-
gin.
“Well, what did you think about
Saturday’s game?” Zimbalist,
would ask the technical adviser
and I would oblige with a fine ex-
hibition of broken field, Monday
morning quarterbacking. “And how
does our football out here on the
Coast,” he would continue the ex.
amination, “compare with football
back 1 in Texas?” to which I would
reply, “Well, if you elimina e
from consideration the T. C. U
team of ’38 and .the Aggies of ’39,
Coast football compares rather
favorably to the run-of-the-orch-
ard teams in the Southwest Con-
ference.”
With these important matters
out of the way, we were ready to
talk about the story. The Chea-
terfieldian Zimbalist, only a time
or two, ever'got stirred sufficient-
ly to rise to his feet_and then -he
Would walk rapidly while crossing
and re-crossing the room in long
strides. But not so the mercurial
Conway. A former star of stage
and screen, the red-haired Irish-
man would act out a sOene, play-
ing all the roles himself.
Say, for example, it was a
quarrel between Big John and
Square John, the two principal
characters of “Boom Town”, to be
played respectively by Clark Gable
and Spencer Tracy. Conway would
jump to his feet and first he was
Gable, then he was Tracy, with
A group of Deniaon business
men were here Tuesday advertis- I <
ing the Labor Day celebration to
be held there Monday. The Deni-
son high school band was with the
group and played several numbers
while here.
The celebration will begin with
a parade at 10 a. m., for which
$180 in prizes will be paid for
floats and bands taking part.
Special permission has been ob-
tained to visit the Denison Dam
visitors being allowed to go down
into the dam site proper from 1
to 4 p. m. Dr. Edwin Alexander
Elliot of Fort Worth and Judge
Tom Suggs °f Denison will speak
at Forest park at 8 p. m. A fire-
works display will be given at the
park at 9 p. m. and street danc-
ing will begin on the 400 block of
West Crawford street at 10 p. m.
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WALDEN NAMED COACH
TULIA SCHOOL
See HOUSE On Last Page
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Walden left
this morning for Tulia where he
has accepted a position as athletic
coach *n the high school. lie had
previously been elected coach ar
Celina, but accepted the Tulia
position.
Walden coached (here /for 'the
past two years.
CLASS HAS SWIMMING PICNIC
AT SHERMAN PARK
Edwin Poindexter was host tc#
last (year’s; seventh grade class
with a picnic and swimming party
at the Houston street park in
Sherman Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Bryant,
Ruth and Helen Bryant, Miss
Josephine Davis, C. D- Powell ana
Rev. Leon England were guests
of Mr. and Mrs, Ernest MeBee
Sunday afternoon.
Know Your
Neighbor
By Maine Roberts
If 1 knew yon and you knew me—
If both could clearly see.
And with an inner sight divine
The meaning of yonr heart and mine
I’m sure we would differ less.
And clasp onr hands in friendliness
ALINE HAIZLIP THOMPSON
I WOULD so live as if I knew
■ that I had received my being
only for the benefit of others.—
Seneca.
The life of Aline Haizlip Thomp-
son seems to be only for the ben.
efit of others. She never has rime
to think of herself. She is young,
yet she has assumed heavy re-
sponsibilities.
Her first responsibility is being
a mother to two fine, happy, heal-
thy youngsters, Dorothy and Mike;
her second responsibility is mak-
ing a home, and last but not least,
she is school librarian.
If any one thinks that the Howe
school librarian has nothing much
to do they should watch Aline at
work. Besides knowing her library
of more than a thousand volumes,
to be able to serve the school and
public with speed and efficiency,
she rebinds and repairs the books;
she designs and makes her own
files for manuscripts and clip-
pings; she checks and keeps In
“apple-pie” order all state owned
text books. If she has a trouble
or worry, she keeps it to herself.
She is at all times, smiling, cour-
teous, and efficient. Besides sup-
porting herself and children, she
is paying for her home. She has
flowers, and a garden, and is put-
ting out fruit trees, and is an ac-
tive worker in the church. One
marvels that one little person
could accomplish so much as Al-
ine Haizlip Thompson.
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