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White Deer Review
VOLUME XVI.
WHITE DEER, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS.- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1939
NUMBER 28
PARENTS AND TEACHERS
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
The Parent-Teachers Associ-
ation of White Deer will begin
its year’s work by meeting at
the grade school auditorium Mon-
day, September 25, at 7:30 p. m.
This is a cordial invitation to
all of the parents of children in
the White Deer schools and to all
of our teachers to come and get
acquainted.
The fololwing article will in-
troduce you t.o this organization
or it will remind you of what it
has stood for if you have been
a regular member.
What Parent-Teacher Member-
ship Means.
Memebership in a Congrees
parent-teacher association offers
me specifically as a parent:
A way to share my child s
school life.
A way to find my place
among the parents axfd teaeheis
who share the same school in-
terests and experiences.
A way to understand and real-
ize the relation of my own home
to the school and to the eommun-
ity.
A way to discover both the
opportunities and the limitations
of home and school which may
effect the growth and develop- mot]ier and step-father, Mr.
meat of children in ray comunity. and Mrg j M Britten of Groom,
Membership in a Congress Qne j)ro(ju,r) Paul Wagner, of
parent-teacher asoeiation 0 0161 (>room; seven half-brothers, Jim,
each adult in the comunity . Albert, Elmer, Ralph, Arthur, Bill,
A way to stimulate in eies (Xorman Britten, of Groom;
in community fesponsibili y or } and three half-sisters, Eva Marie,
the well-being of children anc j jean an(| Martha Britten, all of
S°UtA wav to utilize the exfieri-j _
enees of other communities m
meeting the needs of the local
BURNS ARE FATAL
TO GROOM MAN
Harold Wagner, 29-year-old
farmer of Groom, died in an Ama-
rillo hospital Monday afternoon
from burns lie received when his
clothing caught fire as he slept in
an auitomobile parked near the
“Y” on the Panhandle highway
northeast of the city of Amarillo.
Matches in Wagner’s pocket
were thought to have accidentally
become ignited as lie turned in bis
sleep. When he awoke, apparently,
his clothing Avas in flames. He
jumped from the car and began to
run. Three or four men at a near-
by might club caught the Groom
man and stripped his clothing
from him.
The freak tragedy had its be-
ginning shortly before 1 o’clock
Monday morning. He was burned
from head to waist.
Rites in tribute to the memory
of Harold Wagner were conducted
at the Catholic Church in Groom
Thursday morning at. 9 o’clock,
with Rev. Boeding officiating.
Pallbearers were L. B. Britten,
B. N. Britten, Joe Britten, Rob-
ert Carney, Arthur Conrad and
William Resar.
Burial was in the Groom ceme-
tery.
Surviving the Groom man are
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the automobile owner is subject.
Department of public safety
' $ 1 officials prodded the public mem-
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1940 AAA PROGRAM
IS ANNOUNCED
P. A. WAMPLER DIES
AT HOME IN PAMPA
comunity.
A way to participate m a j
statewide and nationwide program , PAMPA,
as it relates to the needs and in- j Wampler, 35
Sept. IS,—P. A.
years old, for the
terestsof the children and youth : past eight years linotype operator
in the local community.
A way to appreciate and
share in a parent-teacher program
of service for all children and
youth everywhere.
FIRST U. S. DRAFT WOULD
PULL 11 MILLION MEN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 —
Should the United States ever be-
come involved in wav and Con-
• gress enact a draft law, no man j in two -weeks of each other,
whose job is vital to the econom- j Survivors are the widow'
at the Pampa News, died suddenly
at the family home this afternoon.
He had been in ill health only a
day and liis passing was unex-
pected.
Mr. Wampler came here from
Littlefield. His home was in Lo-
renzo, where his parents reside.
His death followed that of Em-
mett Gotcher, Pampa New's shop
foreman, by less than txvo weeks.
Both men came to the News witli-
and
two children, Danna Lee and Jan,
and a brother, H. Wampler, lino-
type operator at the News.
ie structure would be dragged
away from his machine or office.
Munitions are as important as ^
men, food as important as fight-
ing. That is the theory behind the
proposed industrial mobilization
evstem, into which army and navy
officials have written a selective CANYON, Sept. 2.1,—President
service plan. f J. A. Hill today called for appli-
In the first call for a draft, it j cations for the civilian pilot
is estimated that 11,000,000 men, training course to be offered at
DR. HILL CALLS
FOR NEW PILOTS
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ory last week that on October 1,
ll the new “certificate of title” law
I goes into effect. It was passed by
| the regular session of Legislature.
| It means what the name implies—
|: the motorists buying a car after
| October 1, must have a certificate
........*° S*10W 'where he got his car and
> WMg ; wh0 owned it before.
The cost to the motorist is 25
III j cents per certificate.
H! The law is designed to catch
up writh auto thieves and those
attempting to sell mortgaged au-
; tomobiles. The tax collector issues
, the certificate and certain phases
! of the law are enforced by the
! department of public safety.
Several months ago Fred Boissy? chairman of trophies for the.
annual American Legion convention opening Monday at Chicago,
announced that he would give a trophy to the original “Elmer” if
that mysterious gentleman could be located. Boissy, seated, has
heard from so many claimants that he doesn’t know who to believe.
“Hey, Elmer!” is a famous Legion cry, traced back thus far to
1928. The convention will close Thursday of next week.
25TH EXTRA SESSION
IS GOING ON IN WASHINGTON
BREAKFAST OPENS YEAR
FOR VENADO BLANCO CLUB
I AIR CORPS ENLISTMENTS
‘ Come-As-Yrou-Are ’' break:
sponsored by the Venado
The special sesion of Congress
convening Thursday is the 25th
extraordinary meeting of that
body since its organization 150
years ago.
John Adams Avas the first pres-
AEE ANNOUNCED BY AKMY j .STonSs to
I meet M,ay 15, 1797, to consider
Enlistments in the Army Air \ suspension of diplomatic re-
Corps are now being made at the
Blanco club Saturday morning at | Amarillo Recruiting Station. Ac-
the high school cafeteria, opened' .-opted applicants are forwarded
the club social season. , at once to March Field,- California,
Unexpectedly notified by the so- J {tll expenses paid by the govern-
between the ages of 21. and JO f West Texas State College and the
They would , government.
Application forms are supplied
from Dr. Hill’s office.
Sophomores and upperclassmen
avail-
would be registered,
he classified as:
1. Those • immediately
able for service.
2. Those whose service would wip not be favored in consider-
be deffered because of the im-. ation of applicants, but freshmen
portance of their jobs. • i have not been bared. It is pre-
3. Those whose services would | ferred that applicants be those
cial committee, at 6:3(J in the
morning to ‘ ‘ come-as-you-are ’ ’
members and guests alike, were
taken to the cafeteria without op-
portunity to change their cos-
tumes. Those who insisted upon
donning additional garments or
applying cosmetics were assessed
small fines.
Present were Mines. M. A. Pow-
ers, Julia Powers, W. L. Potter.
W\ W. Simmons, W. B. Carey, G.
B. Moss, W. J. Stubblefield, I. E.
Walker, Ray W. Veale, Mae Cof-
fee, H. C. McDowell, W. D. Lee,
Logan Fleming, Bob McNeely, F.
T. Dickens, J. C. Freeman, E. C.
Morris.
Mines. Neal Edwards, Herman
Coe, Richard Barnes, /Wesley Da-
vis, Maurice Carlson, L. O. Speer,
W. C. Powers, Ii. M. Howell, E.
H. Grimes, T. C. Jackson, B. It.
Weak®, Hubert Travis, Juno Du-
val, John Skaggs, R. A. Thomp-
son, Harold Drummond, Eug^ie
Richardson, Biggs Horn, W. M.
Dittberner, Hugh Edwards and
Glenn Davis.
Misses Ernestine Skaggs, Vir-
ginia Martin, Lee Christine Cous-
ins, Marion Clark, Melva Game-
well, Dorothy Wittlif, Gladys Hol-
ley, Odessie Howrell, Clauda Ever-
ly, Vivian Hammock, Leffel Sim-
mons, Lottye Mae Holland and
Esther Plank.
ment.
To be eligible for this choice
assignment, applicants must be
able to produce a high school
diploma.
All interested should call or
write the U. S. Army Recruiting
Station, Amarillo, Texas.
HISTORY PROJECT IS
LAUNCHED IN CARSON
lations with France.
The greatest number of special
sessions have been summoned by
Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D.
Roosevelt—three each. Mr. Wil-
son summoned Congress in' 1913
to enact the federal reserve act,
in 1917 to declare Avar on Geiv
many and in 1919 to deal Avith the
high cost of living.
Mr. Roosevelt: called a “depres-
sion” session in 1933, a '“social
reform’’ session in 1937 and jnow
is starting the legislators to work
in the 1939 “neutrality” session
of the 76th Congress.
TEXAS LAWMAKERS
MAY HAVE EXTRA SESSION
be deffered because they had
sole dependents.
4. Those Avhose. service would
be undesirable for obvious rea-
sons, such as bad health.
Of the 11,000,000 registered
officials estimate, only 4,100,000
would be left in Class 1. An un-
disclosed number would be in Class
II. men with vital jobs.
The draft plan, founded on
World (War experience, has__been
ready for years for submission to
Congress, and could be put into
effect in a month. Detailed, ar-
rangements have, been made for
its operation in each state, and the
entire system is revised periodi-
cally.
DISADVANTAGES
FOIiLCW SIZE
without solo dying experience. The
age limits are 18 to 24 years.
College authorities , have been
asked to rank three times as
many applicants as the quota,
which is expected to be aboui
thirty young men. Both ground
training and actual flying will be
provided.
Further details will not be
known until the college’s con-
tract with the government is re-
ceived this week.
COMPTON GETS 99
YEARS IN PRISON
Some commentators on the sub-
ject of chain stores, Avho believe
that; the chain idea has been bene- ouluruay
ficial to the consuming public by | Jack (Thomas Lee) Compton
acting as a spur to more efficient was sentenced to 60 days in jail
mer" and a $300 fine in 31st district
Expressing his belief that his
step-son, Jack Compton, had a
fair trial, C. II. Turner in Ama-
rillo, said he saAv no reason for
an appeal from the 99-year sen-
tence assessed Compton on a
charge of criminal assault in the
47th district court in Amarillo
Saturday.
and economical methods of
chandising, fear that the chains
may grow into a monopoly.
Other commentators have an in-
teresting ansAver to this criticism.
They point out that, especially
in retail business, size bring advan-
tages as Avell as disadvantages.
It creates great overhead expen-
ses and other unavoidable costs
that individual merchants do not
have to bear. As a result, a chain
system can become so large that
ifc is no longer economical. Hence
any trend toAvards monopoly brings
y its own cure.
This seems extremely reason-
able. And it is already being prov-
en as thousands of Avideawake in-
dependent merchants are selling
at prices equal to or under those
of large chain systems. In brief,
ic law takes care of all such
is the first enemy of
n any field of endeavor.
court on a charge of assault Avith
intent to commit rape in connect-
ion Avith an attack upon a 11-year
old Pampa girl. Compton is 26.
In the Amarillo court, Comp-
ton was on trial charged with
assaulting a 13-year old girl in
the north part of Amarillo last
March.
The trial ended late Saturday
night Avlien the jury, after delib-
erating 70 minutes, returned the
verdict of guilty and affixed the
punishment at 99 years in the pen.
The state had asked the death
penalty. The defense contended
the case against Compton Avas one
of circumstantial evidence, al-
though defense Avas placed upon a
principal plea of insanity caused
by disease.
The trial, heard before Judge
E. C. N Olson in the 47th district
court opened Monday.
AUSTIN, Sept. 21,—At least
two Texas laAvmakers think
fhereffl be an extra session of the
legislature before Christmas.
“Don’t see Iioav Ave can miss
it,” said Rep. Bryan Bradbury of
Abilene.
“Probably Avill start in six or
eight Aveeks,” said W. J. Gal-
breath of Wharton.
Both the West Texas and the
Southeast Texas lawmakers un-
hesitatingly replied “old age pen-
sions” Avhen asked Avhy they
would be assembled. Both were
visiting the eapitol on private bus-
iness.
Pensions face a drastic slash
next month due to the starting of
payments on old loans from a
Dallas bank amounting to $2,300,-
000.
Bradbury who authored the bill
outlawing wagering on big-time ■
horse racing in Texas, declared
the needy aged in his section of,
the state were clamoring for a |
session and writing Gov. |W. Lee 1
O’Daniel to that effect.
Galbreath, first House member
to denounce O’Daniel from the
floor, said the same condition pre-
vailed in his section and agreed
with Bradbury an omnibus tax
bill, upping current levies slightly
all the way around, Avould receive
full consideration during a session.
Neither, hoAvever, Avould dis-
count the possibility of a sales
tax in statute form.
The WPA is launching an am-
bitious project, through AA'hich it
Is hoped to get a history of Car-
son county Avritten.
Four qualified workers will be
picked by WPA administrators to
begin work at the court house
this Aveek and to do detail Avork
in gathering historical informa-
tion about Carson county.
Mrs. W. D. Hale with head-
quarters at Pampa will be in
WHITE DEER ART CLUB
IS ENTERTAINED
The Art Club began its year’s
Avork recently Avith a luncheon at
Mrs. Madsen’s dining room in
Amarillo.
After the luncheon the mem-
bers AA'ent to the Paramount thea-
tre..
The folloAA’ing avcl'e present:
COLLEGE STATION, Sept. 21,
—The AAA announced its 1940
farm program here this Aveek and
promised to keep in tune with
the times, should war deplete the
present large supplies of farm pro-
ducts and over tax Uncle Sam’s
land.
At the same time it provided
for more funds to help farmeits
take care of their soil, and offered
a $1.50 payment for family gar-
dens of adequate size and content.
While the setting of acreage
goals and allotments for all ma-
jor crops except wheat was post-
poned pending international de-
velopments, the program is fund-
amentally the same as it has been
for tAvo years and comes out in
plenty of time to permit crop plan-
ning well ahead of planting time,
John Weatherly, East Texas farm-
er and member of the State Agri-
cultural Conservation Committee,
pointed out.
Wheat acreage allotments for
1940 have been set up already for
all effected farms in Texas, and
commercial vegetable acreage has
been allotted in several counties.
So far as these crops are concern-
ed the 1940 program is underway.
The 1940 Range Consevation
program is yet to be announced.
Small farms get special consid-
eration in the neAV program Avhich
sets a minimum of $20 on the
customary alloAvanee earned by
terracing, seeding legumes, turn-
ing under green manure crops of
doing something else to build up
soil arid conserve moisture.
Besides the regular soil-build-
ing alloAvanee, each farm in 1940
will be able to earn ‘ as much as
$30 by planting forest trees—
for AA'.indbreaks, Avoodlots, water-
sheds, wildlife cover and similar
uses.
Farmers in the Avind erosiofn
area Avill have to supplement their
usual practices \yith more soil-
building Avork next year in order
to earn as much as Avas posible
this year by returning sub-margi-
nal land to grass or other natural
cover.
COLLEGE WILL OFFER
AVIATION COURSE
Ii. A. Thompson and Hubert Tra-
vis, all of White Deer, and Mrs.
A. P. EdAvards of Dalhart,
TRI-STATE FAIR OPENED
Mmes. H E. Edenborough, J. C.
— a[ rampa w,u m j Freeman, E. H. Grimes, M. H.
charge of the work in Carson j Kuykendall, Girtha McConnell,
county She is under the direc-1H C. McDowell, L. C. O’Neal,
turn of Dr. L I Sheffey, prOfes- Ju]ia Powers, W. J. Stubblefield,
sor of history at West Texas State
Collego, Canyon, which has charge
of the project.
It is expected that the work
Avill be available for research stu-
dents at the Panhandle-Plains
museum on the grounds of the
college at Canyon.
Mrs. Hale said that- additional
Avorkers Avould be added a ssoon
as posible.
She is hopeful that the people
of Carson county Avill rally to this
historical project and assist the
workers on every way in obtain-
ing; information. She has the names
of about tAvo dozen Carson county
people, who Avill be especially ask-
ed to be local sponsors and boost-
ers for the historical project.
At the same time the historical
information is being compiled
efforts will be made to get relics
for the museum at Canyon.
CANYON, Sept. 21—West Tex-
as State College has been made
one of a few Texas institutions
Avhich will install aviation ground
courses under sponsorship of the
federal gOA'ernment.
Selected students will receive
instruction in aviation mechanics,
theory, and actual flying.
CRITICISM HARKS BACK
TO DESPONDENCY,
AND DEFEATISM , ^
WHEAT GRANARY TESTED
BY WAR-DOGS
“Mr. Hoover charges President
RooseA'elt Avith having taken 'a
seat at the table Avhere power
Bands from Shamrock, White polities is being played,’ ” com-
Deer, Groom and Wellington were. ments the St Louis Post-Dispatch,
on hand for the first of the six- I10 supporter of the President,
(hiv exposition. President Ray “Mr. Hoover must be accorded
I inkney declared the 1939 fair sincerity, yet the record convicts
officially opened in ceremonies at him, we believe, as a persistent
10:30 a.‘m. The Shamrock band j critic of the Administration, a
played and Miss Nellie Granger,! profession^ fault-finder who has
TWA flying hostess, was intro-assailed his successor Avith malig-
duoed as the hostess of the fair. ! nant zeal. His speeches and papers
Judges Monday began the job —a voluminous total—contain not
of placing the unexpectedly heavy ( one generous word for the present
entries in the livestock division. ? Administration. His never-endino-
Troy Whatley of Groom was a refrain, Avhether as pamphleteer
frequent Avinner in the Hampshire or pulpiteer, is. “Roosevelt is
divisions. jAvrong.’’ The public memory mav
Tri-State Fair banners went to be short-lived, but it has not for-
the Panhandle, Canyon, and Dim-»gotten the dark, despondent, de-
mitt FFA Clubs for placing one, featist days of Herbert Hoover.”
tAvo, three in that order for the ! L-_'
COLLEGE STATION, Sept 21,
—With the war-dogs loose in Eu-
rope, the nation’s e\rei*-normal
wheat granary is expected to bo
tested for its ability to absorb
the shock of international combat.
Incidental to an appeal for
farmers to continue normal oper-
ations/ despite Avorld conditions,
the State Agricultural
vation Committee of the AAA, re
leased the folloAving figures
29,785 TEXANS WORK
FOR UNCLE SAM
best FFA booth in the Agriculture
building. Other clubs placed in
this order: fourth, Groom; fifth, i
Wheeler; sixth. Tulia; seventh,) WASHINGTON, Sept. IS—The
Harwell; eighth, Quail; ninth, federal government, with a total
Pampa; tenth, SamnorAvood; clev- of 923,856 civil employees, has
enth, Claude;' and twelfth, Clar- ’ 29,785 on its payroll in Texas,
endon. They divided approxi- j The Civil Service Commission
mately $200 in prize cash. j making these figures public, em-
phasized they had no relation to
] the number of
SCOUTING COURSE IS
Conser- J OFFERED AT W. T. S. C.
■i — v. --------- legal residents of
; the state employed by the govern-
! ment, some of Avhom
. may hold
A course jobs in other states,- many among
FEDERAL PENSION
MONEY READY
ANSTIN, Sept. 21,—Adam R.
Johnson, director of the state
welfare department, announced to-
day the receipt of federal match-
ing money for September old age
pensions and that checks aver-
aging $14.24 will be mailed Tues-
day to 121,136 pensioners in the
state.
wheat from its Texas A add Mjjn Scouting, to develop leaders in the 101,401 federal’employees in
college headquarters. j boys work, Avill be offered this , Washington.
The United States_ has a do-jfaii at West Texas State College.} Texas
mestic' demand, year in and year
out, for around 650 to 700 million
bushels of wheat.
If it maintains! its historical
share of world Avheat trade, the
United States Avill export from
80 to 100 million bushels.
_ This total prospective consump-
tion of between.730 and 800 mil-
lion bushels can be produced on
60 to 65 million acres.
The 1940 -wb^at acreage allot-
ment is 62 million acres, Or ap-.
proximatelv what.would be needed
at normal yields to supply ordi-
nary domestic and export de-
mands.
In addition, the Ever-Normal
Granary caried over into the cur-
dent marketing Reason approxi-
mately 265 million bushels, or
about, 150 million bushels more
than the average carrv-over for
1924 to 1928.
, population of 6,172,000
Mi.la.on Morris, Avho has had much . Avas 4.26 per cent of the estimated
experience in working Avith FFA national total of 144,985,000 in
groups and scouts will teach the j July, 1937. The federal Avorkers
course. College credit for three . in the state constituted 3.22 per
semester hours 'will be granted.
Red Cross first aid methods Will
he taught by Dr. R, P. Jarrett, Jr.,
local physician.
SANTE FE CARLOADINGS
The Santa Fe System earload-
ings for the Aveek ending Septem-
ber 16, 1939, Avere 23,713 as com-
cent of the total government em-
ployment, and .48 per cent of the
state’s population.
Mrs. Ben Talley of Miami spent
the Aveek end as guest of Mrs.-
W. D. Lee and iMrs. II. C. Me-
DoAvell.
The integrity Avith Avhich our
pared ^ Avith 20,191 for the saine'team plays makes a reflection up-
week in 1938. Receteed from con-; 'on the entire school, therefore,
neetions Avere 6,245 as compared, Bucks, may you emulate the vir-
avi(li 5.392 for the same Aveek in tues of our last year’s team.
1938. The total cars moved Avere
29, 958 as compared Avith 25,583
for the same week in 1938. The
Santa Fe handled a total of 24,-
279 cars during the ' proceeding
week of this year.
Rev, and Mrs. Vernice Pipes
and two children^ are here bn a
visit to his father, J. N. Pipes.
The oldest boy Avas in school and
so did not get to come.
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