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FUNERAL HOME
BURIAL ASS’N
and
FURNITURE STORE
PHONE 222
Serving Delta County For
|2.00 a year in advance.
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Combined with
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The Past Sixty-eight Years.
SMITH BROS.
Furniture
Telephone 105
Delta Courier circulation Nov. i, iif42.
W. D. HART & SONS. Publishers.
COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1947.
VOLUME 68. NO. 15.
NEWS
From
All Quarters
Truman Pleads For
Democratic Ideals
President Truman was hailed
‘by Democrats at the Jefferson
Day dinner last week, as the only
suitable candidate of the party
for the presidency in 1948. Mr.
Truman, however, did not an-
nounce himself to be a candidate.
Instead, he talked about foreign
and domestic issues agong bi-par-
tisan lines.
He declared that the efforts of
the U.S. to give aid to nations
threatened with the loss of their
liberty had adequate pre^dent in
the philosophy of Thomas Jeffer-
son.
In the domestic field he criticis-
ed those who would think first
of economy in the national budg-
et, when world affairs are so un-
settled. He declared there is
danger such a policy would make
it impossible for this country to
play its proper place in world
affairs.
Vocational School
Well Underway, Aids p
Vets On Farms
Safety Precautions Taken
' In Coal Mines
_ ' As the deadline for ending a
six-day period of mourning for
the 111 miners killed in the Cen-
tralia mine disaster March 25 end-
ed, it appeared doubtful if full-
scale production of soft coal
would be resumed quickly.
Secretary of Interior Krug or-
dered 516 mines closed indetinite-
ly until adequate safety measures
have been taken to prevent ac-
cidents. He also required the
owners of 2,013 other mines to
certify they had taken all neces-
sary safety precautions before re-
opening.
Meanwhile John L. Lewis, pres-
ident of the United Mine Workers,
wrote to Krug demanding that he
close all but two of the soft coal
mines pending a reinspection of
2,579 mines by Federal inspectors
of the Bureau of Mines. To this
request Krug refused agreement,
pointing out that it would require
m d ~ 1 two mont^s *or 171 in-
™ ^pecfbrs to complete the huge re-
inspec$jon job, and that would
mean an arbitrary closing down
of almost the entire soft coal in-
dustry.
Reaction of members of ‘the
union is being closely watched.
Many observers predicted the
miners would take their cue from
Lewis and refuse to return to the
pits until the reinspection had
been made. If this should happen,
a tie-up of industry would occur
as bad as that which was threat-
ened by the strike last. November.
U.S. Marines Still Fight
In China And The Pacific
You can take it from the Ma-
rines, if there’s fighting going on
anywhere they are pretty sure
to be mixed up in it. Last week
they had two battles on their
hands. In China an ammunition
dump was attacked by a force
of 100 Chinese communists. Ma-
rine guards stood their ground
while help came from the nearest
garrison. Then they went in pur-
suit of the attackers. Five Ameri-
cans were killed and 16 wounded.
On one of the by-passed islands
too, the Marines had another fight
on their hands, as they started a
drive to round up Japanese troops
still holding out in caves, believ-
ing the war is still going on.
Straws In The Wind
Several million men through-
out the U.S. heaved a sigh of re-
lief last week as they discarded
draft cards from their pockets.
Local boards were arranging to
wind up their affairs.
Another increase of $6 a ton
in the price of Canadian news-
print was announced last week.
President Truman signed the
bill extending sugar rationing un-
til Oct. 31.
A strike by milk handlers in
Louisiana which almost shut off
the New Orleans supply of milk
for ten days was called of last
week. There was considerable
violence in connection with the
strike.
With the completion of 60,000
feet of terrace lines for veterans
in Vocational Schools in Delta
county, the schools are well un-
derway in their program fox-
farming veterans.
Numerous other achievements
of the six schools include the con-
struction of a four room house
by Harvey Riley’s class for a vet-
eran whose house burned. They
also constructed three other farm
units.
The Klondike Vocational School
supervised by Bill Pratt has re-
conditioned the old Klondike de-
pot for a meeting place and for
a farm shop.
With a total enrollment of 144
veterans, the classes have de-
horned about 250 cattle, vaccinat-
ed cattle against Bang’s disease
and black leg, treated cows for
ox warbles, pruned fruit trees,
and sprayed for insects, topped
pecan trees and secured and stor-
ed pecan buds, butchered hogs
and culled chickens.
There are six classes in Vo-
cational Agriculture Schools in
the county at the present time
with another school due to open
soon at Ben Franklin. Instructors
for the classes axe Harvey Riley
at East Delta, Mr. Pratt at Klon-
dike, Jack Willmon, who recently
replaced Dr. A. M. Pickard at
Pei-an Gap, Moms Vaughn, Hugh
Tomlinson, and Drue Hopper,
Cooper.
Th$ maximum enrollment in
each class is 25 and five of these
must be disabled veterans. If
there are no disabled veterans
then the class load is 20 students.
This accounts for the unequal
number of students in the six
classes and limits the number of
students.
Each trainee in the classes
spends a mimimum of 10 1-2
hours per week in group instruc-
tion. This consists of two meet-
ings per week of two and-one half
hours each and the other five and
one-half hours are spent in group
demonstrations, field trips, or
farm shop. The instructor visits
each trainee every week or often-
er if his services are needed for
individual problems or to super-
vise home practices.
Widespread Demand
The plan for vocational educa-
tion for veterans is the result of
widespread demands on the part
of returned veterans for a type
of education which will rehabili-
tate and establish these veterans
in their respective vocations and
in their local communities.
Specific objectives for agricul-
ture, which is the only school be-
ing offered in the county at the
present time are:
To assist veterans to establish
or to re-establish themselves in
agricultural pursuits.
To provide such training as will
improve the skills of the veteran
who wishes to remain on the
farm or ranch.
To ’establish agricultural train-
ing for veterans as close to the
farm or ranch as is educational
sound.
To improve the life of those
veterans on the farms or ranches
to such an extent as will assure
them economic and social stability
for themselves as well as for their
families.
Thefe is a renewed interest in
a mechanic’s class, according to
Wade Bledsoe, coordinator for
the Vocational Schools. He stated
that several veterans have made
application for the school during
the past week and it is expected
that a class will be started in
this work at an early date.
Henry Ford Dies
HENRY FORD
Detroit, April 8:—In the flick-
ering light of kerosene lamps and
candles Henry Ford, famed pio-
neer of the automobile industry,
died at 11:40 o’clock last night in
his home in nearby Dearborn.
He would have reached his 84th
birthday next July 30.
High flood waters of the River
Rouge running through the Ford
estate had cut power and heat-
ing services at the residence—and
a wood-burning fireplace warmed
the room.
Dr. John Mater, of the Henry
Ford Hospital, who arrived at
12:15 a.m. (Tuesday) said death
was due to a cerebral hemmorr-
hage.
Death came after the noted in-
dustrialist had spent a vigorous
day inspecting flood-water dam-
age around the Ford plant and
was making plans for another
inspection this morning.
Friends said he had never ap-
peared in better health.
At his bedside were his wife,
Mrs Clara Bryant Ford, and a
member of the household staff.
A family statement said he had
retired at 9 a.m. (EST), and had
awakened at 11:15 p.m., complain-
ing he felt slightly ill. Mrs Ford
gave him a drink of water. He
died 25 minutes later.
The statement said that ever,
telephone service from the resi-
dence was out of commission be-
cause of the flood waters and
that an employee had to go to
the company’s engineering labor-
atory, nearly half a mile from
the residence, to summon a physi-
cian.
The body was taken to a De-
troit funeral home Tuesday and
was returned to the Ford Green-
field Village to lie in state all
day Wednesday.
A public funeral service was
held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at St.
Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral on De-
troit’s Woodward Avenue, the
street which echoed the starting
sound of his first automobile a
half century ago.
He was buried beside his moth-
er and father at a private ceme-
tery in the little Addison Ford
Cemetery near Greenfield Vill-
age.
Hubam Clover To
Produce Million
bunds This Year
Hubam clover crops expected
to be planted in Delta county this
year should produce about 1,000,
000 pounds of seed and will bring
in an estimated $250,000 to farm-
ers.
These estimates are based upon
seed purchased this year for
planting in the county. The seed
purchased will plant about 3,000
acres. At the present prices,
which ai’e expected to hold up
through harvest time, the seed
crop will bring in the estimated
quai'ter of a million dollars.
Besides the value of the seed
crop, agriculture authorities ex-
pect the acreage to produce
enough increased production on
row crops next year to exceed
the value of the seed crop.
Hubam clover is well adapted
to the soils and climate of Delta
county and is one of the best soil
building plants for this territory.
Fortunately for Delta county peo-
ple, hubam clover will combat
cotton root rot and build up erod-
ed land at the same time.
As Delta county farmers lose
thousands of dollars each year
through cotton root rot, many
farmers are already building up
their eroded land by planting hu-
bam in their cotton root rot
area, getting the value of the seed,
controlling the root rot, and
building up their eroded land at
the same time.
Delta County Students
From/Texas Colleges
Home For Holidays
Among the students home for
the Easter holidays from colleges
and universities were Miss Mary
Jim Watkins, daughter of J. R.
Watkins, Miss Gladys Stubble-
field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Monroe Stubblefield, Miss Park
McKinney, daughter of E. J. Mc-
Kinney, TSCW; Miss Dorothy
Riggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson Riggs, TCU; Clyde Black,
Texas Tech.
Blaine Adair, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Adair, Bill Crunk, son of
Mr and Mrs. W. H. Crunk, John
D' Stockton, Zifton Young, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Z. H. Young,
Vasco; Glen Max Ward, son of
Mr. and Mrs Harry Ward, Klon-
dike, James Wallace Poe, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Poe, Olinda
Rae Hooten. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Hooten, University of
Texas.
Miss Anna Beth Winsett,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle
Winsett, Bobby Wickersham, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wicker-
sham, Miss Mary Lena Ray,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Ray, Billy Jean Sims, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sims,
Curtis Regan, son of W. C. Regan,
Lake Creek; Herbert Smith, son
of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Smith, En-
loe; Regina Patterson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Patterson,
John Leland Jack, son of Pate
Jack, Cross Roads; Marylou Jack,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Jack, Cross Roads; Don Miller
Jeter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam-
my Jeter, and James Hanna, all
of ETSTC, Commerce.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Toon and
daughter, Rose Mary, of Grape-
vine spent the weekend with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Carrington.
Aggravated Assault
Trial To Be Held
Two cases against Eli Tucker,,
charged with driving while in-
toxicated in one case and aggra-
vated assault with a motor ve-
hicle which were postponed due
to the absence of a witness will
be tried Monday, April 14.
JAYCEE MEETING
The Junior Chamber of Com-
merce will hold its regular ieet-
ing Monday, April 14, in the Dis-
trict Courtroom at 7:30. All
chairmen of committees are urged
to be present and have their
members present.
Mrs. T. M. Hendley returned
to her home Sunday after under-
going an operation at Methodist
Hospital in Dallas.
SPARKS THEATRES
At The Sparks
SATURDAY, APRIL 12
Durey a! from “Scarlet Street” to Park Avenue. He’s just as
tough and twice as terrific.
“WHITE TIE AND TAILS”
Dan Dureya, Ella Raines, William Bendix. Also Comedy.
SUN.—MON., APRIL 13-14
Mickey's back in a new dandy Andy Hardy hit! His new sweetie
is 6 ft. 4—watch them jitterbug.
“LOVE LAUGHS AT ANDY HARDY”
Mickey Rooney Lewis Stone. Sara Hayden, Lina Romay, Fay Holden,
Bonita Granville, Dorotny Fora. Also Cartoon and Sport Reel.
TUE.—WED., APRIL 15-16
How do nice girls get mink coats? One traded a wink for a
mink! One gambled kisses for a career! One had a design for a
yacht! One Would live in a cave with the husband she loved!
“THE BACHELOR’S DAUGHTERS”
Gail Russell, Claire Trevor, Ann Dvorak, Adolph Menjou, Jane
Wyatt. Also News—Comedy.
THUR—FRI., APRIL 17-18
The Pony Express—linking East and West—binding a strong man
to an iron woman.
“PLAINSMAN AND THE LADY”
Wm. Elliott, Vera Ralston, Gail Patrick, Andy Clyde, Donald Barry,
Raymond Walburn. Also News—Comedy.
At The Grand
FRI.—SAT., APRIL 11-12
“MARSHAL OF LOREDO”
Wild Bill Elliott—Alice Fleming. Also “Lost Jungle.”
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NiGHT
“THE MADONNA’S SECRET”
Frances Lederer—Gail Patrick. Also News.
Club Sponsoring
County-wide Shrub
Exchange April 19
The Bay View Reading Club
is sponsoring a county-wide flow-
er and shrub exchange at the
City Hall April 19, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
The club is asking for the co-
operation of members of every
club in the county in bringing
rooted flowers and shrubs and
exchange for something they do
not have.
Former Resident
Succumbs In Slaton
M. C. Crumbley, a former resi-
dent of Delta county, passed away
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Lula Hannabas, in Slaton Satur-
day.
Zollie Crumbley received a
message from his brother, Horace
Crumbley, notifying him of the
death of his father.
Mr. Crumbley had lived in Del-
ta county for a number of years
before moving to Slaton in 1932
with his family.
Mrs. H. R. Sharp of Dallas was
the weekend guest of Mrs. J. D.
Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Patterson
and son have returned from
Brownwood to make Cooper their
home.
154 Dead, Thousand Injured As Storms
Sweep Texas Panhandle And Oklahoma
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Guinn of
Grand Prairie spent the weekend
with Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Elling-
ton.
Jaycees Announce Plans For Spring
Rodeo To be Held Here May 8,9,10
Plans were announced at the
regular meeting of the Cooper
and Delta County Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce meeting Mon-
day night for an annual spring
rodeo to be held at the Athletic
Park May 8, 9, and 10.
Raymond Johnson, chairman of
the Jaycee Recreation Committee,
gave a full report of action taken
during the week by a special Ro-
deo Committee appointed for this
project.
The committee consisting of
Cal T. Scott, C. D. Thomas, Hu-
bert Smith, Earl Hooks, Bryan
Sparks, Richard Stringfellow, O.
O. Woodard, Quentin Miller, Roy
Emerson, Paul Miller and Wayne
Templeton have already worked
out the primary plans of the ro-
deo with the events and contes-
tants to be announced later.
Hubert Smith and Wayne Tem-
pleton will take contestants en-
trance fees and evertts and con-
tests will be drawn up by Wayne
Templeton, Roy Emerson and
Pete Woodard.
Participation in the events will
be limited to amateurs in Delta
and surrounding counties and
special jack-pot events will be
held for professional and interest-
ed parties. $500 in cash prizes will
be given to regular amateur en-
tries.
Funds For Community Center
The rodeo is a project sponsor-
ed by the Jaycees to raise money
to aid the Lions Club in the
building of a $10,000 Community
Center for Delta county. The
American Legion is also assisting
in the effort.
Efforts are being made to se-
cure a holiday in the county for
all the school districts and have
an all-county school parade dur-
ing the rodeo. It is hoped this
will encourage the continuation
of the annual school parades that
disappeared during the war years.
Funeral Services
Held Sunday For
John Emmitt West
Funeral services for John Em-
mett West, 57, were held Sunday
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the First
Baptist Church conducted by Rev.
Joe McClain and Rev. D. H. Bon-
ner. Interment was made in Oak-
lawn Cemetery by McDonald
Funeral Home.
Mr. West succumbed about 2
o’clock Saturday morning follow-
ing a long illness at his home in
Cooper.
Born in Arkansas, Mr. West
came to Texas when he was a
small boy and has lived around
Cooper since that time. He is
survived by his wife, the former
Miss Eunice Morgan, his mother
of Arkadelphia, Ark., and1 these
children, Mrs. James Earl Waters,
Dallas: Mrs. Eaarrolyn West, Ft.
Worth; Carl West, Kansas City;
Lee West, Paris; Preston West,
and Harold West, Cooper; and
Gordon West, of Nevada. Two
brothers, Dave West and Willie
West, and a number of grand-
children.
Active pallbearers were Lynn
Harcrow, Slim Watezs, Emmbt
McClanahan, Hyson Cathy, Cilff
Fisher and Bob McFadden.
Capt. E. E. Lomax
Visits In Cooper
Capt. E. E. Lomax of Denison,
veteran printer of 41 years, is
visiting friends in Cooper this
week.
Capt. Lomax, who has seen the
newspaper grow from all handset
type to the machines of the mod-
ern newspaper, is still able to
turn out work with the best of
printers although he is 83.
For a number of years, “Cap”,
as he is familiarly known, work-
ed in the composing department
of The Cooper Review. He retir-
ed some 13 years ago, going to
Denison to make his home.
Delta Man Fined
On Check Charge
A Delta county man entered a
plea of guilty to passing a worth-
less check charge in County Court
in Sulphur Springs Monday after-
noon and drew a $1 fine from
Judge Wayne Gee.
Court costs and the “hot” check
were also paid off.
J. D. Daughtery, mechanic for
the Cooper Farm Equipment Co.,
has been confined to his home
the past week with illness.
Sheriff Escapes With
Painfnl Bruises As
Car Overturns Sunday
Delta county Sheriff Nolan
Maynard escaped serious injury
early Sunday morning about 4:45
as his car overturned near the
Patterson farm on the Cooper-
Sulphur Springs highway.
Sheriff Maynard was making
a final search for persons who
took a Ford car belonging to Rich-
ard Poe earlier Saturday night
from its parking place near Adair
and Hicks Grocery when the ac-
cident occured.
The sheriff had driven out to
the junction of the two highways
near South Sulphur and had turn-
ed around and was coming back
to town. A biack car, as yet un-
identified, passed him at a terrific
rate of speed. Sheriff Maynard
gave chase and pulled alongside
the car near the Pxtterson farm.
It is believed the two cars ran
together, whether intentionally or
not has not been determined,
causing Sheriff Maynard to hit a
post near a culvert. The impact
on hitting the post threw the
sheriff’s car onto its left side, the
Sheriff being thrown partially out
of the car through the door.
As the car came to a stop, the
Sheriff was caught between the
left door and the car at his chest
with a great deal of weight on
him. Witnesses to the accident
summoned aid and then tried to
raise the car off of Mr. Maynard
but the attempts were unseccess-
ful. The Sheriff was pinned for
some 15 minutes before a wrecker
arrived and the car was lifted.
Mr. Maynard suffered painful
cuts and bruises but after the
extent of his injuries were de-
termined was taken to his home
where he is recovering.
No trace has been found of the
other car involved in the accident.
Church Of Christ
Concludes Revival
Revival Pastor
REV. THEODORE McELROY
Rev. Theodore McElroy, pastor
of the First Christian Church in
Paris, will begin a revival at the
First Christian Church here Sun-
day evening. The revival will
last for one week.
Rev. McElroy will bring the
following subjects: Sunday even-
ing, “The Deity of Jesus”; Mon-
day, “The Holy Spirit”; Tuesday,
“Christ’s Church”; Wednesday,
“Biblical Bedrock”; Thursday,
“The New Birth”; Friday, “The
Fact and Guilt of Sin”: Saturday,
“Face to Face With the Final
Question”; Sunday evening, “Life
Beyond”.
Three New Members
Elected To Cooper
School Board
The Church of Christ closed
Sunday night one of the most suc-
cessful meetings that the local
church has held.
Paul Matthews, pastor of the
church, conducted the services
and was aided in the congrega-
tional singing by Woodrow
Chandler of Greenville.
Eleven persons responded to
the invitations, seven of whom
were baptized.
Quentin Miller, Ray Wilson,
and Alton Wright were named
members of the Cooper Indepen-
dent School Board in the election
held Saturday at the City Hall.
Voting was light throughout
the day, but more interest was
shown in this election than in
years past, following the pattern
of school trustee elections of the
state.
Election of a school board pres-
ident \(ull be made from the three
new members and the old mem-
bers of the board composed of
Richard Poe, Monroe Stubble-
field, George Bolger and Ed L.
Adair.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Pharr and
family left Tuesday for Lubbock
after spending the Easter holi-
days with Mrs. A. P. Miller and
Mrs. J. D. Miller.
LIONS CLUB MEETING
L. F. Hooten, Sr. and C. D. Mc-
Kinzie will be in charge of the
program for the regular Lions
Club meeting Friday at 12:15 at
Hotel Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Chesnut
Mr. and Mrs. Luther McCullough
spent Easter with Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Chesnut in Colorado Springs,
Colo. Mrs Sallie Chesnut accom-
panied them as far as Childress
where she spent the weekend
with her son, Ebb Chesnut, and
family.
J. F. Henslee Hardware Celebrates
60th Anniversary In Cooper
The J. F. Henslee Hardware
celebrated its 6uth anniversary
Monday, April 7, one of the old-
est businesses being conducted
under the same name in Delta
county.
Now owned and operated by
Quentin Miller, Mr. Henslee’s
grandson, the hardware store «was
opened in a frame building rent-
ed from the late E. T. Pillman
near tHe present location of
Wright’s Home and Auto Store.
Mr. Henslee passed away in
March, 1938 having operated his
business for 51 years.
Mr. Henslee came to Cooper
from Celeste in Hunt county. He
often recalled that at the time
he opened his business that busi-
ness houses in Cooper did not en-
circle the square, but only parti-
ally filled the south and west
sides.
The first county building, a
wooden structure that burned a
few years later, stood in the cent-
er of the square. Mr. Henslee
estimated that the population of
Cooper was about 800.
He was unmarried at the time
he opened his store and his let-
ters, which have been preserved,
to his fiancee describe in detail
the life in Cooper in 1887.
About 1896, when the Texas
Midland railroad was built
through Cooper, Mr. Henslee
moved to a building of his own
on the site of his present building.
In 1914 he erected the modern
brick structure which now houses
the store.
Until the railroad came to
Cooper, Mr. Henslee said that
trade was light. Farmers had to
haul their cotton by wagon either
to Honey Grove or Sulphur
Springs in order to reach ship-
ping facilities. Consequently, the
farmers did a considerable part
of their trading in these towns.
After the railroad came, business
boomed.
With the horse and mule pro-
viding the bulk of the transpor-
tation, the sale of wagons and
buggies made up a large part of
the hardware business. Mr. Hens-
lee said before the time of the
automobile he sold around 150
wagons and 100 buggies a year.
Many of the early day business
associates of Mr. Henslee have
Woodward, Okla., April 10:—
The Texas State Highway De-
partment quoted the American
Red Cross today as estimating
that at least 152 persons were kill-
ed in a tornado that exploded in
the Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle
country last night.
The estimate was: Woodward,
Okla., 100 dead: Shattuck, Okla.,
20; Higgins. Tex., 24. and Glazier,
Tex., 8. Earlier, two were report-
ed killed at Gage, Okla., which
would bring the total to 154 per-
sons dead.
Over a thousand were injured
and property damage ran into the
millions. Disaster crews were
rushed to the stricken area and
peace officers hastily formed vigi-
lantes who guarded against loot-
ing.
Gov. Beauford H. Jester said
full facilities of the state govern-
ment were mobilized today for re-
lief in the area. He said the state
department of public safety, the
state department of health and
other agencies were joining the
Red Cross in rushing disaster re-
lief crews there. Precautions are
being taken against the possible
outbreak of disease following
breakdown of water and sewage
systems. All available blood plas-
ma supplies were rushed to the
storm district.
Fires which followed the tor-
nado were brought under control
early’today. Firemen were aided
by torrential rains accompanying
the Southwest’s most disastrous
storm of the year.
Rescue workers today probed
rubble and debris for bodies, and
officials said they believed the
toll might be higher than the 154
now estimated.
Southwestern Telephone Work-
ers Union officials in Washing-
ton today offered to send striking
operators and repair crews back
to their jobs in the stricken area
to handle emergency calls and
repair work.
Woodward Hardest Hit
Woodward, Okla., was hardest
hit. Earlier estimates placed the
toll at 72, but the Red Cross said
today it had reached 100 dead.
Jewell L. Wilson, night super-
visor at the Woodward Memorial
Hospital, said the injured might
run as high as 800. Mortuaries
were lighted by candles.
Approximately a third of Wood-
ward (population 5,500) was flat-
tened by the storm. Fire fol-
lowed the tornado, but was quick-
ly extinguished by firemen and
by the heavy rain. Medical corps-
men from Tinker Field near Okla-
homa City aided in treating the
injured, and other military units
helped with relief work.
Woodward is in the heart of the
Oklahoma cattle country.
April Designated
As Cancer Control
Month Over Nation
Austin:—By Proclamation of
President Harry S. Truman, the
month of April is Cancer Control
Month throughout the nation. Dr.
Geo. W. Cox, State Health Officer,
is asking each citizen to consider
the danger signals and secure
medical advice at the first ap-
pearance of any suspicious symp-
toms. There are many causes of
cancer; the most common form of
which is chronic or prolonged
irruafjn.
One of the questions often ask-
ed is whether or not cancer is
hereditary in human beings. Ten-
dencies to form cancer may pos-
sibly be inherited; however, since
the method of inheriting 3uch ten-
dencies is obscure, the presence of
cancer in one or both parents
should be merely a cause of great-
er alertness in looking for and
recognizing suspicious symptoms
on the part of family members.
There is no need of a fatalistic
attitude. The fact concerning
heredity do not justify them.
At the first warning signs
recognized, consult your physi-
cian. The early symptoms are
any sore that does not heal, par-
ticularly about the tongue, or lips;
a painless lump or thickening, es-
pecially in the breast, lip,
passed on but B. F. Clark is the j tongue; irregular bleeding or dis-
oldest customer of the store, open-
ing an account in 1889.
Following his grandfather’s
death, the business was taken
over by Quentin Miller, who has
modernized and expanded the
store in keeping with present day
requirements.
One of the biggest changes in
the store is an appliance depart-
ment, supervised by I. J. Ricks,
that carries a complete line of all
types of eleetrical appliances,
tires, stoves, kitchen appliances,
and bicycle supplies.
Mr. Miller is planning an an-
niversary celebration for the
store in the very near future.
charge from any natm-al body
opening; progressive cnange in
the size or collor of a wart, mole
or birthmark; persistent indiges-
tion; persistent hoarseness or dif-
ficulty in swallowing; and any
change in normal bowel habits.
See your doctor about any of
these signals.
Early recognition of cancer
symptoms will lead to early diag-
nosis and treatment, and in many
cases the victim can be entirely
cured and live out a norjnal life
span.
Howard Schults of Houston
visited here over the u-eelrenH
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