Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 27, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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COOPER, DELTA COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY, DEC. 27, 1946.
VOLUME 67. NO. 52.
&EWS
4‘rom
All Q
uarters
Japan Suffers Worst Quake
In History
The worst earthquake shock
ever recorded by man rocked the
ocean floor off the coast of south
ern Japan last Sunday sending a
succession of six tremendous tidal
waves rolling over the exposed
coastline. Estimates of damage in
dicated upwards of 700 lives lost,
15.000 homes destroyed, damage
running into millions including the
loss of many fishing boats and
thousands of people injured and
rendered homeless and destitute
The quake was considered worse
than the 1923 disaster which took
143.000 lives in the Tokyo area,
but fortunately this disturbance
centered many miles out in the
ocean, so the damage was chiefly
caused by the waves and ensuing
I fires, with a relatively small loss
of life. No casualties were report-
ed among American occupational
personnel.
I Stalin Looked Well On Birthday
A major mystery in world affairs
1 was somewhat cleared up last week
when Elliott Roosevelt and wifa
reported an interview with Josef
Stalin in the Kremlin on his 67th
} birthday. The Moscow radio had
[ been strangely silent on Mr. Sta-
lin in recent months and rumors
were rife that he was ill or per-
| haps dead. Roosevelt said he ap-
peared to be enjoying good health.
Churchill Plead. For Empire
| Like a “voice crying in the
I wilderness’’ Winston Churchill last
| week made a lone plea in the
f House of Commons against policies
W the present British Gqvernment
he said are destroying the
HHHLi.sh Empire. Prime Minister
answered that the policy of
111 'ranting independence to former
I colonial possessions will go for-
B ward. “We hope they will retain
* Domonion status,” he said, “but
they will be left free to make
their own choice.’’
President Consider. Congress
Message
President Truman worked last
week on his “state of the union”
message to the new Congress.
Speculators predicted he would
ask for legislation in terms calcu-
lated to win support of the Re-
publican majority. Recommenda-
tions for new labor legislation is
bound to have an important place
in the message, they believe, and
'" the -President himself continues
to plug his plan for a merger of
the U.S. armed forces.
Two Different Opinions
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., head of
General Motors, told a Boston
audience “Labor has become a
monopoly and the nation s big
unions must be stripped of their
powers.”
In Dallas Emil Schram, head of
the New York Stock Exchange
told cotton brokers “Industry as
a whole has been very stupid in
its labor relations through the
years.’’ He also advised cotton ex-
changes to get their house in order
to prevent a repetition of the
October break which upset the
cotton market.
Unions Sue For Portal To
w** Portal Pay
A new weapon for getting wage
increases for union members un-
der existing contracts was reveal-
A ed last week, as the CIO filed
f* suits against employers for back
Ik wages for “portal to portal” pay.
suits are based on a U.S.
WWL ) »reme Court decision in a case
Biainst a pottery manufacturer
Wl 'er the 1938 Fair Labor Stand-
B 4 Act. Under this decision, the
fl on contends that employees’
ie gtarts from the moment a
B./orker enters the factory gate
Band ends when he leaves. Walk-
JF in. through the factory to his work
bd.ii and out again must be done
on the employers’ time.
Coal Operators Disagree
A sharp split among soft coal
*%vjjpe.ators over whether to negoto-
3te now for a new contract with
John L- Lewis, dashed hopes last
week for a quick nationwide
peace between the industry and
the miners.
(Continued on page 8)
Christmas festivities in Cooper
and Delta county were enlarged
to a great extent by hundreds of
former residents returning for
visits with relatives pnd friends.
Many homes have been the scene
of reunion of families that have
not been together since before the
War.
No accidents or serious fires
have been reported so far during
the holidays to mar the homecom-
ing of the many visitors.
Eggnog parties were held in
many homes over Cooper during
Christmas while a few more hard
fer spirits were loosed and even-
tually ended in the county jail.
Sheriff Maynard reported many
calls for his department but noth-
ing of a serious nature.
The fire department was called
out twice, once on Christmas eve
to the home of H. E. McKinney
where a radio had shorted ou* * and
filled a room with smoke. How-
ever, the cause was found before
a fire was begun in the home. The
department also was called out to
extinguish a small blaze caused by
a roman candle, but the fire was
put out after the call was put in
for them.
Large Number Of pire phiff ^arn8
° People Against
Visitors Here Yule Fire Hazards
I I1IP SpAQflfl With only one fire reported dur-
kJCdoUII ing the Christmas season, Fire
Chief Johnnie Pollard is keeping
his fingers crossed hoping that
none will mar the holidays.
Chief Pollard said that a great
deal of the danger of fires around
Christmas time results from peo-
ple keeping Christmas trees and
decorations up in their homes and
letting the trees dry out, making
a first-class fire hazard.
He stated that people should
take down the trees before they
have a chance to dry out very
much and put t he decorations
away, useing great care in keep-
ing the trees away from open fire.
Such an accident caused the death
of one person in Cooper several
years ago.
Christmas lights and decorations
also cause numerous fires due
mostly to faulty wiring or over-
loading of permanent wiring, Chief
Pollard said. Persons using-such
electrical decorations should be
very careful in taking them dawn
from trees or other places where
they might be located.
L. E. Borrow of Pari* it sub-
stituting for H. H. Lamb at Lyon-
Gray Lumber Co. Mr. Lamb has
been ill for several days.
Mr. and Mr*. Grover Pickering,
Jr. of Albuquerque, New Mex.
are visiting friends and relatives
here during the holidays.
Mitt Park McKinney, a student
at TSCW at Denton, is visiting
her father, E. J. McKinney, dur-
ing the holidays.
Mr. and Mr*. Oscar Lowry, Jr.
of Dallas visited his parents, Dr.
and Mrs. D. O. Lowry, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Edward McKinney, ton of E. J.
McKinney, who is a student in
Chicago, 111. is spending the holi-
days here.
Mr. and Mr*. Kenneth Slough
of San Diego, Calif, are visiting
relatives here during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hendley
spent Christmas day with his moth-
er and relatives in Grand Saline.
Delta Sailor In
Navy Amphibious
Training Moves
Howard E. Ray, yoeman, third
class, USN, son of Thomas A. Ray
of Klondike, has participated in
Operation Duck”, the jooint
Army and Navy amphibious train-
ing exercises held off the southern
coast of California, while serving
aboard the flagship USS Eldorado.
Twenty thousand Army, Navy,
and Marine personnel, 500 planes,
and 60 ships were engaged in the
operation which concluded with
the landing of the Sixth Army’s
Second Infantry Division on San
Clemente Island, and the Califor-
nia mainland, near the mouth of
Aliso Canyon, Oceanside, Calif.
Rear Admiral A. D. Struble,
USN, Commander Amphibious
Forces, Pacific Fleet, and Major
General George P. Hays, Com-
manding General of the Sixth
Army, directed the overall plan-
ning of the exercises.
Funeral Services
Held For Mother
Of Cooper Resident
Funeral services were held Mon-
day afternoon at 2 p.m. for Mrs.
Martha Whight at the Sheely Fun-
eral Home in Commerce following
her death at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Cordia Adams, in
Commerce.
Rev. T. Lee Miller and Rev.
Claud M. Simpson conducted the
services ond interment was made
in Rosemound Cemetery in Com-
merce. Mrs. Wright had lived in
Commerce with her daughter since
1925.
She was born Feb. 29, 1856 in
Missouri, the daughter of Minerva
Battle and Henry Bond. She was
married to Thomas E. Wright,
Dec. 22, 1877 in Missouri and
they came to Texas in 1892, set-
tling near Commerce. Mr. Wright
passed away in 1925. Mr*. Wright
had been a member of the Metho-
dist Church since childhood.
Survivors include five daugh-
ters: Mrs. Cordia Adams, Com-
merce; Mrs. J. R. Prichard, San
Antonio; Mrs. Brice Long, Com-
merce; Mrs. C. T. Alexander, Sul-
phur Springs; and Mrs. W. C.
Nash, Dodd City; six sons: C. O.
Wright, Cooper; T. L. Wright, Ty-
ler; V. C. Wright, J. M. Wright,
H. M. Wright, and E. E. Wright,
all of Commerce; 28 grandchildren
and 18 great-grandchildren.
Attend Ft. Worth Funeral
E. J. McKinney, W. T. Kings-
ton, Miss Minnie Kingston and
Mrs Kirby True attended the fun-
eral of J. M. Gurley at Ft. Worth
Thursday. Mrs. Gurley was form-
erly Miss Ethel Kingston and re-
sided in Cooper.
Mr. and Mr*. Ray Noble of Dal-
las spent Christmas week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hardin
Noble.
Mr. and Mr*. Carl Adams of
Campbell visited Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Shepherd over the holidays.
Mr. and Mr*. Roy Sandlin of
near Waco are visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Sandlin.
Sum Martin of Texarkana visit-
ed friends and relatives here over
the weekned.
Hoyle Noble i* visiting his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hardin Noble,
over the holidays.
Mr*. J. D. Higging* returned
this week from Eldorado, Ark.
where she uas been since Nov. 28.
Mr. and Mr*. S. W. Bromley
had as their dinner guests Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Fox, Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Cross, and Harold
Bromley all of Fort Worth, Mr.
and Mrs. Z. E. Binion of San An-
gelo, Mrs. M. T. Whitworth, Mr.
and Mrs. Telia Wilson, Carolyn
and Gary, Mrs. G. E. Cross and
Mrs. Alyce Bryan of Cooper.
Mr. and Mr*. W. W. Garrison
received a telephone call from
their daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Hill,
who lives in Vernon, and one from
their daughter, Mrs. A. Bordone,
who lives in Chicago, 111., also1 a
call from their son, Chester, who
lives in San Francisco, Calif.,
wishing them a Merry Christmas.
“Step uside,” say* the Cherub
1947 to Father Time, and—it’*
New Year’s, with its gayety, it*
friendliness, and its new hope.
I
. . . Which reminds us! You
have been very liberal with your
patronage in 1946, and we are ;
very grateful indeed. May the
New Year be for you an excep-
tionally happy one.
The Cooper Review
Four New Officials
Take Over County
Positions Jan. 1
New faces will be seen in th%
courthouse January 1 when new-
ly elected officers will take over
their new positions. In all, four
new officers will move into their
offices.
The new officers are Grady.
Moore, commissioner, precinct
two; C. C. (Teed) Oliver, com-
missioner, precinct one; Goebel
Templeton, county superintendent;
and Opal Preas, county treasurer.
Officers remaining in office are
County Judge C. V. Stephenson.
Assessor-Collector O. E. Millar^
County Clerk O. L. Bridges, Com?
missioner D. E. Wood, Cornmim-
ioner T. C. Wilhite, County Attor-
ney W. H. Crunk, Sheriff Nolan
Maynard, District Clerk, Ben H>
Holcomb, Justice of the Peace
W. H. Bell.
In District offices, Judge Chat.
D. Berry remains on the bench,
while the District Attorney la Eu-
gene Brady of Greenville.
LYNDOL E. HART
K. S. TRUE
W. D- HART
HAROLD HART
C. E. WHITLOCK
Mrs. Alyce Bryan and Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Toon viait-
Mrs. Elmo Cregg and children, ed her daughter, Mrs. James
Betty and Kent, spent Christmas
day in Dallas with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Herman and
Jimmie of Sulphur Springs spent
Christmas day with Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Wilson.
Mr. ,and Mr*. Doyle Smallwood
and daughter of Sherman visited
Mrs. Dessa Taylor and family over
the holidays.
Bill Lamb, student at Baylor
Medical School, is visiting rela-
tives here during the Christmas
holidays.
Mr. and Mr*. John Stratton en-
joyed a family reunion Christmas
wth all their children present,
they were Mrs. Boyd Clark and
son, Terry, of Tyler; Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Stratton and daughter of
Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. John Strat-
ton of San Marcos, and Richard
Stratton of Dallas.
Delta Man Now In Japan Tells Of Jap Homelife
(Mr. and Mr*. R. F. Parker
have received a letter from their
*on, Lt. Larimer Parker, now stat-
ioned at Tachikawa, Japan de-
scribing the life of the occupation
army there. Excerpt* from hi*
letter follow*;)
Everything is going pretty good
here in Japan except they keep
putting off the date when I can
get Jo (his wife) over here.
Houses are available now but they
say that ships are not available at
the present. Jt appears that it
will be March or April before she
can come over.
You have been asking about the
DDT missions that we are flying.
We have been flying over large
areas spraying for flies, mosquit-
oes and insects of all kinds. It is
mixed in large batches, put in
800 gallon tanks on C46 cargo
planes and we spray towns and
cities Nozzles we use are much
like the ones we use to spray
cotton, only larger.
We fly over towns at about 100
feet above the house tops and
spray the 800 gallons in about 30
minutes. We then land, fill up
again, and take off again. We
have lots of fun.
About the Japanese people: a-
bout 99 per cent of them have to
live in ramshakle huts with straw,
shingle, or tile roofs. They never
have doors that open on hinges
but have sliding panels of very
light wood.
A person can walk in a room
and think that there are no other
doors, they start sliding panels
and you find cupboards, closets
and other rooms. They never
wear their shoes in the house but
usually have a small hall where
they take off their shoes before
entering the house proper.
The floors are covered with
matting and the woodwork is kept
very clean. They have no furni-
ture, except perhaps, one little
table about 18 inches high where
they eat their food. They always
sit on the floor but when an Amer-
ican goes in they give him a cush-
ion to sit on.
About all the heat that they
have is a little electric burner a
bout the size of a coffee pot heat*
er, but most have charcoal heaters
about the same size. They do all
their cooking on these stoves.
Their diet consists mainly of
rice and sweet potatoes but you
should smell them after they have
had a meal on the “rotten” fish
they eat.
They generally sleep on mats
which they roll out on the floor
Garland Hagood of Austin i*
/isiting his mother, Mrs. J. M.
Hagood, and other friends and
relatives in Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Javon Stanley of
Dallas spent Christmas with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Stan-
ley.
George Ray Lain, *on of Mr.
and Mrs. George Lain of Green-
ville, visited friends and relatives
in Cooper Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Quate
visited Mr. and Mrs. Hardin Noble
Christmas day.
Little Shirley Mullin* has been
confined to her room this week
with acute tonsilitis.
and are about two inches thick.
They have a similar mat that
they cover with that is not quite
so thick. When they are not in
use the mats are rolled up and put
in closets.
Their main crop is rice which
they raise in what they call“pad-
dys” of about one half acre.
They also raise some vegetables,
mostly sweet potatoes. In north-
ern Japan, they raise very good
apples and pears. Most of the
silk is made in southern Japan.
Most of the houses are grouped
in small villiages, never one or
two houses alone. Many of the
roads are not much more than
trails, but then there aren’t many
cars here. Oxen are usually used
to pull carts or they pull the carts
themselves.
Their railway system is pretty
good and is about the only means
of transportation they have.
You should see some of the
packs they carry on their backs.
They also hitch themselves up to
carts and pull loads that look like
a big load for a mule.
Most of the schools now teach
English and most of the younger
Japanese can speak a little Eng-
lish and German.
I’ll write more about Japan in
another letter.
Mr*. Roger Love visited her
brother, Luther Johnson, and fam-
ily in Dallas during the holidays.
Rhodes, in Dallas over the holi-
days.
Hughgenia, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. J. Thomas, is con
fined to her bed following an
attack last week.
Cameron McKinney, student at
Texas University, is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Mc-
Kinney, during the holidays.
Mr. and Mr*. Howard Garner,
Hollis and Peggy left Monday to
spend the holidays with friends
and relatives in Arkansas.
Miss Lillian McKinney of Glade-
water is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Chester McKinney, over
the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Haddock
of Grand Prairie are visiting rel-
atives in Klondike and Cooper over
the Christmas holidays.
Lt. Buster Toon, who i* aboard
the USS Pandora now in San
Francisco, visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Toon, this week.
Mr. and Mr*. Doyce Wheeler
of Garland visited friends and
relatives here Christmas day.
Let us solve your tire troubles
with new tires. New supply just
arrived. Bolger Chevrolet Co. 52
Mr. and Mr*. J. P. Wilson of
San Antonio spent Christmas day
with Mr. and Mrs. Edd Wilson.
SPARKS THEATRES
At The Sparks
SATURDAY, DEC. 28
Untamed! Unknown! Unbowed! Yielding only to the love of
a boy!
“WILD BEAUTY”
Don Porter, Lois Collier, and Wild Beauty. Also Comedy.
SUN.—MON., DEC. 29-30
The screen’s very first little lady.
“THREE WISE FOOLS”
Margaret O'Brien, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Edward Arnold,
Thomas Mitchell. Also “Gem of the Ocean”.
TUE.—WED., DEC. 31-JAN. 1
The startling story of a mind that lost itself! A man who doubt-
ed his own innocence.
“CRACK UP”
Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall. Also News—Comedy.
THUR.—FRI., JAN 2-3
It’s Van for love—Wynn for laughs—Cugart and Lumbardo for
tunes—and yours for fun.
“NO LEAVE NO LOVE”
Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn, Pat Kirkwood, Guy Lumbardo and his
orchestra. Also News—Comedy.
At The Grand
FRI.—SAT., DEC. 27-28
“COLORADO PIONEERS”
Wild Bill Elliott. Also serial.
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NiGHT
A murder hunt and only four hours to go.
“DEAD LINE AT DAWN”
Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams. New*.
Government To Sell
Large Tract Of Land
On South Sulphur
Sulphur Springs:—Sealed bit*
for the purchase of the 12,557-
acre tract in the Sulphur River
bottom, commonly known as th*
Alford Ranch, were opened in the
Farmers’ Housing Administration
office in Dallas at two o’clock,
Dec. 18, according to W. A. Set-
terwhite, in charge of the locak
FHA office.
The property was purchased by
the federal government during
the early stages of the war for
the relocation of families whoso
farms were taken over in othor
projects, mainly at the Texarkana
arsenal.
At one time, approximately 25
families made their home in tho
area. At present, only five of
these families still live in the area.
The tract of land is in Lamar,
Hopkins, Franklin and Delta coun-
ties. The Hopkins county track
measurers 4,078 acres.
Bidders on the property may
bid on the entire block, or on two
divisions. The sub-divisions in-
clude a block of 3,412.7 acre* in
the western section and 9,144.3
in the eastern portion.
Interested buyers from Tyl*r,
Mineral Wells, Dallas, Oklahoma
City,' Ft. Worth and Greenville
have inspected the land as well
as a number of local people, ac-
cording to Satterwhite.
The successful bidder may pay
for the land in one or two way*.
He may pay cash, or pay 20 par
cent down and spread the re-
mainder over five years in equal
payments with interest at five par
cent.
The tract of land in the Sul-
phur River bottom has an inter-
esting history. Many original own-
ers in the area lost their prop-
erty after the levee district was
formed and tax payments mount-
ed higher than the value of tha
land.
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Emerson bad
as their guests Sunday, Rev. D.
H. Bonner and family, Rev. and
Mrs. Joe McClain, Mr. and Mr*.
Judd Wheatley, Mr. and Mr*. Roy
Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harri*
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Cotton and family, Mr. and Ml*.
J. T. Clark and family, and Mr.
and Mrs. Aubrey Harris and fam-
ily.
Mr. and Mr*. Ray Good row and
daughter of Neches visited Mr.
and Mrs. C. D. McKinzie Wednes-
day and Thursday. Mr. and Mr*.
McKinzie returned with them
Thursday to spend the remainder
of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Low* and
family of Athens were visiting
here during the holidays.
Mi*. Elizabeth Tillman of Dal-
las visited her aunt, Mis* Bunn
Tillman, over the holidays.
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