The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TESSAS, THURSDAY, FEB. 11, 1943
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Farmers Should Report Acreage Allotted! Lieut. McWherter
NUMBER 1
To Cotton that Will Not Be Planted
In an effort to increase the vol-
ume of milk production in Lamar
county, 76 head of fine bred Hols-
tein cattle from Wisconsin have been
distributed by the live stock com-
mittee of the Paris Chamber of
Commerce, which paid half the pur-
chase price of these great milk pro-
ducers. These cattle were distribut-
ed to eleven milk producers, and the
program is looked upon as post war
insurance.
ru^ahrvCw"JyAATers hT been Buy 76 Head of
urged by local AAA committeemen | j. ? , . „ _
io report to the committee as soc i tiOlSteifl L ttttle
as possible any of their allotted c
ton acreage that they will no la .
in cotton this year.
The committeemen pointed out
that Lamar county’s allotted cotton
acreage this year is 18,075 acres
more than the total acreage planted
in cotton last year, and urged all
. cotton producers in the county to
plant as much of their allotted acre-
age as possible.
If, however, any farmer has decid-
ed not to plant his full allotted acre-
age, he has been urged to lend that
extra acreage to the committee for
the year of 1943. It was emphasiz-
ed that this loaned acreage will be
returned to him for 1944. The acre-
age thus loaned will be allotted to
another farmer so that the county
■will not fall below its cotton quota
for 1943.
A total of 75,545 acres of Lamar
county land were planted to cotton
in 1942, as compared to the 1943
allotment of 93,620 acres, it was
pointed out by AAA committeemen
■who urged the county’s farmers to
utilize their complete cotton acreage
allotment whenever possible.
Acreage planted last year in cot-
ion in these counties and those coun-
ties’ 1943 allotments follow:
Bowie, 30,330 last year, 53,257 in
1943; Delta, 43,297 last year, 49,964
this year; Fannin, 100,582 and 112,-
534; Grayson, 83,092 and 95,751;
Hopkins, 61,682 and 79,521; Red Riv-
er, 48,443 and 69,946; and Titus, 19,-
172 and 28,430.
Killed January 15
African Theater
First Lieut. Richard W. McWher-
ter of the Army Air Forces, was kill-
ed in Africa on Jan. 15. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. McWher-
ter of Paris. Word of his death did
not reach them from the War De-
partment until Saturday. On Tues-
day previously, a Paris girl received
a letter from Capt. R. P. Locke,
transport pilot also in North Africa,
teljing of his death. The following
day letters that had been mailed to
him of Dec. 16 were returned bear-
Mrs. R.L.McDowra I Letter to the President Reunites Deport
Pies on Tuesday Negro Twins Serving in the Army
At Pattonville
Mrs. R. L. McDowra passed way
at her home in Pattonville Tuesday
morning. Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Pat-
tonville Church of Christ, conduct-
ed by Cleon Lyles of Paris. Inter-
ment was in Highland cemetery at
Deport.
She was born Nov. 13, 1874 near
Pattonville, and had made her home
there her entire life. She is surviv-
ed by her husband and the follow-
ing children: Mrs. Fred Teems,
Bogota Boy Held
/In Jap Prisoner
Forms Now Ready
For Declaring All
Food in Homes
Black Named Head
Tin Salvage Drive
Red River County
More than 2,000,000 consumer de-
claration forms have been forward-
ed from state OPA headquarters to
county war price and rationing
boards throughout Texas in prepar-
ation for the statewide registration
of consumers Feb. 25 to 27 for war
ration Book No. 2.
The forms will be placed by the
local boards at food stores and other
convenient places, to be picked up
by consumers and filled out before
they appear at schoolhouses during
the registration period.
The blanks will be used to report
the stock of canned goods, exclusive
of home-packed products and those
exempted from rationing that each
family has on hand as of midnight
Feb. 27 in excess of five cans for
each person in the household. The
amount of coffee on hand as of Nov.
28, less one pound for each member
of the family above 14, also is to be
reported.
ing an officer’s signature, and the I Clovis, N. M., Mrs. Lucille McCann,
word “Deceased” written on the face Smyers, Mrs. Homer Moore, Patton-
of the envelope.
On Friday in Talco, Mrs. Alice
Looney, mother of Lt. Max Looney,
received a letter from her son who is
a bombardier in Africa, saying that
he saw McWherter directly after he
ville and Mrs. H. H. Oldham, Petty,
R. E., C. E., Austin, Bob and Tom
McDowra, all of Pattonville, and Bill
of Levelland; one sister, Mrs. John
Crockett of Pattonville. She is also
survived by 43 grandchildren and
was killed, that death was instan- si* great grandchildren.
taneous and that Dick got a nice
military funeral.
The bereaved father, who visits
this town each week selling the,pro-
ducts of the Paris Milling Co., has
many friends here who extend deep-
est sympathy.
Active pallbearers were John Rod-
dy, Austin Eudy, Clarence Williams,
Roy and James Oldham and Lloyd
.jMcDowra.
Tom Eudy of Cunningham,
patient at the Grant hospital.
It took a letter to the President to
turn the trick, but two Deport ne-
gro brothers, twins who had never
been separated in their lives, are
now reunited in the army, both as
military police.
Howell, known as Jimmie, and Rif,
whose nickname is Clemmie, are
of Jim Breedlove. Came the
war and the draft, and Jimmie aad
Clemmie found themselves report-
ing to the induction center. But
when Jimmie was shipped off to the
Army Air Base at Independence,
Kans., and Clemmie to that at Bur-
bank, Calif., it grieved the twins and
they wrote their father about it. He
appealed to Mrs. J. H. Moore, who
first took the matter up with the Red
Cross. Told that this organization
could do nothing in such a case, Mrs.
Moore, at the father’s insistence, ra-
ther reluctantly addressed a letter
to the President.
She received a letter from his sec-
retary, Major General Watson, and
in less than three weeks, Jimmie had
housewives v/iu i°'ned Clemmie out in California,
and the war wasn’t so bad after all,
as far as they are concerned.
The War Department announced
the names Monday of 1,036 Ameri-
can soldiers held prisoners of war
by the Japanese in the Philippine Is-
lands. The list included the names sons
of Cpl. Martin L. Johnson, son of
Mrs. Emma M. Abernathy of Bo-
gata, and Cpl. Merle E. Chandler,
son of Berry Chandler of Paris.
Food Rationing to
Begin March 1st;
Register Feb. 22
Rationing of canned, dried and
frozen fruits and vegetables will be-
gin March 1, and retail sales of more
than 200 items to be rationed will be
“frozen” on Feb. 20. Beginning
Monday, Feb. 22.
With Our Boys
In the Service
Bring or Mail All the News
About “Our Boys in the Ser-
vice” to this Newspaper.
Don C. Black of Clarksville has
been named chairman of the tin sal- HcrSCnGlI PoSCy
•'/•age committee for Red River coun- | J)oild Followin'!*-
iy. He is perfecting plans for ,,, ^
Tonsil Operation
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He is
launching a county-wide drive for
usable tin cans.
Thousands of tin cans that might
be saved for the war effort are be-
ing thrown away in this county
•every week. Women of the county
may make a valuable contribution
io the task of whipping the enemy
by seeing to it that every can which
is usable goes to the salvage depot.
All food, tobacco and coffee cans are
first on the list of usable tin.
Preparation of cans for the salvage
depot comprises the following steps:
Wash can thoroughly, remove paper
labels, cut out both ends, tuck both
ends in can, step on it firmly. Un-
less these directions are followed
cans will not be acceptable.
For those who cooperate in this
movement it is important to remem-
ber that paint cans, varnish cans and
Pvt. Hcrschel Posey of the Army
Air Forces, nephew of Mrs. Fred
King of Rl, Biardstown, died Tues-
day in the Army Air Base Hospital
at Merced, Calif., where a military
funeral was held Thursday after-
noon.
He was the son of the late D. Pos-
ey of Minter community, and moved
to Los Banos, Calif., in 1933. Death
followed a tonsil operation, accord-
ing to word received by Lamar coun-
ty relatives. He enlisted Nov. 1, 1942,
at the age of 19.
Former Deport Man
Dies at Vernon
C. C. Wooley, 58, of Vernon, and
Eddie Wells, colored, of Bogata Rl,
has recently been inducted into the
army.
Lt. J. R. Brittain of New Boston,
spent the week end here with Mrs.
Brittain.
Cadet and Mrs. J. P. bullion of
Monroe, La., spent Friday night with
his sister, Mrs. Gus Nobles.
Lieut d Mrs. Fred Hammond
Camp Maxey, were Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kelsey.
I
Lieut, and Mrs. Ralph Layne and j
daughter, Shelia of Paris, were in :
Deport Sunday visiting relatives and
friends.
Sgt. and Mrs. Warren A. Cooper j
of Camp Maxey, spent the week end I
with Mrs. Cooper’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. R. Nance.
Pfc. Elbert Nance who has been
stationed at Camp Kilmer, N. J., has
been transferred, destination un-
known, according to a card to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Nance.
Pvt. Dick Haydock, stationed at
Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, spent
Thursday and Friday here with his
wife, Mrs. Haydock. He was accom-
panied by a friend, Pvt. Bill Tenney.
register for War Ration Book No. 2,
which will allow a total of 48
“points” for each member of the
family for the month of March.
Stamps will have values of 8, 5, 2,
and 1. If a family has more than
5 cans per person on hand, stamps
will be removed from the book in
proportion to their excess holdings.
Official point values will be made
public as soon as stocks are “frozen.”
Registration probably will be held
in loeal school houses and one mem-
ber may register for the whole fam-
ily. i canning and generally high levels for
Some foods need not be counted. ' a11 commodities, farmers of this sec-
They include canned olives, canned Ition face thc prospect of record
Record Earnings
In Prospect For
Farm War Crops
With incentive payments ranging
up to $50 an acre, a floor established
for three major vegetable crops for
meat and fish, pickles, relish, jams,
preserves, spaghetti, macaroni, nood-
les and all home-canned foods.
evaporated or condensed milk cans j formerly of Deport, passed away on
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are not suitable for salvage and no-
thing will be gained by saving them.
4 Shredded tin has been found to
■<|>e one of the most important materi-
I'-als used in the recovery of copper
irom ore, two pounds of thc shred-
ded cans being sufficient to obtain
three pounds of copper, ninety per
cent of which comprises the metal in
each machine gun bullet. The Jap-
anese are in control of the source of
ninety per cent of the tin supply on
•which this country depended before
Vtoarl Harbor, a fact which empha-
sises the value of salvage campaigns
such as Red River county people are
being asked to support.
Bob Cargile’s Barn
Destroyed by Fire
I Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed the big bam and contents
ttf Bob Cargile near Winfield last
sy afternoon. A fire truck from
Pleasant succeeded in keeping
me house and other buildings from
Catching fire by pumping water
from • nearby pool. Besides loss of
wMKrborn, teed valued at $1,800, sev-
----- and hogs were lost.
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R. K. Miller, living east of Deport,
Wednesday afternoon in a Vernon
hospital after a long illness. His sis-
ter, Mrs. Drew Hancock of Bogata,
was at his bedside when death came.
Deceased is survived by his wi-
dow and four daughters, all at home,
and three sisters, Mrs. Drew Han-
cock of Bogata, Mrs. Dick DeBerry
and Miss Donie Wooley of Idabel, Ok.
funeral services were to be held
Thursday at Vernon.
Basketeers Aid in
Paralysis Drive
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Deport High School basketball
team played the Midway High
School team in the local gym on Jan.
30 and devoted the entire net pro-
ceeds, amounting to $23.35, to the
paralysis campaign honoring the
President’s birthday.
They are very happy to have had
a part in this worthy cause and wish
to express their appreciation for the
liberal patronage of the many fans
who were present.
Sgt. Russell Barham, stationed at
Majors Field, Greenville, spent the
week end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Barham.
J. G. Rook of Pattonville, was in
The Times office Wednesday and or-
dered The Times sent to his son, Pvt.
Doy Rook, stationed at Camp Clai-
borne, La.
Mrs. J. D. Allen of Paris, has re-
ceived word that her husband, Pvt.
James D. Allen, has been transfer-
red from Mineral Wells to Camp
Kearns, Utah.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Nobles, Mrs.
Gus Noble . Miss Brady Cockrell and
Edg'u Hood were in Greenville on
Sunday visiting friends. Staff. Sgt.
Bud Nobles accompanied them home
for a short visit, returning to Green-
ville Tuesday.
Emery Howe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Howe of Hoovertown, enlisted
in the U. S. Navy October 1942, and
has recently been promoted from
seaman 2ic to seaman lc. He is now
stationed at San Pedro, Calif. He
expects to leave soon for sea duty.
Articles for Camp
Maxey Will Be
Collected R. R. Co.
S. cored by the Red Cross, a
drivs is underway in Red River
county for miscellaneous articles to
supplement furnishings of the hos
pital at the Army’s Camp Max ;.,
near Paris. It i$ being directed by
a general committee consisting of
Mrs. Howard Hampton, chairman;
Mrs. C. B. Reed, co-chairman; Coun-
ty Judge M. A. Lawson, Charlie
Grant, Nat Quarles, Mrs. Essie Wal-
ker. Mrs. John P. Aubrey, and Mrs.
Don Black.
No money is sought in the drive,!
but it is felt that every home in the
learnings in 1943, even if confronted
by a shortage of laborers. In hun-
dreds of individual cases, however,
! where every member of the family
i can be counted on to go to fields, no
, labor problem will exist. Also many
who have been in non-essential em-
ployment have returned to the farm.
Minimum prices already establish-
-d or to be set soon guarantee high
arning power for producers who
grow food and feed for the war pro-
gram. A farmer whose peanut goal
for 1943 is ten acres can earn $30
extra by planting the full ten acres.
He must under penalty, plant ninety
per cent of the objective, If he
should plant and harvest eleven
acres, his extra earnings, in the form
of an incentive payment, would be
$60. The minimum price for No. 1
peanuts in 1943 is likely to be set at
$125 a ton.
Floor prices have been set on
green English peas, snap beans and
Cpl. James (Pinkie) Griffin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Griffin of De-
port, who is stationed at Orlando
Air Base in Florida, has been pro-
I moted to sergeant. He entered -sot-
| vice March 3, 1942. His many De-
| port friends extend congratulations.
matoes were supported last year and
Pvt. Robert E. Nations, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Nations of Blossom
Rl, was inducted into the army Oct.
12 ,and is now stationed at Camp
Claiborne, Calif.
Cpl. Orval Welch, formerly' of
Clarksville, is held prisoner by the
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ward of Bo-
gata, have had a letter from their
son who is stationed in San Francis-
co, Calif., saying that he had re-
ceived the rating of second class fire-
Japs. He was in the coast artillery j man. He f inished his schooling on
Joe Dick Trimble, who is in the
U. S. Navy at sea, writes his mother
at Idabel, Okla., that he has been
“across” three times, and is expect-
ing to get a leave when he reaches
the states, and will be home about
Feb. 20. . Trimble is a nephew of
Mrs. J. I. Lawler here.
and had been in service about four
years at the time Pearl Harbor was
attacked.
Saturday of last week and is in the
receiving ship barracks awaiting fur-
ther orders.
DEFORT DEFEATS
SPRINGS
Sparked by Glenn Lawler, De-
port’s Tigers turned back Sulphur
Springs Wildcats here Friday night,
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Lieut. Weldon E. Veteto, son of j Weldon V. Johnson, son of Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Veteto of Deport, I Henrietta Johnson of Deport, was a
with the Army Air Force in North I recent graduate of the Officers Can-
Africa, has been made flight com-1 didate School, and was commission-
mander, according to word received I ed a second lieutenant in the U. S.
by his parents. | Army on Feb. 3. He was assigned
- | for duty with the Signal Corps at
Pvt. J. L. Davidson returned Wed- Ft- Monmouth, N. J. Lt. Johnson
nesday night to Alamogordo, N. M.t has been here visiting his mother,
after a ten-day furlough spent with ! and returned to camp on Monday.
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Da- j -»---
vidson here and Mrs: Davidson’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Webster at
McCrury.
will be of help to thc Maxey sol-
diers. Needed are coat hangers, ash
trays, bridge tables, table tennis
balls, bed lamps, phonograph re-
cords, books of a technical nature
jr on western of detective subjects, g'^bto Vte“sold
and the like. Small radios for which
tubes cannot be obtained privately
also arc acceptable, as the
ment will permit repairs in suen _ • , .. . ___
on grain sorghums $8, for 100 per
cent or more of the established goal.
The Clarksville office of the Tex- _____
as Power and Light Company has
been designated as a storage depot
for the campaign, and donors are re-
quested to bring their articles there,
if possible. Otherwise, the commit-
tee may be contacted and pickup ar-
ranged.
the new minimum levels are sub-
stantially higher.
Incentive payments will be paid at
the rate of $50 an acre for fresh ve-
as such where
requirements are complied with.
The soybean incentive will be on
govern a an acre basis and the premium
repairs in such ^
Tom Parnell Buried!
Last Thursday at
Cuthand Cemetery
Sulphur Springs Flyer
Killed in Crash
Jole Hood, formerly of Deport,
gnd now stationed in the mechanical
of the Army Air Corps at
Papago Park, Phoenix, Ariz., has
been promoted from second lieuten-
ant to first lieutenant, receiving his
commission Jan. 27, according to Mrs.
Turner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Hpllins of Deport. Liuet Turner re-
ceived his commission as second
ant Sept. 21, 1942, at Ft.
b”
Rev. L. D. Reagan conducted fu-
neral services for Tom Parnell on
Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Cuthand
- ! church with interment in the Cut-
Flight Officer Billy Bob Groce, 23,1 hand cemetery Deceased was born
former Sulphur Springs resident and j *n 1895 and had made his home in
son of Mrs. Luther Groce of Mt. and around Bogata up until he mov-
Pleasant, was killed recently when J ed to Dallas where he had made his
the light bomber he was flying I home for the past thirteen years,
crashed into a garage at Patterson \ He is survived by his wife who is
Field, Dayton, Ohio. He was an ,thc former Miss Eva V. Presswood,
and one daughter, Mary Ellen.
He is also survived by three bro-
was an ;
instructor in the Army Air Corps at
Patterson Field. Funeral services
were held in Mt. Pleasant.
LEONARD MARCUM INJURED
IN FALL FROM STALK CUTTER
Leonard Marcum of Halesborq,
was painfully injured Monday, when
his team ran away with a stalk cut-
ter. Mr. Marcum was driving
young team, and when one of them
became unruly and started kicking
fell backward, ~..... ~
and the bl
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thers, Xexres Parnell of Oak Paint,
Wash., Bee Parnell of Dallas, and
Claud Parnell of Long Beach, Calif.,
and three sisters, Mrs. Zillie Furrh K
of Wills Point, Mrs. Mary Barker of
Dallas and Mrs. Loney Street rf B
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Lone Oak.
NOTE STAMP TAX
a DECLARED ILLEGAL
Note stamp tax law passe
declared ttlegal
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