The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1943 Page: 4 of 8
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EDITORIALLY
WRh Men in Uniform
OPA May Relax
Rules On gales
initial work, will be eligible to
automobiles of anypriteAf
CXOWAY, M^ar
at the postoCOci it Report]
second-class mall matter.
SPEAKING
A raw recruit from the hills made
guests Sunday, D. r^GflSfam^ri
Mr. and lbs. John Gullion and dau-
ghter, Sandra of Detroit, Mrs. A. B.
Watkins of Seagoville, and ljMtrr
Sgt. and Mrs. E. E. Gullion of Taft,
Calif.
r.C'^JX'T^ <* Automobiles
SORT LOCKHART
in Pittsburg Oesatta
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
ftMr-vi Bad Rhrer Counties
> .. 91.00 Per Year.
Hie Lamar and RatLRivar Coun-
ties $200 Per Year
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE
Now that we have rationing, the
point is, how many?
(' 4
’jssrsvsz&satizrs
bile gatherings where no
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Warts of any Kina are offered for
regular advertising rates
In a few month* we will be de-
manding a ceiling on the thermo-
meters.
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qntanundeae far bjprtf
wNh Mas—what he doe* for hip
MMfltr IHua an and on.”
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! THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1943
American soldiers—millions of
| them—are in the war. More thhn
•0,000 thus far have given their
i lives for you and for hie and for
’ the values that all ofj us hold
! dear. And what is mote1 tragic,
thousands of others will do like-
] wise, before the war is ferided.
Complimented because of the
! list of Eed Cross doners she had
i brought in from the Martin com-
J munity, Mrs. Clyde j tBarham
i frankly said: “This is: a serious
! business with me; my’fon, Clyde
‘ Jr*, now in Africa, may be need-
1 ing the services of a Red Cross
Burse.” The manner in which
most of the people of this area
i have responded to the appeal for
Red Cross funds is indicative of
their patriotism and desirp to aid
* OUT boys who are u^hdlcfing the
1 ^>n0r na^*on |n her jime
And now they are
synthetic vitamins, as
make any difference.
talking about
if that would
Another reason why Ananias is so
well known is because he got plen
ty of printed publicity.
Af(er all, phonograph owners
ought to be happy. There is no ra-
tioning of canned music.
Vesuvius at least has a competi-
tor. It is nothing less than Ameri-
can and British bombers.
In addition to all the war supplies
we are sending Russia, it is also in
order to send her our thanks.
It may not always be wise to do
what your conscience tells you. Your
conscience may have had the wrong
trainer.
Pvt Robert Westbrook has reeeat-
ly been transferred from Camp Whi-
ten to Camp Wallace, according to
his father, J. T. Westbrook, who call-
ed Monday at The'Times office and
had his Deport Times changed to
that place.
Where and how had he gained his
skill with the rifle?
“Well,” said the mountain youth
modestly, “pappy use to hand me the
rifle and one bullet ev’ry mornin*
say, ‘Boy, go out an’ git yore
dinner.” Iffen I missed I got no din-
ner.”
Times’ Classified Adis Pay.
Washington. — The Sunday Star
says regulations are to be relaxed
to permit any person needing a new
automobile to buy without a ration
certificate convertibles with soft
tops, cars costing more than $1,500
and 1941 models of any type and
price.
Moreover, the paper says, all hold-
ers of C gasoline ration cards, re-
demonstrate that their present car
is no longer serviceable.
The purpose of the action was aaU
to be to move some 240,000 cars out
of dealers’ store rooms and put o»f«»
to use. Among these are approxi-
mately 1,800 1941 cars.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jeffus were In
Vandyke Skaggs 83c, returned to
camp in Rhode Island on Monday
after spending a furlough here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Skaggs. Vandyke was recently
transferred from Williamsburg, Va.,
to Rhode Island.
Robert Jasper Edwards 3c Avia-
tion Radioman, returned Sunday to
Jacksonville, Fla., where he is sta
tioned in the U. S. Navy, after a
leave spent with his mother, Mrs.
M. G. Edwards, and other relatives
here and at Bogata.
i Holders of B and C gasoline
books have had a real taste of
what bureaucracy is likie- during
the past two weeks, whgn. they
have been summoned in whole-
sale numbers to appehi1 before
If the Japs want to save their face,
they might have better success by
keeping it out of the way of Am-
erican guns.
An anesthetic has been discover-
ed that kills all pain. Taxpayers
may take the entire supply unless it
is rationed.
The only solution of the food pro-
blem is for every man to become
the architect of his own garden,
chicken and hog pen.
Ssmmie E. Kinsey, SIC, has been
transferred from the sick bay to the
U. S. Naval Hospital in Bremerton,
Wash., according to a letter td his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kinsey.
The doctor has pronounced him with
stomach ulcers and gall bladder
trouble.
Pvt. Leon McAlister, who was re-
cently inducted into the army, has
been assigned for training to the
Medical Replacement Training Cen-
ter at Camp Robinson, Ark. His
training will embrace eight weeks,
after which he will be assigned Ipr
duty to some medical department
organization, according to the War
Department.
OPA inspectors at" the county
Beats in Northeast Texav Many
' • have been summoned, bufc an in-
jector can interview only a few
each day, so inspectors have
many driving to the county seats
and spending the day trying to
aee the OPA official and being
told to return the following day.
Just how does the gpvemment
'{expect to save rubber by any
such procedure, to pdy nothing
tot lost man hours? In the first
There were three million births in
the United States last year, which
goes to show that the American peo-
ple are not neglecting their greatest
infant industry.
MISQUOTED
We don't want to discourage any-
one, but when you start your vic-
tory garden beware of the three big
evils that might upset your well-
laid plans—bug-itis, worm-itis and
chicken-itis.
Hirohito: “When we win this war
I shall rule the world.”
Mussolini: “You’re wrong there. 1
shall rule it. You recall the Lord
said “the meek shall inherit the
earth.”
Hitler: "That’s a lie. I never said
anything of the kind.”
Wichita Falls Tuesday to attend
funeral of J. T. Harrell, president Of
the City National Bank, who died
Monday of a ;heart attack.
APPRECIATION
The response we have had since introducing OUR OWN BURIAL POLIC 1
has been far greater than we expected and we take this means of express-
ing to our many friends our appreciation. Should you or any of your
friends be without any protection, or would like to have more protection,
we would be happy to explain our policy to you. We write policies up to
NINETY YEARS OF AGE, and you will find the premium rate extreme-
ly low. '
Call or Write Vs Today for Complete Information —
DON’T DELAY!
Grant Burial Association
By J. M. GRANT
“Our Policies Are Approved By the State Insurance Commission”
PHONE 90 DEPORT, TEXAS
Mail Today to the
Grant Funeral
Home, Deport, Tex.
Don’t Delay !
NAME .........................
ADDRESS ......... ...........
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j place members of local gas ra-
tionin
ng boards, who are giving
their time without pay to the
know more about
and C cards than an
could learn if he
the County. Hold-
are entitled to
the rules and regu-
or they would never have
issued by local hoards. If
decisions are to set I aside,
h«We a gasoline rationihg
PeOple are pretty well
up on law by bureaucracy,
expressions we have heard
from people affected in
itter indicate jthetr pati
reached tlje
Whoever is smart enough to fig-
ure the difference between twcedle-
dee and tweedledum may now try
his skill at telling us the difference
between the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties.
It used to be that a man wanted
the earth with a little red fence
around it. Now, he wouldn't give
a penny for it unless it were forti-
fied with a Chinese wall mounted
with millions of antiaircraft guns.
LEADER WANTED
you’ll miss your
he returns to college?”
"I will," replied Fanner Constalk,
don't know what I’ll do without
He’s got the live stock so they
move unless he gives ’em the
yell, and I can’t remember
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If Big Business and Little Busi-
ness are not saved, who is going to
pay off the debts Washington is pil-
ing up? Johnny Q. Public may
learn to his financial hurt that soak-
ing Old Man Business will prove a
costly experience.
WAKE UP
HOW SHE 8TOPPED HIM
“How did you stop your husband
staying late at the club?”
“When he came in late one night,
I called out ,‘Ia that you Jack?’ and
my husband’s name is Robert.”
Texas spends more than $2,000,000
annually for the development and
conservation of natural resources.
ID YOU KNOW that the liquor election called for
March 23 will make sale of liquor legal next door to
you? This means that 14% ale, wine and beer can be
legally sold in DEPORT, BLOSSOM, RROOKSTON,
ROXTON and every other community.
RE YOU AWARE that thousands of roadside honky-
tonks will lure our young girls into great tempta-
tion? The road houses can be located on any county
road away from centers of law enforcement.
EVEJR HAVE WE faced a more insidious threat to
sobriety and good citizenship! Now is the time to
step on this saboteur.
BUSY NOW! The time is short Phone your neigh-
bors to get every poll tax payer to vote against li-
quor and for good government
a ,
VERY DAY we have our county flooded with 14%
beer and wine will be a day of sorrow for us and a
source of satisfaction to the Axis!
limit.
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We have just received another
Big Shipment of Composition
Shingles. Have them in
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EMEMBER we can not win unless every patriotic citi-
zen joins in the fight to keep Lamar County decent-
ly dry.
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1943, newspaper, March 18, 1943; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth902230/m1/4/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.