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DAVIS CLEANERS
Formerly Dawson Cleaners.
Cheaper
Our Prices Are
Cooper’s most modern plant.
Yes, We Deliver.
Serving Delta County For
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The Past Sixty-Two Years
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Smith Funeral Home
Phone 109
Lady Attendant
Ambulance Service
W. D. HART & SON, Publishers
%w Rationing
Board Rule’ Are
Given Delta Co.
Retailers Must File Report—
Automobile And Tire
Rules,
FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1942
VOLUME 63, NO. 31
In Ru '-Off For Lieutenant Ocvernor
All retail merchants in Delta
county were reminded today by
L. F. Hooten, chairman of the
Delta County War Price and Ra-
tioning Board, that they must file
with the local board by August
10 a list showing cost of living
articles and their ceiling prices
which the merchant has added to
his stock since July 1.
“The filing of such lists by I County Convention
the tenth of each month is made Meets Saturday
mandatory by General Maximum !
Price Regulation No. 1,” Mr.1
Hooten pointed out.
He also called attention to the
fact that many retail merchants
still have not filed the initial
Rating of cost of living articles
and their ceiling prices, which
Terracing School To
Be Held In Delta
A two day terracing school is to
be held here in Delta county on
August 12 and 13, according to
Joe C. Frobeses, county agent.
The purpose of the school is to
familiarize farmers and business
men owning farm terrace levels
Delta County Democratic Con-
vention is called to meet by Chair-
man T. B. Gumming at the court
house Saturday at 2 p. m. in com-
pliance with the election law.
The primary returns will be
should have been in the"hands of i canvassed and dele8ates to the
the Delta County War Price and s*a*€ convt‘ntion and district will or interested in terrace work, in
Rationing Board not later than ba chosen. I he state convention the adjustment and operation of
July 1. “Failure to file that list 1 be be^d ln September at terrace levels, and the running of
is a violation of the General tbe p^at e *° he selected by the terracie lines and terrace con-
Maximum Price Regulation,’’ Mr. | state Democratic committee. sti uction. M. R. Bentley, Agri-
Hooten said, “and we have been ^ Preci'nct convention was held cultural engineer of the Texas
advised that the state office of ln Eooper last Saturday as direct- Extension Service, will be in
Price Administration staff is now ed by election law. Cooper to conduct the school,
making a field survey to deter- G°°d was selected chair- Those men interested in attend-
Production Credit
Officials Give
Advice to Farmers
Conserve Means, Save And
Reduce Debts, Huy
Less.
For R. R. Commissioner, Unexpired Term
J. J. Spencer, president, John
Bailey, director and Lester Teer,
secretary of the Sulphur Springs
Production Credit Association
spent two days, July 9 and 10, in
Tyler attending a conference of
the directors and secretary-treas-
urers of six other Produ^on
Credit Associations in Northeast
Texas. Keynote of the sessions
vvas need for care on the part of
farmers and ranchment in taking
on debts and teh use of econom-
ical credit where financing is
needed.
The conference recommended a
seven-point program for farmers
County Agent Advises
Care of Poultry
Now is the time for poultry men
to check on these management no-
tices, Joe C. Frobese, county
agent, says.
Green feed should be available
and stockmen to follow under the J *"or both the pullets and laying
war-time conditions: (1) produce l,ens- Alfalfa leaf meal may be
Lowers Local Link
Record Before Going
Into Armed Forces
what America at war needs most
and the things you are best qual-
ified to handle successfully. (2)
plan your work so you won’t
have to use so much hired help—
added to the ration as a substi-
tute.
Keep plent of clean oyster
shell and grit before both hens
and pullets—it )will ^help elimi-
it will be scarce and high. (3) I na^-‘ s°It_sbell eggs.
Don’t spread too much—you may
get hurt if prices should sudden-
ly revert to 1937 levels or worse.
(4) Conserve by protecting and'
Examine birds often for lice—
control by dusting with sodium
floride.
By lowering the Delta County
Club records for both 9 and 18
holes, Robert Schmitter closed
his peace-time golfing Wednesday
afternoon by scoring 9 holes in
30 and 18 holes in 61. Schmitter
will leave Monday for Camp
Wolters to begin army training.
His 9 hole total was five under
and the 18 hole score was 8
-strokes, under par figures.
Playing in a threesome with
Dr. Olen G. Janes and James Me-*
Cullough, Schmitter began his
low scoring rounds with a 32,1 Buford Jester
O’Daniel Lacks
32.000 Votes
Having Majority
Other Offices in Run-off
Lieut. Governor, Treasurer,
And Railroad Commissioner.
Senator W. Lee O’Daniel lack-
ed 32,000 votes of a majority of
votes over bis three opponents in
the senatorial race as reported
Wednesday.
Returns were complete for 238
of the 254 counties and it) wag
estimated only a little more than
3,000 votes were unreported.
The vote was as follows:
O’Daniel ............ 474,849
Allred y.............. 315*797
Moody ............................................ 179,081
Ryan .... 12,866
Total reported vote --------- 981,793
Leaders in other races where
run-offs are necessary are:
State treasurer:
Jesse James 410,561
Gregory Hatjbherl---------------------175,516
Lieutenant governor:
J. Lee Smith 184,388
Harold Beck 148,409
Railroad Commissioner, unex-
pired term:
Pierce Brooks 223,457
............. 163,344
making a field survey to deter- IV‘ n' 000(1 was sheeted chair- Those men interested in attend- conserve ny protecting ana | ( u11 the old hens ,n'odactloa getting birdies on the 2nd, 5th,1 -
mine how many merchants have ™an aad J- 7|- Rountree, secre- ing should contact their county! repairing machinery, by produc- j ^gooTMso you 'need to' 6th and 7th hol<>s and s«>rW a Delta County Navy
topping waste of food, feXand make room in the laying house ^iaHng" thTremaYnTn^Jo^ lio7^ | ReCrUt*n8r S1°8*n
supplies. (4) Pay debts while ^01 Pu^°Ls. -n everv par l -
prices are good. (6) Keep the in- Worm the pleets before they _________ ......: Enough men to equal the crew
■ The results of this survey, he ^'at al' four voting precinct, --
J --‘hi, are to be turned over to the Nos- 1* 2- 12 and 13 be represent- DlSCUSSeS Pure
OPA compliance and investiga- ed- DJI* 1
tion department, for immediate Delegates to the county con- OreCl Livestock
attention. Any merchant who vention were chosen as follows. -' —
still has not obtained a copy of B. R* Good, II. D. Clark, O. W. Delta county 4-H club
boys
come tax in mind as p.rtoTVZ** Hl* -re impeovedI the .eeond | „f , ,,;™ nY„m
expenses; yj „e acc.miny «eep your birds eatiny-keep mldfb* low !£ *> «**«• «"•» «* ^ nav?
bilitv for 1942 taxes before von Parity of mash, grain, cool water, ’ . . tT , ,
V - netore you • * on the remainder. He nearly had
5th, 7th and 8th holes and pars 1 aiia ,layy'
. , TT , , J recruiting district each month
the General Maximum Price Reg- Bullard, Tom Rounti*ee, C. C. owning registered and pure bred i pay for 1941. Just figure that and sbade available.
ulation, or of Bulletin No. 2— McKinney, L. E. Foster, W. H. livestock are urged to attend a| you have two year’s taxes to pay . *or .lultber information or ^ ro|jetj within an inch of the
“What Every Retail Merchant ( l-unk> S. D. Culp, J. II. Bond, J. meeting Saturday, August 1, at| out of this year’s income. (7) "(dp Wltb your P°ub’T problems, cup and stopped
Should Know About the General E. Thompson, H. H. Lamb, Rube 2 P- m., at the county agent’s of- Use credit wisely—make it help contact your coanty ag(‘nt or McCullough, who was plaving
Maximum IYice Regulation’'— s- Wells, W. H, Bell, W D. Hart fie®* to discuss and make plans you pay debts and build a reserve *lomo demonstration agent of the . , threesome held the form
.... .... . . rr u r> .. ^ _ ’ r T - . . Tovns Fvtension SorviVe 1 1 ,lelu ln<3 xorm*
00 . „ , , . during August and September,
a 20 when an .pp™.eh ,h. on chl„f ^ Lrul.er
Texas Extension Service.
Produc- Now is the time for turkey i
er records of 31 for 9 holes and
63 for 18. 1
News From
can get copies by applying to the H- B. Beeler, 0. M. Brewer, f°r a Junior Livestock Show and for the future,
office of the Delta County War Quentin Miller, Hubert Smith, Swine Association, according to! The Sulphur Springs
Price and Rationing Board, Dave Pickens, George Jones, L. J°e C. Frobese, county agent. | tion Credit Association supplied PT°wcrs to worm their flocks
court houses, Cooper, Texas. Mr. F. Hooten. Sallie Salmon, John--more than $875,000.00 of operat- worm'ng at this time will pre-
Hooten stressed that compliance Silman, W. S. Slough, George STATED MEETING MASONIC ing money to some 1,015 mem- ven*- blackhead and aid in the
with price control is an essential Bond, J. D. Pratt, Henry Ches- LODGE MONDAY NIGHT j bers during 1941, Mr. Spencer fifeneral health ot tlu> turkeys, ac-
duty in winning the war “on the nut and D. T. Chancellor. - ! said. Loans so far are ahead of cordlnff t° J°e C. Frobese, coun-
home front.” —-—- Stated meeting Delta Masonic last year. Texas farmers and ty aKent-
L. F. Hooten, chairman of the RED CROSS NEWS lodge Monday night, August 3. stockmen are repaying too, for Blackhead is the most common
Delta County War Price and Ra- -- Members are urged to attend, 1942 cash repayments are show- serlous (l'9easc y°ung grow-
tioning Board, announced today ‘"A report of funds totaling $3.71 visitors invited. | ing a substantial increase. The ln,? turkeys, taking a lai-ge death
that automobile tire and tube was turned in to Mrs. Jack Sil- JOHN SILMAN, W. M. | Sulphur Springs Production Crcd- to11 annually. Poults one to four pvt ^jenn p Keeling writes
' u a nnAnin4.i^ i • _____• i months olfl nrp runpommnnlv' ' . * ®
vc<
sellers have been granted an ex- man, city chairman, Wednesday,
tension of time from July 25 to The proceeds were listed as fol-
it Association is making a special months old are most
has a! effort to save both time and aff®cted, picking up
commonlv1
Jackie Anderson, who has a! effort to save both time and affected, picking up infection
August 1, in which to file with lows: Penny plan drive at Pecan position in Los Angeles, Calif.,1 tires for farmers and ranchmen, irom contaminated soil or food,
the local board an inventory of Gap, $2.06; Austin SJdnner, ar*d who has been visiting his Mr. Spencer said, and to make its There is no practical treatment
parents, Mr. an<b Mrs. Ben An- service available, “so that food *"0r ^be disease but regular worra-
derson, of Lake Creek, left production will not be limited by 'ng with phenothiazine or tobaev-
Thursday to resume his position 1 lack of sound, economical cred- co dust will serve as a good pre-
all tires and tubes, both new and j $1.00 and Mr. Leathers, 65c.
used, that were on hand as of | __
June 30. CLEAN UP AUGUST 5
‘-This is the second extension j ___
of time granted for this re-j \ye will call for your cans and
port,” Mr. Hooten explained, “be-j rubbish on August 5. Please
there.
cause of the late arrival of the j have them ready,
necessary forms.” These re- TOM ROUNTREE, Mayor,
ports must be filed by all per-1 _
sons who sell new or used tires. M)r. and Mrs. W. R. Bogle ol ; near Daingerfield.
and tubes and( retreaded or re- j Balinger, who have been recent
capped tires of whatever kind, guests of Mr. and Mrs. W .C. A daughter was born Wednes-
not mounted on a vehicle. I ho Hazlewood, have returned home day to Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Schultz,
purpose of the inventory is to Mr. Bogle is a brother of Mrs. Jr., of Dallas at Janes Clinic and
provide a fund of information to Hazlewood. ' Hospital.
assist in charting the future1------- J
SPARKS THEATRES
it.”
ventative.
in charge of this district, an-
nounced today. The district in-
cludes Bowie, Delta, Frannin,
Hopkins, Lamar, Morris, Rains,
Red River, Titus and Hunt coun-
| ties.
Sponsoring the campaign to en-
list at least 249 men from this
| district each month will be Amer-
j. _ j —r>i lcan Region Posts and civic or-
Vl CTl In I foe ganizations in each county. Com-
’ mittees have been organized and
SpV 11 CP 1 supplied with navy recruiting lit-
Jt.1 VlLC erature. Individual members will
be designated “Volunteer navy
recruiter.”
A monthly quota of volunteer
his grandmother, Mrs. Craig Hor-
Mrs. C. D. Thomas has return-
ed from Daingerfield where she
visited relatives and attended to
business, Mrs. Thomas has land
Lead Field
course of rationing.
“Similar reports must he made
by each tire seller in each calen-
dar quarter hereafter,” Mr.
Hooten explained, “but in the
ton, from Fort Leonard Wood, . , ,
,, , , . , .. , ’ enlistments for naval service has
Mo., where he is stationed, that been assigned each county( ba9ed
he is liking army life fine. He is on population. Exact n on
assigned to the engineers corps. , complements of naval ves8els are
c, ee a ~ . J secret, Chief Daugherty said, but
............ , Staff.f St‘!'Keant F?n?‘LGarrl; certain figures may be used for
Phenothiazine powder is given .?n "C ,,aien 8» ‘ J’- an recruiting purposes. In the
| OH the basis of one pound to 1,-1. rS' ' ‘ ,arl'lson> a e a® Houston navy recruiting district,
I 000 birds. It is easily mixed by t’'ansfor^<1 frot^ ^acDlH | comprising the southern half of
l placing one pound of the drug .in ' ’ ampa’ a” ^ ol7: yers, Texas, a recent slogan was
i 60 pounds of mash and feeding sta*;es that he has charge j “wanted, 1,000 volunteers for re-
I six pounds of the mixture to each .°! the weather Nation and would placement of the cruiser Hous-
,’1,000 birds for 2 days. Tobacco 1,kp to send some rain but that ! ton.”
I dust at the rate of 2-4 per cent Was eVen °Ut °f a weather man’s I Delta county with a population
| of the mash easily is given for power’ He 1,kes the new plac€, of 12,858 is asked to furnish 10
f’ne< j volunteers each of the two
months. The recruiting slogan
°f ( for this county is -‘Delta county
%
%
one to two weeks. If possible,
move the birds to clean ground
and isolate the sick.
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At The Sparks
SATURGAY, AUGUST 1
“THE BLONDE FROM SINGAPORE”
future, the reporting forms will | With Florence Rice, Leif Erricson, Gordon Jones and Don Berry.!
have to be obtained from our lo-lThe strange adventure of an RAF daredevil and a Singapore siren. J
'Also comedy. I
SUNDAY-MONDAY, AUGUST 2-3
• “MY FAVORITE SPY”
The kind of comedy you’ll call oh kay! With the old professor in a
navy enlistment shall equal
:.A
1mm
Celebrates 90th
Birthday Sunday
cal board office by the tire deal-
er. They will not be mailed to
the dealer hereafter, as they
ere for this first report.”
An automobile dealer who has j new kind of role that fits him like a glove. Kay Kayzer, Ellen Drew,
Robert Armstrong and Jane Wyman. Also Bug Parade.
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4-5
'They met in a waltz and waltzed to the altar but didn’t have a dime
to dance on. A penniless princess and a bankrupt baron. Norma
Shearer am: Melvin Douglas in
“WE WERE DANCING”
Also News and comedy.
THURSDAY-FRJDAY, AUGUST 6-7
The perfect players in the 4-star best seller story now becomes your
top screen triumph in the picture you’ve been waiting for
“KING’S ROW”
'Starring Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan with
Betty Field, Chas. Coborn, Claud Rairts and Judith Anderson. Also
News and comedy.
At The Grand
FRIDAYhSATURDAY, JULY 31, AUGUST 1
“THE SHERIFF OF TOMBSTONE”
With that all of western stars, Roy Rogers. Also “Gang Busters.”
OWL SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT, 11 p. m.
“MOUNTAIN MOONLIGHT’
| With Weaver Bros, and Elviry. Also cartoon.
eligible customer ready to buy
certain type automobiles that the
dealer cannot deliver because
they are caught in a government
‘pool” may now be able to get
the car released, Mr. Hooten an-
nounced today. “Release of au-
tomobiles from the government
reserve pool in exchange for
others of lower price or greater
passenger capacity is provided in
an amendment to the new pas-
senger car rationing regulations,”
Mr. Hooten explained.
“Generally, the cars that are
acceptable as substitues are the
smaller, more economically oper-
a 4 vehicles with greater pas-
ip r capacity than those to be
Irawn. “Thus, the car to
e. Rationing on Page Eight
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a. >.« < ^
JESSE JAMES
In run-off with Gregory Hatcher
for State Treasurer.
COL. RATTAN UN COMMAND
DUTCH WEST INDIES
Sgt. Wm. S. Jones, Jr.
Cooper has been awarded the
highest grade in the electrical three depth bomb crews.’
| shop in Quantico, Va., and is now! Lamar county with a popula-
an electrical instructor in the|tion of 50,425 and a quota of 41
same school. Sgt. Jones joined men per month will have for a
the U. S. marines in June, 1940,, recruiting slogan “Lamar county
Mra. J°hn Thomas of C°fP®r serving as base electrician in sev- navy enlistment shall equal four
I i]°U 'e c raled ,ier • 0th l)irth' oral posts throughout the United gun crews.” Other counties will
day Sunday at her h°me. Her states. He was awarded the have appropriate recruiting slo-
uch ildren, grandchildren and great service bar for active service on ! gans based on their monthly
| grandchildren, with her neigh- thc WeBt Coast from December 7 i quota.
!bois, met at her home, bringing March of this year. He hopes
food which was spread under one to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
of her large pecan trees. Lunch w s_ Jonea> Sr< of thi„ city>
was served to 72 guests. The some time in the ^ future as
birthday cake holding 90 candles be bn3 volunteered his service in
was cut and served at the noon foreign fields if needed.
hour. j _
More of her friends called dur
Sweet Shanklin and wife, col-
Colonel W. V. Rattan, who has 'np tbe afternoon and pictures ored, have a letter from their son,
been on General Frank M. An-|Wel e made' Mrs', Thomas receiv-, Sweet Junior, who is in Austral-
drews’ staff in the Caribbean, °d a nuniber of *ovel.y ** ^ and ia, saying) that he was liking it
has been placed in command of,*U*gtS ,e? after haV'n* erW°yed
the United Nations force in the a bappy day>
Netherlands West Indies. Col.
Rattan is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. V. Rattan, of this city.
Blaine Adair, who has been at-
tending A. and M. College at Col-
lege Station, arrived home Mon-
day with a badly sprained ankle
injury, caused while pluynig ten-
nis.
PEOPLE ASKED TO WATCH
GRASS HIRES
fine, that he had his jaw broken
and was in a hospital, but was
doing fine and the doctor was
good to him. He was anxious for
letters and pictures from his
- | friends. Sweet had served in
Watch your grass and do not CCC camps at Center Point and
have a fire. If you want it burn- j Bogata before going into the
ed, make arrangements to have army,
the fire engine\ come and protect
' our property.
TOM ROUNTREE, Mayor.
Navy enlistment ages) are from
17 to 50 years. Unskilled men
have opportunity to attend navy
trade schools. Qualified skilled
men may be enlisted as petty of-
ficers with monthly pay ranging
from $78 to $126.00. It is nec-
essary that application for enlist-
ment be made before induction
into the army.
Mrs. Manton Miller visited in
Dallas Wednesday and Thursday.
Brother Dies In
Paris Thursday
L. H. Hall, 59, died last Thurs-
day in Paris at the home of
daughter jwherehajlivicd. The fHi
his daughter. The funeral
was held Friday at 2 p. m. with
burial at Campbell. A. M. Hall
of this city was a brother to the
deceased. I
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