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THE COOPER REVIEW
FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1342
COOPER REVIEW
The Snail
W. D. HART ti SON, I-ublishers
A D. HART LYNDOL E. HART
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•t Cooper, Texas, under the act of Congress, March
1879.
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TODAY
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TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
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ASSOCIATION
YOUR HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER
BY ROBERT I. BRAY
In the Brazoria County Review, Angleton, Texaa.
Have you ever stopped to consider just
what you owe your local paper! Maybe
some of you should give the matter some
thought while you still have a local paper.
The government in setting up tire rationing,
did not classify newspapers as necessities
like peace officers (and we are not complain-
ing on that score), yet the government de-
pends upon this newspaper to carry on the
program of more than 300 governmental
agencies—without pay and without thanks.
When it spends its money, it spends it with
the great radio chains and the metropolitan
dailies.
There is not a day passes that we are not
asked to publish something for the navy or
army recruiting service, the “Food For Vic-
tory” program, National Youth administra-
tion, Red Cross drive, war bond and stamp
campaign, AAA farm program, old age as-
sistance, civilian defense, county and home
demonstration agent’s program, USO, navy
relief, Boy Scout, draft board orders, unem-
ployment and a thousand and one other
things of which newspaper publicity is the
nucleus. The Review and every other news-
paper in the country has co-operated fully
in all these matters without thought or ex-
pectation of thanks or reward.
All we ask is for you to give a little con-
sideration to what you owe your hometown
newspaper. Many of you seem to think that
printers live off ink and that ink flows out
of the faucet; that paper is as free as the
air we breathe; that such insignificant
things as rent, telephone bills, taxes are
paid by people who insert classified ads and
forget to pay for them; that banks indefi-
nitely extend our notes. Thank God, there
are those who do not have this concept- of
running a weekly newspaper and for those
friends and supporters we shall never cease
to be eternally grateful. They can have the
patched shirt off our back.
They are the people who pay their sub-
scription before its gets delinquent, or who
in forgetting to pay do not get sore when
they get a notice and come in with two let-
tuce leaves with George Washington’s pic-
ture engraved on them. They are the people
who turn down that Houston or out of state
printing solicitor and call us to run them off
some letterheads, envelopes, statements, etc.
They are the people who not only believe in
newspaper advertising, but have found that
its consistent use has built their business.
Yes, those are the people who recognize that
CATALOGUE.....mu.eural
If you have a 1942 mail order catalogue «
might be a good idea to hang on to it and file it
with your history books.
I have just finished thumbing through one of
those hefty volumes and it occurred to me that
here was a veritable encyclopedia of the things i
which we are going to have to do without if this
war continues as long as those who hob-nob with
the President predict.
A lot of the things pictured m the catalogues
are already unavailable and the mail order houses
are thus forced to return millions of dollars of
good U. S. cash to people who ordered them.
Another group of products can only be sold to
people who have priorities and another large group
will be unobtainable as soon as present stocks are
exhausted.
When we will again be able to purchase those
things which we have taken for granted for so
many years, nobody knows, so it seems a good
idea to keep the 1942 book on hand to show
Junior the pictures of the things which made liv-
ing so easy before the war.
Nf/AR
GOODS .... disappearing
Those gorgeous pictures of big, heavy-treaded
tires, shown in the mail order catalogues, will
make many a mouth water in the months to come.
The washing machine pictures, the refrigerators,
the bicycles, the lawnmowers, the cameras and
the hundreds of farm and kitchen gadgets por-
trayed, will also bring many a sigh from those ot
us who have become accustomed to easy living.
With practically all things made of metal or
rubber having gone to war, or rapidly joining the
forces, the available civilian merchandise is dwind-
ling like a snowball in July.
WAR HAS ITS BRIGHT SIDE
sponsible for such a catastrophe,
to “pass the buck” on to some-
one else. It will be too late for
that, and those who are respon-
sible will be made to take the
punishment.
Inflation can be stopped: and
the power to stop it lies in the
hands of the administration and
congress. At the moment, each
is criticizing the other f°r fad*
ing to control this deadly enemy.
Particularly is abuse being heap-
ed upon Leon Henderson—the ad-
ministration’s “shock troops ; the
outstanding hero in this battle to
decide whether or not the United
States is to remain a great f
democracy. (And our freed
and democracy depend upon
outcome of the war against infla-
I tion.)
We have all read about Mr.
Leon Henderson. We have read
that he is an alien, born in Rus-
sia and sent over here to -‘im-
prove” our form of government.
That he is a Communist—and if
given any latitude will make him-
self dictator of this country.
Sounds like melodrama—and is.
The Henderson family have
lived in this country for 200
| years. Some member of that fam-
| ily has fought in every American
| war. Leon Henderson was a
J captain in the first World War.
1 His father was a Methodist
preacher and the son is an ex-
ception to the old adage. With
hard work and a big brain he has
worked his way up through life,
in the true American fashion, to
the unenviable position which he
______ __now holds. He is a Wilsonian
never again turn the public free to kill and I Democrat in the sense that he
_____..1___I fVin nnmimitmn
The terrible war is not without some com-
pensation in human life. Since the attack
at Pearl Harbor, 44,000 Americans in the
armed forces are reported lost; 4,800
main each other unnecessarily.
worked for the nomination and
the election of Woodrow Wilson.
He is a Mason.
Thus endeth a great deal of
GADGETS......Chri.tma*
Last week I received from Washington a new
list of articles, made from iron and steel, on which
manufacturing will be entirely prohibited begin-
ning! next month. The list, which is simply an
addition to many previously issued, includes hun-
dreds of popular items. A few of them are:
Atomizers, automobile accessories (except
those required by law), awning frames, bag and
pocketbook frames, beds, binoculars, bird cages,
blackboards, cash registers, chick feeders, Christ-
mas tree ornaments, cigarette cases, cigarette
lighters, clock cases, compacts, corn popper, cro-
quet sets.
Those are just a few of the items listed under
A, B and C. But they are enough to give a gen-
eral idea of how rapidly all kinds of items are go-
ing to disappear from the market. By compar-
ing this one list with the index of a mail order
catalogue I found it called for the elimination of
more than 200 of the products indexed.
When I first heard that purchasing power in
1042 would greatly exceed the merchandise which
we would be able to buy, it was a difficult state
to imagine. I couldn’t picture’ anyone going to
town with money in his pocket and not being able
to spend it.
When the Christmas shopping season comes
around again, the great scarcity of goods will be-
come strikingly apparent to all of us. There is
apt to be very little to put under the 1942 Christ-
mas tree except war saving stamps.
The dignity with which Gov. Coke Steven- 1I1UB CI1UCV„ „ B— — —
son conducted his campaign for governor is "baloney” about a brave man who
refreshing in Texas politics and lends cred-
armed forces are reporieu .u^ , dignity not only to Mr. Stevenson but
dead. 3,200 wounded and the balanc likely ^ ^ ^ ^ wuh his own selfrespect
prisoners. This loss ofand no enemies he will be able to accomplish
do we realize that 35,000 peoplek ^ more for the state during this crisis.
last year in this country by This is no time for discrediting public offi- ...
dents? I . , ..v , nnlitirs for selfish pur- ! one of, these qualities makes for
Tire rationing and enforced economy in cials Wlth cheap po . ' ’ unpopularity. The President ob-
• • j»x j Vinvimr rp- POSGS. , viously chose him for this un-
driving slower is credited with having ie--_ pleasant job because he had all
duced traffic casualties 20 per cent in lex- ^ fa-th in straw polls wjn not be renew- these qualities—plus great cour-
as and the percentage of reduction is prob- convinced that public opin- age, economic foresight and ter-
is “taking it hard on the chin” to
save us all from horrors which
we seem only vaguely to appre-
ciate.
Mr. Henderson’s present posi-
tion requires brazenness, asser-
tiveness and aggressiveness. Any
t
ntage of reduction IS prob- ' convinced that public opin- age, economic foresight and ter-
TJX r"jr.CS " j ion canLnd ,o„K cW, to be counted
« ^restricted driving that eve *111 > accurately.
WKMJM I -
'WcAMjAUfiwL
WRIGHT PATMA/TS L
Ofwm. -
WEEKLY NEWS LETTER
— CONGRESSM AN—JTE XASj—--J
The War Abbot Smith, Massachusetts;
The army air force*' pre.ent James T. Howington Kentucky;
accent rate is « P« cent Vnra.I Albert ^ Carter imno.a The
^ • icmn ami 10 per cent! corporation will finance, or as-
rr'-hirri'cV .» s-**—-
terior Secretary I ekes “Fishery
Coordinator,” whose task it will
be to develop and assure sustain-
ed production of aquatic food
supplies essential to the conduct
of) the war. Almost all southern
pine lumber production is now
subject to specific dollars and
cents prices. Release of automo-
biles from the government re-
serve pool in exchange for others
of lower price or greater passeng-
er capacity has been provided for
by OPA.
the 10 years between 1930 and j producing .essential civilian sup-
1940 Since March. 1941, war | plies and will locate persons.
greatly
FUTURE .... promiiin g
We are going to learn to get along without a lot
of things, but that isn’t going to stop us from
wanting them back at the first possible opportu-
nity.
When the war ends, there is going to be the
greatest demand for goods that there ever has
been in the history of this country. With our pock-
. ts loaded with war bond money, there will be
materials and supplies worth $5,-1 whose services would
205 000.000 have been sent to j benefit such industries
the United Nations and other j Extra Rat.on. For rmy
countries sharing in lease-lend Interesting comparisons in food
agreements. A new army air and clothing requirements for
force unit, the Foreign Service | soldiers and civilians may be seen
Above The
Hullabaloo
BY LYTLE HULL
unpopularity, are—his appoint-
ment to office of men and wom-
en, regardless of their palitical
affiliations; and—his recent
warning to all employees in the
Office of Price Administration,
that they will lose their jobs if
they engage in political activity.
Mr. Henderson knows what in-
flation will do to our war effort
—and to us. He is fighting a
great fight and be must know
that the people of this country
are behind him. Maybe not the
so-called “farm bloc” in con-
gress; or the labor unioneers—
but the farmer and the laborer
and the rest of the American
people are “pulling for him.” And
if hiposponent SHRDLUSHRDL
if his opponents don’t believe this
—they should read the Gallup
poll.
Concentration Command, is now in the following figures: Soldier,
being formed to coordinate the , 306 rounds of meat a vcar-c.v.l-, ^ ^ ^ country_and we lose
flying groups assigned to over-ian, 1 sold,€r> canS 0 , the war: it isn’t going to help
Henderson** Great Fight
If inflation gets beyond eon-
seas service. The command will a year—civilian, 40 cans;
jts, muse <uc me pcujjic wuu v..„v millions of us who will want to make the down pay-
their weekly newspaper is a definite part ofjment on a new automobile the day the peace is
..... i , ■ 1 rvtwwl WToMl V\ctnrpc tfVinff to
perform mainly supervisory and, soldier has the equivalent of two
inspection functions; no training I woolen suits, two summer suits
each Ithe war: jt isn,t going t0 help’
anyone, who is in any way re
activities are scheduled. Army and two work suits. The army
^ Men are dying for the Four
fe Freedoms. The least we can
do here at home is to t-sy
War Bonds—10% for War
Bonds, every pay day.
. signed. We’ll be mobbing the stores trying to
' replace practically every gadget we have with
\our home town newspaper was never in| something new, shiny and up to date
cargo trucks of 1 1-2 tons or expects to huy 24,000,000 pairs ,
their community and of their lives.
more will have wood bodies in- of shoes this year.
more dire need of your full support than to-
day, and many must have it if it is to weath-
er this war. With automobile, tire, appliance
and practically all other national advertis-
ing cancelled for the duration your paper isj
faced vvith a grave situation. Just the sme"1
How long the period will be in which industry
can shift from making tanks to cars, guns to re-
frigerators and planes to washing machines is un-
certain. But the blueprints for that shift are
now being made and the chances are that it will
be put over m a miraculously short time—a much
shorter time than it took for industry to shift to
stead of steel; the steel thus sav-
ed will be suffciiient to build
At A Glance
Census Director Capt. estimates
about 30 cargo ships. British that there) were 1,679,000 mar-
officials announce that only, five riages in 1941, the highest ever
out of every 1,000 American-; recorded. Secretary Ickes ex-
built planes are lost on the trip : pects the oil pipeline from Long-
aeross.
The Office of War In-; view, Texas, to Illinois to be corn-
formation announced that U. S. pitted by Christmas. A new
IN YEARS GONE BY—
A Review Of The Fast In
Cooper and Della County .
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thing of paying up your subscription will making war equipment with which it wasn’t fa-
help immensely.
We are here to serve our country, our
state, our county, our community and YOU,
and all we ask is for you to pay your sub-
scription, and your consideration when
miliar.
Futhermore, every industry which hopes to re-
gain public favor is now planning big improve-
ments in the products they will deliver after the
war. We may have to go without a lot of things
today, but these sacrifices will be more than com-
------E------, - > pensated for by the marvelous products which are
placing your advertising and your printing. | promised to us for tomorrow.
After six months of muddling in which
four hundred cargo ships have been lost by
submarines, it is stated that warships art
now convoying ships in the Caribbean Se;
without the loss of any ships. Reports the
kame day say that we have a shortage ot
sugar because of restricted shipping of sug-
ar.
Wouldn’t it be nice if it took as long to
spend money as it does to save it?
Advice seldom helps. If we are dumb
enough to need it, we haven’t sense enough
to use it.
Taken from the files of The Cooper Review.
TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Jimniij Allred was nominated Attorney General July 23 at the
age of 33. He cairied Delta county over two opponents by 1,000 ma-
jority. . .
Ma Furgn.via was nominated for governor by 100,009 majority.
The Paris Morning News has purchased and absorbed the Dinnei
make payment of wage increases !*Horn.
""--------kJv. Grady Metcalf, pastor of the Baptist Church, has returned
from a vacation tiip.
TWENTY YEARS AGO THJS WEEK
Marriage licenses were issued this week to H. C. Wood and Mim
Carrie Traylor. .
Eugene Black was renominated for Congress over Davis) by
majority.
Farm Labor Union members of .Hunt and Rains county have
I nated several -.ruck loads of farm produce to striking railroad em-
________ ket* are c°-| payees at Grcei ville. The farmers said they would strike with the ■
illegal for a business man to be | operating in the campaign of j iuill.miH STrikprs to the last ditch.
dead, wounded, and missing num- type treasury security is being
her 44,143 since the beginning of considered that would be used to
this war.
Government Contract* And Fee* fo workers. The security could
The house passed and sent to not be cashed until after the war
the senate a bill making it un- and would not be transferable.
lawful to pay or receive any con- President Roosevelt states that
tingent fees in connection with 450,166 tons of scrap rubber
the negotiation of a government were collected in the drive; small
contract with the navy or war lots delivered to, receiving sta-
departments. The bill, by reason tions after July 10 are not in-
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of an amendment offered by me [ eluded in this figure. More than
and adopted, would also make it 300,000 meat markets are co-
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An old timer is one who remembers when (ie" the bill, violators would be 1 terns, umbrella shafts and vanity p-inteTadvertising his speaking and when the printeri
two girls discovered a man following them subject to a $5,000 fine, five j cases shall cease, a recent \\ I B 0£^emj to ,,qurn his out, he said he would leave it and the publish'
... _ . . • • _:i , afa + nH TVin fivil SprVICG .. .. * . * r*______________ incf nnmin
represented before a government
agency by any person, who had
been employed by the Federal
government in that agency, dur-
ing the preceding five years. Un-
WPB’s Conservation Division to
save fats and greases. Within
sixty days, the manufacture of
garden tools, hospital equipment,
merry go arounds, magic lan-
railroad strikers to the last ditch. _
James E. Furgerson and Earl B. Mayfield, candidates for the U. b.l
senate, arc in the run-off primary.
THIRTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
A picture of Hatton W. Sumner, leading candidate for congress-!
ing the preceding five years. Un- merry go arounds, magic lan- ^ largt. jg cairied. (Ed. Note: Mr. Sumner visited Cooper amt
der the bill, violators would be terns, umbrella shafts and vanity (.lrculars j rinted advertising his speaking and when the printer
A man is said to reach his intellectual
peak at 35: we suppose he spends the rest of
his life using what he learned the first 35
years.
they called a cop. Now they match for him. years in jail, or both
SWPC Board Named
order stated. The Civil Service
________ j Commission announced that 95
The War Production Board has i 904 persons had been added to
The War Production Hoard nas au4 persons nan oeen A ,u, wind and elect
Statistics show that only a small per cent appointed a board of five to su-j Federal pay rolls during May, 0Onsidcn.ble damage.
of the girls in this country are working pervise the activities of the Small- j 1942, making a total of 2,006,- A. Helton has sold hii
• i it z i t .... dim.4. rn.nAfotirm form 1 R79 pivilmn rmnlovees in the ox-
Oltercu to i#uuin ni» uuv, ire pmu ire wuuiu *
er agreed to lur it if Sumner was elected. Sumners was just noimn™
sted for congress for his 16th term.
;u 1U1 EUil^ivon JUI 11*0 ivwi »»• . H
A heavy wind and electrical storm visited Delta county lues aB
girls; the rest are working men.
Too much money may go to a man’s head;
but it generally goes to a woman’s back.
. They are: Lou E. Holland, Mis-
Tell only gossip about others that you BOuri| chairman; W. S. Shipley,
would have others tell about you
H""-" -------------- i . ... , ,, O A. Helton has sold his tailor shop, the Model, to C. M. HendriB
er War Plants Corporation, form- ' 872 civilian employees in the «*-, I)eKalb >•*
ed by the Murray-Patman bill, ecutive branch of the government - j; ^ ^ ^ Thurs(]ay from clark8viUe where he a*
Ih-4imv;r and athT^avy S 416,015. tended the funeral of Charles Stephens, who was shot to death by ■
Peri ns vl vania",” vke" chairman; Sam President Roosevelt named In- negro whom he was attemptng to arrest.
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