The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1959 Page: 2 of 12
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Editorial Comment and Opinion
LA GRANGE JOURNAL
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1959
Berlin Crisis Pressing Problem
FROM THE
(Ooeet Editorial By Congraassmn Clark W. Thompson)
The preMing problem of today u the Berlin crisis. Krushchev
has given us an ultimatum; we must come up with some settle-
ment—satisfactory to him, of course—by the 27th of May. His ar-
rogant insults to the British Prime Minister shocked the civilized
world and left us with the certain knowledge that we must be pre-
pared for any eventuality when the deadline date robs around.
Meanwhile, the quarterback of our team lies seriously ill in
Walter Reed Army Hospital. Secretary of State Dulles is reported
to be making satisfactory progress, but it is hopeless to count on
him to carry the bail, or even to call the signals, as we move into
ftif crisis, which is the most serious to confront our Nation in re-
cent years
One thing is certain—we cannot appease the dictator. Equally
certain it is that we will not back down. It is to be a complete
ZdUex’fi Atotefroofl
I OTTERY DISCUSSION
ry, but we can’t publicize your
Every newspaper from time to bingo party in the paper.”,
time is asked to publicize a so-1 •
called “games party” at which GEM OF WISDOM
games of chance often are play-
ed, many times for more of a
prize than the mere thrill of
winning. If the newspaper edi-
tor knows that the games in
question are in the nature of a
lottery or gambling he is duty
bound not to publicize the same.
The moral question is not the
object of this discussion, ai-
The trouble with opportunity
is that it always comes disguised
us hard work. -
showdown, and we will have to find out who, if anybody, is bluff-
ing. Serious words—I wish it were not necessary to write them.
Many of you have written me, not critically, but from your
deep interest in national affairs, asking why the President does not
replace his ailing Secretary of State. That is a hard question to
mswii and one which must be solved by the President alone. He,
Ufa, ao many other Presidents we have known, is intensely loyal
to his staff. He has great confidence in Mr. Dulles, and he shrinks
from the idea of hurting him. However, he may well be toying
with our future peace, and he may have to make a decision which
h« doesn’t like.
In Washington, there is an air of tension, of course. However,
everyone that I have found is confident that we are prepared for
any emergency. There i» little time for pettiness and bickering. We
are attending to business and watching developments with great
care.
4-H dub Week Salute
4-H Club Week being observed in Fayette County and all over
the nation this week—Feb. 28 through March 7—is set aside for
special recognition of this vital work among the youth of our land.
The United States is a great agricultural country, providing
food, feed, and fibre not only for our own citizens but aUo for
many millions throughout the world. This agricultural effort has
made our country great in many other ways, too.
The young people who have been trained in 4-H work through-
out the years and who have grown up to become the successful far-
mers of today are responsible to a large extent for this greatness.
Fayette County can be proud that for years it has had a very
active 4-H Club program through the efforts of county agricultural
and home demonstartion agents as well as local adult leaders.
Their efforts are paying off through the fine records being
made by fanners «nd housewives of this area today.
4-IRaao^tqrs aj^^adersgre to be commim^ed for the excel-
lent job they are dH^in training the youth x>f today along the
same lines, guiding them on the paths to success in their future en-
deavors, be they agricultural, homemaking, or even in the business
or professional world.
This newspaper joins its advertisers, many of whom have spe-
cial greetings in this issue, saluting 4-H members, their leaders,
and the members’ parents on this 4-H Club Week.
though we could dwell on this
subject, too, rather, we wish to
point out that we often cannot
print such publicity in our pa-
per, if we know the games in-
volved include consideration (a
fee paid to play), chance (as a-
part from skill alone), and a
prize (cash or merchandise).
The particular game so often
in question is bingo. Postmaster
General Summerfield recently
set the public straight on why
the government regards bingo as
a lottery banned by federal law.
He said that under federal
court decisions, the classic iden-
tifications of a lottery are “con-
sideration, chance, and prize.”
And no matter how you slice
it, he added, in bingo you find
j.11 three. The rule even applies
to chairty bingo, he said, because
Ihe postal lottery law makes no
exceptions for worthy causes.
He pointed out that regardless
of state laws to the contrary, it
is illegal to advertise lotteries
through the n ails, whither in
ads or publicity in newspapers
or by notices s nt through the
mails by individuals or organiza-
tions.
So, there, you have the reason
why newspaper editors some-
times have to say, “No, I’m sor-
, Senator
[BOROUGH’S
☆REPORT☆
CEDAR CREEK PHILOSOPHER FINDS
OUT AT LAST HOW SOME PHONOGRAPH
RECORDS GOT PLAYED OVER THE AIR
Editor’s note: The Cedar Creek
Philosopher on his Johnson grass
form on Cedar Creek this week
discusses, of all things, music.
Dear editar:
I don’t listen to the radio much,
mainly because with a radio you
have to listen right then or you’-
ll miss what’s said, while with
a newspaper you can wait around
till you’re in the mood and have
a chance to prepare yourself to
face what happened in the world
yesterday, but once in a while I
do listen and something about
radio that has puzzled me a long
time has now been cleared up,
although I’ll have to admit it
WEEKLY AUCTION
SALES REPORT
Visit Your School This Week
The need for the public school never changes, but times and
conditions may change or require to be changed methods and prac-
tices of public education. This is inherent with anything that grows,
for growth is the result of change.
Our Texas public schools were created 105 years ago. in 1854
the first law was passed establishing the public school.
It is a healthy thing in our democratic way of life to have in-
telligent understanding of the important functions of our basic in-
stitutions. This is especially true of the schools. The initiative and
resourcefulness and the wisdom and leadership that our schools
are Inculcating in the youth of today are the answer of the pro-
blems of citizenship in the years ahead.
Yee, "bring me men to match my mountains.” That is the need
oi our times and must come from the public schools—schools that
are strong in virtues required for building strong men and women.
We can be assured of this and do our part in understanding ?<1.50 to $7.50 cwt.
and helping the public schools to fulfill their great obligation to our Sheep
times by being a participant in the annual Public Schools Week, Lambs $9.75 to $18.00 cwt.
March 2 through 6. Schools will hold open house! accept their hos-.
pftality, and you will enjoy the experience of going back to | ucks and ewes *7-50 to $9-00
school—if but for a day. cwt.
RECEIPTS
Cattle 723.
Hogs 309
Sheep 25
Horses and mules 7
PRICES PAID
Batcher Prices
Cows, canner to butcher $12.00
to $20.50 cwt.
Calves, cull to choice $18.00
to $30.10 cwt.
Bulls, light to heavy $20.00 to
$23.60 cwt.
Stocker Prices
Cows and heifers, head $40.00
to $185.00.
Cows and heifers, lb.' basis
$17.50 to $31.00 cwt.
Steers $18.50 to $28.00 cwt.
Calves $24.00 to $36.25 cwt.
Hogs
Good to choice $15.00 to
$16.10 cwt.
Lights $13.50 to $14.50 cwt.
Sows $12.00 to $15.00 cwt
Feeders $12.00 to $14.50 cwt.
Pigs $4.00 to $8.00 Hd.
Horses and mules, lb. basis
More than 127,000 Texans re-
siding in 64 counties are receiv-
ing surplus food commodity ra-
tions, according to information
supplied me by the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
Needy Texans, many of them
elderly persons no longer able to
work, have received a total of
12,290,000 pounds of government
surplus wheat flour, rice, corn-
meal, dry milk, butter and cheese
during the last six months.
ThU food is helping a great
deal, but it is not nearly enough.
It is a diet that amounts to slow
starvation for it provides only
about half the needed protein
and calcium required for good
health.
To help see that needy Texans
and other Americans can have
food meeting minimum health
requirements in this land which
has more food than it knows
what to do with, I am cosponsor-
ing a so-called balanced diet bill.
It simply authorizes and di-
rects the Secretary of Agricul-
ture to make available supple-
mental foo^ to those needy A-
took a newspaer to do it.
Here was my problem; when
I’d tune In to hear some news,
lota of times a music program
would be on, and since I figured
the news would be on in a few
minutes and there wasn’t any
use in going to the trouble of
changing the dial, I listened.
What puzzled me was how
some of the music I heard got
there. “Here’s a record that’s
zooming upward,” the announcer
would say, I think they call him
a disc jockey, although I ain’t up
on that phase of culture, and
what came over the air was un-
believeable. And when the sin-
ger started singing, well, if I had
a calf that couldn’t bawl better
than that, I’d have it rendered
for soap.
I couldn’t figure out how such
a record ever got played, not to
mention how anybody could
claim it was zooming.
Well, this has been cleared up.
According to a newspaper I read
last night, the Senate Rackets
Investigation Committee has
turned up some evidence that
racketeeers have been forcing
juke box owners to buy phono-
graph records.
On the other hand, I’ve heard
some records that weren’t forced
on anybody, they’re played night
and day, on radio, T. V., juke
boxes and kids’ portable record-
players, and I’ll tell you it’s go-
ing to take an expert to tell
which record was forced on the
public by racketeers and which
one by teenagers. I’m glad I’m
not on the Senate Investigation
Committee when this problem
comes up. Turn that music down
and let me read. Where’s my co-
p" of The La Grange Journal?
Or something. Anything will do.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
GIESE RECEIVES GOOD
i CONDUCT MEDAL ♦
I Army PFC Cornell W. Giese,
21, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Giese, Route 2, La Grange, re-
cently was awarded the Good
Conduct Medal while serving
with the 25th Division’s 21st In-
fantry in Hawaii. v
He received the decoration for *
his exemplary behavior, effici-
ency and fidelity.
Giese, a radio operator in the
I infantry’s Company A, entered
-the Army in Feb. 1957 and ar-
rived in Hawaii the following
July.
He is a 1956 graduate of La
Grange High School and was em-
ployed by the W. E. Schulze
Grocery before entering the Ar--*,
my.
Try a Journal Clzaaified!
PEARL BOCK
■Uh BEER
I knew somebody must have
been holding a gun on somebody
else to get such music played.
But it’ll never succeed. I
mean, while maybe the racket-
eers can force record distribu-
tors to buy their records, it’s go-
ing to take a lot of mobsters to
hold enough guns on enough
people to make them listen.
IS
HERE
coal
mericans under the surplus com-
modity program.
Our need for this program in
Texas is small compared to some'
other states. For example, in
West Virginia a total of 306,000 t
people, over 15 percent of the,
state’s population, are receiving
surplus commodities due to hea-
vy unemployment in the
mines.
But the situation in Texas is
bad enough that it should not be
ignored. In Harris County, near-
ly 19,000 persons are under this
program, and in San Antonio
there are 17,654 requiring this
food.
l’or Office Supplies Try
LA GRANGE JOURNAL
Now, and for a short time onlyA | mmm
you can enjoy a traditional V
springtime favorite—Pearl Bock
Beer. Deliciously different and
brewed from the choicest ingre-
dients, its truly fine flavor is the
answer to real refreshment Try
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some today... you’ll ask for more. Pearl Brewing Co., San Antonio
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Tim* was rural T*xans trav*l*d many milas to th* “*
“big city” to buy th* things th«y n**d*d.
But by creating n«w markets in rural or*at and by
making th* rural community a finer place in which
to live, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION has transformed
tiny villages to thriving cities. Urban conveniences
—formerly miles away are now close at hand for
rural Texans. The 77 independently owned and
business managed tax paying Electric Cooperatives
serving th* State have opened up these broad
avenues at progress. Owned by th* people they
•4 serve, these electric cooperatives or* even now
blazing new trails and marking new paths to
provide • brighter future for a new
with RURAL ELECTRIFICATION.
'
Impola Sport Coupe-lil* every Chevy—hoe Safety Plate Glaee all around.
Chevy stops quickest... goes farthest on a gallon! I
Fayette County Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
Chevy showed the beet brakes of the
leading low-priced three in a test of
repeated stops at highway speeds con-
ducted and certified by NASCAR*.
Chevy also won over the other two in
a NASCAR economy run—with the
highest gas mileage for 6’a and V8’s at
cruising speeds of just over 55 miles
an hour.
Here’s a car that knows how to get
the most out of a gallon. And it’s the
only car in its field to bring you
hydraulic valve lifters in all popular
engines—6 and V8. This means
smoother, quieter performance for you.
There are many other advances just
as fundamental as the efficiency of
Chevrolet’s engines and the depend-
ability of its new brakes (with more lin-
ing area than any other low-priced car).
But why not stop by your dealer’s and
let Chevy do its own sweet talking!
CHEVROLET,
—J
/•» SlM*
see your local authorized Chevrolet dealer for quick appraisal—early delivery I
BrasherMotor Co.
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Fuchs, Durwood L. The La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 5, 1959, newspaper, March 5, 1959; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth998481/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.