La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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Opposite Masonic Building. Published Every Thursday Morning and Entered at the Post Office as Second-Class Matter
B. F. Harigel, Proprietor
Democratic in Principle and a Worker For La Grange and Fayette county
$2.00 Per Year
Volume 64
La Grange, Fayette County, Texas, Thursday, March 18, 1943
Number 1 1
Town And Farm in War Time
Weekly News Digest From OWI News Bureau.
THE SHOTS THAT COUNT
THE RAMBLER
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Ration Calendar
Meat, Fats, Cheese—New program
starts March 29 with red stamps in
Book No. 2 to be used.
Sugar—Coupon No. 12, (5 lbs.)
Valid March 16. Must last through
end of May, or 11 weeks.
Coffee—Stamp No. 2B (1 lb.) ex-
pires March 21.
Tires—Class A. First inspection
deadline March 81.
• • •
New Rationing Announced
Meats, edible fats and oils, includ-
ing butter, cheese and canned fish
were added by OPA to the list of
rationed foods, with rationing to start
Monday morning, March 29. In the
first month, each holder of War Ra-
tion Book No. 2, regardless of age,
will have 16 points a week to spend.
The red stamps in Book Two will be
used. The official list of point values
will be published during the week of
March 22, OPA officials said. Includ-
ed in the new rationing program are
all fresh, frozen, smoked, cured, driea
and canned beef, veal, lamb and pork,
and variety meats and sausage; all
canned fish, butter, margarine, lard,
shortening and cooking and salad oils,
and cheeses.
• • •
Replacement Rules Issued
With a warning that it is up to
the indivadual to take the best pos-
sible care of his ration books, OPA
issued uniform regulations governing
replacement of lost, stolen or muti-
lated War Ration Books One and Two.
Anyone desiring to replace a ration
book or coupon sheet must apply to
his local ration board on Form No.
R-194. Ten days after submitting his
application, the book owner may re-
port to the ration board, which will
examine the facts and, if satisfied,
may issue the replacement. Where
ration books are lost or stolen, the
board may require the applicant to
report his case to the police.
• * *
Point Values Cut
Effective Saturday, March 13, point
values of dried and dehydrated prunes
and raisins, and of all edible dry
beans, peas and lentils were reduced
by OPA. Point value of prunes and
raisins were lowered from 20 to 12
points per pound. Point value of edi-
ble dry beans, peas and lentils was
reduced from 8 to 4 points per pound.
In addition, dates and figs not herme-
tically sealed were removed from the
current list of rationed foods and the
be insufficient gasoline for school bus
operation iq the second quarter of
1943, the office of Defense Transpor-
tation warns. The minimum neces-
sary mileage for each school bus will
be determined on the basis of infor-
mation contained in these applica-
tions.
* * *
Increase Cotton Acreage
Farmers will be permitted to ex-
ceed their 1943 cotton acreage allot-
ments by 10%, but cotton marketing
quotas will be retained. Farmers may
plant this 10% excess acreage with-
out loss of agricultural conservation
program payments, without being lia-
ble for cotton marketing quota penal-
' ties, and without forfeiture V>f cotton
loan privileges. They will receive no
payments for acreage planted in ex-
cess of the allotment, and 10% in-
crease in no way relaxes the pro-
vision pertaining to achievement of
war crop goals.
• • * •
To Control Oils
Peanut, soybean, cottonseed, and
corn oils going into commercial chan-
nels will be controlled on a monthly
allocation basis after April 16, Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wickard has di-
rected under Food Distribution Order
No. 29.
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LA GRANGE STUDENT
$
V. 3. Treasury Dipt,
—Courtesy Sheboyon Press,
WSS—614&
26% In Excess Of
Quota For Fayette
Denton, Mar. 16.—Miss Rose Mai-
sel of La Grange took part in the
senior class stunt which won the cup
for class competition recently at Tex-
as State College for Women. She
took the pari of Don Jose in the skit,
entitled “Carmen Jones.”
Daughter of Mrs. Elsie Maisel,
Miss Maisel is majoring in business
at the college.
1 make
basis for computing point values for
Iclaims
other dried fruits adjusted to place
1 same
these fruits on the same basis as
Ibed by
dried prunes and raisins.
• • •
Address
Seeds Not Rationed
1', Tex-
Peas, beans and lentils when labeled
>n this
as such and bought exclusively for
use as seed are exempt from the pro-
DY,
cessed foods rationing program and
he Es-
do not require the surrender of either
ceased.
point stamps or ration certificates, ac-
cording to OPA. .
m m •
Certificates to Farmers
wers
■
Farm families who have enlisted m
the huge 1943 food production pro-
HAVE
gram will be awarded. certificates of
ITEND
Farm War Service, signed by Secre-
BUT
tary of Agriculture Claude R. Wick-
SIGN
ard, in recognition of their war work.
T WE
It will be presented by County USDA
FOR
war hoards as soon as possible after
VERY
the completion of the 1943 Farm
D WE
Mobilization drive.
VERY
• * *
Q. In what denominations are
War Savings Stamps avail-
able ?,
4 A. Savings Sumps are is-
* •* sued in denominations
! of 100, 250, 500, $1,
_ and f5.
Q. Is the registration of War
Savings Bonds a matter of
// public record?,
w A. No. Records of owner-
p\\ ship of War Savings
Bonds are confidential
I and information is giv-
en only to those persons
i whose right to it is fully
established.
Q. Where can 1 buy a War Sav-
ings Bond?
Farm Income
A preliminary review of the data
available on farm income and expen-
ditures during 1942 indicates that the
net return to farm operators for their
labor, capital investment, and man-
agement, and for other unpaid family
labor, was about 10,200 million dol-
lars in 1942. In 1941 the net return
to farmers was estimated at 6,748
million dollars. The previous record
net income, in 1919, amounted to
8,799 million dollars. Total cash in-
come from marketings and govern-
ment payments totaled 11,764 million
dollars.
• • •
Gas For School Bus
If school authorities do not prompt-
ly return applications for revised Cer-
tificates of War Necessity, there may
By Gib Crockett.
A. At United States post
\ offices of the first, sec-
i i ond, and third classes,
- and at selected post
offices of the fourth
! class, and generally at
1 classified stations and
.branches; at Federal
. Reserve Banks and
v branches; at most com-
. V mercial banks, savings
J associations; credit
| unions; other financial
institutions; many re-
tail stores, theaters, and
other official sales
agencies; or through a
Pay-Roll Savings Plan.
You may also buy them
Jby mail direct from any
Federal Reserve Bank
or branch, or from the
Treasurer of the United
States. Washington,
D.C.
Q. What is the limit of owner
ship of War Savings Bonds?
A. There is an annual limit
of $5,000 maturity
; value, a $3,750 cost
_ | price for each calendar
• year, of bonds origi-
nally issued during that.
■ year to any one person.
Remember—the longer
yon keep War Bonds,
up to 10 years, the more
valuable they become.
W8B 7S7F
V. 8. Trttmm Dtpt,
(Secured from Homer J5ck, Secre-
tary War Bond Committee.)
Frank Scofield, State War Bond
Administrator, advised the Local Com-
mittee that the February quota of
$49,700.00 is for sale of Series E War
Bonds only. This information was
received too late to make any changes
in reporting. Sales of all series in
the county, although incomplete, tot-
aled $65,867.45.
Final report from Mr. Scofield re-
vealed that $62,775.00 in series “E”
bonds sold during February. The
sales reported are in excess of quota
$13,075.00, or 26%. Sales by towns
reported to the secretary are;
La Grange, $3,906.45, this repre-
senting the sales at the postoffice
only; Schulenburg, $34,806.00 and in-
complete; Flatonia, $6,978.90; Fay-
etteville, $3,093.75, incomplete; Car-
mine, $3,545.75; Round Top, $499.10;
Ellinger, $1,087.50; Cistetn, $242.50;
Muldoon, $111.00{ West Point, $145.-
00; Winchester, $1,127.00; Ruters-
ville, $42.00; Oldenburg, $151.25; and
Warda, $131.25.
March quota was announced by Mr.
Scofield is $49,700.00, to be met by
the sale of Series “E” War Savings
Bonds. The record of sales made in
your county in 1942, and your in-
creased reports for 1943 to date, give
me confidence that you will have no
trouble in meeting and exceeding your
March quota in spite of some opinion
to the contrary due to increased taxes.
Incomplete report on rural bond
pledges for the year 1943 show that
303 farmers have pledged war bonds
purchases totaling $30,389.75. This
report reveals several interesting
facts. Eleven of the 303 pledgors are
systematically purchasing bonds; one
is purchasing in the amount of
$750.00 each month, another $500.00
monthly.
A report on the recent tour of a
captured Japanese submarine repeals
that its visit to Schulenburg and Fay-
ette county topped the State in per
capita sales, with a per capita of
$25.27. Total sales while in Schulen-
burg was $49,791.80 in bonds and
stamps were sold on the day the sub-
mersible visited Schulenburg. Bonds
and stamps sold during the Texas
tour was $14,885,875.55; average saels
per day, $359,647.00. Average per
capita wag $7.28. Average per hour
sale, $50,923.00, and nurflber of stops
reported, 63.
Dittlinger Freight
Truck Partly Burned
Thursday afternoon the motor
truck used by the Dittlinger Roller
Mills Company, to deliver wholesale
orders of feeds and flour to county
retail stores, was damaged by fire to
the amount of approximately $700,
which includes feed loss.
The truck, when about five miles
from La Grange south on the Hol-
man road, was discovered by the
driver, Leon Hunger, to be burning.
Unable to extinguish the fire Hunger
raced for a mile to a farm house and
telephoned his dilemma to the office
manager. The fire boys ran out the
chemical truck quickly and ere many
minutes had passed were alongside
the burning truck. Quick response
and quick suppression of the fire.
Cause of fire is reported to the
Journal to be due to what is termed
a “short." There was no explosion,
simply a quick ignition and a fire
that gave promise of total destruc-
tion of the truck body and cab. The
fire started between the cab and end
Headaches The Medic Cannot
Give A Relief
Entering the den of the Rambler
last Thursday, and with' the air of a
queen, the visitor demanded a receipt
book, the kind business houses use
when they receive cash. She noticed
that the Rambler was “tussling” with
a head cold and that his voice had the
cellar sound.
“Must have a headache, been work-
ing on your income tax report?” was
her query.
Extraordinary conception of a hu-
man ailment. Rambler admitted that
he had been at work on his income
tax report, in fact had been studying
the instructions for a week, and try-
ing to do all in his power to reduce
the amount to be paid to Uncle Sam
to give him more money to whip the
Japs.
“Well,” continued the attractive vis-
itor, “if you have an income tax head-
ache, do not seek relief by visiting a
doctor. He will tell you, in a friendly
way, that he has the same kind of
ailment.”
Can't say that her information was
a great help, adopted the suggestive
treatment and decided that the reme-
dy had to be supplied by the sufferer.
That helped some, but it did not effect
the report in the least.
Down to the Filling Station later
and found a member studying the “in-
formation about your income tax”
and frowning like an irate village
school professor who had been mak-
ing a strenuous effort to straighten
an incorrigible. He said he hkd a
headache. When the Rambler men-
tioned to him what the woman had
mentioned to the Rambelr, he threw
down the instructions and. decided
that he didn’t owe Uncle Sam a cent.
But, he will make out a report, he
said. And he did.
Income tax blanks were much in
demand during the past week. Odd
affliction it is that those who have
been advised, time and again, that a
report would have to be made, the
one to make a report had to put off
the task until the last week. And in
this class, Rambler was lined up.
The headache is gone now, the head
cold is somewhat improved and Spring
is just around the corner. There is,
however, another shadow on the hori-
zon, they call it the victory tax and
they expect you to poney up or get
an unwelcome missive that informs
you about a penalty, certain to pro-
duce another headache.
Taking an inventory of what has
Fate-
Brasher Motor Company’s wrecker been demanded during the past month
brought the partly burned truck to ‘
their garage the same afternoon.
Damage will be repaired as soon as
possible.
LOAFING GUINEAS ARE
RETURNED TO OWNER
ILL AT CAMP
Last' week the Journal carried a
news item about two lost guineas,
the property of Oscar Salm. We ac-
cused the birds of being loafers,
gone AWOL, having the wanderlust,
and spongers on somebody’s feed pile.
Well, our guinea psychology worked
out to a “T.” The birds had drifted
to the home of Herbert Oppermann,
two and a half miles out on the Ru-
tersville highway, and have since been
returned to the “happy” owner. Funny
thing, however, Mr. Oppermann is in
the employ of a well known local
feed store. Smart guineas?
Felix, The Piker
Edward Kruppa, son of Richard
Kruppa of Radhost, is reported as
being ill at Camp Benning, Ga. He
is a grandson of Fr. Adamcik of La
Grange. The news came to a local
physician Monday of this week.
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Won’t have to accept the visit of
Anthony Eden in the same faith that
we did the visit of the Jap peace
messenger—before Pearl Harbor.
Communism is here, and Stalin is
holding the strings. So, Mr. Wilkie?
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WAR BONDS ARE GOOD BUYS
keeping your dues paid and hearing
about another drive, gives you some-
thing worse than the jimmies. Ramb-
ler often, when the idea demands at-
tention, studies how some of the
bunch managp.
“Business is good,” said one of the
Gang to the Rambler. For a moment
there was silence, then the Rambler
picked up the last issue of the Jour-
nal and requested that it be scanned.
“After you have scanned it for ad-
vertisements that make business
good, take a look at the neighboring
papers and note that there are from
two to four pages (distributed over
the sheet) of advertising. Then adopt
your philosophy as to the reason why
there is so little advertising in the
local paper.”
And that is another headache.
• • •
Prayer Meetings Held Last
Friday. Many Present
Friday of last week was observed
as “Prayer Meeting Day” by the
churches. Rambler makes no attempt
to mention some church in preference
to the others, but calls attention to
the fact that there was an attendance
at several of the churches, and that
creates a good impression. Prayers
will help.
Leaning to the criticism idea,
Rambler states that there has been
altogether too much of a lag at
church attendance. “It reqairee •
condition such as we have today to
bring folks back to the House of God,”
commented one who had attended tha
meeting at her church.
Acknowledging the *con doea not
change the contention that Rambler
made several year* ago: "The Ameri-
ca* peopla have adopted the pleasure
idea in preference to the reUgieua
idea, they have estrayed from tha
Forced To The Curb
Caused Brakes Stop
Sheriff Loessin was en route to his
farm south of La Grange and had
turned off the highway on the hill
when another auto, in which Deputies
Rightmer and Wessels were riding,
managed to creep ahead of him and
stop. The Sheriff was told that the
drug store at Flatonia had been rob-
bed of narcotics.
Hurriedly given an order to hit the
trail to Schulenburg the deputies
reached the turn in time to witness
another auto, in which were two men,
racing toward the bridge. No need
for further explanation, intuition or
something else prompted the deputies
to give chase.
Over the bridge, and on Jefferson
street toward the city proper. “Here
goes the rear end of your Ford,”
Deputy Wessels said to Rightmer and
with that he turned ahead of the rac-
ing car, at the Clarence Schwake
home, forcing the driver to come to
a stop at the curb. The two in tha
gracing car, giving their names as H.
Burton and Ross L. Downs, have quar-
ters at the county jail.
This was Friday; at the noon hour
two men entered the Johnson Drug
Store at Flatonia and one of the pair
asked for the toilet; as he did not re-
turn as soon as the druggist thought
proper, the helper in the store was
told to investigate and found the man
applying to his pockets, packages of
narcotics at the back end of the store.
It required but a moment to give the
tip to his partner and the two climbed
into the car and raced toward Schu-
lenburg.
Came the telephone message to the
Sheriff. Quick work I Packages of
narcotics were found on the persons
of the two and it was later said, they
had thrown some of the small pack-
ages from the car. Sheriff Loessin
didn’t waste time, he managed to get
in communication with peace officers
elsewhere and was notified that' one
of the two had a prison record. They
are being held for further investiga-
tion.
Whether the two had any part In
the recent visit to the drug store of
J. Meyenberg, is to be determined.
It is stated, however, they evidently
know where a druggist keeps the nar-
cotics, as those who had entered the
Meyenberg Drug Store two weeks
since, seemed to know.
Efficient service, and prompt action.
Good officers are to be recognized for
their quick response and what ap-
pears at this writing to be a case of
daylight theft, is a matter for future
adjustment by the court.
church and will continue until some-
thing happens.” And, as previously
stated, it is happening. ,
Basing much of what the Rambler
writes in this column on what he con-
tacts and hears from others, reitera-
tion finds space again. Going back,
in the reference, to the days ‘when
there was deemed “an over-produc-
tion and a surplus on hand that en-
dangered the crops that had been
(Continued on page 6)
New job for the housewife:
Salvaging grease from the
Meat Ration and Edible Fata
sold....Victory gardeners study-
ing the rain signs....Cews gad
pige have been given the wink
by home owners....lucerne Iks
payments hard dose for the
spend - in - advance workers....
Washerwomen becoming 4mb
tieally independent, relief rolls
responslble....Cerm planting law
been announoed..~Mafl Onl«r
Stereo doing good ________
Coreleos onto driving
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La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 18, 1943, newspaper, March 18, 1943; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth998531/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.