The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1940 Page: 2 of 16
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Til GRAHAM LEADER, TMURSDAT, JANUARY 11. IMA
The Graham Leader
the warning that the President
makes in stressing the necessity
_.___________that Congress must meet the re-
every Thursday at Ors- qui cement* of national defense, the
tana. Texas, and entered at the Post single expenditure of government,
OMee as second-class mail matter, said, in which the budget mes-
Wlm act of Congress of March **?* will recommend increase in-
£ ]g73 stead of decrease. Ours is a neu-
»r - - - - tral country, but there was cold
W T SPEARS............Owner comfort for the dictatorships in the
St I. TKOlTT Editor Publisher phrases in which the President of
■ VWM the United States discussed the
ef Publication, did Oak Street worW gltuatK)n America itaelf, he
said, will become a shabby place
in which to live if the world is to
be ruled by the aggressor few.
, Certainly the nation can and
MOTICC should unite in support of the earn-
aar arroneous reflection upon the est plea for unity of action against
Smarter of any person or firm the infiltration and spread of alien
■tosting tn these columns will be doctrine foreign to the institution?
fmdty and promptly corrected upon undei which this country has won
MM brought to the attention of ana held its free institutions on the
to management I basis of liberty of thought, speed
.......s'——- and conscience. The President, just-
Yhe Graham leader Invites com- (y inveighing against overstatement
Graham Texas
OWRTtSING RATES WILL BE)
GIVEN UPON APPLICATION
■■■deal*>aa for publication when and vituperation that "arrays class
sMmi *• of general Interest, and If against cla?o, man against man,’
• Is wet abusive or of a personal may have overlooked some of the in-
aaSsre AU such communications tempernce with which he has m the
■■at carry the author's signature— past laid himself open to that in-
to! necessarily for publication, but dictment. But if he does not recog-
m tndi<-»;Ion of good f*ith. | nize the possibility of his own sim-
—*...... ilar error, it is good that he sees
AD Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, the evil in the practice,
and tike notices are charged for at Franklin Roosevelt spoke Wednes-
outakirts. The proportion of acci-
v.b_ on rural ruaa» outside ad the
main highway systems Is unduly
largo. Relatively few accidents oc-
cur on the straight, wide stretches
of road away from cities and towns,
where the motorist is apt to let the
speedometer needle go to the 70-
mile mark.
One result has been a raising of
speed limits in a number of states.
In 15 states last year, legislatures
passed new speed laws, and in nine
of these the speed limits were rais-
ed. In the others, new regulations
were in the general direction of
higher speeds. Texas refused to
change ita 45-mile* limit, despite the
fact that practically every autoist
violates .it consistently. In this as
in many others of its laws, Texas
goes on the theory that the law it-
self, and not its enforceability, is
the important consideration. The
theory is out of keeping with the
best thought in traffic regulation,
which accepts the fact that the
autoist is going. to go at a 60-mile
clip when conditions favor it.—Wich-
ita Daily Times.
PREPARING
FOR THE BLOW
the regular rales
day as a forthright American with
TV liability of The Graham Lai- £.ta COU"try'!' heart. From
dw tod of II. publisher, for any h.,s of aggressor greed
It is with a sober sense of the j
realities of the war situation that j
Great Britain has called up enough
reciuits to bring its armed total to
3.500,000. This action is taken at
a time when there is speculative
basis for the belief that peace is
,__. , . .... i near »t hand, and when each dav
for the weak and underprivileged, . .c , ,
.... , , , i*dds to the supply of rumors in
the distress and unemployed. wWl
the message
that has torn Europe to his earnest
hope for continued American caie
any
tvr ta any advertisement is limited
is Ike cost of such adrert lament.
- Uh' r 77 “MU adds to the supply of rumor, in con-
Subscrlption Rate. the dist,?M *nd unemployed, necton w|Ul moveg. The Brit.
•to Tear, (out of county)... ,«2 00 here was nothrng in the message uh are aware of ^ trug gUte
~ Year (In county) ........|1H tu th‘' Seventy S.xth Congress that affairg Germany in regpect to
1 peace. They know that the Nazi
j regime faces the imperative neces-
sity of scoring an important suc-
I orrar-r-w-v j cess within the first six months of
oPLED I 1940, and
cannot command the wholehearted
(support of traditional Americanism.|
I—Dallas Morning News.
I,
that there are just two! not afford to bid for peace. The
According to a writer in the Sat-' way® 'n which the bid for such a more desperate the country’s mili-
urday Evening Post, the present v'ctor>’ can be made; on land and tary and economic situation be-
day accepted theory in road-building through air. They know that it is comes, the more necessary it is that
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no less apparent that Germany can- given to-the betting odds which pre- would be like shouting at the wind.
vailed in advance of the game. For us to say that such conduct will
It was the first time that our at- eventually destroy the great Ameri-
tention had been brought so sharp- can game of football would be aa-
K1BLE THOUGHT day accepted theory in road-building trough air. They know that it is comes, the more necessary it is that ly to the important part which bet- suming the role of .a prophet, which
Tet us not love in word, neither: (s that the safest highway is the most 1'kely to be on land, taking there be staged a mighty effort to j ting plays in football. The game 1 we do not claim.
•ataague; but it*, deed and in truth.”: one which not only permits, but en- the *prm of a large-scale, power- inflict a decisive blow. The Get-j has developed a similarity to horse- About all we can aay is toat it
courages, high speed travel. The .paganized offensive on the man people starved for four years j racing (now outlawed in Texas) football has declined to the point
model highway today is wide and western front. It is on the basis in the world war, but there were j which we had not realised. It shows, where it requires the stimulation of
straight, with a minimum of grades, t*'at belief that the British army many victories to sustain their mo-1 even a resemblance to cock-lighting.; liquor to enjoy it and the placing
with all conditions making for a *• being increased. rale. There must be victories now .which, so far as we know, is out-! of bets to whet the enthusiasm, ther
There are several facts that sup if the Germans are to continue to j lawed everywhere except in Mexico, football is already on the decline,
the belief that things are ap- make the sacrifices that war im-1 Gambling on football, of course is ’It is a game which ia no .longer
bear down on the throttle "proaching the desperate stage in poses. The more earnestly they I not limited to the bowl games but worthy of the sponsorship of our
new dis- - | ”* . _
, The safety statistics te^ii more!
and more to uphold that theory. The |
percentage of accidents on the open
A DEBT WE OWE
Dswilopment- continue in efforts
maximum of visibility and pteaent- ,
•U production in the Graham area | jn(f gn invjtatjon <0 thc autojgt t„ ; port
I Aay after day additional produc- licar down on ,hp ,hrotf,p 'proa
Oe
mu is had in old pools
■•Hies are announced.
*w< Graham is indebted
exert
fine group of men—many of
Am who ore citizens- of Graham,
toe ef our biggest industries in this
ewimrlv would be next to nothing
Of course work done in this coun-
ty by the major companies is appre-
etod too, but most of the oil de-
watapHem here has been brought,
by independent operators and j
wtotl companies. Through good
•tots, these men have kept \
■tagging away, many of them risk- j
tog aU they had—and some of them
Mi then friends had too—to bring J
to were oil wells for this section.
Of course it has been a good bet I
—any urn's—for there are so many -
at pay strata and so many |
at pools that have been found'
xx this county ahd this trade terri-
rmany. The attacks on British would welcome peace, the greater is applies to the regular college con- | schools and colleges-, which
J shipping have not met with any- their necessity for continuing the tests and high school battles. It [ such a mighty influence in
thing like the success that Germany war. makes no difference “Whether tht the character of our
requires, and the British navy’s as- Thf> foncingi<>n ig inescnnahl.. that *»me is played jn Nejv . QflwMM ut .i ball .isthe greatest I
American history. Lovers
___and outside our
greatest. Wichita Falls has had parent 7,7 cannot help Ger- desperate bid for victory.
many. The Russian attack on Fin- i
this continued 'progress in the jn th( congt^d suburban areas y ™S P‘,V spring will witness a great offensive P»“deoa or SUmford. ca—mall
industry here. Were it not for|clogt. t0 J cjtleg that the danKer if, nounced-tn recent weeks. It* is ap- movement on the we6tern front, a °ne thinK ab<>ut the New Year | of sports.
two fatal accidents recently, on its
MILLER DRUG STORE
] land has marred whatever hopes
> Germany may have had of ship-
I ments of food or oil from the east-
ward, as the Russians are busy with
| their own needs and troubles. If
I the oft-repeated threat of big scale
air raids on British and French cit-
| ies should materialize, it can hardly
do enough damage, in the military
sense, to affect the outcome of the
war; and the certainty of reprisals
is likely to stay the Germans’ hands.
Thus it is apparent that Germany
would lil^e to make peace. But it ia
Great | Fames that the news dispatches did I schools and colleges, will
Britain realizes it, and is preparing not carry *•» the amount of but”, keen loss if the game degenerate
to help meet .. 1L—Wichita (Falls1 in?M that th* liquor stofes and .to the leve^ of horw-racmg an.
Times. bootlegger? did as a result of the cock-fighting. If we were a Jr'
respective games or the number of Kimbroi^h, we wouldn’t feel 1.
truck loads of bottles which were playing our heart out for. the en-
hauled off the fields and environs tertainment of tipsy fans.
“FOOTBOWL’
Monday night, after tht? smoke 1 Tuesday morning. If the volume.would we find inspiration in
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had cleared away from all the wal*in proportion to that at Sum- ' ing beU placed upon ua like • raee
“footbowl” games, we happened to j ford games, based on the larger at- animal or a fighting cock,
pick up an afternoon paper carry- I tendance, the liquor men in the ! The unfortunate part is that
ing Associated Press stories in ad- 1 vicinity of bowl games should have there isn’t much that the schools
vance of the contests in the Cot- been ibtt’To wipe out any losses who sponsor the teams can do about
they suffered in 1939. it. It is a matter that rests large
For this newspaper to criticise with the fans—Stamford An-
ton Bowl, Orange Bowl and Rose
Bowl. We were struck by the fact
that in every case,' prominence was
people for drinking
betting erican.
The outlook for 1940 for the Inde-
■■adeni operators who have pio-
toered and uncovered much wealth
dkxt has kept the wheels of busi-
toii going depend,* largely on how-
tor eetnemhci these men and sup-
tort them in every way possible. As
a community" and as individual citi-
toi me should stand By them.
fygygR DREAMED SO MARVELOUS \\
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
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ha$ read heretofore. No ajrenda !
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%nnrk The itren of importance
• far im the work of Conjrres* Is i
MMRifd <%hs shifted to the budget
to he tiansmitted today, i
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4fcr aatme of moral reflection on j
ttr state cf the world and a very !
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fpial for ^Americans to haii|f |
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4Ast>nrr rt from Kurr^ntion wae the
•tpirnt'i spirited defense of the !
•ear frees! trade treaty program for
iMhM’li addrtionai authority must be
4pasrted hjr Conftress if the policy is
Am W ewe tinned after the expiration
dA* ia June That considefable
•ke wt Americans who realize that
aMitKrn of trade barriers and »
•rff anrimon downward can «mly I
afSarM on the Cordell Hull
m**mi wiO hope that f Congress
***** hi heart the President’s re-
yh ha rearm the State Depart
•mM Bar the constructive work in
mMhh fc. Hall has so far gaidai
at large has aaad to hood
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and luxurious finish to it* wide-
seated interior—give it a power*
packed engine famous for its
operating smoothness and silence
—then include the year’s comfort
sensation, the “Triple Cushioned’’
ride—and you know a few of the
reasons why 1«M0 Pontiac owners
say .“Never dreamed a low-priced
car could be so marvelous.”
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Trout, H. I. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1940, newspaper, January 11, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116276/m1/2/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.