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GRAHAM. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 17. 1946
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Injured In
Houston Fire
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 17.—
Eight persons werei injured, five of
them seriously today, when a four-
story building occupied by the Sal-
vation Army burned.
Four men were badly crippled
when they jumped from an upper
story of the building. Two of these
wore firemen.
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O’Daniel Sums
Up Work For First
Year In Office
AU8TIN, Jan. 17.—Governor W.
Lee O’Daniel, in an interview today
on the anniversary of completion
of the first half of his term as
made a summary of his
Dr. Don W. Hayes
Moves To Graham
“I have worked hard,” the Gov-1
emor declared, “but 1 have not
been able to accomplish all I hoped
to accomplish.”
He called attention to measures
Don W. Hayes, Doctor of Opto-
metry, formerly of Graham has
moved back to this city from
Wichita Falls.
He has acquired the optical rec-
ords of the late Dr. C. B. Gant and
the optical manufacturing facilities
of the Baynes Optical company and
is thereby able to offer a more
complete optometric sorviqe here
than ever before, he announced
Wednesday morning.
Dr. Hayes’ offices are in the Gray
Building on Ekat side of the square,
Coal Strike
Threatens
Millions
NEW YORK, Jan. 17—The com-
fort and health of several million
persons in near mero weather is
threatened today in greater New
York because of a strike by coal
handlers, ordered this morning.
A serious shortage of coal for
fuel in homes and apartments and
business buildings is anticipated
spon if the strike is not settled.
The walk-out includes all coal
handler?/, truck drivers and helpers.
Steers Win Again;
To Play Mineral
Wells Tonight
1940 License Tags
Are Received By
Tax Office
Purple on white, bright orange
on a black background and black on
yellow, are among the color combi-
nations in the shipment of 1940
automobile license plates which
has been received by Raymon
Thompson, tax collector-assessor. Al-
though allotment of tags for Young
county has arrived, the plates will
not be issued until February and
later.
The shipment includes 5,400 tags
for passenger cars, ranging in num-
bers from K56101 to K61500. Pas-
senger tags are purple figures
against a white background.
Commercial tags will show orange
figures on black background. Nine
hundred tags, marked 214251 to
215150, were allotted Young county
in this classification.
Four hundred and fifty tags were
received for farm truck use, black
The Graham Steers opened the fip)res on yelIow numbered from
Young County Class A basketball l2523, to 125a50 In ,ddition to
schedule Tuesday night with a 82 to thMo l5 tars for motorcycles, 236
15 victory over Eliawille. tags for trailers and tractors and
George Wilde was
for economy he had recommended (jn the same location that the late
Dr. Gant maintained his offices.
Dr. Hayes made many friends
during hie former residence in Gra-
ham and waa active in civic club and
other affairs here.
Dick E. Baynes, optician, who has
'been in business at this address
heretofore will continue, in associa-
tion with Dr. Hayes.
and that had become law and said
he had given the Legislature reeom-
menations and a chance for enact-
ing social security legiclation.
When asked if he will run for
reelection this year, the Governor
answered, “1 don’t know.”
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Early British Had
*T A Word For It Too
high-ppint man
for the Steers with 10 points and
Royce Parsley showed a fast floor'
game. Glen Brock and Alvin Mc-
Clelland have been slowed down by
an attack of flu, but are expected
to be going strong in a few days.
The Steers tonight will meet the
[Mineral Wells quintet here at the
' High School in what is expected to
draw a capacity crowd. On Friday
the Graham five will go to New-
castle for their second conference
i game.
Report Shows
Progress of Home
Demonstration Work
AU8TIN, Texas—For picturesque
flavor, 1M0 might take a lemon in
“double-talk” from the sevententh
century, believes Dr. R. H. Griffith,
University of Texas Bnglish profes-
sor.
Slangsters of almost three hun-
dreck years ago glibly referred to
“sciatica” as “Hucklebone gout.” he
discovered the other day while leaf-
ing through a 1682 issue of "The
Domsstick Intelligence,” early Eng-
lish newspaper. 1 ices of a Home Demonstration Agent
Used in a patent medicine adver- j„ January, 1923, when Miss Blanche
tisement, the phrase derived, he Smith came to serve the people in
thinks, from the fact that the ail- that capacity. She still lives in
ment attacked the “hucklebone," the county and is the wife of Cam
Germans Sink
British Subs
included in the
tags
30 dealer’s tags are
lot.
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Although tags may be purchased
in February or March, they may
nnot be used until April, except that
they may be used in March by old
cars only.
NUMBER 118.
Five Convictions In
District Court Here
Clothes For
Cows Where
Weather 57 Below
Shortwave radio reports from
Norway today said unprecedent-
ed low temperatures are being
experienced in that country, a
low of 57 degrees below xero be-
ing registered there Wednesday
morning.
It is so cold in some of the
Norwegian provinces that farm-
ers are putting clothes on their
cows to keep them from freezing
to death.
Francis Miller,
J. Z. Sharp Buy
City Drug Store
Three convictions for driviac
while intoxicated and two convic-
tions for burglary were results af
Tuesday’s proceedings in the 30th
District Court here, over which
Judge Allan D. Montgomery pre-
sided.
A $150 fine and 10 days in jail
were assessed in the case of R F.
Hewitt, charged with driving while
intoxicated. Motion for new trial
was overruled and notice of appeal
was given. Bondsmen qualified and
bond was fixed at $1500.
'Pine of $50 and five days in jail
were given in case of Woodie Shook,
who entered plea of guilty to driving
while intoxicated. Similar decision
was found in case of W. T. Routan
on same charge.
Doyle Martin, 18, and Allen Kir«,
19. both of Wichita Falls-, charged
jointly with burglary of the Western
Auto Store in Olney on Nov. 2.
were each given two-year t'r—
Both pleadqfl guilty. Terms wiU
run concurrently with terms pre-
viously given the pair for a Wich-
ita Falls car theft.
Case against Carrol Pound, charg-
ed with assault with intent to saw-
der, was dismissed for lack of evi-
dence. J
Francis Miller and J. Z. Sharp The case of Gerald Hoffman,
have bought the City Drug Store on ; charged with theft over $50, sa
... ®a,t Side of the Square. continued until the May term of
A total of 6562 vehicles had been A number of workmen are busy court on motion of the state, as a
registered for 1939 plates through now colnp|eteiy remodel,,* and result of witness being alma*
Saturday, representing $66,067.82 in | painting the interior of the build- Hoffman was returned here from
taxes, of which the county gets the rearranging shelving and fix Minnesota, where he waived extaa-
first $50,000. , tures and the new owners announce dition.
that a complete, modem drug stock All civil jury cases for the week
will be put in immediately. The have been settled! A number of
purchase of the fixtures and part of motions and routine matters were
the stock, was .made from Jerry to be heard today.
Waggoner of Hamlin. V^inston McCombs, cited for caw-
Mr. Sharp who has been manag- tempt of court in connection with
Flicker Colony
Says Mustache
Makes kOomph Man’
An interesting historical sketch
of - home demonstration work in
Yeung county was included in the
anual report made by Mist Velma
Anderson, home , demonstration
agent, and Miss Olive Sells, assis-
tant agent, as follows:
“Young county first bad the seir-
on e tn Olney.
the prominent pert of the thigh
bone.
A complete file of “The Domootik
Inteligener,” semi-weekly, published
in 1681-83, is found in the collection
of early British newspapers in the
University library.
Quarterback Club
Will Meet Tonight
Officers for 1940 will be elected
and other important matters will be
discussed at a call meeting of the
Graham Quarterback Club tonight
in the American Legion Hall.
The meeting will be held imme-
diately following the Graham-Min-
eral Wells basketball game, or about ^________
8:30 p. m. R. L. Morrison, presi- j s'hort Course.
dent of the organisation, has issued
a special request for all members to
be present at this first meeting of
the year. ,
missioner J. B. Norris of Graham.
She says that her first endeavor
iras to acquaint the people with
home demonstration work, what it
meaat and the services it could of-
fer. Accordingly she spent the first
taro or three weeks making visits
to farm homes getting acquainted;
[talking to people and finding out
! their problem*. Most of the thir-
I teen months she served as Home
' Demoliktratlon Agent was spent in
giving demonstrations on canning
meats, vegetables, and fruit in var-
ious communities, wherever there
was a demand.
"The Commissioners’ Court was
the local sponsoring group. The
Graham Chamber of Commerce
helped t-ponaor the first County Fair
and the Lions’ Club of Graham co-
operated in helping send a group to
Mr. Avance, County
ing Miller Drug No. 3 on West
. Side of the square, will manage the
LONDON. Jan. 16-Brifcjn Tues- „ew store. He has been in the
S^ffiaiSwFusrSsrfe mnw * n,-*.
parently sunk by depth charges by man to have ‘oomph” he must be jn which Mr Mij,er t> ihtcrp(,ted
Germans. well mustached. if one takes serious- hlmn(r tw„ others in Graham ,nd
The Germans announced the sink- ly the verdict of a jury of Holly -
ing of the Starfish and Undine, but wood’s most famous Glamour girls,
did not mention the Seahorse, also I six of them, who last night selected
sank. The three were valued at ! Jerry Coloni, film comedian, as
$.1,000,000 and carried 110 men. "oppiph” man of the flicker city.
- _ j Jerry is a small, short man,
Misses Wynell and Billie Ruth weighs only 156 and has a handle
Wheat spent Sunday in Bryson with \ bar mustache that measures eight
Mr. and -Mrs. Carl Leidecker. | inches from tip to tip. | -
....... ....... . -■ ■ ---------' City taxpayers have been remind-
| ed by F. F. Parrish, city secretary,
I that they only have until January
131 in which to pay city taxes. Tax-
es not paid by that time will be
charge of non-support of child,
given three days in jail and
$50 fine, assistant district attorney
Rubin Loftin said today.
Services Will Be
January 31 Is Dead-
Line For City Taxes
Held Thursday For
Harlan Child
j
‘Can’t Crawl In Shell” Says
i Wichita Falls Teacher-Commentator
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In Addressing Lions Luncheon Here
subject to penalty and interest.
>uisiana
Votes
War and the threat of war do I “The Kaiser in 1914 probably visual- _ _ _ - .
more to harm trade and commerce ized a like world empire, as do Long Machine
AAA Says No
Increase Due
Wheat Acreage
Staler
VKY
Superintendent at the time was par
ticulariy cooperative in helping the
Home Demonstration Agent with the
establishment of her work.
“During the first year of Home
Demonstration Work there were
many more girls' clubs than wo-
men’s clubs. There were thirteen
i girls’ clubs and three women’s clubs.
I Even from the beginning the agent
I gave demonstrations rather than
lut.ng the discussion method in con-
__ veying subject matter to the people.
WASHINGTON, Qan. 17. — The Homs visits played an important
AAA officials today warned that part. There was no County Home
none should expect any further lb- Demonstration Council at this time
eratization for wheat acreage, de- and the first girls’ clubs did not
claribg that there will be no Increase have local leaders or sponsors des-
ignated as such, but some of the
| mothers were greatly interested and
| renndered valuable aid in furthering
| girls’ work. Club work was so new
'that the girls hardly knew what to
; ask for and so “Suggestions to
I Girls” from College Station were
i used in planning programs. The
DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 17.—Ben women wanted food preservation
Lint, one of Dallas’ moat prominent more than anything alee, to with
citiaens, died haw early today. the exception of some programs
He was 72 year* old and waa • on serving, most ot the demonstra-
member of the firm Lint Brother#, tions ware bated on canning. Pras
Jewelers, one of Texas’ best known aura cookers were Introduced Into
I (Continued os page two'
and to hinder progress than any
other thihg known,” Dr. A. F. Ed-
wards, head of the economics and
history department of Hardin Junior
College at Wichita Falls, declared
in discussing the international sit-
uation, At the regular weekly lunch-
eon of the Graham Lions Club to-
day.
Dr. Edwards, widely known as a
lecturer and radio commentator on
cjrveht events, outlined the back-,
ground of the present European
war, its relation to American trade
and the possible outcome of the
war in terms of permanent peace.
In discussing ways of preserving
peace Dr. Edwards pointed out that
there are two methods of preventing
strife and war. The first is a sys-
tem of federated states with central-
ised power. He gave as an exam-
ple the formation of the United
States from the thirteen colonies,
showing that each state had to re-
linquish certain right* for the bet-
terment of the group.
this year on wheat allotments.
Ben Linz Of
Dallas Dies
Hitler, Mussolini, and Japan today.'
Dr. Edwards blamed failure of -
the League of Nations and other NFW ORLEANS, Jan. 17.—Louis-
peace plan/ on the fact that they iana continued in tumult Tuesday
had “no teeth in them.” i night as arrests, violence and re-
“England and France may win the ports of irregularities marked the
present war by starving Germany.! Democratic election of nearly 600,000
If they do, there it the danger that (balloters voting on the question of
the German people, if starved, may. whether or not the Long machine
levolt and with Russia present a will stay in control,
united Red front to western Europe. ■ Sam H. Jones, Lake Charles at-
In commenting on the Russia- torney and “Reform" candidate, and
Earl K Long, took a lead over their
throe opponents in first returns.
Seeking to retain the battered but
still powerful machine his brother
Hney built up in 1928, Earl K. Long
Predicting that it may be possible Iwl), challenged at the polls by four
other candidates, ail of them pledged
Finnish war, he stated “The Rus-
sians have lost more friends in the
past six months than in the last
ten years.”
for America to remain out of the
war, he stated: “I have never seen to h,,t rr,f, corruption, etc
Uu American people so determined Jlmrni<, N„e, friend of Huey, but
to keep out of war, and at the same enemy „f Earl Long, was the cen
time all on one side." ter of during voting. He was
In answer to the suggestion of »"d w»» in’olYed in
trading with South America alone ■noth,'r fi»t-fight.
and staying out of Europe, he point-
ed out that similarity of products
1 Funeral services will be heU
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the first Methodist Church for lit-
' tie Dorothy Mae Harlan, II, who
died at the home of her parwste.
-Mr. and Mrs. Jess Harlan, 991 F.rst
Street, at 10 p. m. Tuesday. Rev.
E. W. Bridges will officiate.
Dorothy Mae was bom at 701 Fkst
Street, September 4, 1908. and has
lived in Graham all of her life. 8h
was a popular member of Mias Eve-
lyn Savage’s fifth grade and wws
a straight A student. She has been
a violin student for the past five
years, being a member of Mr. De
jioek’s Orchestra of Breckenridge.
Dorothy Mae had not failed to at-
tend Sunday school for the past fif-
teen months.
Surviving her besides her mother
and father are: one toother, John
Carter, 10: two sister*. Mary Fran-
ce*. 12, and Nona, 7; Mrs. C. I.
Harlan, Loving, paternal grandmoth-
er; Mrs. J. C. Grimes, Weather-
ford, maternal grandmother; and
her great-grandfather, J. J. Crimea,
a Civil War veteran of Weatherford.
Pallbearers will be four of Dor-
othy Mate’s uncles; N. C. Harlan.
Graham; M. B. Harlan, Graham;
Frank Grimes, Weatherford; and
Raymon Hutchins, Weatherford.
Interment will be in Dak Grove
Cemetery under the direction of
Maple* Funeral Home.
[.eriod "America oannot do without
peace in Europe.
Wallace Sloan, who ha* been ser-
iously ill at his home on Third
Street, for several weeks, was re
...................., ... ,........... NO CHANGE IN CONDITION
of North and South America handi OF WALLACE SLOAN TODAY
caps trade and that for any long*
If the world, and particularly Flu
rope, is not yet ready for peace-
through cooperative effort, then th(
other method of peare, at less!
for a period, will probably ensue.
Dr. Edward* pointed out.
Thi* second method, the empire,
or the conquering of all nations by
one strong ruler, may be the re
suit in Europe, according to Dr. ; man, introduced the speaker. Guests CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT
Edward*. In showing that the em were Z. D. Allen of Wichita Tails, REPORTED FOR COL. SPfcARS
pi re method waa centuries old, he | H. Stewart, Joy Graham, Lien Me- —j
mentioned Persia, the Pboenecianv i CleAdoa of Wichita Fall*. Marvin The condition Of Ool. Geo. T.
Greece, Rome (which ruled In com Milter was welcomed as s new mem Spear* showed further improvement
paiatlve peace for 500 or 600 years ] bar and Lion Drummond from 01- today, attending doctor* Mid. His
over the entire civilised world, the i#y, Ltoo C. Grace end Don W. improvement bat been recorded a*
empire of Chari*mange, Napoleon. Hayes were introduced. • ! gradual far several days.
America’s part, according to Dr. ■ ... ^
Edwards, will come sfter the war. ^ * *bout ,th' “me
when it will be 1U responsibility to « he ha” P«*
intervene and att.mpl to establish P*"*P“‘>1. change in hi*
peace in Europe." condition.
Robert T. Walker, program chair- I-
THE WEATHER
Another cold wave is headed to-
ward Texas with a drop in tempera
ture to near freesmg due tonight,
according to press dispatches re-
ceived today noon.
Hie Mixtard is sweeping through
the middle west states from Canada,
where the temperature warn report-
ed to be SO below today.
MRU. W. M. TUBBS
HAI MAJOR OPERATION
A major operation Wat pe
on tlfrs. W. M. Tabta at
hospital
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 118, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 1940, newspaper, January 17, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116426/m1/1/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.