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THE CANADIAN RECORD
CANADIAN, (Hemphill County) TEXAS
JOSEPH M. NOBLE Editor and Publisher
MARIE M. NOBLE Associate Editor
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The Need For Better Homes
A welcome move in the direc-
tion of authentic, as opposed to
synthetic recovery, is the evident
disposition on the part of admin-
istration leaders, business men
and even a lethargy of congress
to pull together in giving the na-
tion better and cheaper homes
through amendments to the pres-
ent federal housing act.
According to the president, we
need 800,000 new homes a year,
for five years. With liberalized
financing arrangements, a fam-
ily wishing to build a $4,000
home can do so with around $500
cash and pay for the balance in
twenty years at 51/4% interest.
Eight hundred thousand times
$4,000 is a lot of dollars and
such a large sum, spent for raw
materials, labor, machinery and
incidental consumer products
would do more to speed recov-
ery than all the governmental
"pump-priming" since 1933. Such
a program would require, for in-
stance, six billion board feet of
lumber, 37 million barrels of ce-
ment, 27 million gallons of paint
and varnish, 800,000 bathroom,
kitchen and heating installa-
tions, more than a billion dollars
in wages for labor.
If building material costs can
be kept within reason and labor
stabilized to a point where it is
reliable over a long-term pro-
gram, indications point to a
great rehousing boom in the
spring. Every American family
wants a home of its own, and
should have it.
gress in the world and have
perhaps grown slightly calloused
to recurring outbursts of inter-
national banditry.
For these reasons the majority
of men and women who form
what is loosely termed "public
opinion" will doubtless think
long and hard before committing
themselves to any moves calcu-
lated to send our armies and
ships and planes to fight a war
abroad.
By nature peaceful, America
must recognize the need for ad-
equate military preparedness.
Our disposition to be "slow to
Wrath" must not be interpreted
as a repetition of the old "peace
at any price" slogan. The world
today might be likened to condi-
tions in some of our underworld
ridden cities. The gangsters are
running loose but a peace-loving
citizen can hardly help matters
by joining up with the mob.
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Twenty Years Ago
(From files of The Record 20
years ago this week.)
America Outgrows Jingoism
Coleman Jackson played a
Christmas joke on his many
friends by slipping away to Zy-
bach on Christmas day, where he
married Miss Reid of that place.
'Rupert Allen of Ochiltree, was
in Canadian, Sunday, to meet his
brother, Jack Alleh, who was on
his way home from Camp Bowie,
for the holidays.
The death of Ed G. McClere,
editor of the Dalhart Texan, oc-
lurred Wednesday night of last
week.
It is gratifying that through-
out the whole range of what may
probably go down in history as
the "Panay incident," the tem-
per of the American people has
refused to be stampeded.
Early press headlines were dis-
posed to play up the "war scare"
angle but editorial phrase-mak-
ers quickly sensed a popular dis-
position to take a level-headed
view of the" situation.' Although
to compare the bombing and
sinking of the U. S. gunboat
Panay in the Yangtse river near
Nanking, with the hostoric sink-
ing of the battleship Maine in
the harbor of Havana, Cuba,
nearly forty years ago is inac-
curate, a comparison of national
reaction then and now is inter-
esting.
"Remember the Maine" was
the battle cry at El Caney and
San Juan. The blasting of the
warship had been one of the ma-
jor outward causes of the Span-
ish War. The wave of popular
indignation at the time needed
only the space of a few weeks,
from mid-January to mid-April
to culminate in a formal dec-
laration of war against Spain.
To be sure there were other
causes.
It is hard to imagine a similar
action in 1938. Perhaps the mem-
ory of the World War and the
long series of "incidents" that
led up to the open breach with
the Central Powers is still too
fresh. Oldsters who were active
during those stirring times had
their fill of the horrors of war.
Youngsters have been brought up
in a world shattered by the af-
termath of 1914-18, can see
bloody conflicts already in pro-
Mr. and Mrs. Thoral Buckner
.announce the birth of an 8V2
pound boy, born December 22.
David C. Wright is home on a
furlough for the holidays. Davy
is stationed at Ft. Sam Houston.
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Library Notes
By Mrs. Sam Isaacs
WASHINGTON
Washington, D. C.—When the
special session was called six
weeks ago, it became evident
from the first that congress was
in a mood to assert its pre-New
Deal independence. Business
wanted relief from an ill-distrib-1
uted tax burden and some assur-;
ance of a stable government pol-
icy toward labor. Labor factions,
engaged in an internal row, de-;
manded clarification of laws af-
fecting collective bargaining. Be-
sides this, the longer-standing!
problems of relief, reorganiza-!
tion of government departments,!
regional planning, balancing of
the budget, and a threatening
foreign situation all called for j
timely, intelligent action.
The four-point legislative pro-
gram presented by the White
House which had been prepared
during the relatively serene
summer months failed to click
with congressional independents
who were in no mood to tune up
the ink pads for another rubber
stamp session. But the working
leadership both in the house and
senate was faced with the manv-
horned dilemma of having to
cling to the president's "must"
schedule, throttle opposition
moves and if necessary stall for
time until dependable majorities
could be swung solidly behind a
more up-to-date government pol-
icy to combat the politically om-
inous "Roosevelt recession."
Plans To Boost Business
Immediate plans to help busi-
ness are still largely in the con-
ference stage. Passage of the
Housing Bill by the house was
the first concrete step to carry
out the president's program to
stimulate a building boom. Other
moves "in the works" will be de-
signed to help the railroads with
higher rates, easy credit, and
recommended consoli d a t i o n s.
Public utilities may be given a
breathing spell, and the present
tax structure will be modified
to relieve "middle-sized" busi-
nesses of their . present oppress-
ive burdens.
'No doubt affected by the ver-
bal barrage from assembled
business men at the National As-
sociation of Manufacturers con-
vention (discussed last week),
the house refused to add anoth-
er hamstring to business when it
voted to send the Black-Connery
Wages and Hours Bill back to
the Labor Committee. House
spokesmen doubted whether it
would ever be revived. The bill,
backed by CIO and opposed by
the powerful AFL lobby, was
killed largely through a block-
ade action led by Southern Con-
gressmen who affected a coali-
tion among opposing Democrats
and Republicans to defeat the
pet administration measure.
Farm Bill Has Many Hurdles
The Farm Bill experienced a
better fate. The house passed its
own version of the bill and wait-
ed similar action by the senate
which came nine days later. Dif-
ferences between the two meas-
ures are being ironed out prepa-
ratory to final passage and pre-
sentation for White House ap-
early 1938
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Several more new. books were
accessioned last week. "Katrin-
ka" and "Katrinka 'Grows Up,"
are two juveniles of a series by
Helen ' Eggleston Haskell, the
first published 22 years ago and
now in its 31st printing.
"Who's Who In the Zoo," ed-
ited by Ralph de Sola is a large
book of photographs of animals proval sometime
with scientific explanations ofj unless the house refuses to con-
species and habits of each one. fim senate changes or if friends1
rr>?reSf °n seven"day s'le^; ; of the Wages and Hours Bill car-
The January, 1938 Rotarian ry out their threat to scuttle
arrived this morning. We find j Farm (Relief after their Bill, for
that Dr. William Lyon Phelps, I which they traded votes, was not
who writes in each issue of good passed. A veto is also possible
SANTA FE TIME TABLE
West Bowid
No. 1, "The Scout"—Arrives 9:60
p. m. Departs 9:50 p. m.
No. 9, "The Navajo" I— Arrives
12:35 p. m. Departs 1:05 p. m.
East Bound
No. 10, "The Navajo" — Arrives
7:20 p. in, Departs 7:46 p. m.
No. 2, "The Scout"—Arrives 7 :20
a. m. Departs 7:35 a. in.
books, lists this time what he
considers the best ten selections
of fiction of 1937 and another
list of best ten selections in non-
fiction for 1937. Heading his list
of non-fiction books is "Look
Eleven Years Younger," by Gel-
ett Burgess. This author recom-
mends not so much the aboli-
tion of crow's feet and gray hair
as he does the art of keeping
mentally alert and avoiding re-
laxing into a rut with the lame
excuse that you are "getting
old."
"Look Eleven Years Younger,"
is one of the new books sent re-
cently as a gift to the library
by Miss Charlotte (Rumbold of
Cleveland, Ohio. It is to be found
on the seven-day shelf and we
predict that it will be much
read.
Claude Thigpin of Ft. Worth,
spent Christmas here with his
sister, Mrs. S. E. Allison.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McAdanw
went to Shattuck, Sunday, to see
Tom Black, who is a patient in
the hospital there.
because of the McNary-Boileau
Amendment, which cannot be
changed in conference, prohib-
iting use of retired acreage by
farmers for pasturage or for the
production of milk, meat or poul-
try.
Foreign Affairs In Spotlight
Lack of action last week in
the domestic scene was more than
counterbalanced by develop
ments in our foreign affairs.
When first reports of the Panay
bombing reached here, Japanese
Ambassador Hiroshi Saito rushed
to the office of Secretary Hull
to present profound regrets, of-
fer idemnities and guarantees
against repetition of such "inci-
dents."
But this time the White House
had evidently lost patience with
the Nipponese custom of present-
ing mimeographed apologies af-
ter each bombing and shooting
of neutral Americans, and a note
signed "F. D. R." instructed
Hull to request that the Japan-
ese Foreign Office talk the mat-
ter over with Emperor Hirohito
and get some definite satisfac-
tion.
'Son of Heaven" Gets Note
Old-school diplomats were j
shocked at the unprecedented ac- j
tion. The Japanese emperor,;
"Son of Heaven" and 129th lin-
eal descendant of the Sun God-
dess, who, according to legend,
made the world nearly 2600 years |
ago, is aloof from politics, is,
consulted only at rare intervals |
on the most urgent questions •
through the medium of difficult
"court language" which precludes
extended discussion. The firm
American stand brought little
results. The emperor was report-
ed to have been duly informed
but no reply was forthcoming
from the Nipponese Holy of Hol-
ies.
An impasse was struck in the
diplomatic situation when Jap-
anese military officials refused
to admit the charges of witness-
es and survivors of the Panay
sinking that land forces had rak-
ed the decks of the ship and
machine-gunned sailors and civ-
ilians struggling in the water.
Another point was made when it
was definitely proved that the
U. S. gunboat was flying the
Stars and Stripes when the at-
tack took place.
Field Day for Headline Scribes
Throughout the week, the press I
has been having a. field day of
"war scare" headlines, and here,
in Washington, two congression-
al moves could be directly trac-
ed to the sudden interest in in-
ternational affairs.
Olie action was to force the
Ludlow Amendment before the
house early in the January reg-
ular session. This amendment
would take away from congress
its constitutional right to declare
war except after a national ref-
erendum affirming such action
unless there was "an invasion of
the United States or its territor-
ial possessions and an attack up-
on its citizens residing therein."
More important is the growing
opinion that the Neutrality Act,
as presently constituted, is a
failure. Representative Maas, of
Minnesota, has already proposed
a resolution to repeal the act
outright. Senator Lodge has writ-
ten a series of amendments to
the present law which would em-
asculate it until it had practic-
ally no effect at all.
orous reading, "The Brat," a fit-
ting climax to this pleasing pro-
gram, were the Christmas carols,
"Joy To The World," "Silent
Night," and others, by the Bap-
tist Junior Choir, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Fite. Brief re-
marks by Mrs. Wilbur and Mrs.
Johnson, then to the dining room
where like the parlors, the
Christmas motif was carried out
in decorations, with a Christmas
tree, and attractive tables, with
Santa Claus and his reindeer.
Lighted red tapers in crystal
holders. Here were served dough-
nuts and coffee, the Union host-
ess. We have to thank Mesdames
J. F. Johnson, W. A. Johnson,
Henson and John Isaacs, for the
handsomely decorated rooms. Our
out-of-town member, Mrs. Mar-
ion Smith, with us for a short
time. Hostesses for the January
meeting. Mesdames T. S. Jones,
Beard, Todd, Gerlach, Ramp,
Sam Isaacs, Snyder, Briggs, and
Newell. Program later.
Mesdames Wilbur-Williams, su-
perintendents.
The old year is j,
let him go; to sffL
joy, to others sonoii;*
the year 1938 bring til
ord and its readenf
and prosperity is the*
W, C. T. U.
Miss Novella Aldri|
her guests this w«kt
| Mrs. Pete Harris, audi
l Helen, of Dumas,
Accept my thanks j
ciation for your loj
in helping me win
contest at Nolen Hai
pany. Eloise and I ml
piest girls in town,
Celia Cot
Work is expected
sumed on the Gemj
project next Moi
25 and 30 men will life
en employment,
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® Mrs. M. B. Isaacs 9
The December Mother's meet-
ing was held December 22. It
was a most representative, pleas-
ant one, with the superintendent,
Mrs. Wilbur, presiding. Rev. Fite
conducted the devotionals, read-
ing that beautiful story, The
Birth of Christ, and made some
instructive remarks on the les-
son, and offered prayer. "How
Firm iA Foundation," was rend-
ered, Mrs. Fite at the piano; roll
called, Mrs. John Isaacs, acting
secretary; a Christmas Story,
nicely given, by Frances Gwen
lo ?£rV8 uaS the *ornet 80"
Win w Ca"lbeanby Marylin
Witt, Mrs. Grace Spiller accom-
panying her on the piano; a vo-
cal duet, "The Little Old line?
vail th* \ a"d Bobby Sto-
*he'r sister, Jane, accom-
panist; while Bobby gave a hum-
Friendliest Greetings and
Best Wishes for the New Year
hard-:
and hope.
We're happy to have served yoljr
ware needs for the past 19 years,
to serve you further during 1938.
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Noble, Joseph M. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1937, newspaper, December 30, 1937; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth126022/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.