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THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS. SEPTEMBER 4. 1938
THE ALTO HERALD
TEXAS {VP R E S ASSOC!Alton
'LOOK, LADY!'
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Mrs. Fra^K L. Weimar and Son, Editor* and Owners.
A Leader in South Cherokee County Since i89C.
Entered as second class matter in [896 at the post office m Alto,
Cherokee County, Texas, under uie act of Congress of March 3. 1887
Published every Thursday at Alto, Texas.
Any erroneous reflectior upon the character, standing or reputa-
tion ot any person, firm or corporation which may appear m the
columns of the Heraid wit! be giadly corrected upon its being
brought to the attention of the Publishers
THE FIRST HLRRiCANE
The season's first hurricane
was picked up by Weather Bu-
reau -tat;<n^ recently about 900
mites east of Martinique. Unlike
Betsy., whi:h really was not a
hurrican^ .and which did not turn
into one—as predicted—the first
real hurricane of the season pack-
ed winds up to 145 m. p. h. ]
This is a strong velocity even
for hurricanes, which are so de- )
signated when the windy within i
them exceed 75 m.p.h. The lowest i
barony tic pres.- jre ^ the center!
of this first hurricane—named }
"Cleo," was reported 28.35 inches. :
Thlg alone is ;n indication of the}
severity of conditions around that
area.
A few g neral
bout hurricanes-
observati'fi a-
can be offered.
For one thing, hurricanes give !
plenty of warning, and there is]
little excuse for anyone losing,
their life in a hurricane these]
days.
The tornado season—which is
coming to an end. and which
begins in the spring—often pro-
duces sudden death, and death
without warning. The hurricane,
on the other hand, gives , two or
three days of warning.
In this hemisphere they always
cireu^ate counter-clockwise, and
if one will carefully observe the
direction of the wind, and the way
it is changing, une can detect what
quadrant of the circular storm he
is in. In addition, the velocity otf
winris in a hurricane builds up for
several days. Usually, two days
o: low scud, and rainy, gusty
weather precede a hurricane—
since hurricanes move rather
slowly. -eidom more than fifteen
r twenty miles per hour, and
since they cover an area of hun-
dreds of miles.
For thf,se who fish, or sail, or
like the sea. a good thumb rule
t ' remember is to head in a direc-
tion with the swells,, if faced with
an approaching hurricane. The
swells will radiate out from the
center of the hurricane, and using
this and the direction ef the wind,
one can usually avoid the worst—
even if weather reports are not
obtainable.
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Junw decline as probably a "ran-
dom variation.'
-On the whole." observed BBR
'..,f:erFrartcisH. May, "this re-
i,,n has manifested itself in
Texprimarily ;is an interruption
the upward progress of the
economy, a leveling off, more
than a decline." Diversification
,,t the economy has helped, said
M:,'.. .i'lian itnprovementin
helping to offset the
decline in oil.
Lt'4ki!ig ahead. 7\Iay c<<uld see
"no'-li.M :',t)teitnmei.<iatcfutuie
tu augment the wession; con-
sequent recovery seems tin
mo./ likely course of events."
BBR noted that Texas building
is at a !ev<! approaching the
"boom ' tage with permits for th^
first six monthsof the year 2 per
cent above the previous January-
June record.
SHORT SNORTS — State High-
way Coynm^siun
2a89,167 in !o^ , , * M
structionprojer-
covered 5H4 ;
fourth poli<, M
may be cot;
give a high li
j es)x<cia]ly in
I areas, sa.\.^ th<
I partment.
PHONL
OXYGEN
EQU)PPED
AMBULANCE
SERVtCE
! 24 Hour Sarvto#
STMBUNCSM
FUNERAL HOMt
OUR LIBERTY BELL — 206 YEARS OLD
The famous Liberty Bell, sym-
bol of our freedom, will be 206
years old this month. There were
actually four liberty bells cast,
two in England and two in Phil-
adelphia. The original purpose of
purchasing a liberty bell was to
celebrate the 15th anniversary of
William Penn's granting a charter
to the Quaker City.
Isaac Norris, speaker of the
Pennsylvania Colonial A s s e m -
bly, ordered the first liberty bell
from Lester and Peck of London.
His instructions to the bell makers
were that the following words,,
shaped in large letters rotund it,
should be put on the bell: "By
order of the Assembly of the State
House in the City of Philadelphia,
1782."
Below was t** be: "Prr<claim
Liberty throughout all the Land
unto all the Inhabitants thereof.
Lev. XXV 10."
The bell was delivered in Au-
gust of )752 and the local com-
mittee was completely satisfied
except for one thing: when it was
set up in the ward to try o<ut its
tone and carrying quality, "it was
cracked by a stroke of the clapper
without any other violence."
Charles Stow and John Pass of
Philadelphia were commissioned
to recast the bell. They believed
that the old bell was too brittle,
so they added more copper to the
mixture, with a resulting tone
that did not please the colonial
fathers. Stow and Pass cast a
third bell, which turned otut to be
our famous liberty belt, for which
they were paid about $303.
The bell weighed a little over
2,000 pounds,, and measured
twelve feet in circumference a-
round the lip of the bell. This is
the bell that pealed forth with our
rallying notes of fro<'dt(m on July
8, 1776. This is the bell that was
hidden in the straw in a wagon
and taken from Philadelphia
until the British had evacuated
S T AT E (3 A 1*1 TAL
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A/VP
TEXAS PRESS.ASSOC'AtlON
NOTICE
I have my Christmas card
samples and would be glad to
show you my lines. I also have
samples of gift ribbon, paper anc
a new deal called "sack wrap"
which is foil sacks for gift wrap-
ping.
In my line I have all occasion
cards). You may buy assorted
boxes, all birthday, all get-well,
all sympathy, all anniversary, or
all secret pal. See me before you
buy.
Marie Mason.
Free: tut! power of '58 cars..
New get-up and go for othere
PULL UP AT
OUR TOWER OF POWER
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The hiRh octane of this great gasoline gives you all
the knock-free power your engine, new or old, can
deliver! Supercharged with Petrox to prevent engine
wear, Sky Chief Su-preme increases the life of your
engine. Also, it's 100% Climate-Controlled . . . high
volatility to give you quick, easy starts, faster warm-
upB, freedom from stalling. You get more gasoline
mileage, too.
Texaco Service Station
Phone 130 . Alto, Texas
Listen to the Chuck Wagon Gang every
Sunday morning 7:30 to 7:45, KLTU Rusk
Austin/Tex. — Atty. Gen. Will
Wilson recently ruled that Texas
could nost take advantage of a
new federal plan to advance
states money for 12 additional
weeks of unemployment pay
without a special law by the Leg-
islature.
Governor Daniel pointed out
that (I) the recession seemed to
be easing, (2) thg Legislature
would be in regular session in
less than five months and (3)
more than half of the some 54.-
000 who had used up all their un-
employment benefits were house-
wives, students or others only
temporarily in the labor market.
But State AFL-CIO President
Jerry Holleman sharply criticized
the governor's position. He de-
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clared the state's unemployed
workers have already lost $8,5(M.,-
000 by Texas' failure to act.
Said Holleman. "If the oil in-
dustry or the insurance industry
or any other industry were losinn
that kind of money and the gov-
ernor had the power to stop it. 1
believe he would act."
Daniel retorted that the ad-
ditional federal benefits were of-
ered as a loan, not a gift., and
would have to be repaid by Tex-
as taxpayers. "It is not a matter
of picking up free money.'
BIGGER OIL FLOW — For the
third straight month, Texas oil
production will inch up. Railruad
Commission set the September
allowable at 3.173/736 barrels a
day on a 12-day producing pat-
tern.
This will be a 228,302 barrel-a-
day increase from August.
Oil production, cornerstone of
the state's economy and prime
source of tax revenue, was in a
deep slump for more than a year.
As demand dwindled and crude
oil stocks piled up, the Railroad
Commission was forced to make
deeper and deeper cuts in per-
mitted production. During April,
May and June an all-time lo]w of
eight producing days was main-
tained.
Upturn began in July with nine
days of production, continued in
August with 11 days. At the hear-
ing to set September production,
one major buyer asked for 14
d .ys. saying his company's crude
-'ockswereat the lowest level
in 19 years.
REFEREES —A credentials com-
mittee has been appointed to set-
tie any hassles that may come up
as to which delegates shall bc[
seated at the Sept. 9 Democratic
convention in San Antonio.
Committee members, an-
nounced by Executive Committee
Chairman Jim Lind.-ev, are Judge
Earl Sharp. Longview, chairman:
James r Bailey. Houston; Larry
Biackmon. Mineral Wells; Mrs.
Arthur Harris Sr., Bay City; Mrs.
Dorothy Gurley, Del Rio.
Notice of contests (at least five
are foreseen) must be submitted
to the committee 10 days in ad-
vance of the convention. Hearings
will be held the day before the
f-Hiiventinn.
SLIPPED. BUT NOT HURT—De.
spite a 2 per cent dip in Texas
business activity, experts read
Texas' economic signposts as
"KerH-rally favorable."
University of Texas Bureau of
Business Research labeled the
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Mrs. Frank L. Weimar and Son. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1958, newspaper, September 4, 1958; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth215537/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.