The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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Sixty-Third Year—Number 14.
Mineola, Wood County, Texas, June 30, 1938.
Eight Pages Today
rEight Counties
In This Section
Receive Grants
f More Than 1,000 Men
Will Be Employed
As Number of Jobs
Are Opened
Approval of 50 Works Prog-
Administration projects, I
jiving expenditures of $802,-
supplied by local govern-
'mental agencies, was announc-
ed Wednesday by Stearns S.
Tucker, deputy state adminis-
trator at San Antonio.
Projects approved, with the
amount of federal funds, spon-
sor's funds, and number of
workers to be employed, in-
clude the following in East
Texas: . j. ; *
Bowie County.
Texarkana—Malaria control
by drainage of swamps and
ponds to eliminate breeding
places of mosquitoes; federal
funds $11,099, sponsor's funds
$2,226; workers 70.
Collin County.
County—Grade, gravel and
improve 5.8 miles of road from
McKinney to Branch via Low-
ery crossing; federal funds $27,-
466, sponsor's funds $15,037,
^workers 208.
Delta County.
County—Grade and pave 4.33
miles- of road, construct one
i timber bridge, two culverts and
Stone headwalls between
Giles store and Cooker; federal
tunds $30,787, sponsor's funds
$8,140, workers 284.
Gregg County.
Gladewater—Grade, apply
Iron ore gravel base and as-
phalt surface on 3700 feet on
Melba street, construct 7300 feet
curb and gutter; federal funds
$11,584, sponsor's funds $15,362;
Workers 83.
Lamar County.
County—Double asphalt sur-
facing 1.275 miles of road be-
tween Paris municipal abator
and Highway 24; federal funds
$10,197, sponsor's funds $4,575;
workers 97.
Navarro County.
Corsicana—Wreck old Junior
High School building, salvage
material and construct new
eight room addition to new
Junior High School building;
federal funds $23,317, sponsor's
funds $28,684; workers 156.
Smith County.
Noonday school district—Con-
struct one story brick building
to replace building recently
jurned, repair fire damage to
inasium, move teacherage,
improve campus; federal funds
$9,367, sponsor's funds $17,862;
workers 76.
Titus County.
Mt. Pleasant—Lay 3,0C0 feet
dam at City Lake; federal funds
of new water line and repair
$1,193, sponsor's funds $4,732;
workers 40.
District-Wide Projects.
A project in East Texas pro-
vides supervision in recreation
centers in Bowie, Nacogdoches,
and Tyler counties; federal
funds $5,341, sponsor's funds
$2.7,374; workers 94.
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Railroad Unions
Postpone Action
On Wage Cuts
Representatives of the Broth-
erhood of Railroad Trainmen
and 142 Class 1 railroads to-
day postponed until July 18
their conference on a proposed
-75 per cent wage cut.
The conference was post-
poned at the request of A. F.
Whitney, brotherhood presi-
dent, who told the carriers' fif-
teen-man joint conference com-
mittee that his group was "not
quite" ready to enter negotia-
tions.
Baptists To Close
Revival Here Sunday
W. E. Lindley
Injured By
Lightning Bolt
Several Others Are
Knocked Down As
Flash Hits
W. E. Lindley, of Hainsville,
Special Song Service
Feature of Revival
Now In Progress
Interest continues in the Bap-
tist revival with the singing
being led by Joe Canzoneri and
the preaching by Rev. W. D.
Boone, pastor of the Second
Avenue Church of Dallas. Pres-
ent plans for Hie revival indi-
cate that it will reach its
WPA timekeeper on a road; heisht by Sunday night when
building project between Hains-
ville afld Hawkins,, was serious-
ly injured Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock when a bolt of
lightning struck him and in-
flicted severe electrical burns
about his body.
Lindley, together with sev-
eral other men, had taken ref-
uge under a huge tree upon
the approach of the storm and
were engaged in changing a
tire upon the automobile when
the bolt struck.
The burns on Lindley's body
extend from the top of his
head, on the left side of his
body, to a point below the left
knee and from his hip on the
right side to the lower part
of his right leg.
L. C. Carver, Gyp McGuire,
Earl Wilbanks and Ted Wil-
banks were thrown to the
ground by the force of the bolt
but were not seriously injur-
ed and suffered only tempor-
ary blindness.
At "first it was thought that
Lindley was dead for his body
was thrown a considerable dis-
tance, but upon being dashed
with cold water he revived
slightly and his companions
rushed him to a Mineola hos-
pital where he is now report-
ed to be resting comfortably
with the full extent of his in-
juries and burns not yet as-
certained because of their na-
ture.
One of the men thrown to
the ground was carrying the
crank of the automobile in his
hand at .the time and reported
having had the palms of his
hands seared by te bolt.
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DALLAS VISITORS HERE
AI Dobbs, Jerry Crittenden,
Ollie Adams and Peggy* Mur-
phy, all of Dallas, were visit-
ors in Mineola Wednesday with
Mr. and Mrs. Ocie Fair.
LION CHIEF
it is scheduled to close.
The local pastor, Rev. Perry
F. Evans, expressed delight with
the progress made by the re-
vival and extends a hearty
welcome to the public to at-
tend any and all of the ser-
vices for the remainder of the
revival, declaring that he is
happy to have all that can at-
tend. The good gospel mes-
sages being delivered at each
service carry inspiration to the
soul of every listener. The
singing under the leadership
of Joe Canzoneri has gripped
the hearts of the people and
endeared him to the entire
congregation.
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Conference On
New FHA Program
Here Thursday
All Concerns Active
In Building Trades
Are Interested
A special meeting of all lum-
ber dealers, realtors, architects,
contractors and representatives
of financial institutions, news-
papers and utilities of Mineo-
la will be held Thursday, June
30, at 8 o'clock p. m., at the
New Beckham Hotel.
Max J. Montgomery, mort-
gage conference representative,
and Henry Heyn, chief valuator
of the Dallas district office, will
be present for the purpose of
discussing in detail the new
amendments to the National
Housing Act.
FHA representatives will also
outline sales possibilities
Government Starts On New
Lending, Spending Progra
July 4th Death Toll
In Texas Figured Out
This story might be dated
July 5, so confident is the
Safety Department that July
4 will have sixteen fatal traffic
accidents and five drownings
from Saturday until Tuesday.
From past records the de-
partment is even prepared to
tell how the sixteen traffic
deaths will occur.
Six will die in head-on
crashes. Four, one a child, will
an(j step into the path of a speed-
dated f)| a | •
state | olankenship
Enters Low
Price Field
A Long Cucumber
the new state wide program.
New PWA Jobs
Put Cash Past
$409,000,000 Mark
Washington, June 30.—Public
works administration allocations
passed the $400,000,000 mark
snake; today with approval of $10,139,-
the 810 in loans and grants for 47
A cucumber of tht«
variety, now growing in
garden of Geo. A. CagJe, is 32 non-Federal projects with a to-
inches long, he states, and says tal construction cost of more
that it is still growing longer, than $18,000,000.
ing vehicle. Two will die when
drivers lose control and their
cars turn over or crash into
something. A sleeping driver
will cause one death; one will
be victim of a left-hand turn,
and one will be a pedestrian
struck by a car approaching
behind him. The sixteenth will
be caused by a vehicle parked
on the roadway.
The department admitted it
cannot furnish the names in
advance.
One of them may be you.
Homer Garrison, Jr., head of
| the highway patrol, said.
Is 'W. Lee' the Man for Me?
Joins Red and White
Group Independent
Grocers To Obtain
Buying Power
Although one of the oldest
food stores serving Mineola,
Blankenship's has consistently
endeavored to keep abreast of
the times and maintain first
Spending Rate
Is Speeded Up
Uash Outlay Estimat-
ed to Reach Sum of
$23,000,000 Per Day
Next Few Months
The treasury speeded up its
spending machinery Monday to
increase its output of cash from
$20,820,000 daily to about $23 -
300,000.
The 1939 fiscal yeai begin-
ning Friday will start officially
the administration's spending-
lending program and officials
predicted the next 12 months
would cost the government
around $8,500,000,000. The clos-
ing fiscal year cost about T,-
600,000,000.
To aid further in increasing
business activity, President
class service during the past Roosevelt issued new banking
sixteen years they have been regulations intended to stimu-
engaged in the grocery and la^e the flow into business chan-
ABOLITITION OF THE POLL TAX IS AN O'DANIEL
PROMISE; WHAT DOES IT HOLD FOR THE FUTURE
OF TEXAS?
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An Editorial
OSS CONTROL—Gang politics—votes that
can be delivered and paid for like so much
chicken feed—the one thing all government
must get away from before it can ever truly
and efficiently represent the people—has been
injected by untimely demagoguery into the
current Texas gubernatorial campaign.
The dangers of such a tendency have been
brought into the picture by a candidate Who
has been forced to resort, obviously for defen-
sive reasons, to cry for "abolition of the poll
tax". He is W. Lee O'Daniel, Fort Worth flour
broker, who found himself in a corner when
it became known that he had not paid his
poll tax. He had to find some means—and
quickly—of justifying his unforgiyeable negli-
gence.
So Mr. O'Daniel reached amateurishly into
the dark for an excuse, and all that he could
find for the moment was a childish joke that
not having a poll tax receipt would cause him
zo lose "only one vote". But the funny-man
stuff was too shallow, and Mr. O'Daniel was
forced to delve back into his impervious re-
serve for another answer. And lo! Out came
a tricky little plan to abolish the poll tax!
Maybe it's something new and novel to Mr.
O'Daniel, but to Texans who have for very
many years respected the democratic privilege
ot qualifying themselves as voters, it's old stuff
. . . stuff that has been drug out of the trash
heap and aired many times before. . . and then
always cast back with the rest of the undesire-
able refuse. But Mr. O'Daniel, who hasn't paid
a poll tax since Republican days, wouldn't know
about that.
His neglect is unfortunate, inasmuch as he
hopes to be elected governor, because there are
J. W. LAMBERT quite a few people left in Texas who do a little
J. W. Lambert, a former sec- bit of thinking before they scratch the ballot,
retary, has been selected to' The fact that he had mentioned nothing at
head the Mineola Lions Club. I about aboiishing the poll tax-* very im-
Other officers are Sam Weitz, . ^ ... , . .
vice president, and Ocie Fair, P°rtant item-until so late in the campaign,
When he found himself forced to admit that
he was not a qualified voter, proves conclu-
sively, in the first place, that he is not sincere
And even If he is sincere, the effect
is the same—or worse—because any guberna-
torial candidate who is so foolish as to advo-
ocretary. Included with the
above officers are Dr. S. C. No-
ble, Dr. John Coleman, and T.
L. Williams, together with the abouj. ^
junior past president, Joe J.
Smith, to compose the board of
directors.
I
cate such a public evil, plainly opens the door
on his own ignorance. It reveals almost un-
precedented audacity in asking for such an im-
portant position when he is .totally unqualified
or prepared in any way. What can be the
motives of one so bold?
And any candidate who would even dare
attempt to force 1,100,000 Texans to swallow
such political tripe is evidently quite bold.
But what would happen if, by some remote
possibility, O'Daniel should be elected?
In the first place—should the Legislature
have enough respect for the new governor to
follow his program—it might take his plan to
abolish the poll tax as a mandate from the
people.
But do the people want the poll tax abol-
ished? Do they want the conditions that would
apparently exist in Texas if we had no poll
tax? We are almost certain the people of
Wood County would not cherish those condi-
tions, and except for those who are in position
to become ward healers and sectional political
bosses, we cannot, by any stretch of the imag-
ination, believe any other law-abiding Texan
would like it.
Without a poll tax it wouJd be a small mat-
ter to control the thousands of Mexican labor-
ers in South Texas, who can speak little or no
English but are nevertheless free American
citizens who cannot be legislated—(see 14th,
15th, and 16th Amendments to the Constitu-
tion of the United States)—out of their right
to vote. Their bosses would control their votes,
and, as a result, would be able to auction them,
en bloc, to the highest bidder. We would have
gang politics that would put to shame the
Carpet-Baggers of Reconstruction days. The
interest of the Negro in politics would be im-
mediately awakened. And regardless of how-
ever good or bad that might be right now,
there is no denying the fact that there still
exists a social difference between the races in
this state. But with the Negro voting in the
general election, he would be able to control
certain local offices in sections of the state
(and there are several in East Texas) where a
majority of the population is colored. This
may or may not be right—we are not arguing
that—but we are saying that the disturbance
(See "W. LEE" Editorial Page)
meat business in Mineola.
As times and conditions have
changed they have endeavored
to consistently and satisfactor-
ily fill the needs and require-
ments of this area in the food
line.
In order to further serve their
customers to the fullest extent,
ITenry Blankenship, proprie-
tor, today announces a drastic
hange in his present methods
of merchandising food. Having
joined the well known Red and
White group of independently
owned stores, he declares that
he is now in a position to serve
his customers both in quality
and price. He states that the
Red and White organization
carries a membership of over
30,000 stores operating in 36
states and Canada, which will
enable him through this mass
buying power to furnish mer-
chandise at a much greater sav-
ing that formerly.
He invites all is friends and
patrons to visit the store and
inspect the new values he has
placed on all his stock of
food. He will continue to car-
ry the best of all nationally ad-
vertised brands in a greater
variety than ever before.
This change in his methods
of merchandising, Mr. Blanken-
ship states, does not mean that
he has changed entirely to a
cash basis and dropped his de-
livery system. However, items
advertised at budget saving-
values as listed in this issue
of the Monitor on page seven
cannot be charged.
SECRETARY
OCIE FAIR
The detail work of an or-
ganization is usually shifted
to the shoulders of a capable
and energetic leader. The
Lions Club expect their new
secretary, Ocie Fair, to work
out much of the activities
they have planned (or the
new year.
nels of $3,000,000,000 estimated
to be lying idle in the banks.
For the fiscal year, as for
the previous seven years, the
treasury's books will be closed
with red ink. Income tax col-
lections for 1938 were the high-
est in 17 years—$2,650,000,000—
but total receipts fell $1,350,000,-
000 behind expenditures (not
counting debt retirement).
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Gun Explodes; -
Rabbit Escapes,
Left Arm Cut&J
W. G. Jarman, whose home
is located about four miles west
of Mineola, suffered a severe
injury to his left forearm on
Tuesday of this week when the
gun with which he attempted
to bring down a rabbit exploded
and lodged a portion of the bar-
rel in the fleshy part of his
arm.
After treatment at a local
hospital Jarman disclaimed
knowledge of the forces which
might have caused the gun to
explode. He was quite sure
that no obstruction had been
lodged within the barrel and
was at a loss to explain the
accident.
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Next Meeting
Of Legion To
Be On July 8
The next meeting of the lo-
?al post of the American Le-
gion has been set for Friday,
Tuly 8, according to an an-
nouncement made today by R.
!. McClendon, post command-
r. The regular meeting sche-
duled for Friday, July 1, has
been postponed until the later.
date.
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'larksville Electric
Rates Reduced
A reduction of approximate-
ly 10 per cent in the lighting
service rates in Clarksville has
been announced by the Texas
Power & Light Company through
the local manager, C. W. Simp-
son. The new rates will be-
come effective with all bills
rendered in July.
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Miss Betty Shipp spent
Tuesday in Longview.
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Mrs. Alice Gatti of San Bonita
is visiting with relatives here.
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Henry Sims, Jr., is visiting
this week in Patenting.
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