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THE MEXIA (TEXAS) WEEKLY HERALD
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1948
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Extension Se/vice
The cotton insect situation in
Limestone County is rough all
over. In many fields the boll
weevil has already done 100 per
cent damage. The only hope for a
cotton crop in these fields is to
control the boll weevil and let
the cotton put on a top crop. In
addition to these pests the boll-
wotm is now here in good num-
Lh i ;. Many farmers have already
s tarted poisoning for these pests.
The only time the bollworm can
Ik controlled is when they are
v<.ry small and feeding in the
terminal bud of the plant.
In Limestone County at this
time the cotton is very rank and
tlii insect population is heavy.
Therefore, it is going to take
more poison, more often, to do
anything with them. From 12 to
15 pounds of poison per acre is
required, depending of course, on
the size of the cotton. It will take
at least three applications of poi-
son & days apart to do any good
whatsoever. It may take 4 or 5
poisonings to carry the crop
through the insect season. Unless
a farmer intends to go all the
way with his poison program he
should never start. The poisons to
be used are the 3-5-40 dust or
Toxaphene. Calcium Arsenate
will not control the bollworm.
Ten per cent DDT will control
ths bollworm but will not control
the boll weevil and Limestone
County has both.
It is impossible to list the peo-
ple who have gotten good results
fun their poisoning efforts this
year. Macon Gunter of Kosse has
a good crop on much of the land
where he has poisoned religious-
ly.
Thursday, Friday, and Satur-
day, of this week your county
agent and Leslie Jones of Forest
Glade attended the District 4-H
Club camp at Brownwood with
seven bovs, these boys were:
Jerry Yerrill, Box Church; Ed-
win Schuster, Pt. Enterprise;
Neil Bond, Shiloh; Leslie E.
Jones, Jr., Forest Glade: Don
HarVey, Forest Glade; Bobby
Knox, Forest Glade; Larry Hill,
Fo-est Glade.
These boys proved themselves
able representatives for Lime-
stone County in the contests held
at. the camp. Leslie E. Jones and
Neil Bond were the grand cham-
; pion horse shoe pitchers. Edwin
Pnhu'ter was third in the rifle
shooting contest and a demon-
; R ation team cotnoosed of Edwin
HSehsU ter and Leslie E. Jones, Jr.
came in second in t^e orchard
management contest. There were
about 170 b^vs renre-enting the
4-H Clubs ftjom eighteeh coun-
ties at this camp.
Mr. G. G. Commons of the Soil
Conservation Service, who is in
| Limestone County running u
I Hood survey in the Navasota
I River, was having a lot of
trouble in doing this work in the
i bottom due to ticks. The entire
crew who went out in the morn-
ing woidd be covered up with
ticks of all sizes before night. As
I an experiment they tried spray-
! ing their clothes with chlordane
before going out in the morning.
Mr. Commons reports that "since
| we started using that stuff there
hasn't been a dozen ticks on the
whole crew when before that
each had that many per day. The
ticks still get on us and crawl
over our clothes but do not go
any farther. Your telling us
about this has been worth plenty
tous." Perhaps this experiment
may be worth something to the
farmers, ranchers with ticks. Just
spray your clothes good before
you start out.
Speaking of hunters, the bird
season will soon be upon us, this
always brings many hunters into
the fields. While this is good
sport it is also dangerous to cat-
tle. Hunters shouldi be particu-
larly careful about where, and at
what, they shoot. To ranchers
who object to hunting on their
land and who would like to pre-
serve the wildlife that they have,
I would suggest that you study
the advisability of making your
pasture a game preserve. Your
county agent, working in coope-
ration with State Game Depart-
ment and farmers, can designate
game preserve areas. The. farm-
er is required to purchase, at
50c each, game preserve signs for
his farm. At this time T. E. Elliott
cf Frosa has the largest game
preserve in Limestone County. If
you are interested in this pro-
gram see your county agent.
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Agents' Meet, 4-H
Round-Up Postponed
COLLEGE STATION, July 29
—The Extension Agent's Confer-
ence and 4-H Club Roitnd-Up
scheduled in College Station the
week of August 16 through 20
has been postponed until June 13
through 17 next year, J. D. Pre-
wit, acting director of the Ex-
tension Service, has announced.
Replacing the annual agent's
conference and 4-H Round-Un
this year will be a series of bi-
district extension meetings of
two days duration in the latter
oart of October and the early
part of November.
Plans for the bi-dictrict meet-
ings are tentative at this time,
but a general program for all
meetings is being lined up by the
program chairman.
Location of meeting places has
not been decided, but geographic
location involving the least
amount of travel will be a deter-
mining factor, said Prewit.
'Undoing' Hazards
On the Farm May
Avoid Injuries
COLLEGE STATION, July 23
(Spl) — National Farm Safety
Week is nearly over. But it isn't
too late to straighten out an "ac-
cident about to happen." You
still have plenty of time to "un-
do" a hazard on your farm. You
have 51 other weeks. But to avoid
serious injury or possible death,
now is the time to do it.
The National Safety Council
has a Safe Farm Test made up
of questions about machinery
and equipment, buildings and the
farmyard, tires, animals, elec-
tricity and the farm home. These
are only a few of the many things
to check on, especially during
I Farm Safety Week while it is
' still fresh in your mind.
Six thousand people were kill-
ed in farm home accidents last
vear. Another 43 hundred were
killed while working on farm
jobs. That means more people
were killed around the house
than out near the machinery and
the barns.
What did it? Standing in the
bathtub and turning on the light.
Or starting fires in wood stoves
with kerosene. Or just falling
from a box on top of a chair, or
on a "throw" rug on a waxed
floor. Loaded guns in the house
are killers, too. especially in the
hands of children. Many chil-
dren have been scalded when
they reached up and pulled a
pan of boiling water or chocolate
syrup down on themselves.
National Farm Safety Week
is this week — July 25 through
31. But farm safety is one of the
higgest year-round jobs there is.
Every dav in the year people are
being killed and iniured, so it
stands to reason that every day
neople should be on the lookout
for worn-out or broken equip-
ment, broken ladders, frayed
electric wires and loose boards
with nails.
Be alert today and be alive to-
morrow.
Why not save it? If you de-
posit $9.62 a week, you'll have
your $1000 in less than two
years. Even $5 a week will get
you $1000 in less than four
years. The important thing is
to start a savings account now.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of Mexia
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Director Hershey
Says 25-Year-OEds
fo Be Drafted Firs!
WASHINGTON, July 2? (UP)
—Selective Service Director
Lewis B. Hershey told Congress
today 25-year-olds will be the
first to be drafted. After that, he
said, the draft will work pro-
gressively downward until it
reaches the 19-year-olds.
This was agreeable to Chair-
man Chan Gurney, R., S.D., of
the Senate Armed Services Com-
mittee, who previously had felt
that a lottery should decide who
goes first.
Gurney said Hershey's plans
^re "most fair."
Hershey met today with Sen-
ate-House conferees who drafted
the final version of the draft law.
When the meeting broke up,
Hershey told newsmen the first
draft call is expected to be for
30,000 men. It will come about
Oct. 1.
Hershey said this first call will
take all available men not defer-
red -for various reasons in the
25 and 24-year age group and
most of the available men in the
23-year-old group.
Because of deferments for
prior military service, depend-
ency, physical unfitness, indus-
trial necessity and other reasons
only 7,000 of the 1,100,000 (M)
men aged 25 will be available
for induction, he estimated.
Of the approximately 5,000,000
(M) men aged 22 through 25, all
but 70,000 will be deferred, he
said.
Gurney explained that Her-
shey was asked to meet with the
conferees so Congress could de-
termine whether the policies be-
ing established by the Selective
Service board conform with the
law. Also, he said, he wanted to
establish some certainty among
registrants abo"t when and
whether they will be called.
"After hearing Gen. Hershey
and others on his s.taff we—the
conferees—are convinced the sys-
tem established.. .is fair and in
accordance with the act," Gurney
said.
Hershey ,°aid selective service
hopes "to bring certainty to the
unper age groups as soon as pos-
sible as to whether they will or
won't be taken."
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Pigs Failing to
Gain on Good Feed
May Have Worms
COLLEGE STATION, July 29
(Spl) — Pigs that are fed a good
ration and still remain unthrifty
are likely to have roundworms.
Likewise, if you raise a litter of
pigs on ground that was former-
ly occupied by pigs, there is a
good chance that the second lit-
ter will have roundworms.
Dr. W. C. Banks, extension
veterinarian of Texas A. & M.
College, says that these worms
may be passed right on out
through the body and onto the
ground. An examination of the
pig lot may show presence of
these roundworms. They can be
identified as being large, thick
yellow or pink worms about lead
pencil size.
Weaned pigs of any age may
be wormed, but the best time to
worm pigs is two or three weeks
after weaning. Pigs are weaned
at around 56 days of age, ro
when a pig is two and a half
months old, this is a good time to
worm them. For best results,
move the pigs to a concrete
floor, worm them and bring
them back to the pen or pasture
after three days.
Another method is to worm
them in the original pen, and la-
ter move them to a different pen,
or out to the pasture three days
after worming. Moving the pigs
helps break the worm's life cycle,
and thus reduce the number of
worms,.
Sodium flouride is the best
chemical to use for worming pigs
because it is 90 percent or better
effective, the cost is low, it is
easy to get, end is not harmful
to the oig if given as directed.
Dr. Banks suggests not to worm
over six to ten pigs at one time.
Directions call for one pound of
sodium flouride mixed thorough-
ly with 100 pounds of dry feed.
And if you don't have that many
pigs, mix one level teaspoon with
one pound of dry feed for every
pig weighing 25-35 pounds. Some
of the larger pigs may be given
another pound 12 hours after the
first dose. If a second worming
is required, repeat the treatment
in 30 days.
Two wormings will probably
be enough unless the pigs are
'eft .on ground that is severely
infested with roundworms. Im-
portant: keep in mind, savs Dr.
Banks, that sodium flouride is a
poison, and if it is improperly
mixed, or too much is used, the
pigs may be poisoned.
Mexia Lions Hear
Tuesday at Noon
The members of the Mexia
!,bns Club met for their weekly
luncheon at the J & V Cafe Tues-
day at noon at which time they
heard a talk by Rev. Weldon
Hamill, pastor of the Church
of Christ in Mexia. Ralph Jones,
President of the Club, introduced
Lion Don Quillen as the program
chairmar. Quiller in turn pre-
sented the speaker.
Rev. Hamill skirted his talk
by paying a compliment to Mex-
ia and its citizens. He said that
he has never lived in a place that
he was more thankful of. He
praised the various civic organi-
sations when he pointed out the
fine work that they have done
here in the past few years.
Hamill, however, said that he
didn't quite agree with the
methods that the local business-
men have used to bring business
to Mexia from other towns. He
pointed out that the merchants
in our neighboring towns need
the business as much as the
Mexia merchants do. He said
that the people of Mexia should,
instead cf promoting trades day
events, work toward improve-
ment of their business houses
qnd merchandising programs so
that people will want to visit
their stores and trade in Mexia.
He explained that if the people of
Mexia think that they want a
larger population here then they
should make the town more pleas-
ing and inviting so that other
businesses will move here. He
pointed out that as more business-
es move into Mexia the popula-
tion will grow and as the popu-
lation grows each Mexia business
house will increase sales. In that
way, we will not be robbing our
neighboring communities of the
business that they must have.
After Ilamill's talk Lion
Jimmie Blair reminded the group
of the library tax maintenance
election which is to be held here
Saturday. He asked each of the
Lions to vote and see that all
their family and employes do the
same.
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Sodium fluoride is 90 percent
or more effective in killing
roundworms in pigs. Mix thor-
oughly one level teaspoonful of
this chemical with one pound of
dry feed for each pig.
The best quality spatulas are
If every member of each fami-
ly will get rid of one farm haz-
ard, the nation will have 30,000,-
000 hazards less. What have you
done on your farm to prevent
accidents and make your farm
safer?
'WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Berlin Crisis Nears Showdown;
First Peacetime Draft Begins;
Special Session Opens Campaign
By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer-
(EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions arr expressed In these columns
Western Newnpuper Union's news unulynU ami not necessarily of'
they are those o
this newspaper.)
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NOT YET-
Josh sergeant now- -but
BERLIN:
Showdoivn
The old familiar pattern of Just
one crisis after another in the cold
war between Russia on the one
hand and the western Allies on the
other was being repeated again in
the Berlin showdown. But an 'un-
easy world watcheO anxiously,
fearful that at any moment some
crisis might explode into actual
warfare.
Urgency of the Berlin crisis re-
sulted in the recall of Gen. Lucius
D. Clay, U. S. military command-
er in Germany, and his top politi-
cal adviser. Ambassador Robert
Murphy, for a first-hand report on
the situation.
Clay conferred with President
Truman, State Secretary Marshall
and Army Secretary Royall on
means of carrying out the Ameri-
can government's intention to stay
In Berlin despite the concerted Rus-
sian drive to force the western
powers put.
The official line was laid down by
Secretary Marshall who said that
while the United States would not
be "coerced or Intimidated" by the
Russian blockade of Berlin, the ad-
ministration nevertheless will "pro-
ceed to reach an acceptable solu-
tion to avoid the tragedy of war."
Although rumors that the Berlin
blockade might prove the spark
that would enkindle fighting war-
fare permeated official quarters,
the U. S. position appeared to be
that this country hopes to avoid
war. However, If the Russians are
determined to cause more serious
trouble at Berlin, this government
is determined to resist force with
force. It ts equally determined to
avoid taking any step which might
make the situation more serious
as long as negotiation and other
diplomatic means remain open.
There will be many more talks,
much painstaking deliberation
among the western powers In con-
nection with the exchange of notes
regarding the Berlin blockade, ir-
retrievably linked up as it Is with
the over-all German settlement.
Marking the high water mark in
the deepening Berlin crisis and
lending emphasis to the determina-
tion to back up its policy that
American troops will not leave
Berlin, the United States dispatched
powerful reinforcements to its air
arm in strife-torn Europe.
A big question mark still con-
cerned Russia's ultimate objectives.
Was the Kremlin merely trying to
drive the Allies out of Berlin or was
this but another step in the funda-
mental objective of moving the iron
curtain inexorably westward, coun-
try by country, until it embraced
the whole heartland of Europe?
DRAFT:
Blows Strong
America's first draftees — 1948
style—are going to be whisked into
uniform so fast they won't know
what hit them.
The draft proceedings will start
rolling Monday, August 30, when
the first of 9,500,000 youths will
register. Registrations will con-
tinue on 17 designated days extend-
ing to September 18.
From these millions of men,
volunteer draft boards throughout
the nation will select the manpower
to match the muterial build-up of
air, land and sea forces called for
under the rearmament program.
Military men are set to welcome
the first draftees Into their ranks
any time after September 22. Under
the law actual drafting cannot start
until that date. The presidential
proclamation setting the registra-
tion dates did not specify when In-
FOOD:
Consumes Dough
Confirming suspicions which house-
wives have held for many months,
department of commerce analysts
reported that food stores easily get
a bigger part of the retail dollar
now than any other business. Food
stores are doing far better than be-
fore the war by taking in 27.6 cents
of each dollar spent in retail chan-
nels. In 1940, by comparison, their
share was 23.5 cents, according to
the report.
Don't throw away the outer
leaves on cabbage and lettuce.
Wash them well and use them.
Remember: "The greener the
leaf, the more vitamin A".
BUT SOON
just tvail a few months!
'ductlons would begin, but they are
not expected to start before October
1.
The first draftee, it is Indicated,
will be 25, unmarried and a non-
veteran.
Registration dates specified by
Mr. Truman for each age follow:
The oldest group, meaning men
born in 1922 after August 30, 1922,
will be registered on Monday,
August 30.
Men born in 1923, August 31 and
September 1.
Men born in 1924, September 2
and 3.
Men born in 1925, September 4
and 7.
Men born in 1926, September 8
and 9.
Men born in 1927, September 10
and 11.
Men born in 1928, September 13
and 14.
iMen born in 1929, September 13
and 16.
Men born in 1930 before Septem-
ber 19, September 17 and 18.
The proclamation stated that
youths born after September 19,
1930, will register on their eight- •
eenth birthday, or within five days
thereafter. About 1,200,000 youths
come into this category yearly.
CAMPAIGN:
Advanced
With the klckoff advanced six
weeks through President Truman's
action in calling congress back into
special session, the American
people are in for one of the most
heated and intensive presidential
campaigns in recent history.
The whole political calendar has
been advanced this year. The
President's opening message to the
recalled congress signaled the ini-
tial salvo ir. the campaign, which
will be in full swing until the
November balloting.
Normally, national candidates
wait until after Labor day before
entering into thorough-going dis-
cussion of the issues of the cam- I
paign.
This year's campaign also be-
came more involved with the addi-
tion of third and fourth parties to
the field.
Although its ticket of Henry Wal-
lace for president and Glenn Taylor
for vice president was In the field
month ago. third party adherents
followed the Republicans and Demo-
crats to Philadelphia for their
nominating convention.
Rebellious southern Democrats, j
after walking out on their regular j
party conclave, gathered In Bir-
mingham, Ala., to enter a fourth
party in the field. Heading the
states' rights ticket are Gov. J.
Strom Thurmond of South Caro-
lina for president and Gov. Field-
ing L. Wright of Mississippi for
vice president. 4
The states' rights Democrats
have shown their greatest strength
in Alabama and Mississippi, where
a combined 20 electoral votes are
pledged against Mr. Truman.
CRACKDOWN:
On Reds
Uneasiness over the foreign sit-
uation was reflected in two actions
directed against subversive ele-
ments on the home front.
In the greatest crackdown In his-
tory on the Communist party in
this country, a special federal
grand jury In New York indicted
12 party leaders on charges of con-
spiring and agitating to overthrow
the U. S. government and of being
members of a party which threat-
ens overthrow of the government.
The special grand Jury to delve
into Communist activity was creat-
ed In June, 1947, by order of Atty.
Gen. Tom C. Clark.
Included In the roundup were
William Z. Foster, party chairman
and several times Communist can-
didate for President of the U. S.:
Benjamin Davis, New York City
councilman; John Gates, editor of
the Daily Worker, and several
members of the Communist na-
tional board.
Almost simultaneously, charges
that several hundred foreign agents
have used the United Nations to
cover subversive activities here
were hurled by state department
representatives at a senate commit-
tee hearing.
Robert C. Alexander, assistant
chief of the department's visa com-
mission, declared tnat some of the
agents were employees of the Unit-
ed Nations or came here In some
way related to the U N. Such per-
sons are covered by tne interna-
tional immunities act passed in
1945.
Surprised at the charges, United
Nation* officials Insisted that it was
up to the state department to back
up the charges with facts.
A check on nationalities of U. N.
staff members showed that of a
total of 2,944 there were 1,463 for-
eigners. From the "iron curtain"
countries there were 103, but many
were appointed before the change of
governments nut their homelands
into the Russian sphere.
Weekly Letter
From Washington
By OLIN E. TEAGUE
Congressman
Sixth District of Texas
That Man Again
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Bright Sayings—
~ Of Oldsters —
"Women's brain are badly need j
ed in every type of skill and at i
every level."—Miss Dorothy Ken- J
yon, New Yorn City attorney and i
U. S. delegate to the United Na- I
tions' commission on status of'J
women.
"It is common knowledge that
Communists joined unions to cause
trouble, not to help the unions, and
congress had a right to legislate
against this." — Judge Sherman
Minton of U. S. circuit court of
appeals.
"It must not be forgotten that
with Russia we are dealing not with
a great nation that can express its
free will but with 13 men in the
Kremlin who have made themuelves
the masters of the bravo Russian
people and who rule them with tar
more dictatorship than was ever
shown by any Russian czar since
the days of Ivan the Terrible."—
Winston Churchill.
"Never again should we have to
abandon our men as was the case
at Corregidor." — Vice Admiral
Arthur W Radford, chief of naval
operations.
Try using the tender, green
leaves of spinach in u tossed
green salad. Spinach leaves have
both a good flavor and a crisp
freshness.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
Is sworn in as director of selec-
tive service for the second time.
Hershey, who will direct the na-
tion's first peacetime draft, held
the same post during World War
II.
STRAW:
Stack of Money
There are potential stacks of
money in the stacks of straw which
annually go to waste on U.S. farms.
Although the paper industry offers
a large potential market for the
product, farmers last year burned
or did not use about 38 million tons
of straw, according to department
of agriculture estimates.
Recent technical advances have
made possible a large expansion of
the market for straw, ft has been
found suitable for blending with
wood pulp to make fine papers and
also can be used in the manufacture
of various insulating building-
board products. Principal industrial
use for straw at present is in mak-
ing corrugated strawboard, which
is used as a liner in cartons and
boxes. Some straw also is used for
coarse grades of wrapping paper.
Research by the department of
agriculture laboratory at Peoria,
111., Indicates that straw pulp can
be substituted for 25 to 40 per cont'
of the wood pulp now used in tine
Snd specialty papers.
The strawboard industry was es-
tablished in this country around
1000, when wheat was harvested
with binders and threshed. Every
wheat farm then had its straw stack
and the straw could be baled. When
the combine harvester came into
general use, most of the straw
Stacks disappeared. Development
of pickup balers, however, once
again have made straw collection
on the farm a practical operation.
In normal times, it is estimated,
the farmer may add 8 to 20 per
cent to his cash Income from wheat
by collecting and selling the straw.
WAR:
Still Costs
The costs of war continue long
after the battles cease. A grateful
Uncle Sam already h.-is expended
8 billion, 223 million dollars to re-
turning veterans during the first
four years of the G.I. bill of rights,
Veteraris' administration reports.
Accounting for;that total were 14
million, 300 thousand "bohoflts."
It Is Impossible to determine the
exact number of World War II vet-
erans who shared in this payment.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 29
—This newsletter is being writ-
ten before the Special Session of
Congress is convened and before
the President delivers his mes
"a«e t'< the Members on Tuesday,
July 27. It is the belief of many
that only domestic legislation-
will be recommended and thai
the Congress will remain in ses- _
sion from two to six w^eks.
I believe that a primary' fuc-'"
tor which'will determine the
date cf final adjournment is this
critical Berlin situation. I he •
reputation and character of our
country in the eyes of the world
are at stake there as Russia is
attempting to embarrass us at
every opportunity. It is noted
that the Russians now admit they
refused to allow us the use of
the railroads to bring supplies
to the neople of the western sec-
tor of Berlin because we had re- .
stricted the number of Russians "
coming into our occupied areas.
Originally they had insisted that
the only treason v/e were denied .
ut:e of the railroads was because
thev were being repaired.
General Clay, the American
Army oemmander of the occu-
pied area in Germany, has been
in Washington this week to re-
port to the President and to the
Departments of the Army and
State regarding the Berlin Situa-
tion. We have been supplying a
great portion of the civilian needs
of Berlin by air transport, but
that is an expensive and rather y.
dangerous method and is only at
I beet a temporary expedient.
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All of us nr<? very anxious that
->vt>ry peaceful means be employ-
ed to settle this disoute with Rus- y
'in. and of course the final peace-
ful course available to us will be •
to refer the matter t? the United
Nations. This world organization *
has been verv successful in ne-
lotiatw and ordering smaller'"
•<at.iop« to abide by its decisions,
but this American-Russian dis-
pute noses ,a much more difficult
problem. It is mv hope and pray-
er that no foolish or thoughtless
act on the oart of any of the per-
sons involved in this disoute will
result in an international incident
c.ndin in armed conflict. We
•hould fettle our differences in
nn honest way and certainly ap-
nej k- ment is no solution to the
problems for us.
* «
The p.>mooratic National Com-
mittee has announced that the
"omr^'lt"" wi" meet with proup-% *
from the partv for a discussion of
ill of it" nroW"m" . As the Presi-
dent finds available time, many ,
thf-o gi->uos will meet with
him while they are in Washing
'on. Mv first thought on learn-
of this proposed action was
that the party leaders should
have requested suggestions from
the various f ictions of the party
•Hveifl months ago and in amole
t'me to have <he views of all be-
fore writing the Democratic plat-
form.
1 am verv much concerned
phont. thf- r««ults of this^Special
Session of Congress as I feel the
Souther" St ."ten mav be material-
ly hurt if t'^e National Govern- *•
"ient attends to legislate addi-
tional. wial and economic
] changes and resulatiohs,
* * «
v; Ho,- j - the office: Robert
, W. Martin. Hearne. 1
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jCurloe Family
Holds Reunion
More tb-'n or--> hundred rela-
tive rind friends of the late Mr.
•>nd M>-,. II. W. Curlee met at
Fort P-rker State Park Sunday
for theiv annual family reunion.
I A bounteous feast of fried
chicken, potato chips, beans,
pickles, tonntoes, cakes, cookies
1 iced tea and ice cream was en-.
Joyed i>t the noon hour. Grace
i '•■> « '-."id h" the Reverend E. R.
Gordon, pastor of the First Meth-
odist ChtP'eh. n long time friend
of the family. Soda pop was serv-
ed throughout the day. The tood
was planned and prepared by a
| committee composed of Ivon
I Curiae. Ai dis CUrlee, and Mar-
vin Kirton.
Picture making, singing, and
visiting was the order of the
day.
Five babies have been born
to various members of the fam-
ily since last year's reunion. One
member, Mrs. Cecil Curlee, has
passed away since that time.
W. S. Curlee is chairman of
the group, and Mrs. O. T. Curlee
was re-elected secretary. Those
appointed to serve on next year's
food committee are Raymond
Barnhart, Onys Curlee, Milton
Patterson, and II. L. Brice.
LUBBOCK. Tex., July 23 (UP)
—Howell Steen of Lubbock
boasted a close decision victory
over Bill Laudermann ol Dallas
todav after a vicious, but none
knockdown eight -rounder in a
benefit performance here last
night.
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good irrigation structures com-
bine to make better use of water,
save labor, and increase crop
yield.
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