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The Paducah Post
Thirty-sixth Year, No. 28
8 Pages Today
Paducah, Texas, Friday, October 23, 1942
Price Five Cents Per Copy
as Rationing Will Begin
ovember Twenty-Second
|jn.-mileage rationing^
from now, in
With ga*
start it , . .
0f Southwestern motorists
liters in Plans for registration.
Tht, pL-ri.nl of registering every
actually starts next
;,,k when the County War Price
■ Katin,-Hi Board will make
nilahle centrally located
application forms that
... car owner will have to fill
t't0‘ obtain his ration book.
fiH(.; i, application forms
.jU be tunieii in beginning Nov.
?at gchool houses and other
esignated legistration places.
jtan or utioning is set Tor
Jov 22.
' Hettve. i i ow and registration
■ov .I, every me has the oppoi-
Lty't....... the part he is
ailed on f I>!ay to reduce the
ation's use of rubber and how
o qualify f''t a mileage rationing
;00k. .
The fit-' lequii'ement to obtain
ratior 1 ok will be to dispose
f all tiro
excess of five for
ach passenger car. This can be
e by taking the surplus tires
the nearest railway express
ffice. -r it. cities where there
an expre.-- pickup service the
xpress c mpany will call for the
ires if notified by telephone or
tail. The tires may be contri-
ved o! 'ill to the government,
■’hen the. are turned over to the
tpres — .my. receipts will be
hen atei m the case of sale,
he governin' ::t will mail a check
i the owner.
The sei ial number of each tiro
•ill have to be given on the ra-
ion applies*' "n for each car.
Between inov and the start of
itionint persons driving their
ars to ami from work should
at a rid* swapping club in op-
ration as such ride sharing will
e a nee. - ary requirement to
btain su | h u ntal gasoline for
scessive mileage.
Above all. each driver should
tay undei miles an hour.
In acid it : to preparations for
egistrati'-r of passenger cars by
he Offic of Price Administra-
ion, the ' i! * n e of Defense 1 rans ■
ortation w is proceeding rapidly
supply "wnets *>f trucks and
lemmercial vehicles with rertifi-
ates of « .; necessity on which
hey will "main gasoline, tires
:nd rephe eiie'iit parts beginning
jiov. 15. Mailing of application
links has just about been corn-
feted by tin' OUT and machinery
as been set up to issue the cer-
ificates from Detroit as rapidly
s the applications are returned
here.
The ODT urges care in the
,illing ..ut of the forms, and
there help is needed on the
.orms. the ODT advises truck
wners m -,ek the assistance of
he County Farm War Board.
ONG STAPLE
ROWN HERE
Dawson Ke-id springs a story of
inning two bales of cotton for
Smith that had a loan value
f 24.25. It graded middling with
C5-32 staple. There was 3900
unds of seed cotton, making
o bales that weighed 1035
unds.
In speaking of the production
r Smith said he believed he
°uld go 40 or 50 bales off of
W acres.
Dawson stated that it was the
ugest staph' they have ginned
this county, but due to the
#ngth it was harder than the
orter staph > to clean up. The
n Valu‘“ was the best so far
year.
Farm Storage Loans
For 1942 Cotton
I be AAA office has announced
that farm storage cotton loans
will be available to producers
this year.
In order to qualify for these
loans certain requirements must
be met. These requirements are:
1, suitable storage; 2, cotton
must have been produced in 1942;
3, the storage must be on the
farm.
These loans will be handled
similarly to the storage wheat
1< uins.
GAS RATIONING
BOARD NAMED
County Judge O. J. Riley has
named Arch Dupriest, Dawson
Reid and Rex Keys as members
of the gasoline rationing board.
They have accepted the places
and will set up soon for the ad-
ministration.
This board will work with and
through the regular rationing
board with headquarters in the
old Fish building on North Main
Street.
According to the best informa-
tion now available, registration
for gasoline will be held on Nov.
9. Actual rationing of gas will
begin on Nov. 15. All drivers of
motor vehicles will be required
to register. No one will be al
lowed to have more than five
tires, and the serial number on
each will have to be turned over
to the rationing board.
The rationing of gas for pass-
enger cars, according to plans
now outlined, will be based on a
mileage of 2,800 per year. Spe-
cial cards will be given to motor
vehicles that are used for trans-
portation purposes only, which
may include farm trucks if they
are use for no other purpose.
All persons who own or operate
a motor vehicle of any kind will
be required to register and give
the serial number of the casings.
The casings and mileage will In-
subject to check at any time.
A CORRECTION
In last week’s issue of Th"
I'ost Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hollar
of Dumont were named as the
parents of Earl Hollar who was
awarded the air medal. The par-
ents were Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Hollar of Dumont. We are sorry
the error occurred and are glad
to make the correction.
^Kippers oi U. S. Ships Lost in Solomons
Pictured in these three official U. S. navy photos are the captains
of the three U. S. cruisers which were reported lost in the early stages
of the Solomon islands battle. At left is Capt. Samuel N. Moore of the
CSS Quincy: C'apt. William G. Grecnman of the IJSS Astoria (renter),
and Capt. Frederick C. Kiefkohl (right), skipper of the CSS Vincennes.
Captain Moore of the Quincy was lost.
Supplies by Air for New Guinea Front
WPA TRUCKS TO
COLLECT SCRAP
FROM FARMERS
House Passes Teen-Age
Bill For Army Selectees
The WPA is aiding the scrap • Dll 1
drive in every way possible. The j 4'la.JOr i OllOCK
trucks are making a thorough
canvas of all the rural communi-
ties in the county for all the
scrap material available.
The farmers may sell or donate
their salvage. If they wish to sell,
the foreman who accompanies
each salvage truck is authorized
to issue a receipt for the amount
of scrap. These receipts are mail-
ed to the Salvage Bureau at San
Antonio, and the checks will be
mailed direct to the contributors.
The government has set a price
of 25 cents per h-undred on the
scrap metal, and 50 cents per
hundred on scrap rubber.
The rural residents of the
county are urgently requested to
gather all the available scrap ma-
terial into one pile where it will
he convenient for the trucks to
pick up. If this is done it will
very often save a second call.
Every rural home will be called
on in this drive, so please have
your scrap gathered in a con-
venient pile.
The WPA trucks will also haul
scrap donations for any one in
the city limits to the scrap piles,
but will not issue receipts for it.
If you have any scrap metal or
rubber you are unable to get de-
livered, call Judge Riley or Wylie
Boyle and they will see that the
salvage is collected.
Crow members dump supplies out of the door of a transport plane
over the Kokoda area of New Guinea, whore American and Australian
soldiers have boon engaged in lierco hand to hand combat with the
Japs driving on Port Moresby. No roads pierce the mountainous inland
territory, and all supplies must be carried by plane or by natives on foot.
Mrs. Davis Organist
Grand Chapter O E S
Mrs. John H. Davis Jr. is at-
tending the Grand Chapter of the
Texas Order of the Eastern Star
in Houston this week.
Mrs. Davis, a talented musi-
cian, will be installed as Grand
Organist of the Grand Chapter
for the ensuing year.
DEDUCTIONS LOWERED
Cottle County producers will
be interested to learn that the
deduction factor for Cottle ( oun-
ty for this year is 2.5 per cent.
This means that 2.5 per cent has
been deducted from each check
before it is mailed to the pro-
ducer.
USDA BOARD
COMMITTEE
The USDA war board has ap-
pointed a transportation commit-
tee for the convenience of owners
of trucks, pickups and trailers, to
assist them in filling out their
application for war necessity cer-
tificates. These certificates must
positively be secured by Nov. 15.
llie committee representing
them will he in the county court
room Oct. 22, 23, 24 from 8 a.in.
to 5 p.m. The committee is com
posed of L. M. Thompson, chair-
man; G. A. Mayes, B. L. Smith
M. L. Allison and Jack Parnell.
Alternates appointed were Toni
mie Robertson, E. N. Jones, Bill
Kirk and Boy Pearce.
TO RECRUIT WORKERS
CANBERRA, Australia—Minis-
ter of Commerce William J
Scully disclosed today that he
was considering plans to recruit
Australian white collar workers
for part-time labor on farms tu
solve rural manpower difficulties.
Annual Boy Scout Drive
Will Begin Next Week
ARNS PROMOTION
ereF ^i*°r la'lucal1 doughboy has
Hum \ an lulvancement. Pvt.
, ' , 0 has been promoted to
ai'k of corporal,
ia^'^xe i3 a dental techni-
cal ‘ f1.t,le 67th General Hos-
,. ’ nch is located at Fort
lexas.
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tef^FOCGOT
^DIASGIftc
Fred Becker, finance chairman
of District 13, Northwest Texas
Council, Boy Scouts of America,
has set Wednesday morning, Oct.
2S as the date for the start of
the annual Boy Scout finance
drive. It will be conducted on
the “ranch" plan, with three
ranches each headed by a fore-
man. Each foreman will pick four
“bosses" and each boss will select
four hands or workers. Women
may lie selected in any ot these
positions. The three foremen ate
Pat Bennett of the Big Heart
Ranch, Wylie Boyle of the Dot-
ted Line Ranch, and Joe Schaded
of the “B" Square Ranch. Each
of these foremen will select four
bosses, who will each in turn se-
lect four hands. This calls for a
complete crew of 21 for each
ranch, hut some of them will at
the last moment find it impossible
to attend the “kick-off" break-
fast. , , ,, .,
The breakfast will be held the
morning of Oct. 28 and will he
free to the workers.
The program for the breakfast
includes a picture show, “The
Trail to Citizenship,” singing, and
one short three-minute speech.
On the morning of the break-
fast the first crew of four com-1
plete with boss to arrive at the
breakfast will lie given free
shaves. Each worker will he al-
lowed to pick five prospect cards
from a group of about one hun-
dred. These cards bear the name
of some local firm or person. The
worker will in turn see this per-
son, explain his mission and offer
to accept whatever the person
wants to give to scouting.
There is no quota in a Boy
Scout finance drive. The idea is
to see the people and let them
give what they wish. By having
a large group of workers, no one
person will he asked to do more
than he can during a few spare
moments the two days that the
drive is to run.
Boy Scout pins will be used to
“brand” the people who become
sustaining members of scouting.
Each of the workers will put one
of these pins in the coat lapel of
each of his prospects who gives
o„ the first day of the drive, and
then on the second day, anyone
who is not branded is a maverick
and may lie branded by the first
worker that sees him. The drive
is planned for two days only, but
rainy days are not counted, so
this really means two pretty sun-
shiny days.
FOUR COUNTY
POULTRY MEET
A meeting of the county and
home demonstration agents of
four adjoining counties was held
Wednesday, Oct. 21. in the coun-
ty court room in Paducah.
J. A. Schofield and Mrs. Isla ,
Mae Chapman, district agents of
the extension service of A. & M.
College, were in charge of the
meeting. The topic for discussion
was poultry management. G. P.
McCarthy, poultry husbandman,
and Dr. W. A. Boney, poultry
veterinarian, of A. & M. College
gave splendid talks.
Special attention was given to
the care and feeding of poultry,
also to the control of poultry
parasites. Another object of the
meeting was to assist the county
agents in their poultry problems
so they in turn could aid the
farmers in increasing the egg and
meat production.
Foard, Motley, Hardeman and
Cottle counties were represented.
Those present were John Nagy
and Elizabeth Elliott, Crowell;
F. T. Wendt, Quanah; Rufus
Emmons, Matador; and Loretta
Morton and G. J. Lane, Paducah.
Other guests were Miss Walkup,
home economics teacher, and
Dwight Lindsey, vocational agri-
culture teacher in the Paducah
High School, and H. M. Cantrell.
NO MORE FOOTBALL
Arrives In Calif.
Mrs. it. E. Pollock and liuie
daughter. Kay, left for Abikni
Wednesday morning after receiv-
ing word that her husband. Major
Pollock, had arrived safely in
San Francisco from Hawaii, and
would he in Abilene Thursday.
They will visit there a few
lays, returning to Paducah for a
short visit before going on to
Camp Grant, 111., where Major
Pollock will tie stationed.
Mrs. Pollock was also accom-
panied by her sister, Mrs. Gene
Estes and little son of Abilene',
who returned home after visiting
her parents here.
CLAIMED DEAD,
STILL FIGHTS
"I don’t feel a hit dead,” Leo
Randles commented as he finish-
ed reading the account of his be-
ing one of the first reported lost
in naval action during the war in
the Pacific against the Japanese.
Randles arrived at Denton from
California this week, after having
served in actual combat for the
past nine months and being pre-
sented a service bar for duty
prior to Dec. 7, which supports a
star for actual sea combat.
When Pearl Harbor was bomb-
ed. Randles stated his crew had
just finished eating breakfast and
chapel was being rigged as per
schedule on every Sunday morn-
ing when they heard bombs fall-
ing. About that time General
Quarters sounded—to the civilian
4F. that is the sounding of the
bugle summoning each man to
take to his place of duty for
battle. By that time Japanese
Paducah has withdrawn from! planes were diving overhead and;
the gridiron for the duration and one could see the black puffs of j
there will be no more football smoke from the anti-aircraft guns
games with our neighboring of American ships in the harbor,
schools for this season. | Randles said. From his station
Coach Davis expects to leave I Randles reported Japanese planes
soon to join Uncle Sam’s fighting | falling into the harbor, with one
forces. This fact, coupled with
the gasoline and tire rationing,
made it almost imperative that
football be dropped. In place of
football all the boys are being
given a period of physical train-
ing each day.
Owen Henry’s Car
Stolen Friday Night
Owen Henry reported the theft
of his ear Friday night. The car.
a 1934 dark green Studehaker
sedan, was stolen while parked
almost in front of Mr. Henry’s
place of business some time be-
tween dark and 8:30 p.m.
The loss was discovered by Mr.
Henry when he went to get the
car to drive home. To date it has
not been recovered.
Ack-Ack Solo
4 ;
HONOR KILLED A RABBIT
Excited, no doubt, by the
honor, Black Rex, rabbit owned
by Olive Johnson, toppled over
and died at the Blair County
Farm Show, Altoona. Pa., a few
minutes after judges awarded it
first prize as best rabbit on ex-
hibition.
■f* 1 he House passed on Saturday
and sent to the Senate legislation
foi the draft of 18 and 19-year-
old youths to enable the Army to
build up a strong striking force
of 7,500,000 men in 1943.
When the measure is approved
by the senate and signed into law
by President Roosevelt, probably
by next week end, it will make
available for induction some 1 ,-
050.000 of the teen-age hoys who
registered last June. Their induc-
tion will begin in December un-
der present plans.
Another 500,000 of the 18-to-
19 class are expected to volunteer
in the Army, Navy, Marines or
Coast Guard while the others are
being inducted.
The way for passage was clear-
ed when the house rejected, by
155 to 55, a last-minute attempt
to lower the draft age in the bill
to 19 instead of the 18 figure
sought by the War Department
with Mr. Roosevelt’s approval.
That amendment, sponsored by
Ed Gossett (Dem.) of Texas,
came after rejection of a series
of others designed to impose re-
strictions on the use of the 18
to 19 service class. One amend-
ment, by Hamilton Fish (Rep.)
of New York, would have ex-
empted men more than 40 years
old from liability for military
service.
At one point in the debate,
when consideration was being
given to proposals to require at
least a year's training before 18
and 19-year-olds could he sent
abroad, James W. Wadsworth of
New York, read a letter of oppo-
sition from Gen. George C. Mar-
shall. army chief of staff. Mar-
shall said it would he almost im-
possible for the army to operate
under such a restriction. Wads-
worth is author of the house bill
and a co-author of the original
draft act.
Major Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
national selective service director,
told congressional committees
during the week that 450,000 in
[ lS-to-19 class would he called up
for induction in December. He
estimated that 400,000 more
might be called in January, with
the remainder, 200.000, being in-
ducted in February.
The draft of teen-agers, as
proposed in the bill and the ona
approved by the senate military
affairs committee, would serve to
delay the induction of many mar-
ried men with wives but no chil-
making a dive onto the deck of
a ship off to the right hut doing
little damage because of lack of
bombs on board. Afterwards the
enemy ship was hauled to the
harbor and put on display.
The attack was said to have .
lasted about two hours, but Ran-i(Iren and s‘nSK' men Wlth second-
dies stated that it seemed about!a! T dependents.
Hershey said that about 400,-
000 in those dependency classifi-
10 minutes and that it was sur-
prising how little damage the
Japanese had done after all when
the final check was made. “In
about a year and a half we should
be knocking on Hirohito’s door.”
he declared.
HONORED AT DENTON
W. I’. Statser of Paducah was
chosen a pledge in the Falcon
fraternity at the North Texas
State Teachers College this week.
North Texas State fraternities
this year streamlined their
pledgeship to wartime demands,
limiting the pledge period to five
weeks and voting out all types of
public exhibition.
Statser, son of Lee Roy Stat-
ser, is a junior at the college,
and is majoring in business edu-
cation.
Maj. Gen. L. H. Campbell Jr.,
armv chief of ordnance, plays a
solo on twin .50 caliber anti-aircraft
machine guns at the proving
grounds In Aberdeen, Md.. where
army weapons ure given their fir-
ing tests.
Texas Junior Rangers To
Christen Liberty Ship
cations would be inducted in No-
vember. A large number of them
already have been notified of the
forthcoming call for service.
When the draft of 18-to-T9-
year-olders is completed. Hershey
said, selective service will resume
the induction of married men
with wives only and men with
collateral or secondary depend-
ents until the army is built lip to
the 7,500,000 maximum for 1943
disclosed by Marshall and Secre-
tary of War Henry L. Stimson in
testimony' last week. The army
now has 4,250,000 men under
arms.
Hershey also said the proposed!
draft of teen-agers, together with
the army goal of 7.500,000 men,
would mean that married men
with children will not have to be
drafted in 1943. There are asy<t
no estimates on what 1944 re-
quirements will be.
The house bill provides that
youths in college or high school
would be permitted to finish
their school year before being in-
ducted, provided they7 are not de-
ferred bey'ond next July 1.
The Maritime Commission, in
an effort to stimulate the collec-
tion of scrap metal, rubber and
rags, are assigning a Liberty
ship to be named and christened
by the Junior Texas Rangers.
The ship will be named for a
distinguished citizen of Texas,
not now living. All Junior Texas
Rangers are asked to submit
names which they would like to
give the ship. These names should
be sent to Geo. B. Butler, execu-
tive secretary of the Texas Sal-
vage Committee, Austin, Texas,
and should reach his office by-
Oct. 31. A committee will select
three names from those submit-
ted and will be forwarded to
Washington, D. C„ where the
Maritime Commission will select
the one to be used in christening
the ship. _____ ___
Each school in the ststfe must
send in a report of the total
poundage of scrap materials, and
the number of pounds per pupil
collected between Oct. 5 and Oct.
17. From these records the com-
mittee will choose the three
schools in the state that have col-
lected the largest amounts by
weight per pupil. The pupils ar.d
principal of these schools will
then select the boy or girl who
has been most helpful in the
scrap campaign.
These three children together
with the principals of their
schools will be sent to christen
the Liberty ship. Alternates may
he selected if the ones selected
cannot make the trip. All ex-
penses will be paid by the Ameri-
can Industries Salvage Commit-
tee.
All Cottle County schools are
requested to report the total num-
ber^of pounds of scrap material
collected, immediately to Miss
Cobh, county superintendent.
Miss Workman New
Home Supervisor
Miss Mary E. Workman of
Tulia, assumed the duties of the
home management supervisor of
the Farm Security Administration
this week. She replaces Mrs. Ber-
nice Cannedy, who left last week
for Hereford.
Miss Workman was, until re-
cently, employed as teacher in
the Dumas public schools.
MADE CORPORAL
Jack Huynien. who was reared
in Paducah but now “somewhere”
with Uncle Sam’s forces, has been
promoted to corporal, according
to information received here last
week.
Jack is somewhere overseas.
His address is San Francisco,
which means that he is in the
Pacific.
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