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THE COOPER REVIEW
I-KID AY, OCTOBER 9, 1942
R REVIEW
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•i Cooper, 'ieiuj, under Uk a of Congr *, March
If 79.
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obituary notice, ar.n 60 cent* for curd of thank*
TODAY
and •
TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
V
Keen Him Smiling
telli n f
Above The
Hullabaloo
BY LYTLE HULL
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Ct .a(,<.4
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PRES*
AS
1XHON
ARE WE LOSING THE WAR?
During recent weeks, more and more
people in the know have expressed the opin-
ion that “so far we are losing this war.”
Those of us who do not have access to the
facts, and hear only the news which official
bodies a {free to release, don’t have much
way of knowing whether thing* are looking
brighter or darker.
It is alarming, however, to have such a
prominent official as Ralph Bard, assistant
secretary of the navy, publicly state that we
are losing. Mr. Bard made that statement
because he thinks the people will have to do
a lot more than they have done so far in
order to assure victory. He thinks a lot of
us are “whistling in the graveyard to keep
from facing reality.”
Maybe wfe are—or maybe, if we are not
facing reality, it is because reality is kept
hidden from us. So long as the American
people are given the facts they can be
counted ufjon to do something about them.
It has been charged in Washington that
the general public is not awake to their
danger and are too complacent. Some writ-
er charges that many statements are com-
ing out of Washington to arouse the public,
some trying to arouse fear, others cajoling
and others criticizing the public. The public
needs to be awake to the realities of the sit-
uation, but possibly the public is not be-
hind a lot of officials in grasping the situa-
tion. The American people are a realistic
people and most of them will heed the facts
if told them, and few of them have any pa-
tience with misstatements to bring about
the desired attitude* In fact misstatements
will break down confidence in our leaders.
Most of the public is ready to do most any
men'
keep th<
ary bath
ha*
co-
-to
ce the war started, the trover
bent over backward in it* effort to ke
operation of the people on a vo
“a*k u*“ instead of “tell as."
In the sale of war bond*, for example, in spite i
of the urgent need for more fund* to fir.ar.ee the
war program, the government continue* to hope
it can get part of the money it needs by volun-1
tary method*. The official attitude i* to con-1
vine*- a* that buying bond* is a display of pa-
•riotism and that our patriotism isn’t quite up to
par unless we spend 10 per cent of our income for
bonds.
Another example i* thq problem of collecting
scrap metal. If it wished, the government could
enact legislation to require that 50 pounds of
scrap metal be turned in by every man, woman
and child—and we'd have to do it even if it neces-
sitated turning in the family washing machine.
Therd is no question that the voluntary meth-
ods serve to build better morale and public inter-
est in the war program—but there is a good
dea. of question as to the advisability of continu-
ing voluntary methods in cases where it is evident
that they are not producing the derired result*.
YOUR
SON! ,
BROTHER.,
COUSIN ,
PBIINB,
SWEETHEART
IN THE
SERVICE —
GOVERNMENT
caution
The government’s request for sacrifices has
! been way behind the willingness of the people to
make sacrifices.
" ben ‘he selective service act was put in op-
eration, there was no murmur of objection by the
people. When rationing began, the people ' had
long been ready for it and adjusted their living
accordingly. When gigantic war taxes were pro-
posed, the people took for granted that they were '
necessary to pay part of the huge cost of war.
prices have met with few objections from those
And even the plans to freeze wages and farm
who would be affected by them.
The attitude of the people right along has been
that they will gladly make sacrifices which are
made by all of the people. But in a period of such
vital concern to our nation, we don’t like to see
anyone get away without doing his or her part.
The government needn’t vriry about demanding
whut it needs from the people In fact, if the
government permits our war program to be de-
layed (such as is row threatened due to a short-
age of scrip) iron), because it doesn’t want to be
tough with u.i, it may be necessary for the peo-
ple to demand that the government take our scrap
from u«.
ALL GUOlSTAfAS NAAIL
R>R CVGt? SEAS
MUST
BE MAILED 3EFOR.E
NOVEMBER. FlfcST,
AND LETTERS
SHOULD ^
BE SMILED £E3m
BOTH AT -LOME
-AND ABROAD
WRIGHT PATMA|N 'S
‘ WEEKLY NEWS LETTER
- — COMGR£SSMAH — TBKAS—
pi ung man in service were not
3 dependent upoi\ him for support popular
I he Air Alarm Smart Alec
This writer happened to be
present in a small town the other
day when, an air raid alarm was
sounded. Everyone knew that it
wus a practice drill and that
there was no danger involved.
Ninety-nine pier cent of the peo-
ple behaved like good citizens and
obeyed the order* of the *ir raid
•wardens. Cars were drawn up
immediately to the ourb and the
occupants got out quietly and
walked into the neuroy stores.
Very quickly the main street was
emptied and not a living SOui
was in sight. Even the air raid
warden* had disappeared «>me.
where.
This was the signal for Mr.
Smart Alec. He wanted to show
the folks that he wasn’t afraid
of bombs, or of air raid wardens
cither for that matter. We saw
a couple of these heroes ostenta-
tiously walk acros# Main Street
(lodging imaginkky bombs and
being frightfully witty for the
edification of their fellow town-
folk. The towr.fojk, however,
didn’t seem to have much sense’
of humor. In fact a couple of
'them—’in the drugstore where
this worshiper of chocolate ice
cream sodas happened, unfortu-
nately for his digestion, to be
caught—had to be restrained al-
most forcibly from running out
and slaughtering the Alecs. The
wish
• -!=■;: w«t; b„r ~
■I ItL/.v V./.ao »vi/. .L.non.lrint if WAIll/1 , ®
down was unfulfilled.
later became dependent, it would
be necessary to submit two af-
fmi. ' u from two disinterested
parties attesting to the degree of
dependency and relationship. It
would be well to state on the ap-
plication that she has become
The Horn. From I deper lent upon him
Legislation giving women equal request to me at once. ] also since h{. stored the ,ervice.
pay for equal work in war ;ndus- ha^( for distributor agricultural'
try is pending with a favorable bulletins on every plant and
outcome. After receipt of first co-op; write for a list if interest-
army allotment checks, others ed.
will follow regularly each month. Whopping Baby Crop
Civilians are asked by WPB Director of the Census Bureau
Food Requirement Committee to Capt has released somi interest-
hold their meat consumption to mg information relative to the
2 1-2 pounds per week. The effects of the war on our popu-
Alien Property Custodian has lation. Be estimates the popu-
130,000 due Adolph Schickel- iatjon of the United States at
como
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♦ YOWELL *
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The probability is that these
two local molecules are the same
ones who taket the girls out in
the old Ford and do figure eights
along the public highways; or the
same two who would manage to
save themselves if thel boat they
were rocking should upset. Luck-
ily there are not many of these
unfortunate results of a mis-
mated pair to disturb tho peace:
they usually die young. But let
us suppose that there really was
an air raid and that these two
Atter some j encumbrances were hurt by
(flying splinters; and that *oml
M- ar c. Mr s G E Hall and j worthwhile citizen rushed out to
fan.i:.' wire in Honey Grove ( help them and were killed; and
VOUNTEERS......Ucker.
A recent poll by Dr. Gallup shows that the ma-
jority of people would rather be “told” than
reasonable thin# to further thd war effort. | “asked.”
Of course, there are some of the business-j There are a lot of unsatisfactory and unfair
as-usual people, but public sentiment will things about voluntary methods. ,e
bring them in line.
With all the mistakes that have been
made and will be made we don’t believe we
are losing' the war. There are certain things
the public can and must do to insure con-
tinued progress, and two of them are to buy
more bonds and gather scrap.
If one man
spends 10 per cent of his income for bonds and
finds a friend of his spends- only 2 per cent, there
is immediate cause for friction. If one family
spends a week end digging out scrap metal and the
family next door simply ignores the request for
metal, it is apt to cause hard feelings.
In anything that is operated on a voluntary
basis, there are always some who do more than
their share and there are others who are slackers.
In normal times this is taken for granted, and the
MASS HfROIIlICTION CUTS WAR COSTS American people have accomplished many mar-
- I velous things by voluntary contribution of time
The ingenuity that once enabled the auto-!and monf-y by the more philanthropic members
mobile industry to make millions of pas-! ! "ur f'°i,ulace-
But our contributions and sacrifice to help win
gruber (Hitler) as royalty on ] 138,965,000 or 2,72! jthat this started a panic; and
'• r'5 Mein Karr... the 194( census. Aveng* age is Miss Lillie Smith had an eye j ^at In tbe m'dst of the panic
A national Service Act to noobi* {) ' yean This increeps ’ aayi operation at a hospital in Paris, tbe att*cking planes machine-
lize civilian manpower on ti net ■■ ......g | Sun da; gunned the people who had run
■ame beeis ae the military for de-1 crop of babies of 2,296,00, which Mrs Cara Gray of Brannon i lnt0 the street’ This of
feme industries is being _ given 5C per cent abov* the average *pent the week with her .on Mr Ith '** mi*ht “*Ur in
study for 1943. OPA Director ga.e. j- t :L. to a - vr. l-, -rav_ 0f this place. I 8 rea’1 au raid—and fine Amen
’■ offer leans would have to die because
the assistance of businesses Bvf- the glamor f t» . K>na visited LmUe Gilb^ VfUf? °' bl,th*r,n» MloU f#lt
(r.ng from price ceilings a..r: r- . : ^ . Sunday afternoon. ^ th*y would de"iean them-
•trictions. Woodrow Wilson u* > 1Ury aervioi ... ... £ Fife who hasbeen ill £1,™* °r make fooU ofthem-
' ’ | selves if they observed
Ki-nger cars at prices that millions could af-
ford to pay will save American tax payers
huge sums in the manufacture of arms. Ac-
cording to an official of the War Production
Board, improved methods, introduced by in-
dustry, are cutting 20 per cent from the
original estimated price of most items and
economies in some cases run as high as 40
per cent.
For the first time in history giant bomb-
one of us—and the sacrifices should be shared
by all. Many of us aren’t sure just what sacrifices
are necessary and whai ones aren’t—so we’d
rather be “told.”
ed the draft law to stop strikes the birth rate will decline the
in war industries in 1918. The s*c0nd year of the war because
passage of the Farm-Wage Anti- so many men are abroad
Inflation bill seems to have dis- Servicemm
rupted the alliance between the i Mrs. W. W Garr.son route °
farmer-labor groups. Legislation Cooper Texa= Vac -wf-tvi. ,L,”,'
to continue the pay of returned and five of 'em are - -nl , L .^V J°!’ °f Gou*h.vis*
servicemen for six months after Mrs. Jebbie Yyrick home Sun-
the d!£i0" h“tbe:nctT>dUCed- Der; " : M:- v- ! ; ton, Billie
The War At A Glance Deport; and Mr ir Mr* ' ■
„ l T , .. J 1.....^ w< rq ir ( ooper Thursday.
Semi-official news from Hel- L. Kay, Mt. Pleasant; each have Mr. and Mrs T R FHUn
sinki is that Finland looks to the five sons in the service. j_ . . R‘ ,' ’ , ... .
r- ■ . r. . . , **., .. daughter, Ruth, visited their son
Lmted States to help her get out The following question was re- Mr. and Mr- T r a
of the war and hold her regained ceived from a constituent a few fnmiK- c *, i t ’ 8ni
Russi.n territory. We ,h„U day, ajo. «hi=h I am .L.ering: ’ afternoon.
eventually have China land ba.ed Q If I were not dependent up- Chester Roger, who is one of
w roy son when he entered ^
car^o planes are now rushing service, but I have become
th,. war have nothing to do with philanthropy. It eventually nave China land based y. n i were not dependent up- Che=te r , American citj
is the most important thing in the lives of every planes to bomb Tokyo. Big U. S. on my son when he entered the the bus 'dri^eT8' " ° n 006 °f are in a P°J
one of us—and the sacrifices should be shared cargo planes are now rushing service, but I have become de- Texarkana*^ was hTcoo d° jrible damage.
DICTATORSHIP
danger
It is perhaps a dangerous sign however, so far
as the future of our democracy is concerned, that
„ „ a lot of us do seem to prefer taking orders as
ers started rolling off the assembly line last | against voluntary methods. It actually boils down
to the fact that we are sanctioning government
spring. The assembly line technique had
long been used to speed the production of
small trainer and fighter planes, but never
before had it been applied to giant bomb-
ers. Military requirements forbid the
slightest hint as to the volume of produc-
tion, but it has been stated that production
figures would provide the most reassuring
kind of reading for the American public.
Then there is tho encouraging report that
one gun which originally cost $150 is now
being made for less than $50 by mass pro-
duction methods.
One plant, now entirely converted to war
manufacturing, accepted a contract far be-
yond its estimated capacity and half a year
later was producing twice as many machine
guns as the contract stipulated. Now, a!_____
little more than a year from the/ start of; Hitler is incensed at his cities being de-
the work, the output of this single plant is stroved by the British and American bomb-
ypven times as great per month as the ers, and gives notice of reprisals if it is not
original optimistic figure. This, as figures | stopped. When Hitler was having London
show, is one of many tributes to mass pro-!bombed, he told his people that their cities
duction which American industry has mas- could not be bombed but he seems to have
tered so well. „. „ f I changed his mind. i
dictatorship here in order to link dictatorship
abroad .
i * i
Most everyone who favors more dictatorial
methods here is quick to point out that it should
merely be a war emergency measure and we
should pick up democracy where we left off as
soon as the war ends. But unless we are careful,
a lot of us are apt to become enamored by having
our lives directed by orders from Washington.
We’re apt to learn to like the stabilized economic
life which can result temporarily, from wage and
price freezing. We’re apt to think of it as an
easier and more secure way of life than the com-
petition for jobs and wealth.
Hut if we pet to the point where we think of
prov | .....““ “ vuservea the rules
Bro. Herbert Low preached raid Practice drill.
Baptist Church Sunday. He ®Ur. enemies have
- a fine preacher. : , d,by thl8jtlme that bombing
Mr., ar.d Mrs. Jim Wvrick and I ^ C,Vlllans bnn?s nothing but
Jimmie Joe. of Gough vi«-1 j-f"** and~wh,at is even
i (more important—hardens the
soul and makes angry and de-
termined fighters out of luke-
warm ones. It is possibly this
knowledge which has deterred
them from bombing New York
oi* San Francisco. If this is the
case, then we may be fairly cer-
tain that they will only bomb an
American efty if and when they
in a position to inflict ter-
•» * ..... * “ ----> ueixime ,je- Texarka
supplies to Russia and China by pendent upon him since, can I re- nesday to me“et ‘the^draD ho-n^! Pendin* this timji—which we
-----ro ----------- “ ‘ it "A. b0ar“ i hope will never arrive—it is the
Alaska. America has lost 58 ceive an allotment? and vigit hj a ..... aiIlvc_lt 1S U1
fighting ships since Pearl Harborj A. es. If the mother of a1 Mrs. W. R Rogers of ^ t ! du^y every citizen to> take ad
------!__°U 1 vantage of air raid practice drills
j \\ ith sufficient practice we wil
be prepared to help ourselves an
and Japan 109. Japan can never
whip America as long as we hold
the Hawaiian Islands. “General
Winter” drove Napoleon out of
Russia, broken and defeated.
Hitler fears an Allied land route
to Russia more than a European
front. Argentina is now on the
anti-Axis ride politically. Amer-
ica is concentrating air superior-
IN YEARS GONE BY—
A Review Of The Past In
Cooper and Delta County .
• <i • •
Taken from the files of The Cooper Review. " “
■ .o wiiisiiuBuii* air superior- TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
ity at strategic global places with Last rites for Elwood Phillips were held it the u
.treneth ,, knock c , by R„
Tokyo when we strike. Canada Rev- Grady Metcalf was re-elecited moderator . , . y‘
has registered every woman up to ( ^ of Delta County Baptist Association meeting in Cooper Tst
44 for war work. Maritime insur- week. K ln ^°°Per last
ance companies have reduced! Congressman Wright Patman will ,„„,i, • ~
rate,, which ,h„, the ,«b-1 A truck and trailer Wo„X o H„“ . H °T
■»•«»• nien.ce ir fading Hitler 20 bales cotton an route THouston h T '"*d«d
i« rerhufflinp the people of con- ur.lay nierht when the truck went ini urot( near Huntsville Sat-
duered Europe a, -inferior for driving, jumped a^d avoided y y’ ””
Germanisation. In this global TWENTY YEARS ago this Wefk
b/“2t r’jsjss: utr ..........- ........... x«.«.... .o
Greeniand down the A«.„,i.,| %*«***. will bt r*c«lv«tl by radio, play by pby, at K«kgr
others, and to avoid panic; but ii
no one knows what to do wher
the time comes, we will almost
certainly suffer disaster.
So if an air alarm Smart Alec
sticks his head out of his worm
hole during a practice drill ir
your town, it might be advisable
to stroke him gently with a large
rock and throw the remains on
the scrap pile.
8I«3ggIL
- i -------* liic i-a.Lianne, i i iii? world n(*r
our family welfare as the problem of our govern-1 around South America, up the Foust’s this week
ment, instead of a personal problem of ours, there Pacific to the Aleutian Islands-
is no doubt that we’ll become a Joss ambitious, less
self-reliant and weaker people.
thousands of miles.
|Y earhook•
The new 1942 Yearbook of
Agriculture, containing invalu-
able farm information and par-
ticularly about “keeping live-
stock healthy,” is just off the
government printing press. It
tells all about the care, feeding,
breeding and marketing of live-
stock. Livestock growers use it
a* a handbook to larger profit*.
Frlifp slXIrntr °f Fr‘,’k "n" B"b JaCkn""'’ die<l “l B'”
week 1 BartIey and family moved from Pecan Gap to Cooper this
A barn of T. B Bullard Iwith 2,500 bales of hay was destroyed by
tire northeast of Cooper last week.
THIRTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
V°1 Rattan, southwest of Cooper, is reported,seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs John Anderson of Vaseo were in Cooper Sunday.
J. J. Hunt of Klondike was in Cooper Thursday to secure a brick
layer to build flues.
Mr,, J. Conrad Miller entertained Tuesday night, honoring MUs
Chnrtine Naylor on her 14tb birthday.
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