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GIVE TO Red Cross War FUND DRIVE Sty? IGthrrttt Imittratnr Combined with LIBERTY COUNTY NEWS LIBERTY County Must Raise $13,200 Volume LVIII Liberty, Texas, Thursday, March 15, 1945 Number 30 Shall We Fail Our Soldiers? "Are we Worthy to Welcome Them is the title of an article appearing currently in The Saturday Evening Post, already read by a number of Liberty Coun- tlans. The author is Archibald Rutledge, who has sons in service. the postwar the writer declares, have so far appeared to omit one consideration that may well be more imoprtant than all the is, have we made any plan to make America a better country, ourselves better people, so as to be more worthy to welcome heroes After contrasting the home-front greed, luxury, hypocrasy, lust and averice with the stern discipline of the soldier, Mr. Rutledge declares: can certainly do something for our returning sons and daughters. lovers and sweethearts, brothers and husbands and sisters by giving them things.

But we can do infinitely more by just being the kind of people worth fighting for. But all this, like all other fundamental truth. Christ gave us long ago when he warned the world, shall not live by bread CrowdAnticipated At Dayton Tonight Don Receives Daddy's Medal FTVA Meeting Open To Public in High School Auditorium Recommendations Skipped by Jury In Court Report The report of the grand jury, presented Friday to District Judge Clyde E. Smith, failed to make the recommendations that have featured most grand jury reports in recent years. The January term of district court ended last week.

A courthouse attache, commenting on the absence of recommendations from the report, observed: was probably because the recommendations didn't seem to do any The report, signed by 11. A. Gripon. foreman, indicated that 17 indictments and five no bills were returned. thank the district court officials for their earnest cooperation in our the report said One of the largest audiences of Trinity Valley enthusiasts in months is expected to fill the auditorium at 8 p.

m. Thursday, March 15, for the meeting of the Forward Trinity Valley Association. Due to difficulties of travel, those attending will be confined largely to Trinity advocates of the Dayton, Liberty, Anahuac area. Presiding will be Grover C. Chambliss of Anahuac, F.T.V.A.

president. An outline of the rapid progress in groundwork legislation for the Trinity Canal, as well as flood control and soil conservation, will be given by Dean Tevis, secretary-manager of F.T.V.A. One of the principal speakers will be Tom Collins, mayor of Dayton. There will be several talks by the outstanding leaders of the movement from the three cities. The meeting is open to all friends of the Trinity program.

FOR RED GROSS Encouraging Reports From All Communities Received by Matthys Miles Discusses Work of Rotary manifold work of Rotary Clubs throughout the world was discussed at Liberty Rotary Club Tuesday noon by C. A. Mlies, a charter member. Community service work and war-related work were featured in Mr. talk.

Jeff Cochran of Cleveland was a visiting Rotarian. Doctors Feted At Buffet Supper Members of the Liberty-Chambers County Medical Society were entertained Thursday, March at a buffet supper in Dayton, by the members of the Liberty- Chambers County Medical Auxiliary. The supper was given in the home of and Mrs. E. R.

Richter in observance of Mrs. J. T. Tadlock was presented in an informal recitation. The group included: Dr.

and Mrs. E. R. Richter and Dr. and Mrs.

J. T. Tadlock, Dayton; Dr. and Mrs. R.

C. Bellamy, Daisetta; and Dr. and Mrs. A. L.

Delaney, Liberty. RULING AFFECTS WOMEN A woman in the army serving overseas may request return for duty in the United States when her husband is returned to this country from a permanent over seas assignment with any of the armed forces, the War Department announced today. The rule applies to members of the Women's Army Corps, nurses, hospital dietitians and physical therapy aides. DESCRIBES ENVIABLE POSITION OF RIVER PROGRAM Eight communities from a total of 14 have already surpassed their quotas in Liberty County's Red Cross War Fund Drive, announced Fred H. Matthys, chairman, as the second week of the drive ended.

Devers reached her quota the opening day, March 1, with Curt M. Jordan as chairman. Rye came next, led by P. A. Racki.

Following in the order named were Romayor with B. K. Richardson as chairman: Moss Bluff, J. E. Clark; Raywood, Mrs.

R. D. Pitre; Eastgate, M. J. Janacek; Cleveland, H.

Duncan; and Liberty, Will M. Hamilton. Encouraging reports have been sent in by most of the remaining communities, only two having made no report. Every person in Liberty County is given the opportunity to contribute to the 1945 War Fund Drive. The general chairman urges ydh to contact your chairman and give your share.

keep working until every community is over the top and every person asked to give his share to the urges Mr. Matthys. your money go around the woild to aid our boys on every fighting Little Don Joseph Holitzke of Dayton is shown above os he manfully receives one of the awards presented post-humously to his father, Sgt. Joseph Holitzke, at Ellington Field recently. Mrs.

Holitzke stands behind her son. Sergeant Holitzke. engineer- gunner, was killed July 13, 1944, in PZngland, when his bomb-laden plane crashed. Native of Dayton, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Mike Holitzke. Awards made to Sergeant Holitzke include: Two Air Medals and two oak leaf clusters, presidential unit citation, Purple Heart, and citation from Governor Coke Stevenson. In the picture, Don Joseph receiving the latest Aii Medal. High School Orators From Wide Area in Liberty Friday March 15! Last Income Tax Day for Majority March 15! here! For many Liberty County citizens it's a date with Uncle Sam final date for filing the 1914 federal income tax report, with all balance due; and. for some, the final date for filing the declaration of estimated tax for 1945.

Any citizen, with a few exceptions listed on Form 1040, who makes $500 or over a year is required to ffle this 1944 return, paying whatever part of the 1944 tax that remains unpaid. Withholding tax receipts on Form 1040 may be used. An estimated tax (on Form 1040- ES) should be filed by those whose wages subject to withholding exceed $5000 (plus $500 for each surtax exemption except your own) and by all those whose income from sources not subject to withholding exceeds $100-, With such an estimate should go payment of the first quarter taxes for 1945. Major Shivers, Back in States, Asks Leadership CONTEST CHAIRMAN IRA W. SCHWARTZ BATES IRE SET 10 VACCINATE DOCS American Legion Invites Public to City Hall Election Judges Named by County; Deputies Change By MARGARET RAMAGE, Editor, Cleveland Advocate Describing each phase and pios- pect of the currently famous Trinity Rivers and Harbors Bill, together with news stories and features, each one centered on the one all-important subject, The splendid 12-puge edition of The Trinity Valley Voice comes off press at Liberty, published monthly by Dean Tevis, secretary- treasurer of the Forward Trinity Valley Association, and Jake Smyth, Association member and editor and co-publisher of The Liberty Vindicator, where The Voice is printed.

Of particular interest is this issue of The Voice, with the Omnibus Rivers and Harbors Bill, recently passed by the Senate and House and signed by the President late last week. Supported by Towns Backing The Voice are ads subscribed by businesses and individuals from the various towns sup porting the Trinity project, in eluding several from Cleveland. in its history, has the comprehensive Triuity Program held the enviable posKion it holds reads a lead story, which outlines a plan by which the expansion program will be publicized. A feature, "White Herons of the Trinity Grow to states the the fraternity, joined by men "who have performed a si rvice for the Triuity Project or who have the broad Trinity development close to their is growing by leaps and bounds! FTVA Meeting Thursday Attention is called to the FTVA meeting to be held next Thursday night at city on the Old Spanish Within the pages of the 12-page Voice, notice is called to the possibility of the great Trinity forest resources, greatest In the United to the detailed history of the FTVA, in short, the annual report of the Valley progress, and to the prospects of the industrial vitality of the proposed inland waterways. The Voice suggests that some Trinity Valley schdol boy or girl may win the statewide historical writing contest, being sponsored by the Texas Historical Society, with a story of the Trinity.

That the river may soon have its first seaport since the rugged days before the Civil War, that Texas will be freed from freight rate discrimination and that other great and small possibilities may become realities, when the long- dreamed of Trinity navigation project becomes an actuality, all are prophesied in this issue Wanted: Stories of River It is requested in The Voice that stories of the history or back, ground of the Trinity, however great or small their value might appear, be written and sent to The Trinity Valley Voice, P. O. Drawer 32, Liberty, Texas. A summary of The Voice might be expressed in the address of Dean Tevis spoken before the recent Texas Chemurgic Conference, Dallas, and reprinted in this Trinity River paper, in which he says: "Provide the basic facilities and raw materials in abundance, and industry will come South and to Texas. Through recognition of the is At a recent meeting of the Court, judges for general and special elections not primary appointed as follows: N.

Smith, Daniel Fowler. Moss Wiggins, Dave Neal. Barrett, C. C. Hanchey, B.

F. Abshier. Evans, Cecil Boyt, C. M. Jordan, Hale Brown.

P. Baillio, Valry Brown, Guy Million, Don Parker. Moss Hill, D. Humber. S.

Evans, W. A. White, Levy Tanner, Louis Tanner. E. Smith, Joe Porter.

Walter Scott, Carson Cherry, H. Ballard, Shirley Page. Hudspeth, Sidney Smith, R. V. Miller, R.

N. Ford. Raywood Boyd Abshier, R. D. Pitre.

Rye, Herbert Teel. Daisetta Vernon Geisendorff, Claude Edge, Joe Farris, E. A. Johnson. Eastgate-W.

C. Guiher, Joe Sefelk. T. Conley, A. S.

Collins. Dolen -Ben Haltom, W. P. Neal. A.

Pedigo, Jess Richardson, Hale Johnston, R. P. Hill. Mrs. Oleta Hightower was made deputy district clerk at a salary of $125 a month.

Mrs. Dolly DeBlanc was made a Jeputy lax st ssor-collector at $115 a month. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Tanner were deputized as deputy tax assessor- collectors at salaries of $125 each, effective March 3.

The court minutes explain: "The appointment of these two deputies is a necessity in order to take care of the 1945 registration of automobiles, trucks and trailers at Cleveland, from March 3 to April 2, at which point more than 30 per cent of the county cars are All commissioners except C. P. Jackson voted for hiring by the county of a colored home demon- Officers Report Almost 175 Jailed Since January 1 Almost 175 persons were placed in the Liberty County jail on various charges during tho first twej and one-half months of 1945, by all law enforcement agencies, it was reported yesterday by the department. The total of 134 jailed in January and February included 53 charged with drunkenness, 5 with driving while intoxicated, 3 with forgery, 2 with robbery by firearms. Others were in the jailhouse largely on such as lighting, disturbing the peace and other misdemeanors.

James Lee Rutherford, one of the two jailed on a robbery with firearms was sentenced to 10 years in state penitentiary during the recent term of district court. He was taker, Monday to Huntsville by Sheriff Clyde Young. Two 16-year-old Dayton youths are slated to be tried in county court this week in connection with the theft of Mayor Tom car early this month They were released to the custody of their parents after being held in jail briefly. Mayor Tom Collins department for their diligence in searching for his car, which was found in Harris County. MISS CURRY TO AUSTIN Miss Allene Curry, who was associated with The Liberty Vindicator as reporter for several months, left Saturday for Austin, where she is now associated with International News Service (INS).

Before coming to Liberty in October, she was employed by Reporter-News, Abilene, and the Scurry County at Snyder, her home town. abundance, which is heritage, wealth will not be cramped, Oration agent, at a salary of $40 but. on the other hand, multiplied a monthf effective when the agent "Working with the knowledge that what is good for one section of Texas is good for everyone, Texarkana to Dallas to El Paso, how can East Texas and all of Texas fall to become the empire our fathers dreamed begins her work. Six species and subspecies of quail occur in Texas, bobwhite, and a subspecies, scaled quail, blue quail, Gambol's quail and quail. Two-Thirds of Car Tags Not Issued; Collector Worried With only about two-thirds of the car license platen issued, and with only a half month to go.

County Tax sor-Collector W. Jett Is worried And so is Deputy Elwood Hailey. "If folks he said yesterday, will be a lot of standing in line late this The car owner must bring or mail two slips of paper when he gets a tag this title certificate and his 1944 registration receipt. Liberty County in due to register more than 4000 cars, and Has than 1500 of them had been 1 yesterday at both Liberty and Cleveland The Mission Times recently carried the following article concerning Major Allan Shivers of Port Arthur, state senator from this district: Voicing the opinion and hope of thousands of American servicemen who are being returned to the United States, Major Allan Shivers said this week that was "interested in seeing the United States adopt a very definite foreign policy and assume its responsibility both from an economic and military standpoint both now and following the 18 Months Overseas Major Shivers, who has been overseas 18 months in the civil affairs department of the Allied Military Government, was in Mission ibis to rejoin I i I wife and sou, who have been making their home with Mrs. parents, Mr.

and Mrs. John H. Shary, during Major tour of duty overseas. The major, who is a state senator from the Port Arthur district, left Wednesday to report for duty in the senate. Our government must actively participate in a world organization or nations that will never again allow such a movement us Naasl- ism and Fascism to rise, Major Shivers commented.

He said that recently concluded conference at Yalta in the Crimea was a definite step forward in that direction. The conference, he said, showed that, there is a unit of purpose the three great Allied Commissioned in 1943 Major Shivers was commissioned following the 1943 session of the Texas Legislature and as a captain was assigned to tho army's military school of government at Charlottsville, Va. Within a few months he was overseas, first stationed in North Africa. He followed close behind the landing troops that went ashore in the epic battle on the beaches at Salerno, Italy. He served as executive officer to head of the province of Naples under the United States occupation government.

In the spring of 1941 Major Shivers, then a captain, was assigned to a station in England and following Day he was assigned to civil affairs work both in France and Germany. Dates have been set by the City of Liberty for vacinnation of dogs against rabies. Liberty dog owners are advised, Al 1:30 p. m. Saturday, March 17, at the colored school and again at 2:30 p.

m. on Tuesday, March 20, at the city park, a licensed veterinarian will be available to perform such innation for a feo of $1.50. Liberty dog owners are urged to take proper care of their dogs by having them vacinnated. All dogs that owners do not desire to take proper care of should be disposed of. "Call the city hall and leave word if you have a dog to dispose of; the city will take care of it for you." states W.

L. Schupp, city manager. Tribute Paid by Negro Group to Former Teacher Leading high school orators from East and Southeast Texas will compete Friday evening at 8 in the city auditorium at Liberty, for the honor of representing the Second Division at the state American Legion oratorical contest in Austin soon. Carroll Hylton Post No. 450, of which O.

S. Beasley is commander, will be host to the visiting legionnaires and the high school orators. Legionnaires invite tho public to attend the entire program at which four extemporaneous speakers, winners in their districts, will be presented. High school students have a special invitation. Patriotic Subject "An American Rights and Responsibilities Under the Constitution will be the general theme of the orations.

The statewide contest Is conducted largely to familiarize young poople with the fundamentals of the American system of government, according to Commander Beasley. In charge of the contest will be Ira W. Schwartz of Port Arthur, Second District commander and chairman of the Second Division contest. The division Includes most of East and Southeast Texas, and contestants will come from Beaumont, Houston and two northerly districts. Beaumont Girl Wins Martha Jane Morris of Beau, motif won the Second District contest at Devers last Friday night, defeating Montez Jolly of Liberty and Ann Reed of Port Arthur.

The Joseelyn Reavis Post, of which B. D. Hart Is commander and Curt M. Jordan is adjutant, was host to the district event. A number of citizens heard the three orations, which were described as Mr.

Schwartz points out that the judges will not lie k.iown, even to each other, until after the contest, and uniformly state-wide rules on conducting the contests will be observed. Program for Evening Opening the program will be Green Abshier, Carroll Hylton adjutant, who will lead the pledge of allegiance. Commander Beasley will welcome visitors, and Second Division Commander Jack Stallings of Houston will give the response. Commander Schwartz will outline a history of the contest, give the rules and hold a drawing for contestants' placcs. Two groups of numbers will be presented by the Liberty School Band, directed by Miss Mary Jo Pearce.

Awards will be presented, after the orations, to district and division winners. In recognition of their aid in the improvement of race relations, 17 Americans, representing the white as well us the negro race, were awarded citations In Chicago Februury IS by the National Negro and Historical Foundation, according to a clipping from the Cliicago Sun. The group of 17 included Ruth Freeman of the Women's Army Corps, as a symbol of negro womanhood in uniform. She is a graduate of the Liberty Training High School at Liberty and of Prairie View College. After three years in the eighth and ninth grades at Liberty, she joined the in 1942 as a lieutenant.

She is in the WAC recruiting service, stationed at Chicago. Her parents are Neal and Pearl Freeman, who live Jit the Hardin road. Freeman is a pipeline work er. The honors were bestowed in Chicago at a mass meeting climaxing a city and state-wide oh. servance of Negro History k.

Among those to receive citations were Marshall Field, publisher and editor of The Chicago Sun, sounding a new and democratic note in American the late Wendell L. Willkie "for bis activities on behalf of Lena Horne, "for lending dignity I featured the session, to the role of the negro on the Mrs, Davis spoke to tho group screen; and the Most Reverend I on "The Real Meaning of a Me- Liberty Couple To Houston Meet Dr. Davis of Liberty, president of the Houston district of state chiropractors, presided at a district meeting Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Texas State Hotel.

Observance of the one hundredth anni- versary of the birth of Dr. D. Palmer, of chiropractic, i nard J. Shell, senior auxiliary bishop of Catholic areh-dio. cese of Chicago.

moria! Oilier speakers included Dr. Benton fjogan of Chicago and Dr. Walter Fischer of Temple. Sallies at Dayton An evening of entertainment is promised attendants of Sal lies Dayton junior class play, to be presented tomorrow (Friday) night at 8:15 in tin auditorium of Dayton High School. You will see the hilarious situations created by Sally Sales, the heroine and an aspiring reporter on a daily newspaper, and will laugh your way through the three, act comedy-drama, according to junior class leaders.

You may get your ticket from a junior or at the door. COUNTY DUE FOR PEAK RISE SINCE 29-FOOT 1942 RECORD The rampaging Trinity River, day, March 8, It had climbed to which has driven dozens of fam- 25 96 feet. Readings on subse. illes out of the lowlands in the quent days, through Wednesday Port Worth and Dallas areas since of this were: Friday, 26 17; floods hit that upper-river conn. Saturday, 26 40; Sunday, 26 62; try In Februaiy, is due to hit a Monday, 26.87; Tuesday, 27.05; 28 foot level at Liberty Sunday, Wednesday, 27.20, according to official Weather Bu- Cattle owners are urged by Mr.

reau forecasts received yesterday Lewis to get their stock out of by T. E. Lewis, local observer. the bottoms, since the flood will In the fall of 1942 the stream probably remain at a high peak reached an all-time high at Liberty of 29 feet, plunging over the for a number of days. It is re.

ported that some cattle in the highway between Liberty and lowlands have already been iso- Dayton, and threatening to halt traffic on the Old Spauish Trail. prediction as to the crest of the present flood was 27.50 feet. The river las risen without a let-up since March 3. By Thurs- lated. A near-record high for March temperature was recorded Tuesday of this week, the mercury jumping to 85 degrees.

This contrasts with a low of 42 degrees just five days earlier..