Ruston Daily Leader (Newspaper) - August 18, 1941, Ruston, Louisiana VOLUME XXX 11 I Follow Ihe Leader 151 NBA Service PRICE 5 CENTS Twelve White Draftees Leave This Morning Want Some Sea Momma TODAYS PROFILE UNITED Oley the composer of On Ihe Road lo and other songs oC in fame is extremely modest about his ability to com He believes thai il is an in lhat had nothing lo do wilh ils crea tion and is merely giving voice to an inner He was born at Canal Win in and began his musical career as a singer afler a brief period in a railway office in As a singer he became widely known and for years loured the country in con cert work and was soloist at sev eral large While he achieved a measure of success as a his cle sires turned more toward compos ing but he found field much harder to His first song was shown to a large number of publishers before the firm of Luckhardt and Belder agreed to take The song was a semi classical piece tilled Thou Gaz est at the Speaks always writes his songs If inspiration come swiftly to never writes the song at His meth od is to memorize the poem he wants to set to music and then sit at the piano playing at ran dom until some part of the mel ody is Of all his Speaks has he himself pre fers His On the Road to Mandalay has sold more than Speaks lives in New is a member of Ihe board of ASCAP and is the uncle of Margaret radio and concert Vols To Play At Camden Tuesday Night Two of Original List Deferred One Joins Coast Artillery With two of the original list twelve Lincoln par ish white draftees pulled out via bus this morning for the induc tion station at Camp anticipating at least two and hall years service with Uncle Sams fighting One of the first announced Robert joined the Const Ar tillery several clays The largest and definitely most colorful contingent that has left so the group was bid fare well by hundreds of rel atives and friends who lingered about the bus station until the huge vehicle rolled out a little past the scheduled 9 depart ure Perspiring Jimmy whose baseball ability here has made him well was placed in charge of the group and will pre sent the credentials at the induc tion usually a smiling wore a somewhat saddened expression on his face this morning as he bid goodbye to his parents and the many friends who have seen him grow up from the knicker stage right here in Johnnie local business handed Jimmy a handful of coins just before the bus in him to buy the boys something to drink on the Judge chairman of the selective service appeal presented a box of cigars to grin ning Jack another star Rus ton athlete who was included in the The cigars were the judges personal gift to the entire group of Some of the youths were laugh ing and wisecracking with friends standing beside the while others appeared worried and taken aback about hav ing to Francis book ng manager and pianist for the Louisiana Tech Collegians for the past three was scheduled 0 leave in the call but obtained 1 temporary Evies El mo Franklin of Vienna was also deferred Swell mammal picture results as a 70foot whole rolls on its side to p within an feet of a boat in Canco up a mouthful of Herbert Hughes Will Speak Tonight At Lions Meeting Herbert dean of the Louisiana Tech College of Arts and will be THIS IS FORESTRY WEEK This week has been designated as Forestry News Week throughout the The public is being asked to give much and study to the forest problems that confront Louisiana was once blessed with the most stands of timber to be found anywhere on this Early timber followed by repeated burnings Natatorium Will ReOpen to Public Tuesday Morning Hustons municipal natator ium will reopen to the public Tuesday announces Mayor Claude The pool has been closed the past week in order that the several thousand soldiers camp ed here could use its Fresh water is being put in the pool this Mayor Norris said the nata torium would resume its usual schedule of Army Officers Receive Survey Ruston Area Every Consideration Promised for Section In New Locations Cotton Prices Decline Per Bole Lost Week Quotations Lowered During Last Three Weeks Trading down through the years have Postponed Battle Will Be Fought On Arkansas Soil Having been rained out in their regularly scheduled la Valley league game over a week Hustons Volunteers and Camdens will make up the engagement Tuesday night at the home of the paper Leroy Lefty husky will be start ing for the Hewette will be seeking his sec ond victory of the hav ing won one and lost two thus for in the Valley He has served mostly as a relief hurler Manager Roy Fraser announces that he is seeking a replacement for Jimmy utility player who was inducted into Ihe army Under Ihe loops a draftee can be replaced al an time during the The Vols have not been in ac lion since lasl Wednesday when they losl a chance lo go inlo a tie for fifth place by being slap ped by Brown Paper Only seven more including two home re main to be played by the and it is thought that it will take a victory in all these for the Vols to a playoff The home games include one with Springhill here Wednesday with Frank Taylor slated for mound Camden will come here August 31 for the Vols last regularly scheduled home game in the In the three games played be tween the and Ruston tins the Arkansans have won The starling lineup for the Vols tomorrow night will proba bly be as follows Todd 3b Denman Ib Glen Bon ss Pat If Ear 9 cf Ned rf Ed c 2b and Arts Club Will Sew Tomorrow Members of the Ruston Arts club will sew garments for the American Red Cross tomorrow at the home of it is All members are urged to be present and assist m the the guest speaker at tonights taken nearly all those early weekly Lions club and have prevented restocking of many is through the their food and game and wildlife suffered tremendous The picture is not so black but that these conditions can be More than one half of the area of Louis iana today is classified as forest If these lands do not produce we are not receiving the full benefits of our Along with a new timber game life will be given food and homes the wf state will be protected and recreational arc The greatest enemy of the forest is If young timber is protected from fire in the trees will be large enough for pulpwood in from ten o fifteen Wise ting practices must also be used along with fire protection t if the timber stands are to yield their greatest thinnings should be used for pulpwood or Latei poles and piling can be The final of saw logs and long piling will bring rea The Louisiana Division of Forestry has established Hughes subject will deal with a phase of it is He is well known thru out the South as an Several business matters al so will be discussed and all members are urged to be pres Sessums Visit National Chamber Office Manager and wild of the as will be open of Manufacture Informs Tech men on Industry Department A letter from Ralph secretary of the Chamber of Corn Replacing them were Harold Edward Corpus Hale McBride son of Judge who just recently passed the state bar was also a member of the William Kelly Dewey Comvay Thur mon and Harris were oth er in the The remainder of the contin gent was composed of Harold Kenneth Vienna Earl Choudrant Willie Austin and John Parker Georgia Loses On Peach Crop Georgia for years synonymous with the worlds finest peaches and the worlds most beautiful have turned a bit sour to Georgia Commissioner Tom Lander has that nearly bushels were left on the since the bottom fell out of market early in August and prices tumbled almost overnight from a bushel to 40 A minimum of a bushel is con necessary for the growers to break Several causes have been listed for the poor there is the recent large scale invasion of the peach ma by North and South Carolina growers who in the past offered little competition to And to add to the a late Georgia and an early South Caro lina crop resulted in the simul marketing of the Distribution of the fruit to sev eral Middle Western in Chicago and merce of the United States of acknowledges the visit to his office in last of Amos dean of the Louisiana Tech School of Business administra and Roy dean of the Tech School of Bradford stated that he re very much that he was out of his office on the day of the Ruston mens His secretary introduced them lo Ihe manager of Ihe chambers of who in turn gave the information sought re garding industrial Ford and accompanied by dean of the Tech School of Agriculture and head of Ihe Engineering left here August 7 for an extended tour of the South and where they were to bolh defense and nondefense industrial plants in an effort lo bring back a clear picture of what other sections of the country were doing in Ihe The trip was planned through the cooperation of James and worthwhile program in the state that is designed to restore j our forest lands to their fullest Modern equipment and I trained personnel have been combined to combat the Iire Education and law enforcement play a role j in this new Landowners are urged to place their forest lands under cooperative fire protection The general public used to help protect mi our forest resources by being careful with fire and in the wise use of cutting Lets all get behind this worthy public program and co operate with those who are doing us a real HELP PREVENT FOREST FIRES lROW Cotton May Be Used As Building Material Announcement thai the recently compiled survey of the Huston area has been forwarded the proper office of the United States army for their use considering tho location of new national de fense has been received by the Ruston Chamber of Com Tho survey was conducted by the with the resistance of a special under the di rection of Amos dean of the Louisiana Tech School of Business Administration Area To Be of the plant lo cation section of the Bureau of Research and wrote chamber that every consideration will be given to the Ruston area if and when the need for locating new facilities in the middle south region I Nearly a month was on compiling facts in the survey which has been published in book form and sent to government of in hope that this area would be favored with some or peacetime 25 Assist in The Lincoln Parish Defense and Resources board which prepared the survey was composed of apj proximately 25 men and women of the each an expert in his or her line of representing numerous state and federal together with several department heads at Louisiana who volunteered i I heir lime and In the preface of the survey booklet is written The Ruston I rich in human resources and teeming with of Louisi anas soil has not had industrial development commensurate with I its agricultural and commercial i Lincoln Parish Native Named Extension Head Harry Acting Appointed By Supervising Board i Baton Clay ton state agent and act ing director of the Agricultural Extension service and a native of Lincoln became permanent head of thai division of the ng college of Ihe slate uni versity by of Ihe board of supervisors at its meol j ing early last Sanders 1 had been serving as acting direct j or since the resignation of Baleman last The work when agent new director has been iden with agricultural extension in Louisiana since he was appointed county in Bienville He fill ed thai office for five when lie was made agent of the northwest district of the slate in a post he held for ten In 1KJ8 he became stale of Ihe agricultural extension serving thai capacity until he was made acting director in Oc 800 Louisiana Boys Expected To Enroll In CCC This Month Approximately 800 Louisiana boys are expected to enroll on August 22 for six months work and training in the Civilian Con servation Lester Her slate supervisor of CCC se said Eligible applicants are induct ed eight times each he stat and interested youths who have not made application should do so at once through their par ish welfare office if they wish to join on this enrollment The Lincoln parish office is lo on West Alabama Principal eligibility require ments are that the boy be be tween the ages of 17 and out of school and in need of employ and physically During the past fiscal Herman there has been an average of Louisiana on in CCC Paid at the has been hampered by the rate of a they have earned during the rent truck war between Ken lucky and Georgia which arose from claims by both slales that the other stales trucks were de the highways with ex Kentucky finally offered a bond to be posted by every Geor gia truck crossing the Kentucky The bond was to be held as surety that the truck would pay for any damage caused to the One Georgia trucker re ported having to pay a mark his wheel made in the road when a tire blew Of Mattresses Asked To Contact Office All persons who donated their but did not obtain a mattress during the Lincoln parish pro gram are asked to contact the county agents Arrangements will be made to furnish the mattress or refund the officials One of the most promising poj outlets for cotton in quantities lies in the building and construction ini Moreland chair man of the Lincoln Parish IndusI try said in with the efforts of the j Cotton Producing industry rind j Cotton Trades industry to coop erate with the Surplus Marketing Department of in increasing our home consumption of 100 percent American Staling that cotton is stronger and tougher than wood and Lewis said that it i is logical to expect a great ex pansion of cotton use in the building Cotton Reviewing the progress already made by cotton in the the committee chairman said thai cotton is finding appli cations in such products as fab cement roof shin gles flexible wood veneer and panels battle deck canvas sheathing for both inter ior and exterior surfaces flame proof bats of quilted insulation for soundproofing and i turning panels of plywood sheets of bonded wood steel and cotton for wall panel and builtin furniture made of the same One of the most recent ex amples of whal is being dene with cotton in the field is the complete cotton house recently constructed for the lc of Agriculture by a West Coast Lewis The walls of the both interior and were made of resistant canvas covered ply The roof was made of the same Comfortable tem were by tin use of a new lire resistant cotton insulation mater Even the furnishings in tin house were made largely of cot Houses Quickly Such cotton houses can be constructed easily and quickly by a small crow of I Lewis they are proving immediately useful during the national defense hous ing having been given the approval of the governments defense Wie United Stales Housing au in charge of constructing low rent is using col Ion extensively in home construc it was Approximately bales of cotton are being used in the current principally in roofing ARMY AMAZING TO EX OFFICER OF LITHUANIA Fort man former lieutenant in the Lithuanian army and now a private at the cavalry replace ment training center is a because draftees dont have to be taught to read and In tho army has to teach the new recruits their Friedman This training center is more like a college campus than an army res Friedman was graduated from the Lithuanian Military similar to West and served a year in the He came to the United Stales in and al tended the University of He was inducted irom Mil i The first difference I noticed I between the Lithuanian and Ihe American armies was the he The American rainy has by far the belter more of The goes for clothing and other Friedman hopes to get u com mission and be transferred to the Intelligence where he thinks his fluent knowledge of Russian and English will make him Army To Have Trucks And Cars Soon The motor use of which was spurred j by tho first World is play ing a vital role in Ihc nations j The automobile industry is pul ling Ihe army on wheels al Ihe pace in In 1937 the army had cles today il has aboul By autumn the army should have about The vehicles range from liny scoul cars lo for pulling semi trailers and During 1910 a total ol more than in orders was placed wilh truck During the period be ginning in only trucks were produced for all pur poses in the United In the past live years have rolled from assembly It is estimated lhat are in use today throughout the coun Todays according Fish ol Motors Chev rolet produce more pow operate more economically and in cost us little as a third Ihe price of the aver age truck in The automobile industrys par ade ol 1H2 models lias Hudson was displaying three lines ol They feature more flowing body new front nnd fender but no drastic changes under the Stainless steel has replaced Hud son also is working on mately of defense or 11 your automobile uses fuel too the trouble probably is in ils ignition according lo an experienced Ford But most he be lurn to Born at Director Sanders is a native of north born al in Lincoln he was eight his family moved to where his father conducted a livery stable for two then opened a general store in When his father died nine months San ders mother took up the task and continued to operate the store until Sanders early decided to devolu his life to and during his high school years he worked on farms and assisted in growing and harvesting five After from Ihe Simsboro agricultural high school in he went to Clemson where he received his degree of bachelor of majoring in agronomy and animal Ho was joint owner of a farm in Bienville parish from 1027 to Toward the close of the first World war he was in training for service at the ers training camp at Camp Zach ary Taylor from October 1910 to December Mastered at the State He received his master of arls degree from Louisiana Stale Uni 17 in majoring in ag economics and rural so Director Sanders has been twice His first wife was Mildred of Lincoln par lo whom he was married June and who died Jan uary Two children sur vive aged and Elizabeth aged His present wife was Miss Mary Ida whom he married December and i Sanders are active members of the First Methodist Baton i Cotton prices declined about per bale last reports the Department f Prices have declined about per bale dm ing the past three Weather reports indicated that conditions mostly favorable to the cotton Activity in spot markets de creased and the volume of report ed sales was smaller than in the corresponding weeks in recent Domestic mill activity al so reached new highs during July according lo reports declined considerably during the first half of Demand for cotton cloth continued Exports were still at low Middling Drops 50 The 10market of cents for middling on Fri day was 50 points lower than a week and compared with cents a year Future prices declined 49 to 53 points for the The 10market average for middling Friday was 31 points lower than the closing price of New October futures contracts compared with 71 points higher a year ago and 26 points higher two years Sales reported in tho 10 des markets were bales compared with in the pre ceding week and in the corresponding week a year earl Reported repossessions of loan stocks were about i bales for the week ended August 9 compared with a week ago and two weeks Inquiries from domestic mills were reported as tew and indi cations are that requirements of domestic mills are well covered to A few inquiries were reported from Sweden and CarryOver Stocky of bales car in the States on July 1941 compared with a year ago and two years The earry I over for five years of 1934r was Domestic mill consumption to taled bales in July the largest for any month on record against bales in June and bales in July last according to the Bureau of the Total consumption of bales for the 194041 sea son the largest on record was about 2 million bales larger than for 193940 and about 1 and 34 million bales larger than the pre vious peak of bales in Consumption averaged bales in the 10 years Imported Consumption of bales of imported Egyptian cotton for the season 194041 compared with in the preceding Con sumption of bales of Amer ican Egyptian for the 12 months ended July 31 compared with Continued to Around They have been using the new hospital annex for some time now and everybody thinks it is just tine with green blinds and new The Gullatt and sales barn has been enlarged to take care of more heifers and Drop around and see this growing business this Thursday George Nicol has an old fire marker used in London over 100 years You put it on your house and if you had a fire the firemen put out the it you didnt they it Marshal says his entire crop this year consisted one gourd vine 100 feet long wilh 100 gourds on They are of Ihe old time dipper type and he will soon have some down to the Chamber Secretary Attending Convention Nan Martin tary of the Ruston Chamber of 1 left Saturday morning for to attend the annual convention of the nation al secretaries of chambers of She will probably re turn Sunday Miss Helen Jeff coat is tuting as the Ruston chamber secretary in Colvins Spencer Nelson says he is building another house in his town on the east side and plans to open a few more blocks The has some of those fine honeydew melons which have been so scarce An old fashioned peanut on has opened for business on the corner of Trenton and Alabama with one of those old time glass door Shop Moore ia advertising some baby squirrels to put 1 trees around Boston so the city I folks can see the
