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The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
Last Rites Held
For Henry Myers
Tuesday Afternoon

John Henry Myers. 60, died as
the result of a heart attack at his
home northwest of Coolidge on
Saturday afternoon. He was born
in Erath County, Texas, August
10th, 1878 and came here five
years ago with his family to make
his home
Services were conducted by the
Rev. c. f. Frazier from Cole and
Maud Chapel on Tuesday after.
noon. Interment was in Valley
Memorial Park.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Mary. two daughters, Mrs.
Dan Kinser of Coolidge: Mrs.
Othena Williams of East st. Louis
H.; five son. Hermon of Coolidge;
Glenn and Warren of San Diego,
California; Carl of National City.
California; Cecil of Tucson and
Joe, serving with the u. S. Army
in Sicily; three brothers and four
sisters. All the children. with the
exception OF Joe, were present at
their fathers last rites. A brotE-
er. Willis Myers and nephew,
Robert Myers. both of FL Dorado.
Oklahoma, were also present for
the services.
Pallbearers were X. NJ. Upton,
r. c. Morris. George Soneff. A. c.
Moore, +. f. Trout, f. l.. Scudder
and c. G. Weinhold. all members
of the Woodmen of the World.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
Men From Pinal
County Will Be
Inducted Oct. 26

The following Pinal county mer
will be inducted into service Tues
day, October 26
Floyd Edgar Hart, Gilbert b
Figueroa, Claude B. Tucker, Arthur
Y. Robes, Francisco C.. Jaurequi
Archie c. Glasscock, Francisco A
Manriquez, Carlos G. Obregon
Louis f. Johnson, Francis L
Vaughn, Tony c. PARA, Paul s
Avenna, Robert L. Fisher, Robert
L Garland, Nelson j. Hudson, Lew
is Malone, Charles E. CHM, Banan
clio Garduno, Filberto A. Teller
Pierce w. Page, Raymond G
Reyes, Maurice G. Regan, Weldon
L. Simpkins, Juan B. Gallegos, Rob
ert Raymond Conn, Joe Paredel
Yanez, Jimmie Ferris Ganem, lie
Roy r. McAlexander, Roy E
Chambers, Lupe Gonzales Ortiz
Eugene Samaniego Lerma.
To report in Casa Grande: Juar
N. Acosta, Jose Peter Harvier
Arturo Perez Casillos, Jonas Pau
Miguel, Jimmie Trammel, Adolf
Howard, Frederick A. Thomas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
PinaI Red Cross
Has Large Quota
To Be Filled
Has hospital quota nearly
completed. viii fill 28S
kit bags for overseas.

Pinal county chapter Of Red
Cross has busy time cut out for
il If the new quotas are any indi.
cation. Members are faced with
tie task OF making 1913 sleeveless
sweaters, so helmets. 100 mufflers.
100 pairs of gloves and $50 pairs
of socks.
The chapter will fill 2ss kit
bags for overseas in addition 10
the above items.
It's hospital quota is nearly fin
ished. This consists of 200 bed
side bags. so card table covers, 100
bed pan covers. 300 untitled kit
bags. 200 housewives. 100 hot wa
ter bottle covers. 80 pairs of toe
socks and so pairs of stump
socks.
Mrs. S. r. Mathews is Pinal
county chapter chairman. Mrs. w
r. Elliott. vice chairman; Mrs
Fern Vallandingham. executive
secretary VI - TIiiNap''h
secretary; Dngald Stewart, treas
urer.
Mrs. w. S. Branaman is county
production chairman. Mrs. II. G
Richardson. surgical dressing
chairman: Mrs. w. c. Truman
home service; Joe Sexton. disas
ter. preparedness and relief; Mrs
Mary White, nursing and health.
Gordon Corbin is first aid, accl
dent and prevention chairman
Rev. Leslie Ross. life saving
Franklin d. Allhands, junior Rec
Cross: Y. c. White, finance aho
Louis O. Fiscel. roll call chairman
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
w. D. Kirby Is
Elected Chairman
Of Library Group

Wesley ID. Kirby was elected
chairman OF Coolidge Library AS
sociation committee. at meeting
Wednesday evening in tie audi
torium OF the south grammar
school Mrs. George Dempster
was elected secretary-treasurer
and Mrs. A. ID. Tyler. Kenyon Har-
ris and VIM. X. Urton were named
members-at-large.
Present were w. ID. Kirby, VIM.
r. Urton. Rotary club; Mrs. Eliza.
beth Spooner for Rebekahs; c. G.
Weinhold for Woodmen of the
World: Earl Morris. Odd Fellows;
Mrs. Edgar PerEam. Junior Won
ans club: ]. J. Jones. Masons
Mrs. A. ID. Tyler. Order of Eastern
Star: Mrs. r. J. Jones. p. T. o
Sisterhood; VIM. Mcconnell. Lions
club: Mrs. George Dempster. Par
snt-Teacher association; Kenyon
Harris, American Legion and Mrs
NJ. NJ Ware. American Legior
auxiliary.
Proceeds from the next Coolidg,
scrap salvage drive will go TO th'
association if a fenced enclosure
in which TO store scrap is found.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
Ed Wildermuth
Heads New All
County Council

An effort 10 stimulate interest
in All activities in Pinal county
was seen this week in the forma
ton of a county All council.
AT a dinner meeting held at
Kenilworth school last Thursday
evening. the council was organ
ized and officers elected, with Ed
Wildermuth of Coolidge being
named president. Mrs. Frank Wat
son is secretary and John Burke
vice president.
Tie Coolidge division OF the
council will meet Tuesday night at
the Chamber of Commerce office
10 lay organization plans. The
meeting will commence at 7:30.
Representatives from various
service clubs will be present Al
persons interested in All activities
are invited 10 attend.
Three different community org
anizations will be formed. in
Florence. Coolidge and Casa Gran
de. Meetings with this in mind
will be held within the next week
in these places.
At the Thursday night meeting
Kenneth Mckee of the University
of Arizona extension division,
showed films and spoke. He is
head OF the state All organiza-
ton.
Present from the county agents
office were Mrs. Flossie BARNES,
home demonstration agent, Leroy
Gavette. assistant county agent
and X X. Henness. county agent
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
Coolidge Bears
Face Tough
Superior Foe
Will play under lights here
tonight, starting at 8:l5.
Superior brings fast, COM
pact team, likely to resort
to passing attack.

Tonight. starting at S:l5 under
the lights at Coolidge high school.
the Bears will face superior. tough
est adversary of the season. Al
though Coolidge is undefeated so
far. none OF the players is taking
any chances. Each knows II viii
be nip and tuck from the opening
whistle 10 tie last minute OF play.
Superior brings TO Coolidge a
team that is fast and compact, with
men comparing well In. weight with
the Coolidge gridders. They have
some hard running backs and the
public will likely see the visitors
resort frequently To passing at
tack. which has been muck IN eVi-
dence this season.
Superior beat Casa Grande 20 to
q while Coolidge defeated the same
team 80 to o. Superior battled
Miami to II tie and held the
strong Globe squad TO l3 points,
earning six for themselves.
Coolidge won a rather hard
fought game from Peoria. l9 10 Z.
The boys were taken by surprise
by the Peoria eleven which swept
to a touchdown In the opening
minutes OF play. The score came
after a Coolidge pass in the second
play was intercepted and Brad
shaw. Peoria quarter. ran the ball
back 40 yards TO the tally line.
Al Singh caught a pass TO score
Coolidge's first touchdown in the
second quarter McEuen scored on
an end sweep in the third period
after a drive OF 40 yards.
Jimmie Davis also went over for
a score after a 30 yard run but the
play was recalled. with a holding
penalty imposed on Coolidge. The
Bears then managed TO drive TO
Peoria's one foot line where Peoria
held for downs and kicked out.
In the fourth quarter. McEuen
crossed the goal line on line play
after sustained march OF 35
yards. He looked good throughout
the game on offensive while John
Martin put in a fine performance
on defense
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
M. M. Ware Is
Appointed To
High School Board

NJ. NJ Ware has been appointed
by JOHN j. Bugg, county superin-
tendent of schools, to fill the va
cancy on Coolidge high school
board. created when Joe Sheerill
entered armed service.
Trustee elections in all county
school districts will be held Octo-
Der 30. In Coolidge union Ligh
school district, c. L. Skousen will
be a candidate to succeed himself.
Other members are H. c. Hess,
Kenyon Harris and Jewel Ray.
In Coolidge elementary schools,
Martin Talla is a candidate to sue
ceed himself. Other members are
Dalton H. Cole and c. L. Kenwor-
thy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
See Reduction
In Long Staple
Crop In 1914
Short staple acreage vii
probably increase. Re
strictions placed by gov
ernment on short stapl
growing have been re
moved.

A reduction in long staple cotto
acreage is seen for Pinal count
for 1914, according to X. X. Her
ness. county agent. He stated hi
week that he believes there vii
be an increase in short stapl
acreage.
"One reason for this" lie state
lis that a very large part of tn
Pinal county farm acreage ha
been developed during the pas
few years, when there was
Bankhead act or similar legisla
tion imposing severe penalties 70
short staple ctoton produced ii
excess of tie farm allotment.
Since these farms had little
any allotment, they were forced Il
grow long staple cotton. Now, 70
1914, the government has removed
these restrictions and many o.
these farmers will likely increas,
their paintings of short stapl,
cotton.
"OtLer factors that enter int,
this situation are that no supper
price has been announced as We
for the 1914 crop of long stapl,
cotton, the difficulty of pickinf
the crop at the proper time, thii
resulting in lower grades, and ii
nally the relatively greater Lazart
in growing long staple as com
pared with that in growing shor
staple"
A considerable increase in the
acreage of barley. oats. grain
sorghums and alfalfa is expected
County Agent Henness believes
The probable trend in vegetable
crops is difficult to estimate al
this time.
Recent price ceilings establish
ed for about 13 of these crops are
much below the prices established
or rather secured for these crops
in 1943, and the effect of these
ceilings on the producer have as
yet to be determined"
Most of tie cattle marketed
from Pinal county are fed or
either desert or irrigated pasture
and little pen feeding is done
Pen feeders have faced a difficulty
with constantly increasing feed
and labor costs and with feeder
cattle selling for almost as much
as the finished animals bring pei
pound. Recent market conditions
have brought the price of feeder
cattle down considerably, but feeo
and labor costs remain high, Coun
ty Agent Henness declares.
With regard to the long staple
cotton crop, it is estimated about
35, 900 acres will be planted in the
state. Department of Agriculture
has set a war production goal Of
$4,000 acres.
Arizona is not expected to meel
its wheat production goal in 1914
Disparity in prices and growing
conditions las been blamed foI
probable failure to meet the goa
of 10000 acres.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
Social Security
Director Leaves
For San Francisco

Floyd G. Brown. who was execu-
tive secretary of Pinal county
board of social security and well
fare, left Tuesday for San Francis
co. to be employed with tie Red
Cross. No one hiss been named as
vet to take his place.
Mr.. Brown was associated with
the social security office in Flor
ence about five years. Mrs. Brown
who is a grammar school teacher,
will remain in Florence.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
Committee Seeks
Information On
Delinquency Here
Captain Coykendall states
that army is not asking
anything be done and
that Coolidge will not be
declared out of bounds.

Seeking information as to what
Coolidge might do to cooperate In
reducing juvenile delinuuency
here. a committee of four persons
visited Captain Coykendan at Flor
ence Prisoner OF War camp Mon.
day
The committee was composed OF
Attorney Charles Reed. Rev. Les
lie Ross Miss Eva Harris. repre-
senting ParentTeachers associa
tion. and F. o. Fulton. Coolidge
farmer
Three representatives of the
Coolidge chamber OF commerce.
were unable TO go They were
Howard Gosa. Fred Slater and s
c. Mcfarland
Captain Coykendall expressed
his appreciation to members Of tie
committee for their interest in
wanting to clean up their town
but emphasized two things to the
group-0) that the army Is not
requiring that anything be done
and (2) that Coolidge is In no dan.
ger of being declared out of
bounds.
AS set forth by Captain Coyken
dali and discussed with the com
mittee. Coolidge has two main
problems confronting II. These are
the liquor problem and the pres
ence of minor girls on tie streets
and in public places at night. In
regard 10 liquor. II was pointed
out that in different instances mer
were sold liquor when they should
not have been.
Captain Coykendall stated he
believed the girls on Coolidg,
streets at night were OF tie trans
lent type and were not girls n
school
He said that Coolidge has two
unique features about IL that 9th
~ towns do not have One is IN,
fact that IL is spread out over
sucE large area. making IL hart
to police both from the stand
point OF civil authorities as well
as Prisoner OF War military DO
lice. The other feature Is that oil
the floating" transient populace
with which il Is difficult TO deal
because they are not permanently
settled in the community.
IL was suggested that Coolidge
open its USO as soon as possible
IL has been found that such clubs
proved beneficial both to men in
service and tie community, in
many instances. The delinquency
problem was reduced materially
with the opening of the USO In
Florence. Captain Coykendall said
He said proprietors OF tayerns IN
Coolidge are doing their best tC
cooperate but that they are faced
with the problem of insufficient
help. which makes it impossible
for them to give the attention &c
their places that should be given
The committee discussed cur
few law and decided to take the
matter up with the county attor
ney and board of supervisors witt
the idea of instituting such a law
in Coolidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
Minors Arrested
For Stealing
Gas From Trucks

Three Coolidge youths are in
Florence Jail charged with stealing
gasoline from Clemans Cattle
company trucks east of Coolidge,
October Is. The offenders are 16
and II years of age
They were picked up by Cool
idge officers and turned over TO
Florence authorities to face trial.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
Me CaI1oa4
Note Book
CONJECTURE is


rife in Coolidge this week as. OF
tie heels OF reduction in value oi
gasoline coupons. a carnival comes
10 town TO give farm laborers a
working over and 10th rate amuse
ment while the wise" ones are
separated from the shekels as
painless as possible Folks won.
der how such outfits manage 10
obtain sufficient gasoline TO car
~ them around the country with
their complement OF able bodied
Young men who should make war
workers or soldiers.
AND THAT BRINGS
IA mind our receipt OF 10 reasons
why so much gasoline must be
shipped 10 the soutL Pacific for
war purposes which reached our
desk this week via OPA They fol
low
/ Training planes use so gal
Ions Of l00-octane gasoline in an
hour
II requires about 250 hours
in tie air. during which l2'ooo
-aIlons of gasoline are consumed
Ia train an average American piio'
sor the front lines.
2. When flying In actual com
hat. each engine of an Army OF
Navy plane averages approximate
Ia 100 gallons of gasoline per hour
Every Floying Fortress that
hombed harbor installations al
Naples from its base in North
Africa required l.l10 gallons OF
Gasoline for each single mission.
A modern destroyer uses
more than 5000 gallons OF fuel oil
m hour while operating at sea.
&. An Army transport burns
= ooa gallons of fuel oil day
one of Uncle Sans famous
p-T boats carries its deadly charg-
- along at So or 90 knots and
burns up approximately 25o gal at
uel oil per hour
:. An Infantry Division In 1917
Is had motorized equipment rep
resenting about 1900 h.p. compar
"a with 400 600 h.p. in the present
war.
.. The Army reports that IN tie
,irst of this war. overseas snip
,nents of all supplies increased GOO
per cent compared to first year oil
Iast war. But overseas shipments
If petroleum products Increased
over eight thousand per cent
Nechanized war means an oil war
10. one all-out 000-plane past
ing such as recent raids on Ham
burg and Berlin consumes as
nuct gas" as would normally be
used In automotive vehicles during
the course OF a days business IN
ST. Louis.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22
Casa Grande Men
Are Guests At
Lions Meeting

Coolidge Lions club keld its reg.
ular supper meeting Wednesday
night in the Methodist church
basement. President Clair Ken
nedy was in charge of the meeting
and Rev. Leslie Ross led the group
singing.
Two Casa Grande Lion guests
were present. They were Aman-
dus Peters and Guy Gilbert.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22

&C. A. Elquist of Phoenix re
turned Monday to re-assume man.
agership of the State Tractor and
Equipment Company. William
Kroger, who has been managing
the business since Mr.. Elquisi
was transferred to the Phoenix of
flee, two months ago, has accept
ed a position with John Deere
Tractor Company.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22

Q Mrs. Dorothy LeMone. manager
OF San Carlos hotel before its re-
cent sale. is now making. her
home with Mrs. Glen Griffiths.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-10-22

Q Mrs. Katie Jones of Phoenix j:
visiting Ter daughter and son-ir
law. Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Dossey
She will be here about two weeks
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
VICTORY FLEET:
Production Doubled

More than 100000 tons of
merchant shipping - double last
years output-will be produced in
1943. President Roosevelt predict
ed at a press conference during
which U. S. shipyards were praised
by the President and by Adm,
Emory S. Land, chairman of the
Maritime commission, for their rec
ord-breaking performances.
The 1912 goal of 100000 tons
was surpassed by 10000 tons. At
the end of December merchant
ships were being built at rate
of Ia, f. 100000 tons a year, the
President said. This rate will con-
tinue to increase until the peak is
reached during May, at which time
shipyards will be producing five
ships a day, compared with rate
of four at present. Totals do not in
clude a number of ships built for
the armed forces.
When peak production for 1912
was reached in December, 121 ships,
totaling 10000 tons, were built.
During all of 1941 only AS ships,
totaling 1,08S,000 tons, were pro-
duced.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
NEW SPIRIT:
On Capitol Hill

Over were the colorful opening
sessions Of the new 18th congress
and the national Legislators had
settled down to the tough job
ahead. Yet a new spirit--some OBJ
servers called it a spirit of Inde-
pendence"-hung over Capitol Hill.
On the biggest objective of all
the winning of the war-there was
unity between the two parties.
There, however, unity ended.
Support of the administration in
most of its home policies would no
doubt be forthcoming from the
Democratic side Of botk houses but
there would be no quick write
your own ticket" edicts of power to
the executive branch. Like their
Republican brethren, the Democrats
were in "show me" mood as far as
domestic programs were con-
cerned.
So small was the control of the
Democratic party that anything
could and more than likely would
happen. Republicans had their eyes
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
CHINESE MISSION:
Not Recalled

Chang Toa-fan, Chinese minister
of information, has emphatically
denied that Lieut.. Gen. Hsiung
Shih-fei, head of the Chinese mill
tary mission to the United States,
has been recalled.
After General Hsiung conferred
recently with President Roosevelt,
it was reported unofficially that
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek had
recalled the military mission be-
cause he was dissatisfied with
American aid to China.
Chang said that Hsiung's visit
to London-and even a trip to
Chungking-was merely in the nor
NAL course of events. Hsiung will
return to the United States, the
minister of information said.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
FOOD PRICES:
and Subsidies

Householders with low incomes
frozen for the duration, looked to
Washington for further develop
ments on a reported program to al
low food prices to rise rather than
to have the government continue
subsidies to farmers.
This report indicated that such
a policy is gradually being put into
effect and that subsidies will be
continued only where necessary to
keep up farm production. If so,
this program represents change
from that carried out under Leon
Henderson who even went around"
congress to reach his subsidy goal,
At one time he asked congress
for a half billion dollars to carry
out a subsidy plan and keep food
prices down. This was rejected and
the government began to use funds
of the Commodity Credit corpora
tion to maintain temporary subsi-
dies.
The new policy would have two
main detectives:
:. To keep down the national debt
by not allowing further subsidy
from the federal treas
ury, and,
2. Would make consumers stand
their share in a price raise. (lt is
argued that there is great sur
plus buying power evident among
consumers.)
But the householder whose in
come is not from war work and has
not been increased because of the
war boom was caught squarely in
the middle. He found no comfort in
the fact that food prices had risen
16 per cent in the year ending last
October and that in November they
had risen another IL per cent.
Later figures were not available
for him to fret about,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
AFRICA FIFTH ARMY:
Gen. Clark in Command

Another step in the organization
Of huge Allied forces for the assault
on Tunis and Bizerte in North Afri-
ca was made with the announce
ment that the United States fifth
army has been activated and Lieut..
Gen. Mark w, Clark placed in COM
mand of the new force.
General Clark, ,46, is the hero
who, travelling by submarine to
North Africa three weeks before
the Allied landings, held a secret
rendezvous with French officers.
The announcement indicated that
a large United States army of sew
eral divisions has been organized
through its rank and is ready to
fight alongside Lieut.. Gen. K A..
N. Anderson's first army in Tu-
nisia. The size Of the army was not
indicated. 1t may mean force of
as few as two or three divisions,
although it may reach 10 or II di-
visions.
Meanwhile the United States
army air force struck strong blows
in support of French and American
ground forces in central Tunisia.
Railroad yards were bombed at
kairouan and other targets were
smashed at Cherichera, five miles
northeast of Foundouk.
Bad weather continued to keep
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-15
War Workers TO Have
48-Hour Work Week

WASHINGTON, Jan, Especial
AT the height of this falls criti-
cism of the $40 hour week" of
American workers, they really put
in AZ hours at the workbench in
durable goods (mainly war; indus
tries.
In some war industries they were
clocked at an average of over AZ
and so hours.
October figures, reported this
week by the Department of Labor,
show that even in the general run
of manufacturing industries work
ers topped the 40 hour stint by over
3 hours.
In the munitions and other war
converted industries, workers In
machine tools averaged 52.5 hours;
in textile machinery, 50.3 hours; in
engines-turbines, 49.7 hours; IN
typewriters, 494 hours; in fire
arms, 49 hours; in machine-tool ac-
cessories, 53.2 hours; in sewing
machines, 52.2 hours, and in pumps,
so hours.
Because of turnover and absen-
teeism, Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins pointed out, the reported
averages of slime actually worked"
ran about two hours less than the
scheduled work week.
This lifts the reported average of
45.7 hours for durable goods indus
tries in October to "about AZ
hours" the Secretary of Labor de-
clared. The average covers some
non-war industries which had suf-
fered curtailments.
In all manufacturing industries,