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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 16, 1945
W T A W
Batt Chat
“MARCH OF DIME” PROGRAM
FROM WHITE HOUSE
On behalf of the “March of
Dimes” campaign, the BLUE Net
work (WTAW), will place,its mi
crophone in the White House on
Thursday, January 18, at 3:30 p.
m., CWT, from which point it will
broadcast talks between Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt and a group of
women guests, including Margaret
O’Brien, young movie star.
* * *
Penny and Stan had been brought
up to marry one another but each
fell in love with somebody else. The
ensuing complications make for
exciting drama in WTAW’s My
True Story, Friday, January 19, at
9:00 a. m., CWT.
* * *
Emily had been a perfect lady
for 34 years. On a certain glamo
rous evening, she decided to forget
her inhibitions and be imperfect—
just for one night.
The WTAW Listening Post will
dramatize the humorous result in
“The High Old Time,” by Sidney
Herschel Small on Thursday, Jan
uary 18, at 9:45 a. m., CWT. The
dramatization is based upon the
story appearing in the Saturday
Evening Post of January 20.
* * * '
Drew Pearson, famous columnist
and WTAW commentator heard
Sundays at 6:00 p. m., CWT, will
make his first film appearance in
RKO’s forthcoming drama, “Be
trayal from the East.”
* * *
Curley Bradley, melodic bari
tone of WTAW’s Farm and Home
Makers program, will sing “Come
With Me My Honey,” “All Through
the Night,” “I Promise You” and
“Swinging On a Star” on the
broadcast Thursday, January 18, at
11:30 a. m., CWT, accompanied by
the Home Towners under Harry
Kogen’s direction.
The Harmonizers, string sex
tet, will swing out with “Snow
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Ace Homemaker Kay Baxter will
present up-to-the-minute hints for
housewives.
* * *
The ebullient Ozark Ramblers,
in their incomparable manner will
present “Careless Love,” “My Gal
Sal,” “Chin Chin” and “Now I Lay
Me Down To Weep” on the WTAW
program, Wednesday, January 17,
at 3:15 p. m., CWT.
On Thursday, January 18, the
group will intone “Yodelin’ Ji^e,”
“There’ll Be a Rodeo in Tokio,”
“Cowboy Holiday” and “Lazy
River,” and on Friday, January 19,
“Pennsylvania Polka,” “Open Up
Dem Pearly Gates,” “I’m thinking
Tonight of My Blue Eyes” and
“China Town.”
* * *
Warren Jennings, president of
the Radio Executive’s Club of New
York City, will present the “Radio
Daily” award for the “Best Day
time Variety Show of 1944” to
WTAW’s Breakfast Club on Thurs
day, January 18, broad cast of the
celebrated matin-hour program at
8:00 a. m., CWT.
In presenting the award, Jen
nings will speak from the studios
in New York City, while acceptance
will be 'made in Chicago by Don
McNeill, m. c. of the Breakfast
Club for more than a decade.
The award is one of six won
by BLUE Network shows and ar
tists in Radio Daily’s eighth annual
certified poll of 1,000 editors and
writers.
* * *
Satisfying a long nurtured am
bition, Don Dowd, the announcer
on WTAW’s Aunt Jemima Show,
will join in when the Aunt Jemima
choristers sing “Moon Country”
on the broadcast of Thursday, Jan
uary 18, at 9:25 a. m., CWT. Dowd
has been the man-behind-the-mike
since the program’s inception on
June 19, 1944.
In addition, the choristers un
der the direction of Harry S.
Walsh will intone “My Best to
You,” which may be construed as
their method of cheering on Don.
On Friday, January 19, the choir
will sing “Liza” and Harold Ar-
len’s “Over the Rainbow.” Harriet
Widmer, who portrays Aunt Jemi
ma, will philosophize with her cus
tomary cheer.
* * *
Six first places were won by
WTAW shows and artists in the
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OFFICIAL NOTICES ? attle Num t ers ^ re
Increasing Rapidly
Classified
1944 In Retrospect.
Priced to sell—Complete senior uniform
including ice cream slacks, two woolen
green shirts, senior boots (size 7) with
boot hooks and spurs, ice cream breeches,
olen green slacks, and woolen blouse,
ery article is in top condition and
ready to wear. This clothing is all tailor
made. Contact Calvin Brumley.
FOR SALE—-Serge suit; pants, size
30-33 ; blouse, medium; shirt. Contact Rob
ert Gold, Box 998, College Station, Texas.
Will the person who took the rose-gold
Bulova wrist watch, with spring bracelet
to match, from locker 1089 at the Gym,
Wednesday morning, please return it to
Dorm 17, Room 418, or turn it in at the
P. E. office at the gym. It has a great
sentimental value. Will give liberal re
ward for return and shall ask no ques
tions. Fish Green.
LOST—Girl’s brown leather draw-string
purse which contains articles of special
value to owner. Miss Jerry Hooper. See
W. S. Dixon, Room 204, Bizzell.
eighth annual poll conducted by
Radio Daily and concluded on Jan
uary 9. More than a thousand edi
tors and writers took part in the
voting.
First places won by WTAW
shows and artists follow:
Guy Lombardo—favorite dance
band (sweet); America’s Town
Meeting—favorite educational se
ries; Breakfast Club—favorite day
time variety show; Dorothy Thomp
son—favorite woman cemmenta-
tor; Alan Young—star of tomor
row; Waring Glee Club—favorite
singing unit; One Man’s Family,
which debuts on the BLUE Jan-
The nation’s livestock and meat
industry accomplished a modem
miracle in 1944. Handicapped by
acute labor problems and periodic
shortages of feed, farmers and
packers established new all time
records for numbers of animals
handled and tonnage of meats pro
cessed.
It is estimated that a total of
28-% billion pounds were produced
in 1944 including lard. The 1943
total was 27,217,000,000 pounds.
The 1944 total represents a gain
of 56% or five million tons over
the 1938 prewar output. Production
has increased every year since
1938. During World War I annual
production averaged 17-% billion
pounds.
Despite the fact that the per
head returns averaged lower than
in 1943, the total value reached a
new high of over 6 billion dollars.
In 1940, the year before the United
States entered the war the value
was 2-% billion dollars.
Cattle were valued at $106 a
head in 1944, $117 in 1943, and $75
in 1940. Chicago buyers paid a
$15.40 per cent steer average, 10
cents more than in 1943, and the
highest since 1919 when the all
time record of $15.50 was establish
ed.
uary 30, won first place as favor
ite dramatic serial.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1945
A. M.
6:00 Sign On
6:02 Texas Farn & Home Prog. WTAW
6:16 Sunup Club ....WTAW
7:00 Martin Agronsky—
Daily War Journal BN
7:15 Let’s Learn Spanish WTAW
7:30 Blue Correspondents BN
7:45 Morning Melodies WTAW
7:55 Hollywood Headliners WTAW
8:00 The Breakfast Club BN
9:00 My True Story BN
9:25 Aunt Jemima BN
9:30 Between The Lines WTAW
9:45 The Listening Post BN
10:00 Breakfast At Sardi’s BN
10:30 Gil Martyn ...,— BN
10:45 Jack Berch And His Boys.... BN
11:00 Glamour Manor. .... BN
11:16 Meet Your Neighbor BN
11:30 Farm and Home Makers BN
P. M.
12:00 Baukhage Talking BN
12:15 WTAW Noonday News WTAW
12 :30 Farm Fair WTAW
12:45 Piano Playhouse BN
1:00 Kiernan’s Corner BN
’ 1:15 Mystery Chef BN
1:30 Ladies Be Seated BN
2:00 Songs by Morton Downey BN
2:15 Appointment With Life BN
2:45 Sincerely Yours BN
3:00 Time Views The News BN
3:15 Ambrose Haley BN
3:30 That’s for Me BN
3:45 Our Neighbor Mexico—
Dr. A. B. Nelson WTAW
4:00 Rev. Hartman (Lutheran)..WTAW
4:15 Dick Tracy BN
4:30 To Be Announced
4 :45 Hop Harrigan BN
6:00 Terry and the Pirates BN
5:15 Treasury Salute. WTAW
5:30 Jack Armstrong BN
5:45 Captain Midnight BN
6:00 Excursions In Science. WTAW
6:15 Rotary Club Program WTAW
6:30 Sign Off
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1945
A. M.
6:00 Sign On
6:02 Texas Farm & Home Prog. WTAW
6:15 Sunup Club WTAW
7:00 Martin Agronsky—
Daily War Journal BN
7:16 Toast and Coffee WTAW
7:30 Blue Correspondents BN
7:45 Rosa Rio at the Organ BN
8:00 The Breakfast Club BN
9:00 My True Story BN
9:25 Aunt Jemima BN
9:30 Between the Lines WTAW
9:46 The Listening Post BN
10:00 Breakfast at Sardi’s BN
10:80 Gil Martyn BN
10:46 Jack Berch And His Boys BN
11:00 Glamour Manor BN
11:15 Meet Your Neighbor BN
11:30 Farm and Home Makers BN
P. M.
12 :00 Baukhage Talking..... BN
12:15 WTAW Noonday News WTAW
12:30 Farm Fair WTAW
12:40 Texo Roundup WTAW
12:45 Los Andrinis BN
1:00 Kiernan’s Corner BN
1:15 Mystery Chef .". BN
1:30 Ladies Be Seated BN
2 :00 Songs by Morton Downy BN
2:15 Appointment With Life BN
2:45 Sincerely Yours BN
3:00 Time Views The News BN
3:30 To Be Announced
3:15 Ambrose Haley BN
3:30 That’s for Me BN
3:46 Something To Read WTAW
4:00 Student Personnel WTAW
4:15 Dick Tracy BN
4:30 To Be Announced
4:45 Hop Harrigan.... ... BN
6:00 Terry And The Pirates BN
5:15 Let’s Look At the News—WTAW
6:80
5:45
6:00
6:15
6:30
Jack Armstrong
Captain Midnight
Correspondents at Home and
Abroad -
Report from Clete Roberts
Sign Off
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1945
A. M.
6:00 Sign On
6:02 Texas Farm & Home Prog. WTAW
6:16 Sunup Club WTAW
7:00 Martin Agronsky—
Daily War Journal BN
7:16 Let’s Learn Spanish WTAW
7:30 Blue Correspondents BN
7:45 Rosa Rio at the Organ BN
7:65 Hollywood Headliners WTAW
8:00 The Breakfast Club BN
9:00 My True Story BN
9:26 Aunt Jemima BN
9:30 Between the Lines WTAW
9:45 The Listening Post BN
10:00 Breakfast at Sardi’s BN
10:30 Gil Martyn BN
10:45 Jack Berch And His Boys.. BN
11:00 Glamour Manor BN
11:16 Meet Your Neighbor BN
11:30 Farm and Home Makers— BN
P. M.
12:00 Baukhage Talking. BN
12:15 WTAW Noonday News—WTAW
12:30 Farm Fair WTAW
12:45....Luncheon Tunes WTAW
1:00 Kiernan’s Corner BN
1:15 Mystery Chef BN
1:30 Ladies Be Seated BN
2:00 Songs by Morton Downey— BN
2:15 International Xmas Party BN
2:45 Sincerely Yours BN
8:00 Time Views The News BN
3:15 Ambrose Haley BN
3:30 That’s for Me BN
3:45 Treasury Star Salute WTAW
4 :00 Something to Read WTAW
4:15 Dick Tracy BN
3:30 I’ll Buy That BN
4:45 Hop Harrigan BN
6:00 Terry and the Pirates BN
6:15 Treasury Salute. WTAW
6:30 Jack Armstrong BN
5:46 Captain Midnight BN
6:00 Notes From Yesterday BN
6:30 Sign Off
Although the average price per
100 pounds of all cattle exclusive
of calves for the entire country fell
more than $1.00 below the 1943
price and the average weight
dropped 30 pounds, the aggregate
cattle value rose almost 100 million
dollars above the 1943 level. Cattle
slaughtered in 1944 averaged about
925 pounds for the entire country.
Due to a technicality in O. P. A.
price rules Which permitted many
light weight cattle to go as veal,
the average weight of calves
slaughtered was 213 pounds, the
heaviest on record.
Cattle numbers have increased
rapidly since 1938 when we had
65 million cattle, to an all-time
record number of 82 million at the
beginning of 1944, or an increase
of over 26% in six years. Present
cattle numbers are somewhat be
low the figure for last year due
to the exceedingly heavy slaughter
in 1944. Total slaughter of cattle
and calves for 1944 was approx
imately 34,000,000 head a new all
time record.
Texas, the leading cattle state in
the union with almost 10% of the
nation’s total number fared very
much like the rest of the country
during 1944. Due to the unfavor
able cattle feeding outlook in the
fall of 1943 movement of feeder
cattle out of Texas into mid-
western feed lots was below nor
mal resulting in a heavy carry
over during the winter and spring
of 1944. With high feed prices
and scarcity of protein feeds ranch
men were confronted with a serious
situation. In spite of these factors
—DIRECTORS—
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Dempke of Stephenville, whose
term expires when the Texas Sen
ate confirms his successor. John
Newton of Beaumont was nomi
nated by Governor Coke Steven
son to replace Mr. Dempke.
In attendance for the first time
in more than two years was Lieut.
Col. D. S. Buchanan of Buda, who
has been overseas 22 months with
the U. S. Marine Corps in the
Southwest Pacific.
Attending his first meeting since
nomination was Rufus Peeples of
Tehuacana, president of the As
sociation of Former Students of
Texas A. & M. Attending his sec
ond meeting since nomination was
Ervin Harrison of South Bend. Also
in attendance were R. W. Briggs
of San Antonio and Neth L. Leach-
man of Dallas, both re-nominated
for six year terms by Gov. Steph
enson; and G. R. White of Brady,
president of the board, and Gen.
H. JJ. Brees of San Antonio. -
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’44, because of his brilliant work on
the Russian front. Cooks said that
if Stalin’s armies hadn’t drawn
thousands of Hitler’s men to the
East, the invasion would probably
never have succeeded.
Paul Ostermayer, Junior, voted
for Roosevelt saying that he was
undoubtedly the main figure in
world events, because it was he who
was reported to have made the
final plans for the invasion, and
the ruling of conquered Axis-held
countries.
Frank Wright, senior, named
MacArthur, saying that he used
excellent plans and stragedy in
the reconquering of Jap held is
lands in the Pacific.
All of the cadets that were in
terviewed agreed that the most im
portant event of the year was the
invasion of Europe, the Presidential
election was the second most im
portant world event.
Graduate Club to
Meet In “Y” Wed.
There will be a meeting of the
Graduate Club in the Assembly
Room of the Y.M.C.A. on Wednes
day, January 17 at 7:00 p.m. All
members have been urged to at
tend. Speaker for the evening will
be W. K. Anderson, a member of
the club whose subject will be Syn
thetic Rubber.
Wives of all graduate students
are to be special guests at this
meeting.
Texas cattle in general wintered in
fair shape last year. Marketing
of grass cattle and short fed low
quality cattle was heavy through
out the year. Due to high feed
costs and the narrow spread be
tween prices of feeder cattle and
fat cattle there were very few
long fed, well finished cattle pro
duced in Texas in 1944. Due to
price relationships and certain O.
P. A. regulations many calves
which would normally go as Stock
ers and feeders were slaughtered
in the fall of 1944. Although the
expected glutted cattle market for
October and November did not
materialize, receipts were heavy
and a considerable amount liquid
ation of old breeding stock and
plain grass fat cattle occured du
ring the last quarter of 1944.
As the commercial cattle busi
ness goes, so goes the purebred
business. Breeders of purebred cat
tle have enjoyed an active demand
at profitable prices for several
years and 1944 was the banner
year. There were more purebred
cattle sold in more Auction sales
for more money per head in 1944
than in any previous year of the
Texas cattle industry. A number
of well known breeders held sales
of 50 head or more which averaged
well above $1000 per head on the
entire lot. As a matter of fact John
Randolph can add another to his
“Texas Brags” for Texas pure
bred cattle sold in auction during
1944 sold for more money per
head than in any other state and
nearly twice the average figure
for the nation as a whole.
Although travel restrictions re
duced attendance at some of our
major livestock shows and others
are not being held for the duration,
public interest and quality of cat
tle has been maintained at the
same high level.
Texas and the nation as a whole
produced the largest total feed
crop on record in 1944. Abundant
feed supply, with a wide spread be
tween prices of well finished cat
tle and feeder cattle during the
fall of 1944 resulted in heavy
movements of feeder cattle from
the range country into feed lots
this last fall. Texas ranges are in
good shape as a result of wide
spread fall rains and cattle went
into the winter in good condition.
Winter wheat pastures in the pan
handle are said to be carrying the
largest number of cattle on record.
Prices of beef and veal as well
as cattle and calves are expected
to remain near 1944 levels. More
well finished cattle may be ex
pected in 1945 and the average
weight and quality should be above
that of 1944. Purchase of beef for
the armed forces will be larger in
1945. This will he a strong price
supporting factor for the better
grades of slaughter cattle.
Progress of the war, civilian pur
chasing power and O. P. A. regu
lations are vital determining fac
tors, any one of which could easily
alter the picture before 1945 is
gone. The current O. P. A. pro
posal to place a $17.00 per cwt.
ceiling on slaughter cattle would
in all probability shorten the feed
ing period of many cattle, reduce
the total tonnage of beef produced
and disturb the entire seasonal
marketing schedule. An element of
uncertainty exists in the industry
today and the recent announcement
to draft more farm labor will
doubtless add to that condition.
Purebred sales during late 1944
were not averaging as high as they
did a year earlier and current sales
were falling below sales held in
January 1944. Bull sales have suf
fered more in recent months than
female prices.
Normally the beef cattle cycle is
about 15 years long. Were it not
for the war we would have reach
ed the peak in 1942 or 1943 in
stead of 1944. Only fools predict
cattle trends and prices, but there
is every reason to believe we have
passed the peak and that prices
of both commercial and purebred
cattle may be somewhat lower in
1945 than they were in 1944. Just
how much below 1944 will be
largely determined by the course
of the war and those economic
conditions governed by it.
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American Homes One
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Places In America
In America it has long been
thought that home is the safest
place an individual can spend his
time. The facts, however, prove
that far from being one of the
safest, it is often one of the most
dangerous places. This condition
need not exist if proper attention
is given to making our homes safe.
In commenting on the urgent
need for the protection of life and
limb in the American home, Dr.
Geo. W. Cox, State Health Officer,
declared that accidents in the home
are the cause of as many deaths
as diphtheria, scarlet fever, whoop
ing cough, and measles combined;
of more than appendicitis; of near
ly as many as diabetes; of over
two-thirds as many as automobile
accidents; and of over a third as
many deaths as tuberculosis.
“Slippery floor surfaces, lack of
handrails on cellar steps, absence
of protective gates at the top of
stairs in homes where there are
small children, toys left on stairs,
unanchored small rugs on polished
floors, and the careless storage of
poisons, sharp tools, and firearms
are some of the more prominent
hazards resulting in home acci
dents,” Dr. Cox said.
“However,” he added, “in the
last analysis, the problem boils
down to one of reasonable indivi
dual caution. When we consider
that most accidents result from
carelessness, we cannot view com
placently the more than 30,000
deaths annually from this cause.
These deaths, chargeable to remedi
able carelessness, can and should
be reduced.”
Dr. Cox declared that such a
needless and profitless loss of life
is deplorable at any time, but to
permit such a condition to per
sist now in view of our national
crisis, is a neglect that cannot be
condoned, and one which can
seriously cripple our war effort.
In South America there are
trees known as “cow trees” which,
when pierced yield a rick milky
nutritious juice in such abundance
as to render it an important article
of food.
EX-AGGIE FROM SONORA
PROMOTED TO LT. COLONEL
tion and was associated with Dr.
E. E. Rosaire of Houston, Texas.
Col. Hull’s wife, Mrs. Mary
Louise Hul; son, John W. Jr., age
2, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
R. Hull, reside in Sonora.
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communications officer. Prior to
entering the Army in 1940, Col.
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