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Miss Joyce Whaley Wins Title Of 'Miss Sweetwater Of 193
Hughes Modestly Disclaims Credit
For Record-Breaking Flight
NEW YORK — (UP) — Hail-
ed by New York's millions as no
man has been since Lindbergh
came home 11 years ago, Howard
Hughes today modestly waved
aside all credit for his record-
smashing flight around the
world and said it was a triumph
for American engineering.
He and his four companions
rolled up lower Broadway, but,
even while the cheers of 500,-
000 were beating against his
ears, Hughes gave the laurels
to men who designed his super
plane.
(jets Official Greeting
It was at the city hall where
he received the official greeting
of Mayor LaGuardia that the
lanky millionaire refused to
take any credit for one of avia-
tion's greatest triumphs — a
flawless flight around the world
in half the time it had ever been
done before.
"If credit is due to anyone,"
Hughes said, "it is due to the
men who designed and perfected
to its present remarkable stage
of efficiency the modern Am-
erican flying machine and equip-
ment."
LaGuardia told Hughes that
the flight was more than a per-
sonal triumph and a triumph for.
aviation. He said it was a signi-
ficant contribution to world
peace, knitting nations together
in a common interest in such
pursuits as civilian aviation.
Short Course in
Final Session
COLLEGE STATION — (UP)
—The annual Texas A&M farm-
ers short course today went into
its final sessions.
Twenty-five hundred attend-
ants last night heard M. M. Har-
ris, editor of the San Antonio
Express, plead for establish-
ment of a public library system
supported by the state.
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Galveston Chosen
For Florists Meet
WACO — (UP) — Galveston
was chosen as the site for the
1039 Texas State Florists' asso-
ciation convention last night at
the closing session of the sil-
ver anniversary meeting in Wa-
co.
O. W. Ribble of Lubbock was
elected president of the associ-
ation, with Mrs. Robert Kerr.
Houston, first vice president;
Mrs. Billie Blanton, Waco, sec-
ond vice president; Joe Brous-
sard, Houston, third vice presi-
dent, and Wise Adkisson, Green-
ville, secretary.
New directors include D. L.
Perker of Pampa, Aaron Smith
of Fort Worth and Mrs. Blanche
Reed of Waco.
A $5,000 flower show was held
for the 6,000 persons attending
the convention last night. Visi-
tors were present from 23 states.
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Nolan County Audit
Nears Completion
The general audit of Nolan
county offices is nearing com-
pletion, with only a few records
to be checked, according to J.
B. Allred of the firm, J. B. All-
red and Company of Wichita
Falls.
Allred and his assistant cxpeet
to finish the audit late Saturday.
Records have been checked in
the offices of county judge,
county clerk, county attorney,
justice of peace, district clerk
and sheriff's department. Today
the men are working in the of-
fices of tax assessor-collector
and county treasurer.
Feed Crop Acreage
In Texas Increased
AUSTIN—(UP) — Increased
acreage in Texas of the impor-
tant feed crops and a material
decrease in cotton acreage were
shown today in a July report
of the federal crop reporting
board.
Reigning 'Miss Sweetwater*
Pins Laurels on Her Successor
Miss Thelma Margaret Fife, who reigned as "Miss Sweetwater"
(luring is shown here relinquishing her title to Miss
.Joyce Wlialey, who was crowned a few seconds before by
Harry (lines, member of the Texas Highway commission (who
looks on approvingly) as "Miss Sweetwater of l 38." .Miss
Fife is shown pinning the "Miss Sweetwater" ribbon on Miss
Whaley as a crowd of 3,000 cheered its approval.
Plans Made for Thousands to
Welcome O'Brien
With the arrival of George O'Brien by plane over the Ameri-
can Airways at the Sweetwater airport at 5:15 this evening, the
Sweetwater Water Carnival and Beauty revue, swings into its
final phase which will be climaxed by the crowning of "The
Goddess of West Texas," by this
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George O'Brien
famous RKO western star.
It is hoped by the committee
in charge that several thousand
people will be at the airport to
welcome George O'Brien to the
city. He is being accompanied
from Big Spring in the plane,
by Henry Rogers, Sr., manager
of the R&R theatres and Sam
Bothwell, city manager.
Those who heard his ampli-
fied telephone conversation at
the Texas theatre last night
with Joyce Whaley, newly
crowned as Miss Sweetwater,
will appreciate how enthusias-
tically O'Brien is looking for-
ward to his visit.
It was with a great deal of
difficulty that arrangements
were finally made for bringing
George O'Br ien to Sweetwater accompanied by Perry Lieber, RKO
publicity representative. It was even necessary to. postpone work
on a current production so that he could be here on time.
O'Brien will he officially welcomed at the airport by Miss
Sweetwater and representatives of the various civic organiza-
tions including George Bennitt, president of the Board of City
Development and George Barber, secretary-manager.
After the welcoming ceremonies are over, the star will be con-
ducted to the official car driven by Mose Newman and carried
to his suite in the Blue Bonnet hotel. This will be the signal for
other cars to fall in behind and makeup a parade into Sweetwater.
Preceding the parade the way will be cleared by members of
city and state traffic department.
On entering Sweetwater the parade will turn to the left on
Pecan up to Third street and turn right to Oak street. From Oak
street, the parade will proceed to Broadway and along Broadway
to the Blue Bonnet hotel.
It is hoped that O'Brien can be persuaded to spend part of
another day in Sweetwater and plans for his further entertain-
ment are being arranged by Henry Rogers, chairman of the
committee.
WEATHER
SWEETWATER—Partly clou-
dy and somewhat unsettled.
Maximum temperature yes-
terday !)7 degrees. Low this
morning 73 degrees. Tempera-
ture at 2 p. m. today 08 de-
grees.
WEST TEXAS — Partly clou-
dy; probably scattered showers
in northwest tonight and Sat-
urday. Warmer In north Satur-
day.
EAST TEXAS — Fair tonight
and Saturday.
1940 Olympic Games Assured
Officials Select Finland as Site
Miss Joyce Whaley, titan-
haired, brown-eyed daughter
of City Comptroller and
Mrs. W. H. Whaley, won the
title of "Miss Sweetwater" in
strong competition from 20
other Sweetwater girls last
night in the opening revue
of the fourth annual Wat-
er Carnival and Bathing
Revue staged in Newman
stadium.
Harry Hines, Wichita
Falls, an outstanding West
Texan and one of the lead-
ing members of the Texas'
highway commission, placed
the "Miss Sweetwater"
crown on Miss Whaley's
head as the crowd of 3000
persons cheered Its approval
of the decision of the board
of judges.
Commissioner Hines like-
wise presented Miss Whaley
with a certificate indicating
she was entitled to a week's
expense-free trip to Galves-
ton, which he followed with
a presentation of a beautiful
gold trophy.
Miss Thelma Margaret
Fife, who relinquished the
"Miss Sweetwater" title to
Miss Whaley, stepped to
the coronation platform and
pinned the "Miss Sweetwat-
i r" ribbon on Miss Whaley.
Commissioner Hines then
turned to Miss Wanda Beth
Williams, brown-haired, 15
year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Williams,
and presented her with the
second place award. Miss
Jean Vandervoort, 17-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl C. Vandervoort, took
third place.
George Thompson, master
of ceremonies, introduced
the board of judges picked
to select the "Miss Sweet-
water" winner. They were
Jack Smythe, Snyder news-
paper editor, Miss Polly
Campbell, Abilene dancing
instructor, and Mrs. W. R.
Martin, Loraine dancing tea-
cher.
George Barber, secretary-
manager of the Board of
City Development, sponsor-
ing organization, introduced
Commissioner Hines, stress-
ing the fact that Mr. Hines
had given West Texas, and
Nolan county particularly,
due consideration in the al-
lotment of funds for the
construction of, paving of
and improvement of roads
and highways.
The stadium proved to be
an ideal setting for the re-
vue of contestants in the
"Miss Sweetwater" contest.
The entrants paraded the
length of the football field
on a temporary board walk
constructed for the occasion,
giving the 3,000 persons and
excellent view of the 21 en-
tries in the contest. The
green turf of the gridiron
provided an ideal back-
ground, the floodlights of the
field providing plenty of
light and the grandstand
seats furnishing comfortable
and advantageous seats for
more than half of the huge
crowd.
List of contestants and the
sponsoring firms follows:
Mickey Tubb, Murchison-
Cramer; Inez Ritter, Bowen
Drug; Jean Vandervoort,
Nolan Drug: Bertha Eberle,
See ANNUAL Page 5
Sweetwater Reporter
VOL. XLI
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1938
NUMBER 85
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The board of judges liad a difficult task last night at Newman stadium to select from this group of 21 beautiful Sweetwater girls the one to wear the crown of "Miss
Sweetwater" for 1938. After careful elimination three winners were selected, with Miss Joyce Whaley chosen as "Miss Sweetwater." Second place went to Miss
Wanda Beth Williams, and third place to Miss Jean Vandervoort. In the picture, left to right, the contestants are: Mickey Tubb, Murchison-Tra 111 er; Inez
Ritter, Bowen Drug; Jean Vandervoort, Nolan Drug; Bertha Eberle, Rasco Cleaners; Wanda Hawley, ( on ley Cleaners; Wanda Beth Williams, Community Gas;
Mary Louise Kaiser, Texas Electrie Service; Tillie Marie Rice, United Drygoods; Joyce Whaley, Levy Brothers; Wanna Kuth Beal, Cities Service; Thelma Mar-
garet Fife, "Miss Sweetwater of J1K57;" Marjorie Stevenson, Russell's; Harriet Keicli, Sweetwater Reporter; Ella Kuth Myers, Piggly Wiggly: Joyce Ni.von, Cen-
tral Wool and Mohair; linogene Cathey, Cox Jewelry; Louclla Headriek, Double Heart ranch; Geraldine Fitzgerald, Xey Sheridan. Gait products; Frances Lou
Dean, Pace Brothers; Joyce Rogers, Young's Pharmacy; Mary Jane Hubbard, Pate's Barber and Beauty shop.
GODDESS TO DE NAMED TONIGHT
HELSINGFORS, Finland —
(UP)—Definite assurance that
the 19-10 Olympic games will be
held in Finland was received by
Finnish Olympic officials today
from Count Henri le Baillet-La-
tour, president of the interna-
Three Killed in
Lubbock Crash
LUBBOCK — (UP) — Three
persons were killed last night
and five others injured in an
automobile collision near Lub-
bock in a blinding rainstorm.
Dan Collins, aged, Tipton. Ok
la., man and his wife were kill-
ed instantly and their seven
year-old grandson. Kenneth Dale
Smith, died a few minutes lat-
er.
The boy was the son of Mrs.
Sally Trawlck of Tipton, who
suffered minor injuries. Others
injured, none critically, were
J. B. Marrow and Miss Geneva
Marros of Levelland, Skinner
Butler and Glen Butler of Mor-
ton.
.tional Olympic congress.
In a telegram to the Finnish
Olympic committee, Count Bail-
let-Latour said, "If Japan with-
draws from the Oiympic games,
the international Olympic com-
! mittee offers holding the games
I in Finland."
Thus, as soon as the games
| are officially abandoned by
Japan, they will he transferred
io Finland.
The Japanese Olympics com-
mittee reluctantly drafted a
formal notice of cancellation to
be delivered to the internation-
j al Olympics congress. It had
j been impressed upon them that
I prosecution of the war against
I China was of vital necessity and
that it might continue two years
i longer.
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A. B. Crowder To
Direct Services
A. B. Crowder, Methodist lay-
man, is to direct worship at the
Highland Heights Methodist
church Sunday at 11 o'clock, in
the absence of the pastor, L. B.
Smallwood.
Italian Plane
Crashes, 20 Dead
CAGLIARI, Sardinia — (UP)
—The bodies of six persons were
recovered late last night from
the wreckage of an Italian fly- j
ing boat which crashed late Wed-
nesday into the Tyrrhenian seat
between Sardinia and the Ital-
ian mainland while en route
from Cagliari to Rome with lfi
passengers and a crew of four.
All aboard presumably perish-
ed.
The crash, which occurred an
hour after the Ala Littoria Air
Navigation company craft left
for the northeast, was attribut-
ed to collapse of one wing.
The six bodies were recover-
ed by Italian warships from the
wreckage off the coast of Arbat-
tax, about 55 miles overland in
a northeasterly direction from
Cagliari.
Among those aboard the ill-
fated plane were two sisters and
a niece of Guiseppe Valle, un-
der secretary of state for air.
Valle's niece, Miss Laura Ferri,
was the daughter of one of his
sisters lost in the crash.
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Shook Resets Case
Of French, Lowery
The suit of A. C. French vs
Bob Lowery, slated to be heard
in justice court at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning was reset by
Judge S. H, Shook for July 21,
upon failure of the appearance
of defendant. •
The trial suit on note was
heard last week in the same
court, a hung jury necessitating
a second hearing.
Roosevelt's Plea for Disarmament
Falls Unheeded
By United Press
<S>to bomb Hankow this morning
President Roosevelt's protest
against the "disaster" of inter-
national armament competition
fell unheeded today on a world
at war or preparing for war.
But the president's speech sig-
nificantly emphasized that the
struggle to solves the world's
problems by peaeefj.il means will
not be abandoned regardless of
the trend toward military might.
U. S. Able to Arm
American authorities did not
expect that Mr. Roosevelt's of-
fer to join a world disarmament
move would have any immedi-
ate effect on the greatest arms
race in history. The president
spoke to remind other nations
of the United States' ability to
arm.
Mr. Roosevelt's proposal to
reduce armaments was termed
a "democratic echo on an elec-
toral occasion" by an official
Italian newspaper in Rome to-
day. It added, however, that
none should turn the suggestion
"least of all Italy where a po-
licy of moderation regarding
armaments is well known."
On Other Fronts
Meanwhile, on the world
fronts:
China: Defending their capi-
tal at Hankow, Chinese military
leaders reported they had stall-
ed the Japanese offensive. Twen-
but never reached their objeC'
tive, indicating possible defeat
by Chinese.
Spain: Rebels claimed more
rapid progress in their offen
sive against Valencia, but the
loyalists insisted the claims
were exaggerated.
Italy: Jews feared Fascist
leaders were preparing a mild
program to discriminate against
them although confidence was
expressed that Italy would
avoid tactics similar to those
used in Germany.
Jerusalem: Eight Arabs were
killed and 12 injured today when
a bomb wrecked a vegetable
market in the old city.
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Man Fined $14 On
Fighting Charge
W. E. Wafer, automobile deal-
er, pleaded guilty and paid a fine
of S14 and Charley Hankins, his
son-in-law, was adjudged not
guilty after hearing in the cor-
poration, court this morning on
charges of fighting and dis-
turbance of the peace.
The disturbance, said to have
been a family quarrel, occurred
near Broadway and Pecan late
Wednesday evening. Eight per-
sons testified at the trial. This
is the second offense for Wafer,
said Police Chief X. B. Hall.
Two persons were fined $5
each for speeding by the city
ty Japanese bombers went out1 judge.
Concert Program
Saturday Night
Director A. M. Armstrong an-
nounced today that the weekly
band concerts on the court-
house lawn would be resumed
at 8 o'clock Saturday night af-
ter being suspended last Satur-
day so the musicians could at-
tend the fifth division conven-
tion of the American Leigon in
Big Spring.
Saturday night's program is
as follows:
March, E Pluribus Unum; ov-
erture, Frolic of the Fairies; re-
quested, When Your Hair Has
Turned To Silver; trombone so-
lo, Im Tiefen Keller by Rich-
ard Blancett, assisted by Carter,
Weathers and Huey; march, Cy-
rus The Great; selection H. M.
S. Pinafore; march, Bravura.
s;
One-Third Nolan
Farms Measured
Approximately one-third of the
Nolan county crops have been
measured by 18 farm supervisors
of the soil conservation program
in compliance with the govern-
ment program on crop control,
under direction of Homer Lem-
berg, assistant county agent.
Folowing the inspections
which have been underway for
several weeks. Lemberg is
visiting each of the units to
verify the recheck.
There are approximately
1085 farms in the county. Crops
being measured include both
cotton and feed.
Swimming Great Of Texas Gat he ring In City
Bob Skelton, Olympic Star and Gulf AAU Meet Judge, Arrives Today
The swimming and divingY,
stars of Texas, especially the
territory embraced by the Gulf
AAU, today began arriving in
Sweetwater for the annual
Gulf AAU swimming and diving
meet which opens at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at the
municipal swimming pool.
Bob Skelton, Houston, former
Olympic champion who is to
serve as chief judge of the meet,
arrived In Sweetwater this
morning, accompanied by John
I.everler, life saving expert with
the Houston police department
who Is to assist Skelton.
28 Hand-Picked
^ est Texas Girls
Are Competing
Winner to Be Crowned
By Actor George O'Brien,
To Get Galveston Trip
Sweetwater became the mec-
ca for West Texas today as 28
beautiful girls from twenty-
seven different cities began ar-
riving with their escorts and
friends to compete for the crown
of "The Goddess of West Tex-
as."
The awarding of this much
coveted crown, by George
O'Brien, RKO western star, who
is coming by plane direct from
Hollywood for the occasion, is
the climax of the fourth annual
Water Carnival and Bathing
Beauty revue, which has greatly
surpassed in the number of en-
tries and attendance of those
held heretofore.
The Goddess revue is to be
held at 7:30 o'clock this evening
in Newman stadium, where the
committee moved the event in
order to give a greater number
an opportunity to witness the
pageant.
Goddess' Ball Tonight
Immediately following the
coronation ceremonies, which
are to take place on the platform
in front of the reserved sections,
the 28 entries in the Goddess
event and the 21 contestants
for tiie "Miss Sweetwater" title
are to be guests at the "Goddess'
ball" on the roof of the Blue
Bonnet hotel.
Although a nominal charge is
being made tonight for seats in
the reserved section, there will
be plenty of room on the side-
lines for those who do not feel
like paying.
expected to arrive this after-Aindividual swimmers have en-
elton
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1 noon or early tomorrow is the
[ Fort Worth swimming team,
which features Bob Tarleton,
| holder of the Texas AAU cham-
I pionship in the backstroke
j events; and Kermit Hynds, who
j , eeently slashed 3 8-10 seconds
off the state record in the 100-
yard breaststroke event.
Team entries have been receiv-
ed by Commissioner Al Stiles
i from Abilene, San Antonio, Den-
ton. Houston and Port Worth.
Individual entries have been re-
ceived from more than 14 towns
in the Gulf AAU dlvlson. Sixty
tered the meet and there will be
a number of exhibition girl swim-
mers here for the event but who
do not compete for AAU hon-
ors since the local meet is open
only to senior and junior men.
Preliminary events in the
swimming meet open at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at the muni-
cipal pool They will be resum-
ed again at 8 o'clock Saturday
night. Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock the finals in the event
are to be held.
All sessions of the meet are
free to the public.
Absentee Voting
Reaches Hundred
Absentee voting is continuing
daily at the office of Marshall
Morgan, county clerk, whose re-
cords show that 100 have cast
this type of vote in the July
primary.
Requests h;.ve been received
for approximately 175 ballots,
many going out of the state to
residents on vacations.
Before the deadline July 19,
the number is expected to reach
300.
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