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HOPE DIMS FOR SAFETY OF 15 ABOARD CLIPPER
Circle of Oil
Indicates Ship
Crashed in Sea
Airline Officials Believe
Plane May Still Be Afloat
And All Passengers Alive
MANILA — (UP) — A circle
of oil and gasoline on the sea
near the position where Pan
American Airways' Hawaii
clipper last reported dimmed
hopes that the big plane and its
15 occupants would be found
safe.
U. S. army transport, Meigs,
radioed that samples of water
from the oil spot contained both
gasoline and lubricating oil. The
message added to the grave
fear that the "oil slick" was left
by the clipper in a crash into the
ocean.
Discredit Evidence
Pan American officials, reluct-
ant to give up hope, pointed out
that even if the oil spot was left
by the clipper it did not prove
tha plane had crashed. They said
the "slick" could have been
caused by the clipper dumping
gasoline and oil preparatory to
a forced landing.
The Hawaii clipper, carrying
six passengers and nine crew
members, last reported its posi-
tion Thursday night about 565
miles east of the Philippines.
The Meigs found the "oil
slick" approximately -10 miles
southeast of the clipper's last
known position.
'Wrong Way' Flier
Returning Home,
Is 'Penalized'
Wants to Make Coast
To Coast Tour of U. S.;
Suspended for 5 Days
QU-EENWOWN," Ireland
(UP)—Douglas Corrigan, who
started out from New York in
his 900 airplane for Los An-
geles and landed in Ireland,
wants to make a coast to coast
tour in the United States in
his plane, he said Saturday as
he sailed for New York.
As soon as he gets to New
York next Friday, Corrigan in-
tends to get his plane which was
sent ahead.
LICENSE SUSPENDED
UNTIL AUGUST 4
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The bureau of air commerce
Saturday announced it has im-
posed a "nominal" penalty on
Douglas Corrigan for his unau-
thorized trans-Atlantic flight.
The department of commerce
announced that Corrigan's com-
mercial pilot's certifcate had
been suspended for five days,
until August 4.
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Delegates Named
To Demo Meeting
Organization of the Nolan
County Democratic convention
was held at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon with W. H. Jobe,
chairman, in charge.
P. Edward Ponder was elect-
ed president; J. T. Harmon, sec-
retary.
Delegates elected to the state
convention in Beaumont, Sept.
13, were Gus Farrar, \V. H. Jobe,
J. T. Harmon, P, E. Ponder, W.
L. Adams, Richard Sauer, Carl
Anderson, C. K. Simmons, J. M.
Lister, W. C. Mauzey.
Alternates named were: Mon-
del Rogers, T. D. Wiman, F.
D. Willis, John B. Hubbard, J.
J. Parker, Bascom Hartgraves,
R. H. Bennett, S. A. Smith, Clar-
ence Demere and W. W. Young-
blood.
The county executive commit-
tee completed a canvass of the
votes cast in the July primary
Saturday afternoon, the total
See DELEGATES Page 5
WEATHER
SWEETWATER—Cloudy and
somewhat unsettled.
Maximum Friday 92 degrees.
Low Saturday 73 degrees. High
Saturday 92 degrees.
WEST TEXAS — Generally
fair; probably local showers in
Rio Grande valley.
EAST TEXAS — Partly clou-
dy to unsettled, probably local
showers except along lower
coast.
Democrats
Begin Shaping
Party State
Platform
AUSTIN— (JUP)—D e m ocratic
county conventions Saturday be-
gan shaping the party state plat-
form and leadership with chief
interest in how far professional
politicians will retain their stand-
ings.
W. Lee O'Daniel's sweeping
victory against politicians and
his lack of recognized local lead-
ers left the field wide open.
Since nominations are acquir-
ed by primary e 1 e c t i ons, the
county conventions have lost
much importance. They el ect
delegates to the state convention
at Beaumont Sept. 13.
•STEA>1 ROLLING' UHARGE
HURLED AT FORT WORTH
FORT WORTH —(UP)—Sup-
porters of W. Lee O'Daniel,
nominee for governor, took
charge of the Tarrant county
democratic convention Satur-
day, despite opposition cries of
"steamrolling."
The Rev. J. Leslie Finnell,
pastor of O'Daniel's church, was
named county chairman.
EL PASO DEMOCRATS ON
O'DANIEL BAND WAGON
EL PASO—(UP)—El Paso
county democrats climbed aboard
the W. Lee O'Daniel bandwagon
Saturday by instructing delegates
to the state convention to coop-
erate with the nominee for gov-
ernor.
Sweetwater Reporter
VOL. XU (3 SECTIONS, 20 PAGES) SWEETWATER, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1938
NUMBER 98
SANTA FE AGENT HIJACKED
Forger Hunted by
Local Officers
A forged cneck for $7 passed
at the Polk Jewelry company
late Friday afternoon was re-
ported to the local police Friday
night.
A man of medium build, dark
complexion, and wearing a cap
purchased an alarm clock at the
shop, explaining that he was
working at the L. B. Scott dairy
and needed the clock to get up
in time for milking each morn-
ing. The check was made pay-
able to Charley Jones, the pur-
chaser, and supposedly signed by
L. 13. Scott.
Shortly after taking the check
the store proprietor got to
thinking about the check and.
drove out to the dairy, to find
that the check had not been sign-
ed by Scott, and that he had no
employe answering the descrip-
tion given.
He returned and reported his
findings to the police.
Police Check
Bizarre Story
Of Kidnaping
Prominent Surgeon Is
Quizzed In Connection
With Negro's Case
DALLAS—(UP) — Four per-
sons were under charges of kid-
naping Saturday as the Dallas
grand jury studied a bizarre
story of a negro who told of
being imprisoned in the home
of a prominent surgeon.
Those charged were: L. W.
Reid, World War veteran, Dr.
Cosette Faust-Newton, writer,
and lecturer, her husband, Dr. F.
H. Newton, eye, ear, nose and
throat specialist, and Charles
Blair, the Newton's yard boy.
Sheriff's office said that Mrs.
Newton and Blair made conflict-
ing statements.
Officers found Mickey Rick-
etts, about 30, negro, tied up
in the attic of the Newton's
home. His face, except for the
mouth, was bound with bandag-
es, and Ricketts was so weak-
ened from being held for five i
days that they had to assist hiin |
to an automobile.
Sheriff's office said that Dr.
Newton declared that Ricketts
was held in her home upon the
advice of a private detective
hired to aid her in recovering
some jewelry which disappear-
ed from her home last Febru-
ary.
Fate of Clipper and 15 Passengers Still Unknown
Two Armed Men
Hold Up Operator
Take $54 Cash
S. N. Diltz Was Putting
Money Away Preparatory
To Quitting for Night
Pete Starnes in
Charge of Parade,
Open to Public
Program Designed to
Create Consumption of
Commodities, Make Jobs
Inspired by speeches and gen-
eral discussion, Sweetwater
merchants, jobbers, manufactur-
ers and professional people are
working cooperatively for the
opening of the National Sales-
men's Crusade here Friday,
August 5. At a meeting of the
trades chairmen Friday night in
the Texas Electric Service Co.
building rousing enthusiasm was
displayed with businesses,
from florists to farm tractors,
present to participate in formu-
lating plans for the crusade.
Sweetwater will open the cru-
sade with a parade through the
business district to start at 7
p. m. next Friday. Every retail-
er, wholesaler and manufacturer
as well as professional man is
urged to enter a float, car or
truck. The floats and decorations
on the cars may carry any
theme desired by those entering
them.
Parade Downtown
After parading the business
district the parade route will
j head toward the Newman high
Two armed men held up S. N. stadium where the great round-
Diltz. telegraph operator and up of sales people and buyers,
ticket clerk, at the Santa Fe de-iwhich includes everybody, will
pot Friday night and escaped^ Sef PLANS^aTe i5nspirational
with S54 in cash.
Diltz was putting the money |
away and preparing to go home
when a voice demanded that he j
surrender the money. He!
thought the demand a prank'
until he turned and faced one j
man at the window and another!
nearby, both with guns pointed j
at him.
Officers checking that section
of town late Friday night
found that two men answering
the description of the hijack-j
ers were seen in
County Organized
For Soil Contest
For West Texas
H. A. Walker Is Named
Chairman of Group;
Campaign Is Planned
Members of a committe nam-
the railroad ed l)-v Nolan county agricul-
Tho
fate of the Hawaii Clipper, shown above soon after put into service by Pan Ameri-
can Airlines at Manila, was still undecided last night. An "oil slick," a circle of oil and gaso-
line found on the surface of the watej* near w here the clipper last reported, was believed
by some to lie grim evidence of its fate and of the 15 passengers aboard. Pan American offi-
cials were still confident the big ship would be found afloat.
Charges of Mismanagement of Buchanan
yards that afternoon.
Description Of Men
Description given placed the
age of the first man at about
30 to 35, 5 feet 11 inches in
height, 150 pounds, reddish com-
plexion and sunburned. He wore
a khaki shirt open at the col-
tural council met at the Board
of City Development office Fri-
day afternoon and formed a
county organization for the pur-
pose of entering the WTest
Texas Chamber of Commerce
soil conservation contest.
^ Tile new organization elected
II. A. Walker, chairman of the
group and Bob Tate, secretary.
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Dam To Be Probed August 8
Scout Campsite
In Good Shape
A! Stiles, Buffalo Trail coun-
cil Boy Scout executive, re-
ports that Camp Favvcett at
Barksdale is in good condition
for the camp opening next Tues-
day.
Stiles, who went to the camp
yesterday afternoon, called back
to Sweetwater last night to
report that both camp and swim-
ming pool were unharmed by
the recent high water in that
area. All roads leading to the
camp from Sweetwater are like-
wise in good shape, he reports.
Sweetwater Scouts are to leave
from the city hall at 5:30 Tues-
day morning, making the trip
Shrader to Two
Major Meetings
Delegation to
Russell E. Shrader, director I Highway Meeting
of instrumental music in Sweet- ~
water schools and secretary of | A special delegation is to leave
the newly formed Texas Musicj this afternoon for San Antonio Texas
Educators association is to at- j t0 attend a highway'conference! mittee of which Senator T. J.
tend a meeting of the board of i . . , . Holbrook of Galveston is ''hair-
directors of the new organiza- 1 " a'% m 1 1 ! man. Holbrook announced the
tion in Austin tomorrow. I ^ 'ie committee to be com- investigation after a mass meet-
The organization replaces the posed of George Bennitt, H. A.j ing here of 200 farmers from
old Texas School Band and Or- j Walker, and George Barber is I the lower river valley.
chestra association. Officers of 110 j0jn wjth two groups seeking
the old organization have been
active the last two months get- j
ting the new and broader asso-
Building Permits
AUSTIN — (UP) — An inves-1
tigation to learn if mismanage-1
ment of the Buchanan dam add- j
ed to the destructive Colorado I -q 1 fi^llAOn
river flood will begin at Austin! rieUCll ^ L.I U.o4 i
on August 8.
It will be conducted by the
enate investigating corn-
consideration at the
ciation organized.
This meeting is to be held in
the morning. In the afternoon
the National Region Six of the
National School Band associa-
tion is to meet for organization
purposes. Shrader has been
named to preside at this meet-
ing in the absence of Chairman
Charles S. Eskridge of Wink.
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Hughes Visits
401d Home Town'
HOUSTON — (UP) — How-
ard Hughes, round the world
flier, returned home Saturday
for the first time in eight years
and tolrl 3,000 employes of his
oil tool manufacturing plant:
"If it wasn't for your dill-
by commercial bus to the camp., gence, I'd be pushing a plow
o I in a cornfield."
Hughes and three of his crew
j members landed at municipal
i airport after a flight of four
hours and 42 minutes from
Chicago. The airport was re-
christened in his honor.
Officer8 Search
For 3 Convicts
MEXIA — (UP) — A posse
of 50 officers Saturday search-
ed this area for three convict-
trusty fugitives from Eastham
prison farm.
The three evaded captur" by
fleeing when officers shot and
wounded a fourth member of
the party here last Friday night.
Bruce Helms, 26, who was not
seriously wounded, was trans-
ferred to the Huntsville prison
hospital.
$29 Contributed
To Flood Relief
Following an appeal to Sweet-
water citizen for donations to
the Red Cross funds to bo used
in the flood stricken areas of the
Colorado river, a total of $20
has been contributed, Dr. Sam
A. Loeb, chairman, reported last
night.
The devastating floods left a
heavy toll in property damage
and losses to that section of Tex-
as and relief through the Am-
erican Red Cross is to be a sal-
vation to those who lived in the
wake of the high waters.
Dr. Loeb has announced
Sweetwater's quota as $130.
highway
meeting.
The group is .seeking considera-
tion of the proposed Hamlin to
Sweetwater highway, and will
join with a second delegation
promoting a North to South
highway commencing at Perry-
ton, and extending south through
Pampa, Clarendon, Turkey, -Mat-
ador, Spur, Rotan, Roby, Sweet-
water, San Angelo, and
Del Rio.
National Guard To
Watch Tenn. Voters
NASHVILLE — (UP) — Ar-
rangements have been made to
transport more than 1,000 na-
tional guardsmen, allegedly
Sitting with the senators will
be the state board of water en-
gineers and the state reclama-
tion engineer. An attempt to add
the three ranking federal recla-
mation engineers was with-
drawn after a protest.
Independent Investigation
The vote for an investigation,
independent of that by Secre-
tary of Interior Harold Ickes,
was taken after the mass meet-
ing here was told by H. B.
Armstrong, Travis county far-
mer, that weather reports for
on to 1 sjx days, which clearly indicat-
j ed the approaching flood, were
found in a wastebasket at the
office of the Colorado river au-
thority.
Estimates of flood loss varied
85,000,000 to $6,000,000.
Armstrong said that weather
officials told farmers that
to i Buchanan dam could have kept
police Thursday's primary elec- the flood to a 10 foot stage at
tion, it was disclosed Satur- Austin if the gates had been
day. ' See DAM Page 5
totaled §1,975 and brought the
total for the year to $110,S47.
to Mrs. Grace W. Scott for al-
teration of the ceiling and re-
roofing of a business house lo-
cated at 410 Oak street. Amount
of the permit was $1500.
Smallest permit was for the
erection of a garage in the
amount of $40.
County School
•i
Board to Meet
I lar, khaki trousers with stripes | They discussed the contest and
and a white flopped hat. He had methods of conducting an edu-
a space between his upper front! cati 'n';l1 campaign within the
*. , , , county concerning the contest,
teeth, one crooked right upper Competition is to be based on
tooth, and was clean shaven. He. the calendar year running from
January 1 to January 1, and is
to be conducted on the basis of
a 20 point Score card that in-
cludes history of conservation
work done in the county prior
to January 1, 1938; per cent of
persons participating in the pro-
gram; terrace construction, re-
1.airing, rebuilding and enlarg-
ing: ridges built on pasture
land; contours furrowed on
range land; subsoiling; water-
used a long barrel, nickel plated,
old gun.
The second man was de-
scribed as about 45 years old,
weight 135, about 4 feet, 9 or 10
inches tall, slender build, dark
Six building permits issued complexion. He had a week's
last week by the city secretary growth of beard, and wore dark
Candidates File
Expense Accounts
dirty pants, dirty dark wool
shirt, and a black flopped hat
The largest permit was given j mumped up in fiont.. He carried ways and tanks constructed;
a blue steel automatic. j wind and shelter break construc-
o | tion; eradicating rodents des-
tructive in the land; irrigation;
| and other points of soil and
j water conservation.
Prizes Offered
| Prizes awarded are in the
. r. , , . amount of $500 for first, $300
■ The third and final report of for second and $200 f third
campaign expenses for the July ,ace The m is t be used
j primary has been filed by by the winning counties to
candidates \\ ith Countv t.leik stimulate a more thorough and
, .larshall Morgan August _ is' complete county junior club
•the deadline for filing the last w(irk program.
j report of the first election and j purpose of the contest is the
i the deadline for candidates in the | preservation, maintenance, and
| run-off to file a first report ol rebuilding of farm and ranch
Members of the county school , , ... . .
Those who have filed to date:
Charles W. Lewis, county
board are to meet jointly with
looal trustees of the rural dist-
ricts at 1:30 o'clock Saturday,
Aug. 6 according to Mrs. Vir-
ginia E. Stanfield, county super-
intendent.
The meeting marks the first
since late spring, when a sum-
mer recess was taken. The ses-
sion is to be held in the county
courtroom.
land re- wees through maxi-
mum utilization of soil and wat-
er, and as an adjunct thereto,
the encouragement of agrieul-
county attorney, $15S..iO; Mr- j [ural production and conserva-
*{£*!! K°bertS0"' district clerk, tjon through junior work.
judge, 8202.60; E. L. Duncan,
Sweetwater Quintet Can Tell Meaning
Of 'Flash Flood" Since Moun tain Experience
Henry Marshall, his son,
Sam, his father. S. C. Mar-
shall: E. C. Aston and 4m,
Paul, returned Friday night
from a trip to the mountains
in New Mexico and brought
back with them two exper-
iences about which they are
still talking.
The quintet can tell you
the meaning of the term
"flash flood", and tell you
the sensation probably felt
by a person whose auto-
mobile has stalled on a rail-
road crossing with a fast
train bearing down on them.
Coming through the moun-
tains near
group ran
downpour,
puddles in
Santa Fe the
into a hard
which formed
the highway.
Henry Marshall was driv-
ing and ran through sever-
al of the , puddles, throwing
muddy water onto the wind-
shield after the hard show-
ers had ceased. In an ef-
fort to get enough water on
the windshield to wipe the
glass clean, Marshall speed-
ed up and ran through a
larger puddle.
The water splashed into
the motor and grounded the
ignition. While the group
was working on the mach-
ine to get it started they
heard a terrific roar on
the mountain sides.
They looked to the left
and a two-foot wall of water
was bearing down on them
through an arroyo. To the
right was another—both con-
verging on the car.
Sam Marshall got in, step-
ped on the starter while
the other four pushed and
got the machine on higher
ground.
Shortly after reaching the
top of a rise, the two walls
See SWEETWATER Page 5
$166.75. None of these had op-
ponents.
Tax collector: Raymond Bish-
op. $202; John Hall, $223.25.
County treasurer: Mrs. S. N.
Leach, $135.50; Mrs. A. J. Park-
j er. $137.50.
County clerk: Marshall Mor-
: gan, $193.33.
County superintendent: R. W.
| (Bob) Boyd, $164.75.
Sheriff: Jack Yarbrough, $116.-
50.
Commissioner, precinct 1:
| Melvin Thompson, $93; Walter
! Trammetl $10.15; J. M. Brateher
I $59.32.
| Commissioner, precinct 2:
j Buck Johnson $92.45; Commis-
j sioner precinct 3, O. S. Moore
| $94; Commissioner precinct 4:
j Bob Jordan, $57.50; J. M. Craig
878.
Constable, precinct 1: X. D.
Reeves. $73,23: constable precinct
5, J. J. McBride, $3: Justice of
peace, precinct 5, $4.50.
All candidates, whether suc-
cessful in the first primary or
not, are required to file final
accounts.
Members of the committee are
H. A. Walker, West Texas
Chamber of Commerce director
See SOIL CONTEST Page 5
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Temporary Halt
On Vt ithers Test
Drilling was temporarily shut
down at the Ajax Drilling Co.
ot al Withers No. 1 test, south
of Sweetwater, yesterday after-
noon, at a depth of 3,671 feet.
Shale and broken lime forma-
tions were being drilled. Cable
tools have been in use the past
several days following running
1'ipe to 3,571 feet.
The matter of continuing the
drilling with rotary tools was
being studied yesterday to car-
ry down the test to contract
depth of 4,500 feet, unless pro-
duction is found above that
depth. If the switch back to a
rotary job is made it will require
about a day to make the change,
the same rig being used.
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