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Pearl White, Early Day Motion
Picture Star, Dies In Paris
PARIS — (UP) — Pearl *
White, queen of such oldtlme
movie thrillers as "The Perils of
Pauline" died early yesterday in
the American hospital at subur-
ban Neuilly after a long illness
attributed to injuries received
when she scorned the use of a
"double" for death-defying
scenes before the camera.
The immediate cause of death,
which came to the 49-year-old
actress at 1:55 a. m., was a liver
ailment with which she had been
confined to the hospital for six
weeks.
The actress, who left thousands
and thousands of Americans in
breathless suspense every Wed-
nesday night — or perhaps it
was Friday night— as she clung
to some sheer precipice or found
herself in the clutches of the
villain until "next week at this
theatre", had lived in retirement
since 1021.
Although she earned as high
as $325,000 a year at the peak
of her fame and had a large for-
tune when she quit the films,
Miss White lost heavily in the
1020 Wall Street crash and liv-
ed modestly in recent years.
She was married twice, each
marriage ending in divorce. Her
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VOL. XLI
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1938
NUMBER 99
Russians Are Stern Toward Japanese
first husband was Victor Suth-
erland, an actor whom she div-
orced in 1014. Later she married
Major Wallace McCutcheon. She
divorced him in 1921, and seven
years later he killed himself in
Los Angeles.
'Machine Candidates' Lead In
Tennessee Primary Election
Embryo Detective
MEMPHIS — (UP) — Sena-
tor George Berry trailed Tom
Stewart, Crump machine can-
didate, for the democratic sen-
atorial nomination by almost 60,-
000 votes today. Only 087 of the
state's 2271 precincts were un-
reported.
Tom Stewart, leading
Senator George Berry for
the senate democratic nom-
ination in Tennessee is a
nephew of Mrs. R. A. Stew-
art, and a first cousin of
Fred Stewart, employe of a
local cotton oil company.
State Senator Prentice Cooper,
another Crump candidate, also
built up a lead over Gov. Gor-
don Browning.
When the returns from Mem-
phis started coming in, the
Freed at Dallas
DALLAS — (UP) — Larry W.
Reed, 30, a World War veteran
and amateur detective, walked
from the Dallas county jail late
yesterday after Justice of Peace
Walter J. Stovall declared that
the state lacked sufficient evi-
dence to hold him on a kidnap-
ing charge.
Reed and six others were
charged with the kidnaping of
Mickey Ricketts, negro, to ques-
tion him regarding the theft
of a jade ring from the home
er sections of the state was al-
most even for the two leading
candidates in each race.
In the race for Public Utili-
ties commissioner, W. D. Hud-
son, supported by Crump, had
(50,104 votes to 18,817 for W. H.
Turner, incumbent.
In the seventh congressional
district, Rep. Herron Pearson,
1).. of Jackson, won renomina-
tion easily.
Magnolia to Drill
No. 3 Ella Smith
Crump - supported candidates of Dr and Mrs j H Newton of
took their leads. The vote in oth- ..
Dallas. Dr. and Mrs. Newton
were charged also.
Reed was the first to have an
examining trial, and Stovall an-
nounced that the facts surround-
ing the seizure of the negro and
his imprisonment at the New
ton's fashionable home would
not support a kidnaping charge
against the Word War veteran.
Mrs. Newton was in Denver
today where it was reported
that a negro maid was seen
wearing the ring.
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Bert Lowe Hurt
ROTAN — Magnolia Petro-1 ^ Car Accident
leum company plans additional j Bert Lowe, local insurance and
drilling activity in the Rotan real estate man, was brought to
field having filed intention to
drill a third well on the Ella
Smth lease.
Intention was filed July 25 for
a test to 3510 feet. Location is
330 feet from the north line and
his home, 30(5 Ragland, Thursday
night from Coleman, where he
received treatments for injuries
suffered in an automobile colli-
sion Wednesday morning.
M r. Lowe was en route to Cole-
513 feet, from the west line of j man on a business trip, the ac-
a 54-acre lease in block 172, held cident happening five miles from
by the company.
Other activity in the field in-
cludes acldization of the W. L.
Barker No. 1. After being drilled
his destination when a car go-
ing in the opposite direction side-
swiped his machine turning it
over twice. He sustained a head
to 3570 feet the well failed to I injury and cuts and bruises.
produce oil and was acidized. It
has been pugged back to 3545
feet for another treatment.
Temporarily drilling on the
Barker No. 2 has been halted,
pending outcome of the No. 1
lest. The hole had gone down 1,-
000 feet before shutdown.
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Robbers Take
$35,000 Payroll
WOODRIVER, III. — (UP)—
Three men today help up a pay-
roll messenger for the Shell Pe-
troleum company and robbed
him of $35,000.
Two carried submachine guns.
Woodriver police said the the
robbery may have been perpe-
trated by Floyd Hamilton and
two companions. One of the
bandits was called "Hamilton"
by the others.
WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Unsettled
and cloudy.
Maximum temperature yes-
terday 05 degrees. Low this
morning 73 degrees. High to-
day 05 degrees.
WEST TEXAS — Partly clou-
dy, scattered showers tonight
and Saturday.
EAST TEXAS — Partly clou-
dy, probably scattered showers
tonight and Saturday.
Mrs. Lowe and son, and a dau-
ghter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Williams, went to
his bedside at Coleman Wednes-
day afternoon and accompanied
him home Thursday night. Mr.
Lowe moved here from Abilene
about three months ago to be-
come associated with Byron Mc-
Gall.
188 Boy Scouts
Attending Camp
At Barksdale
22 Local Boys and Two
Leaders Attend Annual
Council Encampment
Reports from Boy Scout Camp
Fawcett at Barksdale show
that 188 scouts from the Buf-
falo Trail council are enrolled
for the first week of the camp
period.
Twenty-two boys and two
scout leaders frcttn Sweetwater
left Tuesday morning on a com-
mercial bus to attend the first
week of the camp, and ten
more are scheduled to go on
next Tuesday morning.
A third period camp is sche-
duled immediately following the
two at Camp Fawcett, to be
held at Camp Eads for senior
scouts and experienced camp-
ers. Any Scout 15 years of age
and over, who is recommended
by his Scoutmaster may enroll
for the camp provided he has
attended at least one period of
summer camp. Cost for the sen-
ior camp is to be $12, or double
the cost of Camp Fawcett.
Scout Execut ive AI Stiles, in
charge of the camps went to
the Barksdale headquarters last
Sunday.
West Texas Beauties Greete d in Galveston
Negotiation
Plans Virtually
Turned Down
Tokyo Warned She Must
Withdraw Troops from
Disputed Territory
Two West Texas beauty contest winners are being greeted by civic officials at Galveston, where
they were entertained for several days. J. (J. Howard, right, official representative of Mayor
Adrian K. Levy, who was out of the city, is shown welcoming Miss Wynona Keller of Snyder,
diminutive hrunet "Goddess of West Texas," as Miss Joyce Wlialey, red-haired "Miss Sweet-
water," and (■ us A. Amundsen, Jr., Galveston Chaiubt-r of Commerce official, look on. The
beauties, who were awarded free trips to Galveston, along with trophies^ at the fourth
annual Sweetwater Water Carnival and Beauty Revue, were guests in Galveston on a beach
outing, deepsea fishing trip, sight-seeing tour, and at Sui Jen, swanky beachfront night club.
Soviet Russia took a stern at-
titude toward Japan today in the
Siberian border dispute.
Maxim Litvinov, foreign com-
missar, in effect rejected a Jap-
anese proposal for negotiations.
He refused a Japanese sugges- Men's association,
tion that Soviet troops be with
Gigantic Parade
To Lead Public
To Newman Field
Delegations to Attend
Mass Meeting; Expert
Salesmen to Speak
Sales Mean Jobs!
Everywhere in Sweetwater
you see that slogan. It is meant
to evoke the interest of every-
one in the National Salesmen's
Crusade, a nationwide plan
adopted already by 500 cities
to create employment by selling
additional goods and services.
Tonight Sweetwater opens its
campaign in a two-fold program
of events; a parade through the
business district and a gigantic
roundup at Newman high
stadium to which everyone is
invited. No admission charge;
bring all the folks.
Not only is the interest in
the crusade creating attention
in Sweetwater but the follow-
ing telegram was received at
noon today by the Board of
City Development from Abilene:
"Thanks for your invitation
and we are making up delega-
tion and will converge on you
about 7:30 tonight. (Signed) L.
B. Jackson. Pres. Traveling
drawn from the disputed area
Instead Litvinov declared
Japan must withdraw her troops
and then negotiate.
The attitude of Tokyo was
conciliatory, and officials seem-
ed to think a break could be
avoided. Even while talks pro-
gressed, however, new violence
flared on the border, and an
artillery battle was in progress.
Difficulties In China
Japanese were having difficul-
ties in China, and the Yang-
tse river again threatened to j
halt their drive by floods. Des-1
America Greets Its Famous Wrong Way Flier
Douglas Corrigan Gets Rousing Welcome in New York
AF of L to War
On Labor Board
WORCESTER, Mass. — (UP) |
—William Green, president ofi
the AF of L, said today that he
would lead the federation'?
membership in a campaign to
drive the National Labor Rela-
tions board "from power."
He accused the NLRB of "us-
ing the CIO movement to foster
secession in the labor move
ment."
"The administration of the
Wagner act is terrifically aw-
ful," he declared. "The NLRB
has sunk to a new low level
and is now a pro CIO agency."
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Concert Program
Is Announced
Band Director Jack Armstrong
today announced the following
program would be given Satur-
day evening by the municipal
band in its weekly concert:
March, Them Basses; overture,
The Fortune Teller; song for
cornet, Somewhere A Voice Is
Calling, Otto Carter, Jr., re-
quested, Song of The Islands;
march, Memphis The Majestic;
intermezzo, In A Moonlit Gar-
den; cornet quartet, selected,
Thompson, Carter, Armstrong,
and Weathers; march, The
Screamer.
Tense Kentucky Primary Election
NEW YORK — (UP) —Doug- j :
las Corrigan, the irrepressible j One Dead In Wild Shooting Affray In
young Long Beach, Calif., avia-
tion mechanic who took off for
Los Angeles in a fog and ar-
rived in Ireland "by mistake"!
came home last night to a JACKSON, Ivy. — (UP) —
tumultuous greeting that he said Former Sheriff Lee Combs, 36,
was "worse than anything that j was dead today, the victim of
happened while flying the At- a wild shooting affray between
lantic." | supporters of Senator Alben
The slender, grinning young j Barkley, senate majority lead-
Irishman rode up the bay on j er, and Governor A. B. (Happy)
the liner Manhattan while a' chandler, opponent for the dem-
fleet of excursion boats, loaded ocratic U. S. senatorial nornina-
with New York's Irish popula- J tion in Kentucky's primary to-
tion, tooted a delirious wel l morrow.
come. ; Combs' brother,
He was hurtled off the boat Chandler's county campaign
and whisked through town to his manager, and Sheriff Walter
The parade will form at 6:30
p. m. in front of the municipal
building on Locust. Every en-
trant is asked to be on time.
Promptly at 7 o'clock the pa-
rade moves off. Due to the large
number of late entries adding to
its length the route has been
changed as follows: Fourth street
to Oak: down Oak to Third
street, west on Third street to
Pecan, south on Pecan t.o
Broadway; east on Broadway to
Pine: out Pine to Newman sta-
dium.
Three Hands In Parade
There will be music galore
hotel by a police escort that
included 27 Corrigans.
The young flier wore the same
leather jacket he had on when
he took off from Floyd Bennett
Field three weeks ago—sup-
posedly bound for California.
But that was about the only
thing that was the same.
Known only as an obscure
young flier who made a non-stop
trip from Los Angeles in a
nine-year-old crate, at the time
he took off for Ireland, Corri-
gan returned today a national
hero, greeted with a wave of
popular enthusiasm that rivalled
the homecoming of another
young man who flew alone
across the Atlantic 11 years ago.
His arrival was several hours
later than had been expected,
due to fog which held up the
Manhattan, and the celebration
welcoming him home was post-
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Deaton, Barkley supporter, were
wounded. William Combs, 33,
Barkley's county manager, was
sought for the slaying. He is not
a relative of the Combs broth-
Police said that Sollie Combs,
father of the brothers, had sum-
moned his kinfolk, and a dozen
of them were searching for Wil-
liam Combs.
It was the first major out-
break in the tense campaign
which involves a clear cut test
of President Roosevelt's politi-
cal prestige.
One Killed in
Election Fi^ht
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ATHENS — (UP) — Alton
Richardson, 25, of Englewood,
Tenn., was slashed to death and
several others, including J. Tom
Lewis, 33, Taylor, candidate for circuit
criminal judge, were injured yes-
terday in violence marking Mc-
Minn county's bloodiest demo-
cratic primary.
Authorities closed some polls.
Richardson was attempting to
intercede in a fist fight among
five men at the polls when his
throat was slashed. He died in
a hospital.
Mysterious Chinese Jade Ring Case Embodies
All the Finer Points of Philo Vance Detective Thriller
DENVER — (UP)— Mrs.
Cosette Newton, Dallas, soc-
ialite, conferred secretly
with Denver police last
night concerning her miss-
ing Chinese jade ring—a
piece of jewelry that pro-
mises to hold the answer
lo kidnaping charges again-
st her and five other Tcx-
ans.
^Embodying all the finer
points of a Philo Vane: de-
tective thriller, the tale of
Mrs. Newton's jade ring re-
mained one of darker sec-
rets of the local detective
bureau today. The woman,
wife of a prominent Dallas
physician and former dean
of women at Southern Meth-
odist university, cam? here
with Texas officials to search
for the mysterious ring-
but no one would talk about
the results of their day-
long conferences.
Even Mrs, Newton and
her two official escorts dis-
appeared last night—report-
edly registered under ficti-
tious names in a local hotel.
Evolving around the mus-
ing jade ring—valued at S'v
000—were the kidnaping
charges relative to the alleg-
abduction of the Newton
family's negro chauffeur.
Mrs. Newton charged the
chauffeur, Micked Ricketts.
had stolen the ring and sold
it to a Denver woman-
friend for the sum of $1
Kidnaping charges against
Mrs. Newton, her husband
and four others were filed
when police discovered Rick-
etts in an attic of the New-
ton Dallas residence, bound
to a chair and suffering from
malnutrition. The negro al-
legedly was being held to
force him to tell what he had
done with the jewelry.
It was in quest of Rick-
ett's Denver negress friend
and the ring supposedly in
her possession that Mrs.
Newton traveled to Denver.
However, at least one wo-
man. a former maid employ-
ed by the Dallas socialite,
presented herself voluntarily
at police headquarters today
and emphatically denied any
connection with the case.
Mrs. James Young, the for-
mer maid, told officers that
she knew nothing about the
ring, its disappearance,
where they could find it or
the woman supposed to have
it.
Indications at detective
headquarters today showed
that the entire Denver de-
tective force concurred —
they apparently didn't eith-
er.
pite the rise of the waters, the | for the parade. Three bands as-
Japanese forces pushed on. I sure it. Sweetwater Municipal
In Europe, the tension be- band, Newman High school band
tween Germany and Czechoslo-; and one from the Mexican play-
vakia was unabated. Germany j grounds, under the recreation
threatened to fire on Czech air- department. Floats, decorated
planes if they cross the border, car- trucks, horsemen and pe-
The threat was an aftermath! destrians promise to make the
The threat was an after math j parade more than a mile iji
of a recent incident in which length. Mayor Beft Roberts
Germany charged that Czech astride a steed will be the
planes had scouted over her ter- grand marshal. Ollie Cox, rodeo
i ritory. ! impresario, is furnishing some
of his best horses for the city's
official family and other riifcrs.
Last but not least you will want
to see the clowns.
If you can't take part in the
parade be on hand to see it.
Program at Stadium
PRAGUE —.(UP) — Czeeho-j George Barber, secretary-man-
slovakia today formally apolo-: ager 0f the Board of City De-
gized to Berlin for a flight of! velopment, is master of cere-
three Czech military planes ov-j monies for the stadium pro-
er German soil, an incident de- gram. He will recognize delega-
scribed by the Nazi press as' tions from outside communities
a deliberate attempt to create; after which Mayor Ben Roberts
Czech Apology
Sent to Berlin
a "war atmosphere" for Vis-
is to give
the welcoming ad-
count Runciman's mediation ef- dress. Following the address the
forts in the Czechoslovak min-l crowd will be asked to join in
ority dispute. singing Wah-Hoo", theme song
The government of Premier of t)u, crusade. History of the
Milan Hodza, hastening to ap- xational Salesmen's Crusade
pease the newest threat to a Movement in Sweetwater is to
peaceful solution of the crisis1 t)e discussed bv George Bennitt,
involving the country's German president of the Board of City
minority of 3,500,000, admitted
that the planes flew over Ger
Polls at Claxton were closed! man territory near Glatz yester-
after Election Officers C. S. day.
WASHINGTON — (UP)—
The U. S, senate appeared
headed toward a record num-
ber of election contests to-
day as the result of ques-
tionable 1038 campaign tac-
tics.
The campaign expendi-
tures committee already has
found "deplorable" tactics
in Tennessee, which held its
primary yesterday, and Ken-
tucky, which votes tomor-
row.
Italy to Stifle
Jews' Activities
ROME — (UP) — Italy in-
tends to restrict the activities
of Jews to the ratio of their nu-
merical representation among
the total population, it was
announced today. It was the
most sweeping move in the new
Italian "Aryan" racial campaign
Bondof$2500Tn
Statutory Case
J
Bond of $2500 was set in
Peace Justice S. H. Shook's
court this morning for Edgar
Earl Davis. Sweetwater youth,
charged with a statutory of-
fense.
Davis waived examining trial.
He had not made bond today.
Simpson and Jake Burris were
beaten and stabbed. Both were
taken to a hospital.
At Etowah, frequent fights
marked the voting and the jail
there was "full."
Taylor, who opposed Incum-
bent S. K. Hicks, suffered
scalp wounds in a fight with
John Rogers and Jim Carmich-
ael. election officials, which re-
sulted when Taylor demanded
to be shown registration lists.
Carmichael suffered face and
head cuts and bruises. No ar-1 Members of the board of trus-
"The planes lost their bear-
ing during maneuvers on Aug.
3 in East Bohemia and flew
over German territory near
Glatz," a communique explain-
ed. "The German legation pro-
tested to the Czech foreign min-
istry which expressed regret
The fliers involved will be pun-
ished "
School Budget To
Be Set Tuesday
rests were made in the case, but
two other arrests were made for
fighting at Williamsburg.
At Athens, Vick Logan alleg-
edly took an axe and tried to
chop down several election
booths. He was arrested on a
charge of public drunkenness.
tees for the Sweetwater inde-
pendent school district are to
meet in the municipal building
at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening to
adopt a budget for the fiscal
year from September 1, 1938, to
August 31, 1039.
Any taxpayer of the district
McMinn county is in southeast may be present to take part in
Tennessee. | the hearing.
Indefinite Promise Of Relief
From Blistering Heat Viave in U. S.
By United Press
The weather man gave in-
definite promises of relief
today when he said scorch-
ing temperatures which en-
tered the 12th consecutive
day in some sections may
fall to normal Saturday if
a cool mass of air from the
Pacific coast continues east-
ward.
Three persons died of
heat prostration in New
York City. Twelve deaths
were reported in the north-
ern part of the state.
The plains states, as well
as the upper Mississippi Val-
ley. had only higher temper-
atures in store.
Two relief workers were
killed by lightning in an
electrical storm yesterday
at Cleveland.
Thunder storms on the
continent and in parts of
the British Isles today
brought relief from a heat
wave in which a large part
of Europe sweltered since
the beginning of August.
Reports from Poland said
that. 20 persons had been
killed by heat.
Development. He will then in-
troduce Jim Crusader, speaker
of the evening, whose address,
"Mountain Peaks of Salesman-
ship." is meant to inspire every-
one to a fuller realization of
the job of selling.
Sales mean jobs. Be there.
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Fair Catalog Copy
In Printer's Hand
Major portion of the copy for
the Midwest Exposition pre-
mium catalog went to the printer
this morning with the balance
scheduled to be turned over to
him this week.
Present indications are that
the book will bo from 50 to 60
pages in size, covering every
department of the exposition,
rules governing entries, and
premiums offered.
Three thousand copies of the \
hook are to be printed and mail- *
ed out to residents throughout
Nolan and adjoining counties.
Preparation of copy and ad-
vertising has been under direc-
tion of Oeorge Barber, Fair
Board secretary, and Billy Hud-
gins.
Work Continues On
Armory Application
City officials and civic lead-
ers are continuing their efforts
to secure government aid con-
struction of a National Guard
irmory in Sweetwater.
Officials are getting every co-
operation from Cnpt. Claudf
Scales of the National Guard
unit. Company E, located in
the city. Capt. Scales accompan-
ied the group who showed the
proposed site of the armory to
Gen. S. E. Nimon of the state
armory board.
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