Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 135, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 21 x 17 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
m
V
. .
• i C
• *
• i *
.
«
* v •
I'
d.
llffre
Sweetwater's long sought
school gymnasium almost be-
came a reality today as Super-
intendent Ross S. Covey receiv-
ed a wire from Sen. Tom Con-
nally telling him that the ap-
plication of the board of educa-
tion for a PWA grant of $19,800
had been approved.
"This does not mean," said
Mr. Covey, "that we are as-
sured of the gymnasium. We
must advertise for and let bids
and these bids and contracts
have to be approved by PWA
officials.
"In any event, if the gym-
nasium is built the sponsor's
part Is to be raised without a
$19,800 Aid For High School Qymnasi
kltrl icjlmio > ,.„!j *1- n *•__ * t- 1 tkn tim* ...Ill J? j a- « a J 1 1 7^ *_ 1 l . .
bond issue," said Mr. Covey.
To Raise 35 Per Cent
The board of education will be
required to raise 55 per cent of
the amount, which is approxi-
mately $25,000.
Total cost of the proposed
gymnasium will be about $45,000
Mr. Covey said.
Plans and specifications for
the structure have been dMfwn
up by Don Smith, architect
Plans have been laid autt for
a building 100 by 103 feet out-
side dimensions, to be construct-
ed of light colored brick.
The gymnasium will contain
seven rows of elevated seats on
either side of the court with a
total seating capacity of 1200.
The first row of seats will be
raised four feet above the play-
ing surface of the gymnasium.
Playing Surface
The playing surface will be
00 by 100 feet, though the
actual court will be only 50
by 85 feet.
Beneath the seats on either
side are to be two dressing and
locker rooms, four In all with
two rooms for boys and two
for girls. This same area is to
be equipped with toilets and
shower rooms and storage space
for gymnasium equipment.
The interior is to be heated
by gas units of the laj£8t ap-
proved type.
The building is to be located
back of the old high school
building, immediately north of
the building now being used as
a football dressing room, lock-
er room and shower room. It
will face west on Crane street.
Modern style architecture is
to be employed in the outward
while the interior plans
ed on specifications apt
for the latest type of
gymnasiums.
First Application
More than three years ago,
the Sweetwater school board fil-
ed an application for govern-
ment aid on a gymnasium, but
I
construction of the building,, the application was dropped.
CZECHS ORDER SEIZURE OF ALL SU DETEN PROPERTY
M m m ml
Warrant Issued For
Arrest Of Henlein
King Grants an
Urgent Audience
To Chamberlain
Outlook Distinctly
Unfavorable to Members
Of British Cabinet
london — (up) — prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain,
back from his talk with Adolf
Hitler, obtained an urgent au-
dience with the king at Buck-
ingham Palace tonight and sum-
moned the cabinet to meet to-
morrow.
Quarters closest to the cabi-
net indicated the outlook was
distinctly unfavorable.
That was considered the rea-
son for communicating so hur-
riedly with the king. Appoint-
ment was made four hours af-
ter Chamberlain's return \$ith
Hitler's terms, which were un-
derstood to be stiff.
"The outlook seems terrible,"
was the way one high authori-
ty summed up the situation.
Concerning his visit with Hit-
ler, Chamberlain said:
"It was a frank talk but a
friendly one. and i feel thoro-
ughly satisfied now that each of
us understands what is in the
mind of the other.
"You will not, of course, expect
me to discuss now what may
be the results of that talk. What
i have got to do now is discuss
them with my colleagues, and
1 would advise you not to accept
prematurely any unauthorized
account of what took place."
Viscount Kunciman, British
mediator in Czechoslovakia,
landed a few minutes ahead of
Chamberlain.
Sweetwater Reporter
VOL. XLI
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1938
NUMBER 135
Pacificists Want Ballots, N ot Bullets
New Dealers
Turn Guns On
). O'Connor
Rep.
Last of 'Betrayers'
Named by Roosevelt
For Re-Election Defeat
washington — (up) —
New Dealers today staked final
hopes for partial success of
President Roosevelt's drive on
party conservatives on next
Tuesday's New York primary in
which Rep. John j. o'Connor,
d., last of those named as "be-
trayers" by the chief executive,
comes up for renomination.
Up to today the drive has
been a complete failure, capped
by the renomination of Sen.
Walter f. George of Georgia
whom Mr. Roosevelt had dub-
bed a "conservative reactionary."
George won renomination easily
over former Governor Eugene
Talmade, gallus-snapping anti-
new dealer, and Lawrence Camp,
the president's hand-picked can-
didate,
George's Victory
The George victory put the
finishing touches on the presi-
dent's campaign to oust senate
conservatives in favor of new
deal liberals. It followed a simi-
lar reversal TUesday in Mary-
land where Senator Millard e.
Tydings, won over Rep. David j.
Lewis, the White House candi-
date.
George was the last of nine
candidates who helped defeat
the president's supreme court
enlargement bill to win renomi-
nation.
The political show now shifts
to New York where O'Connor,
chairman of the powerful house
rules committee, is opposed for
the democratic nomination by
James h. Fay, a deputy collec-
tor of internal revenue endors-
ed by both the president and
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia 'of
New York City.
WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Light ov-
ercast skies and continued cool.
Maximum temperature yester-
day 81 degrees. Low this morn-
ing 58 degrees. Temperature at
2 p. m. today 7!) degrees.
WEST TEXAS — Fair tonight
and Saturday.
EAST TEXAS — Fair to-
night and Saturday.
leipzig
k
Kohlfurt
Lubartov. j Lecma
Lublin
\Opocrno
Llauoni
Piot rk on
Grosscabaia
k v
ftuumfcurg
Altcnburn ^
kcddo
Konsk
Opole
ra^nysta^q
°/Kraanik /UrubieBiow
c Jano'w r £amo c
torraaz0w
iegnitz
Cbeltn
Pajeczno
(jurhtz
tmjnar,
■Oena
resiati
nowarqdonwk
strowiec
Dresde
varta r
\ fcrfurl
ZCZO'K
zbur
Kiel'cft
op^to
GERMAN YT"r'"
i /v.. . /To i l
SehweJdrii.tz
Sandomierz
Ghvciny
hmTfelnilt
Bilgoraj
Ciciitucbuwa
v • - - r~y
Jidrzejow
Staazow/p Q L A N D
( v \ > Rawa-ruska
Kromolo
Pmczow
&
m
V Jieinp y-
-? Ml.OolesIa
\ fjradcc'K ral^
y m b u r k jv 7 \k os t<5
Prah -,
kVna edf t- . K'°!in
y _ I Kutxm Horn Cbrudim
Plicii'yJerounj
. | BeneSovl-'
/ Pribram
fllc\ -i:
"'.^Neisse
Sliechow
Lczaj^k
Lubaczo,
Przev/orsk\ / ° zolkiev/^-^
Juroslaw
ouny
olbuazowa
DaSrowa
osnowlec KlrftkoW
Ropczyce
€2^
Number#
larno
NS Kadymno v
Jizt.szow
Oswiecim
in '-I :•
.Przemyai
Wieliczka
Biala
adowice
krosno^
Uaslav
qruce
Bid ak
makow
Dobro
arno
J..' ^fGrybuW T
vhohlit
srnde
lomouc
Limanowa
sambo
Nein; Brod
Nowy Targ
A . '%boryata^>
Pelljrimov
Prostojo.T
? \ . i.
JIblava
v
o
fnh
Brno
f?trakonic^
romersz
r«'iroiisl/urtf
uplin
HIGH 3
Jipdr.ih
:,Stuuisla«u«
Trebi
srtiokb.iffS
fh'\ t '•
uypca-_
pr^aov
% r f
vryo\9w
, nad<«r aj
ihorod
y | Krerhnica
Gmunil
Freiatadt"1 "a
;we-r
.. -...VStockerat
Landuhut
upper
uth e
KreiiuJ
[toraljiujhelj
beregtas® Hust«
Nitrii
Greiri
. i l,ucenec
if*
n/ >9sy.,wua«
omV; H U N G A R Y^H iduoana
cfuiUody llaid
Munch
'Munich
ten,,..m(idling
a u sir Baden
(Vienna)
s '^Sigbe.
5^ma-^m,u.resvi
are j mart i i .v.-* ^vi a-
z h. ^RUMANIA
^Sacbcibid ^ ^ \-;r\■ \P>
Rpaenheirtj
SaI?l urR,; ,^-i^
- hi'ip
u\<v
'"Mariizull^.Wicn^NeuauH 1/
v«=VTi
ormcu
obor Anunercrati'
uzctui
atvan \,
Jaazbereny
/jh
tfeeno.ip
/ v> CBudapest
Debrecen
hniduttiobo8zl°
Czech Man Of War
PRAGUE—(UP)—The Czech government outlawed the
Sudeten German party today and ordered the disbandon-
ment of its storm troopers and seizure of their property.
The government moved decisively to crush the entire Su-
deten movement in defiance of the support given to it by
Nazi Germany.
Earlier a warrant was issued for the arrest of Konrad
Henlein, leader of the movement, on charges of treason. He
has taken refuge in Germany.
In the wake of the rebellious uprising of the Sudetens,
which entailed the loss of many lives in widespread fighting,
the government maintained rig-,
id martial law in approximately j
half of the Sudeten area.
In addition, the government
decreed that inhabitants of al-
most all the Sudeten area must
surrender all arms and ammu-
nition in their possession with-
in 24 hours or go to prison for
terms of from one month to five
years.
(>:{ Districts Involved
The decree was first applied i
to the 63 Sudeten districts in j
the Bohemia area on the north- j
west bordering Germany, and |
then it was extended to 33 dis- |
tricts east of there.
The decree applies to some
Czech districts as well as those j
of heavy minority population.
NEA Her vice
Dark-Khiidcd on the map above, and (lark in Km
menace to European peace, is the fringe on tlic
north, west, and south borders of Czechoslovakia.
In t(nit area (lie population is largely of German
blood,
II is in this darkened region thai a plebiscite
is being sought. Czech consent is asked by peace-
makers to a proposal that if the people of these
areas vote to detach themselves from the rest of
the country and join the German-Austrian peo-
ples. that they be allowed to do so peacefully. This
plan is complicated by the fact that there arc
patchy areas far in the interior of Czechoslovakia
which also are largely German.
Taking their name from the Sudetie Mountains
of the north border, these "Sudeten Germans" are
the minority problem, failure to solve which will
almost surely involve Europe in war.
The map itself shows this racial conflict, for
notice that the names on it arc Czech names, yet
almost every town lias also a German name: Eger,
where conflict between Hudetens anil Czech au-
thorities has already taken place, is shown as
Chcb above. Aussig, another turbulent area, is
shown as I'sti. Pilsen is I'lzen, Prague is Praha,
Karlsbad is Karlovy Vary, Marienbad is Marl-
anskc Laznc, Kruiin is Brno, Pressburg is Bratis-
lava, and so on.
Copyright Rand McNally
Bloodshed and violence have already swept this
border area as Sudetens paraded, demonstrated,
and staged disorderly scenes. Czech police who
tried to put down the rioting were attacked, and
Czech troops began to be brought up. Thus an
"incident" is in the making which Hitler might
readily use as justification to invade Czechoslo-
vakia to protect residents of German blood.
Then the darkened border areas would also be
the arena in which the first victims of the war
would die, though the real military defense lines,
after the border forts were crushed, lie along three
parallel lines crossing the country at Prague and
then successively farther east.
VFW Convention
Opens Saturday
Approximately too delegates
are expected in Sweetwater Sat-
urday and Sunday to attend the
7th district convention of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
The Sweetwater Post No. 2471)
is to be host to the large num-
ber and has planned an interest-
ing program for tlie two-day ses-
sion. according to William
White, post commander.
The commander is inviting all
overseas veterans to join the
group for the entertainment
whether they are members of
the order or not.
Outstanding visitors are to be
district commander, w. h. Mc-
pherson, Lubbock; Walter j.
Gates, departtffent adjutant of
Galveston and d. a. Dunlavey,
department commander of Port
Arthur.
Meeting jointly with the vet-
erans is to be the auxiliary div-
ision with headquarters at the
Blue Bonnet hotel.
The group is to be entertain-
ed Saturday night with a dance
at The Tavern, a supper club
across from the airport. a pic-
nic dinner is to lie served at
noon Sunday at the city park.
Business sessions are to be held
Sunday morning and afternoon.
Registration is to begin
promptly at 1 o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
Local veterans in charge of
the entertainment program are
Raymond Bishop, John Ray, r.
w. Boyd and George Byrd.
State Champion American Legion
Drum Corps At Fair Tonight
UXION OF SUDETEN'
HITLER'S DEMAND
berlin — (up) — Adolf Hit- j
ler told Neville Chamberlain;
that union of Sudetenland with ;
Germany is an immediate nec- <
essity, all informed sources j
agreed today.
It was well known that the
eventual Nazi program toward ;
Czechoslovakia envisions absorp- i
tion of the Sudeten area.
o
Roosevelt Stays
Close to Capital
washington — (up) —
President Roosevelt today can-
celled a speaking engagement
at Poughkeepsie, n. y., tomor-
row in order to remain at the
White House in touch with rap-
idfire developments in the
European crisis.
The president had plans to ad-
dress a 150th anniversary cele-
bration of the first constitution-
al convention in the United
States tomorrow, but in view
of the situation abroad, he de-
cided to remain in Washington.
o _____
One of Czechoslovakia's "men
of the hour" in the German-
Czech war crisis is the veter-
an soldier, Jan Syrovy, al ove,
general inspector of the Czech
army.
Chamberlain
Speeds Back
To His Cabinet
Europe Marks Time
At Crossroads of
Peace fir War Today
l AV
Murderer Of Three
Little Girls Hanged
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal.
_(UP) _ Albert Dyer, convict-
ed murderer of three little Ingle-
wood, Calif., girls, was hanged
today on San Quentin's gallows.
Japanese Near
China's Capital
shanghai, Friday — (up)
Japanese forces smashing
toward Hankow along the Yang-
tse river today were attacking
the Tienkaehen forts about 80
miles directly southeast of the
Chinese provisional capital.
The Chinese war office admit-
ted the loss of Matowchen, at
the south end of the Chinese
barricade across the Yangtse
river, but said Chinese still weve
holding positions in Wusueh at
the north end of the barricade,
which held back Japanese war-
ships moving up the Yangtse for
weeks.
Hankow denied that Japanese
gunboats already had broken
through the barricade but neu-
tral reports indicated that they
had and that the Japanese war-
craft soon would be in position
to bombard the environs of the
Chinese capital area.
o
State Department
Exhibit at Fair
The snow-white trailer sent
to the Midwest Exposition by
the state department of health
may be seen today and tomorrow
at the fair grounds.
The health display consists of
nutrition outlay, depicting the
results of improper diet and ad-
vantages of a balanced diet.
A member of the Nolan Coun-
ty Health unit advisory commit-
tee Is to be at the traiier-dlsplay
at all hours to explain the ex-
hibits to visitors.
Double feature programs have
ben slated for the Midwest Ex-
position entertainment cards
tonight and tomorrow night.
The Lightcrust Doughboys of
Fort Worth are to fill the regu-
lar band concert and specialty
hours tonight beginning at 7:30,
and at 10 o'clock the Texas
champion American Legion
drum and bugle corps from Aus-
tin i> to give a special exhibition
at the exposition grounds.
The drum and bugle corps, ac-
companying Texas representati-
ves to the national American
Legion convention at Los An-
geles. is to march from their
special train to the fair grounds
where they are to put on their
demonstration and return. The
train, on the Santa fe line
is to stop near the Softball park
for twenty-five minutes for the
exposition visit.
Local Men Join Corps
Fair officials expressed their
appreciation to the Santa Fe of-
ficials and state department of-
ficials of the American Legion
for making it possible for the
drum corps to visit the exposi-
tion.
Following the exhibition,
Jack Armstrong, director of the
Sweetwater municipal band,
Henry t. Marshall and Harry
Phelps are to join the Austin
drum and bugle corps for the
trip to Los Angeles to attend the
national Legion convention.
John ii. Reagan junior high
school band under direction of
Russell Shrader is to fill the
concert engagement at 7:30 Sat-
urday night, and the Business
and Professional Women's club
is in charge of the specialty pro-
gram.
Satnrday'i* Program
At 9 o'clock Saturday night
See DRUM CORPS Page 4
Youth Gets Year
In Driving Case
Entering a plea of guilty be-
fore Judge a. S. Mauzey in dis-
trict court this morning, Joe
Dodson, Sweetwater youth, was
given a year's suspended sen-
tence on charges of driving
while intoxicated.
His drivers license was sus-
pended for six months.
Petit jurors summoned for
the third week, designated for
hearing criminal cases, follow:
Gus Rigsby, w. h. Pruitt, a.
c. Hefner, j. d. Porter, Jr., l.
b. Scott, Arthur Rannefeld, g.
w. McReynolds. Dan Ritter,
Ford Phillips. John w. Ralston,
w. m. Richey, a. j. Reece, j.
w. Shaddix, j. a. Pratt, w. Phil-
lips, j. r, Scott, Cecil Hagar, j.
c. Roland. l. McGowan, Earl
Green. Henry Sauer, Walter Ot-
ey, w. e. Kirkland, j. e. Mor-
man, John Ferry, \v. o. Hobbs,
w. h. Morgan, l. j. Henning-
ton, w. e. Noah. Rankin Rus-
sell, g. a. McRorey, c. l. Krie-
del and Joe Oden.
o
Club Sponsors
Program Saturday
Special features of the pro-
gram presented Saturday even-
ing under sponsorship of the
Business and Professional Wom-
en's club at the Midwest Expo-
sition include the petite Mrs.
Clyce Smith, in costume, sing-
ing Alexander's Ragtime Band.
Mrs. Earl Louder of Snyder is
to offer accordion selections.
-At
Subsidy Checks
Received Today
V
County Agent r. b. Tate an-
nounced this afternoon the re-
ceipt of cotton subsidy checks
totaling $40,000 to be distribut-
ed to approximately 400 Nolan
county farmers who have com-
plied with the 1037 government
soil conservation program.
Cards are to be mailed out
from Mr. Tate's office imme-
diately to the farmers whose
checks were received today.
The payment represents ap-
proximately one-fourth of the
total amount of cotton subsidy
payments due to Nolan county
growers, Mr. Tate said.
o
Record Low of
58 Degrees Here
r
After a mild summer with few
days over the 100 degree mark.
Sweetwater citizens went "cov-
er hunting" early this morning
when temperature dropped 2(11 er bridge near Kimball's bend is which he would consent to hold
sought by Johnson and adjoin '>ack German arms from thu
ing counties. i Czech border. Those terms were
Another project to be discus-! capitulation of the Prague gov-
sed is for a road to Possum j ernment to the demand of Kon-
Kingdom dam connecting with , a(' Henlein s Sudeten Nazis for
the Graham-Graford road. autonomy, and ultimate "ansch-
British Ships
Hit by Shrapnel
barcelona — (up) -
least 29 persons were killed and
120 wounded today when three
squadrons of nationalist air-
planes bombarded the port of
Barcelona.
Five British ships were hit by
shrapnel, but their damage was
not heavy.
The Greek cook on one Brit
ish steamer was taken to the
hospital with head wounds.
o
Highway Hearings
Set For Monday
austin — (up> — Forty-
eight delegations will be heard
Monday by the Texas highway
commission, it was announced
today.
Construction of a Brazos riv
IS.v CLIFFORD
l"P Correspondent
LONDON, Friday — Europe
; marked time at the crossroads
j of peace or war today as Brit-
I ain's 69-year-old prime minis-
ter. Neville Chamberlain, re-
turned home from Berehtesgad-
: en with what informed circles
; believe is Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's
; price of peace.
Tin price i expected to
be the complete surrender
ot the Sudetenland to Ger-
many, anil the grim ques-
tion 111.it hung on the lips
of Kuropciiii diplomats was
—uill Britain and France
pay the price, or go to war?
Although ;!i. n u no accu-
rate or offieia'. information as
to what acti'<;ly happened in
the three h< ui- y.--ierday dur-
ing which i hamlw! aiu and Hit-
. ler were closeted in a white
house on the chilly slope of
Obersalzbure unofficial reports
were numerous old all rlike.
Hitler's Terms
They said Hitler had laid down
i the minimum terms under
a
winter low of 58
degrees to
degrees.
Thursday's maximum temper-
ature was 84 degrees, one of the
lowest this summer. Early this
morning, mercury started fall-
ing abruptly to give this area
a forecast- of light overcast skies
and continued cool weather.
o
Health Check To Be
Made Of Students
Examinations of 101 Roscoe
high school girls is being com-
pleted today with dr George
a. Gray, director, and Miss Ella
Patton, nurse, in charge.
The Nolan County Health unit
personnel is to start Monday af-
ternoon inspecting the John H.
Reagan junior high girls and
expect to complete high school
boys examinations in Roscoe al-
so.
luss" with German.
Chamberlain wa expected to
confer with his cabinet minis-
ter- as xi. m a • he arrived here
today and probably will transmit
immediately the German Fuehr-
er's terms to Paris.
Chamberlain's unexpected re-
turn--he had bei-n expected to
remain two days-suggested the
possibility of a meeting lietween
two measured miles in his the British premier. 11 it -r, Pre-
Capt. Geo. Eyston
Regains Record
bonneville. Salt Flats.
Utah — (up) — Captain George
Eyston today regained the world
land speed record when he ran
thunderbolt racer at an average
speed of 357.50 miles an hour.
This broke the record set yes-
terday when John Cobb, English
fur broker, drove 350.20 miles
an hour. Cobb announced that
he would not attempt to break
Eyston's record again this year.
mier Edoitard Daladier of
France and Premier Benito Mus-
solini of Italy next week, prob-
ably at some town on th> Fran-
co-German border.
Faces New Danger
With the war crisis seemingly
See CHAMBERLAIN Page «•
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 135, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1938, newspaper, September 16, 1938; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth281990/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.