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Man, Window Washer, Falls To Death
f T. j. Keating, 21,
Earned Own Way
• By Dangerous Job
Student Was Cleaning
Panes Of Houston Bank
® At Time Of Accident
The imperative urge for an
education cost a Biackwell youth
his life at 6:30 Sunday night in
Houston, when T. J. Keating, 21,
member of a prominent Nolan
county family, fell 12 stories to
his death as an apparatus hold-
ing a scaffold on which he was
washing windows snapped,-
hurling him to the pavement
below.
Young Keating, a second year
student of Houston university,
was working on holidays, week-
ends and while business was sus-
pended for the holidays as a
member of a students window
washing company to provide
funds to carry on his studies. At
the time he met death violently
he was at work cleaning win-
dows of a bank building.
His body is to arrive in
Sweetwater Tuesday morning to
be conveyed overland to Black-
well where services are to be
held at the cemetery in the af-
ternoon. The Rev. J. H. Dean is
to officiate at the rites.
Surviving are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim S. Keating; two
sisters, Mrs. Vernon Oakley,
Mesquite; Miss Clara Keating,
New York; seven brothers, Carl
of Houston; Everett, a lieuten-
ant in the air service at Barks-
dale Field, La.; Mack, Lee, Loyd,
Grant and Raymond, all of
Biackwell.
Sweetwater Reporter
Westerner May
Get Court Post
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VOLUME XLI
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, MONDAY, JAMJAKY 2. 1939
NUMBER 222
Nolan County Court Term Is Opened
'Congress Will Respond-
Allred Names 3
To Texas Board
Of Education
.AUSTIN — (UP) — Ben G.
O'Neil of Wichita Falls. Homer
Dewolfe of Austin and Max T.
Junker of Dallas, new member
of the state board of education,
will take office tomorrow. Their
appointments to succeed Ghent
Sanderford of Austin, Tom
Garrard of Lubbock and R. S.
Bowers of Caldwell were an-
nounced Sunday by Governor
Allred.
The new members will be
sworn in in the governor's of-
fice in time to participate in the
regular meetings of the board.
O'Neal is former state senator
from Wichita Falls. Dewolfe is
former assistant attorney gen-
eral and Junker formerly of
Wichita Falls, is general agent
of the Katy railroad.
The appointments are for six
year term..
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BOWL GAME RESULTS
First Half
TCU 6, Carnegie Tech 7.
Third Period
TCU 12, Carnegie 7.
Tenn 10, Okla. 0.
Final
TCU 15, Carnegie Tech 7.
St. Mary's 20, Texas Tech 13.
Two spokesmen for political "progressives" confer as t'on-
gress opens. Senator George X orris of .Nebraska and Mayor
Fiorello LaGuardia of New York. LaGuardia: "Congress will
respond to tin- progressive demand of the American people."
SWEETWATER'S FIRST CIVIC
CLUB BANQUET IS RECALLED
Sweetwater's first commerci-
al club banquet, the organiza-
tion being the forerunner of the
present Board of City Develop-
ment, was recalled today as
time for the annual BCD din-
ner and general-blow-out drew
nearer.
The recollections were those
of Judge R. C. Crane, West Tex-
as pioneer and historian, who
took part in the first dinner of
a civic organization in Sweet-
water. That was in February,
1903.
At that time Sweetwater had
an official population of only
070, an estimated population of
about 1,000. Nolan county's to-
tal population was only 2,611,
County Officials Sworn In Today:
Duelling Clause Omitted First Time
For the first time since estab-
lishing the constitution of Tex-
as, Nolan county's official fam-
ily took a new oath this morning
when sworn into office. The ob-
solete clause, concerning duel-
ling, being omitted by an amend-
ment to the constitution in the
last general election.
Sworn into office before Jud-
ge Charles W. Lewis and his
county commissioners, the fol-
lowing oath was taken: "I do
solemnly swear or affirm that I
will faithfully execute the du-
ties of the office of of
the State of Texas and will to
the best of my ability preserve,
WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Fair, It-
tie change in temperature.
Maximum temperature yester-
day 68 degrees. Low this morn-
ing 42 degrees. Temperature at
2 p. m. today 69 degrees.
WEST TEXAS—Fair tonight
and Tuesday. Not much change
In temperature.
EAST TEXAS—Fair Interior,
partly cloudy on coast tonight
and Tuesday. Not much change
in temperature.
protect and defend the constitu-
tion and swear, or affirm, that I
have not directly nor indirectly
paid, offered, or promised to pay,
contributed, nor promised to
contribute any money, or valu-
able thing, or promised any pub-
lic office' or employment, as a
reward for the giving or with-
holding a vote at the election at
which I was elected. So help me
God."
The clause omitted reading
"—being a citizen of this state
have not fought a duel with
deadly weapons within the state
or out of it, nor have 1 sent or
accepted a challenge to fight a
duel with deadly weapons, nor
have I acted as second in carry-
ing a challenge or aided, advised,
or assisted a person thus offend-
ing."
New officials to take the oath
were L. W. Scott, county clerk;
Ed. Neinast, county superintend-
ent; Melvin Thompson, commis-
sioner, precinct 1; Odis Moore,
commissioner, precinct 3. Other
new county officials are Truett
Barber, district clerk of Nolan
county, and R. Temple Dickson,
state representative who is to
take oath of office Jan. 10 in Aus-
tin.
which is about the present num-
ber of students in the Sweet-
water public school system.
There were no paved streets
or roads and no waterworks in
Sweetwater then and the city's
only transportation was afforel-
See SWEETWATER Page G
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Outstanding Man
Sought To Address
Banquet of BCD
For the annual joint banquet
of the Sweetwater Club and
Board of City Development,
January 20, an outstanding
speaker is to be chosen, George
Barber, BCD secretary stated.
Invitations have been extend-
ed to Elliott Roosevelt, Fort
Worth, Gene Howe, Amarillo
publisher; and Joe Leopold, sup-
ervisor of public utilities, Dal-
las. Clifford B. Jones, recently
elected president of Texas Tech-
nological college of Lubbock, has
been invited by the joint com-
mittee to address the banquet.
Committee members attend-
ing a recent meeting to invite
speakers were P. Ed Ponder, H.
A. Walker, Barber, Joe Bowen,
P. L. Ullom, Glenn Russell and
George Bennitt.
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Longview Plans
Chemurgic Meet
LONGVIEW — O u tstanding
chemurgic experts are to at-
tend a dinned the opening night
of the East Texaxs Farm Cne-
murgic Congress. January 9, and
10, in Glaei officials an-
nounced.
Victor H. Schoffelmayer, Dal-
las, chairman of the East Texas
committee, is to present the or-
ganization's program for 1939.
The committee is stressing a
diversified industrial program
for Texas.
Drunken Driving
Evil Cited In
Judge's Charge
About 150 Cases Are
Docketed; Grand Jury
Convened This Morning
Nolan county's January term
of district court got underway
today with District Judge A. S.
Mauzey's charge to the grand
jury.
Several cases are to come be-
fore the grand jurors this term
and there are already 150 cases
docketed for the. court term.
Defends Traffic Laws
Carrying out the sU'utes, A.
S. Mauzey, presiding judge of
the 32nd judicial district court
charged the grand jury panel
saying "We have great respect
for our form of government, I
am sure. One of the greatest
foundation pillars in our state
and nation is the fact that we
provide for everybody a trial in
a court by a jury of the average
citizen.
"We do lose our heads once
in awhile, and one of the dark
spots of the American govern-
ment, or of any democracy, some
pe'ople have the idea that a per-
son charged with an offense, if
it is generally understood that
he is guilty, ought not to be
tried but ought to be jerked
up arbitrarily. You can't deter-
mine whether or not they have
violated a law until you have
heard all testimony.
"Another thing that we weak-
en on is the fact that we be-
lieve in enforcing the laws we
are in favor of and obey
laws that suit our ideas
dards of right or wrong. All peo
pie believe it wrong to steal, to
kill, to burglarize, to commit
fraud, but many do not believe
it wrong to violate the traffic
laws of the state. The traffic
law is as much a law as any oth-
er law. We have a tendency to
grow impatient with traffic or-
dinances. We should stop, take
inventory of our own ideas and
see just where we stand, and
see if we have lost respect for
a good many statutes of this
state."
"Drunken Driving Serious"
Stressing the major problem j
of handling offenders who drive !
while intoxicated, he summed!
up: "Driving intoxicated, and its I
great handicap of not knowing
who is under the influence of
liquor until after someone is
dead, is a serious matter that
yotir judgment will be put to a
test in handling charges."
W. H. Bennett, Sweetwater
business man, is foreman of the
grand jurors. Working with him
are M. C. Manroe, oil and gas
distributor; A. C. Gardner, cat-
tleman; Homer Williams, West-
See COURT Page 6
FDR NAMES FRANK MURPHY
AS HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL
Steps Out
M
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
Former Governor Frank Mur-
phy, 45, of Michigan joined the
cabinet as attorney general to-
day to complete a pre-congress
shakeup which supplanted two ,
lifetime democratic politicians |
with young and ardent new deal-
ers.
The 100 per cent new deal
cabinet circle is almost complete.
Mr. Roosevelt may name a new
supreme court justice later to-
day, and he is reported to be
ready to nominate lame duck
Senator Fred H. Brown, dem-
ocratic, N. H.. to be comptrolled
general of the U. S.
Addition of Murphy to the cab-
inet provides politics with an
outstanding eligible bachelor.
But more important is the fact
that when Murphy takes his
seat in the cabinet room the 100
per cent new deal circle around
the big table will be nearly com-
plete. Only Postmaster General
James A. Farley and Secretary
of State Cordell Hull stand be-
See MURPHY Page 6 •
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Pressure for a western man
on the I". S. Supreme Court
may lead to appointment of
Senator Louis Scliweiienbaeh,
above, Washington state New
Dealer.
FDR Confers
With Senate,
House Leaders
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
President Roosevelt today sum-
moned his house and senate lea-
ders into a final pre-session hud-
dle on the administration's pro- j
gram for the 76th congress
which convenes tomorrow.
At a luncheon conference at i
j Texas Expect
To Have Lowest
Figure In Years
41 Dead In Illinois;
New York Reports 36;
19 Killed In California
By UNITED PRESS
The number of violent deaths
| on highways, in homes and in
| the air increased steadily toward
the 300-mark today as the three-
| day New Year holiday neared
! its end.
As usual, automobile accidents
headed the list, accounting for
j over 150 deaths. Indications
i were the figure would be dou-
bled before midnight.
I Illinois reported 41 violent
; deaths. New York had 36 fatali-
ties. California reported 19 dead.
Alabama had two of the most
tragic automobile accidents. Sev-
j en members of a family drown-
ed at Greenville when an au-
tomobile fell into a creek. Four
high school youths burned to
death near Roanoke when a
school bus caught fire.
At Runford, Me., five persons
burned to death in a fire which
broke out in a hotel during the
height of New Year's eve fes-
tivities.
At Clinton, Ind., 19 miners,
entombed for 12 hours by rag-
ing fire in a coal mine, were
rescued by co-workers and vol-
unteers. Another ran amuck and
died in a side corridor before
rescuers could find him.
At Sheffield, la., an amateur
aviator was killed when the
airplane he was piloting crash-
ed into the side of a grain ele-
vator during a takeoff.
In other accidents a conduc-
tor was run over and killed by
his own train at Iowa City, la. •
A new low record for traffic
and vi ii-nt deaths was in pros-
pect in Texas. Although clear
skies and pleasant weather in-
the White House it was expect- duced thousands of motorists
ed that the leaders, Senator Al- ! to take to the highways dur-
Rotarians Hear
Professor Talk
On Constitution
ben W. Barkley of Kentucky, ;
and Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas j
would go over the draft of the
annual message which Mr. j
j Roosevelt will deliver person-
ally before a joint session of the j
! house and senate Wednesday, j
ing Saturday and Sunday only
5 fatalities were reported as due
to automobile crashes. Three
other violent deaths brought the
total to eight.
These reports included:
Mrs. G. O. Munden, 55, of Ce-
dar Hill, was killed Saturday
night in a collision on the Dal-
House leader;
I er today will go through the for-
mality of re-electing Rayburn as
their floor leader and Rep. Wil-
liam B. Bankhead as speaker.
HOMKK <TMMIN<;S
,eying the C. T
s of stan- kjLc|)fe 111
r All npn- A
I Members of the Sweetwater j
j Rotary began the New Year Flr |]r,c [pWPlrV
with a greater understanding of I Jl_ r> y
| the constitution of the United i j-,. t j
| Staes because of a talk today; jl'Ill iS I.iOOtC(l
on the subject "r '
KIIAXK MURPHY
COUNTY AUTO DEATH TOLL
REDUCED FROM 19 TO 17
Violent deaths and automobile homicide, one accidental burns
fatalities in Nolan county dur-
ing 1938 were reduced sharply
vital statistics of the Nolan
County Health Unit show. Only
21 persons met death violently.
17 in automobile wrecks, as
compared to 31 last year, 10 in
car accidents.
The death rate, however,
showed an increase of 24 per-
sons for the 12-month period
There were 208 birth certificates
issued this year as compared
with 184 last year.
Heart ailment led the list of
causes, 30 succumbing sudden-
ly or to long illnesses from the
condition.
Next in line for causes were
infant deaths, 16 babies having
died and six stillbirths report-
ed. Two persons met death by-
injuries sustained while at
work; three from suicide, two
Tuberculosis took 11 lives, can-
cer 2, cerebral hemorrhage 5;
the balance from natural caus-
es.
Of the number 157 people died
in Sweetwater; ti in Whiteflat,
10 in Biackwell; five in Nolan;
28 in Roseoo, one in Hylton and
Maryneal.
"Defining the increase of
deaths in the county this year, I
would attribute the case to non-
residents, seeking the services
of the Sweetwater hospital, and
Young hospital, Roscoe that
have drawn patients from wide
West Texas areas", stated Dr.
George A. Gray, health director.
Before establishment of the
two institutions, the rate was
much lower, because most peo-
ple dying in the bounds of the
county were residents, statistics
show.
by W. Aubrey
Stephenson, head of the depart-!
ment of government at Hardin- j
Simmons university. His discus- j
sion was free from legal term-
inology and revealed the growth
of the federal system of gov-
ernment. He traced the begin-
ning of the federal form from
the first Articles of Federation
of three New England towns in
1639.
Outstanding personalities who
participated in the framing of
| the United States Constitution
| in 17S7 were named by the
I speaker, recalling to the minds
of the Rotarians such men as
George Washington, Benjamin
Franklin, Alexander Hamilton,
Robert Morris, James Wilson
and Gouverneur Morris.
In his discussion, he distin-
guished between powers of the
federal government and those
of the states and stressed the
importance of local self-govern-
ment in the American system.
The will of the people, he said,
was preeminent under our con-
stitution through the choice of
representatives by the ballot.
His talk was concluded by
enumerating the manifold bene-
fits of the constitution to each
individual and assured the mem-
bership that preservation of
these is worth fighting for.
Club visitors today were Wal-
ter Bennett, Sears Roebuck &
Co., and the Rev. Harold Wolff,
pastor of the Lutheran Church.
President Luther Watson pre-
sided at the meeting.
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Ohio Convicts
Is Recaptured
CLEVELAND — (UP) — Po-
lice captured one of five mad
convicts who escaped from the
Lima, O., state hospital for the
criminally insane.
He told police that the other
four had left him at Fort Wayne,
Ind., and driven toward Chicago.
The other four, armed with
razors and an axe, were still at
large today. Police of several
midwest states hunted the men
who fled the institution early
Sunday after threatening a su-
perintendent.
DALLAS — A 23-year-old part
time employe of a jewelry firm
in Dallas gave expensive Christ-
mas presents this year. After he
had been employed three weeks,
a checkup revealed that during
that time he had stolen, sys-
tematically, watches and jewel-
ry totaling $3,778 from his em-
ployer.
The jewelry firm did not
know the full extent of his
thefts, police said, as the loot
had been smuggled out and hid-
den in the employes' home
in a caucus lat- , las-Fort Worth pike.
Clifford Harris, 3G-year-old
old farmer, was killed instant-
ly when his automobile struck a
bridge banister three miles north
of Comanche.
Thomas P. Cotter, 34, a barber,
was killed instantly at Galves-
ton Sunday when his automo-
bile collided with another.
Edward J. Wokaty, 23, was
killed in a collision near Vic-
toria. At Port Arthur Leslie
Rivers, 45, tugboat cook, fell
into a canal and drowned.
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San Antonio Has
2 Suicide Cases
SAN ANTONIO — (UP) —
Two suicides marked New Year's
eve celebrations. James B.
Hart. 35, retired saldier, was
found shot to death with a rifle
nearby. After a long illness,
Manuel Suarez. 66, killed him-
Detectives questioned the sus- j self with a small calibre pistol
pect last spring in connection i while members of the family
with a holdup in Dallas out- ; were out of the room celebrat-
skirts. 'ing.
Senate •Naval Affairs Head Urges
Enlarged National Defense Program
I$Y SEX. DAVID I. WALSH is quite natural that our people
Chairman. Sen. Naval Affairs i should be deeply aroused to tfie
Committee « j necessity of providing adequate
WASHINGTON — (UP) —i defense against any possible
It now is clear that the- Ameri-1 contingency which might em-
can people are determined by a j hl'oil in war- Even conditions
, . . ' in some parts of the western
preponderant majority upon a *omNphpn;, rcf]ect 1he fierce
course of enlarged national self- struggle being waged between
protection. j antagonistic European political
This is attributable, in my op- ^nd economic systems.
inion. to a combination of cir- 0(u. count cannot f n tQ be
cumstances developing in Euro- •
pean diplomacy which threaten i Bravely disturbed over present
an outbreak of international hos- evidence.- of economic penetra*
tilities. When this will occur i tion accompanied by unfriendly
seems now to be- indeterminable | propaganda by European na-
but. nevertheless, war is regard- . ,inns derogatory to the United
ed as inevitable I SiaU s which is discernible at
That most European nations present in certain countries of
are stirred by fear of impending America. The germination
conflict, is best indicated by their "f hostile feeling- in any part
feverish activitv in rearmament, i South or Central Amc-rica. or
In approximately the last year
England alone is believed to
have expended more than two
billion dollars for national de-
fense. France, Germany, Russia
and Italy likewise have spent
huge sums for armaments and
the end of this mad race in mili-
tary and naval construction is
not. yet in sight-
In view of this ominous situa-
tion wherein one European cri-
sis more starting that the last
looms with lighting rapidity, it
indeed anywhere on the Ameri-
can continent resulting in or ren-
dering possible the establish-
ment of air and naval bases
which can only be construed as
a threat against our national
security, cannot and must not be
tolerated by this government.
All the complications in Inter-
national relations which I have
enumerated, lead to but one log-
ical conclusion, namely: the ur-
gent need of an adequate and ef-
fective national defense.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 222, Ed. 1 Monday, January 2, 1939, newspaper, January 2, 1939; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282004/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.