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Roosevelt Delighted That '
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Changes Name,
Lands Contract
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I oris Jordan, above, put one
over 011 Samuel Goldwyn and
wad signed an as "unknown"
to play opposite Gary Cooper.
Later the producer found out
she wan Doris Davenport, an
extra in Hollywood for years.
'Resolute' To Stop
At Local Airport
Capt. A. T. Sewell, command-
er of the Goodyear blimp, "Vol-
unteer," which moored for more
than 30 hours at the Sweetwat-
er municipal airport Sunday
and Monday awaiting calmer
flying weather, informed Ray
Haumgardncr, airport manager,
that he and his crew would
stop here within about 10 days
with a new. nonrigid dirgible,
the "Resolute."
Capt. Sewell and his crew were
en route to Akron, Ohio, from
Los Angeles to pick up the nevv
airship when they were delayed
here. The "Volunteer" is being
retired from service and the
new balloon will replace it.
Fifteen drums of helium from
the Amarillo plant has been sent
here Io place in t-he -new-ship.
Capt. Sewell explained that it
was necessary to repenish the
helium supply in the bag fre-
quently, due to seepage and infil-
tration of air.
The commander expected to
be back in Sweetwater about
Nov. 11.
Embargo Repeal
Action May Be
Finished Todav
Senator Barkley Sees
Chance for Final
Passage by Night
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
President Roosevelt said today
that the neutrality hill on which
congress is about to complete
action restores the historic posi-
tion of United States neutrali-
ty-
"I am very glad that the bill
has restored the historic posi-
tion of neutrality of the Unit-
ed States," Mr. Roosevelt said.
He expressed gratification at
the 02-vote margin by which
the house yesterday approved
repeal of the arms embargo.
Senate democratic leader, Al-
lien Barkley, D., Ky., express-
ed hope that congress would
complete action on the neutral-
ity bill and adjourn, tonight.
Mr. Roosevelt's comment was
made as six senators and five
representatives in a conference
committee put into final form
the cash-and-carry bill, making
possible the export of arms and
munitions.
Mr. Roosevelt said that enact-
ment of the bill will be followed
promptly with his issuance of
proclamations required by the
measure.
Winters First
Blast Arrives
The first real touch of winter
was experienced in Sweetwater
Thursday night and Friday.
The norther sent the mercury
tumbling from a high of 02 de-
grees Thursday to a low of 35
this morning, a drop of 27 de-
grees, the lowest of the season.
Cloudiness and a stiff wind
prevented any material damage
from frost.
However, weather bureaus to-
day warned that the mercury
would hover around the freezing
point ag'.'in tonight and advised
that motorists take precaution
against damage to motors from
frozen water in the cooling sys-
tem. and also to protect any
plants growing outside which
might suffer from low temper-
ature.
The Dallas weather bureau
warned North Texas . today to
prepare for feezing weather
with from heavy to killing
frost .
The mercury dropped to 20 at
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TEXAS DELEGATION'
SOLID FOR REPEAL
WASHINGTON — (UP I —
Every member of the Texas dele-
gation in the house of represen-
tatives voted to repeal the arms
embargo, thus aligning themsel-
ves with the administration, as
did both the senators.
o
Burglar Enters
Armor's Store
A burglar last night forced
his way through the front door
of L. L. Armor's Sweetwater
drug No. 1, corner of Oak and
Third, and took a small amount
of silver from two cash regis-
ters, the money drawers of j
which are purposely left open |
nights. *
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Dies Committee
Goes Into Recess
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The Dies committee today sus-
pended hearings for at least two
weeks after hearing Fredrick
Phillips, former official of the
National Maritime union., charg-
ing that a communist had been
named chief organizer for the
CIO in the Panama Canal zbne.
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43RD YEAR
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1939
NUMBER 153
Nazis Assure 'Care' For Flint's Crew
Treasury Deficit
Continues T o Grow
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The treasury announced today
that national defense expendi-
tures totaled more than $146,300,-
T00 in the first third of the cur-
rent fiscal year.
Jt also disclosed that income
tax collections during the period
aggregated only $444,671,904,
against $018,233,708 in the first
four months of the last fiscal
year, through miscellaneous in-
ternal revenue rose from $845,-
103,067 to $913,664,576.
To Raise New Money
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau simultan-
, eously made' public plans to
| raise $500,000,000 in new money
i before the close of the fiscal
j year—July 1, 1940. This half-
| billion fund is exclusive of $250,-
I 000,000 which the treasury will
Searchers Find
, XIT Official
FOLSOM, N. M. — (UP) —
Samuel Roberts, 57, lost in the
Cimarron river valley east of
here, was found near a camp-
fire today by a rescue party
which had searched all night.
"I just got lost," he said.
Roberts is general land com-
missioner for the Capitol Free-
hold Land Trust company of
Dalhart, Texas. A noted sporte-
•' man, he arrived Monday and
left yesterday to hunt alone. He
failed to return to cam]).
WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Continued
cloudy and colder. Maximum
temperature Thursday 63; low
^this morning 35; at i:30 p. m.,
•11.
WEST TEXAS—Fair. Coole.
In extreme southeast portion.
Not quite so cold In extreme
west and panhandle Friday.
4 Killing frost in north portion
tonight.
Mann Asks Data On
Barriers to Trade
AUSTIN—(UP) — Attorney
General Mann requested com-
plaints about interstate trade
barriers, to be reported to a
committee of interstate cooper-
ation to be presented at Nash-
ville on Nov. 10 at a southern
conference of interstate prob-
lems.
Strike Begins in
Port of New York
NEW YORK — (UP) — A
.strike called in the pq)rt of
New York against nine coast-
wise steamship lines by the In-
ternational Longshoremen's as-
sociation. an AFL affiliate, af-
ter failure to achieve the wage
increase sought, began last mid-
night.
Some 5,000 men are expected
to be affected here immediate-
ly, with the number reaching
15.000 in several ports if the
strike lasts several days, be-
coming felt up and down the j
Atlantic coast.
The strike is the result oi'j
failure of the union to achieve i
a ten-cent and hour raise and j
a 40 hour work week. Present 1
pay is 95 cents an hour for a
44-hour week. Yesterday the
union offered to compromise a
Sl-an hour wage, but the ship-
owners turned it down, demand
ing a 90-day extension of the
present contract.
Some of the lines involved
operate both coastwise and deep-
sea vessels but only the coast-
wise boats will be affected be-
cause the longshoremen's, con-
tract with the deep-sea opera-
tors has been extended due to
the different circumstances pre-
vailing that field.
I receive this week from the re-
I construction finance corpora-
I ticn, a payment which will wipe
) out. the last vestige of RFC in-
| debtedness to the treasury,
j Ij' marketing conditions remain
j favorable, Morgenthau said, he
| may refund in advance $1,370,-
i 000,000 due March 15. He point-
: ed out that subscriptions to the
| RFC note issue to repay its debt
! balance totaled $3,643,000,000
j about 15 times as much as was
j reeded.
i Ixpendif ures Reported
j Treasury tables showed that
! the navy department spent $254,-
j 024,079 during the first third
{ of the year, against $204,978,548
j in the corresponding period of
I 1938. The war department dis-
j burserl SHU .443.880, compared to
i $152,110,111 in the first third of
i last year.
Spending for all purposes, the
statistics disclosed, amounted to
| $3,187,133,095, exceeding total re-
| ceipts by $207,000,000 and sending
the deficit for this year to $1,-
| 187,133,095. At this time last
I year, the deficit stood at $2,980,-
340,373.
October Has No
Violent Deaths
Red Demands Bring New Crisis
Scale of Miles
Soviet offers
Finns twice as
much territory
as Finland
would lose by
pulling border
away from
Leningrad
Soviet objections
to fortification
of Aland Island
withdrawn on stip-
ulation that no
third state par-
ticipates
Atlantic
Ocean
Disarming of
fortified zones
demanded
Russia
SWEDEN
NORWAY
Russia asks Finland
to withdraw border
about 25 miles
farther away
from Leningrad
Gulf of
Finland
RUSSIA
Russia asks right
to lease Finnish
territory for
naval base
Baltic
Sea
Copenhagen:
&LJ1
LITH.
Public announcement of Russian territorial demands against
Finland by Soviet Foreign .Minister V. M. Molotov increased
Baltic tension and brought a near "break in negotiations be-
tween the two nations.
American Ship Is
Sighted Today at
Norwegian Port
Believed Being Taken
To German Baltic
Port of Stettin
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The German government
has informed the United
States that it has asked its
naval authorities to exercise
care for the safety of 41
Americans on the captured
freighter City of Flint.
OSLO—(UP)—The naziseized
| American steamer City of Flint
| tonight was off Karmsund and
! was visible from Haugesund,
Norwegian port near the south-
ern tip of the peninsula.
The vessel was plying to and
fro, apparently awaiting a mes-
j senger.
Police at Haugesund patrolled
the docks as people gathered
1 to watch the movements of the
vessels, which is still under con-
i trol of a prize crew.
Jerry Sadler to Support Garner
If He Is Nominee for President
Nolan county's death rate,
comparatively low in October,
| showed no motor vehicle fatali
1 ties. This marks several months
during 1939 th.it. no violent
deaths have been recorded in
the list of causes.
Safety programs in schools,
t.ilks by members of the local
chapter of the Red Cross, ef-
forts of the city and county pa-
trol have proven effective in re-
duction of automobile accidents
and tolls in this area.
Of the 10 deaths in Sweetwat-
er and vicinity during October,
four were from heart disease,
two from pneumonia attacks and
the balance from natural caus-
es, vital statistics of the cijy-
county health unit show.
Red Cross Plans
Roll Call Drive
WASHINGTON — Jerry Sad-
ler, Texas Railroad Commission-
er, after a visit to President
Roosevelt modified his previous
statements about Vice President
Garner to say he would support
Garner for president if Garner
is the nominee. Sadler two weeks
ago was quoted by a national
magazine as saying ''I ain't for
Garner."
Earlier he said he was for
Garner for a third term as Vice
for
Grouch Club of America Organized
To Provide An Outlet for All Peeves
NEW YORK — (UP) — Wil-
lard B. Rogers of Hartford,
Conn., snarled at newspaper re-
porters today, said he was a
pretty busy man and what did
they want?
That was liy way of in-
troducing himself as presi-
dent of the Grouch club of
America. Having got across
the idea that Wlllard B.
Rogers of Hartford, Conn.,
ciin snarl as well as (he
next one, Rogers relaxed
and smiled a smile which
matched his hiack-and white
checked suit, ordered a
bottle of Scotch and announ-
ced:
"The Grouch club of America
was incorporated last Friday.
Its purposes are:
"1. To provide an organized
outlet for the grouches carried
by all human beings.
"2. To promote a nation-
al grouch day upon which
the people of America may
give harmless vent to their
grouches.
"3. To preserve the greatest
of all institutions, the Ameri-
can home.
"4. To select the leading
American gronch and the
leading international grouch.
"5. To survey and analyze the
most exasperating national
grouches and, through this
analysis, to help alleviate them."
Rogers, a Hartford hotel man
and chamber of commerce di-
rector, explained that the or-
ganization hoped to settle a
lot of traditional grouches —re-
publicans vs. democrats, motor-
ists vs. traffic cops, wives vs.
husbands, etc.
•"This isn't just for people
who don't like - that- man -in-
the-White House," Rogers said.
"If there ever was a pest, it's
the man who's always harping
about that man in the White
House."
"And there's the serious side,
too," Rogers added. "I've got
dozens of letters from wives
who want to know how to cure
their husbands of tapping their
pipes on their heels all the
time."
Rogers said that Prof. Ray-
mond Moley was going to join
and that George Bernard Shaw
was running ahead of every-
one for the post of international
grouch.
The Grouch club, Rogers said,
hoped to get Dec:. 30 established
as national grouch day.
"But you know what happen-
ed to Thanksgiving Day," he
said.
The annual Roll Call for the
Nolan county chapter of the
American Red Cross is to get
underway Nov. 11, with the Rev.
Harold Wolff, and the Rev. M.
II. Applewhite, as chairmen.
Dr. Sam Loeb is general
chairman of the chapter.
The drive is to be carried on
similarly to the one last year
when L. W. Scott, chairman, ap-
pointed workers in various zones
in the urban and rural areas.
There have been 157 major
disasters in the United States
this ye;:r, a recent survey show-
ed, each needing aid of the Red
Cross. While Nolan county's
quota is about the same, the
call this year is 50 per cent
greater than last year, accord-
ing to Mrs. William Sheridan,
publicity chairman.
Foster Held in
Default of Bail
M. F. Foster, under indict- j
men.t. for burglary, is being held ;
in the Nolan county jail in de-
fault of a $1,500 bond.
Foster, under bond to appear I
rn the last term of district court I
here to stand trial on the indict- j
!nent, could not be located. Lat-1
er his bondsmen located him j
sni! delivered him to Sheriff Tom j
Wade.
While efforts were being made j
to obtain a new bond, Foster j
disappeared. Recently he was j
picked up in Fort Worth on. re-]
ciuest from Sheriff Wade, who
relumed him here and he is to I
be held until suitable bond is j
made, or his case disposed of
in district court.
President and for Roosevelt
a third term for president.
Sadler went into President
Roosevelt's office at noon. While
Sadler was visiting with the pre-
sident, Dr. George W. Truett,
pastor of the First Baptist
church at Dallas was calling on
Vice President Garner. Later,
Dr. Truett went info the sen-
ate chamber with the vice pre-
sident and delivered the prayer
opening Thursday's session of
the senate.
Sadler was the second memb-
er of the Texas Railroad Com-
mission to visit the president
in two weeks. The other com-
missioner to talk with the presi-
dent was Ernest 0. Thompson.
Sadler said he talked with
President Roosevelt about "the
oil situation." He gave this re-
ply when asked if he had dis-
cussed politics with the presi-
dent.
"Did you talk with the presi-
dent about John Nance Garner?"
"I don't recall that his name
was mentioned," he replied.
FLINT REPORTED SEEN
BY BRITISH UNITS
LONDON—(UP)—The admir-
alty announced today that Brit-
ish "like" naval units had cited
the American freighter City of
Flint, proceeding southward in
j Norwegian territorial waters.
There were intimations that
the British would likely not do
anything to endanger the crew.
SHIP LI RFLY TO BE
TAKEN TO BALTIC PORT
BERLIN — (UP) — Responsi-
ble German quarters said today
that it is most likely that the
American steamer City of Flint
will be taken to Stettin, Ger-
man Baltic port, where it will
arrive sometime after Saturday
night.
A party of American newspa-
permen have been invited to
be at the port to meet the ves-
sel.
Two Men Fined On
Fighting Charge
Two Sweetwater men were
arraigned in police court this
morning on charges of fight-
ing. They were arrested in a
small cafe near the T. & P.
passenger station. Each was
fined .$14. A motorist was fined
$2 for not having a driver's
license.
Nazis Threaten
Intensive U-Boat
Drive on Shipping
Germans May Broaden
Sub Warfare to Stop
Purchases in U. S.
BY CNITED PRESS
Russia charged Finland with
plotting a new war today and
; the nazls threatened an intense
1 U-boat campaign against ships
j expected to carry many millions
of dollars worth of American
war material to Britain and
! France.
Opening the "final" phase of
f negotiations between Russia and
i Finland, the communist party'3
1 official neusunf charged that
i the action orFinland toward
! Russia could be regarded as that
| "of a country preparing for
war." The red army was said
' ready for any emergency.
(Outlook Not Bright
The Finnish delegation with
instructions to turn down Rus-
sia's demands, was in Moscow
to resume negotiations. The out-
[ look was not bright.
The nazi threats for a wider
submarine warfare came as a re-
sult of the U. S. congressional
repeal of the arms embargo act.
German sources charged that
the congressional action was the
same as the U. S. "taking sides"
with the allied powers and hint-
ed that the British and French
might find it more difficult to
■get the stuff across the Atlan-
tic."
Allies Ready To Buy
Both British and French were
greatly encouraged and estimat-
ed that perhaps a billion dol-
lars worth of trade with the U.
S. would result, regardless of
the fact that allied nations
have cut down on normal "non-
essential" purchases since the
war started.
In London it was forecast that
some U. S. planes of larger types
■might be flown across the Atlan-
tic by allied pilots and that con-
voys carrying others would oe
protected.
At the front the nazi artillery
shelled more French frontier
villages and dispatches reported
heavy troop movements in some
sectors.
Three Killed in
Traffic Accident
FORT WORTH — (UP)
Three young Fort Worth resi-
dents. two of them seniors at
TCU, were killed last night when
their car crashed into a South-
ern Pacific train at a crossing.
The dead:
Miss Jewel Leftwich, 22, TCU
senior.
Miss Dorothy Ridings, 21, TCU
senior honor student.
Ralph Hornburg, 23. assistant
manager of a grocery store.
Miss Leftwich was reported
engaged to Hornburg.
Miss Ridings is a niece of J.
Willard Ridings, instructor of
journalism at TCU.
Nazi Leaders Say People Can Go On
Eatinir Indefinitely Under Rations
Negro Faces Charge
Of Carrying Weapon
A negro man! arrested last
night by city policemen in the
nego section of town, was
turned over to county offi-
cials today to l'a:-e charges of
carrying a concealed weapon.
Police found a pistol in the
pocket of the negro.
Rabbit, Created in Test Tube,
Displayed by New York Scientist
NEW YORK — (UP)—A fath-
erless rabbit, the* first mammal
ever created in a test tube, was
exhibited at the New York Aca-
demy of Medicine today.
To produce, an egg was tak-
en from a female rabbit, fertil-
ized with a simple salt solution
and transplanted into another
female rabbit for incubation.
The off spring is a female, a
biological inevitability, since
sex Is determined by the so-call-
ed Y chromosome supplied by
the male. She Is fertile, and,
mated normally, had produced a
normal litter.
The experiment was conduct-1
ed by Dr. Gregory Pincus of j
Clark university, in a laboratory j
at Harvard. The far-reaching j
purpose of the tests is to gain
knowledge applicable to the
birth of healthier humans.
They involve a study of hor-
mones and chemicals, and one
of Dr. Pincus' findings was that
the growth of ova in test tubes
was accelerated by a chemical
called clutathione, which has
been known to stimulate the
See RABBIT Page 8
BY DANA A. SCHMIDT
BERLIN — (UP) — Next to
the .var, Germans these days
talk most about food—and the
lack of food.
It was the lack of food, nazis
say, which cost Germany the
victory in 1918. Now propagan-
da leaders have proclaimed war
on "the inner front", a drive
to prevent the fatal collapse of
morale such as occurred 21
years ago.
The German government,
ordered fowl rationing even
before hostilities stalled, and
iia/is say a system has been
perfected under whieli the
populace can go on eating
Indefinitely at the present
rate with prospects of diet-
ary improvements as Po-
land is exploited and sup-
plies re II in from Russia and
the Balkans.
Nazis say "Germany can not
be starved out."
Vitamin Pinch Expected
Neutral experts agree that if
the present ration card stand-
ard can be maintained it will be
adequate. No one will starve on
the present rations. It is, how-
ever, believed that as vegetables
and fruits grow scarcer during
the winter, Germans will feel
a vitftnin pinch.
Responsible German agricul-
tural. authorities believe that by
intensive cultivation German
Poland can double the surplus
available to the reich and pro-
duce enough to feed 7,000,000
Germans. Moreover, some 2,000,-
000 Poles, it is estimated, will
be available for labor on Ger-
man farms.
All Storage Space Full
The arrangement to import 1,-
000,000 tons of feed and grain
from Russia will enable Ger-
many to raise 1.900,000 in addi-
tion "to the more than 23,500 000
she now has, it was added. This
Russian grain will be distributed
as soon as it arrives because
all available storage space—
dance halls, gymnasiums and
the like—already is packed with
the reich's reserve of 4.500,000
tons of bread grains.
With present reserves, on the
basis of present total annual
consumption of 28,000,000 tons
of grain, nazis say that as far
as grain is concerned, Germany
could survive two or three years
of poor harvests without any
imports.
Enormous reserves of meat, !
potatoes, canned goods and other
foodstuffs aso have been piled
up but figures on them have
never been published.
DALLAS MAN KILLED
AT MIDGET RACE
HOUSTON — (UP) — Charles
Anders of Dallas was killed here
at a midget race track last night
when his car overturned.
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First AAA Checks
Received Today
The first, allotment of soil
soil conservation payments to
Nolan county farmers was re-
ceived by .for K. Taylor, AAA
administrative assistant, this
morning, the checks totaling $6.-
713.18.
When all of the conservation
payments are made, farmers of
the county will have received
approximately $175,000 in gov-
ernment funds from this prr>.
gram, -aid Mr. Taylor.
Total payments, from all gov-
ernment programs, will reach
about $300,000 in this county, it.
was said.
o—;
Man Is Fined for
Check Swindle
A. J. Mahoney late yesterday
was fined $1 and costs, totaling
$33, in Peace Justice S. H.
Shook s court on a plea of
guilty to a charge of swindling
with a worthless check.
The check was for $5, drawn
on a Snyder bank and present-
ed to a Sweetwater welding
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