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.Senate Committee Swiftly Approves Huge Army Funds Bill
Staff Chief Asks
• Permission to
Buy 10,000 Planes
^ Aviation Leaders in
Conference With
Defense Officials
~ WASHINGTON — (UP)—The
senate appropriations committee
Monday swiftly approved and
sent to the senate a peace-time
record army bill calling for ex-
penditures of $1,820,941,004 to
_ strengthen the country's defense
• in the air and on land.
The senate, joining other fed-
eral agencies in whipping along
the new preparedness program,
was expected to consider the
huge bill later Monday or Tues-
• day.
The measure would make SI,-
497,711,308 in cash immediately
available for purchase of 200 su-
por-bombers, 2,200 smaller planes
and quantities of anti-aircraft,
• anti-tank guns and ammunition.
The bill al contains $323,229,-
fi.'Jii in contract authorizations.
"Blank Cheek" Included
Included in the bill was a
"blank check" authorization to
•0 the president of $132,000,000 —
half in cash and half in contrac-
tural authority—to be used to
step-up production where need-
ed. The chief executive would be
required to report to congress
% on or before June 30, 1942. on
disposition of the fund.
The last committee action on
the army bill—it took only about
two hours—came in the midst of
the.se developments:
f t. An initial meeting among
100 representatives of the Am-
erican aviation industry and na-
tional defense officials, after op-
ening pledges of cooperation,
ended with expressions of dis-
« satisfaction by several of the
manufacturers. They said the
government had offered no
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NUMBER 319
Thursday 'Lew Jenkins Day9
Public Program
To Be Staged in
Mustang Bowl
Fighter's Wife and
Manager To Bo
Presented
"Lew Jenkins Day in Sweet-
water" has been designated for
Thursday by the Board of City
Development, according to Le-
land Glass, chairman of a com-
mittee working toward plans for
a public function at which the
world's lightweight champion is
to be honored.
The climax of the day is to be
a public program in Mustang
bowl at 8 p. m., to which every-
one will be admitted free.
Arrangements have already
been made to present Katie,
Lew's wife who managed him
during his early days in the
ring, and Hymie Caplin. his pre-
sent manager, said to be one
of the smartest handlers of
fighters in the game.
Besides Lew, Caplin has han-
dled the following champions:
Al Singer, lightweight: Ben
See JENKINS Page 6
Belgium Again Devastated in Nazi Drive on Paris
NAZIS HAMMER TOWARD ENGLISH CHANNEL
AS ALLIES GIVE GROOND AT HIGH PRICE
LONDON — (UI*) — The
British air ministry report-
ed .Monday that :M> German
planes were destroyed in
RAF operations Sunday and
many others were heavily
damaged.
WITH THE BRITISH
EXPEDITIONARY FOR-
CES — (I'P) — Vigorous
counter-attacks Monday har-
assed both sides of the
salient which the Germans
are seeking to drive toward
the English channel.
0 'Life Line' Canal
Cracked By Quake
Civilians flee through the streets of centuries-old Louvain, Belgium a* fast .Nazi bombers
reappear to continue blasting this beautiful city, destroyed in the last war and rebuilt largely
with American money. <XEA Telephoto.)
EL CENTRO. Cal. — (UP)
—A water famine and fears of
an epidemic spread Monday
through the Imperial valley,
where an earthquake cracked
I lie "life line" Alamo canal dur-
ing the week-end.
The series of earth tremors
began Saturday night and last-
ed until early Sunday. At least
eight persons were killed. Prop-
erty damage was estimated at
millions of dollars. The desert
was overrun by contaminated
water spilled from broken mains
and irrigation ditches.
Officials estimated that there
was only enough drinking wat-
er to last 10 days. In Brawley,
much of which was destroyed,
See 'LIFE LINES' Page I
o
90-Day Proration
Plan Abandoned
AUSTIN — (UP) — The Tex-
• as railroad commission Mondav
abandoned plans to issue a 90-
da.v oil production oruer lor
.I unc, July and August, and ac-
ceded to demand of the industry
that an order be issued for 30
? days only.
Present unsettled conditions
abroad make a long time order
inopportune the commission
Students Appear
On Club Program
High school students contribu-
ted the highlights of the pro-
gram at the regular meeting of
the Sweetwater Rotary club,
Monday.
Mary Frances Glass, recent
winner of second place in the
senior girls' division of district
five declamation, gave her ora-
tion entitled "The Aristocracy of
the Unfit."
An address entitled "Liquor
Propaganda" was presented by
Billie Waters, winner of sec-
ond place in the senior boys' di-
vision of dsilrict five declama-
tion.
Nisson Pearl gave his talk on
"My Home Town". Pearl rep-
resented Sweetwater in the re-
cent contest held at the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce
convention in Big Spring.
Two piano numbers were giv-
en by Miss Emma Joiner, teach-
er in the Sweetwater Junior
was told. A hand vote showed: hj h schou|
almost unanimous sentiment for I
a short order and Commission! inepiogu
Chairman Lou A. Smith an-|J. H. Williams, principal of j , . , . .
nounced a 30-day order will be I Sweetwater high school. M. G. i I)ilo,s wel'° quoted that the night
The program was arranged by
Graduating Class
Is Told World
Needs Changing
o p
"For i am not ashamed of
the gospel: for it is the
power of God unto salva-
tion to every one. that be-
lieveth; to the iOeW first,
and also to the Greek." '
Such was the text of the Rev.
B. B. Byns, pastor of the High-
land Heights Methodist church
Sunday evening when he addres-
sed the 133 members of the grad-
uating class of Newman high
school, their parents and friends,
who filled all of the"Seats in the
municipal auditorium for the
baccalaureate services which in-
augurated events of commence-
ment, week in Sweetwater
schools.
At S p. m. Monday in the
municipal auditorium the first
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British Bombard
Nazi Oil Supplies
LONDON — (lTP) — Britsh
bombers struck across western
Europe's lowlands again early
Monday at Germany's communi-
cations and the heart of Ger-
man's mechanized armies — the
oil depots, the air ministry said.
It said that "selected military
objectives" in western Germany
were attacked, chiefly the vast
oil reserve supplies at Hamburg.
Bremen an;! Hannover. British
Markets At A Glance
By I'NIT ED PRESS
Stocks irregular in moderate
trading, after early strength.
Bonds irregular: U. S. govern-
ments higher.
Curbs higher.
Foreign exchange stronc;.
Cotton up as much as $2 a
Wheat up 5 1-4
corn up 3 3-4 to :
(i 1-4 ient.-
7-8.
Drunken Driving
o
Cases Dismissed
LONDON — (UP) — British
and Belgian forces continue to
retire from positions in Bel-
gium in accordance with mili-
tary requirements on the front;
in northern France, where the j
German offensive has been slow- !
ed down, British military quart-
ers said Monday.
| The situation in France was j
described as "undoubtedly pret-1
ty grim." German forces, it was j
said, apparently had widened the j
base of their bulge between Se- J
dan and Maubeuge but had not
| deepened it to any extent.
The British said that it was j
i useless to pretend that geogra- j
J phically the position on the j
| main front was any better than !
it wyas on Saturday. But nor-1
mally. there was improvement, j
it was said.
Describing retirements in Bel- !
j gium. British military quarters j
said that the Belgian forts at j
I Liege and Namur still were re- i
I sisting.
In the "bulge" area the Brit- j
i ish said that the Germans were j
trying to push northwest.
• \ve tliinK 4jiat the holes are
! being steadily plugged", the,
•British said in declaring that j
| German progress now was slow I
i and that the pressure of the j
| nazi blitzkreig was being dimin- i
ished.
The Germans never .even I
| dented the British expeditionary
I force's line in Belgium, accord- j
ing to military sources, although
Monday'
war relief
the Nolan county chapter of the "Every time the Germans at-1
American Red Cross added $30.851 tacked our troops they got a i
toward the county's quota of I bloody nose", the press was in- j
S910 and brought to S533.01 the | formed.
amount obtained in Sweetwater,
Roscoe and Blackwell.
1 Chairman Clayton Williams re-
I ported that groups were still
| soliciting funds with which to
i aid the victims of the nazi inva-
| sion of Belgium. Holland, and
I .uxembourg, National Red Cross
headquarters has advised that
the suffering among the non-
belligerent men, women and
children of the invaded coun-
WAR SUMMARY
BY IMTED PRESS
PRANCE — German tank
drive southwest ward to-
ward Paris abandoned,
French say, because of
French pressure on left
flank and threat of further
attack oil left by allied for-
ces in Belgium. French
claim to have repulsed fierce
(ierman attacks in Retliei
and Montmedy sectors, south
of Sedan. General Weygand,
new allied commander,
throws fresh mechanized and
tank units into action to
halt Paris drive.
GERMANY — Communi-
que says Germans repulsed
allied counter-attack with
heavy losses along Sambre
river at French frontier.
Germans continue offensive
through Belgium and France
towards English channel.
Germans claim to be at St.
Quentin, 75 miles from
Paris and 85 miles from
channel. French deny it.
BELGIUM — German
drive through B e lg i u m
brings them within 00 miles
of channel. British and
French retreating and may
have to retire from Belgium
and make stand at Dunkirk,
France. Belgium's Liege and
Namur forts, commanding
main railways from Ger-
many, reported still holding
out.
THE NETHERLANDS —
Germany claims all Dutch
resistance crushed with sur-
render of Walcheren Is-
land in Zeeland province.
Arthur Seyssinquart, who
See WAR SUMMARY Page 3
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
I'P Foreign .News Editor
German mechanized armies
hammered powerfully across the
World War battlefields of the
river Somme toward the English
Channel Monday after French
counter - attacks had checked
their frontal drive on Paris.
A jagged front stretching from
the liver Oise to St. Quentin
and Peronne was the scene of
fiercest fighting as the allied
forces struggled to halt, the
nazi offensive against the main
communications centers in nor-
thern France and the channel
ports, about 00 miles away.
Defense Lines Stiffened
French military spokesmen
claimed that the new command-
er-in-chief. Gen. Maxime Wey-
gand, had stiffened defense lines
that were still holding at La
Fere and St. Quentin against in-
tensified German thrusts but it
was admitted that the fighting
had surged to the outskirts of
those towns and swept past St.
Quentin on the north to Per-
ronne.
Dispatches from both Paris
and Berlin indicated French
counter-attacks had struck at
the base of the German wedge
driven into France, but the Ger-
mans claimed they had been re-
pulsed and that French-Belgian
forces were pursued westward
after a vain stab at Maubeuge.
Rail Lines Endangered
The German advance toward
Peronne imperilled the center
■ if railroad lines needed by allied
defenders in the north and
threatened to cut off the British
armies in that sector and in Bel-
gium (from which they are re-
ining to an unspecified line)
from the rest of France.
It still was impossible to tell
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$30.85 Added To
War Relief Fund
lay's contributions to the | the British made a strategic re
lief fund being raised by tirement to protect their flank.
Gr
-O* -t
au. i
hanges
Peg Basic Prices
-o-
tries is reaching unheard of) America with the actual
proportions among the refugees j munitv values resulting
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o
Census Campaign
Beinir Continued
made.
Allison, presided.
c William Allen White Organizes Group
To Defend America by Helping Allies
skies above the three cities were
ablaze from fires consuming
Germany's vital fuel supplies,
already seriously depleted by
the advance o.
troops into France
um.
District Attorney Truett Bar
her, in open court Monday morn-
J111jl;. filed "legal motions for dis-
missals" in three drunk driving
I cases in which indictments were
i returned bv the grand jury i
i which adjourned on Monday of Continue the mop up cen-
last week * !sus campaign, was the advice
, i of .1. C. Shipman. district super-
Judge A. S. Mauzey granted vjsor ()f ti10 i;^4o federal cen-
the motions to dismiss cases ' sUS jn ., telephone conversation
against O. L. Mize, Anson; L. M. with George Barber, secretary-
Jewell, Justiceburg; and Boh manager of the BCD, which or-
Reevess Snyder. , ganization is sponsoring the
Tne prosecuting attorney, in ; check-up, Monday morning,
asking for dismissal, alleged Shipman said in Abilene Moil-
that "evidence developed in the . ,|ay that he had received no in-
grand jury room was as strong ■ structions from Washington to
or stronger" in a case against a j stop anv followup work being
Sweetwater man than "anyone ; ,|„ne in "his district.
or all of the three out-of-county j H;u.,Jei. sai(, ho had hopeg of
cases. "In fact
cutor, "the evidence before the
grand jury was undisputed" as
mechanized j to the guilt of the local man
and Belgi-|"but in spite of the evidence the
I grand jury indicted all three of
NEW YORK—(UP) Wil-
liam Allen White. Emporia. Kan.
editor, has announced the organ-
ization of a committee to de-
fend America by aiding the al-
Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER — Continued
unsettled and .warmer. Maxi-
mum Sunday temperature 81;
low Monday morning 60; at 1:45
1). m., Monday, 90. May 20, 1939,
the mercury soared to 106, high
H for the year, with a low of 68.
WEST TEXAS — Fair pan-
handle, scattered thunderstorms
central and south portions Mon-
day afternoon, clearing Monday
night; Tuesday fair, rising tem-
l> peratures Panhandle and south-
west portion Monday night.
EAST TEXAS — Considerable
cloudiness Monday night and
Tuesday, scattered tnunder
. showers northwest
lies.
The committee will urge the
United States to throw its eco-
nomic and moral weight to the
side of European nations "strug-
gling in a battle for a civilized
way of life." the announcement
said.
Among those White said had
accepted invitations to join the
committee were former U. S.
Secretary of State Henry L.
Stimson, Bishop William T. Man-
ning of the Protestant Episco-
pal church, New York, Gov. Her-
bert H. Lehman of New York.
Col. Frank Knox, Chicago pub-
lisher and Republican Vice-
presidential candidate in 1936;
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, pre-
sident of Columbia university;
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New
York; Gene Tunney, former
world's heavyweight boxing
champion and Miriam Hopkins,
motion picture star.
British bombers for three j the out-of-town men and no-bill-
nights have blasted at the' Ger-i ed" the Sweetwater man, "and
man lines in Belgium and the | that is not in accordance with
oil depots. Prime Minister Win-; the wheels of justice contemplat-
ston Churchill said that during ed by our laws.
the first 18 hours of successive
raids "oil refineries" had been
attacked, presumably at Leuna
in the Ruhr, headquarters of
German synthetic gasoline pro-
duction.
Violenee Flares
In Milk Strike
CHICAGO — (UP) — Milk
was spilled on highways and
two men were shot' Monday in
violence that accompanied the
second shutdown of deliveries in
three weeks because of a dispute
between the association milk
dealers and union wagon driv-
ers.
"While it is true the grand ;
jury is an independent body I
within itself and there is no j
power to make them indict or
not indict, yet so far as known
to the district attorney, the only ]
cxcuse in failing to indict" the
Sweewtater man "was that he is j
an influential local citizen. Of
course, the informed public
knows, or should know, that I
the district attorney cannot in-
dict anybody or make any grand
jury indict anybody, and to at-
tempt to do so would render the
indictment invalid. The district
attorney can only help develop
the testimony before the grand
jury and advise the grand jury
as to whether the evidence is
sufficient to justify an indict-
Sce DRUNK DRIVING Page 6
said the prose-1 a(jfjjng about 300 more names to
the census rolls. Already the
followup work has uncovered a
large number of persons who
claimed they were not enumerat-
ed during the regular enumera-
tion period. This number, of
course, Barber said, is unofficial.
"We plan to keep working un-
til census officials tell us to
stop," said the BCD secretary.
The BCD official is again
stressing the invitation for per-
sons who know themselves not
to have been included on the
regular rolls to notify the office
so that an enumerator may be
sent to them.
o-
Showers Fall
Sunday Morning
J C/
Scattered showers that fell in
Sweetwater and vicinity early
Sunday measured .08 inches, ac-
cording to M. C. Manroe, volun-
teer weather man.
Continued unsettled and war-
mer is the forecast for Monday.
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace announc-
ed Monday a 1940 wheat loan
program averaging about
(>4 cents a bushel to produc-
ers.
BY UNITED PRESS
Basic grain prices were pegg-
ed on' United States markets
Monday to halt a crash which
pounded down wheat prices
more than 34 cents a bushel in
three days of wild trading that
resulted from allied reverses in
the European war.
Directors of the Chicago ex-
change, world's largest grain
market, met in special session
Sunday to prohibit transactions
in wheat, corn, oats, rye and
soy beans futures at prices be-
low settlement averages based
on Saturday closing prices. The
Minneapolis and Kansas City
markets took similar action and
the Duluth. Los Angeles, San
Francisco. Milwaukee, Portland
and Seattle markets were ex-
pected to follow in response to
the request of Secretary of
Agriculture Henry A. Wallace.
The Canadian government had
pegged wheat prices last Friday.
Effect of the action, which put
a floor under the prices .until
further notice, was problemati-
cal. Traders regarded the meas-
ure as strictly emergency, to be
at 7:30 p. m. Monday, with Mrs. j lifted as soon as the market
Franklin Roosevelt addressing righted itself when the hysteria
the nation. °f the European war was di«-
The program here was plan-1
ned early to enable those who
may wish to attend the junior
high school graduation exer-
cises in the municipal auditori-
um at 8 p. m. to do so.
The Sweetwater event is to
open with numbers by the
municipal band under the direc-jed that octane gasoline origin
Public Invited
To WPA Program
This week has been designat-
ed in Sweetwater and through-
out the nation to acquaint the
people of Nolan county and of
com-
from
I the operation of the profession-
al and service division projects
} of the WPA.
Under this program, the
Sweetwater sponsors of profes-
sional and service projects are
inviting Sweetwater and Nolan
county to see what this work is
doing for their community by
inspecting projects in opera-
t ion.
The entertainment committee
for "Professional and Service
week" planned a program to be
held from 7 to 8 p. m. today
(Monday) on the lawn of the
Nolan county courthouse. The
week is to be inaugurated by a
nationwide broadcast to be heard
pelled.
The action established mini-
mum prices of 79 cents for May
wheat, 51) :;•} cents for May corn,
:.7 1-2 cent- for oats, 43 1-2 cents
for rye and 91 3-4 cents for soy
beans Grain spot markets and
cotton and cotton futures were
not affected by the orders.
Sweden Rejects
German Demands
STOCKHOLM — (UP) —Swe-
den has rejected German de-
mands for permission to ship
materials and men across Swe-
den for the relief of the besieg-
ed and weakening German gar-
rison at Narvik, Norway, un-
impeachable sources said Mon-
day.
Negotiations continued. But.
ihe present situation, informants
-aid. was that the demands had
been made and rejected and that
Sweden had said -he would
fight against anv violation of
her neutrality from whatever
direction.
Adolf Hitler was reported to
be determined that the Narvik
garrison should ncfl be captur-
ed or wiped out. and that it
should not weaken German pres-
tige by retreating across the
Norwegian frontier into Sweden.
Tlx commander of the German
garrison, one General Dietl, was
aid here to be a close friend of
Hitler
ws Texas Gasoline Is
Beiiiir! sed In Nazi War Machines
AUSTIN
t UP
Convine
tion of Jack Armstrong.
Harlev Sadler is to make the
principal address, outlining the
seven objectives of the WPA.
His talk is to be followed by
music by the Mexican band un-
der the direction of Juan De
Cantu.
Following more music by the
municipal band, Mr. Sadler is
to speak on the subject "This
Work Pavs Your Community
Well."
The negro choral club of Book-
er T Washington school is to
sing.
Those attending are invited
to inspect the display of cloth-
ing from the WPA sewing room,
to be worn by models who will
be presented as the concluding
number on the program. The
municipal band is to provide
music during the clothing revue
ing in Texas is reaching the
German war machine State Rail-
road Commissioner Jerry Sadler
announced Monday that he will ;
go to Washington for a discus-
sion of preventive means as
quickly as he can get an ap-
pointment with U. S. Secretarv
of the Interior Harold Icbes and
President Roosevelt.
"1 am not going to see this
gasoline required for effective
airplane warfare going from!
Texas into Germany via Italy 1
with the prospect that it may j
come back to be used against us
via Mexico", Sadler said.
Sadler declined to make an ,
estimate of the amount of octane
gas that is reaching Germany
from the United States. He said
however that it is enough to be !
a factor in the war's outcome.
HON KS
Wit ALL
\ gold liar weighing 200
ounces in Northern Canada
weighs only 109 ounces in
Peru and still less near Cape
Horn, according to Carnegie
Institute'- new gravity bal-
ance. Difference in weight is
due to inequalities in the
shape of the globe we live
on. So if a pound of rump
steak at the store tips the
scales at 11 ounces when
you get home, it may be be-
cause you live too far south
from the butcher's. There-
lore when more northerly
living quarters are neces-
sary find them through the
Reporter classified rental
ads. It is an established
fact that the want ads are
result getters of tne first
grade.
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