Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 274, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1943 Page: 2 of 8
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city council hat decided
Icome Wendell L. Willkle
, 1 city hall without political-
f Opening its arms to the 1940
iublican standard bearer.
I'illkie will be in Houston
next Tuesday.
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Six, Federation Of Musk Clubs Friday
The Sixth District, Texas Fed
eration of Music Clubs will
convene for one day, Friday, in
Abilene with 26 counties send-
ing delegates including Mrs.
Sidney Woodman, as a delegate
from the Sweetwater Music Stu-
dy Club.
Mrs. John Perry, president,
will preside. Mrs. H. W. Brough-
ton, president of the local music
club will attend. She is also dist-
rict corresponding secretary.
Election of new officers to
take office in April will be
made. One of the speakers will
be Lt. Blake, a former violinist
with the Los Angeles Symphony'
orchestra who will talk on "Mu-
sic's Part in a Post War W6rld."
Music will be given by the
Camp'Barkeley MRTC band, mu-
sicians from the Abilene Army
Air Base, and the McMurry
Chanters, the only student, club
in the district.
Mrs. Ina Wooten Jones of
Abilene is general chairman and
assisted by the Music unit of
Harmony Club of Abilene. Jun-
ior Day, usually held, will be
postponed until April.
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the Women's Forum and the aside.
Brakeman Kill
DALLAS — (UP) — A brake-
man who once saved a man's
life by leaning precariously
from the front guard of a switch
engine to throw the man from
the track, is dead.
He was killed yesterday when
a switching train ran over him.
The brakeman, Joe Seelye, ap-
parently was brushed from th«
rungs of a moving box car by
a stationary car and fell be-
neath the moving train.
Several years ago Seelye no-
ticed an elderly man on th>>
tracks in front of an engine he
was riding and, unable to signal
the engineer in time, Seelye rea-
ched out, grabbed the pedestrian
by his coat lapel and threw him
We've an old-fashioned knaek
for being thrifty!
THE PILGRIM fathers gave us our first
Thanksgiving—and founded the Ameri-
can tradition of thrift and savings.
Penney's carries on that tradition. We
run our stores without frills, and the
savings we pass along to you!
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$2.15
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Stuffed HKrtKS
$1.00
Cuddly and com
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Electric pin, plaq-
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KOPEE FI X .
98c
Magic fun for
children and for
the entire family!
GAME ALBl MS
89c
Four individual-
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Versatile Styles
Figure flattering, efficient
dresses for work, school, and
all-round wear! One and
two-piece stj les in rayon crepe anu ara-
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DISH SETS
$1.00
Tea time will be
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UtMV \f'USE Wli DOCTOR SETS
Juvenile doctors and nurses
will enjoy these!
Larger sets, too, .SI.79
Suits by Town-Clad*
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(all wool worsteds and
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legion Post Will
Host Ladies Night
Tuesday At Park
Complimentary to wives of the
Oscar McDonald Post of the Am-
erican Legion. Leon Butler,
commander, is announcing la-
dies night Tuesday, Nov. 23 at
the Legion city park hut.
Arrangements are under way
for an interesting program and
speakers from Avenger Field
will be secured. The menu com-
mittee promises a good dinner.
More than 100 are expected to
attend, Butler said. The mem-
bership of the post now exceeds
120 men.
Education Meets
War Emergency
By Marie Haney
Our nation has faced numer-
ous emergencies in food, labor,
rubber and other necessities of
life since December 7, 1941. For-
tunately, each has been met, a
solution presented and a catas-
trophe averted. At present, how-
ever, we are faced with another
emergency, and one which if no
solution is ' presented and car-
ried out could cause the loss of
our democratic government, ev-
en though the totalitarian states
be crushed. This emergency now
exists in the field of education.
High schools have suffered
the impact of the war on teach-
er personnel, especially in spe-
cialized fields. Such departments
as science, mathematics, and phy-
sical education have faced tre-
mendous problems. While these
teachers are being drained off
by the armed services and high-
er paying jobs, both these agen-
cies are demanding more and
better instruction in these fields
from the higli schools.
War time profits have increas-
ed the salaries of Texas alone to
double the 3920 level. Factory
,workers, salesmen, businesses
and professions have received
wage increases to off-set the
higher cost of living. While the
cost of living was increasing 21
per cent, teachers in our public
schools were receiving about a
seven per cent salary increase.
Last spring in the United
States, forty teachers in every
one hundred — about 360,000—
were paid less than $600. Only
two of the forty-eight states re-
ported that no teachers were
paid less than S1200 per year.
These facts were revealed last
spring in a survey by the Re-
search Division of the National
Education association. They in-
dicate that a serious emergency
has developed. Unless something
is done to check the present
trends, many classrooms will be
teacherless.
The first responsibility for
meeting this emergency rests
upon the community. Proper
evaluation of property and col-
lection of taxes could increase
the power of local schools to de-
mand more efficient instruction.
The state should come next in
responsibility for aiding schools
by financial support. Finally, the
federal government which has
taken over the more fruitful
sources of revenue, piust come
to the assistance of state and lo-
cal governments in order to
avoid a tragic breakdown in free
public education.
Federal participation in fin-
ancing education could be pro-
vided through the bill which is
now in Congress in the form of
S. 637. It proposes an appro-
priation of $300,000,000 a year
for the duration of the emer-
gency, a substantial part of
which would be used to help
raise teachers' salaries to a lev-
el which would enable them to
remain in the teaching profes-
sion. The bill specifically pro-
vides that there shall be no fed-
eral control of the schools.
Several groups which seem to
be working for the interest of
the entire nation have received
aid in the form of subsidies
from the federal government.
With the interest of the nation
so magnified, and education such
a vital contribution to democra-
cy, why should not the greatest
benefactor of all, the federal gov-
} eminent, contribute to the sup-
port of education for the youth
of our land?
WILLKIE TO VISIT HOME
INDIANAPOLIS — (UP) _
Wendell Willkie is expected to
arrive for a first-hand view of
the Hoosier political picture next
month.
He will come home about De-
cember 10th. It will be a short
visit.
Bricker Gets Support
Of Republican Solons
WASHINGTON — (UP) —Re-
publican congressmen from Ohio
have thrown their support be-
hind a "favorite son" candidate
for president. Ohio's 20-man Re-
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—John W. Brlcker—as their can
publican delega
hi
in the house
as picked the state's governor
didate for the 1944 GOP nomina-
tion.
FAL5E TEETH
^ HELD FIRMLY BY
Comfort Cushion
At a banquet last night, the
congressmen called Bricker one
of the ablest chief executives in
the nation.
Mrs. Perry Home
From Attending
State Federation
Mrs. John Perry, chairman
of Texas war service for the
state federation of women's
clubs, is home from attending
the convention held last week
in Austin. En route she visited
her son, Jack, an engineering
student of the U. fi. Army.
It was reported at the con-
vention that Texas women had
donated $411,971, for buying a
heavy bomber. The bomber will
be named for Texas. They also
have recruited 104 nurses for
army training and donated $13,-
178.75 toward their training. It
costs $250 to train each nurse.
Nolan Soldier Dies
In Yuma Hospital;
Body Arrives Friday
Pvt. Valton C. Clayton, who
was seriously injured last week
when on maneuvers near Yuma,
Ariz., died Thursday in a sta-
tion hospital.
His mother, Mrs. Maud Clay-
ton of the Nolan community,
went to his bedside upon receiv-
ing a message from the war de-
partment telling of his grave
injury. He was unconscious for
a week before succumbing to
the wound.
The body will arrive in Sweet-
water at 9:25 a. m., Friday for
interment. Johnston Funeral
Home is directing arrangements,
pending arrival of Mrs. Clayton
and other relatives.
Tliandoy, Nov. IS, 1943
Highway 80 Will Be
Repaired At Merkel
Highway SO, east and west out
of Merkel, will get a face lift in
the amount of $10,500 for the 10-
mile stretch S. .1. Threadway, dis-
trict engineer, has announced.
The pavement, breaking badly
in sections that have been tem-
porarily repaired and patched for
several years, is now under con-
stant use by heavy trucks and
gradually is getting worse since
war has forced freight from the
railroads to the highways, and
since the air base has been es-
tablished just east of Merkel.
The allotment was announced
Wednesday in Austin and rep-
resents a continuation of a main-
tenance fund already set up
25 New Recruits
Join Guard Unit
At the close of State Guard
Week, Capt. John B. Darnell,
commanding officer of company
F, 10th battalion, announced the
recruiting of 25 new members,
and a probable 25 more will be
signed.
Aside from a series of dem-
onstrations during the week
the Sweetwater company set up
a recruiting tent on the south-
west corner of the square for
handling probable members.
Capt. Darnell is urging a full
attendance at 8 o'clock tonight
at the armory for regular drill.
The attendance must be kept up
to 60 per cent. New members
will be assigned at the meeting.
The guard was started in 1910
and took impetus when the 47th
legislature convened in Jan.,
1941, when the governor submit-
ted an emergency measure which
was passed by both houses and
approved Feb. 10, 1941. Before
the act was passed 30 battalions
had been organized throughout
Texas.
The name was changed from
Texas Defense Guard to Texas
State Guard about six months
ago. Members represent a cross
section of the populace and
their activities are many and im-
portant.
Large Scale Action Is
Hinted In Burma
NEW DELHI, India—(UP)—
A top army officer hints that
large-scale action may be expect-
ed soon in the China-Burma-In-
dla theater,
Brigadier General William Co-
veil, the new American supply
chief for southeastern Asia, told
correspondents here that the Ai-
led high command considers the
theater the most important in
the world.
Asked when the expected big
offensive could be expected, Co-
veil told correspondents:
"You boys have a surprise
coming."
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Benito Mussolini Is
Reported In Coma
LONDON — (UP) — Round-
about reports reaching London
say Benito Mussolini is critically
ill.
The German underground ra-
dio, heard in Sweden, says the
former duce is in a coma at
Adolf Hitler's Berchtesgaden vil-
la. He is said to have been
stricken while preparing to ad-
dress a Fascist party meeting.
42 WACs Inducted At
Dallas Ceremony
DALLAS — (UP) — Forty-
two women of the fifth all-Texas
Women's Army Corps are en
route to the third WAC train-
ing center at Fort Oglethorpe,
Georgia.
The recruits were inducted
late yesterday at the federal
building after day-long cere-
monies in their honor.
Che! Of Tidwell
Shows Dies Here
School Of Benefit
Instruction To Be
A series of Rehabilitation £
schools of instruction for Amer-
ican Legion and Auxiliary mem-
bers who are interested in bene-
fits pertaining to the new group
of veterans and their depend-
ents will start soon, Leon But- A
ler, commander of Oscar Mc-
Donald post, has been notified
by the state Legion, Austin.
Instructors will teach the fol-
lowing procedures: veteran
claims, widow and dependent pa- g
rents, national service life insur-w
a nee benefits, burial and hospi-
talization allowances.
Schools will start promptly in
three Central West Texas towns
at 9:30 a. m„ as follows: Sweet- .
water Dec. 3; Stephenville, Nov. v
29, and Cisco, Dec. 1.
Towns coining under Sweet-
water's school will include Abi-
lene, Alison, Hamlin, Roscoe, Ro-
tan, Stamford, Colorado City,
Snyder and San Angelo. %
Schedule for the classes has
been set. up to begin at 9:30 a.
m., to noon. From 1:30 p. m.,
to 4:30 p. in., and from 7:30 to
9 p. m. for one dav only.
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CONVICT'S SOLUTION*
AUSTIN, Minn. — (UP) — A
Minnesota state penitentiary con-
vict, George Skaggs, thinks ju-
venile delinquency could be dis-
couraged if school children were a
shown what, prison life is like.
Joe S. Grask, 67, chef with the
Tom .1. Tidwell Shows, now in
winter quarters in Sweetwater,
died yesterday afternoon in the
Young hospital, Roscoe.
His sister-in-law. Mrs. Mary
Crist will arrive here today to
return the body to Wichita, Kan.,
for burial. Several sisters anJ
brothers survive.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 274, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1943, newspaper, November 18, 1943; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282764/m1/2/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.