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•Oil Belt Teachers Converge On City For 2-Day Meet
Leading Educators
.Are On Program
Teachers from eleven counties, more than 2,000 of them, in the
Oil Belt Teachers association are to begin converging on Sweet-
water this afternoon for the eighth an-
nual two-day convention. Superintendents
and principals are to precede the teachers,
arriving here in time for the opening
session of the executive members of the
association at 4 o'clock this afternoon
at John H. Reagan junior high school
auditorium. The two-day symposium is
to open with discussions led by L. E.
Dudley, superintendent of Abilene
schools, W. B. Irvin, superintendent of
Lubbock schools, and R. S. Covey, super-
intendent of Sweetwater schools.
Superintendent Ross Covey this morn-
ing announced that patrons of the schools
are urged to attend any and all sessions of the convention. "Every
meeting is opened to the public and we would especially appre-
ciate the attendance of the pa
W. B. IRVIN
rents of school students at all
general sessions and as many of
the sectional meetings as pos-
sible," Covey said.
Educators to Speak
^ The major session of the op-
ening day will be the banquet
at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the
Blue Bonnet. Attorney General
William McCraw is to be the
principal speaker. This session
9 is open to the public. School
officials would like to get some
idea of the number to attend
and would like for those contem-
plating attendance to make res-
ervations. However, reserva-
9 tions are not required and
tickets to the fete may be ob-
tained at the banquet.
Dr. J. Paul Leonard of Leland
Stanford university and Dr.
B. F. Pittinger, dean of the
® school of education of the Uni-
versity of Texas, Dr. John Ow-
en Beaty, English instructor at
Southern Methodist university,
, and B. B. Cobb, secretary of the
Texas State Teachers associa-
tion, are among the outstanding
educators to be heard during
the convention.
Among others to take part are
Joe C. Humphrey, Abilene, E.
m Earl Isbill, superintendent of
Jones county schools, Miss .Pres-
ton Vimyard, Havditi:Sl " .ions.
Don Morris, vice president of
' Abilene Christian college, Hugh
Price Fellows, McMurry Col-
3 lege, Abilene.
Local Tcaelicrs on Program
Besides Mr. Covey, Sweetwat-
er teachers and students on the
program are:
_ High school choral club, di-
* rected by Mrs. Frank Posey,
high school band concert, di-
rected by Russell Shrader, vocal
solo by Mrs. Posey, G. E. Wil-
liams, principal John Reagan
g junior high who is chairman of
elementary subjects section,
music by the students of Mrs.
W. D. Mauldin and Miss Tlieo
Williams, Mrs. Frank Coalson,
Mrs. Phil Sparkman, Miss Jean-
9 ctte Wade and others not listed
on the program.
Following the final session
Saturday afternoon, the district
House of Delegates to the Tex-
as State Teachers association,
0 composed of teachers from 22
counties, is to assemble for dis-
cussion and plans .
All general sessions of the
convention are to be held at the
municipal auditorium. Sectional
• meetings are to be held at the
junior and senior high schools.
Saturday noon, John R. Le-
vis elementary school, one of
the most modern elementary
_ school plants in West Texas is
® to be thrown open to inspec-
tion to the visiting teachers and
public.
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f Gulf Executives
Visit Sweetwater
In Sweetwater on business
Thursday were, the following
executives of the Gulf Oil Cor
f poration: W. A. Stai
manager, Pittsbur
Crockett, superintendent, Phil-
adelphia refinery and T. J. Sul-
livan. general superintendent,
Port Arthur, Texas. While here
9 they conferred with John
Schriever, superintendent of
the local Gulf refinery and oth-
er personnel.
•WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Fair to
partly cloudy and warmer to-
f night and Saturday.
Maximum temperature yester-
day tJ!J degrees. Low this morn-
ing 18 degrees. Temperature at
2 p. ni. today 78 degrees.
WEST TEXAS — Fair tonight
# and Saturday.
EAST TEXAS—Partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday, unsettled
on lower coast.
On Program
Iteter, general
irgn; W. M.
Dr. John Owen Kcufy, Eng-
lish instructor at Southern
Methodist I'njversit.v., Is \>n
the Oil Belt Teachers' asso-
ciation program Saturday
morning at the municipal
auditori inn.
Negro Confesses
Robbery, Attacks
DALLAS (UP) — Police
held a signed statement today
from J. C. Miles, 23, negro,
which he allegedly admitted
criminal assault on two white
women and the robbery of
more than 20 couples parked
on "Loveis Lane" near White
Rock lake.
Hours of grilling broke down
the silence of the negro, who
first refused to talk after tell-
ing police: "I'm afraid you'd
send me to the electric chair
if I admitted anything."
A score of persons viewed
the suspect and tentatively iden-
tified him as the "black bandit"
of Lovers Lane.
Several spooning couples
charged that the negro bandit
made them strip off their cloth-'
ing while he pointed a gun at
them. He then took their
money and left.
The negro was arrested while
working in an exclusive resi-
dential district.
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Fire Department
Makes 3-Mile Run
Sweetwater firemen made rf
run three miles east of the city
about 12.30 o'clock this morn-
ing to put out a car fire. The
body of a car belonging to
Howard Sloan was damaged,
but the tires and chassis were
saved.
Sweetwater Reporter
Virgil Walker's
Son Found In
20-Inches Water
Mother Discovers Baby
About 4 Minutes After
He Tumbled Into Tank
VOL. XXXX
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JVtARCH II, 1938
NUMBER 31£
Schuschnigg Bows
To Hitler's Will,
Calls Off Vote
Believe Austrian Will
Quit Post In Favor of
Dr. Syess-Inquart
BULLETIN
VIENNA — (UI') —
Chancellor Kurt Schusch-
nigg lias resigned, the of-
ficial radio station announc-
ed. tonight.
VIENNA — (UP) — Chancel-
lor Kurt Schuschnigg bowed to
Adolf Hitler's demands today
and cancelled indefinitely his
boldly proclaimed Austrian in-
dependence plebiscite of Sunday.
Snyder's School System Suffers $100,000 Fire;
Classes to Continue In Churches and Gym
Firo early yesterday morning
gutted two-thirds of Snyder's
$150,000 school plant, leaving
only the walls of the auditorium,
junior high and grammar school
wings standing. Damage was es-
timated at $100,000, with insur-
ance of the same amount car-
ried on the entire building. The
high school wing of the build-
ing was saved. School board
members have arranged for
classes to continue, meeting
in the school gymnasium, built
on the campus, in churches of
the city and other convenient
buildings. The fire, discovered
about 5 o'clock, by the school
janitor, is believed to have start-
It was assumed that Schusch- j ed in the ceiling just back of the stage of the au ditorium. The auditorium connected the two
wings. In addition to the laboratory equipment, teachers' equipment and students' belongings,
a major portion of the library books were destroyed. The corner of the high school building,
only slightly damaged by fire, smoke and water, is seen at the left in the picture.
nigg would resign in favor of
Dr. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Ger-
man-supported Nazi interior
minister.
A Gcman threat to invade
Austria forced Schuschnigg to
cancel the plebiscite, the Unit-
ed Press was informed by an
authoritative source.
(The official Italian news
agency in Rome said that
Schuschnigg had resigned and
Seyss-Inquart had become chan-
cellor. A French government
source in Paris said the ultima-
tum demanding postponement
of the plebiscite and resignation
of Schuschnigg expired at 1
p},' m.—12 noon, central time.)
Postponement of the plebis-
cite came after a day of wild
rioting in Vienna and other
Austrian cities in. which many
were injured, and mobilized po-
lice and troops were unable to
cope with the Nazis.
Nazis were jubilant over
their victory. Wild celebrations
broke out all over Austria.
At Innsbruk, 15.000 Nazis
had defied hundreds of armed
police. Fighting broke out. but
the police outnumbered 20 to 1
were helpless.
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Special Deputies
Being Guarded
RIO GRANDE CITY — (UP)
—Five special deputy consta-
bles. charged with murder af-
ter three Starr county men
were killed in the renewal of
an old feud early this week,
were held in an adjoining coun-
ty today for safe keeping.
Sheriff Gus Gucrra denied
that violence had been threat-
ened against the five, but ad-
mitted that they had been
moved to the Jim Hogg county
jail at the suggestion of Texas
Rangers sent to investigate the
gun battle.
Guerra said that three spe-
cial guards had been assigned
to the Jim Hogg jail after the
five constables, Benito Saenz,
Benigno Ramirez, Eyiac Solis.
Martin Solis and Amado Vera,
were moved there.
The five were charged with
murder following the fatal
shooting of Deputy Sheriff Ra-
mon de la Cruz, Eulalio Elizon-
do and Jose Cantu, all of Rio
Grande City.
Congress Asked To
Speed Up Action
Sen. Connally to
Present Check to
Tenant Farmer
Cotton Farmers
To Vote Saturday
On Market Quota
No Poll Tax Receipt
Required, Must Have Had
Cotton Crop in 1937
Cotton growers of Nolan
county are prepared to go to the
polls Saturday and vote on the
cotton quota referendum for
the 1938 agricultural conserva-
tion progam. Polls open at
8 a. m. and close at 7 p. m. No
poll tax receipt is required, the
only stipulation being that the
voter must have grown cotton
' in 1937.
Voting places are schools at
Hylton, Blackwell, Divide,
Highland and White Flat; Ros-
coe State Bank at Roscoe and
district court room in Sweet-
water. Farmers may vote in
the point most convenient.
Paramount question is whe-
i ther the 1938 provisions as to
; cotton acreage and marketing
I quotas will apply to all grow-
! ers regardless of whether they
! have participated in past con-
servation programs. Voting will
| lie straight "Yes" and "No".
I It, requires two-thirds vote of
Railroads Plan
New Program
WASHINGTON — (UP)
East Texan To Get
Second Check From
U. S. to Buy Land
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
Majority Leader Alben W. Bark-
ley, D., Ky., in an ultimatum
delivered to the senate, said
that'it must speed action on Pre-
sident Roosevelts' government
reorganization bill or face puni-;
tive night sessions.
The warning came when Sen. : "ailroad executives considered
Alva B. Adams, D„ Colo., ask- j toda>' a proposed new "national
ed an opportunity to bring up ' raI'way policy' as a solution to
the nomination of Ebert K. I critical financial problems.
Burlew as assistant secretary! understood, however,
of the interior, on which pro- \ there was no discussion of
longed debate is expected. Ad- ! a"-^. moVf- , ra'e increases in
ams contended that only one 1 addition to the $270,000,000 au-
dav would be required. thonzed this week by the Inter-
j state Commerce Commission.
| They indicated, however, that j ly> who was the second tenant
tion bill said he would refuse! are dissatisfied with the j farmer in the United States
unanimous consent for the Bur-j 5 3 P"' cel?t lncrease- selected for purchasing a farm
lew nomination to be called. Ad- Although they were hearten- wjl) tO-year-loan from the
ams gave notice that unless ho ed >-v ™ 8 pe'' cent increase in j
got a chance to move for con- cf'' oadlngs last week, rai heads
firmation soon, he would do so ! said the condition of their j Clark will receive a check for
j the nation's cotton growers
carry.
to
LORAINE — Jimmie Walker,
2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Walker, a farm family liv-
ing about a mile and a half
from here, was found drowned
in 20-inches of water in a wind-
mill tank at his home at 9.15
o'clock this morning.
Tile baby's body was found
on the bottom of the shallow
tank by his mother, about four
minutes after he stumbled into
the pool unobserved by his par-
ent. Efforts to resuscitate the
tot proved futile. A Loraine
physician went to the scene
immediately after the boy was
, found and he worked with the
i child for nearly an hour before
giving up the baby as dead.
The small tank is about 60
feet from the Walker home.
When the mother went to look
for the boy after a few minu-
tes absence from the house she
discovered the tragedy and
quickly summoned her hus-
band. They tried artificial res-
piration. working until the doc-
tor arrived.
Besides his parents, the boy
is survived by two brothers,
one 10 years old. the other 8
years old. They are Rodney Lee
and Jack Devane.
Nephew Of Dunlaps
Tiie child is also a neohew of
the Rev. and Mrs. E. D. Dun-
lap of Sweetwater, the Rev. Mr.
Dunlap being pastor of the First
Baptist church there.
Funeral services are to be held
at -1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
at the Loraine Methodist church
with the Rev. J. A. Scoggtns,
pastor, officiating, assisted by
the Rev. A. C. Hardin, pastor of
the Post Baptist church. Burial
is to be in the Loraine cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker are well-
known in this area of Mitchell
county, having lived here for
the last 33 years.
Sen. James F. Byrnes, D., S.
C, sponsor of the reorganiza-
HALF MILLION TEXAS
FARMERS TO VOTE
' COLLEGE STATION —(UP)
j —Half a million Texas: cotton
DALLAS (UP) Sen. farmers will vote tomorrow on
Tom Connally. one of the auth-l whether they want to have mar
ors of the federal farm
chasing loan bill, will come
to Dallas Saturday to present a
check to the first Texas farmer
approved for a loan.
The check will go to Clar-
ence Clark of Van Zandt coun-
keting quotas set for their crop
Pur" this year.
Crippled Girl Doing Nicely Following
Hazardous 0[>eration On Her Spine
KANSAS CITY — (UP)
—Twenty year old Sylva
Eugenia Davis was improv-
ing today, although phy-
sicians kept her in the arti-
ficial respirator where she
was placed after an opera-
tion on which she staked her
life in hope of conquering
paralysis of her legs and
arms.
The girl's mother, Mrs.
Carlos Davis, felt that
"everything is going to lie
all right—I have a hunch
on these things, and I am
sure I'm not wrong on this
one."
Miss Davis, afflicted by
spastic paralysis since birth
was "cheerful" today, her
mother said. Physicians be-
lieved the girl would live
but said that success of the
hazardous operation on her
spinal cord probably would
not be known for some time.
Succes would mean that
the girl, for the first time,
would have control of her
limbs, muscularly develop-
ed despite the paralysis.
She had asked for the opera-
tion. knowing that she had
only a 50-50 chance of sur-
viving It.
in the regular executive session
late in the afternoon.
Amendment Introduced
Sen. John H. Bankhcud, D.,
Ala., introduced an amendment
to the reorganization bill which
would give either house of con-
gress power to nullify the pres-
ident's proposal for consolida-
tion or abolition of bureaus.
Under the proposal, the pre-
sident would submit his plan to
congress to lie on the table for
30 days. In the event that one-
fourth of the members of cither
house signed a petition of objec-
tion, the proposal would be vot-
ed upon within 10 days An un-
favorable vote by either house
would kill the proposal
Aviator Testifies
A 24-year-old aviator who serv-
ed with loyalist forces in Spain
for eight months told a house
military affairs subcommittee,
inquiring into the efficiency of
the U. S. Army Air Corp • Hat
American-trained fliers v.vre su-
perior to those of other nations
engaged in the civil war
The youth, Albert .1 I'aum-
ler, Trenton, N. J.. now a -til-
dent of aeronautical engineering
at New York University, 'also
said he fdlt that America's Sev-
ersky pursuit plane is the equal
of any European plane and that
the Curtiss P-3G is as good, if
not better, than any ship of its
type.
It was learned that the Unit-
ed States had rejected, for rea-
sons of national defense, the
applications of British and Dutch
aviation interests for permission
to establish air bases in Hawaii.
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California Solons
Debate Mooney Case
SACRAMENTO — (UP) -
Bitter debate over a proposition
to free Thomas Mooney, con-
tinued today in the state as-
sembly where the prisoner him-
self pleaded his innocence of
a bombing outrage for which he
was sentenced 22 years ago.
roads was critical.
i $0,003 with which to buy and
Fat Stock Show
Ready To Ooen
FORT WORTH — (UP) —
The 42nd annual Southwestern
Exposition and Fat Stock Show,
one of the three greatest in the
nation, was ready to open to-
day.
Nearly 6,000 blue-blooded farm
animals were on hand.
Reservations indicated 310,-
000 persons would attend the
show, a slight increase over
1937 attendance.
o_—.—
Roosevelt Warns
TV A Directors
WASHINGTON - (UP) —
President Roosevelt sharply told
warring directors of the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority that un-
less their personal attacks are
supported by evidence there
should be a resignation from
the directorate.
improve a 141 acre
Van Zandt county.
farm in
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Protest Meeting
C
Planned In Texas
DALLAS —(UP)
Plans for
That number, it is estimated,
is eligible to take part in the
national referendum, according
to state leaders of the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administra-
tion.
The farmers will vote on just
one question, "Do you favor
marketing quotas on cotton?"
Secretary of Agriculture Hen-
ry Wallace already has set the
quotas for 1938 but if more
than one-third of the cotton
producers vote against them,
the quotas will be abandoned.
If the quotas are approved, ev-
ery farmer in the United States
will have to abide by the acre-
age and crop quotas which the
government sets for him or be
taxed for his surplus production.
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Service Stations
Are To Be Checked
Following out instructions
from the state department of j
health, County Sanitarian E. V. i
Grass Root" Tax
Study Scheduled
DALLAS — (UP) - Lufkin
was selected today for the first
application of the "grass roots"
tax reduction study by the East
Texas chamber of commerce.
The chamber will furnish an
investigator to collect figures in
Angelina county that will en-
able officials to lop off excess
expenditures ranging from a
few cents to dollars, according
to Hubert M. Harrison, vice-
president of the East Texas
chamber.
The chamber will take no
part in politics but will attempt
to show the "holes through
which taxpayers' money is leak-
ing". Harrison said.
a state-wide meeting to protest Carney is to begin tomorrow
compulsory government regula-
tion of crop production have
been abandoned by the Texas
State Grange, it was announced
today.
"The Grange has not altered
its stand in opposition to the
compulsory control bill but we
have decided to let tlie farmer
find out. for himself what the
bill will mean," said Ralph
.Moore, master of the Grange.
checking rest rooms in ail of
the filling stations and tourists
camps in Sweetwater.
The state department is coop-
erating with local health offi-
cials in putting public rest
rooms in sanitary condition, es-
pecially before the opening of
the season's tourists traffic in
the state.
The sanitarian will check to
see that state sanitation laws
are being observed in toilets
maintained by filling stations
and camps.
Spencer Tracy and Luise Rainer Receive Annual Motion
Picture Academy Award for Outstanding Performances
HOLLYWOOD — (U Pi-
Spencer Tracy and Luise
Rainer last night received
the annual Motion Picture
Academy award for out-
standing performances dur-
ing 1937.
Miss Rainer was selected
over four other contestant -
for her performance in
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer's
"The Good Earth". It was
the second year in a row
she had won the award.
Last, year she scored in
"The Great Ziegfeld "
Tracy was honored for his
performance in "Captains
Courageous", also an M. G.
M. picture.
Tracy was not present
to receive the applause that
greeted announcement of
the winners at the annual
Academy dinner, attended
by virtually all of Holly-
wood's celebrities. He was in
a hospital recuperating from
a recent operation.
Runners up in the voting
were Charles Boyer (Con-
quest); Frederic March,
(A Star Is Born); Robert
Montgomery (Night Must
Fall); and, last year's win-
ner, Paul Muni (The Life
of Emile Zola.)
Miss Rainer was voten the
winner over Irene Dunne
(The Awful Truth); and
Greta Garbo (Camille)' Jan-
et Gay nor (A Star Is Born);
and Barbara Stanwyck ..sel-
la Dallas.)
Tracy and Miss (tinner ie-
ceived gold statuettes.
Warner Brothers' "The
Life of Emile Zola" was pro-
nounced the best all-around
production of the year,
while the special Irving
Thalberg award for outstand-
ing production work went
to Darryl Zanuek. of 20th-
Century-Fox studio. It was
presented him by Thallierg's
widow, Norma Sheaier.
Joseph Schildk ut and
Alice Brady were voted
awards as the out-tending
players of minor roles, the
former for his work in
"Zola", and Miss Brady for
"In Old Chicago."
Licenses Plate
Shipment Stopped
AUSTIN — (UP) -- Ship-
ment of 1938 automobile license
plates to San Jacinto county was
withheld today on order of
State Highway Engineer Jul-
ian Montgomery as a new step
in the highway department's
war to collect its share of lic-
ense fees.
Highway department agents
had attempted to supervise is-
suance of licenses in San Jacin-
to county, but an injunction
was issued against tliem.
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Relief Supervisor
Is Transferred
Miss Hassie Price, district re-
lief supervisor for Nolan, Coke
and Mitchell counties the last
year, has been transferred to
another district, according to
information here. .
Miss Price will maintain head-
quarters at Ballinger.
During her tenure here, Miss
Price has assisted in handling
relief problems of the district.
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Variety Store
Employes Feted
Employees of Woolworth's as-
sembled Wednesday evening at
the City park for a welner roast
and picnic. They were accom-
panied by Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Shiner, Mr. Shiner being man-
ager.
The group was composed of
Mis-es Mazie Patton, Jean Ad-
ams. Mildred Voss, Carry Ann
Monroe, Maurine Headrick, Ma-
rion Ingram, Mary Frances Kel-
ly, Opal Scott, and Powell Wat-
son. James McNeil and Orvld
Mu II ins.
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