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VOL. LIX, NO. 266.
House Defeats
Restriction of
Trade Program
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-
(AP) — Administration forces
defeated the first attempt in
the house today to write re-
strictions into the trade agree-
merits program.
A proposal by Rep. Disney (D-
Okla) to prohibit the changing, In
any agreement, of the excise taxes
on oil, coal, copper and lumber im-
ports was rejected by a teller vote of
164 to 155. ---
His proposal was in the form of
an amendment to a resolution con-
tinuing the trade program for
"WITHOUT, OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES"—Byron.
United Press (UP)
ABILENE, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1940 -FOURTEEN PAGES.
THESE TOURISTS AREN'T WELCOME IN GERMANY
Associated Press (AP)
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Allied Warships Finns Batter Back
Stand Blockade
On Soviet Coast
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 23.-
(AP)—A British-French war-
ship squadron began today a
blockade of the northern Rus-
sian coast, the newspaper Ber-
lingske Tidende reported
Red Attack Along
Entire Eastern Wall
the coming of
cavities in the
the last refuge
oolness of a room,
kept hot by water
rculating in con-
ntain or "inkwell"
ers of a printing
eans higher speed
in’ printing. Re-
of paper, said
New York chem-
made the report.
FIT
three years from June 12. House
leaders hoped to vote on the res-
olution late today and administra-
tion members predicted it would
be approvad, but a number of mod-
ifying proposals had to be acted
upon first.
Chief among these was the plan,
expected to win support from vir-
tually all critics of the program,
for subjecting agreements to senate
ratification.
Disney said that contrary to the
wishes of congress the oil excise
tax had been reduced in an agree-
ment with Venezuela, and cited the
legislative history of the program
to bulwark his position.
When the trade pacts act .
was first under consideration
in the senate, he told the house,
the late Senator Long (D-La)
proposed to safeguard the excise
taxes. The Long amendment
was defeated, he said, after
managers of the measure gave
assurance that It was unneces-
sary.
The senate was in recess today
but on that side of the capitol
considerable interest continued to
be shown in British censorship of
American airmail at Bermuda.
Chairman Pittman (D-Nev) of the
foreign relations committee said the
United States and Britain should
work out an amicable agreement
for mail search there. Several sen-
ators have suggested discontinuing
the Bermuda stop.
Before the house took up the
trade agreements measure it gave
the special committee investigating
the labor board another $50,000 for
its inquiry. There was no objection
to the appropriation, which raised
the commitetee's total funds to date
to $100,000.
The house banking commit-
British planes like those pic-
tured in this unusual aerial
close-up are the ones recently
reported to have made a recon-
naissance tour across Germany,
penetrating as far as Austria
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and Czechoslovakia. They are
the powerful new Vickers Well-
ington long-range bombers.
Rail Board May
lombers Attack
Not Try Appeal Nazi Naval Base
AUSTIN, Feb. 23.—(UP)—John
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Taylor, chief supervisor of the oil
and gas division of the Texas rail-
road commission, today went to
East Texas off field where a three
judge federal court ha* called the
commission method of production
proration invalid
, , No injunction ha* yet been issued
Ml refpredide .‘$30,000,000 *.n against the proration order but re-
to Finland certain restrictions ports reached Austin that some op-
against use of the money for | erators consider the order no longer
purchase of military supplies. in force.
In the trade agreement's debate. The field, largest in the world. Is
Rep. McCormack (D-Mass), told the | chief proration unit in Texas.
house the Disney amendment WAS That the commission will give up
“hostil" to the administration pro- an attempt appeal from the de-
“Aseeret, eleventh-hour strategy | cision was likely today. Realizing
meeting with Secretary Hull bol-
stored today the expectations of
administration leaders that the
1 the effect an injunction would have
upon the oil field before a new or-
der was effective. Circuit Judge
See CONGRESS, Pt 4, Cel. 1
She'll Be One
Birthday Ahead
Mrs. w C. Williamson, 1526
Washington, has had as many
birthdays as her grandson-And
Feb. 29 she will be one ahead.
This morning, Mrs. Williamson
said she would be among the guests
for the Reporter-News Leap Year
Birthday banquet next Thursday
night at Hotel Wooten—that she
wanted to be on hand to celebrate
. her 13th birthday.
In birthdays, Mrs. Williamson Is
much younger than her daughter.
Mrs Gladys Nichols, a teacher in
College Heights school. And her
grandson, James Walter Nichols,
already has celebrated 13 birthdays.
Leap Year “babies" only have
birthdays every four years, and
- if they were born before 1900,
• - they lost out on birthdays en-
tirely from 1896 to 1MM—because
1900 was not a Leap Year.
That is why. Levi Nordyke of
Lynn county, who will also be
among the guests, will be observing
his 11th birthday, instead of his
twelfth. He was born in 1892.
Those 11 birthdays make Nor-
dyke just as young as his 11-year-
old daughter, Clara Faye
In Abilene yesterday on business.
Nordyke called to accept the Invi-
tation to the Leap Year birthday
party. He was present for the 193d
celebration, traveling a greater dis-
tance than any of the other guests
Formerly of Callahan county. Nor-
dyke has lived for a quarter of a
century In Lynn county, operating
a large farm 12 miles southeast of
Tahoka. He is a former county
commissioner
The Leap Year hosts will be say-
ing greetings to another member
of the 1938 group this year—Mrs.
See LEAF YEAR. Pg 4, Col. I
Samuel Sibley announced the com-
mission will be given time to decide
if it wishes to attempt a new order
before issuing an injunction.
SPECIAL SESSION
Commissioner Jerry Sadler said
today he first had favored an ap-
peal. "After further consideration."
he said, "Instead of an appeal I am
convinced the only salvation is for
the governor to call a special session
of the legislature.".
"An appeal from thia decision
with this injunction in effect will
break operators and banks and put
men and women into the streets
This lawsuit was filed on conditions
that arose before I became a mem-
ber of the commission. Both the
railroad commission and the legis-
lature have erred. A correction is
needed and It will take action of :
the legislature to correct it."
Mexican Held Here
By Federal Officers
Under federal indictment on a
charge of transporting a stolen au-
tomobile from Kansas City to Op-
lin, Callahan county, Juan Rojes,
29-year-old Mexican, was in cus-
tody of Deputy C. 8. Marshal C. 8
Brown here today.
Picked up -for investigation in
Wyoming, where he had been em-
ployed as a hotel cook for several
years. Rojes was fingerprinted, and
as a result the old Texas indict-
ment was brought up. A Cheyenne,
Wyoming marshal transferred the
Mexican to Abilene
Trial on the indictment probably
Smoking Sausage
Is False Alarm
BELLEVILLE, m., Feb 23.0)
—The fire department got only an
appetite on a run to the Charles
Jones residence
The firemen found Mr Jones
smoking sausage in the garage.
LONDON, Feb. 23.—(P)—Britain paid a rousing tribute today to the
700 veterans of the battle of Montevideo as the German-British air war
continued at a stepped-up pace
The air ministry announced today that British war planes have
oombed German warships in a fighting raid on German North sea naval
base in Helgoland bight.
The British did not mention the results of their bombing, said to have
occurred during a flight Tuesday night and Wednesday morning previous-
ly announced as a reconnaissance flight. They acknowledged losing one
of their planes, but blamed it on the weather.
Last night Britain sent scouting planes deep into Germany over
Austria,and Bohemia, and today German bombers were reported to have
returned to Britain's east coast after raids yesterday in which they lost
two planes. There was no immediate confirmation that enemy planes
were over the east coast today, however
One plane was reported off Essex today and another off Norfolk.
Anti-aircraft guns greeted the-------------------------------------
first plane, which was reported to
have been shot down.
British fighter planes pursued the
second.
A third German bomber flew over
Sunderland on the coast of Durham
so low that witnesses could discern
the swastika painted on it.
The British planes, flying over
Austria and Bohemia, took off from
a British air field in France but
other details were withheld.
King George VI, accompanied
by Prime Minister Chamberlain,
inspected the veterans of the
battle of Montevideo in s parade
before the greatest crowd of
cheering Britons since the coro-
nation.
Londoners who had waited more
Baird Boosters
Welcomed Here
Boisterous goodwillers from Baird
paid Abilene a visit this morning.
There were more than a dozen
automobiles in a motorcade extend-
ing invitations to the FFA rodeo and
4-H fat stock show Saturday In the
Callahan county seat.
Among leaders of the party were
J. B. Beeson, Sheriff Clarence Nor-
dyke. Hamilton Wright, Carl Lamb
while unconfirmable rumors
rumors circulated that a clash
with the Soviet Arctic navy
already had been precipitated.
The paper said the allied shine
were strung out for a considerable
distance along the Arctic coast to
prevent shipment of Russian sup-
plies to Germany and to halt any
possible attempt to deliver Russian
submarines to the German navy
Presence of allied vessels in that
far northern vicinity was confirm,
ed yesterday
PREVENT REFUGE
Aside from blocking trade be-
tween Germany and her friend,
Russia, the British and French
were described as aiming to pre-
vent any German ship from taking
refuge in Russia—as a number of
merchantmen did in the early days
of the war.
Until now, it was reported that
German merchant carriers had
been maintaining steady connec-
tions with Murmansk, which is an
ice-free port despite its Arctic lo-
cation on Kola bay.
Development of the blockade
magnified uneasiness of Scan-
dinavian nations over the fu-
ture of their neutrality.
In view of the bad feeling that
resulted from British rescue of cap-
tive merchant seamen from the
German ship Altmark in Norwe-
gian waters last Friday night, there
were apprehensions that any new
naval clashes in northern waters
would raise further knotty and em-
barrassing problems for the neu-
trals.
SAFE 'HIGHWAY’
The British and French contend
that Norway's broken coastline of -
fers a comparatively safe highway
for German ships from Murmansk
and has been used effectively to
evade their blockade in the North
sea.
The Stockholm newspaper
Aftonbladet reported yesterday
the Russian Arctic wavy hod
boon prepared for the possibil-
ity of war.
The Stockholm newspaper De-
gens Nyheter voiced the hope that
the Scandinavian foreign ministers,
who are to confer in Copenhagen
Saturday and Sunday, would agree
on uniform rules for the treatment
of belligerents’ ships in territorial
waters.
Russian Steamer
Halted by British
ISTANBUL, Feb 23 —P)— The
soviet Russian steamer Svanetia, 4.-
135 tons, was stoppel and searched
by a British cruiser near the outh-
ern entrance to the Dardanelles, It
was learned today.
Two Italian freighters also were
reported held and searched at Is-
tanbul in the first such general
British action in these waters.
J. S. ENVOY TO PARLEY WITH Two Battalions
HITLER ON ARRIVAL IN BERLIN Destroyed; War
BERLIN, Feb 23—om—United States Undersecretary of State Sum-
ner Welles, on his way to Europe to study conditions in the belligerent
and other capitals, will have a conference with Fuehrer Hitler when
he comes here, it was disclosed today
United States Charge D’Affaires Alexander Kirk visited the German
secretary of state, Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker, for 40 minutes today,
apparently in connection with Welles' visit.
Although the visit was described by an embassy spokesman as "pure-
ly routine,” it was known that a tentative program was agreed upon for
the visit of Welles, who is due to arrive in Italy Sunday night.
Assuming that Welles reaches Berlin by next Tuesday. It was tenta-
tively agreed today that he would meet German Foreign Minister Joachim
von Ribbentrop on Tuesday or Wednesday and that immediately after
would follow a conference with Hitler.
Another Westex
Norther to Hit
Abilene Tonight
West Texas’ regular weekend blizzard was on its way today. Its ar-
rival was expected in eastern New Mexico and Northwest Texas late to-
night. Sometime Saturday morning it should hit Abilene and vicinity.
At noon today, W H. Green, local observer for the United States
weather bureau received the following special forecast: “Northwest Texas
and eastern New Mexico snow late tonight and Saturday with strong
northerly winds and cold wave Saturday. Advise stock interests.”
For Abilene and vicinity local rains were predicted tonight, and cloudy
and much colder weather Saturday.
Weather observers believed that the weekend might be a repetition of
the Panhandle and South Plains blizzard which brought a howling snow
storm to that area last Friday and Saturday, killing two men who be-
----came lost in the storm.
Traitor
HOUSTON, Feb. 23.—(AP)-
—The audience enthusiastical-
ly applauded the denunciation
of Japanese militarists by Dr.
No Young Park, Chinese lec-
turer.
On their coat lapels In honor
of George Washington’s birth-
day, they wore tiny American
flags.
The flags bore the label
"made in Japan.”
Slot Machine
Writ Granted
than five hours broke police lines to and Earl Johnson,
was arranged by
give the men of the cruisers Exeter
and Ajax a tumultous greeting.
. The king reviewed the procession
of the men who chased the Admiral
Graf Spee to its doom, at the horse-
guards parade, opposite Whitehall,
and awarded decorations to officers
and men and to widows of several
sailors
CHURCHILL SPEAKS
Winston Churchill, paying tribute
to the men, said that Britain (had
lost nearly 3,000 men in the “hard
and unrelenting" struggle at sea, and
described the victory over the Ger-
man battleship Graf Spee as "almost
a relief ”
The first lord of the admiralty
spoke at the Guildhall where the
seamen were banqueted after a
great parade.
He told them that naval a pr-
iliary vesels now totaled about
1,700 nd the number was In-
creasing rapidly “until not only
cargoes by which we live but the
high purposes we have in hand
are all brought safely into port."
The rescue of the 299 British
merchant seamen held aboard the
German prison ship "under the nose
-- . . of the enemy and amid the tangles
will be set for the April term of of one-sided neutrality." Churchill
federal court here. cold proved that 4th
said, proved that "the long arm of
The excursion
the Callahan
County Luncheon club.
Met at the airport, the visitors
were led through the business dis-
trict and to the north city limits
by a police motorcycle escort. 21 ley
made brief halts on Pine and Cy-T
press streets
200-MILE SWING
Before the postoffice a group of
musicians tumbled out of their car
for an impromptu serenade. The en-
tertainers were Marvin Swenson
Kenneth Lamb, Billy Bob Kelly, A.
J. Bruce, Bobby Stanley. Johnny
Lee Swenson and Eugene Swenson.
Today's jaunt was the second for
the Baird rodeo boosters They were
to travel more than 200 miles in a
swing to the north as far as Hamlin,
and back home by way of Stamford
and Albany The trippers circled east
and south of Baird Wednesday.
Saturday noon is deadline for en-
tries in the rodeo. There will be a
parade at 1:30 o'clock, and the ro-
deo will start at 2:30. Events will
include a wild mare race, calf rop-
ing, bronc riding, educated horses,
wild bull riding and FFA boys’ cigar
race.
Bill Would Allow
Marriage of Dead
PARIS, Feb 23—OR—Soldiers
and sailors can be married in France
after they're dead. If a proposed
measure now being considered by a
chamber of deputies committee
passes.
The bill is designed to legitimize
children and enable widows to draw
pensions The law would stipulate
that the men express their wish to
marry before they die.
Swiss Aid Finns
BERNE, Feb. 23—(P)—Switzerland
has sent Finland more than 1,000,-
000 Swiss francs (about $225,000)
along with an important surgical
and medical mission. Chairman Hen-
ri Valloton of the federal council's
foreign affairs committee reported
today.
STOP and THINK
WE’LL SHOW YOUR
"FOR RENT" SIGN
TO 21,000 PEOPLE!
Every day we go Into the homes
of 21,000 Reporter-News Read-
ers and many of them expect
us to help them find s piece to
live; well start telling them
about your vacancy tomorrow If
you will call 7271. Reporter-
News Want Ad Department.
We sent a number of prospects
out to see Mrs Ethyl More-
land's house and one of them
rented it the first day. We are
s rm. house, close College Heights.
apply owner. 1218 Hickory._________
open until 8 00 p m. Every
Saturday for the Sunday Paper
Call us.
British seapower can be stretched
out only for foes but also for faith-
ful friends."
Area WPA Projects
Are Authorized
Authorization to begin work on
18 WPA project# in Texas, involv-
ing expenditures of 8339 731 in
WPA fund# and 8185.151 supplied by
local governmental agencies, has
been given by Stearns S Tucker,
deputy state administrator.
Authorized project# included:
Nolan county—Reconstruct and
improve roads near Sweetwater In
precinct 3: WPA funds, $12,274;
funds supplied by the county, $17,-
187; workers, 57.
Taylor county—Improve streets
Women Jurors Sew
In Court Recess
LOG ANGELES Feb 23.—P-
Faced with a four-day recess, six
wome njurors demanded a sewing
machine.
Judge William J Palmer said
there were several obstacles, includ-
ing $2.50 rental for a machine but
he would do his best He, the county
counsel and the board of county
supervisors cut a few yards of red
tape and got the machine
The women cut their patterns and
are sewing at top speed. The trial
resumes Monday!
Siam Envoy Dies
/
LONDON. Feb. 23—1—Vice-Ad-
in Merkel; WPA funds, $11,249; miral Phya Rajawangsan, 54, Thail-
funds supplied by the city, $7,457; and's (Siam) minister to London,
workers, 57, died today of heart disease.
died today of heart disease.
In my opinion the spirit of
the Finnish people will not be
crushed. They may kill some of
this generation, but the Fin-
nish government will last a
long time.—Jesse Jones, federal
loan administrator.
And our hope of you is
stedtast, knowing, tout as
ye are partakers ot the sut-
ferings, so shall ye be also
of the consolation For we
would not, brethren, have
you ignorant of our trouble
which came to us in Asia,
that we were pressed out
of measure, above strength,
insomuch that we despair-
ed even of life: but we had
the sentence of death in
'ourselves, that we should
not trust in ourselves, but
in God which raiseth the
dead.—2 Corinthians 1:7-9.
Louis Solomon shot a marble ta-
ble In the 42d district courtroom
this morning
He put In a penny and pushed a
gadget Then he pulled back and let
fly with a plunger
A metal ball went up and around,
hit some electrically charged pegs
and lights flashed on a scoreboard
Then Solomon shot some more
balls. :
But they afiled to convince Judge
Milburn 8 Long that Solomon’s pe-
tition for a court order to protect
his marble machines from state and
county local officers should be
granted ,
Claiming he owns $1,000 worth of
such equipment, Solomon . had
charged threats had been made to
confiscate or damage his property.
He asked that the Texas rangers,
the sheriff, the constable and city
police be enjoined against seizure of
the tables ...
A formal order prepared for Judge
Long’s signature Mid merely that
evidence presented did not support |
the plaintiff’s allegations and di-
rected the suit be dismissed.
In courtroom comment, the
judge held that It had not been
threatened. He also expressed
the opinion the marble ma-
chines were not gambling de-
vice" in themselves. Indicating
any further action must be bass
ed on proof of gambling at each
individual table
As result of the hearing this
morning, it was predicted unoffi-
cially that marble machines remov-
ed from local business places would
be restored to operation shortly
Solomon and one or two other
owners were affected when two
rangers visited Abilene week before
last The state officers warned that
See MARBLE BOARDS Pg 4, Col. 1
Finland Orders
Boots for Horses
GROVE CITY. Pa . Feb. 23 —(-
The Orove City Brass and Bronze
company announced It is making
castings to fill an order for 4.000
rubber boots for horses in the Fin-
nish army *
Company officials said the boots,
first of their kind ever made, are
to protect the animals from a cor-
rosive gas that collects on battle-
grounds The gas attacks the hooves
crippling the horses.
The boots are It inches high,
laced with rawhide.
A shipper’s forecast advised stock-
men to protect shipments during the
next 24 to 4S hours from "tempera-
tures as follows Northwestward
from Dallas, below freezing tonight,
hard freeze Texas Panhandle and
northern Oklahoma with tempera-
ture 20 degrees or lower Saturday
and Saturday night, and below freez-
ing weather may extend south over
north portion of East Texas by or
during Saturday night."
The U S weather bureau at
Dallas prelicted that temperatures
would begin skidding in northwest
Texas tonight and that the cold
would spread over much of the
state tomorrow.
Peculiarly, the official forecast
said. It will be warmer tonight in
the northeastern corner of the
state before the temperature dip.
Snow was slated to begin falling
In the Panhandle tonight and con-
tinue tomorrow Rain was forecast
for southwest and much of East
Texas tomorrow
The forecast said "much colder"
In the north-central counties to-
morrow.
Early today temperature mini-
mums stayed above the freezing
mark. Lubbock reporting a low of
33 degrees and Amarillo 36 A trace
of rain was falling at Dallas and
Brownsville at morning observation
Other minimums Abilene 47. 13
Paso 50, Dallas and Palestine 45,
Houston 42, Port Arthur 46, Gal-
veston 46, Austin 48, San Antonio
53 Del Rio 54, Corpus Christi 57
and Brownsville 60.
Mishap Fatal to
Howard Farmer
BIG SPRING. Feb 23 —(—
William Henry Robinson, 73-year-
old pioneer Howard county term-
er. died today of injuries received
in a car mishap near here on the
Stanton road Thursday afternoon.
He was the third traffic victim
In the county this year Funeral
services were to be held today.
The Weather
ABILENE and vicinity: cloudy with
local rams tonight Saturday cloudy and
much colder.
West Texas (west of 100th meridian)
cloudy with snow in north portion to-
night and Saturday, rain in south por-
tion Saturday: colder Saturday and in
north portion tonight.
East Texas (east of- tooth meridian):
Cloudy, local rains, warmer east portion
tonight; Saturday cloudy, rain east and
extreme north portions, colder west and
north portions, much colder northwest
D RIEnest temperature yesterday: City
Office, 57: Airport, AS
Lowest temperature this morning: City
Office, 48; Airport, 47
TEMPERATURES
Wed-Thu Thu-Fri
P.M. Time AM
S3 55 = 1— 38 49
55- sT- i- 39 49
16 51
57 ST
M 56-
53 55-
44 53
43 52
41 51
40 50
Supplies Taken
HELSINKI, Feb. 23.—(AP)
—The Finnish high command
announced today that the Man-
nerheim line’s defenders had
beaten back attacks along the
entire width of - the Karelian
isthmus, killing about two bat-
talions—perhaps 2,000 men—
at one point and 800 men at
another.
The daily communique showed
that the invading Russians were
pushing forward deeper into the
center of the line beyond lake
Myola.
The two battalions were "killed"
in two attacks north of lake Muola
near lake Ayrpaan, the communi-
que Mid. while 800 men were kill-
ed and 100 taken prisoner in a
third attack across the lake Ayra-
paan at Sikniemi.
The Finns said they beat back
continuing attacks all along the
line eastward to Taipale, at its ex-
tremity.
Northeast of Lake Ladoga the
Finns captured “large quantities of
war material,” the communique
said, and wiped out patrols furth-
er north near Kuhmo.
The Finns reported a Russian
raid on the town st 1msInn,
behind the lines along Fin-
land’s narrow “waist," in which
U women and children were
killed, and another raid in this
region in which “a few para-
chute patrols" were dropped,
"which were either killed or
taken prisoner.”
The communique, reporting yes-
terday s action, aid that between
Lake Muola and Ayrapaanjarvi
“the enemy attacked twice, leaving
behind him each time as he with-
drew about a battalion killed."
"An enemy force that attacked
across Ayrapaanjarvi at Sikniemi
was repulsed and lost about 800
killed and about 100 prisoners,” the
communique continued.
Ayrapaanjarvi is a lake about 23
miles nearly due east of Vilpuri
and almost midway of the isthmus.
The Finn# reported capturing
' several new strong points” north-
east of Lake Ladoga, along with
large quantities of war material."
Including 12 guns "and more than
50 machine-guns and sub-machine
guns, 10 field kitchens, tractors,
automobiles and ammunition."
TANKS DESTROYED
The Finns reported destroying
six tanks here and 18 more in the
Isthmus fighting.
"Severs! enemy patrol* were
wiped out" in the Kuhmo sector
further north, the communique
Mid
Russion warplanes raided Is-
salmi in the home area and kill-
ed 12 women and children, the
communique said, and also drop-
ped "a few parachute patrols
which were either killed or taken
prisoner."
Even with a sudden smash
through the Mannerheim line, the
Russian invaders of Finland would
be forced to battle for every foot
of Finnish soil, a military inform-
ant declared as the red army
went into its 23rd day of assaults
on the Karelian Isthmus.
Sweetwater Auto
Dealer Succumbs
3 40 49
—39 49
- 5—38 49
- 6 37 50
— 1—38 50
— 839 50
— 9— 41 52
-10— 47 55
—11— 49 58
.m.
39 50—12-
COLDER sunuer' 33
6:30 p.m 6:30 a.m 12:30
Dry thermometer ' 53 49
Wet thermometer 41
Relative humidity 31
79
SWEETWATER, Feb. 23 - (Spl.)
—L. O. Cardwell, 56. automobile
dealer, died at his home here at
6 a. m today. He had been ser-
iously ill the past week.
Funeral arrangements were In-
complete earlp this afternoon pend-
ing word from a son in Los An-
geles. The service will be in the
Roscoe Methodist church with the
Rev Sam H Young. Sweetwater
First Methodist pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in the Roscoe ceme-
tery beside his parents
Mr Cardwell came to Nolan
county in 1913 and to Sweetwater
in 1929. He was a farmer most
of his life but in recent years had
been in the automobile business.
He was manager of the Studebak-
er agency here
Survivors include two sons. L. *
O. Cardwell Jr of Sweetwater, and
Ketha Cardwell of Los Angeles;
two sisters and two brothers
Church Envoy Will
Tour Nazi Poland
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 23.—(P-
A Vatican news service said today
it had been announced in Berlin
that Monsignor Cesare Orsenigo,
papal nuncio to Germany, would
go shortly to Poland to observe re-
ligious conditions there.
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