Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 115, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 19, 1939 Page: 3 of 6
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TUESDAY, SEW. 19, 1959
SWEETWATER REPORTER, SWEETWATER, TE3CB
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Senator Borah Says Something'Phoney'
federal Jury
Indicts Two
Dallas Bankers
DALLAS — (UP) — The U.
S. grand jury, Monday return-
ed three indictments against H.
• W. Ferguson, president of the
Dallr.s Joint Stock Land bank,
and a brother-in-law, C. R.
Craddock, of Kennedy, field
agent for the bank.
The three indictments con-
tained a total of 14 counts
charging embezzlement from ihe
National Farm Loan associa-
tion and the Dallas Joint Stock
Land bank, receiving unauthor-
ized fees and commissions, mis-
application of funds and cre-
dits, and conspiracy for personal
use of funds.
Both men waived examining
trial and made bonds imme-
diately. Ferguson's bond was
set at $15,000 and Craddock's at
S7,500.
Maury Hughes, attorney for
the defendants, said that both
would plead innocent. U. S. Dist.
% Judge Claude Eastus said that he
would ask Judge T. Whit Dav-
idson to set an early trial.
The indictments climaxed a
seven-month investigation by
Noah Lord, secret service agent.
One of the indictments charg-
AAA Official Warns Against Over
n
Planting 1939 Wheat Allotment
Pointing to the unprecedented
surplus of wheat storages this
year in the United States, Joe
K. Taylor, AAA administrative
assistant, today warned wheat
producers in the county that any
of them who overplant their
acreage allotments will be gam-
bling against heavy odds.
In a form letter addressed to
all wheat farmers, Taylor point-
ed out that the European war
has no doubt caused a great
deal of uncertainty among some
wheat farmers as to whether
they should plant within their
allotments this year.
"In considering this question,"
the bulletin begins, "we quite
naturally are reminded of the
unusually high prices which pre-
vailed near the close and at the of the opinion of Judge James
end of the last war. However,; V. Allred recorded in the south-
we should also be reminded of ern, district of Texas court of the
the situation that existed during j United States, in the case of
the first seven years of the war, j Troppy vs. LaSara Farmer Gin
when prices were maintained at; company incorporated, et al. The
about normal levels. You will lease was the first involving the
Validity of
Cotton Quota
Act Upheld
Questions concerning the con-
stitutionality of the cotton mar-
keting quota provisions of the
agricultural adjustment act of
1938, have been raised much of
late, among Nolan county farm-
ers as well as among those of
all cotton states. Joe K. Taylor,
soil conservation official for
this county, points to a recent
.Texas federal court decision
which supports the constitution-
ality of the provision.
Taylor reports on a summary
recall that the price of wheat
did not rise substantially until
the third year of the war.
"It must be kept in mind that
validity of the cotton market
ing quota provisions to come be-
fore any court.
The validity of the provisions
the present world supply of was challenged by J. A. Troppy,
wheat is 5,300,000,000 bushels, I a cotton farmer of Willacy coun-
you CAN BET I'M
ROLLING MY SMOKES
WITH THE-TOBACCO
THAT EXPERTS FOUND
SMOKES COOLEST
the largest in history and much
greater than the world supply
in 1914 of 3,500,000,000 bushels. If
normal yields are obtained, the
world carry-over on July 1,
11910, will more than double the
normal carry-over.
ty, Texas, in a suit against the
LaSara Farmers Gin company
and the Guerra Gin company.
Troppy sought to recover a to-
tal of §356.26 collected from him
by the gin companies as a pen-
j alty upon cotton sold by him to
'The world supply of wheat is ! the companies in ercess of his
I about 55 percent larger now than 1 farm marketing quotas. Each of
in 1914, with world consumption the companies in excess of his
' up oniy 30 percent. Wheat con- j had withheld the penalties as
'sumption in the warring nations required by the act and regula-
i will probably decline during the tions of the secretary of agricul-
| this war as it did during the ' ture.
j last war, and the demand for i The validity of the quotas was
j wheat from the warring nations challenged on the grounds that
might be even less as the waV I the 'quotas did not constitute a
progresses than it is now. | regulation of marketing but
"Regardless of record-breaking were a regulation of production
world supplies of wheat, coop- and that the sales of Troppy's
^"Makin's" Smokers
—take a tip
from the facts
about this
choice tobacco!
Smokes
86
degrees
as shown in
erating producers in 1940 are
protected against disastrous
price declines by government
wheat loans, and by their coop-
eration with the other producers
in holding the United States
wheat production within the
amount needed for consumption
| in this country, plus our share
cotton to the ginners were not
interstate transactions but pure-
ly local and as such not subject
to regulation by congress. Judge
Allred overruled both of the
plaintiff's contentions on the au-
thority of another case in which
the United States supreme court
during its last term upheld the
of exports and a small reserve ■ validity of the tobacco market-
in the ever-normal granary. Qp-; ing quota provisions of the act.
operating produhers are alsoj o
| assured of conservation and
price adjustment payments to-j KlIIl 1)1*011ll
taling 18 to 22 cents per bushel, '
regardless of the price of wheat;
! they are eligible for protection
| under the all-risk crop insur-
ance program; and they are not i Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p. m. today at the First
Dies Suddenly
"smoking bowl"
tests than the aver*
age of the 30 other
of the largest-sell-
ingtobaccostested
... perhaps including the
brand you are smoking now
• "Smoking bowl" tests at a
leading scientific laboratory
check with what thousands of
smokers say! P.A. in pipe or
"makin's" cigarettes saves your
mouth from the parching and
"bite" of over-hot tobaccos.
Prince Albert's fully ripened to-
-Jaaccos, "crimp cut" and "no-
r bite" treated, let full, tasty body
come through MILDLY—minus
harshness. P.A.'s "crimp cut"
rolls easier, faster, neater, too —
draws right.
fine roll-your-own cig-
arettes In every hendy
tin ol Prince Albert
j subject to marketing-quota pen
! alties.
"The program protected us
against disastrously low prices
during the past year and it is
giving lis protection now. If
the present situation changes
the program will be adjusted
to meet it."
"We have 'all-time' protection
J under the propram—" closed the
| form letter, '.Let's keep it."
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U. S. Jury Indicts
<j
Four Louisianans
NEW ORLEANS
(UP)
THE NATIONAL JOY SMOKE
Ri bert I). Anderson, Shreveport
handbook operator and distri-
butor of racing information, was
indicted bv the federal grand
jury Monday on income tax eva-
sion charges.
Anderson was accused of at-
! tpmpting to evade a tax of $3,577
| on net income for him and his
i wife of $30,720 for them in 1937.
A second indictment charged
IT. A. Mitchem and C. M. Lewis,
partners at Lake Charles in the
f.peratlon of game machines, and
George W. Woodard, tax con-
sultant, with preparation and
| presentation of false and fraud-
ulent partnership return for
Mitchem and Lewis for the year
193S. It charged that they re-
ported a net income of $31,676
instead of $66,488 for that year.
o
Weldon George To
Enter Air Service
Weldon George, son of Mrs.
Tela Georpe, is to leave this week
for San Diego, Calif., for train-
ing in the U. S. air service,
having received his appointment
Friday.
After being stationed for three
months at the government Held,
he is to be transferred to Han
dolph Field, San Antonio, as a
cadet. Weldon is a senior r,f
Texas Technological college,
Lubbock, where he has been
each summer employed between
sessions.
ed the two with misapplication
of $5,182.50 in connection, with
an oil lease on a 691 acre tract
of land in Jim Wells county
known as the G. S. Weir farm,
acquired by the bank through
foreclosure.
Baptist church for Elbert E.
Kimhrc ugh. 40. who died Mor.-
day noon after being stricken
with a stroke of apoplexy while
calling on a Snyder grocer.
Mr. Kimbrough was ill about
an hour. The family has lived
here five years moving to Sweet-
vater from Fort Worth. He was
a salesman for the Sweetwater
Broom factory.
The Rev. J. M. Sibley officiat-
ed at his rites. Immediately fol-
lowing the services the body was
forwarded overland by Yates
Funeral home to Altus, Okla.,
for burial.
Surviving Mr Kimbrough are
his wife, one son, Joe Earl Kim-
brough, Kilgore; three brothers,
R. E. Kimbrough. F. L. Kim-
brough, Altus, Okla., and B. C.
Kimbrough of Dallas; a sister,
Mrs. E. P. Williams of Cane
Hill, Ark.
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Judge Declines to
Rule on U.T. Fee
AUSTIN — (UP) — Dist.
Judge Ralph Yarborough last
night refused application by
James W. Dibbrell and five
other University of Texas stu-
dents for an injunction against
the university collecting a $1 fee
for maintenance of the student
union building.
Registration at the universi-
ty began today with an expected
enrollment of 11.000.
Judge Yarborough declined to
pass on the validity of the pro-
posed fee but held that any stu-
dent refused admission to the
university for failure to pay the
fee had adequate remedy by fil-
ing a mandamus against the re-
gents to determine if the fee is
unlawful.
o
Box Supper at
Moody School
y
There is to be a box supper
and auction sale at the Moody
school auditorium Thursday
night, Sept. 21.
A musical program is to be
furnished by the Dan Shields'
orchestra of Sweetwater. Roy
Mathews of Sweetwater is to be
the auctioneer.
Idaho Solon
Sees Improved
Chance for Peace
Russia's Invasion of
Poland May Lose
Turkey for Allies
BY ALLEN C. DIBBLE
WASHINGTON — (UP)
Sen. William E. Borah, It.,
Idaho, accused Great Brit-
ain and France of "pulling
their punches" against Ger-
many on the western front,
and asserted that there Is
something "phoney" about
the European war.
The veteran isolationist also
told newspapermen that Soviet
Russia's invasion of Poland pro-
bably would result in the loss
of Turkey to the Allies' cause,
but would facilitate restoration
of peace because Britain and
France might find Russia and
Germany "too big a bite to
chew."
Chances For Peace
"The chances are increased
for peace, but not right away,"
he said. "Britain is on a spot.
Phe can't grab the offer when
it comes."
He feared that a long war
might ensue unless the British
and French conclude that they
have "discharged their duty to
Poland."
"There is something phoney
about this war . . . ", he said.
"You mean the way the French
and British are pulling their
punches on the western front?"
a reporter interrupted.
"Yes," he replied. "You would
think that they would do what
they are going to do now while
Germany and Russia are still
busy in the east, instead of wait-
ing until they have cleaned up
their business there."
The Idahoan, ranking repub-
lican member of the senate
foreign relations committee,
viewed dispassionately the fail-
ure of President Roosevelt to
invite him to the conference
which republican and democratic
leaders will hold at the White
Hcuse Wednesday to discuss
the neutrality program to be
submitted to congress next day.
Asked what he thought was
the president's object in invit-
ing former Gov. Alf M. Lan-
don, of Kansas, and Col. Frank
Knox, Chicago newspaper pub-
lisher, standard-bearers of the
GOP in 1936, to the meeting, Bor-
ah said:
"The president is trying to
get absolute unity of the re-
publican party behind his pro-
gram."
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IMPORTANCE—
(Continued from page 1)
the other. In the production of
crops, the man who makes the
plow plays a part with the
farmer who tills the soil and
cultivates and harvests what he
has planted. Likewise, the man
that gins the cotton, presses the
oil from the seed, and furnishes
a market, cooperates," Mr. Ward
stated.
True cooperation, he said, de-
mands that we shed the cloak
of suspicion of one group against
the other. There must Vie better
understanding.
He held to the theory that
by this country's example in
volunteer cooperation that it,
might he the guiding star for
Europe, once that peace is again
established over there.
Freedom of Exchange.
Freedom to exchange goods
and services leads to more
wealth for all of us. Under the
American system this freedom
of opportunity is guaranteei^he
said.
Mr. Ward was introduced by
Charles Paxton. Arrangements
for Mr. Ward's appearance were
made by R. M. Simmons. A na-
tive of Lamar county, Mr.
Ward has been a practical farm-
er and ranchman before engag-
ing in his present work.
A brief welcoming talk was
made by President Aubrey S.
Legg, of the Rotary club before
'he speaking program. He ex-
pressed the pleasure of the
members in setting aside a
meeting for a get-together af-
fair and stated there would be
others to follow.
Loris Shepperd entertained
with brief talk in a humorous
vein.
Committe Workers
Members of the commit'ee
in. charge of the country and
town gathering were J. C. Row-
land, chairman; Peter Fox, H. B.
Allen, Walter Boothe, Dal >
Campbell. James Ferguson, Irv-
ing Loeb, Bert Low, Byron Mc
Call. Ed Neinast, Grover Swaim
rnd George Willis.
Music was furnished by the
municipal band under the direc-
tion of Jack Armstrong while
the crowd gathered and John
Pinson led group singing which
preceded the barbecue.
Garrett to Support Administration
In Efforts to Repeal Embargo Law
EASTLAND — Congressman
Clyde L. Garrett, before leaving
Monday for the special session
of congress called by President
Roosevelt to convene September
21, declared that he fully sup-
ports the administration's pro-
gram for abolishment of the pre-
sent embargo on shipments of
war materials to belligerents in
Europe.
The representative, who at the
last session with 18 other Tex-
as congressmen (the others be-
ing absent) supported the change
in the neutrality laws, stated:
"It is my belief that if congress
had taken the action at the last
session as proposed by the ad-
ministration the war situation
would not be nearly so grave and
there is probability that war
may have been averted by those
now at war."
Garrett gave as his opinion
that the president deferred call-
ing of the special session in or-
der to wait for the crystalization
of public opinion, and also to
get the "pulse" of those not fav-
oring the changes.
The proposed cash and carry
amendment to the neutrality act
would permit U. S. manufac-
turers to export war materials to
belligerent nations if U. S. ves-
sels are not used in the trans-
portation of the goods and that
advance payment in gold, U. S.
currency, or exchange is made.
The change in the neutrality
law last session carried in the
house and lost by one vote in
the foreign affairs committee of
the senate, Garrett reminded.
Recognizing the gravity of
the present situation, Garrett as-
serted that "every precaution
should be used to see that U. S.
vessels are kept out of danger
zones."
Doctor to Survey
Site for Canal
CORPUS CHRIST I — (UP)—
Dr. A. P. Portelo, specialist bi
tropical disease;-:, left by piane
for New York last night en route
to Nicaragua for a preliminary |
medical inspection for the Unit- j
ed States government survey of
a possible canal site.
From New York, Dr. Portelo
will fly to Tela Honduras then ;
to Nicaragua.
Depression Costs
U. S. Two Billions
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
President Roosevelt received to-
day a report by the national re-
I sources committee that the de-
1 pression years had cost the
| United States $2,000,000,000 in in-
come.
Smith, Sadler to
Protest to Ickes
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
Railroad Commission Chairman
Lor. A. Smith and member Jer-
ry Sadler arrived here this
| morning, by plane from Austin
] to protest to Secretary of Inter-
i ior Harold Ickes against propo-
| sals for federal control of the
| oil industry.
Smith said their hurried visit
: was precipiated by press re-
ports of statements of Ickes on
I the oil situation.
DOCTOR—
(Continued from Page 1)
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association of surgeons not for
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efit of humanity by advancing
th" science of surgery and the
ethical and competent practice
of its art; by establishing stan-
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| nature and cure of disease; by
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doctors; by formulating stand-
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| for the improvement of all ad-
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ill and injured wherever found.
I To accomplish these benevolent
and charitable aims, it shall
I be within the purpose of this
corporation to use those means
! which from time to time may
! seem to it wise, including re-
search, publication, education,
the establishment and mainten-
ance of libraries, museums, and
other agencies or institutions
appropriate hereto, and coopera-
tion of any such activities, ag-
encies or institutions already es-
tablished or which may hereaf-
ter be established."
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