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BERLIN REPORTS CAMPAIGN IN POUND FINISHED
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'All Armies Are
Beaten, Captured
Or Dispersed'
Russia Announces Her
Armies to Remain
V ^ully Mobilized
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• BERLIN — (UP) — The Ger-
man army high command an-
nounced Saturday that "the
campaign in Poland has ended."
# In a number of "battles", the
command said, "ihe biggest and
most decisive of which was
lought on the Vistula river, the
Polish army numbering 1,000
soldiers was beaten, captured, or
dispersed.
"No single Polish division and
no detached brigade escaped this
IT.e. Only fractions of units
could save themselves hy flee-
- mg into swamp districts of east-
ern Poiand where they have
been rounded up by the Rus-
sians.
"Of the entire Polish armed
forces ai present, only a small
remnant fights in lost positions
in Warsaw, Modlin, and the
Hela peninsula near Gdynia.
"The fact that the enemy is
in position to continue even
this last resistance is due to the
• regard taken by our troops
toward the Polish civilian popu-
lation."
The communique said that
since last spring Adolf Hitler
and the German high command
lias possessed plans of Polish
operations.
In Moscow, the government
radio announced Saturday
night that all of Russia's troops
^ had been mobilized since Sep-
tember 7, and "would remain so
indc finitely because of condi-
tions outside of Russia."
New Director of
Wage-Hour Act
: ' v;V!r ;•"** VP f tj
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Col. t'hilip Fleming, St. Paul,
now deal "trouble-shooter,'"
has been appointed wage-hours
administrator, replacing El-
mer P. Andrews, an authorita-
tive somre disclosed here Sat-
uday.
Germany's Once
Commander in
Chief Killed
j
II Duce Asserts
Polish Question
Is Liquidated
ROME—(IIP) — Premier Be-
nito Mussolini declared Satur-
day that fhe moment has arrived
to end hostilities in Europe.
II Puce, addressing fascist
leaders from Barcelona, said
"the Polish question is liquidat-
ed. Europe has not really enterej
into war. armies have not met. A
elqsh can be avoided by realiz-
ing 'hat it is vain to attempt to
maintainor reconstruct that
which history and the natural
dynamism of peoples already has
condemned."
He also said that Italy has
no reason to alter her decision
to remain neutral.
He also ordered party leaders
to round up rumor mongers,
and described Masonic and Jew-
ish elements as riff raff and al-
ien sympathizers.
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I
istice Butler
'Very 111 Man'
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
Associate Justice Pierce Butler
of the United States supreme
court "had an uncomfortable
" rtay" and is "a very ill man,"
his physicain announced in a
special bulletin Saturday.
Butler, 73, was taken to Gar-
field hospital after a recurrence
of a bladder ailment which for-
ced him to remain in a hospital
- lor three weeks after he was
stricken in July.
The illness of the elderly jur-
ist, an unrelenting foe of the
new deal'rf legal theories, has
revived rumors that he will re-
sign before the court resumes
deliberations after its summer
'•acation ends early in October.
BERLIN — (UP)—Germany's
one-iime army commander in
chief. General Werner Von
Fritsch, 59, fell in action before
Warsaw while on emergency pa-
trol duly as a mere commander
of 'he 12th artillery regiment,
Col. General Walther Von Brau-
1 chitsch disclosed Saturday.
Brauchitsch, commander in
chief of the army in succession
to Fritsch, added few details
to a brief announced that
Fritsch had died in battle on
September 22.
Fritsch was "purged" along
with other high German army
officers in February, 1938. Five
weeks later a military court of
honor vindicated him. In June,
1938, he was publicly rehabilitat-
ed "in recognition of his great
services in reconstructing the
army."
It was confirmed officially
that Adolf Hitler remains with
his troops on the eastern front
after having left Danzig to pro-
ceed i.o a point north of War-
saw. Hitler may go to the west-
ern front next. week.
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21 Felony Cases
Set for Hearing
The second criminal week of
district court, opening tomorrow
morning, includes a total of 21
criminal cases to be tried dur-
ing the week. Driving while in-
toxicated and forgery constitute
the largest number of offenses
to be reviewed, with seven cases
in each category scheduled for
trial. Other cases on the docket
include three thefts, a robbery,
an embezzlement, a murder, and
an assault with intent to mur-
der.
The murder charge is against
Beauford Brittain of Roscoe,
arising out of allegations that
Brittain was intoxicated when
he struck and killed a man in
his automobile last year.
The assault with intent to
murder indictment is filed
against William Fuller, negro
who seriously injured two men
while allegedly driving intoxicat-
ed.
The embezzlement count is
against J. C. McDonald.
Sweetwater Reporter
43RU YEAR (18 PAGES, 3 SECTIONS)
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, SUNDAY, SEPT. 24, 1939
NUMBER 119
Pan-American Head Rebukes Europe
Texas Officers
Hold Pair in
Kidnaping Case
PALESTINE — (UP)—Frank
Mitchell and sister, Rosa Mitchell
of Charlotte, N. C., were held
by the sheriff's department Sat-
urday in connection with an al-
leged kidnaping at Huron, S. D.
The two were arrested Friday
and fined for speeding. They
were driving a light automobile
from which Wilma Melvin, 15,
was released at McKinney, Tex.,
last week after being kidnaped
from a carnival crowd at Huron
on Sept. 7.
The two were wanted also by
Freestone county, Tex., officers
for questioning in the $20 rob-
bery of an aged negro farmer.
The money was returned to the
negro in the Palestine sheriff's
office.
Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion agents in Dallas said that
they had not yet been asked to
investigate the case and that
there would be no federal angle
until it had been determined
if the federal kidnaping laws
had been violated.
To Congress, President Pushes 'Cash-and-Carry' Plan
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Bankers Don't Want War. Says ABA
President. They Want to Lend Money
SEATTLE — (UP) — Hank-
ers don't make wars and don't
want them, President Philip A.
Benson of the American Bank-
ers nssociation said upon his ar-
rival here for the (15th annual
convention of the ABA which
opens today.
Benson, president of the dime
WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Cooler
and fair. Maximum temperature
Friday 88; low Saturday morn-
ing 59; at 3 p. m., Saturday 90.
WEST TEVAS — Fair today,
cooler in Panhandle.
BAST TEXAS — Fair today.
livings bank of Brooklyn, N.
i'„ believed the United States
can stay out of the European
struggle.
"Charges that wars are
brought on by international
bankers are the bunk," Benson
raid. "No banker wants war or
any part of it. War never does
any one any good."
Benson said banks in the
United States were in the best
position of their history to lend
money to business if there is
an Increased demand for capital
to finance increased production.
He said banks have more than
$5,000,000,000 ready to lend.
Benson believed business will
he stimulated in this country
no matter what type of neutral-
ity ihe United States observes,
Plymouth Test
Down to 4,250
The deep oil test being drilled
by Plymouth Oil company, 5
miles west of Sweetwater and 2
1-2 miles east of Roscoe was
drilling ahead Saturday at
4.250 feet. Drilling was resumed
yesterday morning after almost
a week's fishing job which nec-
essitated bringing in special
tools from New Mexico. The bit
is in blue shale and lime.
By the end of the week it is
possible that the rotary tools
may be switched to standard
equipment, the change being
planned at 4,500 feet. Before 10-
inch casing is run a "slumber-
jay" picture of the hole will be
taken.
In northeastern Nolan county
3 miles southwest of Trent op-
erators are drilling at 5,110 feet
at the No. 1 S. C. Tipton. They
are in a sandy lime formation.
An oil show was found in this
well at 4,375 feet.
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Two-Year Terms
For Car Thieves
John Salsman and Ernest
Hughes, who pleaded guilty Sat-
urday morning to the theft of
an automobile belonging to
Charlie Hodges here on June 25,
were sentenced in district court
to two years each in the state
penitentiary.
Salsman was brought here on
a bench warrant from Hunts-
ville, where he was serving a
four year sentence for a Waco
burglary. Hughes was brought
in yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
William Samples from Waco,
where he was being held pend-
ing trial on the same burglary
charge for which Salsman was
convicted there.
President Roosevelt addresses joint session ol' the senate and house and asks substitution
of the cash-and-carry plan for the arms embargo existing in the l". S. neutrality law. In
furtherance of "keeping America out of war." he outlines six-point peace program. Be-
hind microphone is William Bankhead, speaker of the house, and at his right Vice-Pre&l-
"dent John Garner.
$115 TO BE AWARDED TO WINNERS IN
GASOLENE MODEL PLANE CONTEST TODAV
At the close of the gasoline
model airplane contests at 3 p.
m. today the Board of City De-
velopment will award cash
prizes aggregating $115 to win-
ners of the various events. The
contests, starting at eight this i
morning at Sweetwater airport,
will include competitions in ap-
pearance of models, duration, a
"Jimmie Allen Race", and stunt
end novelty flights.
The biggest single prize will
be S10 to the model adjudged
O'Daniel's Plans lo Keep Pension
Rolls Intact Excludes Special Term
Woman Freed In
Death, of Baby
FREMONT. O.
winnet in the stunt and novelty jjrSi ye]ma Baker
(UP I
Fink,
Nation's Farm
Income Climbs
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The department of agriculture
estimated that cash farm income,
including government payments,
was $013,000,000 in August, com-
pared with $570,000,000 in July.
Farm marketing income was
placed at $001,000,000 compared
with $013,000,000 In August,
1938, while government pay-
ments totaled $42,000,00 compar-
ed with $15,000,000 for the cor-
responding month last year.
The department estimated to-
tal farm Income from marketing
for the first eight months of
1939 at $4,102,000,000 compared
with $4,306,000,01)0 for the cor-
responding peroid in 1838.
division.
The contests, sanctioned by
the Southwest Gas Model asso-
ciation and the National Aero-
l.autic association, are being sup-
ervised and backed with prizes
offered by the local BCD. The
tempting cash awards and the
sanctioning of the event by the ,
two authoritative associations is [
expected to draw model entries
from all over West Texas. Since j
registration is required only on
the morning of the contest, BCD
Secretary George Barber has not
been able to estimate the number
of planes which will participate,
I lit his best guess was that about
a hundred entrants would have
signed up before registration
closed at eight this morning.
Airport Manager Ray Baum-
£-;:rdner urges that the public in
attending the model competi-
tion stay in the south half of
the field. On entering cars
should keep to the left of the
led flags that have been set out.
shy.
j comely 22-year-old divorcee, was
acquitted on charges of slaying
I her infant son by throwing it
alive into a creek.
A jury of eight men and four
| women returned a verdict of
| not guilty by reason of insanity.
The state, through Prosecator A.
L. Hyzer, had demanded i con-
viction of first-degree murder,
asking the death penalty. The
defense had pleaded temporary
insanity.
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Kidnaper of Pen
Guard Recaptured
DALLAS—(UP) — Jack Kade,
25, Huntsville convict who on
Thursday kidnaped a prison j
guard and escaped, was recap- j
tured Saturday in the Trinity I
river bottoms here.
Sweetwater Postoffice 'Everglades'
Yield Alligators—Frighten Clerks
£
Sweetwater postal employes
experiences are wide and varied
and often in handling of mail
and packages surprises await
thpm when pets peep or chirp
from wooden boxes, cardboard
containers or wire baskets.
But last week when a two-foot
alligator met an employe at the
door of the loading platform
with its strong stout jaws open-
ed wide in excitement, Bert
Scott, clerk, wonders why sou-
venirs have to be alive.
Entering the office after un-
loading incoming mail, Scott
rubbed his eyes twice before he
Luckily the alligator had a
lengthy string secure around his
neck which helped in the rescue.
Traveling in a wire basket the
animal had loosened the lid and
was crawling over the postof-
fice floor at will.
Only a few days before Mrs.
C. H. Elliott, clerk, handled a
tiny crocodile securely packed in
moss, mailed from New Orleans
to a young Sweetwater girl. The
box was opened for the tot, the
animal making a sudden lurch
for Mrs. Elliott. "And they grow
to be 33 feet," said Mrs. Elliott,
who no doubt is wondering what
time a grown up reptile might
could believe what he saw, reach hie Sweetwater postoffice
AUSTIN — (UP) — Governor
O'Daniel said Saturday that
plans on which he is working to
avert a $6 reduction in each old
| age pension check for October do
t.ot include assembling the state
legislature.
"1 have several plans on which
I'm working," he said, but declin-
ea to announce them.
There has been discussed a j
possible loan to tide over the j
present situation.
Fifteen hundred pensioners |
who have been receiving less {
than $6 a month were ordered |
eliminated from October old age i
pension rolls and the average
payments to the remaining 119,-1
500 were reduced from Septem- j
ber's average of S14.24 to $8.24. j
The action was taken by the
new welfare board because of |
lack of funds. A decision to re- j
duce pension rolls was announc-j
ed by Director Adam R. John-
son after an all day meeting of
the board and a conference
with Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel.
Johnson said it was too early
to forecast what November pay-
ments would be.
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National Guard
To Be Increased
AUSTIN — (UP) — Orders
for enlistment of 1,499 men in
the Texas national guard were
issued Saturday following au-
thorization from Washington.
The auditions will be the Texas
guard a personnel of 11,211, con-
siderably b el o w peacetime
strength.
Famed Specialist
Is Seriously III
LONDON — (UP*) — A report
that Sigmund Freud, famous
specialist, is seriously ill. was
confirmed tonight by a member
of his family who refused fur-
ther details. Freud has been liv-
ing in England since he fled
his native Austria.
Ideologies Have
No Place In
This Hem isphere
Trade .Mailers Are
Pushed Into Haek-
firound by Delegates
PANAMA CITY — (UP) —
Opening ihe emergency Pan-Am-
erican neutrality conference,
President Juan Arosemena of
Panama Saturday sharply rebuk-
| ed the ideologies of European to-
te litarian states.
Such ideologies have no plac1
in the Americas said Arosemena,
I who called upon the delegates lo
j use all proclamations to maintain
American neutrality.
European developments push-
en trade matters into ihe baek-
I ground and spot lighted what
| many delegates regard as < real
t political and military rmnac ,? to
the western hemisphere.
Poland's partition and the as-
| a sinatit n of Premier Armand
I Calineseu of Rumania shocked
the delegates ard turned their
| comment from Pan American
! commercial relations to bemis-
i ;,herieal defense.-
I Delegates apparently are unan-
j imous in the belief that defense
i matters should be discussed fir™?
j at the conference, and inrlk'i-
| tions are ihat general fears for j
the safety of the Americas as- j
j sure the smoothest inter-Ameri-'j
j can gathering in recent years.
Economic matters, which are j
particularly pressing in. thoso |
countries which have lost their j
j major markets because of the
j war. will be given prominent :
I consideration, however, it was ;
J believed the United States may
i be asked to provide ways and i
! means to carry the economically- i
! beset Latin American nations j
| through the period of unsectle-
i ment until new markets or new J
j avenues for reaching their old j
I markets can be found.
United States delegates, head-
I ed by Under-Secretary of State ;
j Sumner Wells, were noncommit-!
j tai regarding financial aid for j
I the southern countries, particul- i
arly in view of the failure of j
I congress to pass President j
I Roosevelt's lending-spending bill j
| at the last session.
It was indicated, however, that j
I if the arms embargo provisions j
I of the United States neutrality j
act are repealed. President I
| Roosevelt may try to push some j
I sort of lending program through I
the special session for the ben-;-
j fit of Latin America.
Borah Says No
Filibuster
Move Planned
Anti-Embargo Repealist
Wants Unrestricted Floor
Debate on FDR's Plan
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
Senator William Borah, R., Ida.,
a leader of the isolationists,
Saturday indicated willingness to
expedite consideration of the
neutrality bill in the foreign
relations committee in return for
unrestricted floor deabte.
I Borah said that no attempt
would be made to filibuster the
neutrality legislation, and prom-
i>,ed it would be discussed on. its
own merits.
■ So tar as 1 know, and I feel
that 1 do know", Borah told re-
ported, "the se opposing repeal
.. ;.nt un opportunity to present
ihe question fully and without
i pressure."
1 Earlier, 14 members of the
senate foreign relations commit-
tee discussed a rough draft of
: ihe measure.
ItoCM'velt Takes Charge
President Roosevelt took per-
sonal command in the fight ov-
ci ins neutrality program as sen-
claimed new
no-compromise
battle against
l •
i'te isolationists
i to nits in their
Leii-Ui-breakfast'
The president asked vhe leg-
i-dator- to repeal the arms em-
:.urgo provision of the neu| f
l..w and substitute a cas! c
i,:rr, plan as the surest r<j
•ice in ihe European wa
.- -ito non-partisar •
-.ucra-ioi; of his prograr
t estriction of the special st
: u.- the neutrality issue.
He wen the initial skirm
: Senate democratic leaders
i nd agreed to confine the se >,
i to problems created by the
■ abroad. This plan, it was
floes not preclude introdu
of special tax or anti-profitei
legislation if needed. y
Some said that Roosevelt
would approve a revision prohib-
iting American ships from trans-
I orting any type of materials to
. le warring powers.
This, ii was pointed out,
would bring cotton, wool, petro-
ic am and other commodities un-
der the scope of the cash and
••airv policy, as title to such
g.iods would hove to be trans-
1 ■•rred to purchasers before they
t< uld be loaded in foreign ships
• ii- transmission to belligerents.
.\ prese nt only arms, ammuni-
tion and munitions of war would
be subjected to the proposed
cash and carry regulation.
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Artillery Action
On Western Front
PARIS—(UP) — French war
communique number 40 issued
Saturday said "today on the
western front there was action
by artillery on both sides and
contacting units."
Legionnaires On
^av To Chicago
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Sweetwater - Legion delegates
c.nd the municipal band, chosen
at the state convention as the
department's official musicians
and sponsored by the Musicians'
post, left early Saturday morn-
ing for Chicago for the nation-
a' American l.egion convention.
Dres-cd in attractive leather
vests, with lough' rn symbols
and the Musicians' post stinceled
on them, ct wboy boots and ten-
gallon white hats, the delegation
is expected to arid much color to
liie Tex a- Legionnaires at the
Chicago meeting.
They v.ere to be joined all
ah ng the route of the Texas
Pacii through Texas by other
delegates.
Among the group leaving here
were M \ or C C. Johnston,
Hand Director .lack Armstrong,
Suite Department Commander
I ou Roberts mid other notables.
If Nation Goes as Maine Goes, All
I. S. May Become "Spud Pickers
BLACKFOOT, Idaho — (UP)
—Maine today claimed the na-
j tion's Irish potato supremacy
'for another season by virtue of
Ja five minute spud picking duel
between her governor and that
of Idaho.
The scene was a specially cul-
tivated plot at the eastern Idaho
! state fair with 10,000 persons
i witnessing. A few minutes be-
i fore t'ne duel began, the spuds
I were turned up by machine,
j Handlers and seconds gave last
j minute instructions to Gov. C,
j A. Bottolfsen of Idaho and Gov.
(Lewis O. Barrows of Maine, the
defending champion.
Bottolfsen was attired in
white coveralls with "Idaho" in
black across the chest and
back. Barrows wore blue denim
ight blue slacks
back was the
No. 1 Maine
wore a sack about his
At the sound of the
cannon, the governors
forward into their re-
ro.vs, straddling their
jumper and bri
and across his
legend: "U S
potatoes."
Each
middle.
starting
waddled
spective
sacks.
Bottolfsen took a semi-squat
stance and led with lefts and
rights alternately.
The crowd cheered. The gov-
ernors perspired and puffed un-
der a hot sun.
At the end of five minutes, the
timekeeper stopped the contest
and the judges weighed the
respective loads of harvested po-
tatoes. The result was:
Barrows: $23 1 2; Bottolfsen;
365.
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