Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 39, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 16, 1940 Page: 1 of 6

                                
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Bodies Of 62 Taken From Blast - Shattered Mine
Wives, Children
Watch Removal In
* Drenching Rain
Gas Believed Cause
^ Of Death, Pew Being
Seriously Burned
PORTAGE, Pa.—(UP)—Res-
cue crews Tuesday found the
bodies of 02 miners entombed
by an explosion in the Sonman
Shaft Coal company mine and
a check was made to determine
whether one more worker may
have perished.
The death toll had risen
sharply when rescue workers
reached a section of the mine
which at first was believed t?
have escaped the worst effects'
of the explosion. The bodies
of section Foreman James Mon-
teeth, and several members of
his crew were found behind a
barricade they had thrown up
in a vain effort to safe them-
selves from the suffocating gas.
Families Watch
The blast had torn through
(lie north dip section of the 50-
vear-old mine Monday.
Wives, children and relatives
of the entombed miners, stand-
ing at the shaft entrances and
soaked to the skin by a heavy
rain, silently watched the bod-
ies being removed. Thpy werS
not permitted to view the dead.
Twenty-one men escaped a
few minutes after the explosion
believed caused by gas or rock
dust had rumbled through the
north dip, trapping the men
working almost 8,000 feet from
the headings.
The disaster at Portage, a
town of less than 1,000, some
80 miles east of Pittsburgh, was
the third mine explosion in the
Ohio-Pennsylvania-West Virgin-
ia soft coal district this year.
Ninety-one miners were kill-
ed at Bartley, W. Va., Jan. 10,
when an explosion ripped the
No. 1 mine of the Pond Creek
Poccahontas Co., and 72 were
killed in an explosion at Wil-
low Grove No. 10 mine, owned
by the Hanna Coal Co., at Neffs,
O., March 16.
Thirteen of the bodies were
recovered Monday rright. To
prevent scenes and avoid con-
fusion, the remaining victims
were being identified at the
bottom of the drift some 500
feet from the mine entrance,
by fellow workers and compa-
ny officials.
Coroner Patrick McDermott
said the bodies were only
slightly burned. He said the
cause of death probably was
gas, as air circulation in the
blasted area was stopped when
the battens, cross pieces used as
supports between the entries,
were blown out.
Happy Days Gone,
Organist Learns
CHICAGO — (UP) — The old
democratic battle song. "Happy
Days Are Here Again", was
shelved Tuesday on orders from
headquarters for duration of the
convention because there are no
happy days with war in the
world.
A1 Melgard, organist who
booms popular tunes in the big
ball that looks like Madison
Square Garden, said the "Happy
Days" tune which whipped up
I he democrats in 1032 and 1930,
was ruled out because "there
are no happy days with so many
unfortunate people suffering the
horrors of war."
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Red Cross Spends
$7,384,878
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The American Red Cross, in a
recapitulation of its war relief
activities, said Tuesday that 97,-
38-1,878 has been spent for refu-
gee aid, service to Americans
abroad, and administration costs.
Actual jfg ?f to stricken areas
in cash c:i,..iribution and suppies
amounted to $5,388,604, the re-
port, said. In addition, SI,996,271
worth of supplies have been pur-
chased but not allocated because
of uncertainties in the present
situation in Europe.
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Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER—Cloudy, un-
settled, probable thundershow-
ers Maximum t e m p e rature
ture Monday, 94; low Tuesday
morning 69; at 1:45 p. m., Tues-
day 92. July 16, 1939, high 100;
low 70.
WEST TEXAS^-Partly cloudy
to cloudy Tuesday night and
Wednesday; showers and thun-
derstorms, little change in tem-
perature.
EAST TEXAS—Partly cloudy
Tuesday night and Wednesday,
local thundershow^rs near up-
per coast.
Here's Fish Story
That I8 Proved
It's a good fish story,
with evidence to prove it.
Returning Saturday night
from a fishing expendition
into the Colorado Rockies,
C. E. Mays, Jr., and C. R.
Simmons -reported a catch
of more than 200 trout, pull-
ed from the swiftly running
Henson creek and the Lake
Fork of the Gunnison river,
mountain streams in the
area of Lake City, Colo.
Trout has been on the menu
at their homes since.
The men were away for
several weeks, camping at
an altitude of 9,000 feet.
To keep his perfect 100
per cent attendance record
intant Simmons, president
of the Sweetwater Rotary,
club, and Mays attended a
Rotary luncheon at Gunni-
son during their Colorado
vacation.
$708,025 Given
City by U. S. In
Last 3 Years
In the last three and a half
years the federal government
has alloted §7,432,207 toward
PWA, WPA and similarly sup-
ported projects in the 17th con-
gressional district and Sweet-
water and Nolan county nas
received $7Q£,025 of this amount,
according to figures supplied
the Sweetwater Reporter by
Clyde L. Garrett.
This amount is exclusive of
funds supplied by the govern-
ment for soil and water conser-
vation, FSA, NY A, CCC, FHA,
RFC, and other agencies.
Funds For Roads
In the last 38 months, the
federal government has alloted
$136,739 to the county to im-
prove farm-to-market roads; $34,-
048 to the health unit and other
health and sanitation programs;
$66,651 to the sewing room; $4,-
034 for library assistance to
the county schools; $614 on the
salaries of the recreation su-
pervisors; $659 for cleaning the
courthouse and county jail; $3,-
452 for home assistance; $5,034
for matron service to schools.
Sweetwater has received in
excess of $252,000 for improve-
ment projects, including street
paving, remodeling of schools,
water and filter plant improve-
ments.
$12,.TOI For Streets
The city has been alloted $12,-
501 for streets, $56,191 for
schools and recreation facilities,
$86,658 for improvement of spill-
ways and park area at Lakes
Sweetwater and Trammell, $74,-
964 for improvements of the
sewer, water and filtration sys-
tems, $20,676 for airport im-
provements, and $1,885 for the
community hall in city lake
park.
The Rlackwell school district
has received more than any
other outside of Sweetwater in-
dependent district for improve-
ments. The government sup-
plied $19,156 for remodeling the
Blackwell school building, beau-
tifying the school campus and
construction of the school's
own water supply system.
One project, the $22,000 nurses
homo at the hospital, has been
approved in recent weeks.
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Wadlow Needs
10-Foot Coffin
MA INST EE, Mich. — (UP)—
The body of Robert' Wadlow,
tallest man in the world, will he
taken to Alton, III., Tuesday for
burial in a specially constructed
steel coffin 10 feet six inches by
three feet two inches.
The 22-year-old giant, who was
eight i'eet, nine and one-quarter
inches tall and weighed 191
pounds, died Monday of compli-
cations resulting from a foot in-
tention. His great height was
the indirect cause of his death,
because the infection resulted
from a cut on his ankle caused
by a brace he wore to support
his weight.
J. D. Dulaney,
Pioneer of City,
Laid to Rest
Methodist Church, Banked
With Flowers, Packed
By Mourners
Funeral services for Jefferson
Davis Dulaney, one of the first
citizens living here when Sweet-
water was created, were held at
10 a. m. Tuesday in the First
Methodist church.
The Rev. Sam H. Young, pas-
tor, officiated. Rites at the
grave were in charge of the
Sweetwater Masonic lodge of
which he was a charter and
life member. Burial was under
the direction of Yates Funeral
home.
Even before the hour set for
t:ie funeral, th.j auditorium of
the I- tst Methodist churcn, • f
which ,ie was n member and
which he had served for many
years as a steward, was filled
by citizens of Sweetwater and
Nolan county, with many pres-
ent from out of the county.
The chancel rail, the choir
loft, the front of the church
were banked with flowers, a
tribute from neighbors, ranch-
men, professional men, men of
all walks of life who had known
See DULANEY Page 4
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35 Buyers Attend
Sale bv Frost
BLACKWELL — (Spl.) —An
average of $189 for six bulls and
an average of $208 for 58 fe-
males was paid by bidders at
Jack Frost's White Hat summer
auction sale Monday.
Thirty-five buyers purchased
the 64 head of registered Here-
lords. with Price Maddox, Sweet-
water rancher, a heavy buyer of
bulls and F. W. Fisher and
Charlie Williams, both of Tyler,
principal buyers of female*.
Black and Largent of Gran-
bury, Texas, paid the top price
of the sale when they bid $460
for May Mischief 4th. Second
highest price paid was for Don-
na Anna 62nd, by D. L. McDon-
ald of Amarillo, who bid $365.
W. A. McSpadden of Canyon
paid $335 for Dollie Mischief 7th,
third highest price.
Frost's next sale is scheduled
for Dec. 9.
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NUMBER 39
Britain Closes Italy's Ports
Blanket Blockade |Lorie §tar State Heard from at Democratic; Powwow
Declared On
All Shipping
Almazan Protests
Mexican Election
area affected 800 miles
south to north.)
Berlin, Bremen, Cologne,
Frankfurt, Leipzig. Saarbrueck-
en, Munich and Breslau. in Ger-
! many; Vienna in Austria; Hil-
MEXICO CITY — (UP) — 1 versaim in Holland: Brussels in
luan Andreu Almazan, opposi- ; Belgium and Strasbourg in oc-
tion presidential candidate, has j fUpied France closed their sta-
RAF Raiders Bomb
22 Nazi Airdromes,
Silencing Radios
LONDON—(UP)—Great Brit-
ain declared a blanket blockade
against all Italian waters in the
Mediterranean Tuesday and
warned that foreign shipping
would operate at its own peril
in a zone extending 30 miles
from the coasts of Italy and
Italian North Africa.
The blockade leaves Britain
free to mine all waters within
the zones or to commence mop-
ping up operations against ship-
ping in them without further
notice.
Admiralty authorities refused
to discuss the order, emphasiz-
ing, as had the communique an-
nouncing it, that it was to an
extent retaliatory against a sim-
milar declaration by Italy. But
unofficial observers said that
order left the way open for a
possible British naval campaign
against Italian territory.
Radios Silenced
At least 12 wireless stations In
Germany, Austria, Holland, Bel-
gium and France were closed
during the night in apparent
testimony that British airplanes
continued their relentless raids
against Nazi bases.
An area of 600 miles from
east to west and more than 250
miles from north to south was the Buffalo Trail council execu
affected. (The Columbia and tive board attended a meeting
National Broadcasting compa- 0f group in Odessa Mondav
nies quoted the British radio, night at wl]ich time the Scout
that the Oslo, Norway, station | directors approved two addition-
closed. This would make the | a! summer camps in the council,
from one at Lake Sweetwater and
Ir
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National Chairman
(\KA Tclephoto)
anies A. Farley opens 28th National Democratic Convention in Chicago.
Board Approves
Tour of Scouts
Markets At A Glance | Mobile Deiltal
By UNITED PRESS
moderate
Stocks higher in
j trading.
Five Sweetwater members of Bonds highsr; U. S. govern
ments Irregular.
Curb stocks higher.
Foreign exchange lower.
Cotton irregularly lower.
Wheat up 1 5-8 to 2 cents;
corn up 1-4 to off 1-8 cent.
Refugee Sailing
Awaits Convoys
LONDON — (UP) — Major
Clement R. Attlee, lord privy
seal, said In the house of com-
mons Tuesday that plans to send
British children to the United
States and the dominions had
been postponed because of lack
of naval escorts.
Previously the house had been
informed that applications for
the emigration of 200,000 child-
ren had been made but that only
20,000 offers of homes in the
dominions had been received.
filed a 20,000-word legal brief
with President Lazaro Cardenas
and the supreme court asking
annulment of the July 7 election
in which unofficial returns have
indicated that Manuel Avila
Camacho, government party can-
didate, was clected, it was made
known Tuesday.  
Almazan charged flagrant vio-
lations of the electoral law and
asserted that public employes
were coerced to vote for his op-
ponent.
It was reported that the gov-
ernment party would offer 60
Almazanista candidates in the
election seats in congress for
which they contested, in an ef-
fort to split Almazan's support-
ers.
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Vatican Supports
Marshal Petain
VATICAN CITY — (UP) —
Authoritative Vatican City sour-
ces revealed Tuesday that Pope
Pius had instructed the Aposto-
lic Nuncio io France, Monsig-
nor Valerio Vaieri, to support
ho government of Marshal Hen-
ri Philippe Petain in the French
reconstruction.
According to these quarters,
the Holy See is convinced Pe-
tain and Pierre Laval, strong
man of the Petain government,
will assure the reconstruction in
line with policies meeting the
approval of the church.
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Italian Bases
Bombed by RAF
CAIRO Egypt — (UP) —Brit-
ish Royal Air force planes have
bombed the Italian bases at
Tobruk, Bardia and El Gazala
in North Africa and El Faidia
and Diredawa in East Africa, a
Royal Air Force communique
said Tuesday.
Direct hits were scored on two
large naval oil tanks at Tobruk,
the communique said, and many
bombs burst in the target area
there.
tions starting at 10:30 p. m.
Earlier the air ministry had
announced that during the pre-
ceding 48 hours up to Monday
night, British planes had bomb-
ed 22 German airdromes, as well
as aircraft factories and ware-
houses, oil plants and refineries,
oil storage plants and freight
yards.
Dies Group Hears
West Coast Man
BEAUMONT — (UP) — Com-
munist activities on the west
coast were unfolded Tuesday in
a secret hearing before Chair-
man Martin Dies of the house
committee investigating un-Am-
erican activities.
The first witness was John L.
the other at Balmorhea in Aug-;
ust.
The board also approved the j
senior Scout tour Aug. 51
through Aug. 15, and the council
swimming meet at Midland Aug. j
20.
Shaw Says U. S.
J
England's Hoj >e
Clinic Explained
To Lions* Club
The Tuesday noon program
of the Sweetwater Lions club
was given over to John Sparks
Bell, sanitarian of the Sweet-
water-Nolan county health unit,
who arranged for a discussion
on the mobile dental unit sent
here by the state health depart-
ment.
It, was explained that the
unit was sent here only because
of the 100 per cent cooperation
of Nolan county dentists in the
to 7-1
Of the $13,156 pledged by the
seven districts in the council,
$9,748 has been paid.
The Sweetwater d i s t rict,
which pledged $2,434 has paid
$1,921.40 of the amount to lead
other areas in council toward
financing the program. The
Rig Spring district pledged the
largest amount, $2,447, has paid
$1,795 to the council
The financial report shows a
total of $1,014.94 bank balance
of June 30. with $1,081.12 ex-
pended during June for opera-
tion of council activities.
. , . „ ., , „ , .,i There were 28 present at the
Leech of Portland. Ore., describ-1 boarfl ■ mectjngi representing
Y Committee Secretary Rob- Sweetwater. Odessa. Big Spring,
ert E. Stripling as a former• mmim™,!
LONDON — (UP) — George
A report on the growth of Bernard Shaw said Tuesday that unit's pre-school dental
Scouting in the council reveal-| America will have to come m v. . )ti nro^-ram
ed that 200 new Scouts have j with us or we will fail." Miss Odessa Harris nurse
been enrolled since Jan. 1, 1940,; The 84-year-old playwright I with the Nolan countv unit ex-
and 13 new troops have been I made his prediction in an inter-1 plained that this is the onlv
formed, bringing the total num-j view published by the Star in j county in the state to get the
ber of Scouts in the council to commenting on "union now" ad-j <z<>rvitv> of tho rnohilp unit dm--
1,419, and the number of troops vertisements placed in UnitedI ing the summer and that it
States newspapers by Clarence; will be back here'for follow up
I\. Streit. work in the fall.
The United States, Shaw said, j Dr. W. A, Buckner, in charge
has "stood by Britain pretty j of the mobile equipment, said
well, as well as they could that he checks only on pre-
stand at the moment, but, of j school children needing dentai
course, America Will have to work, previously approved by
come in with us or we will fail."
Farley toLei&
Fight for Tei
At Convention
Party Leader-Believed
Resigned io Roosevelt
Winning Nomination
STADIUM. Chicago—(UP)—
Chairman James A. Farley of
the Democratic national com-
mittee was reliably reported
Tuesday to have taken com-
mand of a movement to nomi-
nate Federal Loan Administra-
tor Jesse Jones for vice-presi-
dent as running mate for Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
As the convention held an-
other mid-day session for a
round of oratory and routine
business, one report was that
i Farley himself might take the
floor late in the week to put
, .lone.,' name in nomination. This
might bring on a show-down
floor light between Farley, the
strict party man, and Roosevelt
i third-term leaders here.
Wants Appeasement
Farley was understood to be
; convinced that there is no way
\ to prevent the convention from
voting overwhelmingly for Mr.
| Roosevelt. But he evidently was
j determined upon a "business
; appeasement" candidate for sec-
i ond place on the ticket and has
; picked Jones, Texas banker and
! business leader, as the man.
Increasing prospects of a
| fight over the vice-presidency
j promised to make later sessions
j of the convention more lively
J The sure-thing nature of the im-
i pending Roosevelt renomination
j See FARLEY Page 6
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Texan Protests
Flag's Position
r
FORT WORTH — (UP) —
' J. J. Langever, a flag-maker,
protested staunchly Tuesday
that all Texas flags shown in
photographs of the democratic
national convention at Chicago
were upside down, meaning
"Texas in distress."
Langever telegraphed Con-
j gressman Lyndon Johnson,
chairman of the Texas delega-
1 tion:
"I notice all photos of Texas
j flags in parade and at the con-
vention are upside down, mean-
; ing 'Texas in distress.' We good
: Texans don't believe it. How
: about straightening the flags to
I fly our true colors?"
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Chilean Papers
Hit 5th Columnists
SANTIAGO, Chile — (UP)—
\ Newspapers demanded drastic
| action against subversive ele-
ments Tuesday after police an-
| nounced that they had found a
; list of persons financing an ■at-
tempt to overthrow the govern-
ment by influencing the armed
forces and public officials.
Nine members of the rightist
vanguardia party, former memb-
ers of a nacista organization,
, were arrested.
Details of the plot were not
disclosed. Police said it was dis-
covered during a search of
"suspected sites."
ipling
member of the communist party
on the west coast and familiar
with its work in the United
states.
It had been announced that
Midland, Monahans, Kermit.
Present from Sweetwater were
Charles Paxton, council presi-
dent; Paul E. Brown, H. D. Reed,
T. P. Johnson, council finance
chairman: and Executive S. P.
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testimony taken here would! Gaskin.
deal with the national maritime [ The next meeting is to be
union and the Kyffhauser bund held in Midland in September
and with sabotage plots against |  o—— 
shipyards.
forest Hres
Sweep Montaiii
MISSOULA, Mont. — (UP>-
Fires burned through trees and
underbrush in 700 different
places in the forests of Mon-
tana, northern Idaho and east-
ern Washington Tuesday, but
the forestry service said the 8.-
500 men fighting the flames had
nearly all of them under con-
trol.
Airplanes are being used to aid
the fighters and one pilot was
killed and his co-pilot was injur-
ed when their plane crashed
near Tub lake in the Bitter Root
forest 25 miles west of Darby,
Mont. Searchers found the
body of Bob Maricich. Dell Cla-
baugh, the co-pilot was badly
Tiurt.
Willkie To See
Iowa Governor
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
—(UP) — Wendell L. Willkie an-
nounced Tuesday that he ex-
pected to confer shortly with
Gov. George Wilson of Iowa and
other midwestern agricultural
leaders about the farm problem.
The republican presidential
nominee said that he had tele-
phoned Wilson and invited him
to come to Colorado Springs this
week. On his way to Elwood,
Ind., to deliver his acceptance
speech next month, Willkie said,
he probably will stop In Des
Moines, la., for a conference
with a group of midwestern
farm leaders.
Dallas Holding
O
1-Man Crime Wave
DALLAS — (UP) — Policel
Monday awaited replies to'
queries sem, to authorities in!
three eastern states regarding j
Charles Jennings, 44, arrested in j
Dallas Friday, and said by the ]
Federal Bureau of Investigation]
to be wanted for shooting two |
police officers, bank robbery and |
numerous cases of robbery with i
fire arms.
Jennings was arrested oil in
formation received here
Nolan county dentists, who are
unable to pay for the service.
Dr. Buckner said that dentists
of Sweetwater were already <:'/>-
ing their share of free work
for pre-school children.
Among the other guests at the
meeting were H. H. Griffith aivl
Paul Davis, both of Waco.
George Thompson, past presi-
dent now a member of the El
Paso Lions club, was a visitor.
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Bullitt Returning
Aboard Clipper
j Pants Factory
Work Is Started
DALLAS — (UP) — Con-
struction was started Tuesday
j on va $450,000 pants factory
here. Officials said the building
, would contain 90,000 square feet
| of floor space.
LISBON — (UP) — United
tales Ambassador to France
from | William C. Bullitt left for New
FBI headquarters in Washing- i York aboard a Pan-American
ton, D. C* and was identified ' irways clipper Tuesday
from, fingerprints made when he i Aboard the same plane was the
was arrested among a group of j ex-Emnress Zita of Austria and
80 religious cultists in Waxaha-1 one of her daughters. Bullitt will
chie last month. j go to Washington to 'report to
President Roosevelt.
The ambassador who remain-
ed in Paris during the German
occupation, said that the occupa-
tion had occurred without inci-
dent after the flight, of the
French government.
WOULD YOU RISK SljOO
I'OK TEN PROSPECTIVE
HIYBRS?
We'll admit that a dollar
is a lot of money but don't
ynu think it, would be worth
risking for ten. prospective
real estate buyers. Mrs. A
R. George iried a Reporter
Classified Ad for tbr(?e days
as follows:
I or Sale: Five room mod-
ern residence at 310 West
Colorado, newly finished.
Place for chickens, cow.
Dial 3215.
Exemptions Given
Texas Oil Fields
AUSTIN — (UP) — The rail-
road commission had announced
Tuesday exemptions aggregating
a daily allowable of 23.733 bar-
rels has been granted oil wells
in 47 fields in various parts of
the state.
Wells producing high percen-
tages of water and those having
sand troubles received the ex-
emptions. Recent orders making
a total of 7 shut-down days a
month made the exemptions
necessary. . il.jsJWi
Cruiser Bringing
Royalty to U. S.
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
Somewhere on the Atlantic, its
position veiled by naval secrecy,
the U. S. S. Trenton was steam-
ing to the United States Tuesday
with the reigning family of Lux-
embourg, royal refugees who
will be guests of America.
1 received many calls
from that ad", Mrs. George
stated. "We have not closed
the deal she added but have
made very satisfactory ar-
rangements through the ad."
Why don't you follow the /
same course that Mrs.
George did and place your
ad in the Reporter classi-
fied section tomorrow? You
will be surprised at the
varied uses it serves and
how quick and efficient a
worker a little want ad real-
ly can be. Dial 678 tomor-
row and get these same re-
sults for yourself.
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