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SWEETWATER, TEXAS
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toying, he akeU never tee death.—John 8;51.
* Love God, and He will dwell with you. Obey
God, and He will reveal to you the truth of His
teachings.—Robertson.
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THE ETERNAL SIGHTSEER
We always thought that the palm for sightseeing
and souvenir-collecting went to us Americans. But
news from Britain shows that the English are just as
bad.
Curiosity, and that irresistible desire to be on the
scene of action (so as to talk about it afterward) has
been doing considerable harm in Britain. In some cases
the curious have done more harm than German bombs.
One wheat field, damaged only slightly by a bomb, was
completely overrun and flattened out by the trampling
feet of sightseers. The Ministry of Agriculture has
had to act against such people as "trespassers.' '
In war or peace, there are certain characteristics of
a people accustomed to be free and do as they please
that are hard to eradicate.
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THE BLOOD QUICKENS
All through the long years of subnormal business,
it has been the heavy construction industry that lag-
ged most. Plant was oberbuilt, we said, and the worst
Of unemployment, centered in the heavy construction
industries, seemed to bear us out.
Now a sharp spurt in heavy construction works
lifts the building industry to the highest point in
many years. Engineering News-Record lists such
awards as 69% higher than a year ago.
Part of this is due, of course, to the acute necessity
of building new plants for the government rearmament
program. But not all. Several large power plants and
other private industrial building helped swell the total.
True, this stimulation is partly the work of the lash
of war conditions in Europe. But even this quickening
of the bloodstream of purchasing-power may go far
toward restoring economic health.
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NATIONAL INCOME RISING
The national income for 1939 was nearly $70,000,-
000,000, the Commerce Department has announced.
That is still well under the peak of $82,900,000,000 for
1929, but because things produced in these times bring
lower prices than in 1929, actual physical production
is probably about equal to that year.
Yet unemployment is still with us. This points
again to the well-known fact that production must be
increased far above any figures yet known in this
country.
The armament wave will probably cause a further
increase in national production in 1940 and for several
years. But even with the tremendous arms drive must
go a continual effort to increase domestic consumption
of all kinds of goods. Export markets will be hampered
in the near future.
Permanent well-being will depend eventually on
our ability to absorb most of an ever-increasing na-
tional production.
ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENT
HORIZONTAL
1 First instru-
ment in an
orchestra.
7 It is a
instrument of
the viol class.
11 To perish.
12 European
shad.
15 By way of.
16 Stone
implement.
17 Stabbed.
18 Wayside)
hotels.
20 Civet.
22 Monkey.
23 Fold.
24 To sanction.
27 To blotch.
31 Wild sheep.
35 Hideous giant,
36 Fatigued.
39 Opposite of
closed.
40 Requirements.
42-Sneaky.
43 Wasp bite.
44 Copper.
45 New England
(abbr.).
Answer to Previous Puzile
MAD Of
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Ami
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miNIE
^nal
46 Call for help
at sen.
47 Plural
pronour.
48 Branch.
50 Maple shrub.
53 Capable.
57 Any.
58 Cogwheel.
59 It has
S-shaped
holes.
BO It has a low
VERTICAL
2 Mental
impression.
3 Lubricants.
4 Permits.
5 To scold
constantly.
6 Bodily.
7 Small child.
8 Bad.
9 Twining stem.
10 Flannel.
13 Burden.
14 Prophet.
16 A fine type of
All Ears
—Aw Arreve.
F.D.R. Finally Achieves
What He Muffed In Purge
this instru-
ment.
19 It has four
21 Snaky fish.
23 By.
25 Modern.
26 To mention.
28 S-molding.
29 Three.
30 To spread.
32 Obtained.
33 Honeybee.
34 Cotton fabric.
37 Electrical
term.
38 Railway
(abbr.).
41 To bring
legal suit.
43 Indian weight.
45 Viceroy in
India.
47 Small bird.
49 Wise men.
50 Beast of
burden.
51 Dove's cry.
52 Ratite bird.
54 Cot.
55 To loiter.
56 Sooner than
BY BRUCE CATTON
Sweetwater Reporter
Washington Correspondent
CHICAGO — In some
ways the most striking
thing about the entire demo-
cratic convention was the
way key new deal adminis-
trative men from Washing-
ton showed up at Chicago
and blandly insisted they
were just here for the
view.
While machine men like
Mayor Edward J. Kelly of
Chicago and Mayor Frank
Hague of Jersey City plug-
ged manfully for a third
term the inner circle New
Dealers quietly slipped in-
to town and either held
court in hotel rooms or
circulated about seeing this
person and that person.
Ostensibly, most of them
weren't here on politics at
all: like the lady in the de-
partment store, they were
just looking. But if the
third term drive wasn't
boosted along by this host,
a lot of people here misjud-
ged things entirely.
Five members of the cab-
inet were on hand — Sec-
retary of Interior Ickes,
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace, Secretary of Labor
Perkins, Attorney General
Jackson and last—but never
least—Secretary of Com-
merce Hopkins.
The just - below - cabinet -
rank group included Solici-
tor General Francis Biddle,
Assistant Attorney General
Matt Maguire, and Under-
secretaries of Interior Chap-
man and Wirtz — the latter
a delegate from Texas.
Other New Deal adminis-
trators present were Lowell
Mellett, of the president's
office: Charles West, of the
processing tax board of re-
view: Leon Henderson, of
the Securities and Exchange
Commission; Victor .S ho lis
and Fred Polangin. of the
Commerce Department in-
formation service, and
James Allen, head of Jus-
tice Department's informa-
tion section.
EFFORT TO KK.MOM)
PARTY A SUCCESS
Appearance at the conven-
tion of this group was a vis-
ible symbol that the presi-
dent's long struggle to re-
mold the democratic party
into an organization domin-
ated hypersons sympathetic
to his social and economic
policies has met with pretty
complete success.
Yet in this success there
remains what was there
from the start— a singular
mixture of devoted "politi-
cal amateurs" like Jackson
and Hopkins, and the sup-
posedly more practical
machine leaders like Mayors
Kelly and Hague, Ed Flynn
of New York apd Senator
Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania.
Leaving the mixture, some-
times serving as a binder
to keep the two parts to-
gether, are such men as
Senator Wagner of New
York,' Senator Byrnes of
South Carolina, Senator Hill
of Alabama, Congressman
Sam Rayburn of Texas, and
Senator Pepper of Florida.
PURGE FLOPPED, BUT
ENDS GAINED
Through most of the
Roosevelt a d m i n istration,
the party was composed of
essentially i n ha rmonious
factions kept in harness
largely by the fact that all
hands knew success rested
on Roosevelt's vote-getting
capacity. They kept drifting
further apart, as the party
got more firmly entrench-
ed in office; the famous and
unsuccessful "purge" in the
1938 campaign was a more
jr less inevitable result.
But the point now is that
although the purge was a
flop, the end which FDR
was after when he started
it has now been practically
gaine:!.
Most of the men at whom
the purge was directed re-
main in public life, and are
active — such men as Sen-
ators Tydings, George, Gil-
lette and Smith. Some like
Gillette, have more or less
made peace with the admin-
istration; others are bitter.
But in either case, the con-
trol of the party has passed
solidly in the direction the
president wished when he
started the attempt to purge
them.
been shot down Friday when
more than 150 German planeS
were engaged by British fight-
ers in two air battles, and other
German planes ranged the
country.
Five British planes were lost.
Considerable air activity was
reported from various parts of
England. German planes were
reported over southeastern and
southwestern areas.
It was reported but not con-
firmed that anti-aircraft guns
had shot down two German
planes making raids off the
south coast. The air ministry,
however, confirmed that up to
late afternoon two planes hafl
been shot down, a seaplane and
a bomber.
Clean Politics
Bill Signed by
Roosevelt
, Hatch Measure Limits
Campaign Expenditures;
Bars Public Workers
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
President Roosevelt Saturday
signed the Hatch "clean state
politics bill," curbing pernicious
political activity by some 250,-
000 state and, municipal workers
paid from federal funds and im-
posing drastic limitations on nat-
ional campaing expenditures.
The measure becomes effective
immediately. In signing it, Mr.
Roosevelt wrote "finis" to the
most hard-fought congressional
battle of the year, which found
many administration leaders
voting against it although it
had the president's approval.
The bill is an amendment to
the original Hatch act barring
federal employes from political
activity. It provides:
1. A prohibition against poli-
tical activity on the part of state
and local employes paid in
whole or in part with federal
funds. *
2. A limitation of $3,000,000 on
the annual expenditures of any
political committee, including
the republican and democratic
national committees. The repub-
lican national committee spent
$8,000,000 during the 1936 cam-
paign and the democratic nat-
ional committee $6,000,000.
3. A limitation of $5,000 on
the amount any person or organ-
ization may contribute to nation-
al committees for campaign pur-
poses. Local and state commit-
tees, under a last-minute amend-
ment, may receive and dispense
contributions in excess of that
amount.
4. A ban on the purchase of
good:;, commodities or advertis-
ing when the funds go for poli-
tical purposes. This prohibits
such money-raising devices as
the democratic campaign books,
which for several years have
raised a considerable proportion
of democratic national commit-
tee funds. Whether the language
is broad enough to outlaw pol-
itical dinners, such as the Jack-
son and Lincoln Day dinners,
was not discussed in the de-
bates.
The provisions of the bill are
to be administered by the civil
service commission. Persons ac-
cused of "pernicious political
activity" are allowed to take
their case to court but are not
guaranteed a jury trial.
CLASSIFIED ADS
One insertion 10c a line, 3 line or 30c minimum. Capital Letter
Lines, double rates. Special rates for more than 2 days. Card of
Thanks 10c per line. All classified ads payable in advance or afteia
first insertion. Display classifieds' 50c column inch
Closing Hours: Week days 1 p. m.—Saturdays 4 p. m.
Phone In Your Clauified - - - Dial 678
1 Special Notices
PLAY GOLF — Stay healthy.
Largest 18 hole miniature
course in West Texas. Ask
about weekly tournaments
and prizes. Gay - Way Golf
Links, 900 block E. Bdwy.
Psychological palm readings.
Your past, present and future
revealed. Honest advice. Mrs.
Jackson, Camp Broadway.
Bids are being received for con-
cessions at Double Heart Ro-
deo and Round-Up. Contact
Ollie Cox.
PLENTY OF $$$$$$
To Loan on New
And Used Cars
My Rates Are Lower
CLAYTON WILLIAMS
305 Oak St.—Dial 591
Sweetwater, Texas
THE BEST insurance is a used
car. You'll find one in the
used car column in the wants.
We pay higher cash prices for
your old furniture. Roy Math-
ews Furniture. Dial 2822.
This week only: Oil and adjust
any sewing machine in your
home 49c. Singer Sewing
Machine. Dial 492.
2 Rooms For Rent1
Furnished rooms by the weet
vJ.50 or $3.00, with runnir.
water. Commercial Hotel.
South bedroom, adjoining bat^
private entrance, 507 Locust,
Dial 556.
Large turn, bedroom, outside
entrance, garage. 517 Elm. Dial
2707. f
6 Wanted To Rent
Wanted seven or eight room
house. Close in. Reasonabl
rent. Dial 480.
%
7 Help Wanted
ta Services
If you want the exclusive deal-
ership for famous WATKINS
products in Sweetwater hava
splendid opportunity for right
party; car and experience un-
necessary. Write J. R. Wat-
kins Co., 70-80 W. Iowa Ave.,
Memphis, Tenn.
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NO FARMER needs relief when
using the want ads to sell his
used machinery, stock, pout-
try.
NO ONE IS ever broke who ha*
something a want ad can sell.
8 Situation Wanted
GOLD in your purse — when
there's SILVER in your hair.
Southwestern Life will GUAR-
ANTEE your future. Joe H. j
Boothe, Representative, South-
western Life Insurance Co.
lb Loans
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DO YOU OWN YOUR OWN j
HOME? You can own your!
home as cheap as you can !
rent. FHA. See or call H. A. j
Walker for particulars.
Young girl wants housekeeping
care of children, can stay iW
home. References. 810 Coke
street.
9 Real Est. For Sale
For sale or trade: Equity it?
practically new live room
furnished house, hardwood
floors, pavement, close in.
unusual bargain. W. E. Cage,
postoffice box 157, Sweetwatjg
er, Tex.
RAF—
BRITISH PLANES
RAID NORTH AFRICA
CAIRO—(UP)—A Royal Ait-
Force communique said Satur-
day that British bombing planes
in widespread raids over North
Africa, had scored direct hits
on enemy shipping, presumably
Italian, in Tobruk harbor, prin-
cipal Libyan sea port.
Five large fires, the commu-
nique said, were started when
British planes soared over El
Gubbi and dropped high explo-
sives on strategic targets. Planes
from the south African air force
were reported to have carried
out successful raids on Neghelli
airdrome, wrecking one Italian
bomber on the ground and se-
verely damaging three others.
ON THE AIR WITH
(Continued from page 1) *
I a total of 16 during the past two
days and 30 for the week. The
totals did not include casualties
in the latest battle, which had
not yet been announced official-
ly-
The raiding planes first flew
over the coast, then whirled
and dive-bombed the harbor.
They met a fierce barrage
from anti-aircraft guns which
broke up the attack and drove
them off.
British fighters joined in and
engaged the bombers, one of
which dived almost to the roof-
tops to evade three British Spit-
fire planes. Then it swerved out
to sea, where the Spitfires
caught it again. The bomber
was reported to have plunged
into the sea.
Bombers, Stuka dive bombers
and fighters attacked shipping
and land objectives.
The air and home ministries
reported that bombs had been
southeast and southwest Scot-
land and northeast, southeast
and southwest England in the
latest raids, and that one Ger-
man plane had been shot down
by a British fighter.
British Repel Nazis
It was asserted that 10 Ger-
man planes, four bombers and
six Mcsserschmitt fighters had
KXOX
1210 KILOCYOLES
SUNDAY'S PROGRAM
9:00—On the Mall.
9.15—Sliep Fields Orchestra.
9:30—Roh.r Quartette.
9:45—Misclia Violin. Violinist.
10:00—Miss Evelyn Sorcnson.
10:15—Vincent Lopez Orcli.
10:30—Concert Hall of the Air.
11:00— First Baptist Church.
12:00—Vicente Gome/., Guitar.
12:10—R&R Theatre Time.
12:15—Master Singers.
12:30—Ted Steele Novatinie.
12:45—On With the Dance.
1:00—Church of Christ.
1:15—The Wonder of Vision.
1:30—Texas Hall of Fame.
2:00—Hit Parade.
3:00—Bourdon String Ensem-
ble.
3:15—Mary Lewis, Soprano.
3:30—Will Osborne Orch.
3:45— Piano Meditations.
4:00—Sunday Song Hour.
4:30—Aloha land.
4:45—Allen Roth and His Sym-
phony of Melody.
5:15—Studio Party.
5:45—'Twilight Time.
0:00—Goodnight.
Red Cross Sewing
Hours Changed
Headquarters of the Red Cross
sewing room, located in the
Sweetwater-Nolan county wel-
fare office, in the old Barrow-
Haney. furniture building on Oak
street, begins Monday a new
schedule of hours.
The office is to be open each
weekday afternoon from 4 until
5 o'clock until a new quota is
received. Previously the office
has been open from 2 until 5 p.
m.
Women who are cooperating
in the sewing and knitting
phases of the Red Cross pro-
gram are requested to take note
of the new office hours and ar-
range to make requisitions for
materials during the hour in-
dicated.
Future Fanners
Back From Meet
Three Divide Future Farmers
of America delegates and their
advisor. R. R. Petty, vocation
agricultural instructor, returned
Saturday from the state FFA
convention in Houston.
Divide had the only delegates
from Nolan county. They visited
Galveston while in South Tex-
as.
Attending were Jackie McMil-
lan, John \j. Boyd, and Alvin
Crawford.
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McAllen Evangelist
Conducts Revival
PLEDGER— (Spl.) — Evange-
list Walter W. Leamons, McAl-
len, is conducting a revival for
the Church of Christ in the
community. Ben Newhouse is
in charge of song services. The
meeting began Friday morning
and is to continue through July
28 with services each evening
at 8:30 and 11 a. m., on Sundays.
At the close of the services,
the evangelist and singer will
go to Sylvester for a meeting
Aug. 2 to 11th. The public is
invited to attend this revival.
CONGRATULATIONS
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Turpin,
1107 Crane street, are parents
of a son born at 9:30 a. m., Sat-
urday at the Sweetwater hospi-
tal. He weighed 10 pounds and
13 ounces. Turpin is a Santa Fe
employe.
3 For Rent Apts.
' For Rent: Furnished apart-
ment. Dial 484.
|
Newly papered 3 room furn. apt.
Private bath. Water furnish- j
ed. 510 East 3rd. Dial 2861.
I
—
| Nicely furnished apt. Frigidaire. i
Water bill paid, dial 2807, 404
East Broadway.
| Furnished and unfurnished
apts. Close in, modern con-
veniences. B. P. Beall, garage I
apt. 101 Mulberry.
I Fur .apt. 309 E. 5. Dial 25(38. j
Nicely furnished apts. close in,
frigidaires, Pratt apts. 407 E. |
I 3rd. Dial 2164.
| Two room furnished apartment.!
Utilities paid. Dial 2476.
I 3 room unfurnished apt. 210 I
\V. Arkansas.
j 2 room furnished apt. Utilities
paid, or 1 front bed room, 905
j Crane.
j 2 room furnished apartment S.
K. Exposure. Utilities paid.
Dial 2735. 901 Lamar.
Sale or Trade, small acreage
just outside city limits with
water, gas, living quarters; for
sale, 105 A., 72 in cultivation#
bal. pasture, well, windmill,
living quarters, 12 mi. out of
Sweetwater in Fisher Co., a
very attractive buy; For Sale,
160 A. on Hiwav 70 just out
city limits. A big buy tha^
will be of interest to any one;
Other very attractive buys in
city property and suburban
acreage. If you want a home
with city conveniences at
country cost with country,
comforts, see me. John M.
Greene, 102 Cedar St., P. O.
Box 704, Sweetwater.
4 room brick veneer, modern,
1200 Lubbock St., dial 222(^
Mrs. McCarroll.
Newly decorated, clean, furn-
ished apartment. Mrs. Howard,
905 Oak, dial 2817.
4 For Rent Houses
i 5 room, close in. South side. Re-
decorated, modernized. Dial
2277.
10 Wanted Real Est.
Wanted, house and lot, or house
to move off lot. Box 90, car#
Reporter.
11 Used Cars For Sale
39 DeLttxe Ford coupe. A-l con-
dition. sacrifice for quick sa$
or trade on another car. James
Rogers. Sun ilea m Mkt.
My 1940 Nash DeLuxe, 4-door
sedan, low mileage, new car
guarantee. Buy this practical
ly new car at a reduced price.
See it at my new car lot, 314
Pecan St. Jack McCain Motor
Co.
room brick, reconditioned,
East Arkansas; 5 rrn. stucco, |
good condition, Woodruff!
Lane. See A. S. Kendrick, 310 j
Oak.
4 rom duplex furnished, close
in. Adults only. Dial 2819. J.
H. Freeze.
GOOD Tenants for Good Farms
—That's what you'll find when
you advertise in the Want Ads.
O'Daniei Ahead
In Campaign Cost
AUSTIN — (UP) — Six can-
didates for governor of Texas
Saturday had told the secretary
their campaigns to which friends
had contributed $16,813.
Next week all six will make
their last fratic bid for the "vote
and incluence" of nearly a mil-
lion and a half voters. The can-
didates will make over a hun-
dred speeches, drop nearly a mil-
lion words of lambast, cries of
persecution and praise of their
own merits.
Saturday's statements of ex-
I penses showed Gov. W. Lee
j O'Daniei to be $420 ahead of
campaign bills while Mrs. Mir-
iam A. Ferguson had expenses
$993 under her contributions.
Col. E. O. Thompson's race has
cost him $<1,964, the highest,
while Jerry Sadler showed $6,-
217, Hines, $5,090; Ferguson,
$6,104.
For sale, 1910 Ford Pickup. R(«
Smith, 910 Campbell St. *
7 foot, steel body for 1939 Dodge
pickup. Roy Mathews.
For Sale or Trade: My 1938 Olds-
inobile. Palmer I.ccper. .%
12 Livestock For Sale
Good Jersey cow, G. B. Owen,
Sweetwater, Route 2.
12 choice resident lots, 50x1 M
ft. each, for sale in block 28.
Bradford addition. Three
blocks east of Lamar between
Texas and New Mexico sts.
Terms as low as $10.00 dowai
and $5.00 per month. See D™
P. T. ^5ast, "owner."
13 For Sale Misc.
Good six foot porcelain Frifi
daire for sale. Bargain. Di™
2211.
PIAXOS STORED IN SWEET
WATER. We have just pick-
ed up two slightly used Spij^
ett Consoles, will sell for tiS
balance due us, JACKSON
PIANO CO., 1101 Elm, Dal-
las, Texas.
16 Lost And Found #
Lost at Santa Fe depot, ladies
purse with money, fountain
pen, etc. Owners name in it,
(Mrs. Geo. L. Paxton). Reward
for return. Call or see R. C.
Crane.
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