Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 138, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 26, 1941 Page: 4 of 18
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Editorials—Sweetwater REPORTER-Feature*
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SWEETWATER, TEXAS,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1941
PuMUhed each afternoon except Bntumaf,
also Sunday morning and its
on Thuradi
Inc. Entere
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George Bennitt and Russell Bennitt, Put*.
WE SALUTE THE
MIGHTY MUSTANGS
We salute the mighty Mustangs and their head
Coach Larry Priddy and his two faithful and able
assistants, Adrian Clark and Jack Roten. They
met a strong foe in Abilene and took them into
camp in a way that leaves no doubt in the miifcs
of all who saw the game that our boys comprise
a team that is destined for big things in high school
football this year.
Up to now there had been some question as to the
one-sided victories over supposedly weaker teams. It
now appears that the other teams are not so weak but
that Sweetwater is so strong. The Mustangs have now
demonstrated that their winning streak was no fluke
but was based on superior strength and better train-
ing. Priddy has not only concentrated on developing
eleven good men but has built a line of reserves that
can shoulder their part of the load when the call comes.
* * *
Ordinarily the team that makes the first touch-
down has a big psychological advantage over the
other team but this did not prove true Friday night.
Our boys proved that they could come from be-
hind and take such a happening in it's stride. They
charged in with increased strength ,and by the
ferocity of playing overwhelmed a team that had
begun to feel the "lift" and "spark" of the first
goal under their belt. Thus the Mustangs showed
that reserve force of morale that good teams must
have to pull them through all situations.
Of course we are all proud of our boys, but let's
not forget that the season has just begun. Down thf
line there is the possibility that something may hap-
pen that will steer our team into rough waters. If that
time does come let us be just as proud of them as we
are today.
SHAKEASPEARE IN CAMP
What do you suppose is the favorite reading of the
boys at Fort Sheridan? Juicy Stories? Torrid Tales?
Sadistic Stories? The Massacre Monthly?
Not at all. It's the plays of William Shakes-
peare. Wc have that on the authority of The Sheri-
dan. camp paper. *
That's rather an interesting sidelight both on the
men of the new army and on Shakespeare. The men are
a cross-section of America; Shakespeare is one of the
most widely read authors wherever English is read; why
shouldn't he be popular at camp?
But this, too: There is a popular idea that
Shakespeare and other classics are dead stuff. Chil-
dren are forced to read them in school and then
never look at them again as long as they live. But
nobody forces these army men to read Shakespeare
or any other classic. They read him just because he
is Good Stuff, which is, after all, the best of all pos-
sible reasons.
Out Of The Night—And In To Safety
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HORIZONTAL
1U. S. Secre-
tary of War,
Henry .
7 Armament
center.
13 Shaded bower
14 Finish.
16 Deliver a
speech.
17 Pedal
extremities.
18 Noxious
plants.
20 Book Of the
Bible.
il King (Latin).
22 Takes into
custody.
24 Printer's
measures.
25 Bone.
28 Animal.
27 Plural
pronoun.
29 Division of
geological
time (comb,
form).
80 Domesticated
animals.
31 Males.
33 Failed to be
(contr.).
34 Most
Important.
Answer to Previous Puzzie.
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36 Christmas
carol.
37 Mischievous
urchin.
39 Exclamation.
41 Greek letter.
42 Suffix.
43 Musical note.
44 Foot-like part
46 Long range
shooters.
51 Doctors
(abbr.).
52 Walk heavily.
54 Moaning
sound.
55 Ages.
56 Girl's name.
58 Paid pub-
licity (pi.).
59 Hat feather,
60 Door
attendant.
61 One who
trims.
VERTICAL
1 Poisonous
chemical.
2 Woody
plants.
3 Wild goat.
4 Witticism.
5 Senior (abbr.)
6 Never (poet.).
7 Sums up.
8 Therefore.
9 Period of
time.
10 Appellation.
11 Make
reparation.
12 Part of
education.
15 Born.
18 Sport.
19 Street (abbr.',
22 Fitness.
23 Peaks.
26 Author of
fables.
28 Disreputable.
30 Metal dish.
32 Small sip.
35 Jumped on
one leg.
38 One who
passes.
40 Greeting.
43 Ornamental
enclosure.
45 Sing alone.
47 Persia.
48 Legume.
49 Opposite of
west.
50 Registered
nurse (abbr.)
51 Musical
instrument.
53 German for
"the."
55 Shade tree.
57 New Mexico
(abbr.).
59 Jumbled
type.
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Stevenson Enjoys
Wide Popularity
As Texas Governor
By JOE BELDEN
Editor, Texas Surveys of
Public Opinion
AUSTIN — Although about
one fifth of the voters of Texas
have not yet made up their
minds about him, Coke R. Ste-
venson toda£y enjoys jjiemenj-
dous and wide spread populari-
ty as governor, a poll of public I
opinion reveals.
Beginning its month to month ]
index of popular approval for j
the new governor, Texas Sur- j
veys of Public Opinion finds I
for Octob''"; •
1. Three fourths "gener-
ally approve of Stevenson
as governor."
2. Ijess than one in every
2tt disapprove of him.
3. ttnc-l'u'tli arc undecid-
ed. |
While it may be true that Ste-
venson did not have to wage a
controversial campaign as did
W. I.ee O'Daniel to reach the
highest state office, the South-
west Texas ranchman appears
in three months to have at-
tained as favorable a position ]
as O'Daniel achieved during his
second term. For one year, be- j
ginning in June, 1940, Texas
Surveys conducted a monthly!
measurement of pro - and - con |
O'Daniel feeling. During that |
time he averaged a 07.4 per cent
vote of approval. His peak was
reached in March, 1941, with
70.5, omitting undecided ballots, i
Stevenson's present populari- j
ty tops 75.2 per cent, and if the
large "no opinion" element is
not considered, he finds 94 per
cent of the voters satisfied with
his administration.
"He hasn't made any blun-
ders yet, but he has been in
office too short a while to tell,"
was the type of comment, made
by 20 per cent of those inter-
viewed. The governor's speedy
handling of the special legisla-
tive session which settled the
road bond problem seems to
have contributed little toward
his popularity. Few ever men-
tioned the session to the inter-
viewers in giving their reasons
for approval. "He has good com-
mon sense" was the comment
most often heard. "He's refresh-
ing after what we've had" ran
a close second. But not lacking
were such expressions as, "He
knows his politics" and "He
can get along with the legisla-
ture."
"Generally, do you approve of
Coke R. Stevenson as gover-
nor " was the question posed
bv interviewers. The tabulations
snowed:
Pet,
Approve 7." .2
Ilisiipprove 4.(1
CiMleciriril 20.2
While the figures above may
be a weather vane of future po-
litical strength, they are subject
to change and represent opin-J
ions for October alone. "Appro-
val" may or may not l>e a re-
flection of voter opinion ex-
pressed nt an election. l<ess
than 1hree months ago—with
Stevenson already in the exeeu- I
tive office—the surveys found ,
The Belden Poll
Gov. Stevenson's Popularity by Sections of the State
For Against Don't Know
77% 5% 15%
. . 83 5 12
... 70 4 20
67 5 28
... 81 6 13
•.- 67 J 32
... 70 7, 23
Panhandle and South Plains
North Texas
East Texas
South Texas
Central Texas
Southwest and Valley ......
West Texas
that 57 per cent at that time
favored Gerald Mann for gover-
nor in 1942. while only 27 want-
ed Stevenson. A new survey to
be conducted soon on this same
topic will show whether the
trend has continued.
Patently manifest in the pres-
ent poll results, however, is the
little opposition found toward
the governor at this time, even
the passive type of opposition
that usually comes to light in
a house-to-house canvassing of
this kind.
A smalltown man himself, his
greatest support comes from
towns 2,5Q0 to 10,000. He gets
the smallest number of favor-
able votes, 68 per cent, in the
middle size cities of Texas, as
the breakdown by place of resi-
dence below illustrates:
For. Asst. I'ndcd.
Farms 7? 3 20
Rural (non-
farm) 77 2 21
( ifirs 2..KKI to
10,000 K.i 3 12
( ities 10,00(1 to
100,000 r>8 8 24
t itles 100,000 or
more 7."i fi 19
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AMENDMENTS—
(Continued From Page 1)
provisions relating to financing
by foreign governments except
as they were amended by the
lend-lease act.
"I have long favored the re-
peal of sections 2, 3, and <3 of the
so-called neutrality act.'' Con-
nally said after the meeting
"Wlien the house passed the
repeal of section 6, I approved
of that procedure.
"However, I realized that we
should have to deal with sections
2, and 3 ultimately in view of
events and the fact that sections
2, 3 and 6 are so intimately re-
lated. I concluded that it was
more desirable to meet the en-
tire issue at once and seek re-
peal of all three sections."
Barkley said the majority of
the committee felt that the logi-
cal and courageous thing was
to "face the whole of this legis-
lation and deal with it simul-
taneously instead of'-in two sep-
arate bills."
"In reaching that conclusion,"
he said, "we conferred with the
leaders of the house and the
members of the house commit-
tee and they feel the same way,
that we ought to deal with the
whole thing now."
George s;iid that it seemed the
"wise and desirable thing to
bring this issue squarely before
the American people and by the
adoption of the amendment the
committer sought to do it."
The committee's action fell
short of the complete repeal
proposal which was offered by
three republicans, Sens. Styles
Bridges, N. H., Warren ft. Aus-
tin, Vt, and Chan Gurney, S, D.
"Navy Blues" Story
Of Reckless Gobs
And Gorgeous Gals
"Navy Blues,' 'a story of reck-
less gohs and jg0j'gj3cfus gais
frolicking on and off a battle-
ship in Hawaii, and starring
Warner Bros, cinema clowns
Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Mar-
tha Raye and Jack Haley, will
start at the Texas Theater here
Sunday.
In this potpourri of comedy,
sailors Jack Oakie and Jack Ha-
ley try to filch their shipmate's
paychecks and pawn their bat-
tleships trophies with almost
disastrous results; Ann Sheri-
d.an both hog calls and hog col-
lars her man, Herbert Anderson;
and Martha Raye chasing her
ex husband, Jack Haley, gets !
thrown into jail accused of be-1
ing an international spy.
The plot revolves around Gob
Oakie and Haley who go to I
great lengths to see that their
battleship, the Montanna, wins
the fleet gunnery championship,
and they go to even greater
length to see that they win the
bets which they have made at
15 to 1 with the tars of the USS
Wisconsin.
Music and dancing by the Na-
vy Blues Sextette, dressed In
hula skirts and leis feature the
production's softer moments.
"In Wa'ikiki," 'Your a Natural,"
and other song hits of the show
were written by Johnny Mercer
and Arthur Schwartz.
The picture- was directed by
Lloyd Bacon and produced by
Hal ©. Wallis from a story writ-
ten by Arthur T. Horman.
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SUNDAY PROGRAMS
9:00 On the Mall
Ml Fundamental Baptist
Church
9:30 Listen to Liebert
MS On With the Ounce
IIMW Morning News Flashes
10:13 From A to Z
10:30 Concert Hall of the Air
11:00 Lamar HI. Baptist
Church
12:00 Music Salon
12:10 Parade of Hits
12:15 I Hear the South liand
Singing
12:30 Headline News
12:45 Cotton in the News
1:00 Churrh of Christ
1:15 Wonders of Vision
1:30 Tropical Moods
1:45 Army Chuckles
2KH( Hit Parade
3:00 Classified Ads
3:15 Master Sit rs
3:30 United Pn -s Vews
3:45 Novatime
4:00 Rev. Eugene Wood
4:30 Paradise Island Trio
4:45 Wayne King Orcli.
5:00 Sunday Song Service
5:30 Symphony of Melody
0:00 Old Fashioned Revival
Hour
7:00 Goodnight
MONDAY PROGRAMS
0:30 Sunrise Jamboree
7:00 Checkerboard Time
7:15 Dawn Patrol
7:30 Wake Up and Live
7:55 Morning News Flashes
8:00 Wake Up and Live
Continued
8:15 Morning Devotional
8:45 Music In the Air
9:00 Shall We Walt/,
9:15 Reflections in Rhythm
9:30 Side Glances
9:45 From A to Z in Novelty
10:00 News Of the Day
10:05 Listen You'll Like It
10:30 Mellow Bits of lihytlini
10:45 .lust lie lax
11:00 Bestyett Treasure Chest
11:15 Control Boom Capers
11:30 Joy Theater Time
11:35 Traffic Jain Session
11:45 Hymns You Love
12:00 Headline News
12:10 Parade of Hits
12:15 Singing Sam
12:30 On With the Dance
12:45 Your Exchange
1:00 Down On the Farm
1:30 West Texas Farm and
Home Show
1:45 Concert Hall Of the Air
2:00 All Request Program
3:00 Qui/./.er Club
3:30 The Plainsman
3:45 Vocal Varieties
1:00 Church in the Wildvwod
4:15 For Dancers Only
4:30 Tea Time Tunes
4:45 Jesse Crawford at the
Console
5:(K> Yesterday's Hit Parade
5:30 Aloha Land
5:45 Walt/. Time
0:00 Supper Dance Hour
0:15 United Press News
0:30 Sundown Serenade
0:45 Sports Roundup
7:00 Organ Reveries
7:30 Symphony of Melody
8:00 Home Folks Frolic
8:15 Let's Face the Music
and Dance
H:30 Song Hour
8:45 Here Comes the Rand
9:00 Lets Dance
10:00 Goodnight
V— -
Richbur* Rites
Sunday at 2 p. m.
Funeral service for W. H.
Richburg will be held at 2 p.
m., Sunday at the Inadale
church. Mr.. Richburg died at 1
p. m., Friday at his home in the
community.
He is the father of Mrs. Vir-
gil Richburg of Sweetwater.
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CONGRATULATIONS
Mr .and Mrs. A .J. Roy an-
nounce the birth of a daughter
at 7:55 a. m., Saturday at the
Sweetwater hospital. She weigh-
ed six pounds and almost two
ounces. Mrs. Roy was Miss Bet-
ty Lee Graves before her mar-
riage.
1 Special Notices
2 For Rent Rooms
CARI> OF THANKS
We wish to express our ap
preciation for the kindness,
sympathy and beautiful flo-
ral offerings at the time of
the death of our dear husband
and father.
MRS. T. A. EZELL
AND FAMILY.
Wanted: Transportation to Los
Angeles, Calif., with private
party. 704 E. Bdwy.
AT 65 a man is either glad he
did, or sorry he didn't take
enough life insurance.
WHERE WILL YOU STAND?
Joe H. Boothe.
SPECIAL TO LADIES: We
make buttonholes, covered
buttons and buckles. Also
hemstitching. Mrs. R. L.
Clark, Singer Machine Center,
315 Oak.
If you TRAVEL with Sweetwat-
er travel bureau we give free
accident policy. Dial 2492. 117
W. Bdwy.
SPECIAL OFFER — For the
regular first quarterly premi-
um. hospitalization protection
to March 1, 1942. See orr call
Clif Boswell.
We pick up d'ad horses, mules
and cattle. Call collect 654.
Wanted—A whole carload of
men's clothing , shoes, hats,
overcoats, suits, etc. We buy,
sell or trade anything. 106 W.
First St.
We buy live horses and mules
for tankage. Also hides 'ind
tallow. Call us. Phone 654.
TYPEWRITERS, ADDING
MACHINES. Buy or rent.
Prices right. Mrs. McCaulley,
Blue Bonnet building, dial
'2491.
Bring us your old furniture,
heaters, cook stoves, etc. We
pay more. Days Furniture, 106
West First.
Storage, packing, moving. Sweet-
water Transfer. Dial 520.
Tire repairing, recapping guar-
anteed. 207 W. Bdwy. Dial
2583. Phil's O. K. Rubber
Welding Shop.
lb Lo-jni
BUILD A HOME
ON F. H. A. LOANS
Quick service, no brokerage
Payments like rent. Avoid un-
expected moving See H. A
Walker. Texas Bank Bldg.
Courthouse News
Marriage Licenses
H. L. Mobley and Mrs. Ruth
M. Mobley.
Ney Sheridan, jr., and Isabel
Virginia Warren.
Cashes E. Mattox, jr. and Mar-
jorie Ruth Heirman.
Harry C. Jones, Roscoe. and
Mable Thompson, Randolph.
Emmett Edgar Wilson and
Mrs. Beulah Lee Byrd.
New Cars
Charlie Stamp, Pontiac str.
sedan-coupe.
Felix Glain. Pontiac 8 torpe-
do sedan-coupe.
James Henry Beall, jr., Buick
47 sedan.
Cliff Proffett, Pontiac 6 tor-
pedo sedan.
Mrs. Ellen Kidd, Mercury
town sedan.
S. J. McClure, Pontiac 6 coach.
Tellman Smith, Ford deluxe
tudor.
SI'PER-AVIATION
THRILLER AT RITZ
Everyone is. keenly Interested j
in the progress of America's de- j
fense program—especially avia-
tion. No wonder then, that Hoi-1
lywood is excited alwntt Para
mount's superaviation sky thril-1
ler, "Power Dive" which the
Rit Theater announces will flash
across their screen on Sunday. \
In addition to an educational
drama of man's swings against [
the sky "Power Dive" climbs to j
new heights in a perilous ro-
mance of two brothers in love:
with the same girl. They tack-1
le the problem of developing
Iter father's revolutionary in-
vention a "geodetic-plastic" ait-!
plane. In a real life background
of aviation manufacturing and1
death defying test flights, these
young people set out to prove
that plimcs cat) be built, faster,
cheaper and safer than hereto-
fore. They succeed in convinc-
ing a large aircraft company to
bid Id a sample plane for the U.
S. army's approval.
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Special!
ONE WEEK ONLY
Monday, October 27
Through Saturday,
November 1st
OTHER SPECIALS:
Shampoo and Set..
Manicure
,50c
50c
For one week only we
are offering the regu-
lar $5.00 Duart Per-
manent at this special
5* 2.50
Nelle's Beauty Shop
Jimmie Davis
Dial 2512
Ida Ncllc Jones
504 E. Bdwy.
Nicely furnished bedroom. Pri-
vate entrance. 901 Oak. Dial
2407. >
Room, private entrance. Dial
2205.
Front bedroom adjoining bath,
twin beds, one or two rr-?n.
Dial 3118.
3 For Rent Apts.
For Rent: Furnished apartment.
Dial 649 between 8 a. m. >d
5 p. m.
3 Room Apt. and bath. Private
entrance. Utilities paid. Ad-
ults. Williams Cafe.
j")_
2 Room efficiency apartment.
Utilities paid. Adults. 906 Lo-
cust. Dial 2120.
3 Room apt. Adults only. Tpo
Ash, Roscoe.
For Rent: Furnished apart-
ment. Dial 484.
4 For Rent Houses
.i
Newly decorated 6 room house.
Can be arranged for 2 fami-
lies. 109 E. Alabama.
We have-available for immclj-
ate occupancy a very nice "o-
room dwelling on a paved
street near the South Ward
school.,—The Thompson Ag-
ency.
7 Help Wanted T
Good Wat kins route open now
in Sweetwater. No car or ex-
perience necessary; Watkins
Company largest and b<t?
known and products easiest
sold; usual earnings $20 to
§35 a week. Write J. R.
WATKINS COMPANY, 70-82
W. Iowa Ave., Memphis,
Term. , J
White girl wanted for house
work and look after children
Room furnished. Good pay.
Apply 110'. E. 12th or call 2480
9 Real Estate For Salt
For Sale: New nicely arranged
four room modern house. 1 1-2
lots, paved street. Northeast
part of town. $2500. Term*;.
Rural 13F2. *
For Sale: 173 acres—122 culti-
vated. Good improvements.
$35 per acre or $1500 cash. T.
J. Godfrey, 410 Crane. -j
For Sale: 328 acres, 158 in cul-
tivation, 4 rm. rock home on
highway. Real stock farm. $53
acre. $2,000 cash. D. M. White,
Hamlin. Texas.
11 Used Cars For Sale
Must' sell 1928 Chevrolet pick-
up. New paint, motor fair, 18-
inch wheels. 110 E. Louisiana.
12 Livestock For Safe
Gorgeous red Toy male Pe-
kingese for service. Reg. pup-
pies for sale, 211 Grape St.,
Sweetwater, Texas.
For Sale: Few good Billy goa&.
"iTom Wade.
2 Registered Angora Billy goats;
1 registered Jersey bull. Tom
Wade.
13 For Sale Misr.
For Sale: Green tomatoes. 50c a
bushel. J. L. George, mile west
of town. ft
Studio couch. 13xcellent condi-
tion. Reasonably priced. Dial
566.
New breakfast table and ch?'rs
for sale. 211 Grape St., Sweet-
water, Texas.
Special cash prices on new and
used Singer Sewing Machines.
Price and terms to suit your
convenience. I.arge select^fti.
See us before you buy. R. L.
Cifcrkv Ringer Machine Distri-
butor. 315 Oak.
We now haVe two late model
Singer sewing machines, l^th
in A 1 condition. Bargains.
Easy terms. White Sewing
Machine Store, 114 Locust.—
Dial 581.
Sale: 4 wheel trailer. J^jy
For
be seen at Walnut.
14 Wanted To Buy
Wanted— A whole Jtorload of
men's clothing, shoes, hats,
overcoats, suits, etc. We ,#iy,
sell or trade anything. 106 VV.
First St., Day's Furniture.
Wanted: Will pay 3c pound for
clean white rags. Sweetwater
Reporter Press Room. J|
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