Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 91, Ed. 1 Monday, April 12, 1943 Page: 4 of 6
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white In the fierceness of the aiger? his fury Is poured
oat like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.—
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There is a God to punish and avenge.—Schiller.
♦
Lend-lease Meat
By 8. Burton Heath
There is a growing feeling that the eating public is
entitled to a full, fair and impartial statement, support-
ed with figures, from a source in which the public has
confidence, about the causes of the complete breakdown
in meat distribution. Most explanations thus far have
left the harassed housewife feeling that they really were
alibis.
About the only excuses advanced are that lend-lease plus
needs of the armed forces account for the shortage. Now
lend-lease Administrator Edward R. Stettinius knocks out
the first with figures and casts doubt upon the second.
* * *
The first two months of this year, reports Stettinius,
shipmens on lend-lease took only 10 pounds out of every
1000 of our beef, and even this was five times the rale in
1942, at the end of which decent beef was almost unobtain-
able by civilians.
Last year Australia and New Zealand supplied our troops
more beef than we turned over to lend-lease—that is, they
wiped lend-lease off the books as an alibi for shortage, and
also cared for part of the excess demand created by the
fact that soldiers need more meat than civilians
* « *
In no category now short did lend-lease take very much.
Less than one pound of pork out of every 10—and this
was by far the heaviest burden. One pound of lamb and
mutton out of every 25; the equivalent in butter, cheese,
dry and evaporated milk of 34 quarts of milk out of every
1000; one pound of lard and vegetable fat out of eight; five
cans of vegetables out of each 1000. Negligible amounts.
The causes of the food breakdown go deeper than
Washington has admitted. In the case of meats there
is at least one expert on the federal payroll—a man
* who acquired his knowledge the hard way as a retail
dealer—who more than a year ago predicted every-
thing that is happening today and explained why it was
going to be.
The trouble was clear cut even then—but not inevitable.
It became inevitable only when those with power to decide
policy ignored the warnings of men who knew the meat
industry.
We are entitled to a clear, complete factual report as a
guide to those who could still avoid some of the tribulations
now on their wav.
Fag* Four
Most fixed opinions still can stand a lot of fixing.
* * *
A major floated down from a plane^and landed within a
block of his home in Scottsbluff, Neb. Just dropped in on
his wife.
* * *
Fewer men are tied to the wife's apron strings these
days because fewer wives have time to wear aprons.
* * *
Four youths were pinched in Chicago for- throwing eggs.
It wasn't a rotten trick—just an unpatriotic one.
* * *
Every war'bond you buy is just a little more butter on
your roll.
* * *
Hot extra innings soon will make the male fan forget,
his supper is growing cold.
* * >V
With rationing putting more cars in the garage and less
liquor on the market, there will be fewer blowouts this
summer.
of us.
% * *
The room for improvement is plenty big enough for all
Give A Lift To The New War Loan
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THE STORY: Allison Top-
ping, society girl. i« off to
Guatemala, (o run Iter fath-
er's chicle plantation. Barry
Fielding, milling engineer in
search of a quicksilver mine
operated by the Quiche Ind-
ails, has tried many times to
dissuade her. At Puerto Bar-
rios, Allison introduces Barry
to Renaldo, her father's attor-
ney. lienaldo also warns Al-
lison of the grave dangers she
will face on the plantation and
promises to do all he can to
help Barry.
Hi * *
TOO DANGEROUS
'CHAPTER VII
The stunned confusion on Al-
lison's face sent Barry into
howls of laughter. She ignored
him, her wide violet eyes fixed
on the imperturbable face of the
Spaniard.
"What do you moan, 'A train
of mules'?" she demanded. "Do
you have mules pulling car-
riages Or something?"
Barry laughed louder. Even
I'.enaldo's thin dark lips Strug-
gird with a smile. "No, Miss
'lopping." he said gently. "The
mult"-; carry the luggage—and
the passengers." *
Ai>. delicate chin lifted
Ir I'-'rhv "That's ridiculous,"
ilK d. "There's a train. I
i hall go on that."
xchanged a helpless
U'lli Renaldo. "Do that,"
1 : ! i * t choking voice. "Tip
il cr and smile at him. I
In ' I turn off the tracks
; : • ! i >.' you just, where you
w ; ;•«. in the jungle. Or may-
mid transfer to a sub-
■ vc him a wide, mirth-
1 .Me. "Are you kidding?"
Her voice was flat and
a iim N frightened.
"I've been trying to tell you
l'or five days I'm not kidding,"
Barry loaned. "Of course you
can go nut on that fever hunt,
1 ut you'd better stay right here
The waiter brought them more
coffee and they sat on in the
thatch-covered veranda lazily
watching the few small boats on
the glistening blue water, while
the sun rose higher in the sky
and the heat poured down in
heavy, moist waves. Small beads
of perspiration formed across
the girl's wide forehead beneath
the brim of her hat. She wiped
them away furtively and smiled
when Barry caught her.
"Aren't you going to tell me
;t's hot?" she jeered.
Barry grinned at her cheerful-
ly. "I am not," he retorted. "I've
turned you over to Renaldo bag
and baggage. I've an idea I've
been handling you all wrong any-
way. I'll bet you came down
here in the first place because
someone dared you to."
A secret smile twitched the
corners of her mouth. "Maybe,"
she murmured. "After all, an
owner has a right to manage
his own plantation ..."
"Oh. It was Renaldo's letters
then. He wrote you not to
come."
"Well, practically."
"Renaldo is a smart man. I'll
bet he's an efficient one."
"He's pretty too," said the
girl with a mutinous laugh. ".Just
the same I have a life to live.
And if I want to—"
"Throw it away," Barry cut
in dryly, "it's yours. Go ahead.
Nobody's stopping you."
A fat little man in soiled white
ducks waddled up the hill to
tell them their rooms were
ready. They followed him down
to the hotel and parted at their
different doors.
An hour later they met on the
veranda to stroll back up to the
-mall restaurant for lunch. They
bad both had showers and a
change of clothes and for a few
minutes they felt fresh, almost
cool. The very young* naked na-
tive population clustered around
therm, staring at Allison with
round, dazed eyes, at the daint-
iness of her sheer blue cotton
frock, at the wide leghorn hat
that framed as it, shaded the del-
icate oval of her face.
"Well," Barry thought hum-
oi ously, "she's dazzled keener
minds than theirs." Now that he
had found she was in capable
hands, she was no longer the
irritating responsibility she had
been on the boat. He was content
to drop' his own problems for
the moment and concentrate on
the remarkable prank of fate
that had put hi mi in this tropic
village with one of the big city's
glamor dolls for a single after-
noon.
"What do you want for
lunch-?" he said. "You'll get tor-
tillas."
"You make life so easy." She
i turned the full battery of her
I blue orbs on him in mock ador-
ation.
* * *
They settled down into the
bamboo chairs again and the
waiter hurried out. From his
stuttered explanations, they
found that the thoughtful hand
of Renaldo had been in the
luncheon preparations. He
brought on plates of soup, then
chicken, rice and hot red pep.-
ers, and finally bowls of fruit,
mangoes, bananas, pineapple.
When the slanting rays of sun
had lost their violence, they
took a walk around the town.
They peered into closed steam-
ship offices and watched the lit-
tle locomotive wheeze away
from the small station bunga-
low. Allison brought her camera
and took pictures of the slender
coconut palms that leaned
against the boardwalk, and the
pelicans preeijing their plumage
with heavy beaks. She scream-
ed with delight at two parrots
lumbering stodgily across the
sand before the walk.
It was sunset before they
turned back. On the hotel veran-
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Be Investigated
CHICAGO, April 10 — (UP) —
Judge Rudolph Desort said to-
day he would investigate for
possible fraud, the quick-divorce
obtained by patent medicine
heiress Merry Fahrney who
married a Swedish waiter so
she could use his passport to
leave the country.
Superior court records disclo-
sed yesterday that Miss Fahr-
ney had been granted the div-
orce from Nils Curt Holm, Swe-
dish born waiter, by Desort here
Nov. 25, 1941, 11 days after
Holm became her fifth husband
at Cherww, S. C.
Desort, recalling the case, said
it had seemed routine divorce
procedure at the time. He said
he would re-examine the circum-
stances and take "appropriate le-
gal action" if fraud is discover-
ed.
Miss Fahrney. at Buenos Air-
es, has asserted she married
Holm when the U. S. state de-
partment denied her a passport
because of her friendship with
Merbert von Stempel, former
German embassy attache at
Washington, and her professed
Nazi leanings.
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Courthouse News
Five real estate transfers, filed
recently with County Clerk L.
W. Scott, total $1,744. Largest
cf the transactions was the sale
of the L. N. Penn property for
$1,200 to O. E. l-lttey. The resi-
dence is in block 42 of the orig-
rml town.
Others include .T. C. Long to
M. C. Slater, $150, lot 8 in block
3, Highland addition; Burton-
Lingo company to Ralph and
Tennie Walker" $110, lot block
37, Bradford addition; City of
Sweetwater to Mrs. Simon
O'Keefe, $10. lot 19 in block 104
cemetery; George W. Willis to
R. L. Howe, $424, lot 2 in block
47, Southern and Western ad-
dition.
da in ihe rose haze of the tropic
evening Renaldo was smoking
an evening pipe.
"Did you have an enjoyable
day?" he greeted them.
"Not bad at all. Did you find
that guide for me?" Barry ask-
ed.
Renaldo was polishing his fin-
gernails with the small chamois.!
He frowned.
"I am sorry to say I did not,"
he said.
Barry .stared at him. "But 1
thought you were sure."
Renaldo turned troubled eyes
on him. "Somehow," he said
with slow emphasis, "the word
lias gotten out where you are
going. These guides are not fond
cf trespassing into Quiche terri-
tory. I offered them fabulous
sums."
"But how could it have got-
ten out?" puzzled Barry.
Allison was fanning herself
with her wide hat. "Are you
having trouble?" she inquired
sweetly.
Barry whirled on her in sud-
den suspicion. She laughed at
his accusing anger. "I didn't!"
she cried. "That was a trick I
missed."
"The only thing 1 could sug-
gest," said Renaldo decisively,"
"is for you to go with us into
the plantation and take some
guides I have there, whom I
know will go. If not, I'll go with
you myself."
Barry stood glaring in indeci-
sion. " A long way around," he
objected. "But if it's the only
way— It's decent of you."
Allison's mocking chuckles
went on.
(To Be Continued)
(Cintinued from page 3)
rationing certificates.
Farmers now are required to
apply only to their local ration-
ing boards to obtain sufficient
tires for farm use. The local
boards have been 'advised by
OPA that substantial district,
gdate anil regional reserves
have been established to provide
for needs. Also, a national res-
erve will be maintained to in-
crease field office supplies of
this type tire.
The principal reason behind
the move which frees' recapping
with reclaimed rubber from ra-
tioning restrictions was the de-
sire to have farmers recap their
tires in time to prevent total
loss of worn tire carfings. As a
move to conserve rubber, repla-
cements will not toe Issued for
tires that can be recapped.
Previously, recapping of rear
wheel tractor tires was not re-
quired and replacements were
granted even though the tires
to be replaced were suitable for
recapping.
Tractor and implement tires
will now be recapped with Grade
F camel back, which contains
no crude rubber.
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MULLINS
(iGintinued from page 3)
Bill has been fortunate with
get. quickly any vital parts for
customers of the city or farm.
He has been assisted in the store
by his son, W. M.. jr., and Lois
Rogge, secretary.
The great shelves of auto,
truck and tractor parts at Auto
Parts Co. store are reassuring
to all trying to operate their
vehicles in a period when res-
trictions are so numerous. Mul-
lins knows what his thousands
of customers want, and his
stock has been kept up to date
in order that they might have
a wide choice without costly de-
lays.
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CARTER
(Cintinued from page 3)
of caring for need« of many
more householders.
Carter has accepted the res-
ponsibility in a wartime Sweet-
. water; and is Vnaintaining the
high type of work that has char-
acterized Carter's Service for
many years. Heating and plumb-
ing, contracting and general
maintenance work have been
carried on continuously by the
service for 32 years, and even
the rush and need of wartime
have not made Carters deviate
from thorough work and indiv-
idual service .
The address is 111 Pecan and
phone number 2373.
FLEXFORM—
(Cintinued from page 3)
to short. Even biased cut gar-
ments are effectively restored
to their lines by the machines
which can be adjusted to mil-
lions of measurements by the
many devices it possesses.
There is no guess work on the
garments entrusted to Dunlaps,
and the cleaning establishment
invites Nolan people and other
West Texans to make use of
this latest in cleaning mechan-
ism.
Dunlap Cleaners. "Preferred
for Fine Quality Cleaning." is at
314 Oak Street, and can be rea-
ched by telephoning 2312.
Navy CaHs Unflo
Brown As Cadet
Lingo Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Brown, who enlls^d
while a student of North Texas
Slate Agriculture college, Arling-
ton, in V-5 as a naval aviation
cadet, has received call to ser-
vice. He will report today fn
Dallas and be assigned to pre-
paratory school at the Univer-
sity of Texas.
Lingo is a 1942 graduate of
Newman high school, and at the
time he received his call he '•s
employed in the Oakland, CalTf.,
shipyards. •
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SWEETWATER
(Cintinued from page 3)
vice expressed belief that the
opportunity of sending flowers
helped their own morale, and
that of the folks at home, too.
To an already famous slojmn
can be added two words "Say
It With Flowers — for Morale."
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7:1.1—Wuko up and Live
7:.V>—News
8:00—Top of the Morning
8:15—Symphonic Moods
9:30—Devotional 0
8:45—Shall We Walt/.
—Freddie Martin Oreh.
0:15—.Music in the Air
—Riding the Range
0:15—Music Salon
10:00—News #
10:05—Listen, You'll Like It.
lli::itt—Nolan Co, Health Unit
10:45—.lust Relax
11:00—Cats N' .Niminers
11:15—Novatime
lf:30—Tommy Dirsey Orch. •
11:45—Hymns You Love
12:00—News
12:10—Song Parade
12:15—Melody Milk
12:30—.Something to Crow
About 9
12:45—Your Exchange
1:0.0—Down on the Farm
1:30—Bunk house .lamhorce
1:45—Reflections in Rhythm
2:00—Request llour
3:00—News 9
3:15—Marching to Music.
3:30—I'nc.'e Sam
3:45—Tropical Moods
4:00—Church in the Wildwood
4:15—For Dancers Only
4:30—Ring Crosby ®
4:45—Cascades of Melody
5:00—Modern .Melodies
5:15—Rhythm Club
5:45—Aloha I<and
0:00—Supper Dance Time
O:!."—News 9
0:30—I'into Pete
0:15—Sj)o> is Pnrade
7:00—Music Salon
7:15—Music Study Club
7::t0—Variety Hour
7:45—Treasury Star Parade®'
8:00—Let's Dance
THOMAS SLAYDEN, M. D.
General Office Practice
Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat*
Glasses Fitted
Office: 20ft Levy Bldg.
Office Phone: 450—Res, 449
CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS
Will correct the cause of Colds, Influenza and other Bodily
Ailments. To help yon regain or retain good Health we use:.
Chiropractic Adjustments, Electric Treatments, Colon Ther-^
apy, Diet and X-ra,v.
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where they sat. Beyond
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high grci wall of the jungle .
closed in. Indians, dogs, pigs, |
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in dirty, noisy Confusion. Vul-
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hot sky.
"I don't thiyk I'd like it
there," lie said stubbornly.
"You'll think it's heaven after
a few flays in the jungle," Barry
retorted.
She shrugged. "Who knows?"
Barry gave it up. With an im-
patient shrug, he said to Ren-
aldo, "I wish you luck with her."
Renaldo rose with a troubled
smile. "Thank you," he said to
Barry. ".Vow if you will excuse
ire, I have many things to ar-
range before we can begin our
journey. I will first have your
luggag. carried to your rooms.
You will have no other worry.
Make your, elves comfortable
until tomorrow"
* * *
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gone hi t11, white-suited fig-
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