Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 102, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 25, 1943 Page: 2 of 16
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i(K IN PLAY
NEW YORK, April 24—(UP)—
—The disciples of slam, sadden-
ed by a plethora of singles and
•hut-outs in the opening days
of the major league season,
brightened today as they con-
templated the return of the
"jack-rabbit ball" promised by
'A. G. Spalding and company
manufacturers.
Before Spalding acknowledg-
ed that the new Balata ball was
inferior because of an unsatis-
factory cement, decline of the
extra-base hit was assuming
alarming proportions.
Even as the company was
making its confession, the Phil-
adelphia Athletes were hanging
up the eighth shut-out in 12
games to date in the majors by
blanking the Boston Red S6x,
5-0, in Friday's only game.
*****
Mrs. 1- H. Brannon and dau-
ghter, Mrs. H. L. WalKer, mui-
or. and Jim Smiley, who is re-
covering from a major opera-
tion.
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Cpl. James Campbell Owen.
stationed in Chanute Field, III..
only recently received a promo-
tion in rank and has been trans-
ferred to Detroit, Mich.
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SAFE l\ MIDDLE E-YST
Mrs. W. R. Owen a a,-; receiv-
ed word from her son. W. R. ( n .
(Dub) Owen, Pfc., of the U. S. f jjyj'||Q|Q I^TOJGCfS
Engineer On Two
Army Ait-
Force. of his safety f
in the Middle East. Dub has j
been overseas for many months
in Northern Africa. He said
things "over here look good
now.''
VFW Inspector
Coming Today
Deputy Inspector J. T. Eggen
from the state department of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
will meet with officers and
members of Post 2479 at 9:30
this morning in the grill room
of the Bankhead cafe.
All veterans havine a cam-
paign badge are urged to attend
and are invited 10 apply lor
membership in the VFW.
"Building up the servicemen's
organizations is the least the
veterans can do now so the boys
who will eventually take over
can carry on this great work in
co-operation with the federal
and state governments in hospit-
alization, rehabilitation and Am-
ericanization work," post off'ic
ers have urged.
Details of the organization
and plans can be obtained by
calling R. E. Amos at 2290.
TWO BECOME CORPORALS
A recent announcement from
the office of Col. Robert W.
Warren, commanding officer of
the Big Spring Bombariiiet
School, "tells of the promotion
of two Sweetwater men both to
corporal. Pfc. Ansel E. Brown,
whose wife and parents. Mr. and
Mrs. John Brown, live in Sweet-
water. was knife operator for
U. S. Gypsum company. A bro-
ther, First I>t. J. B. Brown, also
is in the air service.
Pvt. Eurcy F. McClain, whose
wife lives at 1110 E. 13th St. in
Sweetwater, attended Roscoe
high school at Roscoe, and for
two years was instructor of ihe
Roscoe Municipal band lie was
employed at the Sweetwtrter
postoffice before enlistment,
and is a member of Eastern Star
and AF&AM. As members of
the 816th Bombardier Training
Squadron at Big Spring the two
men help "keep 'em flying."
HOSPITAL PAIENTH
Patients at the Sweetwater
hospital this weekend include
Mrs. George Bury, medical. Dis-
missed were Mrs. W. H. Butler,
medical, Jack McGuire, Sylves-
ter, Mrs. Joe Robbins. minor,
"Mrs. Sam Kouri and daughter,
Specializing In
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Catalog preparation, direct mail or journal advertising. Recog-
nized by The Cattleman. The Hereford Journal. Coastal Cat
tleman. Western Livestock and others. Write now for fees and
appointment schedule. A trained staff offering a complete
advertising service to stockmen.
HENRY C. (HANK) JONES
-rJONES- OF TEXAS
608 Mims Bldg. ABILENE
Phone 8733
W. O. Leach, contracting engi-
neer of Coleman, formerly of
Sweetwater, is resident engineer
on the Coleman and Stamford
airport enlargement projects.
The field extensions have
Tv>en underway for sometime.
Leach is representing the De-
tense corporation in the work.
He is son of Mrs. S. N. Leach,
county treasurer.
Germans Whipped
In Caucasus Area
MOSCOW. April 21—(UP) —
The Germans apparently have
abandoned their offensive in
the northwest Caucasus after
having been "bled white" by
losses in futile attempts to en-
large the Axis bridgehead the
Soviets announced today.
The mid-day communique re-
ported that the enemy "launch-
ed no further active operations"
on the Kuban front and said that
his nearly fortnight-long at-
tacks had cost him heavily in
both manpower and equipment.
On yesterday alone, 500 German
soldiers were killed and 12 tanks
destroyed.
In the last few days, Soviet
pilots have shot down 36 Ger-
man planes over the Kuban
area.
Up For Debate
AUSTIN, Tex., April 24 —
(UP)—An attempt to get repre-
sentatives to reject senate amen-
dments placing a $1,900,000 a
month ceiling on old age pen-
sion payments will be made
when the bill comes back to
the house next week, members
predicted today.
As passed by the house, the
bill removed the $1,750,000 a
month ceiling that exists under
the present law. Not only did
the senate amend the bill to
specify a $1,900,000 ceiling but
it provided also that no other
funds, except federal matching,
could be used for pension pay-
ments.
The chiropractic bill, which
the senate had reached when it
adjourned over the weekend,
will automatically go over un-
til. next Wednesday for further
consideration. The house-passed
rural school appropriation is al
so expected to be up Wednes-
day. The bill to adopt a multi-
ple list of school textbooks from
which individual districts njay
make a choice has been set as
special senate business for
Tuesday.
Monday will begin the final
two weeks of bill passing. The
session will not end until noon
Tuesday, May 11, but no bills
J can be passed in the final 24
! hours.
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Finns Worried
When U. S. Envoys
Leave Helsinki
And Three
WASHINGTON, April 24 —
(UP)—An apparent turn for the
worse in Finnish-American pen-
insula may play an important
part in allied spring offensive
plans.
The United States has moved
almost all of its legation staff
from Helsinki to Stockholm.
That was revealed to the world
by the Berlin radio, and confirm-
_ p ed later by the state department
rAFfW rirfllisn only on questioning.
jCll y Officials described the move
as only "an administrative mea-
sure." But Finnish circles were
worried.
The exact number of diplo-
mats involved was not revealed
DALLAS. Tex. April 24 — j but apparently all military at-
(IJP)—Missing two and a half! 'aches, comprising the bulk of
months, a fifth ferrying group |'"e legation staff, have moved,
plane and the bodies of its three! T|iere were five military and
occupants have been found j nava^ attaches in Finland.
crashed in the Blue Ridge moun- 7— y -
tains near Princeton, W. Va., the \ '{Altl \V EIJj IN EGYPT
Ferry group's public relations of-1 ''vt Paul Bardwell, son of
five has announced. ' and Mrs. Bob Bardwell.
A pilot of the civil air patrol j erving overseas with the mech-
>potted the wreckage of the me-; nical air force, has written his
dium bomber yesterday. It had parents, that he has been in
disappeared Feb. 7 after taking; 'airo. Egypt, on a visit.
off from Nashville. Tenn., for v
undisclosed destination.
Dead were Lt. James B. Hous-i
ton. former Dallasite whose wife i
lives at 1513 Park Ave.. Omaha, j
Neb.: Lt. Joe J. Hays, 2729 Por-
ter. El Paso, Tex., and Pvt. !
Fiank Rahozka, South Hamlin
St., Chicago.
I AlvE RATION STAMP
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April 2)
— (UP)—Federal officials were
on the lookout today for the cir-
culator of counterfeit meat ra-
tion stamps which were discov-
ered by a Kansas City, Kan.,
butcher vesterdav.
In Loval Support
Of Our
FIGHTING
2 p. m. and
8 p.m.
April is the month of (he Second War Loan drive Tin
is our opportunity t.o prove lhat we mean whit
say, when we want the war to be over as quickly as
possible The only wa> ihe war can be won quickly 1
to give our men the guns, tank and planes they need
right now. Good intentions are meaningles- unle-
translated into direct action. We have pledged out
serves to remind as many as we can to buy more war-
bonds and stamps now!
SO. EAST Ol
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Instructive
musing
Elephants
Play
Baseball
fhrilling
WAR BONDS Asirj STAMPS
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D0f. AND PONY SHOW,
EXCITING Will) WEST,
A r.RFAT HORSE FAIR,
TRAINED ANIMAL SHOW,
THREE RING EXHIBITION.
Easter imprints its loveliness on wartime Sweetwater and
springtime makes a bow to the tune of 96-degree weather to com-
plete the scene . . . where every little bud is bursting forth
in a bird twittering word—and more youthful faces join the march
toward victory as the world unrolls like a map to doughboys . . .
and in every spot there is a Sweetwater uniform, meeting men
of many flags but all with a sing's purpose—freedom.
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\11 out for copper was the Saturday cry in Sweetwater ....
and tin is where you find it—if it's in the alley or on the pantry
shelf . . . Are you harboring a Flying Fortress in your cupboard.'
Almost enough tin is lying around the backyard alley, along
vacant lots in garbage cans to make three mighty giants of the
sky and maybe the very can of corn you emptied last night will
be needed to complete a tiny spot on the innards of another bat-
tleplane of the air hats off to Mrs. L. D. Terry, Mrs. Elsie
Gilkerson and Demp Kearney and troops of Scouts for heaping
the truck high with "copper."
♦ * *
The bells are ringing—for Lt. B. C. Henry and his gal pretty
Dora Lee Lewis—and they're wedding bells to chime at 4 p. m.,
today . . . Join the USAAF glider service and learn to spot an
airplane in one-hundred of a second . . . that's Staff Sergeant
Jimmy Leach's newest accomplishment as he nears his goal-
graduation—at Lubbock. Harrel Jobe has traded his tennis racket
for a suitacase—and is sure he's going places in the naval aii
corps—now that he's being "shipped" from Athens, Ga. . . . Rat-
tles soon to be added to the USO Texas room collection will be
highly interesting since John Perry, a "cowhand" on the Silver
Spur ranch killed the five-footer at the branding pens—while his
wife, lone counted 12 rattles ... all big 'uns.
* * *
What? No handlebar mustaches in Sweetwater? Lots of talk
about razor blades being rationed, but not a single evidence, so
far. Reuben, Reuben, we've been thinkin' ... If all the straight
"A's" Raymond Ferguson has made since he was a tot in the
elementary schools were put along in a straight line, they d go
places—like he's headin' for—and liside from his ABC's, he trum-
pets the sweet jive, the,baby-talk songs, like "Three Little Fishes",
or the Mad Scene from Lucia with the greatest of technique—
this brown-eyed senior of Sweetwater high. Whether it's blue-
bonnets to please the eye—or large, red, luscious strawberries
to tempt the taste, Dr. Paul T. Quast is a leader at growing the
unusual in Sweetwater.
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Distinction comes to Paul Lister, 21. Sweetwater's lone sub-
marine volunteer . . . who's a pharmacist's mate, 2d class, and
wears the eerie dolphin insignia to prove st ... as he roves
the ocean deep with the fleet of underseas fighters . . . An orchid
to Floy Tansil for her "Flowering Quince" which is equally as
beautiful and topped first place at the Coleman exhibit where
original oils met approval of Sixth District federation club women
. . . judges, wearing the uniform of the U. S. army, heaped honors
on Sweetwater women—selecting Mrs. Tansil's and Mrs. J. P.
Boyd's entry to travel to the state display . . . Lois Shaw, a profes-
sional, came in for much mention for her oils.
* * *
Question: Do bluebonnets grow in Colorado as its native colum-
bines do here? Answer: Betcha no . . . not the way the pastel
sprays holding long tassled blossoms nod at the gardens of the
Lang Aycocks and A. S. Mauzey's ... A gay eyeful—the red,
red roses that climb that trellis at the M. L. Hubbards, and Lennie
F. Nichols . . Bluebonnets with bluer than ever petals chase
blues away at one glance at the City park, at Mrs. H. C. Scotts
and at the L. J. Rays . . . Clunks of iris rim and border, hedge
and trim Sweetwater landscape like orchids in the depth of the
jungles for a glorious early springtime . . .
* * *
Beneath the old apple, tree in the orchard hammocks cute
blonde Austin Newman Davis with granny and grandpap Midge
and Mose Newman keeping company as he watches with glee
the "pixies" in the pool rimmed with blossoming plants. Bow
of the week to Leon'Butler for that overgrown garden—tallest
and greenest in town and goal to go . . . lookout there'll be feud-
ing going on with the pair across the street (Hayes Walker and
Shelby Schooler) if they don't soon cross the 50-yard line—But
this thing's gotta be done on a good neighbor basis—which all
the same they're doing—with all eyes of Sweetwater upon them.
And if anyone doubts that raising leafy vegetables doesn't press
on the hard working valve take a gander at the workaways in all
yards along about the same time . . . efenings . . . and note that
look of exhaustion on their faces.
* * *
Joining the swarms of Sea Bees was T. O. Neiil's idea to serve
his country—and a spanking good thought—but no better than
his wife's. May McEJroy Neill pulled on her levis and topped
her curls with a sombrero and went to work measuring Nolan
County fields for cotton acreage—a man size job for a gal of many-
talents—makes kitchen police duties seem like softies ... as
she tromps down fresh plowed sod . . No tourist ever had a more
perfect sun tan after streaking off to California or Florida than
pretty Bettye Brown, home on Easter leave from Incarnate
Word . and speaking of wanderlust—this year those itching
feet will be following the plow or weeding the Victory garden
... in a land army set up. 1
* * *
" Cot t 0 n " Moilingsworth,
"Red" Dyer, Fred Scudday,
"ReT' Sheridan of the old Al
ma Mater — Sweetwater Hi —
hitting town along about East-
er and Sweetwater is extra
proud of their standards on land.
j air and sea, touching spots on ]
i the world map much too remote
I to go by unnoticed
Health Nurse Leads
Demonstration On
Artificial Aid
The Divide Home Demonstra-
tion club met April 16 in the
home economics room of the
school for a program on First
Aid.
Frances Guy, Sweetwater-No-
lan county health nurse led the
demonstration on applying arti-
ficial respiration. She talked of
the causes of death and injury
in the home and their preventa-
tives. She said main cause of ac-
cidents were resulting from
burns, firearms, poisons, cuy.
drownings and shocks.
'Members' present were Mrs.
Willie Perry, Mrs. G. W. Mc-
Clain, Mrs. Jess Oliver. Mrs. Gar-
land Storey, Mrs. R. H. Living-
ston. Guests were Miss Guy, Mrs.
Carter, Mrs. Jack Davison, the
10th grade home economics
class and Mrs. George, the tea-
cher.
* * *
Burnt Cork, 7 Come IL
Choice For Derby
HOLLYWOOD, April 24—
(UP)—Burnt Cork was 20
to 1 in the Kentucky Derby
' future books today, but orw%
Central and Lennox Ave-V
nues he was strictly seven-
come-eleven.
The Cork is the derby en-
try of Edward Anderson,
who learned about animals«|
shepherding a bear named-*
"Carmichael" on Jack Ben-
ny's radio program. Ander-
son answers to "Rochester"
when Benny calls.
"I play Mr. Benny's man* -|
of-all-work," says Roches- I
ter, "and if Burnt Cork does-
not win this race, I may
have to fall back on that ex-
perience.' When Rochester
gets all his bets down, those-.
20-1 odds are going to be avv
whole lot shorter.
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AVENGER
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serted to have taken place.
Prince took the stand Friday
after cross-examination of R. E.
Olin, Plosser and Prince busi-
ness manager, had been termi-
nated.
He mi id Nelson had esti-
mated the Avenger construc-
tion costs at $290,847, and
asked 10 per cent for him-
self. He testified he told him
7 per cent was what lie
should get, and added that
Nelson agreed to it when in-
formed that was what oth-
er contractors were getting.
The sum of $4,113.88 withdrawn
from the Texas Bank and Trust
Co., Sweetwater, figured in tes-
timony Friday. The question
was on whether the money was
paid to Nelson.
Clayton Williams from tne
bank testified 84,113 was paid
in cash on July 7 to Plosser and
Frince from their account at
tlie bank. A check for* that
amount was introduced as evi-
dence.
Williams testified that Plos-
ser and Prince funds were used
three times to keep Nelson's
account from being overdrawn.
Payments to Plosser and Prince
from Nelson on occasions were
cited as repayments on the
loans.
Olin testified on entries in fin-
ancial records.
WINS FOR AGGIjJS
COLLEGE STATION, Tex..
Apr. 24—(UP)—Lefty John**
ny Shuford still rates the
top spot on the Texas Aggie
baseball roster. The diminu-
tive southpaw hurler check-
mated the Laporte coast*,
guard team yesterday and*
scored the run that gave the
Cadets a 1-0 victory.
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Wednesday Safeway
Receipts Going To
Purchase War Bonds
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L. A. Warren, president. Safe-
way Stores. Inc.. announced \£>
day that the entire sales of trre
Safeway organization on next.
Wednesday, April 28 would be
used for the purchase of War
Bonds. G. A. Swaim, chairman
of Nolan county. Second W,a"
l Loan committee, at once oxores-
sed his pleasure and said: "Coin-
ing just as we enter the final
week of this all important cam-
paign. this is a grand idea that
should go a long way toward
helping us reach our quota.
Here is a plan that will give
everyone a chance to add their
dollars to the war effort."
Tom Marsh, local Safeway
manager said, we are maki*j
nreparations for the biggest sale
in our history, because every-
body eats an everybody wants
to do all thev can to raise our
quota, and this plan is one that
will get both ions none. %
MAKE TIRE REPAIRS NOW!
"Keep 'Em Rolling"
Help win the war by driving your car carefully and
safely. Keep your tires properly inflated. Have them
inspected regularly. See cur big stock of tires.
* OFFICIAL *
BRING US YOUR CERTIFICATES
See Us For
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Grade >1 or Second Hand Tires.
Shook Tire Co.
Corner Elm and Itroailu ay Telephone 021
Authorized Tire Inspectors for Nolan County
Rationing Itoard
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all wear
intr different rank insignias —
but with one unanimous signif-
iealie—peace on earth . Twas
a perfect birthday for Rena
! Catching, newest grandmom in
| town . when she and George j
; Catching had the news — a'
, grandson and already she's
| planning double celebrations for
I all those good days ahead . . .
! with Hit by and l.t, .limmie Dee
: along as pop and mom ....
1 There's a real treat in store for
Leonard Weaver if .lane Heal
has her way -Jane, visiting on
the Weavers patio recently, took
things in her bands about good-
ies -and went home to announ-
ce: "Kozelle.T want you to cook
Leonard a cake." Not hinting
are you Lennie?
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