Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 146, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 16, 1943 Page: 4 of 6
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Great is truth, and mighty above all things.—I Esdras.
Yeh, But-?
Showdown inevitable
By 8. Burton Heath
John L. Lewis has been forced to back water in his
defiance of the United States of America. It may be that
an armistice will be signed without further hostilities,
other than verbal.
It will be unfortunate if we permit such a superficial
victory to throw us off guard, to divert us from the quest
for permanent machinery for handling such situations.
The United Nations can not win this war, even now,
unless this country sticks everlastingly to the job of pro-
duction. Our preponderance of material strength is too slight,
too tenous. to permit us to go back to business as usual. We
can not afford to have the coal mines shutting down for a
few days at a time whenever some bumptious man takes
the notion. We can not afford to have the production of
synthetic rubber, of ships, of planes, of tanks, of aviation
gasoline and munitions, subject to stoppage for any cause
whatever.
As soon as Lewis caved in, temporarily,. the thought
' was thrown out that we could forget anti-strike legisla-
tion, because everything had become rosy.
That is a short-sighted attitude. Tt was not merely Lewis'
defiance of "the government that made anti-strike legisla-
tion desirable. The coal situation merely dramatized the
need, which had existed before and will continue to exist.
* * *
Regardless of what Happens to Lewis and his series of
strikes against the security of the I'nited States, a show-
down has to come on the general question whether anybody
is entitled to let down our soldiers, sailors and marines who
depend upon the product of our factories.
One buck private, discussing the coal strike, sun-
marized the general sentiment thousands have express
ed:
"I've been thinking—what would they do if the Army
should strike? If we announced we would not go m
facing bullets for a month without any limit on work-
ing hours?"
What would we do? Probably shoot as many of the rebels
as possible and imprison the rest.
* * *
Is the work of the fighter mor£ important than that of
the men who make weapons without which the fighter
would be helpless?
Three strikes alone, in May, cost us 075,000 man-days
of production. If the lighters had taken 075,000 man-
days off in Tunisia and Attu, to strike for more pay
or shorter hours, where would the cause of democracy
be now?
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Folks who aren't letting the grass grow under their feet
are most likely to he in clover.
* * *
President Roosevelt makes it clear that if the enemy uses
gas they can expect to be "burned."
* * *
We can't understand chins on some people if exercise
really reduces.
* * *
The War Production Board has lifted restrictions on the
making of 100 per cent wool products. Suits us!
* * *
Women are taking men's places as life guards at baths
ing beaches. That means the "Help! Help!" will come from
the men folks.
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Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision; for
the day of tli* Lord is near in the valley of decision. —
.loci 3:14.
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It will be the little kids' luck for the spinach crop t.
be a whopper this year.
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14 Paradise
15 Grows old
16 Senior (abbr.)
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20 Mexican tree
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25 Beverages
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29 Courtyard
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SWEETWATER
DIARY
By Ruby Claire Bberle
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Mrs. C. O. Keys has returned
from a week's visit with rela-
tives at Bronte.
Mrs. Tubb and daughters,
Gwendolyn and Marjory are vis-
iting relatives at Frankston.
H. Bland, jr., and wife of Tay-
lor left on their honeymoon trip
to California after visiting L. A.
Eberle and family.
The graveling of the East Pike
where the grade has been rais-
ed and culverts installed to elim-
inate the had mudholes preval-
ent there will be finished next
week.
TEN YEARS AGO
The move "Make Sweetwater
Water Conscious" was started
bv the Lion's Club.
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SPAR cadets Leila Leverett, left. Eaton, Ga., and Helen Darland,
Los Angeles, of the U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London,
Conn., get kick out of trip aboard a "jeep of the deep," 83-foot
patrol boat.
The Rev. Irye L. Townsend,
pastor of the First Christian'
Church, left Tuesday afternoon
for Fort Worth, to attend a state
church convention.
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WOMEN WONT TALK
St-
rath vs DIAMOND
CHAPTER 'XII
Derek's funeral was held at
the village undertaker's. We
went, in two cars. Margaret and
Will Grady and his wife in the
limousine driven by the fault-
less John. Walter and Kathy and
I in the roadster, Walterdriv-
ing. Connie pleaded off with a
sick headache and went to bed
instead.
The services were short.
Margaret didn't cry at all. She
went up to the grave on Will's
arm and stood looking down at
the closed casket a long time,
and then she turned blindly
away.
A county car was parked in
the drive when we returned
home, and I saw some deputies
down in the ravine. They
ed to be searching for
thing.
BY RENE.RYERSON MART
COPYRIGHT* 1943, NEA SERVICE, INC.
money out and counted. It was the day we found Derek—when
in bills of $10 and $20; $500 in all. I she had almost run over Clint
Something was still lodged in I Mattison and me in the lower
a corner of the wallet. I shook hall. She must have been on her
it. A diamond ring came tumbl 1 way to the bank to get this mo-
ing into my la]}. A big square! ney for Derek. And Deputy
diamond in a platinum setting j Shaw must know it, too. That
that insolently caught the sun- was why he had asked her re-
light and flashed it back in | pea ted ly if she had stopped any
up i place in the village except at
\ the gas station . . . and why he
; had looked at her so peculiarly
' when she denied it.
The chief deputy was no fool.
it
streaks of fire. I picket
with clammy fingers.
It was Kathy's diamond!
* * *
It was true, then, what I had
guessed last night, I reflected
as I unfastened the pin at the
neck of my black sheer dress
and slipped the wallet down in
my bosom next to my skin.
I had known that the note
Shaw had found in Connie's room
and which led to her mistaken
seem- j confession, had been sent to Ka-
some-1 instead of Connie. Tht w§ts
the discovery I had made as- 1
He could put two and two to-
gether, and there was every
chance in the world that he
would add it up to four.
Well. 1 couldn't do anything
about Shaw, but I could call
Clint Mattison off.
Cl'ii lie Continued)
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\\ altei went upstairs immedi- j though: the situation over. Derek ,
ately to see how Connie was. j |U1(j written: "I'm in the old play ]
Kathy Margaret, Will and his caVe." That would ha/o mean- i
wife also disappeared upstairs. I ing „nly Kathy. It was Kathy
and I went into my study to wj10 |la(| played "there with him. j
wait impatiently until the nosy (<onnje would know nothing
police should leave. 1 had some-1 ah0Ut it
ni
thing to do and not much time
to do it in. for not even to save
my immortal soul would 1 have
gone into the woods again after
dark.
The police poked aWiund down
in the ravine and on the side
lawn for a long time. I watched
rom the study windows,
it dawned upon me that
ere looking for the gun—
l that had killed Derek,
le hair lifted along the
iv neck. If they found
there would probably
•prints on i>. And Shaw
I' us fingerprinted as a
routine.
dinner time he-
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officers gave up their
The spookiness or tht night
j l,i hire was gone as I crossed the
! ereek and hurried along the
| familiar wood path toward the
i Cottage. The un was si ill a cou-
| pie of hours high in the sky.
1 st.opp< i to reconnoitre when
I reached the place where I had
hurt my ankle. Yes, there was a
twisted tree root showing in the
center of the path. That was evi-
dently what I had stumbled on
in the dark.
I pushed my way determinedly
through the husincs < and made
narrowin;> circles" around the
place, hut I didn't see anything
to account for the light that had
been there la t night It looked
as if my curiosity was wasted,
and then just as I turned re-
luctantly to go hack to the path
my eye was caught by a metal-
lic gleam where one of the long
shaft of sunlight pierced a thick
clump of the berry briers.
I walked over to the bushes
antl there was a spade stuck
down in them for concealment.
My blood pressure mounted. I
pulled the spade out, getting my
hand scratched in the process,
and looked the groifnd over
again.
I saw a place close to the fall-
en tree where it looked as if the
leaf mold had been recent ly
loosened.
The way I dug would have
been a revelation to a WPA man,
and suddenly a small brown
packet came flying out with the
dirt. t
II was a mans wallet. There
was worn letter on the flap. "D
O ." and inside a thick sheaf of
fresh unncreased bills, the kind
the bank gives you. I look the
Then I had spent the rest of
I the night wondering when antl
j how Connie had come into pos-
session of the note. If Connie had
intercepted the note , before 'it
i reached Kathy there was the
| probability that Kathy knew no-
! thing about Derek hiding in the
! ravine. But I knew now that
: was out. Kathy had seen Derek
She had given him the money
Sand her ring. As to why somebo-
: dy had later removed these val-
I uables from Derek's hotly and
I hidden them In the woods, I
hadn't the foggiest notion.
Aside from that mysterious
angle, the -facts as I knew or
could reasonably guess them
began to fall into a logical se-
quence of events. Connie had
learned somehow about the note
from Derek, and she had decid-
■ ed t.o see him herself and send
: him away before he could cause
another family scandal. That
explained the bitter quarrel be-
| I.ween the girls.
And now I could guess, too,
| where Ki thy had been going
thai morning—the morning of
Saturday reached a new rec-
ord for the total loan of books
at the Sweetwater Public Libra-
ry when they issued 347 books
to readers from the library.
Jim Cook, old-time Indian figh-
ter, trail driver, and Texas Ran-
ger spoke at the courthouse at
8 Tuesday evening.
Boy! A Nickel Goes A Long, Long Way—
To War Fronts In Legion Milk Bottle
FIVE YEARS AGO
Miss Bettie Simmons, presi-
dent, was in charge of the Mon-
day evening meeting of the
Young Woman's League in the
city courtroom.
Mrs. Bolton Head, chairman of
the finance committee, and Mrs.
Bernice Herring, secretary made
reports.
The officers elected were: Miss
Bettie Simmons, president; Mrs.
Bolton Head, vice president; Mrs.
Bill Cole, treasurer; antl Mrs.
S. S. Shultz, corresponding sec-
retary.
Abilene. Sweetwater, and Stam-
ford district were represented
at the meeting of the children's
workers of the First Methodist
church.
- DOUGLAS TRANSPORT
Four-engine, passenger and cargo
transport with interior hoist for
jloading purposes. Carries 42 per-
sons, or 54 hospital litters, or light
tank, or heavy truck. Cargo ca-
pacity is 14,000 lbs. Makes over
250 m.p.h., with 24,000 ft. ceil-
ing and 2540 mi. range.
C-47 Sky train R4D1
fcOUGLAS TRANSPORT
Twin engine 15-ton transport
with large, low door for loading
of cargo, metal floor, and rein-
forced landing gear. The Skytrain
will carry 28 fully equipped
troops, or 2 jeeps, or 3 boxed air-
plane engines. Hits 230 m.p.h.,
has 23,200 ft. ceiling, and range
can be extended to 3000 mil.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Scott, 300
West Alabama, announced the
birth at 9:45 o'clock Sunday
night, June 12, of a daughter at
the Sweetwater hospital.
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Marine Recruiting
Open To Youths 17
Recruiting officers at Lub-
bock, Texas, inform us that the
U. S. Marine Corps is now op-
en to 17 year old young men.
Those making application
should do so either by writing j
or calling at the Lubbock Re-
cruiting station in person. This
opportunity to join tne greatest
fighting force of any service in
the world is open for a limited
time only.
The. Corps is also open to
women between the ages of 20
and 50. Women join the Marine I
Corps Women's Reserve and !
free Marines to fight. For fur- |
ther information write or call
in person at the Marine Corps I
Recruiting Office. Lubbock, Tex- -
as.
KILLED IHYING
DALLAS, Texas, June 16 •—
(UP) — Pvt. Frank De Rose
of New" York City, a soldier sta-
tioned at Camp Bowie. Brown-
wood, wras injured fatally last
night when he dived into shal-
low water at a city swimming
pool here and broke his neck.
The Oscar McDonald post of
the American Legion is spon-
soring a campaign to send cig-
arets to boys antl men in the
armed forces overseas.
Bottles for collecting coins to
purchase the.cartons are placed
at the Club cafe, Williams cafe,
Armor's drug No. 1, L. and L.
cafe, courthouse, Levy Bros., .1.
C. Penney company, Texas Pub-
lic Utilities, Waffle Shop, and
Spooney's cafe, Roscoe State
Bank, Edd Dodds, Nyle Drug
Store in Roscoe.
This is everybody's chance to
do something personal for the
boys. On each carton will ap-
pear a Sweetwater sticker. The
manufacturer will send the cig-
arets in case lots of 50 cartons
antl 10 packages, about 10,000,
along with postcards for the boys
to return after receiving the cig-
arettes.
Every nickel dropped into a
bottle will mean that some boy
overseas will received a package
of cigarets and 50 cents will sent
a whole carton.
Delas Reeves, county judge,
will collect coins and send them
to manufacturer to purchase
the "smokes." In an army trans-
port base in Northern India a
soldier has written that a pack-
age of cigarets cost as high as
$(>. There's plenty of money out
there, but nothing to spend it
for.
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Virginia Long
Joins Summer
School Stall
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Miss Virginia Long has been
I elected to finish out the summer
session of school, succeeding
Miss Laura Sheridan, who re-a
signed.
Both are Sweetwater high
school faculty members.
There are about 00 < hildren
enrolled for the six weeks' term
where all high school grades are f"
! being taught. J. W. Holbert is
the other teacher. One credit is
given on the six weeks.
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"I'AltADE" S(.'SPENDS
AUSTIN, Texas, June 16 —
(UP) — Suspension for the du-
ration of "Texas Parade," a
magazine published by the Tex-
| as Good Roads Assocaition, as
| announced today by Charles E.
Simons, association executive 9
1 vice president.
GET READY
FOR INVASION!
We Have Just Received
A New Supply Of The
Complete
UNITED PRESS
WAR MAPS
Printed In Colors On Heavy Map Paper
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 146, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 16, 1943, newspaper, June 16, 1943; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282575/m1/4/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.