Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 181, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1943 Page: 6 of 8
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And sow why tarrieBt thou? Arise, and be baptized,
and wash away thy sina, calling on the name of the
Lord.—The Acts 22:16.
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He comes never late who comes repentant.—Juan De
Horozco.
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Rubber From Grain
Has Great Future
By 8. Burton Heath
Rubber Director William Jeffers believes that syn-
thetic rubber can compete against the natural guin with-
out babying or subsidization after the war. He thinks
that the price can be brought down to somewhere be-
tween 8 and 15 cents a pound.
Experts say that before the war the economic price level
for raw rubber was about 15 cents a pound—that is, that this
was the lowest average price for which crude gum could be
laid down in New York with some margin of profit.
* * *
After this war they doubt that crude rubber can be
sold here, consistently, as cheaply as 15 cents a pound. That
price rested on coolie wages. There is much doubt that the
coolies will consent to going back to a 25-cent-a-day wage
scale.
In that case. Mr. Jeffers' prediction becomes reason-
able. li is costing between 25 and 30 cents now to produce
a pound of synthetic. But we are just one year old as
commercial manufacturers of synthetic. We hardly have
begun. We aren't working with cost in mind. We need
rubber. We need it badly and we need it fast.
Even now, however, promising studies are In the pilot
plant stage. One, demonstrated to newsmen the other day
at Lawrenceburg, Ind., is the Schenley Distilleries' new me-
thod of making butadiene direct from grain without going
through alcohol. Butadiene is the key constituent of the
most useful type of synthetic rubber.
By eliminating several chemical intermediary stages, this
process is supposed to save grain, labor and equipment, all
of which together control almost completely the manufactur-
ing cost level.
The original discovery which makes this short-cut
possible was made at Iowa State College before this
war really in sight. Experiments in the effects of various
bacteria on grain found one which transformed it to buta-
nediol, which is much closer chemically to butadiene
than alcohol is. The U. S. regional research laboratory
at Peoria carried on from there, until the method was far
eoygh advanced so that Schenley's research director, Dr.
A. J. Liebman, was able to build a pilot plant and demon-
strate that it works.
In order university and governmental and industrial
laboratories attempts are under way to improve the tech-
nology of making synthetic rubber. Some of them aro promis-
ing already. Others may come through.
* * * ,
These •improveme te, plus the economies that finevitably
will flow from mass production, should justify Director Jef-
fers' confidence and make this country self-sufficient so far
as rubber is concerned.
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An educator says autos have had a bad effect on the
younger generation. Not to mention the effect the younger
generation has had on autos?
* * *
Some women should make better flyers than men. At
least they won't run out of gas as quickly.
* * *
A Washington man whose wife got a divorce was award-
ed a bathing suit from household effects, 'just in case he
wanted to take another plunge.
* * *
If all the pedestrians in U. S. were laid end to end, reck-
less drivers would have an easier job.
^ * * *
The Italians at Palermo were glad to yell "Uncle''—be-
cause it was Uncle Sam.
HEROIC AWARD
HORIZONTAL
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rubidium
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Personalities In The News
Mrs. R. L. Evans, Mrs. Claude
Hendricks, Betty Howard of
Roscoe, were among the Wed-
nesday busines visitors in
Sweetwater.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Nayfa had
as their guest this week Homer
W. Smith, petty officer, 1C, of
the U. S. Navy. He is stationed
at Norfolk, Va.
* * *
Joe Franks of Bronte was a
business visitor in Sweetwat-
er Wednesday afternoon.
* * *
Barbara Pat ton, daughter of
^1 r. and Mrs. Tom Patton of Ro-
tan, spent Wednesday afternoon
here shopping.
* * *
Mr. and Airs. Klnier Jordan of
Blackwell spent Wednesday
here on business.
* * *
Mrs. M. E. Mitchell contacted
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Leroy Grimsley, resid-
ents of Houston, who report
they were unharmed in the trop-
icarstorm that struck their city
and Galveston.
* * *
Among the Kotan residents
here Tuesday and Wednesday
were Brown Smith, Mrs. Tac
Nail and daughter, Marion, Mr.
and Mrs. Goforth and son,
George, and Mr. and Mrs. Pres-
ton Campbell.
♦ * *
l\li-s Ozzie Folkes, Fisher
county derronstration agent, Ro-
by, was a visitor in Sweetwat-
er Tuesday.
* * *
Dr. J. W. Reynolds, pioneer
doctor of Blackwell has purch-
ased the Hunt Drug store, a
long time concern of the town.
* * *
Mrs. F. V. Walker is leaving
this week for Orlando, Fla., to
spend a month with her son, Lt.
F. V. Walker, a test pilot with
the I S. army air force.
* * *
Mrs. George Yantis will return
tonight to her home in Abilene
after visiting here with her mo-
ther, Mrs. Annie Brock and sis-
ter, Laura Pittman. Mrs. Brock
has recently returned after
spending some time at the ranch
home of Mr. and Mrs. R R. Wil-
liams near Roscoe.
^ * * *
Mrs. Laura Pittman will re-
turn to her work at Catchings
after an absence from illness.
She received 20 days' treatment
for an infection of her ankle in
Roscoe huf pitnl.
* * *
) Mrs. I'earl iialleu and son,
Jerry Bob, moved this week to
Abilene. Mrs. Hallow has lived
here for three and half years,
being active in the First Baptist
church as personal service chair-
man of the Baptist asspciational
district, and chairman of the
Blanche Rose circle in the Wom-
en's Missionary Union. As a part-
ing gift she was presented with
Fostoria glassware from the
women.
* * *
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T. N. Collins, Maryneal ranch-
er, was in Sweetwater Tuesday
afternoon on business.
* * *
Mrs. Edna B. Yantis of Rotan
spent Tuesday afternoon here.
The R. T. Jones family of Rotan
also shopped here and attended
the revival.
* * *
Mrs. O. H. Berry of Hamlin
was among the visitors in town
Tuesday.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. ltavid Burrows
who operate a ranch south of
town were here Wednesday.
* * * 1
Mrs. George Thompson lias re-
^irned from Cisco where she
spent several weeks on account
of her health.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. O. Tj. Browning
and family have moved from
Abilene to Portland, Oregon,
where Mr. Browning is em-
ployed.
* * *
Mrs. F. M. Rowan of Roby
is a medical patient at the
Sweetwater hospital. Mrs. Frank
White of Sylvester underwent
major surgery.
* * j|c
Among the patients dismissed
Wednesday from the Sweetwat-
er hospital are Paul Barton, med-
ical; Mrs. F. C. Haas and son
and Mrs. R. P. Boren and son.
* * *
Mrs. A. B. Summerlin and
daughter of Rotan spent Wed-
nesday in Sweetwater.
* * *
Mrs. I). \. Darnell tins return-
ed from Albuquerque, N. M.,
where she visited her sons,
Dewey and John Darnell and
families. She was accompanied
home by a daughter, Mrs. D. J.
Brookreson and daughter, Mary
Sue, who had been visiting in
Santa Rosa, i\. M. They will go
on to their home in Seymour
this week.
* * *
Mrs. C. Klielansky of Roscoe
spent Wednesday in Sweetwater
on business.
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1$. Killgnvr
in Sweetwater
shopping.
racks, Mo., where he is awaiting
overseas assignment.
* * *
Dr. and Mrs. Manse Wood, jr.,
of Peltry ton, have arrived for
a visit here with his father,
Manse Wood, sr., and family.
They will leave tomorrow for
Lubbock en route home.
Forty winks before invasion are
caught by this Sicily-bound U. S.
paratrooper who, like his com-
rades, remained calm and re-
laxed until signal for action
was given.
Shortage of bathing suit mate-
rial is evident in outfit worn by
singer Rose Marie Elliott at a
Los Angeles pool.
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of Roscoe was
this morning
Basil Punsalan, Jr., whose Fili-
pino fathei is a fighting West
Point graduate and descendant
of a Philippine war lord,
snaps to salute at Camp Cooke,
Calif., ceremony as Fdipino sol-
diers there receive gift of 4500
bolo knives.
GERMANS—
(Continued from page 1)
Italian reinforcements had been
sent northward to halt the Ger-
mans.
The Swedish newspapers pub-
lished reports from Switzerland
that the Italian fleet had receiv-
ed orders to be ready to put to
sea at any moment, but the dis-
!.atelle:: didn't make clear who
issued the orders. It was stat-
ed, however, that the fate of the
fleet was a point of great con-
troversy between the Badoglio
government and the Germans
who probably would like to
move it to French ports.
The Italians were said to
be determined to hang on
to their warships and to
prevent them being scuttled
under any circumstances.
Late reports indicated that
riots in northern industrial cit-
ies of Italy were being brought
under control. Although grave
disturbances continued in some,
a considerable number of work-
ers were said to have returned
to their jobs but some big war
.plants were still paralyzed.
Swiss dispatches indicated
considerable difference of opin-
ion regarding a possible peace
move by Badoglio. It may have
been significant that the new
editor of the Turn Gazetta Del
Popolo, Tullio Giordana, yester-.
day called upon the people to
obey the government's demand
for public order and to have
the way open for Badoglio to
work for peace and avoid "ene-
my occupation of Italy."
There seemed little doubt,
however, that the main obstacle
to peace moves still was the posi-
tion of the German armed forces
on Italian soil and of Italian
occupation forces in the Nazi-
conquered Balkans.
Italy was reported in Madrid
dispatches to have ordered home
2(1 divisions from the Balkans
and from France to have sent
75,(KK) troops to the Brenner
Pass to stem the flow of Ger-
mans into Northern Italy.
STORM-r-
(Continued from page 1)
Mate David E. Laster, 18, Orange;
James M. Dixon, 39, Houston;
Kenneth Prewett, 32, San Fran-
cisco; James S. Finley, 18, Merid-
ian, Conn.: First Mate Hoyt Bor-
den, 41, Galveston; James L.
Green, Harlingen; Charles Guy-
er, Galveston.
The four other dead were:
W. T. Price, 84, of Genoa, be-
tween Houston and Galveston,
who drowned when he was hurl-
ed by the wind into high water:
Robert Louis Hartner, 60, who
drowned at Houston following
a heart attack, Frank Viola, 20,
who drowned at Port Arthur
when, he fainted and fell into
water at his home, and five-
year-old McKinley Darby, Hous-
ton Negro, who drowned In
drainage ditch.
The dredge, built in 1918 at
cost of $390,000, broke up in Gal J
veston Bay.
Other shipping losses v^re rel
ported. Three tugs were said t<|
be lost, along, with several fishl
ing vessels, and an unconfirmed
report said that a 10,000-ton tank!
er broke its moorings and drifted
out to sea. %
Farmers estimated that $2.
000,000 damage was done to rict
crops along the coastal area.
Thirty eight persons wen |
treated in hospitals for minoi
injuries, suffered when gl#s am
debris flew through the air, drivl
en by the Hurricane wjnds'
Twenty-two soldiers were iiVjur
ed at Ellington field while hold
ing planes on the ground during
the peak of the storm. Q t
To help you save
Ft
on long distance call?
Sometimes—on some calls over war-congested
channels—the long distance operator finds itf
necessary to ask: "Please limit your call to 5 min-
utes. Others are waiting."
If your call is important and must go through,
please follow these suggestions. C
CALL BY NUMBER IF YOU CAN
It saves handling time on America's
extra-busy long distance channels.
FLACE A CALL FOR "ANYONE"
at the given number—a station-to-station
call — whenever possible. That means
quicker handling, too.
JOT DOWN A PLAN OR OUTLINE
of the points to be covered in your call.
BEGIN BY SAYING:
"/ have three things to talk to you about."
If you state the total of points to be cov-
ered, it puts you both in the frame of
mind to avoid waste words. And it often
prevents closing the call with some point overlooked.
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You can say a lot in 5 minutes. Never mind dis-
cussing the weather—it's a military secret!
If you keep your long distance calls short
these days, you not only save money but you
help to make the peacetime telephone system
do its wartime job.
SOUTHWESTERN BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY
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WE REMOVE DEAD ANIMALS 1
Horses, Cattle, Ete. Front Your Premises
No Charge To You
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SWEETWATER RENDERING COMPANY
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PHONE COLLECT 2013
Marshall Kay Burnett. son
of R. B. Burnett, loft this morn-
ing for New York, where he is
stationed in the Navy, lie com-
pleted a four-day visit at home
with relatives.
* * *
Mrs S. K. Nirly mul (laugh-
ters Mrs. A I Duncan of Ros-'
roe and Mrs. Roy McBurnett of
Shamrock were in town this
morning.
* * ♦
Staff Sjjt. anil Mrs. Phil S|«jrk-
man, who have been visiting in
Hamlin have returned to Sweet-
water. Sgt. Sparkman will leave
tomorrow for Jefferson Bar-
Our Boarding House With Major Hoople Out Our Way
by Williams
OUT, AT LEAST VISIT WITH 'EM/
1 WANT 'EM TO SEE A HUMAN
BEIM' OMCE IM A WHILE SO
1HEV WON'T BE AS WILD AS
THEV W/AS WHEN TH' BOYS
CIVIL WAR.'
HOME MAY BE
MAKIKJ' TH' CATTLE
WILD, BUT THEY'RE
KAAKIN' TH' BOYS
AT TH' FRONT
FARMERS & RANCHMEN
We Buy Live Horses and Mules
For Tankage
We Also Pick Up Dead Livestock
FARMER'S RENDERING COMPANY
Phone 654
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 181, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1943, newspaper, July 29, 1943; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282611/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.