Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 13, Ed. 1 Monday, January 15, 1945 Page: 1 of 6
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By UNITED PRE8S
The Tokyo radio says Admir-
al Halsey's Third Fleet has
come out of its blackout to take
a fresh crack at Formosa.
Axis reports say around 200
American carrier planes were
over Formosa — Japan's so-call-
ed Gibraltar — this morning, at-
laeking the island's airfields and
communication networks. It's
assumed that the planes were
flying from Halsey's tns'c force.
That the fleet lias swung north
from the South China sea to
strike Formosa for the third
time in the past two weeks.
Tokyo says the raid tasted for
three and one half hours. The
.laps admit that fires were start-
ed and that some damage was
done to the airstrips. So
Pacific fleet lie 'dquarte";
had nothing to say ah nr.'
enemy reports. But Admiral Hal-
sey's fleet has been under radio
si eace sine.1 Friday, arffl the
enemy reports may v, II he
t: uc.
Radio Tokyo also gave the
homeland some news about
the ground fighting hi the
Philippines this morning—
jp&ome had news about far/.oti.
B.t Japanese eoMimiiniquc
® says American forces are
closing in on Jap positions
on the broad plain above
Manila.
This Tokyo report is well foun-
ded. Gen. Mac Arthur's column*
are fanning across the broad
plain leading to Manila virtual-
ly unchallenged. At lasi repon.
they w-Ti less than 80 miles
from iht'./'anital cit>'.
On the Lingayen coast, the-j
Americans have stretched their]
beachhead to 15 miles. Rut' a;
front dispatch reports that .lap-1
anese mortar shells and artillery
i'ire have stopped American ad-
vances on the eastern flank of]
the beachhead. There the dough-
boys had driven to within hi |
miles of Baguio, a mountain re ]
sort, nAw believed to bo -lap-:
anese headquarters. Enemy re-!
sistanc-e in that .sector lias been !
the strongest since the day of,
the Luzon landing. Fierce fight-
ing is reported to have develop-
ed.
On the whole, however,
the American march on Ma-
nila is rolling on unchecked.
Cucrrllla leaders report
that navy and army fliers
have slowed the Japanese
reinforcement in o v e in e lit
from the south to a snail's
, , . , •
Japanese broadcasts are taking
a pessimistic attitude on the
Philippine situation. One mili-
tary commentator boasts that
the invasion offers the Japanese
what he calls "a golden opportu-
nity for annihilating" the Amer-
icans. But in the same breath he
concedes tlint it will be a hard
.ir'h. * ,
The Japanese propaganda
news agency, Domei, reports
that the government is split
wide open over the Philippine
campaign. Domei hints that Pre-
mier Koiso may be forced to re-
sign under the heat, of internal
fire.
Savs Domei — "The present
system has fallen short in meet-
ing actual war needs."
Helen Douglas Gets
Important Place
WASHINGTON — (UP1 —
Former movie actress Helen Citi-
liagan Douglas — now a demo-
cratic representative from Cali-
fornia — is slated for member-
ship on the important house
foreign affairs committee.
I tor selection for the spot is
regarded as a surprise. 1' irst-
tcrm congressmen usually are
not given such good assign
men Is. Mrs. Douglas Is an ani-
ent supporter of the administra-
tion's foreign policy.
lf>TH A A F IN ITALY— Staff
Sgt. Harold B. Stevenson, 201
years old, son of .Mr. and Mrs. j
M. K. Stevenson, who reside at i
lioii Nebraska St.. Wc.siaco, and'
formerly of Sweetwater, recent-
ly flow his 50th combat mission ;
as waist gunner with a veteran j
B-21 Liberator group here.
His group is currently engag-1
od in bombing industrial and j
communication targets through-1
out nortnern llai.v. the Balkans,
Austria and Southern Germany.
Ho flew his first combat mission
when the 15th AAF Liberators
bombed enemy shipping at Ton-]
Ion. France, and hi most recent :
Sweetwater Reporter
INDICATED TO SERVICE
"West Texas' Leading Newspaper"
BUY IT IN SWEETWATER
48th Year
Sweetwater, Texas, Monday, Jan. 15, 1945
No. 13
V.'ll
at Vil-
was the railroad
lach. Austria.
"My most exciting mission,"
Sgt. Stevenson related, "was an
attack on a rail bridge in the
Brenner Pass. As we crossed
'flack alley' wo received hits on
our No. engine, which we lost.
The plexiglass in front of ihe
bombardier was shot away, and
the navigator oxygen system
was shot off. Taking 50 hits in
all, I was plenty scared and nev-
er thought I would come out of
that one alive. Our pilot did an
excellent job, as the crew re-
mained calm. This mission made
us a close working combat team
all in all. teaching us something
to make us live a better life."*
Sgt. Stevenson is a graduate
of Sweetwater high school,
Sweetwater, Texas, and prior to
his entry into the armed forces
was a student at Texas Christian
University. Ft. Worth, lie re-
ceived hi: wings at the AAF
Aerial Gunnery School at Tvn-
flall Field, Fla.
Congressman
Dies In Washington
WASHINGTON (CPi — The
ranking congressman from Mon-
tana — Democratic Representa-
tive James F. O'Connor—died at
Washington last
FIUFA'DLV AVIFF-SWAPPIVO TAKKS PI,AO K—Perry Radford ami '■! i<!c, The former Mrs.
Charlotte Haiise, left, plumes friends idler a I'ri rndlj wift'-swapp.ing wadding. Radford vacated
his home so his ex-wile and new l^ubtiy would Slave a place to ii\ i-. (ieorge Hanse and the for-
mer Mrs. (ilad.vs Radford, right, takes life easy in home. (X FA Telc^'ioto.
;, S'wafer Couple,
Bolh Marines,
Texas
in
years
1st on.
to
Old.
Mon-
COt I
rved
that
his home
night.
O'Connor was (>(>
and a vial Ivo of I .ivin:
t ana.
ll<' was first elected
gre s in 1!I'iO. and has >
without interruption since
time. Before going to congress,
O'Connor served as a judge in
Montana, as a member of the
Montana State hou-.e of repre-
sentatives. and as special coun-
sel for the federal trade commis-
sion in Washington.
O'Connor was born in Calif
ornta Junction, Iowa, and grad-
A Sweetwater couple: both Ma-
li n- has been touting Texas
war production plants: .-.peaking
two to three times a day on im-
portance of high-speed produc-
tion in winning the war.
itriprcs.-.ive placards bearing
their photographs are posted
prior to each appearance for
Sgt, I>.;vid I!. Oldham and his
wife S. Sgt. Dorothy E. Oldham.
Sgt. Oldham is son of Mrs. Lois
Kaybon 01 Sweetwater. They
were married on .Sept. (i, 191-1. af-
ter hr had returned from the
South, Pacific where he took part
in three major battles and sus-
tained Wounds.
The postei
and beneath
Oliihams —
Tlicit Heart-
'I hey hav<
Nacogi loehes
•hi
uated
Nebr;
from the
ska law si
1: i livcrsii n
Discharged After.
Training Injury
Manzell Shnfer, son of Mrs.
Minnie Beeves, has received a
medical discharge from the C.
S. Army after serving for two
\ears aiid two months.
Shnfer trained at Camp Max-
es, Camp Swift and at Fort Nix,
N. ,J., with the 102nd Infantry.
lie was injured in training in
an artillery explosion and suf-
fered a nervous condition. After
spending three months in the
Nason General hospital In Long
Island, N. Y., he was discharged
on January i.
Brother of S'water
Sisters Killed in
Recent Explosion
Two Sweetwater sisters, Mrs. j
iter! Sanders and Mrs. Dick Mu1-
I ins, received word recently of
tin death of their brother, David
Burks, 28. of Lowell, who was,
killed in an explosion of the
Copper Queen Mines, near l.o ,
well.
Cause of the explosion was rul-
ed unknown by a coroner's jury j
in an impiest at Lowell justice |
court tollowing the fatal tieci- :
dent.
Lewis L. Fling, •'!(>, another!
worker in the mines also lost his j
' lite in the accident. '
| Mr. Burks is survived by his
wile ot -Caps, and two children,
| 11is mother. Mrs. J. D. Burks of i
i Tuscola, a brother Pvt. Delbert!
Burks, serving in France, two,
| hall brothers. Fverett Burks of j
I Oklahoma City, Okla., Henry j
Burks of Troup and six sisters,,
j Viola and Dorothy Burks of |
| Tuscola. Mines. Sanders and
j MiiIIIlis of Sweetwater, A. B.
Carman of Roscpc, and Katie
Shubert of Tyler.
funeral services were held at ;
the Tuscola Baptist church, and
burial followed in the Ttiscol;: i
i cmetery.
Ledo Road Open As
Two-Lane Road To
; Myitkyina
MYITKYIN \. Burma — (UP)
— Mnjor-General Daniel Sultan,
commander of the India-Burma
theater, announces that the
Ledo supply road lo China has
been completed as an all-weath-
er two-lane route on the stretch
from Ledo to M.vitR.vina.
The first convoy from Ledo
arrived at Myitkyina yesterday
afternoon. The remainder of the
road Into China will be an all-
weather single land route.
w the couple
the cap!ion; "The
wo Marines With
in the War."
spoke in Houston,
Marshall. Long
view, Shreveport. Mansfield and
Aloxanderia, La., and will soon
In iu Sweetwater on a furlough.
Gets Letter Written
8 Days Afier Husband
Reported Missing
Kvery cloud has a silvery lin-
ing, believes Mrs. Ezra McDonell.
who last week received a me
sag< from
i eadiliu " I
t lie war department
regret to inform you" j
sage told of her bus j
Mi l tonoll being miss- i
ii since Dec. 20 < hi I he ;
border.
she received two
written l.v her luis-
'I Iit un-
hand, Ph-
il e, ill i
It h i ii e1 a I' d
I <ida.v
D ili i -
I,.out, one dated Dec. 2(i and
(lie i ltn r Dec 2S, in wlilcb be
aid "Ii I'eeN good to be Kick
in a limi-e again."
She wired the war depart merit
in Washington, D. C., and im-
mediately was asked for a photo-
static copy of i lie t wo letters. She
also had a clippim,' from an east-
ern political inn telling of the ex
jploit- ot the valiant 112th Infan-
try serving wit lithe 2S|It divis-
ion in which her husband was
' lauded as follows:
I'fc. K/ra MclJonell of
Sweetwater. Tevns, pinned
down 25 .lerrh's for seven
hours witli an automatic
rifle with the First Army."
The story told of the division
"fighting doggedly to withstand
the Nazi counler-attack and of
the heroic regiments that was
overrun by the Cernians. The.\
killed hundreds of "Krauts," but
>> t hundreds.
Only after the men could not
fight Herman tanks with rifles-
did they retreat and only after
Jerries were on three sides did
they withdraw to the route over
hills taking their equipment
and blowing up bridges along
the retreat route, the story set
out.
Bulge Casualties
Are Announced
WASHINGTON (UP) — Am-
erican losses in the zone of the
Herman break-through in Bel-
gium and Luxembourg totaled
nearly 10,000 men. This is an-
nounced by Secretary of War
Stimson.
M \l;i;i \<;i Mt\l P—,\ K.iimis fily nia''r!aec license bureau
lias the wrong husband en 11 cord for the former Miss l>oro-
lb> ,t< iuiiii<<s, li . Hi ai West Plains, M<>„ now living in Kan-
sas I in. Mo. The uhi si iu.l >' ' iuteinleil lo marry Hale How-
ard. Kansas < it v. M- . v. ho s!n I'lonulil to lie 17 years old. bill
tile tioj s motber saiit lie «a> bat II > ears old. The inivup oc-
curred afti r Arnold < lld'i.ti. !.,insi- * ii>. Mo., obtained a mar-
riage license, iiili'uding il for Howard and Miss Jennings in
Salem, Ark. Bcrords show the lici ism was made out in Hie
name of ( linliai instead ot Howard. Tile father ot the girl
lias tiled suit lo annul the marriage uerfurtaed ill Salem with
How ard as hridegt aoin. ( X FA Teh pboio.)
S'water fop Scrgeen:, Few Men Hold Hill
Near Rome; Geis .Silver Star For Heroism
"We co
any time,
do that."
Claude M
uld he
but wt
-aid
. Mien
, e pullet
didn't \
Staff Si
of a d.i\
I I sack
Hid
half nil a hill near Home; the •
iug which fewer than two dozen
Infantrymen . fought off alnv t :
incessant Ceriuan counter; t 5
tacks.
Sgt. Alh'ii, a tall, blonde dou.eti-
hoy from Sweet water, who en-!
listed in the Texas National!
(iuard Ih ire it was mdiu t d in- j
to federal service, was a sijiiati !
leader in the .'!t;t,h infantr\ Div-J
ision at the time of the drive on j
Home, and was awarded the Sil-
ver Star for this heroic stand
"My squad and another were .
in the leading echelon during'
the attack that day," Sergeant
Allen said in an interview at an
east coast port, where he arrived
on furlough," and we fought our
•way to the top of the hill. Then
the Germans couterettacked, and
the line on both sides of us was
pressed l ack.
"By the time we hat! a
chance lo look Ihe situation
ou'i . about half of my squall
had hien killed, and the oth-
er siinail bail lost lis leader
and bis assistant. So I took
o\er the remnants of the
I no, and we ileeidcd to stick
ii out. We never were cut
off, though, and \\c could
have pulled oul am lime."
"There was a liou.se halfway
up the bill, and a tunnel con-
nee!, d rt will/covered Kraut po-
sitions at the bottom of the
other side. We kept driving (he
lleinies oul of the hon e, but
I hen t hin would come back as
soon a. wo left it. They were
counterattacking too heavily all
around for us to stay in the
house, because we had the whole
hill to hold.
"At dusk that evening. 1 went
around to check my men In
See SWATTER Page Six
: Miss Cooze Tells
Club of Blood
Unit For S'waier
.vEiss Maude Cooze, superinten-
dent of the Sweetwater hospital, j
; addressed the Sweetwater Ro-
tary club at noon today, forecast- j
ing what four millions of peo- j
] pie moving from state to state
and particularly to the south will
mean to maintenance of hospit-
als after war.
Charles Caxton, club secretary,
picsented as guests Lieut. Ben-
son Mr-Clothing and Shop King
oi Pittsburg. Texas., in interest
of paper salvage. They are sta-
tioned at Camp Barkeley. Other
i guests included I'fc. O. B. Free-
man, wounded Marine, home
irom three major battles in the
Pacific; Miss Wilma Fornero,
: superintendent of the Masonic
hospital, El Paso, and Miss Geor-
gia Wood, superintendent of
nurses at the same hospital, and
Milo Roth/ BCD manager.
ftuck Rogers gave news
the lies. .1. ,1. Veal, local chair-
man for the National Founda-
tion, Infantile Paralysis, an-
nounced change of dales for
I Ihe two birthday balls from
Jan. 2? to Thursday night,
Jan. 25. One will be at the
IJlue Bonnet Skyroooi and
the other at he Klbs club. In
view of the fact that the
army lias cancelled band en-
gagements the committee se-
cured 'Pop's Harrisons" of
Sail Angelo for the Rlue
hi.nnel and a local orchestra
for the Klks dance.
Dave Floyd announced the
| rat filling campaign being spon-
sored by the Javcees to begin
I under public health supervision
1 Jan. 22. He said it was being
; done to prevent an outbreak of
j typhus fever.
James E. Ferguson, program
! chairman introduced Miss Cooze
; who told of the NW Hospital
j association convening here to-
; morrow and Wednesday and of
j the local hospital being a "health
, center of activities."
She announced the forthcom-
ing Wood unit for Sweetwater
j and said tlint ihe program would
! need aid of all civic clubs and
civilians. It will be a unit out
; of Austin to collect blood for Red
i Cross and hospital use.
Miss Cooze outlined what
j veteran's reactions to good hos-
pital care will mean; told of the
1 12 to 20 millions of boys and girls
I coining home front war hospital
| conscious and their "attitudes to
; a good hospital are vitally im-
| portant."
"Top flight management must
be maintained." said the speak
! er. "if hospitals meet, obligation
to their communities."
S'water Corooral
Cited For Speedy
AAF Production
AN AIR SERVICE COM
M AM) DEPOT IN ENGLAND—
When new battle tactics dictate
last-minute changes in combat
airplanes Corporal Roseoe Bree
den oi 012 West Ark., street,
Sweetwater steps up his record-
sluitterirfg output.
Bomb racks for fighter planes,
armor plate for bombers, parts
for propaganda bombs — these
art only a few of the high-prior-
it.\ projects he and his fellow
soldier technicians help build
in the metal manufacturing see
tion ot this Air Service Com-
mand modification depot.
He and his buddies were rec-
ently commended by their Com
manding general for their high
speed production which helped
at the aerial offensive against
Western Europe.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
S, IBreeden of 012 West Ark.,
Street Sweetwater. Before he
joined the arm\ In February '44
In was employed as a dairyman
b\ the Homo Dairy company.
Highway Crash
Kills Youth 18,
Injures Another
An early Sunday morning i
highway traffic accident, on j
highway 80, lour miles west of j
Sweetwater took the life of an!
18-year-old youth and severely}
11j11 red another.
Pete Strain, son of Mr. and |
Mr; . E. W. Si rain, Mitchell coun-
:<\ fanners of the Cuthbert com-
munity, was killed instantly
w la i: a i at he was riding plowed
iiM 1 he center partition of the
'1. arid P. underpass near Aven-
ge i Field. Dan Fields also IS,
ridiie. with young Strain, was
scriou-h injured.
Fields, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. |
L. Fields. Colorado City farmer j
i'amiiv, is receiving treatment in !
the Sweetwater hospital.
Sheriff Bill Samples investigat-
ed the accident and reported;
F ields to have been driving the j
automobile. He was pinned be-
neath the wheel and Strain was |
hurled through the windshield.'
Wells brought one of the injured I
youths to the hospital and a |
motorists brought the other j
here. Strain's body was later re-!
moved to Colorado City for pre-
paration tor burial.
Injured In Action
Near Luxembourg
Mr, and Me-
rc reived word
their sen, T/'i
nor was -light
2-1th in '
serving
battalion in I
my.
His brother
Turner serves
I .UXeinl i ,111".:
w lib
Ceorge Turner
tin week that;
.oyd W. C. Tur-i
• wni I Tided Dee. j
I fe was j
ink destroyer j
n' Third Ar-
Fiyt-! S^j. Jvd S.
ir, the saiiie bat-
talion. Both have served since
1042.
They enlisted in the field artil-
lery in Fort Sill, Okla., and1
trained at Fort D, A. Russell.
Marfa and in a tank battalions :
while in Camp Bowie and trans-;
l'errcd to Camp Hood, going ov- >
erseas in Oct. 10in.
Their youngest brother, Cpl. ;
George N. Turner, Jr.. is serving i
with the 3rd Marine division in |
the South Pacific. He enlisted in j
Feb. 10-13, bad boot training in
San Diego, Calif., and wen' ov-
erseas in Dec. lot:;.
Mrs. Tida E. Clark, who under-
went surgery recently at the
Anthony hospital, Oklahoma
City, is recovering nicely. She
will be hospitalized about a
month.
Capt. Bickerstaff
Receives Marine
Medical Discharge
('apt. Robert. S. (Bob) Bicker-j
staff, former Sweetwater district ;
managet for the Hobbs Trailer
company, has been placed on in- i
active status with the 6th Marine
Division and has returned to j
Sweetwater to resume hi; form- j
er position,
Capt. Bickerstaff served for 10.
month in the Southwest Pacific •
and lately ha- been assigned to !
San Diego. Accompanied by his j
wife, the former Wanna Ruth!
Ik ai. he arrived here Friday
Rocket Plant Number
One On Navy Plan
W \SH I NGTON — (UP) — I
The naval ordnance plant near j
Camden. Ark.. ha< been declared ;
the number one item on the en- j
tire naval production and pro-1
ctirement program at this time !
and will he in operation by;
March 11th.
The plant, will be the principal j
rocket, loading assembly and j
storagi plant of the entire coun-
tr> and the only naval ordnance
plant working exclusively on
rockets. It is revealed that
; navy produces most rockets
both 11io army and navv.
'I he navy department says
plant at Camden will cover
proximately lit) square miles —
roughly 70,000 acres —and will i
i cost approximately SW0,000,000.
Spokesmen say the biggest need]
j of ihe plant, at ihe present time
I is for construction workers. Sev-j
en thousand tire needed immerti-
, ately.
It Is reported that 10-thousand
navy officials say at least l.ooo
nav\ officals say at least 4,000
additional unskilled workers are
urgently needed now. When
completed, the plant will em-
ploy approximately 5,000 perma-
nent workers for production pur-
poses.
tlv
for
the
ap-
PAR1S (UP) — Three Allied
armies are carving out fresh
gains today in the battle of the
Belgian bulge—a battle that is
steadily shrinking the Nazi sal-
ient on all sides.
The American First and Third
and the British Second Armies—
now linked up for the first time
—are closing in on the vital Nazi
supply base of Houffalize— the
one time center of the enemy
salient.
F'ront line dispatches predict
that the fall of tlie town is im-
minent.
Vanguards of the three armies
are barely two to four mile3
from Houffalize.
A strong task forcp of
the American Second Arm-
ored division, pushing down
from ihe First Army's nor-
thern flank, has made the
nearest approach to the tar-
get this morning, driving to
within two and one-half mil-
es of its outskirts.
German resistance is cracking
;;ll around Houffalize under the
relentless Allied pounding, but
it's a different story 18 miles to
the northeast, where the Am-
ericans are advancing on Saint
Vtt.h.
There Marshall Von Rund-
stedr is rallying the remnants of
his battered armies for another
stand.
Nevertheless, Saint Vith, the
last Gorman stronghold on Bel-
gian soil, also seems destined to
go under to American troops.
The First Army's crack col-
umns ar<i iightiiuejhrtyugh deep
snow across thc^Viortheasterrr '-
shoulder of the salient from the
Malmedy-Stavelot area, and
they're within six miles of the
Own.
Far to ihe south, in the Alsace
sector of Eastern France, the
initiative is first with the Allies,
then with the Nazis.
A fierce battle still is raging
on the edge of the Hagenau For-
est, some 23 miles northeast of
Strasbourg. Both sides have
taken heavy losses in street,
fighting for" two nearby towns.
Farther to the south the Na-
zis have thrown a small patrol
.across the Rhine into the east-
ern suburbs of Strasbourg in a
bold attempt to support their
bridgeheads north and south of
the Ylsatian capital.
Tn the air war over the
western front. Germany is
laking another pounding to-
day at the hands of Ameri-
can heavy bombers and
fighters. Targets haven't
been announced.
Today's assault follows hard
blows by RAF heavy bombers
against German oil centers, with
the target areas well covered
with explosives, Berlin also was
hit.
t >n F'.urope's Eastern front,
Russian armored and infantry
divisions are rolling unchecked
across the southern plains of
Poland today. At last report, 1he
Russians were within 60 miles of
the German frontier.
The latest gains have carried
the Red army over the last big
water barrier short of the reich
on n 50-mile front, to within 31
miles of Krakow—the one-time
Polish capital.
Here's a summary of reports
from Berlin, which still are un-
confirmed, but often give a pre-
view or news to come. Berlin
savs the Red army has thrown
upwards of «t«1,000 men into the
offensive in Southern Poland. It
goes on to tell of two new offen-
sives opened by the Russians
north and south of \\ arsaw at
dawn yesterday. A Nazi com-
mentator also tells of fighting
on the east Prussian front,
where some 125,000 Red army
troops are said to be attacking
so miles east of the provincial
capital of Koenlgsberg.
West Texas —Fair this after-
noon, tonight and Tuesday.
Warmer Tuesday and in the pan-
handle tonight.
Paxton To Speak
At Scout Meet
Annual Boy Scout, district
committee banquet will take
place at 7:30 tonight at the First
Methodist church.
The Rev. L. D. Ball, pastor of
the First Baptist church will
give invocation; group singing,
introductions and a district re-
port will be heard.
P. V. Thorson, Scout executive
sfcid there will be special music
preceding an address by Charles
E. Paxton. president of Buffalo
Trail Council. Mr. Paxton had
headed the countii tor 14 JT«W
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 13, Ed. 1 Monday, January 15, 1945, newspaper, January 15, 1945; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth283136/m1/1/?q=%22Sweetwater%20%28Tex.%29%20--%20Periodicals.%22: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.