Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 192, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 14, 1946 Page: 1 of 6
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THE WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Continued fair
and not much change in tempera-
ture. Increasing wind. High yester-
day, 107 degree*. L* w this morn-
ing, 7tt degrees.
Sweetwater Reporter
Though thou shouldest bray a
fool in a mortar among wheat with
a pestle, yet will not his foolishness
depart from him.—Proverbs 87:22.
49th Year
'Dedicated to Service"
Continuous Full Leased United Press Wire Service
Sweetwater, Texas, Wednesday, August 14, 1946
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'Buy it In Sweetwater'
No. 192
Strikes
Vacation
Payment
(By United Press)
PONT I AC. Mich. —(U.R) — A
strike of some 2,000 war veterans
has stopped work at General Mo-
tors plants in Pontiae, Mich.,
idling 20,(XX) auto workers. The
strike was called to enforce the
veterans demand tor vacation
pay.
The veterans demanded vaca- j
tion pay for 19i(> and asked that j
a veterans administration office .
be set. up in each of tile General
Motors plants. The men a r e ;
headed by Andrew Pocs, chair-
man of the veterans group for
the three plants.
Pocs claims that General Mot-
ors has refused to give vacation
pay to veterans though Chrysler
and Ford have done so.
too WORKERS OCT
DE'l KOIT lU.K;— The Chrysler
Corporation has anounced that
1100 workers walked out today
in the trim shop of the main
Dodge plant, forcing layoff of
000 workers and a shutdown of
the final assembly lines.
MIDNIGHT DEADLINE
WASHINGTON' (U.R) — Labor
Secretary Lewis Schwellenbach
is considering asking for a post-
ponement of the Great Lakes
shipping strike. The strike dead-
line is midnight. Schwellenbach
plans to canvas the situation to-
day anil perhaps to ask CIO
President Philip Murray to hold
off the walkout.
ONE YEAR TRUCE ASKED
In Houston today, members of
that city's Rotary club have ask-
ed workers and contractors to
declare a one-year truce in the
dispute which already ha- tied
See VETS Page Six
Jerusalem Divided In
Armed Defense Zones
T roops
Alerted
In Iran
Arabs, Jews Under First Year
Control Of British Of Nervous
Peace Ends
\h\\ lllllk IA.MILV IN INTERNATIONAL BL\< K MARKET—The New York family charged
by the I. S. Army Criminal Investigating Hivls on with operating an international black market
Is shown above. The picture, showing the last m-eling of the family at an unspecified .late was
obtained from Lewis Warner in Berlin. From left to right: Alfred Warner. 27. \e« York- Lewis
Warner, 2!5, employed by the American Ovvrsca < Airlines. Berlin; David L. Warner. ait, lather.
.New York; Oscar Warner, 2!>, former Navy Lt„ now in export business, I'arls; and Robert War-
ner. former Navy Lt., now managing CNRRA traffic, Shanghai China. <NEA Telephoto)
Sweden Alerts All Military
Units For Action Against The
Cigar-Shaped Ghost Bombs
Vets Oust County Road
Board; Build Own Route
IRAN' (U.R)—Both the Iranian
Government and Azerbaijan Pro- j
ivinciai Forces are reported to be j three bristling defense zones.
(By I'nited Press)
British authorities have partitioned Jerusalem into three arm-
ed defense /.ones in anticipation of further attacks by Jewish tin- :
del-ground elements.
It is generally believed that Jewish underground elements will ;
strike back at the British for deporting hundreds of Jews to Cyprus.
To meet the threat, British authorities already have set up their
defense of the capital city. Jerusalem has been partitioned into
(By I'nited Press)
Sweden has declared open sea-
son on tmidentified rockets fol-
lowing reports that three airmen
have been killed in a head-on
h with one of the missiles.
era-
Govcrnthen
£ Can't Take lt?
Officers
Call Off
Manhunt
^ ANTLERS, Okla. —(U.R)— The
mass manhunt for two heavily
armed bandits who looted the
Walters, Okla., National Bank of
833,000 last Thursday has been
called off.
The gunmen presumably are
hiding somewhere in the Kia-
miehi mountains. The highway
patrol has recalled most of the
55 troopers who were in the
• search, because a heat wave,
ticks, other insects, and the rugg-
ed terrain have proved too tough
a combination to beat.
However, a group of FBI
agents, several state crime bu-
reau operatives and local peace
officers are maintaining highway
road blocks and bridge guards in
the area, hoping to keep the
banditsJiottled up.
In calling off the state troop
«ers, patrol chief .1. M. Thaxton
says they have about reached
the end of their endurance. Some
have feet so badly blistered they
are unable to walk The possemen
have made contacts with num-
erous residents of the Hill coun-
try, and Thaxton expressed belief
that authorities would be tipped
as soon as the bandit pair dares
to come out .if hiding.
• American Affairs
'Not Endangered'
Says Venezuelan
VENEZUELA —(U.R) — Presi-
dent Ronuilo Betancourt of the
Venezuela revolutionary Junta
had denied charges that Ameri-
^ can enterprises in Venezuela are
endangered by the growth of loc
al communists. Dr. Betancourt
saiil his government never would
accept communist collaboration
He was referring to a lettei
sent to the American embassy in
Caracas by a group of some 5(
American businessmen, includ-
ing Subaltern Oil company oft'i
cials, expressing fear that t h e
growing progress of Venezuelan
• communists and the activities of
^ the Russian embassy threatened
American business. The letter
asked the Washington state de-
partment to fight against them.
Districts Refer
Problems Back
To County Board
Progress on consolidation or
: some other typo of annexation of
I outlying school districts and tin-
| Sweetwater district is stalemat-
i ed as the question seesaws back
and forth bet wen the county
board and the individual boards
Yestreday, representatives of
all of Nolan county school dis-
tricts that are sending students
to Sweetwater met at tho high
school with representatives of
the local board.
After an evening of discussions
business was referred back to
the county board, which had hit
snags at two previous meetings
and had cancelled a conference
in favor of yesterday's gather-
ing.
SCOTTSBORO <U.R; Deter-
mined Alabama veterans and
'rotifer citizens have named a new
road supervisor for the territory
around Seottslioro.
That apparently ends the trou-
ble that start.>d when the ex-GI s
took road machinery and trucks
to work Sand mountain roads.
N( w supervisor is Ed Bulman.
a veteran of World War One and
a former state and county road
official, Two road commission-
ers, Dewey Bryant, and John
Wallace, still have not resigned.
One veteran sa.vs the men sim-
ply wanted to work the road.-
during the best, weather, July.
August and September, and a
county official savs the maehin
ei y v as not seized by force.
The' trouble started when the
county commissioners refused to
name a supervisor and the ma-
chinery had not been touched
since July 1st. The veterans were
I r"pared to use force, but left
tin ir weapon , in their cars when
: they took the road equipment.
Ir is believed they will ask the;
Alabama attorn' y general for im-
I'ca' bment of the;: two coiniiiis-
- ionet s who t' 'fuse 'to resign.
ing
ing'
u nit
the
-gh.
auo
S< HI r< V:
on-wide
program,
have beefi
'okoitt for i
bombs "
a na
1st
mis
are prepar-
'rocket-hunt-
ail military
•ted to he on
cigar-shaped
massing troops within about 100
miles of each other.
! The Iranian Ambassador in j
Washington. Hussein Ala. says
he has received word that Rus- j
sian troops are concentrating
along Northern Iran to counter
: recent British troop movements j
| to the country's southwestern
i frontier.
Ala calls the situation very
serious and says he hopes
| the British will make no fur-
ther move to add to the pre-
' sent tension.
A dispatch just in from Teh-
ran says there is new friction in
the old dispute between govern-
ment and Azerbaijan Provincial !
forces. Some 15,000 government
troops are said to have been
alerted several miles northwest
of Tehran, while Azerbaijan
| Democrats are concentrating 100
miles to the northwest. The rea-
son for the massing is not clear.
One source calls it merely a pre-
cautionary measure.
Ex-Prisoners Of
Japs Here Asked
For New Evidence
One is a government fortress area, fully equipped with strong
barricades, machine-gun outposts,
thickets of barbed wire. The re-
mainder of the city has been di-
vided into the other zones, the
Jewish Jerusalem and the Arab
Jerusalem They too. have spec- j
ial defense units, operating in-j
dependently under the supreme
British command.
There are indications that the
British Army may be getting
ready to make a house-to-house
search of Jerusalem, just as it
did recently in Tel Aviv.
But even as the defense prep-
arations were carried out. Pal-
estine seethed with angry dem-
onstrations by Jews. Police re-
peatedly have fired into the air
at various points to try and 1
break up the demonstrators.
These outbreaks have been
going on tnrough the night.
Tn Tel Aviv, a torchlight pro-
cession stoned a British ar-
mored car and tried to set it
on fire. At one point, a crowd
of 20.000 Jews massed a-
round the main theater of
the city and jeered every
mention of the British.
sandbagged installations a n d
...y't&OSLAVIA
s
BULGARIA
Albania vi-
Solonico
northern
epirus
Aegean
corfu
ATHENS
Corinth
Kolomote
Stockholm n<*\v.s|>;i|H'r.s it-
port 1;«t ilirtM1 fliers were
killiMl win n ;i Swedish inili-
t.iry rrconiuiissiinrr phiiic
collided ihnhi-oii with one of
the rorket bonihs. One news-
I ji|ht «■.-1i<I th;it shortly after
tin* plane's pilot spotted the
bomb, radio contact was brok*
« n. and the listening post
heard a cra*h.
Well-inforinc'l ><>ur<
iM.mbs
tP-llcrl
porJcrj
course
i\vv pre j
tin the
stat inns
have 1><
action.
U'en.
ire
s says the
i adio-c
witnesses have
seeing Them change
ioveinment a lit horities
iritig a nation-wide hunt,
oekeis. Air bases, radar
ali milii-.ry units
immediate
a I P'
and
<
on-
re
ind
.•(I
LaFollette Defeated
Accusations
In Paris Tough Talk
Mli.W M'KKI-:
marin" captain h
(■ran Senator R
II Wisconsin by
is c!i-'Uit Judge .1
•of Appi 'ton. 'he
lican candidate fi
s< l .a ! oi
(U.R) —An ex-
■ whipped vet-
■rt I
i irsi
'niii
afolietfe
lies. He
■( 'artby
I reptih
I States
Testimony of some 2,Hlii ex-
prisoners of the Japanese during
World War II is being sought in
a new War Department drive to
bring to light all evidence pos-
sible toward the conviction of
war criminals now on trial.
POW's released from Japanese
camps filled out questionaires
upon their return to I*. S. mili-
tary control, i.nd certain of them
have been notified by letter to
repeat, such information to eith-
er a federal district attorney or
Veterans' Administration officer.
Ex-prisoners of this area to be
notified are Cecil T. Minshaw of
Sweetwater. O. R. Williams of
Rotan. and Delos L. Alvis of R<>-
b.v. Other persons interned by
the Japanese during the war and
who possess information t h a t
may lead to the conviction of war
criminals are urged to submit
I such matter.
Crash Victim In
Critical Condition
John S. W'oniii'i, victim
id a ear crush in which his
wife iiitd son were killed yes-
i« rdnv. is in a crilirar condi-
tion al the Sweetwater hos-
pital See story on Page Six.
PARIS (U.R)—Tough talk at the
i Paris peace conference parley be
| gan today when the Soviet bloc
I of nations renewed attacks on
Greece, this time with the Fk
raine hurling the accusations.
I'kraine delegate Manuilskt
spoke in support of a Bulgarian
plea for an easier peace.
.Bulgaria asked the conference
to turn down Greece's territor-
ial demands on Bulgaria and al-
so to grant a Bulgarian corridor
Thrace to i
25,000 Draft Call
Set For September
WASHINGTON (U.R)—War de-
partment personnel director Maj-
or - General W. S. Paul, says the
army will draft 25,000 men in
September. And said another
160,000 will be conscripted before
the draft act expires next March.
across Grecian
Aegean.
Manuilski then took up the
fight by charging that Greece is
attempting a new deal in the
Balkans, a course which, he
says, can lead only to new con-
flict and war.
The Greek Premier listened
quietly during both speeches,
then he answered. He said he
cou it I not understand the spec-
tacle of a former enemy de-
manding territory from one of
the allies. He charged that Bul-
garia invaded Greece three times
in a generation. He ridiculed
Manuiiski's reference to the
"New Bulgaria", charging that
the first act of this "new coun-1 reation
try" was to occupy Greek ter-
ritory.
Tl'RKS TO NEGOTIATE
LONDON.—The Premier of
turkev has indicated in a radio
broadcast that the Turks are
willing to negotiate a new treaty
to govern the strategic Dardan-
elles Straits.
Soviet Russia called on Turkey
several days ago to revise t h e
old Montreux Convention which
long has given dominant control
of the vital waterway.
Jaycees Map Plan
For Bi-Regional
Convention Here
Jaycees entered into the linal
phases of preparation for their
role as host to the Ri-Regional
Joint Work conference here in
a business meeting today
Sweetwater's .itinior Chamber
of Commerce plans a full day's
program of business and recrea-
tion for the August :!l convention
of West Texas regions :i and I.
John Ben Sheppard. vice-presi-
dent of the national organization,
will be the principal speaker at
the highlight luncheon of the
conclave.
Approximately Jaycees
will attend the meeting here
many of them accompanied by
their wives Ja.vcee-Ett.es of
Sweetwater will entertain while
Jaycees are in their Saturday af-
ternoon business session.
A well-filled program of ree-
ls planned
for the visi-
tors on Lake Sweetwater, where
a barbecue will be served by the
Board of City Development. Boat-
ing. fishing! and swimming are I
all on the agenda for the even-
ing festivities.
Following the lake party, the
Jaycees will dance to orchestra
music as the convention officially
draws to a close. Most of the vis- •
itors are expected to remain here
overnight.
Jaycee officials from through- j
See JAYCEES Page Six I
Tn addition to the, mass dem-
onstrations. Jewish leaders have
been carrying out a policy of
i non-cooperation with the Pales-
tine government, which is head-
ed by the British. Jewish mem-
bers of government advisory
committees have resigned. May-
ors of Jewish towns have an-
nounced they will not maintain
I any relations with the govern-
ment
For the most part. Jewish un-
derground members have their
eyes on the port city of Haifa. It
is there that most of the Jewish
immigrants have landed illee-
Sally and from there they were
sent to Cyprus.
But all the trouble so far
is minor compared to what
is expected. The opinion is
that the underground will at-
tempt to carry out a drama-
tic blow, equal in daring
with the King David Hotel
bundling. However, those
familiar with the under-
ground do not think the ac-
tion will be taken for several
days.
In London, the British Cabi-
net has been meeting in special
session at the request of Prime
Minister Attlee. One report says
Attlee called the group together
I to submit President Truman's
suggested changes in the parti-
tion plan for Palestine as rec-
ommended by the Aligli A ir.eli- !
can experts.
v
I.IONS ENTERTAIN
Lions entertained their wives
and member* of the Sweetwater
school board last night in the
Don Smith cabin on Lake Sweet
■water
A business meeting followed
the party in which 110 persons
were served barbecue and enjoy-;
ed a social hour
WHERK7.IT? — Map above
shows the territory that
Greece demands from Alba-
nia in postwar boundary ad-
justments. Called Northern
Epirus by the Greeks and
Southern Albania by the Al-
banians, it has been scene of
border incidents.
Floods Threaten
Eastern Kansas
After 6-Inch Rain
KANSAS CITY — !U.R) —
Heavy rains since Sunday
ha.'ve created flood threats
on the Marais Des Cygne
river in eastern Kansas and
on the Osage river in Mis-
souri.
The Marais Des Cygne, fed
by downpours of more than
six inches is building up for
what looks a real rampage
along most of its entire
course to the Missouri river.
In Missouri, residents of
low ground in the Osage river
valley have been warned to
move. The rain in Kansas
has been concentrated in
central and eastern counties.
Beer Tippling
Angus Heifer
Wins First Place
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closed at 't:
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One year ago today-
Peace became the world's of-
ficial statis on August 14, 1945,
. but now on V-J plus 365 days war
still exists. Instead of allied guns
hurling ammunition at our ene-
mies. allied diplomats hurl heat-
ed words at each other.
Individual minds recall vari-
ous scenes and experiences dur-
ing that historic week when the
warring nations nervously re-
laxed but kept their guns load-
! ed.
Anxious folks at home were '
tense while they waited for word
of the safety of their fighting
men who were overseas in pris-
on camps, in jungle battlefields,
on the high seas, and in the
troubled skies over Nippon.
Churches became crowded as
the populace gave their expres-
sions of gratitude for the end of
. armed conflict. Then the streets
; became crowded as persons her-
alded the victory of the Four
Freedoms over the dictatorships.
Today, most of the fighting
men are at home: in civilian
clothing, and at work. Sweet-
water—safe from the paths of
the latest world war—is, still
busy in its reconversion to nor-
malaey. but takes time out today
to convene in remembrance of
those who made the supreme
sacrifice to make it possible.
Americans are discovering th$t'
: it takes as much cooperation and
work to win the peace as it did
to win the war.
Coffee Price Boost
Set By OPA; Other
Controls Debated
WASH 1 xerox (U.R)—The OPA
h;w boosted the retail ceiling
price of coffee by 10 to 13 cents
a pound The increase is effec-
tive immediately. The retail
price increase on coffee results
from a simultaneous increase
■of slightly more than eight cents
a pound on green coffee prices
on the docks in New York City.
Food price controls is being
debated again in Washington.
■The three-man tie-control board
set up under the new OPA law
i- heat ing testimony relative to
ceiling prices for dairy products.
Tomorrow the four-day hearings
vtli lie finished And by next
week 'be board must decide whe-
ther or not such food items as
grains, meat, and dairy products
will go back under OPA control.
In that connection, a Geor-
gia commissioner of agricul-
ture liiis tolil the board he's
heard rumors that it already
tias made up its mind about
restoring price controls and
is holding hearings just us
a matter of form.
The Dun ind Bradstreet In-
dex shows tb,.; the general level
i food prices has
slightly from the rec-
•r htst week. This is
■hue in three months
mean slightly lower
e i orner grocer with-
. h
one
o.esal
lowtt
■rd high sc
the first dei
and it may
pi Ices at the
in a few da\
Nolan County Veterans Are Honored
In Mustang Bowl CeremoniesTomght
'r,
hi
Jubilation and shouting which : Scv
marked August 14 last year has ai . ex;«• •< it
subsided as the world fights to take part in
obtain a permanent, peace and as | iaatii, rer th
government tatistics mark up tend, radio s
the war dead. ot oai,cast the
Today, one year after Japan lie service
fell to the atomic bomb and its: The piogram
p. m..
sand
be on
■ memo
' Will.) I
ipectat
hand
rial i
atitiot
ition KXOX will
program as a pttb-
w ielders, Nolan count> citizens
| pay solemn 'ribute to veterans
| who made it possible for Molotov
to defy each
the peace is to be
ARMED JEWS JAILED BV BRITISH—Following the kidnap-
ping of three British officers In Tel Aviv, Palestine, by the
Jewish underground, a house to house search for arms whs
enndncfed by the British. All those possessing arms were jailed
and closely guarded by British Tommies.
(Movietone News Photo front NEA Telephoto)
and Byrnes
i other on how
run
! At 7:45 p. m.. tonight, veterans,
service and civic club members
w ill gather with the Mustang
Hand on the old football field inv
| mediately north of the high
| school building in preparation
for the parade into the Mustang
Bowl which will open the Vic-
tory Day Memorial program
| sponsored by the American Leg-
I ion.
will begin at x
with choral -ttiging by a
I massed chorus from ail churches
! o, Sweetwater. Follow ing t h o
! i-iiradt, the National Anthem will
| be sting by the audience with
•ano a i oi,ip.intment. Rev J. E
> 1. e W be 1 t will give tile itivoca
tn n.
. ae flag will lie lowered as
I hi bugler sounds Retreat and
'I" The Colors, The church call
I will lollow The introductory ad-
! dress will l>e given by Ed Mayes.
Sr., and the audience, accompan-
ied by the band will sing "Amer-
ica.'
- lead will be giv n by Leon But-
let. post adjutant of Oscar Mc-
Donald Post it)9. The list in-
citules nr. soi-.iiers, named by the
government ;>s army casulties,
and a large number of Navy. Ma-
rine and ('oast Guard personnel
who diet I in the service of thei.'
, country \ memorial prayer will
be led by Rev. Hugh B. Warner.
Following taps sounded by the
bugler and "Faith Of Our Fath-
I ers" -ting by the mass chorus,
' Rev. .1 I' McBeth will give Tn
address on belialt of the minis-
ters. Singing ot "Blest Be the Tie
; That Binds" will precede bene-
1 diction by Rev, Robret. E Bow-
den.
■ Disabled veterans who have
no way to attend the service
| should contact George Bradford
at Bradford Pace Motor com-
pany and he will make arrange-
Citation of v'olan county war ( ments for transportation.
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