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(government Planes Bomb Mexican Rebel Airdrome
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Violent Clashes
Mark Mexico's
. Civil Strife
Destruction of Airport
Crippled Cedillo's Air
i Power, Says Report
SAN LUIS POTOSI — (UP)—
The revolt of General Saturnino
Cedlllo reached new intensity
today with violent clashes be-
tween his guerrillas and gov-
ernment forces.
Government airplanes destroy-
ed a rebel airdrome at Lei Rucio,
"killing many followers" of the
outlawed army commander. Re-
bels destroyed the village of
Yerbabuena, where it was re-
ported the majority of residents
were slain. Homes were report-
ed set afire. ,
Destruction of the airdrome,
government officials asserted,
crippled Cedillo's aerial power
badly. They believed that the
former war lord of San Luis
Potosi state had only a few
planes and that some of them
were destroyed in the raid.
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400 Persons Are
Killed In Aerial
Raid At Alicante
More Than 1,000 Injured
By Insurgents' Bombs; 200
Unceremoniously Buried
ALICANTE, Spain — (UP) —
At least 400 jersons were killed
and more than 1,000 injured in
yesterday's insurgent air bomb-
ing of Alicante, the government
estimated today.
Two hundred victims were un-
ceremoniously buried today, and
additional bodies still were be-
ing recovered.
Loyalist sources reported that
foreign consular representatives,
here would urge their govern-
ments to try to "halt such sav-
age attacks against humanity."
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New Trial Sought
In Coleman Case
Motion for trial in the case
of Oma Coleman, convicted in
county court by jury Wednes-
day and meted S100 fine for
illegal sale of liquor, was filed
with Judge Charles W. Lewis
today. Attorneys contend a new
trial is justified on the miscon-
duct of a juror.
In question and cross-examina-
tion by Attorney Temple Dick-
son and County Attorney E. L.
Duncan, one juror, F. R. Demere
testified that mention of othpr
convictions of Mrs. Coleman,
and that he had seen truck driv-
ers and others buy liquor there,
was made by another juror,
John Barrett, prior to reaching
a verdict by the jury in the
present case.
"I believe it was before," De-
mere stated under questioning.
Barrett, placed on the stand,
admitted he made the state-
ments as charged, but said it
was after a verdict had been
reached.
Judge Lewis took the motion
under advisement.
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Sweetwater Reporter
VOL. XXXX (12 PAGES—2 SECTIONS)
SWEETWATER, TEXAS THI USD AY, MAY 26, 1938
NUMBER 349
SAVES MONEY BUT
LOSES HIS NOSE
MARLIN — (UP)—Hugh
McCall, operator of a coun-
try store at Eloise saved his
money from a hijacker to-
day but lost the tip of his
nose.
An unidentified negro
tried to hold up McCall's
store, and when frighten-
ed away, fired three shots
at the storekeeper. One of
the bullets took off the end
of McCall's nose.
Body of Slain
Alcatraz Guard
Shipped to City
Funeral Services for R. C.
Cline to Be Held Saturday
Or Sunday in Sweetwater
The body of R. C. Cline, sen-
ior guard at Alcatraz federal
penitentiary, San Francisco, who
was slain early this week when
three desperate criminals made
an unsuccessful attempt to es-
cape from "The Rock", is be-
ing shipped to Sweetwater for
burial, his sister, Miss Hester
Cline, teacher in John R. Lewis
school, said today.
Funeral services are expect-
ed to be held Saturday or
Sunday with Howard Yates Fun- j
eral home in charge.
Cline's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. V. Cline, live at Westbrook,
as do two brothers, Ardis and
Irvis. A sister, Mrs. Lvona Cline
White, lives at Durant, Okla.,
and is expected here for the
funeral.
Japanese Prepare to Rain Death From Sky in China
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Final Exercises
For Local Grads
Commencement exercises for
108 graduates of Newman high
school are to be held Friday
night at the municipal auditori-
um.
Dr. R. N. Richardson, vice
president of Hardin-Simmons
university, Abilene, Is to deliv-
er the address. Awards and di-
plomas are to be given out by
Superintendent Ross S. Covey.
Tonight the annual banquet
for the class is to be held at the
Blue Bonnet hotel.
Japan Grants
Army Leaders
Greater Power
Increased Unity Sought
In Effort To Bring War
With China To Close
BY UNITED PRESS
Japan sought increased nation-
al unity in prosecuting the China
war today by giving army lead-
ers greater power in the cabinet
of Premier Prince Sumimaro
Konyoe.
While Japanese armies closed
in on Kaiseng in north China,
the premier announced the or-
ganization of his cabinet at Tok-
yo in order to make General
Kazunari Ikeda finance min-
ister. The appointment of gen-
erals to the foreign and educa-
tion posts was regarded as par-
ticularly significant, while Ikeda
was expected to bolster and co-
ordinate Japan's war weakened
economy, drained by the China
campaign.
apancsc Concentrating
Across the sea, Japanese ar-
mies appeared to be concentrat-
ing on two main routes to the
Chinese provisional capital at
Hankow. The first line of at-
tack along the Lunghai railroad
progressed smoothly with the at-
tack on Kaiseng and prepara-
tions to envelop Chenchow. The
second advance was expected to
start later in the Yangtze by
warships from the south while
land forces moved down from
the northern front.
With planes showering death and destruction unrelentingly, thousands of Chinese civilians
and around 200 foreign missionaries, many of t hem Americans, were imperiled as the Japa-
nese swept westward along the Lung-Hai rail road in Central China after the capture of Su-
cliow. The formidable planes, spearhead of th e Japanese drive, were bombing the country-
side constantly and returning to their base on ly long enough to get new supplies of bombs.
The top picture shows a Japanese machine gu niier testing his weapon before one of the
flights that resulted in some of the lieav iest casualties of the entire conflict.
Water Carnival Directors
Named Yesterday By BCD
WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Cloudy to
unsettled and windy.
Maximum temperature yes-
terday 93 degrees. Low this
morning Go degrees. Tempera-
ture at 2 p. m. today 90 degrees.
Rainfall .05 inch.
WEST TE^CAS — Partly
cloudy, probably local thunder-
showers.
EAST TEXAS — Unsettled,
probably thunder showers in
west and north central portions
tonight and east and south por-
tions Friday.
Speaker
Gerald E. Williams, principal
of John H. Reagan junior high
school, yesterday was named
general chairman of annual
Sweetwater Water Carnival to be
held this year, July 14 and 15,
at a meeting of the recreation
committee at the Board of City
Development office.
Williams will name his own
committees to assist him in
plans for the event, and their
names will be announced soon.
This year's carnival will in-
clude two beauty revues, the
revue on Thursday night, and
the final revue on Friday night
to select the Goddess of West
Texas.
Trip For Winners
The winner of the title, and
"Miss Sweetwater," are to re-
ceive a worthwhile trip this
year, either to Corpus Christi,
Galveston, or some resort.
Last year's carnival drew ov-
er 0,000 people for the two-day
event, and plans are being made
to take care of an even larger
crowd this year.
It was originally planned to
hold the Gulf AAU swimming
meet iti connection with the
Water Carnival, but agreement
on the dates was not reached,
and the district AAU officials
will sponsor the contests on Ju-
ly 16 and 17.
Stiles Swimming Chairman
Alfred J. Stiles is district AAU
swimming chairman, and Hom-
er Williams is district vice-pres-
ident of the AAU.
Present for the recreation
committee meeting were O. D.
McCoy, chairman; Rigdon Ed-
wards, Jack Rich, Alfred J.
Stiles, Homer Williams, mem-
bers; and George Barber, BCD
secretary.
Light Showers Fall Over Scattered
Area Last Night. Some Hail Damage
A light sprinkle fell oyer
the Sweetwater area last night
and this morning, with hail be-
ing reported at Westbrook and
southeast of Roscoe. Snyder
reported n light shower yes-
terday afternoon with overcast
skies today.
A light rain fell at Roscoe late
yasterday with hail reported
Southeast of the city. The dam-
age. from the hail was slight.
Roby, reported a very light rain
last night, with no hail, and lit-
tle wind.
Rainfall amounting to a quar-
ter of an inch fell in the Black-
well territory, and it was re-
ported to be general
Angelo.
Colorado received
inch rain, with hail
siderable damage to
Westbrook.
Fifteen one hundredths of an
inch fell at Lake Sweetwater,
with the same amount register-
ed at Lake Trammell. Rainfall
amounting to .09 of an inch
fell in Sweetwater cooling the
atmosphere and aiding lawns
and shrubbery.
on to San
a quarter
doing con-
crops at
Dr. H. N. Richardson, vice
prrnidqiit of Hardln-Simmons
university, is to be the com.
mencement speaker Friday
night when 108 seniors of
Newman high school receive
their diplomas and awards.
Abilene Woman
Makes $1000 Bond
Mrs. Helen Jones of Abilene
made bond of $1,000 Thursday in
the justice court of S. H.
Shook when her preliminary
hearing was held on charges
of driving a car while under
the influence of intoxicating
liquor. She was arrested Wed-
nesday night by Sergeant D. C.
Fulkerson of the city police..
Chief N. B. Hall signed the
complaint and the charges was
filed by County Attorney E. L.
Duncan.
Two Men Fined On
Fighting Charges
Jasper Wood and Mutt Er I
win each pleaded guilty to fight-1
ing and were fined $14 each in j
tlie justice court of S. H. Shook j
today. They were charged in a j
roadhouse brawl that occurred j
about midnight Saturday nine]
miles east of Sweetwater.
Two others similarly charg-
ed, Thurman and James 11 it-k-
ey, brothers, have notified Depu-
ty Sheriff Will Sample, who in-
vestigated the case, that they
will come in to answer similar
charges. No charges were filed
against a woman said to have
been hurt slightly in the al-
leged brawl.
Annual Boys Calf
Show Dates Are Set
Episcopal Church
Service Friday
Members of the St. Stephen's
Episcopal church are to meet
for Holy Communion at 10
o'clock Friday morning at the
church.
HIGH WIND DAMAGES
ELECTRIC LINES
A high wind which pre-
ceded a light shower here
last night wrought some
havoc with power lines in
and near the city, keep-
ing employes of Texas Elec-
tric Service busy for a few
hours.
A line down on Alabama
street sent the crew scurry-
ing there to repair damage.
A line near the refinery,
west of the city, went down
but all damage was repair-
ed without any serious in-
terruption to service.
Union Member
Admits Slaving
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MINNEAPOLIS — (UP) —
Arnold Ralph Johnson. 33, con-
fessed today that he killed Wil-
liam S. Brown, 41, president of
the general drivers union, be-
cause of a disagreement over
union fhnds.
Police announced that John-
son, an organizer for the union,
signed a statement that he shot
Brown to death last night "lie-
cause I thought he had too
much money and we had argued
about union funds."
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2 Flying Cadets
Killed In Crash
SAN ANTONIO — (UP) —
Two Kelly field flying cadets
were killed today when their
observation plane crashed in the
hill country three miles south-
west of Camp Stanley.
The dead were Pilot Gerald
D. Shannon, 24, of Parsons,
Kan., and Observer Robert
Brown, 24, of Brady, Neb.
Definite dates for the livestock
4-H club show were set for
March 28 and 29, 1939, last night
at a meeting of vocational agri-
culture teachers and agents from
Nolan and Fisher counties at
the Board of City Development
office.
County Agent R. B. Tate pre-
sided over the session at which
the rules for the event were
amended.
Weight .on class division line
for milk-fed calves was raised
from 875 to 900 pounds; and
for dry-lot calves the weight
was . raised from 775 to 800
pounds.
No Cross-Bred Lambs
No mutton or cross-bred lambs
will be eligible for next year's
show; the decision was made
last, night.
No fall miik fed lambs will
be eligible for the show.
Present for the session besides
Tate included T. H. Roensch,
Fisher county agent; J. D.
Franklin, vocational teacher at
Blackwell; R. R. Petty, vocation-
al teacher at Divide; Walter L.
Boothe and T. E. Arledge. sheep
ranchmen, and George Barber,
BCD secretary.
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Roscoe Class to
Get Diplomas
ROSCOE — "Building" is to
be the theme for commence-
ment exercises at 8 o'clock Fri-
day night for Roscoe high school
graduates. Held at the school
auditorium, the program is to
be opened by a prologue by
Wallace Risinger, followed by
the processional by Julia Han-
ey. The Rev. Uel D. Crosby is
to lead the invocation.
Discussing "Building of Scho-
larship," Mary Virginia Arledge
is to open the program. Mar-
garet Wiman is to play a piano
solo preceding a description of
"Building Leadershhip" by Pat
Windham. "Character Build-
ing" is the subject of a talk
by Fannie Lou Vestal.
Several selections are to be
given by the high schoo glee
club.
After a sketch of "Building
Industry" by James Scruggs,
diplomas are to be presented the
graduates by Supt. I. R. Huch-
ingson with Principal M. J. Wea-
ver making the awards. The
Rev. G. W. Parks is to pro-
nounce the benediction.
The program is emphasizing
the expansion program now un-
derway in Roscoe schools with
workmen busy on the $80,000
new high school building and
other improvements on the
school plant.
Pair Charged
With Robbery
Joint charges of theft from
person and robbery by force
were filed today against Frank
Cardwell and Newt Cox, alleged
to have taken about §00 in cash
and a valuable watch from B.
B. Freiebele of Slaton. The men
were arrested by Captains Les-
ter Turner and Homer Brad-
ford on information given by
the victim who was treated for
injuries in the Sweetwater hos-
pital.
Chief N. B. Hall sitned the
complaint filed by County At-
torney E. L. Duncan. The men
were lodged in the county jail
pending preliminary hearing in
tlie justice court of S H. Shook.
Sheppard Flays
Ad Valorem Tax
In Noon Address
If All Property In Texas
On Rolls That Should Be,
Rates Would He Low
The ad valorem tax system I
as it operates today, or rather!
fails to operate, is undermining!
our economic system and is,
doomed, State Comptroller j
George Sheppard, former Sweet-
water man, declared at the |
Sweetwater club luncheon to-
day on the Blue Bonnet roof.
If all property in Texas were
on the rolls that should be, the
rate of 50 cents on the hundred!
■would pay all expenses with
money to spare. But it isn't, and I
unless the law can be made to j
function, it should be abolish- i
ed, Sheppard said. He brought j
out that those who pay carry!
an enormous burden because of |
delinquencies.
Sheppard said that addition-
al special levies are bound to |
come. He warned in this con-
nection. that surpluses set aside
for certain, purposes, especially
the schools and retirement of
highway bonds, must be pro-
tected from those who would
divert them to other purposes. I
The wealth of the state, and j
stringent collection, is building!
up these surpluses.
Judge Charles W. Lewis ex-1
plained the Nolan county relief I
needs, stating that the county is j
without funds to continue WPA |
participation principally. He |
announced a citizens meeting j
with county officials Monday |
night, when this matter .will be
discussed and a solution sought.'
Judge Lewis pointed out that!
for a nominal sum from the j
county, 814,179.20 was paid out
to wage earners in Nolan coun-1
ty through federal sources in j
April.
The club endorsed the propo-1
sal to work out this situation, j
and Pres. R. M Simmons was
authorized to appoint three
members on a committee to j
represent the group.
Joe Boothe was toastmaster.
He introduced Mrs. H. O. Dean |
and Mrs. Jack Armstrong, vocal-
ist and accompanist, daughters
of George Sheppard. Mrs. Dean !
sang "1 Love Life." and "Shor- j
tnin' Bread". Lt. L. R. Herring, i
USN, was a guest of Ney Sheri-!
dan. and dropped a word for, a)
strong navy. He is en route to j
join the fleet at San Diego. He i
attended school here.
Other guests of the club were j
M. C. Manroe and K. (' Brand.
Federal Board
Licenses Project
On Brazos River
Construction Contracts
For $4,500,000 Possum
Kingdom Dam Awarded
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The Brazos river conservation
and reclamation district in Tex-
as held a federal power commis-
sion license today for the con-
struction of a hydroelectric
plant at the proposed Possum
Kingdom dam in Palo Pinto
county.
The license was modified to
reassure officials of the district
that its wording would not inter-
fere with the obligations of the
district to the state of Texas.
Modified License
The district formerly had con-
tended that the federal license
would not be necessary because
the project would not affect in-
terstate commerce. District rep-
resentatives withdrew a petition
for rehearing on that question,
however, and the modified li-
cense was granted yesterday.
Construction contracts for the
S 1,500,000 Possum Kingdom dam,
first in a series of power con-
servation and irrigation pro-
jects proposed for the Brazos
river, have been awarded.
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\ FVi Poppy Day
Scheduled For
City Saturday
Mayor Proclaims Day;
Delegation to Seek Dis-
trict Convention in 1939
Sweetwater Post. No. 2479,
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the U. S., in regular meeting
last evening heard official
proclamations by Governor
James V. Allred and B. N.
Roberts, mayor of Sweetwater,
declaring Saturday May 28 as
V. F. W. Buddy Poppy Day
in Texas and in Sweetwater;
made plans for the observation
of Memorial Day. with a service
on Sundaj' afternoon and in-
structed the post's delegation to
the state convention in Waco to
ask for the 1939 department
convention of the organization.
The committee on the poppy
sales, headed by Wm. F. White,
post commander, reported all
details complete for the annual
sale of the memorial flower
Saturday.
The group, appointed to ar-
range for the Memorial Day ser-
vice. reported that a special
meeting of the post would be
held Sunday afternoon, begin-
ning at 1 o'clock with decora-
tion of veterans' graves in the
local cemetery to begin at 3
• clock. The public is invited to
join in the decoration service.
The delegation to the state
convention, which will leave
Sweetwater, Sunday morning,
June 12. was instructed to work
with the convention committee
of the Board of City Develop-
ment and make every effort
to obtain the 1939 department
convention for Sweetwater. This
delegation will include Ernest
Marth. John R. Ray, H. L.
Cre>s. Homer Boyett, John
Coomer. John R. Chadwell and
George W. Bvrd.
The Memorial Day committee,
composed of Raymond Bishop,
Dr. Robert R. Allen, George W.
Byrd. Selig Reich and Jack
Armstrong, is to have a final
meeting at 5 p. m. Friday even-
ing.
To Present Awards
Dr. Gray Speaks
At Mass Meeting
Ijr. George A. Gray, director
of the Nolan County Health
unit, was guest speaker this
morning at a mass meeting at
the Taylor county courthouse
in Abilene.
Dr. Gray was invited to ad-
dress the assemblage in view
of the possibility of establish-
ing a unit tn that county
Roosevelt Goes
On Air Friday
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
President Roosevelt will an-
nounce his action on the tax bill
in a speech to the nation at 1
p. m (CST) tomorrow from Ar-
thursdale, W. Va.
The $5,330,000,000 measure,
drastically modifying the levies
on capital gains and undistribut-
ed corporate profits, must re-
ceive executive action by mid-
night tonight or it will become
law without Mr. Roosevelt's
signature.
The president apparently plan-
ned to act sometime today but
to withhold revelation of the
nation of his action until the
address tomorrow.
Ross S. Covey, superintendent
of Sweetwater schools, Friday
night will present diplomas
and awards to members of tlie
11K18 graduating class of New-
man high school. The class
Is one of the largest Iti years.
Man Uses Dynamite
To Take Own Life
KII, GORE — (UP) — AM.
dri w Maroz. a furniture repair-
man, put two sticks of dyna-
mite between his legs, toueh"d
them off. and blew himse'f to
bits today while his divorced
wife and six-year-old .laughter
watched him.
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