Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 59, Ed. 1 Friday, June 10, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Texas Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Cleared Up By Rangers
U. S. ARMY PLANE FALLS. EIGHT ARE KILLED
Survives Bullet
n
Five years after she was shot
in the head by a bullet intend-
ed for President Roosevelt,
.Miss .Margaret Kruis, here
with her pet dog, Fluffy,
still suffers headaches but
holds a position with the
Ititiiminous Coal Commission
in Washington, I). ('.
Actual Drilling
Is Underway on
Withers Wildcat
Deep Test to He Made
Three Miles South of
City By Ajax Company
Rotary equipment on the Ajax
Drilling company et al No. 1 J.
IT. Withers wildcat in the Hyde
block three and a half miles
southeast of Sweetwater located
in southwest of the southwest of
section (ill block 21 T & P sur-
vey, has started making hole.
in the first day of drilling
Thursday progress was slow
due to a hard formation after
reaming out 110 feet of the pre-
viously spudded hole.
Interest of oil men is centered
on this Nolan county test, in
which four major companies are
cooperating in an effort to as-
certain structures in the area.
It will be drilled 2,800 feet with
the rotary, then standard tools
will be moved in for the 4,500-
foot test.
« *
Douglas Bomber
Believed Hit .
By Lightning
Plane Caught in Thunder-
storm and Falls In Flames
In An Illinois Field
DELAVAN, 111. — (UP) — A
United -States army bombing
plane crashed during a thun-
derstorm today, killing eight
uniformed passengers and crew
members.
Officers at Chanute Field,
army air base at Rantoul, 111.,
said the plane apparently was a
Douglas bomber which left
there for Denver shortly before
the crash.
Crash Seen by Many
The crash was seen by many
persons. All agreed the ship was
flying under storm clouds, amid
rain and lightning. They differ-
ed as to whether it was struck
by lightning or exploded.
Miss Ella Youle, on whose
farm the ship fell, said the
bomber circled, then one wing
broke away, fire broke out and
the plane fell.
It was nearly an hour before
bodies could be dragged from
the smouldering wreckage.
Five Counties to
Send Delegations
To Power Session
Sweetwater Report
VOLUME XLI
SWEETWATER, TEXAS FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1938
NUMBER 59
G-Men Solve Cash Kidnaping
Farm Hand Admits Guilt
Market School
To Be Held Here
Farm women, who expect to
receive training in marketing
prior to establishing a home-
makers market in Sweetwater,
are to receive their first in-
struction at a meeting at 9:30
o'clock Saturday at the apart-
ment of Miss Viarena Stinson,
county demonstration agent.
To this session each woman
is to bring some commodity
which she has prepared in-
cluding sponge cake and cook-
ies, which are to be scored. The
purpose of training courses, that
are to occupy 12 months, is to
reach perfection in preparation
of foods.
Miss Stinson is to demonstrate
the proper method of dressing
poultry.
Twelve or 15 women of the
county are expected to attend
the meeting.
o
Fair Directors
To Meet Tonight
Directors of the Nolan Coun-
ty Fair Association will meet to-
night at 8 o'clock in the Board
of City Development offices to
make further plans for the Mid-
west Exposition in September.
It is expected that a definite de-
cision on the carnival and other
events can be reached at this
meeting.
WEATHER
WEST TEXAS — Partly clou-
dy tonight, Saturday partly clou-
dy except thundershowers in
Panhandle. Cooler.
EAST TEXAS — Mostly clou-
dy, probably scattered thunder-
showers tonight and Saturday.
Rural Electrification
To Be Discussed at
Roby Saturday Night
ROBY—Delegations from Scur-
ry, Stonewall, Kent, Jones and
Nolan counties have indicated
they will attend the rural elec-
trification meeting in the court-
house at Roby Saturday night
at 8 o'clock when representatives
of the West Texas Utilities comp-
any. Rural Electrification Ad-
ministration and Fisher county
folk will discuss a proposed coun-
ty-wide project.
Some of the delegates of
adjacent counties will be inter-
ested in joining Fisher in the
proposed .project, while others
will attend to gain informa-
tion on possible endeavors else-
where.
Lubbock Men Speakers
Principal speakers will be
Charles C. Fagg and W. M. Ross
of Lubbock, officials of a 400-
mile electric line in Lubbock
county. County Agent T. H. Roe-
nsch, and C. Littlepage, Hobbs
vocational agriculture instructor
are in charge of arrangements,
having headed local proposals
in the Pledge and Hobbs com-
munity respectively.
A line of 100 miles with
three customers to the mile is
sought, with approximately a
third definitely pledged.
Band Concert
Saturday Night
The second program of the
summer band concert series pre-
sented by the Sweetwater Muni-
cipal band under the direction
of A. M. (Jack) Armstrong will
be given at 8 o'clock Saturday
on the courthouse lawn.
March, The High School Cad-
ets, Sousa; overture, Finale,
Losey; march, University of
Chicago, King;
Song for baritone (a) The
Sweetest Story Every Told
| (Stults) (b) A Dream (Bartlett),
Bernard Kirkpatrick; hymn,
Faith of Our Fathers, Walton;
selection, The Grass Widow,
Hirsch; march, Bfcvura, Du-
ble; and current popular tunes
as encores.
o
Briton Favors
War Debt Payment
NEW YORK — (UP) — Lord
Stamp of Shortlands, foremost
British economist, told the Unit-
ed Press today in an exclusive
interview that he favors a settle-
ment of British war debts to the
United States.
The financier, who, until he
was made a baron in King
George's honors list today, was
Sir Josiah Stamp, believes that
some formula should be found
which will enable the treasury
in Washington to write the $4,
713,000,000 off its books.
Ginger's Ma And G-Man Hoover Like That
But Congress Cuts Funds Anyway
NEW YORK—(UP)—Ginger Rogers' ma, Lela, was in town
today with a trunk full of manuscripts and a burning ambi-
tion to be a writer, but what interested gossips in this village
was not Mis. Rogers' literary hope-chest but a picture of
America's super-sleth, G-man J. Edgar Hoover.
The plump but undeniably handsome countenance of the
chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shone from a
silver-framed picture of the mantlepiece in Mrs. Rogers'
apartment, and it wasn't facing the wall.
Mrs. Rogers was asked "how about it?" and while she
didn't say yes and she didn't say no, she confessed that she
and the No. 1 federal agent were "quite good friends."
"He telephoned about the break in the Cash case at three
o'clock this morning," she admitted with a smile.
"Are you going to get married or are you just interested
in detective work?" Mrs. Rogers was asked.
She beamed, and said:
"That's up to him."
A few leading questions were asked, but the slender, 44-
year-old "stage mother" proved as hard to crack as some
of her detective friend's customers.
Finally she was asked if he had given her an engagement
ring, and she laughed outright.
"Sorry," she said. "Congress cut down the bureau's appro-
priations, you know."
Slugger-Killer Gets Slugged
Flying Laboratory Reaches Her Base
MIAMI — (UP — Direc-
tor J. Edgar Hoover of the
Federal Itiireau of Investi-
gation today announced that
Franklin McCall, 21-year-old
farm hand, lias confessed
lie kidnaped 5-year-old Jim-
my Cash.
McCall, who yesterday led
<,-inen to the body of the
I murdered child and pointed
out the hiding place of the
| SIC,000 vainly paid as ran-
som, had previously insisted
lie was only an accomplice.
| STATE'S ATTORNEY TO
! PROSECUTE McCALI,
MIAMI — (UP) — State's At-
j torney G. A. Worley announced
today he will prosecute Frank-
lin McCall, 21, on charges of
kidnaping and murdering 5-year-
"id Jimmy Cash if a special
grand jury returns a true bill
alter hearing evidence against I
the youth Monday.
Under Florida law, McCall i
See G-.MEN Page 8
o
Garner Boomed
For President j
- WASHINGTON — (UP) —
Revelation of new deal plans
to punish three senators who
bolted the administration's jud-
iciary bill coincided today with
reports of a congressional boom
for Vice President John N. Gar-
ner as a presidential democratic
candidate in 1940.
Twenty-eight senate demo-
crats had already told Garner
they would back him in 1940, but
a check among conservative dem-
ocrats failed to disclose any
organized movement in his be-
half.
I
Pair Arrested
At San Antonio;
Confess Guilt
One of Two Men Had
Posed As Floyd Hamilton,
Widely Sought Desperado
SAN ANTONIO—(UP)—Capt.
! Lee Miller of the Texas rangers
today announced the arrest of
I two bandits, posing as Floyd
j Hamilton and companion, who
| staged four holdups and crim-
j inally attacked a woman in four
1 days time.
| The men. Walter Johnson, 26,
j and Edward Cejka, 19, already
were charged with robbery with
firearms in Bexar county. Miller
said he would file an assault
charge against Johnson in Wil-
son county.
Miller said the men signed
j statements in the robbery and
kidnaping of two San Antonio
| couples Saturday and Sunday
night, and to a holdup in Hous-
ton Monday and another in Mis-
sissippi.
Lashing out in vengeance, Elmer Johnson, Chicago fireman,
is shown almost at the instant he landed a blow flush on the
jaw ot Robert Nixon, 18-year-old negro who has confessed
the attack-slaying of five Chicago women, including John-
son's wife.
Record U.S. Wheat
Crop Is Forecast
LONDON—(UP) — Peace has
found an ally in the drought,
which in some areas, is the
worst in generations. It swept
through Europe this spring and
drastically reduced wheat crops.
Not only has the drought in-
terferred with plans for build-
ing up wheat reserves, but forc-
ed many countrie
FDR's Western
Tour Is Mapped
There is no doubt, however, J from foreign countrie.,.
that the direction of President j
Roosevelt's policies, the current | _ WHEAT ESTIMATE
business recession, and recent j SETS NEW RECOIil)
political maneuvers are inter- WASHINGTON — (UP)—Th.
preted as new deal efforts to ■ department of agriculture will i ^ no c ®
punishing bolting legislators , issue ]ate today a crop report
and established Garner as a i
potential conservative candi- j
date in 1940.
- ;J
HOLLANDIA, Dutch New (>ulnea, Friday—(Via Pan Ameri-
can Airways Radio) — (UP)—Richard Areliliold, millionaire
sportsman-explorer, brought his giant airboat (Julia down
here at 7:11 a. m. today (1:11 p. in. PST) ending a 6.84-mile
flight from San Diego by way of Honolulu and Wake Island.
Areliliold took off from Wake last night at 9:0:1 p. in.
Accompanied by five companions, Arelibold will establish
a base for a two-year exploration of the New Guinea moun-
tain wilderness.
Four of the crew, shown left to right in the bottom panel,
are: Capt. Richard Arelibold, millionaire research associate
in the American Museum of Natural History, who owns the
plane; Flight Engineer Gerald llrown; Navigator Lewis Yan-
cey, who navigated the first New York-Rome flight in I!I2!>,
and Radio Operator Ray Booth.
U. S. Witness in
Coal Case Killed
SOUTHWEST CHOP
LONDON, Ky. - (UP) - One! LARGEST1 ON RECORD
government witness in the Har- KANSAS CITY (I.Pi The
lan coal conspiracy case was! Southwest wil produce one ot
killed yesterday and another re- "le 'ar^est wheat ciop im-
ported he had been kidnaped' >'ear' but tho huge harvost can
but had escaped.
The two events occurred j
several miles away from
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
President Roosevelt said today
to buy wheat; that he had completed plans for
a cross-country trip, by way of
Texas, to Kan Francisco where
he will embark on a cruise as
far south as the equator.
chief executive plans to
leave July 7. From Kentucky he
will cross into Tenn., then into
in that state July
10. From Okla., he will go to
Fort Worth, the home of his
son. Elliott. His special train
will leave from there for Wichi-
ta Falls and Amarillo.
From Amarillo he will go to
Boulder for a tour of the Grand
Canyon.
The president does not plan
visit an\ South American
expected to forecast a record
of 1,000,000,000 bushebs of j okla.. arrivin
wheat. All reports from all
wheat states indicate an in-
crease over the 754,153,000 bush-
els of winter wheat predicted
a month ago.
j be attributed only to the fact
that farmers planted a record
t< i
countrv.
bv wav
He will return home
of the Panama Canal.
Ben F. Bates, Roby Dairyman
Improves Herd With Tested Animals
ROBY—T. H. Roensch, Fisher farm is Jolly's Cowslip Price
county agricultural agent, who \ which is out of a gold and sil-
. . . .1 v, ver medal cow at the age of
is interested in the betterment yearg ^ poun(K of
of livestock in the county, said, Gutter fat in 365 days and a me-
Ben F. Bates, Roby dairyman, dal of merit record of 754 pounds
is probably doing more construc-
tive work in dairy herd im-
provement than any other per-
son within a radius of 50 miles.
Only this week Bates purchas-
ed two 3-year-old Jersey cows
from the Shelton Bros, herd
of Brownwood. These cows
were Cleo Lassie and Jolly
Dreamers Monty, both coming
from tested dams and sires of
high production. He has sold
all grade cows and is replac-
ing his herd with registered
merit blood lines. Cost of in-
dividuals are high, stated Bates,
but as long as iie has the pro-
duction end taken care of he
considers such individuals of
nominal cost.
Herd Increases
His herd now consists of thir-
teen head with six in produc-
tion. The sire in use on tuis
butterfat in 305 days. The sire
of this bull is Jolly's Cowslip
of P. H. who is a silver medal
bull.
Roensch believes that with a
few more good Jerseys like the
ones Bates now owns on more
farms in Fisher county would
greatly increase dairying inter-
est. The lack of good milch
cows is evident when one tries
to buy. Roensch hopes to talk
dairy herd improvement to his
4-H club boys until it will come
up to the same high standard
that these boys are now doing
with beef cattle, sheep, and
swine.
In other words, Roensch's slo-
gan is, that there is not any
farm too good for a good dairy
cow, but that could lie made
better with a better production
cow.
t,le ; acreage.
federal courthouse here where! Weather conditions have cur-
tailed the crop and quality of
' wheat generally. The survey in-
on charges of conspiring to de-j c''catec* tllat ,t'le ^'UihweM
1 will range between
the government is trying 44 per-
sons and 19 coal corporations [
prive their employes of their j
rights under the Wagner labor
relations act.
Lester Smithers, a miner who
was under subpoena by the gov-
ernment was killed in a quarrel
with two brothers five miles
from Harlan. Whether his death
had anything to do with this
trial or whether it merely was
a brawl remained uncertain as
varying accounts of the killing
were received from Harlan
county officials.
Meanwhile, John Isom, also a
miner, reported to George Tit-
ler, field representative of the
United Mine workers of Harlan,
that he was kidnaped early yes-
terday by three men from whom
and
450,000,000 ;
475,000,000 bushels.
Planes Searching
C
For Desperadoes
Bennett No. 1
Wildcat Nearing
Pav Horizon
Eyes of Oil Fraternity
Focused on Test South-
♦
west of Rotan Pool
ROTAN — Close watch is be-
! ing kept today on the Forest
Development company Bennett
No. 1 wildcat test about three
miles southwest of Rotan, cen-
I ter of section 51 block 3 H & T
C survey, which is being drilled
i with rotary tools at approximate-
| iy 3,500 feet with the Noodle
j Creek pay expected hourly.
It is reported that the struc-
I ture is running slightly higher
than in the Rotan field, where
■i showing usually is encounter-
ed around 3,500 feet.
Should - this test piake a well,
:t will indicate the trend of the
Rotan field to the south and
west. Two previous tests drilled
by Forest, to the north and west
j resulted in dry holes. The pre-
! sent location is said to be on the
I crest of a structure.
o
I. S. May Outlaw
Alien Groups
( opyright, By l"P
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
Legislation empowering Presi-
di'tit Roosevelt to dissolve all
: semi-military organizations of av-
owed fascist or communistic
nature, which admittedly are
cunnecicd with foreign govern-
ments. will be introduced early
in the next congressional session,
it was learned today.
A usually reliable official
told the United Press that the
i mslation would be based on the
findings of the special house
committee, headed by Rep. Mar-
in Dies, D., Tex., which will in-
vent igaie un-American activities
^ atul foreign propaganda in the
United States and report to the
i next session.
While high administration of-
ficials reportedly have refused
to commit themselves to any
j concrete proposal, they were
! said to have exhibited keen in-
terest in possible means of halt-
! ing the growth of foreign seml-
! military groups, particularly
| those with fascist or Nazi con-
1 nections.
he escaped by leaping from an Bad Gl'QSS Fil'C
automobile.
Britain To Buy
V. S. Fighting Planes
LONDON — (UP) — The Brit-
ish air ministry today announc-
ed that it has accepted the re-
commendation of a special mis-
sion, which returned 10 days
ago from the United States, and
will purchase 400 fighting planes
from American factories.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer
To Leave Tomorrow
The Rev. and Mrs. George T
Palmer are leaving Saturday | does.
morning for Canadian to remain Three planes were comman-
for 10 days with her parents, j dered by state police at Baton
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. George, i Rouge after they announced
The Rev. A. 11. Young, pre- j they had ''positively identified"
siding elder, is to have charge | Hamilton as a participant in the
of the services Sunday morning| Bradley, Ark., bank robbery
at the First Methodist church four days ago.
in the absence of the pastor. Police said they believed that
No evening service or Wednes- Hamilton had joined Chapman.
to be j a one time wealthy Arkansas
i contractor who turned outlaw
and escaped from a Texas pri-
on. and the pair had robbed
the Minden, La., and Bradley,
Ark., banks,
at i o
SHREVEPORT — (UP)—Lou-!
isiana national guard planes |
flew over the tri-state area I
northwest of here today in |
search of Charles Chapman and
and Floyd Hamilton, the south-j Mrs Bertha Teague, district
west's most famous despera-1 supervisor of the state library
project in Nolan county, met
i
Instructions Given
County Librarians
day prayer sen tee
held.
15
the four librarians in an all-
day session yesterday in the
commissioner's room of the
; courthouse.
Refunding and mending books
1 occupied part of the session, the
, rest of the time being given to
! the classification and accession
i of books and records.
Attending were Mrs. Peggy
Fidson, Mrs. Maud Clayton, Mrs.
Houston Grissom, and Mrs.
Irene Childers.
o
Townsend Speakers
In City Saturday
Menaces Houses
F iremen were called out
1:40 o'clock this afternoon for | .
the second time today, to extin- Lindberghs MoVe
guish a bad grass fire on a vac- rp rpup;v JVPW Hnilte
ant lot behind the residence of * " * ffCfll iYCJtl? nUTtlV
Mrs. S. R. Neblett. 1101 Ragland. SEVEN OAKS. Kent. — (UP)
The fire swept the lot and was! —Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind-1 Reed, youthful Fort Worther,
given impetus by piles of dry bergh and their two children are to be heard Saturday on the
Two speakers. Dr. Carl E.
Lunn, of the national Townsend
-peaker's bureau, and Tiffin
grass and brush, endangering
nearby buildings, but was held
under control by the fire depart-
ment.
have left for their home on the
island of Saint Illiae off the
coast of Brittany, it was learned
here today.
courthouse lawn immediately
following the I rand concert. Tho
two are to discuss the Townsend
plan. The public is invited.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View two places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 59, Ed. 1 Friday, June 10, 1938, newspaper, June 10, 1938; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth290385/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.