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After This
k’s Games f
Adrian Clark’s basket-
proteges of Sweetwater
school, the Mustangs, are
not minimizing the importance
of tonight’s game with the soar-
ing Eagles of Abilene at the
aerie tonight. The Mustang’s
handed the Eagles, top spot in
the 3AA loop by blasting their
only rivals, the Steers, last
week; and' now they don’t feel
hesitant about taking the top
spot away-—If it can be done.
Of course, Abilene can retain
undisputed lead if Big Spring
happens ,o. lose again tonight,
even if the Mustangs win.
The B teams of the schools
will not play in tonight’s en-
gagement, but predictions are
that the one game will be hot
enough for anybody’s full even
ing of sports.
If the local boys happen to
get going, as they did in the
last half of last week’s game
with Big Spring—Abilene can’t
hold them.
Here’s the team’s record so
far. Thev’ve beaten Colorado
City 29 to 17 and 40 to 19; Mid-
land 50 to 10, Lamesa 24 to 19,
and Big Spring 24 to 17. They’ve
lost to Midland, 25 to 20; ti
San Angelo 24 to 19 and 47 to
29; to Lamesa 24 to 12; Abilene
34 to 31 to Odessa 49 to 31
and Big Spring 7 to 0.
After Friday night’s basket-
ball finale in Sweetwater with
Odessa as the last opponent, tha
Mustangs will turn their atten
tion to track. Marion Flanagan,
star in the century dash, broad
jump and relays; Emmitt Young
are the outstanding basketball,
track athletes of the school.
The district track meet will
be held here this year.
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Auto Rationing
Data Issued By
Marshall Pior
mi
for
fin-
. is-
0f Texas ^
To Get Chance
In Gotham Ring
NEW YORK, Feb. 17 — (UP)
—Promoter Mike Jacobs, seek-
ing a challenger for Light Hea-
vyweight ChampioVi Gjus Lies*
hevlch. has matched Jimmy
Webb of Houston, Tex., and
Johnny Colan of New York for
a 10 or 12-round contenders’
battle at Madison Square Gar-
den March 13.
Webb and Colan fought a
draw' in eight action packed
rounds Friday night in the
semi-final to the Billy Conn
Tony Zale bout.
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Churchill Sees
Benefit In Dash
Of Nazi Vessels
Abandonment Of Base
At Brest Eases
Convoy Threat
LONDON, Fell. 17—(UP) —
Prime. Minister Winston Church
ill, indicating an intention to
defy critics of his cabinet, has re-
jected demands that he name
a minister of defense as a means
of co-ordinating the work of
the fighting services, an official
spokesman revealed today.
The spokesman said in a
statement that Churchill would
not name a' separate defense!
minister.
In the first defense of the gov-
ernment against the Nazi ex-
ploit in sailing a battle fleet
past the Dover coast of Eng-
land, he said that the main Ger-
man units, which included the
2<i-000-ton battleships Scharn-
horst and Gneisenau and the
10,000 ton heavy cruiser Prinz
Eugen. undoubtedly had been
hit by British aerial bombs while
they sheltered at Brest.
“Four thousand tons of bombs
were rained at Brest,” he said.
“British planes made 3,999 bomb-
ing sorties against the German
ships there and in these Raids
we lost 2471 personnel ana 43
aircraft.”
He announced that the govern-
ment was holding a secret in-
quiry regarding the successful
Information^ particularly
auto dealers, ‘' distributors,
ance companies and hanks
sued today by Marshall Pior.
chairman of the Nolan County
Rationing board.
In the period from February' escape of the German ships from
11 to February 19, a report is
to he made on OPA Form R-204
of 1942 passenger cars and
trucks on hand as of February
11. irrespective of the number
of miles they have been driven,
and all other passenger cars and
trucks on hand which have been
driven less thqn one thousand
miles. The report is not to in-
clude cars shipped from the
factory on and after January 10
and trucks'shipped on and after
January 17. identified by a pool
stinker affixed at the factory
before shipment, of cars or
trucks that, prior to January 2.
19'2’. were segregated from those
Brest.
"The abandonment of Brest as
a base was decidedly beneficial
to us and a threat to our con-
voys was removed,’ he said.
“A heavier scale (aerial) at-
tack on Germany is now pos-
sible.
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Burglar Alarm
Is A Boomerang
AUSTIN, Feb. 17 — (UP) —
Henry Williams, gray haired Ne-
gro, rested woefully on a cot in
held for sale and were converted j a city hospital today, looked at
to personal or Company use of his bandaged legs and decided
the dealer or finance company, j he was too forgetful,
that will continue to be so used, i Williams had been missing
and are not held for resale or [chickens from his coop. He fit-
transfer. ted up a shotgun with a string
rn the period from March 1 ■ attacked to the trigger and to
in March 8. 1942. automobiles | the gate of his yard. He loaded
and trucks shipped on and after
January 16. with pool stickers
affixed will be inventoried as of
the close of business February
28. 1942. on Form R-206, which
v i*l h" forwarded later with in-
structions.
Razorbacks Get
More Than Fair
Share Of Titles
Arkansans Have Won
Eight Loop Flags
Since 1924
By Roy J. Forest
l’P Staff < nn espondent
The Arkansas Razorbacks,
leading the Southwest confer-
ence today, have confounded op-
ponents since 1924 when they
began playing basketball in a
ramshackb-d Ozark mountain
gym called “Schmidt’s ham.
Untier three coaches in those
19 seasons, Arkansas teams have
won 'lie route:cnee champion-
ship outright eight times and
tied for top honors once. The
Razorbacks now are driving for
another.
To date, Atkansas has an all-
time ct tifet ence record of 113
victories and 59 defeats for an
average of .737. In all games
played in 19 years, the Razor
hacks won 318 times anti iost 98,
averaging .764.
With four games yet to play
this season—in a fine stone
field house at Fayetteville, Ark-
ansas clings to the top position
with eight victories and one de-
feat for a 1942 conference av-
erage of .875.
Southwest conference basket-
hall began in 1915 but Arkansas
ditl not. join up until 1921, a
year after former Coach Fran-
cis A. Schmidt had groomed a
freshman squad and started to
move to bu.ld his frame “barn.”
Since 1915, there has been on-
ly one tie for the conference
championship and Arkansas
figured in it—deadlocked with
the 1935 teams of Rice Institute*
and Southern Methodist univer
sit.v.
Texas has won the champion-
ship seven times, Texas A and
M four times, Rice Institute
and Texas Christian university
twice each, Baylor University
and S. M. U. once each, in ad-
dilion to the 1935 tie,
Under Coaches Schmidt (1924-
29). Charles A. Bassett (1930-'
99) and Glen Rdse (1934 to pre-
serv'd. Atkansas basketball
teams have overwhelmed ail
copferenc. (opponents except
Texas.
Alex Edwards
Takes Federal
Training Work
Alex Edwards, assistant prin-
cipal at Newman high schoo1.
Monday began training under
E. A. Parker, under the federal
I diversified occupations program.
He has been teaching mathe-
matics courses at the high sclio >1
but for four months will devote
practically all of his time to
tra iling in this city for his new I
work, as preparation for a co-j
ordinator’s job. He was recom !
mended for the place by Pascd
Buckner, ! ig Spring, the (list ;
rict superVvpr.
R. S. Covey, superinten J o'
of city schools, said Edwa:t'si
would cont'nue as assist.t; j
R. C. Fagg. principal, in his j
spare time.
The diversified occupation- ■
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Harbert Wins Texas Open
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At Ipft is Beil Hogan, who lost, and at right, Chick Harbert
who won a tie in playoff In the Texas Golf open at San An-
tonio yesterday. (NE.4 Telephoto).
Champions In State
Tourney ‘Battlers’
FORT WORTH, Feb. 17. —
(UP)—Texas will be well rep-
resented when Golden Gloves-
fighters assemble in Chicago
next week for the tournament of
champions.
The eight boys who will fight
for the lone star state won their
championships last night, and
the 6,500 howling fans who saw
the finals of the Texas Golden
Gloves tourney agreed the titl-
ists were battlers all. ■
Four championships went to
veterans, those who had won
before. The other four smashed
their way to the top for the
first time, but they showed as
much striking power, as much
ring savvy as the former cham-
pions. I,
Here are the winners and how
they won:
Flyweight .Tose Andres. Fort
Worth. Starting slowly, he tag-
ged Leonard Zuniga of San
tonio in the second, hurting him
and coasted to victory.
Bantam weight H ii b e r I
Gray, Wichita Falls. A sting-
ing uppercut helped u lot.
In a fight slowed by clinch-
es, Gray shook Lou Billy
of Camp Barkeley in the
third rotinl.
Featherweight Arlo Roye, San
Angelo. Roye repeated his 1941 j
triumph in this class. He won;
easily over Keith Kivlehen of
Lubbock.
Lightweight Morris Corona,
Port Arthur. This was Corona’s
fourth straight Texas title, al- J
though he shifted back to light-[
weight from a welterweight last j
year. Corona, who twice wetit
far in the national tournamenj,!
tiie Caribbean to-
had a hard final bout, getting
the decision over Cotton Gunt-
er of Dallas, but not without
considerable audience booing.
Welterweight Marvin Bryant,
Dallas, in one of the best scraps,
Brvant shaded Eddie Russey,
Wichita Falls.
Middleweight Eli Katieh, El
Paso. Katieh outpointed J. D.
Kirkpatrick, Lubbock, by a wide
margin.
Lightweight Tom Attra, Tem-
ple. Attra barely got the nod ov-
er Walter Barnett of Camp
Barkeley. Attra, the stronger
puncher, had a difficult time
breaking through Barnett’s de-
fense.
Heavyweight James O. Phil-
lips, Brownwood. Phillips, a ser-
geant at Camp Bowie anil form-
er Rice honor student, whipped
favored Gilbert Stromquist of
Temple.
Dallas won the team trophy
with 15 points. El Paso was sec-
ond with 12.
U. S. Warplanes
Searching Out
V
Subs \t Aruba
Caribbean Area Being
Combed And Tankers
Steered Away
Dodgers Doing
Right Well By
Our Uncle‘Sam
r
Giving Substantial
Sum In Cash For
Armed Services
By Paul Kchcffels
UP Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Feb. 17 —(UP)
—The Brooklyn Dodgers today
became the frst team in organ-
ized baseball today to arrange
contribution of a substantia!
cash sum to the armed servi
ces. They announced a four way
program designed as their share
of the nation wide war effort
The club offered to contribute
the entire receipts for one d :y
at Ebbets Field. ?in addition to
its share of one road game, f.
some national set vice agency.
Also, every individual on the
club from President Larry Mac
Phail to bat boy will purchase
defense bonds and stamps and
the facilities of radio broadcasts
of the games, billboards, loud
speakers and socre cards will
be used to promote the sale of
bonds and stamps.
In addition to admitting at
least 150.000 service men in
uniform free of charge to Eb-
bets Field, tiie Dodgers also will
nlajy exhibition games during
the training season and the
pennant race with camp teams,
donating tiie profits to camp
athletic funds.
The services of coaches, scouts
and players will be made avail-
able for instruction when re-
quested by athletic officers and
health divisions of army, navy
and civilian defense organiza-
tions.
The signing of Camilli and
Davis gave Brooklyn a total of
30 signed-players and eight hold
outs. Only two, Veteran South-
paw Larry French and Rookie
Jack Kraus, can definitely be
classed as dissatisfied.
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Jenkins Will Try
Comeback Tonight.
I PHILADELPHIA,. Feb. 17 —
(UP) i- Former, lightweight
champion Lew Jenkins of Sweet-
water, Texas, tries the come- 0
back trail tonight in a i6-round
bout with Marty Servo, U. S.
coastguardsman, at the arena.
In his first bout since he lost
tne title to Sammy Angott, Jen- 0
kins \Viil seek a quick knockout
over tiie Schenectady, N. Y.,
battier, in hopes of building
himself up for another shot at
the lightweight crown. _
Servo, who lost only one bout •
in his last 47 fights, admittedly
GOVERNOR ON AIR
AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 17—(UP)
Gov. Coke Stevenson will broad-
cast a "good neighbor" address
from Laredo, Tex., Monday mor-
ning, Feb. 23, during that city’s
Washington birthday celebra-
tion. The Laredo observance,
started by the independent or,
der of Red Men, has become one
oi the 'principal annual, .bor-
der celebrations.
Battle Creek
Golfer Takes
Texas Honors
Harbert Wins Open
With One Over Par
Card, A 72
RAN ANTONIO, Feb. 17—(UP)
—Melvin (Chick) Harbert, 27- ....... ............. .............
year old Battle Creek, Mich., pro- wjjj trv for the same accompl
fessional. pocketed a prize of
$1,000 today and said he wished
the entire winter golf circuit
weld stay inside Texas.
Harbert nosed out Ben Hogan,
Hershey, Pa., veteran, by four
strokes in an 18-hole playoff yes-
terday to win the Texas open
golf tournament, his second ma-
jor-triumph. He won the Beau-
mont open, last of the big 1941
meetings, last December.
Playing on the sodden Willow
Springs course, neither Harbert
nor Hogan could match their
sub-par golf of the first four
rounds, which both finished in
272 strokes.
Harbert came in with a 72
one over par, but it was good
enough to heat Hogan's 76.
Harbert, a comparative new-
comer to the winter circuit, add-
ed $108 playoff receipts to his
first prize money of $1,000. Ho-
gan, leading money winner of
the year, won $750 for second
His prize money and
shment, mostly to avenge his
cousin, Lou Ambers, from whom
Ji nkins annexed the 135-pound
crown on a three-round techni-
cal knockout at New York, neair-
ly two years ago.
“I won’t he satisfied with a
decision victory,” Servo said. “I
want to give him the same dose
he handed Cousin Lou.”
Servo has been rated a slight
favorite at 6 to 5, mostly be-
cause of his impressive record
of 40 straight victories, until he
received the short end of a deba-
table decision in his bout with
Ray (Sugar) Robinson fast Sep-
tember.
Basketball Mark
Broken In East
PORTLAND. Ore.. Fell. 17—
ss ss; -
record, was forced to raise his .
sights today. Against Monmouth,
college, Rostock scored a meager
total of nine last night, miss-
ing bv nine points the record (
of 1,597 points set by Stanford’s
Hank Luisetti. He entered the
game with an average of 18
points per game this season.
But even while he was firing,
New York Cage authorities an- (
nounced that Stanley Modzelew-
ski of Rhode Island State col-
lege had broken the recc’d by
a single point. Modzelewski -cor-
ed 18 points against Holy Cross
last night. |
He has six more games to play.
Rostock has only two.
ed his 1942 total winnings to
more than $5,800.
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Courthouse News
Marriage Licenses
H. B. Bourland and Minnie
Day.
A. .1. Wylie, Snyder and Esta
lou Seals, Fort Worth
Warranty Deeds
Robert Ratliff to H. Mote, $lo.
It. 7 blk. 15, Blackwell, Texas.
T. M. Dobbins, executor to
Leo E. Clegg, its. 1 and 4, SW
Ctufchei S D blk 49, S & \V. Ad
dition.
Mrs. Hattie Gray to Homer
L. McLeod', et ux. $10,000, E 12
24, Blk 2-1, T & P Survey.
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the gun.
After a night in whicli there
was no disturbance in the chick-
en coop, Henry rose to go to
work. He forgot to disconnect I program L paid for one fourth
the string, opened the gate and j by the city and three-fourths by j
—boom! Idle federal government. I to
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MAXWELL HOUSE
Maxwell House is sealed, roaster-fresh, in (he Vita-
Fresh vacuum tin. No air can get in—so no flavor can
get out! And today in that famous blue Maxwell House
tin you get more flavor for your money because ...
• Thara't mars flavor in tha Maxwell House bland—it's
\ far richar in highland-grown, axtra-flavor coffees.
\e Ml the flavor is brought out by the special “Radiant
Roast” process.
• No waiting—Maxwell House is already precisely ground
\ lor ovary method—Drip, Regular, Olass-Makor.
• To save money and save shopping trip*—gat the thrifty
2-pound tin.
GOOD TO THE
Livestock Market
Furnished by
Courtesy Brooks Burking U‘
Sweetwater, Texas
Hosts:—
150-180 lbs. i0.75-11.50.
180-210 lbs. ! 1.25-11.75.
240 280 Ills. 10.75-11.25.
300-350 lbs. 10.75-11.25.
Sows:—
275-350 ills. 9.75 10.25.
400 lbs. up 8.75-10.00.
< attle:—
Good grain-fed yearlings 9.09
10.50.
Heavy fat calves, 9.00 to 10.50.
Med. heifers, steers, 7.00
8.50.
Common yearlings 5.50 to 7.00.
Good cows G.5U to 8.00.
Cutter cows, 5.00 to 6.25.
BALBOA. C. X.. Feb. '17
(UP) — United’States defense
forces sw.pt
day for German submarines
which, Opening defensive war-
fare off the northern end of
South' America, torpedoed at
least, thiee and possibly six
tankeis and shelled an oil re-
finery and other installations on
the Netherlands West indies of
Ai uka.
Lieut. Gen. Frank M. An
drews, commanding United Sta-
le- forces in the Caribbean zone,
awaited reports from American
combat planes which took off
from Aruba and nearby Curacao
Island on a patterned hunt for
i the German raiders which, in
[ addition to their attacks on tan-
' kers, had made the first bomb-
| Reddy Kilowatt
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Electric service...
j^nniflOise
' says...
"Penny Sense—Good Defense"
OTO(?CINGS and sockj pulled
3 on and off by the toes wear
longer than when tugged by their
tops. Teach the "littlest one" to
treat socks gently—
A Product of Cnneral Food•
Careful handling of stockings will
ease the strain on silk supplies
and save you money to invest in
DBFF.NSI SAVINGS STAMP*! War
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ardment of a land objective
the Western Hemisphere.
Andrews, who flew back here
yesterday from Aruba where lie
was under German shell fire
during the bombardment, indi-
cated that he expected to hear
that American planes had a1
l early reduced the number of
ihe Ge:man submarines.
A Vu-iled Press Aruba
(i - 'latch said airplanes hid
I ci> sent out to warn 14
(at lifts, hi Curibht'in wat-
(i . near Aruba, to make for
pci i al nin e.
All tanker sailings were can-
i (.-)!e.-| un'ii further orders, the
| dispatch ■ “i. until planes and
: surface units hunted down the
German U boats.
Andrews reported that tin*
i (: imans had sunk one sma’I
tanker and torpedoed two oth-
i-. i:'chid ng an American one,
in two early morning attacks
I r'f Aruba.
Tin American manager of
■ .Vienc.'i-elide Oil company
M naciiibo. V: nezuela, tele-
phoned the United Press Cara-
cas bureau that it was n ported
i ihere that tour small and two
! large tp.pke: -. in all, had been
!(,-* in th, G: rrnan submarine
■■Rucks, in- tiding those off Air
ha.
This wa • rot confiimed. and
it was necessary to await d e
I tailed reiros to assess the toll
ot the raiding submarines.
TO MAKE
BETTER COFFEE
... Measure Carefully
the Water, Coffee and Brewing Time
tT OU can make Better coffee with your electric percolator
" if you will watch your measurements, and you won’t
be wondering why your coffee tastes so good some mornings
and so flat or strong on other mornings. You may have to
experiment a little to find just what amounts of water, coffee
and ti*me make the coffee best
suited to your taste, but once that
has been determined, you can enjoy
this delicious beverage at its best,
day after day.
The control of heat also is im-
portant in making good coffee, but
in your electric percolator or coffee-
brewer, the heat is uniform.
TEXAS ELECTRIC
SERVICE COMPANY
T. P. JOHNSON, Manager
Keep Your
Electrical Appliances
in Good Condition
If your percolator, toaster
or other electrical appli-
ances in your home aren't
operating satisfactorily, a
small and inexpensive re-
pair may he all that is
needed to make them as
good as new.
Take Thom to a-. flocfrtc
Shop Today for Repairs
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