Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 7, Ed. 1 Monday, December 21, 1942 Page: 4 of 6
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Editorials—SWEETWA’
Reporter—Features
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1942 office in Sweetwater, Texas, Feb. 9, 1920,
Glory to God in the highest, and on
peace, good will toward men.—Luke 2:14.
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The first in glory, as the first in peace.-
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earth. The Desert Fox
-Homer.
Farm Relief Proram
By S. Burton Heath
The War Manpower Commission and the De-
partment of Agriculture have outlined a program
for the relief of American farmers. Unlike prior
farm relief plans, this one has little to do with
financing. It is an intelligent, forward-looking pro-
gram to guarantee the farmers enough help so
that they can feed us, our allies, and the famish-
ed victims of axis occupation, once we have be-
gun to free these last.
Generally speaking, the idea depends on a fulltime
mobile army of experienced farm workers which can
be moved around the country at federal expense to
supplement local manpower as crops mature.
* * *
The plan contemplates moving experienced farmers
from substandard acreage where their effort is large-
ly wasted; training farmers to use available manpower
to the best advantage; expanding Employment Service
placement machinery so as to move avail.- Me help
where it will do the most good: and, in crop seasons, to
mobilize local volunteer groups in temporary crises.
These things, the planners believe, will be im-
possible unless farm wages are raised so as to
compete better against the lure of industrial pay
scales.
Certainly the whok scheme will collapse unless the
48 states are induced to revoke or suspend those'sta-
tutes—adopted originally to protect their wage-earners
against competition from outsiders —that would make
impossible the complete mobility upon which the new
farm relief plan depends.
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As War Manpower Chairman Paul McNutt announc-
es the overall plan, it seems to be a thoroughly intelli-
gent approach to a most vexatious and potentially dan-
gerous problem.
Many ideas just as promising as this one have
flopped because nobody did anything to effectuate
them. Others have failed because too many per-
sons did too much, all different. This led to chaos.
The farm manpower relief outline does credit to
Commissioner McNutt as a practical planner. Now it
remains to be seen how good the Hoosier will prove as
an administrator.
Meanwhile the farmers themselves have an imme-
diate job. Mr. McNutt cannot succeed unless the legis-
latures of most states co-operate by relaxing crippling
legal barriers to labor mobility.
The farmers have much influence in state legis-
latures. For their own sakes, and for the sake' of
mankind as a whole, that influence should be used
to force through necessary statutory revisions. An-
other year will be too late.
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Christmas Spirit
Present At Meet
Of Rotary Club
The spirit of Christmas pre-
vailed at- the meeting of the
Sweetwater Rotary club today
in the basement of the First
Methodist church.
The observance of Christmas
in England, Scandinavia and the
Northland, was explained in a
paper presented by Fletcher
Barnes, of Anderson, S. C., a
transport student at Avenger
field. In those countries the
holidays continue for weeks
with emphasis on the religion-
observance, Barnes explained.
The musical of the program
: featured James Edward Nein-
; -t with two numhers, “.Jingle
Bells" and “Night Before Christ-
mas'’ on the accordion. Billy
1 Pool, gave two songs “God Rest
i Ye Merry Gentlemen” and “Oh
Holy Night.” He was accompan-
. led by Mrs. John Pinson.
Barbara Glass, sang two num-
bers “Santa Claus Is Coming
1 To Town” and “White Christ-
I mas.” The whole assembly join-
1 I'd in singing the latter number
, an encore. She was accom-
panied by Mrs. A. A. Eberle.
.lame.- B nnitt, gave a recitation
I •‘The Night Before Christmas.”
'I he program was under direc-
; lion of Cliff Williams. T. P.
John.mi, club president, gave a
I brie I nil ago of the Christina
I season.
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AmMCfiN—
(Co,(tinned from page l)
I lie Axis position In Nin-
th \liic,i nlso »\iis serious.
Tin- Alrika hoiks was n-
lia-aliug al a rate of lo
miles a day anil it was iloii-
hted that Field Marshal la-
win Rommel could make a
slanil east of the Tiinistuu
border. He appeared ready
to abandon al! of Italian
Tripoli la n ia in a mad dash
(o join forces with Cob-
Gen. Walther Vehring's ax-
is forces in (lie Tiwis-Biz-
erte arrn.
New tribute to the fighting
power of tlie big American fly-
| ing fortresses and Liberators
came in operational reports of
Sunday’s smashing daylight raid
on Romilly, France. It was und-
erstood that 7G German fight-
er planes were shot down or j
damaged by the Big United Sta-
tes warcraft.
The headline fighting, how-
ever, was on Russia's central
! Don front.
NAZI PLANES—
(Continued from page 1)
fighters destroyed is still with-
held awaiting completion of op-
erational reports. Sunday's ‘bag
was so satisfactory it entailed
an extended review of individu-
al claims. Six bombers are miss-
ing."
The Fortresses and Liberators
were accompanied by strong al-
lied fighter escorts, including a
heavy Canadian formation, but
were on their own much of the
time over France.
“The bombardiers reported
that in every instance,the tar- men, who ever since the open-
get was clearly visible and ox
cellent results were obtained,'
the announcement said.
JAPS
(Continued from page 1)
an eventual clash with
l nited States.
The usual interpretation
has hern in tracing Japan’s
aggression from her seizure
of Manchuria iff 1932. The
documents now being pub-
lished show that Japan w. s
using the same taeties in
11ll 5.
While her allies were shred-
ding blood for liberty, Japan
was using threats, force, brib-
ery and corruption to solidify
and extend her privileged poSi
ing days of the Tunisian cam
paign have been operating as
ground troops, sneaked up on a
| railroad station to find it full
of Italians.
: • The next night a platoon of
Ihe: t he paratroops returned to raid
the station. They killed or
wounded all the Italians but
21, whom they took buck pri-
soners.
STORM-
(Continued from page 1)
storm, Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone company officials re-
porting that the main damage
to lines seemed to bo in Lub-
bock proper and between that
FAST HAS t Ol.l) WAVE
lly United Press
Most of the eastern half of
the United States suffered
today in an intense cold
wave whieh extended well
Into the Middle West and
southward beyond Washing-
ton, with temperatures rang-
ing down to 45 below zero
ill upstate New Jerk.
Snow covered a large part
of the in i*a.
Railroad traffic, a- well as
highway travel, was hamp-
ered.
Deaths w e r e reported
tin niiglinni the area.
The 15 below temperature
was registered unofficially
at Owl’s Head. N. A.. and
Lake Placid, N. V.. was only
one degree warmer.
Official temperatures in
■ lie area included: Bull.do.
5 below: ( incinnali S below;
Duluth 5 below; Philadel-
phia I alone; Pittsburgh
zero.
city and 1 Maim iew in the nnrtIt
and Rusfoe m the southeast
Ninety circuit were out in I.uh
bock, a city of approximately !
50,000 people id also the i(c i
Of two I. ii . ■ ■ , in lit * ■ • i I > in J
sibilation-
The liea\y drizzle which
began falling last night soon
soon began freezing as ihe
temperature dropped to ihe
freezing point and Inn reed
a degree or two below. Hi
Ibis llioi nilig ire coatings
ranging from throe-quarters
lo an inch in thickness dis-
rupted all comm unit al ion
lines and il was iiiidniorning
before company officials
were able to patch one line
into temporary servin'.
At Amarillo, in the Panhan- '
die where a similar ice storm ■
two years ago caused more
than $800,000 damage to the tele-
phone company's system alone, j
ice from one-half to three-quar-:
ters of an inch in thickness coat- j
ed the lines, but communica-1
tions were kept’ open. The ice j
was reported thawing there at j
noon.
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(Continued from page 1)
high command. We learner^
about Russia’s offensive capaci-
ty last winter, but we did not
think the Red army could do it
now on such n large scale. The
preparation and execution of the
operations were classical.” 9
3. Plans Tor the counter-of-
fensive were worked out und-
er the direction of Premier
Stalin. Clock-work precision
wa needed because the fieri
mans enjoyed superior force;#
and better communication facil-
ities.
The allied occupation of
North Africa gave g tremen-
dous boost to Soviet morale, ac--.
cording to Red army officers. As—'
Ihev expre-sed it, the Russian
ar ev now is confident that it.
is not fighting alone.
I. The Btaiingrad winter —
1 ad a i! i-S yva ' not tile pri
man. factor in the axis set-back. '
So iet officer-; say the German-
State Representative Elect1 Rumanian forces were out-
Harley Sadler, prominent West j fought and out-thought.
Texas -hownnn. will be gue r
er Tue ' lay ! tin- isiom i TOO T© ClOSSlfy 09
Club. ; 1,0 t: Three while SOW pigs, 8
The dill) will meet at the ; weeks old. Missing since Sat.
ha omenL of the First Method , 1 i-dtl. Write box 600, Care
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Today showing id the Tex-
as “Now Voyager," Bette Da-
vis' newest picture, is one of
the grandest love stories the
screen has ever (old. Miss Da-
vis 1 ises to greatest heights
of her entire dramatic rarer)1.
Sadler To Speak
\i Lion Meeting
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The Bottle Neck Of ILL HEALTH...
Greatly retards WINNING THE WAR . . HAPPINESS . . .
SUCCESS Our EXPldtll :\CI : SKfl.l. . . . E()tJIP-
WENT . . HEALTH GIVING MINERAL WATER will
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“Merry ( lui lm.is To Ml”
Truck And Tractor
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Authorized Tire Inspectors
For Nolan County Rationing
Board
SHOOK TIKE CO
Elm at Hdwy. Dial 621
i our Eyes May
Need a Visual
Reconditioning1
Glasses Pitted
And Repaired
Dr.P.T.Quast
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BEALL, BEALL Sr YOXGE
Aftorneys-at-Law
Doscher Bldg. Sweetwater
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S\ . B. Carson Dies
At Ft Stockton
V, i ! was received Sunday
nigh by Mrs Gerald Huey, 110
lion in Manchuria, Mongolia, | Orange, that her father, W. B.
Shantung and Fuken provinces | Carson of Ft. Stockton had died,
of China. ] The funeral will be at 3 p. m.
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CIAir pffCC_ Baptist, church. Yates funeral
(OmtimTcU from page v i J1"’"1' 'vin h;ive char8e of the
Working with Bland and his burial,
department, Ed Sander-. Texas | He «•=« a resident of Sweet-
Ranger. this week returned from ■ water eventeen years He w
Clovis, where he took the boys’ j >« Lite market and grocery busi-
statements.
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When their release can be ob-
tained they will lie returned
hero, to stand trial for enter-
ing the Globe Cleaners and
taking $130 in cash from the
registry: for the theft of $40
cash, 810 in defense stamps
from Chubby* Kirkpatri'-k’ r-
vice station, and for taking a
quantity of chewing gum from
j. C. Morris’ East Broadway
service station. The pair entered
the Western Windmill company,
Knocking off safe handles and
looting the waroroom.
PARATROOPS
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ed it, dispatches disclc
day.
On patrol, some of
ness, moving t(
193(1.
Ft. Stockton In
WARSHIP-
(Continued from page 1)
y which this city will present the I \’ V V..-
I navy with bond ! mid- : - 1 V - ;*■-;/ s' :
almost $80,000,000 for a new i IvTi-'E’v -
I cruiser Houston ancT possibly
I other fighting vessels.
The destroyer escorts — the
U. S. Keith and the U.S.S. Moore
—were launched Hy the mothers
of the heroes for whom they
were named. Mrs. Fred Moore,
of Greenville. Tex., christened
the Moore, named for her .-on,
Fred Kenneth Moore, killed on
the battleship Arizona in Pearl
Harbor, and Mrs. Ellis Judson
Keith christened the Keith, nam-
named for her son. Jud
Keith, Houston boy killed
action in the Aleutians.
Secretary of Commerce .It
.Tones spoke briefly in eul
of Voting Keith.
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v/ith CHIROPRACTIC
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Your first duty to yonr country is to STAY FIT.
Dr. Dann’s Drugless Health Service removes the cause
and strengthens weak spot- in your body, always attacked
hy the enemy—-ILL HEALTH.
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207 Pecan St. nes: Office 3291 Res. 490
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