Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 82, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 2, 1941 Page: 1 of 6
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_______________w ^Jicer Reported On Missing Ferry P
^Mishap Third
In Three Weeks;
Ship Lost At Sea
U. S. Flight Engineer
And Kin Of Official
Also On Airplane
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MONTREAL—(UP)—A Unit-
ed States naval captain, an Am-
erican flight engineer and the
Belgian son-in-law of an Ameri-
can state department official
)were reported missing with sev-
en others Tuesday aboard a
transport plane pn the Royal
Air Force ferry command en
route from Canada to Great
Britain.
5 The air ministry in London
announced that the transport
was missing “and presumed
lost” at sea with its six passen-
gers and four crew members.
It was the third ferry com-
<ymand tragedy in three weeks.
On Aug. 10 a transport crashed
in taking off from England,
killing 22 persons, including sev-
en Americans. On Aug. 14 in
a similar accident the same
number of persons was killed,
' among them 11 Americans.
The RAFFC reported here
that among those on the miss-
ing plane were Capt. S. Picking
of the United States navy, Flight
-k Engineer Charles Alvan Spence
■’See MISHAP Page 3
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Oil Industry
9 Undertakes Big
Expansion Plan
NEW YORK — (UP) — The
* American oil industry has be-
gun an expansion program cost-
ing “hundreds of millions of
dollars” in order to satisfy de-
fense demands, the American
. combination of pipeline and tank
* day.
Projects already undertaken
contemplated include an exten-
sion of pipeline mileage, an in-
crease in refinery capacity and
. the construction of new plants.
- Also, additional tank ships and
barges are being built and fast-
er and larger loading facilities
are being installed at marine
terminals. ,
To release additional tank
'*> cars, the various companies now
are making short-haul deliver-
ies in tank trucks.
It was pointed out, however,
that to move a barrel of oil
from Texas to New York by a
mJ Petroleum Institute said Tues-
car costs about $1 per barrel,
compared with 40 cents per bar-
rel via ship.
* Lions kSchedule
October Minstrel
For the tenth consecutive year
the Sweetwater Lions club will
present its annual minstrel
show, the one this year being
scheduled for October. Henry
Marshall, Lions president, an-
nounced Tuesday.
Larry Hubbard, commercial
manager of radio station KXOX,
will serve as director of the
show, Marshall announced
Detailed plans will be an-
nounced later, he said.
British Sink
Enemy Vessel
* LONDON — (UP! _ British
bombers Tuesday attacked a
large enemy supply ship off
Dunkirk and set it afire with dl
rect hits despite strong antiair-
craft protection, the air minis-
try said A British bomber was
reported lost in the raid and
two German fighters were re-
ported destroyed.
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9 Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER - Tempera
tures: High Monday. 96; Tues-
day morning, 73: at 1:35 p. m .
98. Continued cloudy and slight-
r lv cooler.
^ By United Press
EAST TEXAS — Partly clou-
dy with showers in the ex-
— - ~-----~ treme east por-
tion and on the
v j!/®1 uPP,ir coast
Tuesday night
and Wednesday.
Moderate to
fresh southerly
winds on the
coast.
WEST TEX-
AS — General-
COOLER ty fn|r Tuesday
afternoon, Tuesday night and
Wednesday, except for widely
scattered afternoon and evening
thundershowers. Little change
in temperature. _ _
Texas Counts
Heavy Holiday
Death Toll
At Least 33 Are
Killed Violently
Since Last Friday
By United Press
Texas Tuesday counted one
of the heaviest violent death
tolls in history as the cost of its
labor day week-end.
At least 33 persons had been
killed since midnight last Fri-
day.
As usual, the greater number
of fatalities was ascribed to traf-
fic accidents. Streets and hign-
ways crowded by celebrants
claimed at least 17 lives. Five
persons died in two shootings;
four drowned; two were burned
to death; two were killed in r.n
airplane crash, and two were
electrocuted. A man was injur-
ed fatally in a fall from a horse.
Fred C. Patterson, 28, died
at his San Antonio home when
an electric line short-circuited
through his body as he lay on
See TRAFFIC TOLL Page 6
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Dr. Norris,
Pastor Leaves
For England
NEW YORK—(UP) — Dr. J
Frank Norris, who divides his
duties as a pastor between the
Temple Baptist church of De-
troit and the First Baptist
church at Fort Worth, Tex., left
for Great Britain via Atlantic
clipper Tuesday on what he call-
ed a “fact-finding" visit.
He carried two letters to Prime
Minister Winston Churchill, one
signed by Secretary of State
Cordell Hull and the other by
Wendell Willkie
Hull’s letter said Dr. Norris
preaches to what is probably
one of the largest congregations
in our country.” and that he
had been “attempting to rouse
the people to the dangers of
the European situation "
“This country,” the pastor
said, “doesn't realize the men-
ace that exists in the European
situation. Peacemakers don't re-
alize that they might as well
be on Hitler’s payroll. If he ev-
er gets the upper hand, church-
es herp will close just as they
have in Germany.”
Dr Norris, who said the com-
bined congregations of the De-
troit and Fort Worth churches
was 18,000, said lie would make
a series of radio talks on his
return.
Aussie Leader
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1941 NUMBER 82
Burma Prepared, Awaits New Jap Move Southward
Seven Eagle Awards
Scheduled Tuesday
The largest group of Boy Scouts ever to receive the award in a
S weetwater district Court of Honor, and possibly in the Buffalo
T*rail Council, will be awarded the Eagle rank at Philip Nolan
.'ichool at 8 p. m. Tuesday.
All candidates for advancement are to report at 7:30 p m . R
$5. Covey, chairman of the honor
Germans Agree
Red Offensive
Stalls Machine
But Hitler’s Team
Claims Successes
Around Leningrad
Ready to meet any new Japanese move south ward in thp Pacific are these hardy Indian
troops, training for river crossing on the moat in front of a Mandalay temple, shown in the
first pieUire to arrive in the United States depleting fighting forces in Burma. (NEA Tele.)
Southworth Wins
Qolf Title Again
British Bombers
Shuttle Across
In Daylight Raids
FOLKESTONE. Eng— (UP) —
Fleets of British bombers and
fighters shuttled back and forth
across the English Channel
Tuesday.
Sweeps of the Channel and
occupied territory on the conti-
nent continued from breakfast
time until late afternoon
Outgoing planes passed fleets
of bombers and fighters return-
ing from attacks. Formations
passed like trains on a railroad
track, observers on the coast
said, indicating that Royal Air
Force objectives across the
channel were being given no re-
spite.
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Engineers May
Take Over Jobs
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The war department Tuesday
asked congress to transfer all
construction activities of the ar-
my to the corps of engineers.
Chairman Andrew J May, D.,
Ky., of the house military af-
fairs committee introduced leg-
islation to effect the transfer.
Tlie war department has ap-
proximately $3,000,000,000 o f
construction under way, only 30
per cent of which the engineers
are handling. The balance is be
ing done by the quartermaster
corps.
May said that the other du-
ties of the quartermaster corps
such as feeding, clothing and
transporting an army of 1.500.-
00 men have been increased en-
ormously.
For the second consecutive
year Clyde Southworth, veteran
golfer, is winner of the annual
city invitation tournament and
city golf champion by virtue of
his two up victory over Paul
Comolli Monday.
Southworth was two down at
the end of the first 'll holes of
the 36 hole final but came back
in the afternoon to take his
second city title.
Comolli was one over par
through the first 11 holes. In
the afternoon, however, his
woods deserted him and some
of his shots headed for the bush-
es.
Eel Patton won the champion-
See SOUTHWORTH Page 3
Eight Hunters
Get Dove Limit
Eight hunters got their limit
of dove Monday afternoon on
a hunt on a Kent county ranch
[One of tire hunters, 10-year-old
| James Gene Station and his fa-
ther. Silas Staton, together got
j their limits of 12 birds each. The
ethers in the party also shot
[the limit
Others in the party were
County Judge Delas Reeves,
Earl Whitaker, Fred Headrick,
Owen Kent, Jack Duncan and
Raymond Fomby.
Port Costa
Wharves Burn
PORT COSTA. Calif.—(UP)—
Fire, believed to he incendiary,
broke out on the Port Costa
wharves Tuesday b u r ning
through a wheat-filled govern-
ment warehouse and a fish re-
duction plant and setting fire to
a freighter and several barges.
Observers said it appeared the
! fire, which was still burning.
; would cause more than $1,000.-
000 damage.
President Begins
Parleys With
Nation’s Leaders
By T. F. REYNOLDS
United Ppess White House
Correspondent
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
President Roosevelt began a se-
ries of conferences 'Tuesday to
increase the implementation of
his re stated policy of marshal-
ling the full force-of America to
crush Hitlerism and check its
“insane violence.”
Returning to the capital from
Hyde Park where he made his
most forceful denunciation of
Nazi Germany to date, Mr. Roo-
sevelt received at the White
House Tuesday the first eon-
See PRESIDENT Page 2
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Grand Jurymen
Go To Work
After Holiday
The 32nd district court grand
jury Tuesday began digging into
the numerous cases confronting
them after organizing Monday
mornirtg and taking a holiday in
the afternoon.
Chas. W. Lewis was elected
foreman of the grand jury. Oth-
er members are Hubert Turn-
er, J. L. Hawkins, M. V. Brown-
field, Raymond Demere, Frank
Roane, W. V. Roy, Pat M Hutch-
ins, I. A Loeb, Lem Ray. C. E.
Bovd and Walter Leach The
See GRAND JURY Page 3
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Mrs. Dement Is
BCD Seeretary
Mrs. Edith Dement Tuesday
began work as secretary to >lilo
K. Roth, manager of the Board
of City Development. She re-
places Mrs. Shirley McGIaun
who has accepted a position in |
Houston.
Mrs. Dement formerly had
been employed six years as sec-
retary to Anderson and Dickson,
attorneys.
court, said.
The Sweetwater Lions club
will be in charge of the pro-
gram and will treat the scouts
and guests to a watermelon feed
after the awards are presented.
Carl Anderson, city attorney,
will make the Eagle presenta-
tions. Life awards will be made
by P. Edward Ponder, Stars by
Mayor Lee Langley,- merit badg-
es by Gerald Williams .first class
by County Judge Delas Reeves,
and second class by President
Henry T. Marshall of the Lions
club. One Eagle Gold Palm
award is slated also.
Chas. Burke, director of the
Emergency Service Patrol corps,
will lead the singing.
Members of the Court of Hon-
or, besides Covey, are Judge A.
S. Mauzey and Irving Loeb.
'1 he Eagle candidates are Bil-
ly Day, Lloyd Dale Huckabee,
Wallace Strayhorn and Fred
Allen Wilson of Troop 33, Ro-
tan; and Hez Hawley, assistant
scoutmaster, Alex Crowder and
John Berry of Troop 42. Sweet-
water.
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Soviet Emissary
Plane Continues
Trip To Capitol
NOME, Alaska—(UP)—Two
big Russian flying boats, en
route to Washington with 47
Soviet emissaries on a mission
of extreme secrecy, were ex-
pected to take off Tuesday.
Anthony Fedetov, Soviet em-
bassy secretary, arrived by plane
from Washington to confer
with the mission Monday night.
He said reports that many of
the Russians had come to ferry
American-built bombers back
home and that the mission seeks
United States credits for war
purchases were "nonsense."
See SOVIET Page 4
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Theft Suspect
Returned Here
Arnold Heard, charged with
forgery and car theft, was re-
turned to Nolan county jail
Monday by Deputy Sheriff Bill
Sample after his arrest in Fish-
er county by the sheriff’s de-
partment at Roby.
Heard allegedly stole a light
roadster from Lester Reeves’
used car lot and overturned it
afterwards.
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Proclamation For
Special Session
Expected Tuesday
Road Bond Mailers
Expected To Be Only
Topics Discussed
AUSTIN — (UP) — Gov.
Coke R. Stevenson said here
Tuesday that he will issue a
By HARRISON SALISBURY
United Press Correspondent
Russia counter-attacked Nazi
lines in the central sector Tues-
day, halting German advances
on the highway toward Moscow
In the north, Berlin claimed
a new success against forces pro-
tecting the Luga route toward
Leningrad. 90 miles away.
Beilin and Moscow appeared
t.o agree that persistent Russian
attack- in the Smolensk-Gomel-
Bobruisk sector had brought
German forward movement to
a halt and pushed back Nazi
lines at some points. This re-
lieved. for the time being, the
threat, of a German thrust to-
ward Moscow or a sudden swing
south to cut hehind Russian po-
proclamation Tuesday or Wed- sitions on the eastern banks of
nesday calling a special session the Dnieper,
of the Texas legislature to con- But Russian counter-action in
„ . .. , . . i i the sector apparently was not
vene Sept. 9 to act on road bond yet powerfu{ ‘enough to force
matters. J the Germans to relax their
The governor said he will in- pressure in the north,
elude no other topic in the call German official news agency
, . reports claimed that Nazi troops
for the legislature to meet north of Luga had overcome
The session will be called to j Wager-bogged terrain to breach
enact a law continuing state ser- Russian defenses and force the
vicing of bonds issued by coun- red army to retreat, leaving be-
"»< p~«''-jSS‘,mT„?8uh„ry
of which were used in roads | Southward, in the Ukraine,
Russian attempts to • establish
i new bridgeheads on the west- .
i ern bank of the Dnieper still
were in progress but Nazi ac-
See RUSSIANS Page 3
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See PROCLAMATION Page 3
Lions Club Hears
Addresses By
School Principals
An interesting “first of school"
program was presented to
Sweetwater Lion - Tuesday noon
Airport W ork
Goes On 20-Hour
Basis Tuesday
Work at the Sweetwater muni-.]
under direction of Ross Covey.: c)p?(1 airport, went'on a a&kwjdM
city ’ school superintendent day basis, instead of 16, Tues-j
Covev presented the principals! as Bel! anc* Braden moved s
of each of the four elementary!^ sPeed excavation and dirt|
schools and each made short; Two 10-hour shifts are slatedj
talks. Principals appearing were:; instead of the two eight-hour j
Rav Mathison, of Emilio Car-1 shifts which had been observed
ranza school, L. C. King of J isince 'v.°rk beSan Ma? L Tbe
„ „ , _ new shifts are from 4 a. m. toll
P. Cowan school. C. W. Tarter p m and from 2 p m. to 12i|
of John R. Lewis. H D. Reed,1 midnight,
of Philip Nolan No time off at noon is allow-1
Gerald E Williams, junior for tbe machines and only, I
h,8h prWp.1 made , S„o„ « : ’ ££
as did also Mack Alexander new; Fuel and ^easing equipment;
junior high school coach and! are run out on the airport fielql
physical education director and dirt movers and other ma< |
R. C. Fagg. new high school See AIRPORT Page 3
Cotton Futures
Set New Peaks
NEW YORK — (UP) — Cot-
ton futures set new 11-year
peaks Tuesday on gains extend-
ing to nearly $2 a bale but
profit taking cut substantially
into the advance before the
close.
Final prices were 18 to 22
points net higher. Gains ranged I
to 37 points at the day’s best i
levels. Spot was quoted nominal-;
ly at 17.79 cents a pound.
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Markets At A Glance
By UNITED PRESS
Stocks firm in moderately ac- I
tive trading.
Bonds irregularly higher
Curb stocks irregularly high-
er.
Grains in Chicago: Wheat i
closed off 1-4 cent a bushel to
up 5-8 cent and corn finished off
1-8 cent to up 1-8 cent
principal, outlined plans for the
coming school year, which starts
next Monday.
New members present were
R. C. Fagg and D T Aiexan-
f der. Alexander, new Montgom-
ery Ward manager, transferred TbrPf f31T1!'
from Lafayette. La.
Truett Barber, district attor-
ney from Colorado Cify, was
a visitor.
Jap Happy?
i
A. W. Fadrien, above, suc-
ceeds Prlnti’* Minister Men-
zies as head of Australian
government after Labor party
opposed Menzies' going to
London for war consultations
while holding premiership.
Fadden and Menzifs both are
United Australia party mem-
bers.
That Pioneer and Progress Reco d Gains Force Each Day
Each Oldtimer Can Have Part In Edition
Throughout its big Pioneer
and Progress Edition jo appear
on Sept. 28. the Sweetwater Re-
porter will have as many indi-
vidual stories on “old-timers" as
the Reporter staff can dig up
within the next four weeks.
Many of them already have
been written as the Reporter
continues on its merry way with
material of a historical nature
for the edition.
Included in the edition will
be dozens and dozens of "firsts”
in Nolan county and Sweetwat-
er.
Stories of individual old-tim-
ers brings out hundreds of in-
teresting facts concerning the
part these pioneers played in
the growth and development of
the county and city.
It will be interesting to note,
for instance, that Judge R C.
Crane. Judge H. C. Hord, J D.
Childers, the Beall, George, New-
man and other pioneer families
who were here when Sweetwat-
er got qnderwav have seen the
county and city grow in popu-
lation and industry until it
ranks at the top among western
Texas counties.
That the history apparently is
closely woven and accurate is
, seen from the close correlation
jof events as told by many dif-
ferent persons in the pioneer
brigade.
An effort will be made to in-
clude soi . event about every
pioneer, living or dead, who had
a part in the growth of Sweet-
water from its infancy.
The institutional history,
straight from the lips of pio-
neers who were on the scene,
its tops in reading material for
those who like their history of
their own locality.
As the sources of material for
the historical record gains mo-
mentum by voluntary contribu-
tion of facts and pictures, the
Reporter staff is working long
hours to assemble it in story
form that readers may receive
a brief but complete record of
events as to why Sweetwater, a
mere village in 1881. has grown
to an industrial and cultural
center in 1941 which holds its
head as high as any county in
the state.
If you have, pictures or know
of incidents happening before
the turn of the century, the Re-
porter will be glad to receive
your contributions. Your story
may provide a missing link in
the history of this section which
others have overlooked. The Re-
porter wants each pioneer to
have a part in its Edition
Three Soldiers
Killed In Crash
CAMP LEE. Va . (UP) —I
l ee soldiers were
killed and -everal other injur- j
ed. one critically, when a truck
in which 21 soldiers were rid-
ing overturned at a curve neai [
East Fainelle. W. Va., post au
! thorities announced Tuesday.
The victims were identified at
Pvt. William J, Steigler, Louis
ville, Kv. and two men iden
tified only as Roscoe Barnet
and Alvin Johnson. Their rani
and home towns were not learn
I ed immediately.
Pvt. Philip W Gcott, home ad
dress unknown, was in criti
'cal condition
^ inant Not In
Peace Movement
WASHINGTON — (UP- -
Secy, of State Cordell Hull sai*
Tuesday that there was no trut!
to reports that John G. Wir
1 ant. American ambassador b
Britain had participated in
movement for peace betwee:
the Soviet Union and Finland
The matter was called to th
secretary's attention at his regi
lar press conference and Hu
added his denial to the one a
I ready made by Ambassador Wii
! ant.
Admiral Nomura. Japanese
ambassador to Washington,
sprawls leisurely at State De-
partment a few minutes be-
fore Secretary of State Hull
rejected Japanese protests
against shipment of lT. S. war
materials to Siberia via Sea
of Japan.
6 Charged In
Disturbance
'ix boys two from iBwee
water and the others from Rd
coe. Tuesday faced charges <
disturbing the peace and wet
[ to be heard by Justice of th
i Peace Joe McCarty at Roscoe.
The youths allegedly took pat
i in a gang fight on Roscoe’s Mai
street Saturday night. Deput
Sheriff Pat Mayes and Cil
Marshal. Knox Johnson of Ro
coe. investigated the fray.
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