Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 321, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 1941 Page: 4 of 6
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SWEETWATER, TEXAS,
LEFORTER—features
WEDJVESttAY, M4X 14> iwi
Ptna.
8*0%I apftT^nd Wt! Bennltt,
mg
HISS PUTS HITLER
JN A TQUCH SPOT
in every man’s victory lie the seeds of his
own destruction.
This may be what is happening to Hitler. It looks
like things were starting to catch up with him in a big
w»y.
Try as he may it will be difficult to ex-
plain away this flight of Hess to Scotland. It
is by far the most fantastic occurence in mod-
ern times.
It would be just like Lord Beaverbrook flying to
Berlin or Harry Hopkins giving himself up to Hitler.
The repercussions are bound to be as great. Something
has happened over which Hitler had no control. What
this can be will probably be learned within the next few
days. No matter which way you look at it, something
has gone haywire along the Wilhelmstrasse and no
doubt the most worried man in the world today is the
lonesome housepainter from Austria.
The war has not been going the way Hit
ler thought it would go for some time. Al-
though it is true that the Nazis have built up
a tremendous air force, it was through his
ground forces that Hitler hoped to conquer
England. As evidence of that we have his army
of more than seven millions trained troops with
mechanized equipment.
Even Hitler could not foresee the course that the
war would take. His long planned invasion of England
has had to be postponed time and time again. He had
his big chance after Dunkirk and didn’t take it. As a
result he has been forced to wage campaigns where
his ground forces would be effective. He has this im-
mense fighting force on his hands and he doesn’t know
what to do with it. The vital blows are now being struck
from the air and from the water and this takes equip-
ment instead of manpower. And on this basis England
has held superiority on water and is now fast on her
way to gain with the help of the United States, mastery
of the air.
Britain is keeping the channel ports soft-
ened up by continuous bombings. As soon as
the Nazis start to draw up supplies for a take
off to Britain, they are blasted away by the
RAF. England is suffering from bombings it
is true but the ratio of losses is in her favor.
Possibly the most potent factor in favor of Eng-
land in the flight of Hess, is its effect on the German
people. It will be driven home to them that something
is happening that bodes no good for Hitler. They now
have most convincing evidence of his fallibility.
If this flight of Hess could now be follow-
ed by large scale bombings of Berlin, it prob-
ably would not take much more to break the
morale of the German people. They would be-
gin to see the hopelessness of the task that
Hitler has set out for them.
Maybe this bombing of Berlin might be a good job
for us to tackle. Say we devoted about ten thousand
planes to the job. Let the boys work on Berlin in shifts
of about 500 planes to a trip and make about three trips
a day. Start in on the north side of Berlin and blast it
clean to the south end including the hole that Hitler
crawls into every night. It wouldn’t take long until the
German people begun to wake up and realize they have
been misled by a guy that is nuttier than a fruit cake.
FOOD FISH
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictuied food
fish.
7 It belongs to
the family
32 Tiny.
33 To exude.
15 Genus of
sheep.
16 Steaks.
18 Leguminous
plant.
20 Person
opposed.
22 Secret
arrangement.
24 Greek war god 46 Spike of corn.
25 Five, plus five. 47 Arid.
26Doctor (abbr.) 49 f. V>
28 Bobbin.
30 Road (abbr.). 50 Kingdom.
*31 Electrified 54 Climbing rose
particle. 57 Taunt
33 Song for one. 58 To peel.
35 Surf duck. 60 Goddess of
37 Tennis fence. discord.
Answer to Previous Pu2zle
.seme
44 Form of
supplication.
VERTICAL
2 To be in debt. 41 To pierce with
a knife.
45 Was sick.
48 Snare.
51 Electric term,
52 Handle.
53 Thin.
55 Constellation.
38 Pack beast.
40 Passages.
42 Measure of
area.
43 Coterie.
17 Undeimines.
19 Compass point
(abbr.).
21 Catching this
fish is an
important
Newfoundland
23 Diving-bird.
27 Plant part.
29 Evergreen
shrub.
32 Christmas
carol. 1
34 Window.
36 Decoi ated.
39 Ocean.
3 Opposed to
living.
4 Festivals..
5 Therefore.
6 Quoits’ pm.
7 Trappings.
8 To accomplish. 56 Inlet.
9 Bugle plant. 58 Portuguese
10 Nick. coin.
62 Wiser. 11 Flower. 59 Postscript
64 Dug. 14 Fanatical (abbr.).
65 It is found in devotion. 61 Street (abbr.).
abundance in 16 Its liver oil is 63 Red Cross
the North-- used for-. (abbr.).
Sending Forth Another Dove
By PETER EPSON
S weet water Reporter
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON — Not, all
the aid which has gone to
the belligerent countries of
the Eastern Hemisphere has
been in the form of planes,
guns and tanks purchased
directly by those countries,
or leased, loaned or swapped
by tre United States govern-
ment. John Citizen and Joe
Public have dug down in
their jeans and come up with
more than $00 million to he
passed along to the suffer-
ing countries for relief of
their war victims.
Because of the neutrality
law, it is now possible to
check up on those contribu-
tions to see where this mon-
ey came from and where
it has gone. Every organiza-
tion soliciting funds for for-
eign relief is required to reg-
ister with the Department ol
.State. All must file monthly
reports on their collections
disbursements and expenses
The registration lias done
some good, too. In a few
instances it has been found
that the costs of collection
run well over half the
amount collected and all
such cases can he spotted as
charity rackets and public
opinioned out of existence.
ANTI-SUCKER
MACHINERY
Protection of the public is
the main purpose of lit is reg-
istration, intended to avoid
the phony war charities
which mulcted big-hearted
Americans out of so many
millions in the last war. One
famous incident of that wa.
the now celebrated case of a
good priest in New Haven,
Conn., who, asked for a con-
tribution to aid the starving
Armenians, seriously reach-
ed in his pocket and produc-
ed a cent. What? Was that
all the father would give?
"That’s all the Armenians
would get anyway, even if
I'd give you more,” he an-
swered, and the matter was
dropped.
Nearly 500 charities for
foreign relief are now regis-
tered with the Department
of State. This does not in
elude the American Red
Cross which has always
been required to submit its
disbursements to the secre-
tary of war. The list does in-
clude all sorts of organiza-
tions from Bundles for Brit-
ain to the Caledonian Club
of Boise, Ida . the Silver
thimble of New Orleans. I,a ,
and the Pelham, N V . Over-
seas Knitting Circle.
Polish charities, number-
ing more than 100, form the
largest group as Poland was
the first country invaded
Most Polish relief funds are
collected in Polish commun-
ities but the amounts they
have collected total over $4
million. British and French
funds number more than
100. Greek collections have
increased in the hast few
months. There are a dozen
or so societies collecting
money for relief of German
prisoners captured by the
allies. Top collections have
been these:
American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee. $3,-
240.000.
British American Ambu-
lance Corps, $1,047,000
British War Relief Soci-
ety, Inc., $5,843,000.
Bundles for Britain. $1,-
057.000.
Greek War Relief Associa-
tion, $2,825,000.
Hadassah, Inc., $1,205,000.
Of the total of $30 million
collected by these war relief
charities, the costs of collec-
tion have averaged about 10
per cent. Many of the organ-
izations report no costs at
all, paying for their drives
and campaigns out of their
own pockets. Those are the
ones that stand out as the
most sincere in their efforts
to belt)
On top of cash contribu-
t ions, there have been collec-
tions of clothes, blankets and
medical supplies totaling
nearly $(i million. British
War Relief and Bundles for
Britain head this list with
$1.5 million worth of goods,
from ambulances and rolling
kitchens to baby blankets
and bandages, sent to Brit-
ain.
Red Cross donations of
money and materials equal
the $30 million privately col-
lected, and $10 million of this
is C. S. government money
given to the semi-official or-
ganization for the relief of
wounded prisoners of war
and non-belligerents in six
European countries and Chi-
na. Britain has received half
of this Red Cross relief,
France $4 million, Greece $2
million and the rest was
about equally divided be-
tween Spain, Finland and
Yugoslavia.
All this charity is inter-
esting to study because it
is, of course, only the begin-
ning. The longer the war
lasts, the greater will tie the
demand for war relief, if
permission can be obtained
from Germany and Britain
to do relief work in the oc-
cupied countries.
-o----—
| Horace Youn»
Honored At SMIJ
Horace Young of Sweetwater
was one oi the 10 outstanding
junior men at Southern Metlioo-
ist university chosen for mem-
bership in Cycen Fjodr, senior
men’s honorary. Knights of Cy-
c-cn Fjodr are selected for ach-
ievements in scholastic leader-
ship and extra-curricular activi-
ties.
Young is majoring in the stu-
dy of commerce at S.M.U. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. H
Young, 307 Cedar Street.
SIDI
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SEER
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ton mi «r h«a mvm iwe. r. *l m. u 1. nr. nr.
Charity Begins Abroad; U. S.
Gives 60 Millions For Relief
OR THE AIR WITH,
COX
f\
THURSDAY, MAY 15, i!94l
6:30 Sunrise Jamboree.
0:43 Morning Bible Broadcast.
7:00 Dawn Patrol.
7:15 Plshln’ Fool.
7:30 Time and Tunes.
7:55 Morning News Plashes.
84)0 Tropical Moods.
8:15 Salon Music.
8:30 Morning Devotional*.
8:45 Music In The Air.
9:00 What’s Doing Around
Sweetwater.
0:15 Reflections In Rhythm.
0:30 Side Glances.
9:43 Allen Roth Orch.
10:00 News of the Day.
10:05 Variety Show.
10:30 Musical Showboat.
10:45 Just Relax.
11:00 Keyboard Kapers.
11:13 Make Believe Ballroom,
11:45 Hymns Yon Love.
12:00 Headline News.
12:10 R & R Theatre Time.
12:15 Singing Sam.
12:30 On With The Dance.
1:00 Hillbilly Matinee.
1:15 Here Comes The Band.
1:30 Let’s Pace The Music and
Dance.
1:45 Home Polks Frolic.
2:00 All Request Hour.
3:00 Quizzer Club.
3:30 American Family
Rohinson.
3:45 Words To Hit Tunes.
4:00 Musical Roundup.
4:15 Fascinatin’ Rhythms.
4:30 Tea Time Tunes.
5:00 Mrs. Billie Schumpcrt,
Vocalist.
5:15 Cats N’ Jammers.
5:30 Aloha Land.
5:45 Waltz Time.
0:00 Supper Dance Hour.
0:15 United Press News.
0:30 Hollywood Headliners.
0:45 Sports Roundup.
7:00 Organ Reveries.
7:15 A Boy, A Girl, And A
Rand.
7:30 Five Shades of Blue,
7:45 Flow Gently Sweet
Rhythm.
8:15 Martin Hies Political
Speech.
9:30 lad’s Dance.
10:00 Goodnight.
WILDFLOWERS—
(Continued from Page 1)
thistle, the prairie potato, and
lots of cactus, and the rose pink
wild onions.
Mrs. Ed lansen, general chair-
man, is asking the public to
visit the showing of native flow-
ers and has arranged for en-
tertainment to feature band
music. The exhibit, will he open-
ed evenings.
Among the hostesses vAiill he
presidents >f the study clubs,
music club, parent-teacher coun-
cil. county federation and UDC
chapter as well as various mem-
bers and committeemen.
S. .1. Threadway, district en-
gineer. is directing the show
with Mrs. John R. Dressen of
Abilene, district chairman of
beautification. Mrs H. R. Bund-
les. Nolan countv beautification
chairman, taking' an active part.
Markers are being placed on
the highways leading to Sweet-
water announcing the exhibit.
CLASSIFIED ADS
One
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inserttoa Display classifieds 60c column inch.
Closing Hours: Week days 11 a. m.—Saturdays 3 p. m.
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Orange Becomes
New Defense
Shipyard Center
ORANGE — (UP) — This lit-
tle Sabine river city officially
begins its contribution to nation-
al defense Wednesday with the
laying of the first two keels of
12 U. S. navy destroyers to be
constructed at its new shipyards.
Gov. W. Lee O’Daniel and A.
G. Roach, executive vice presi-
dent of Consolidated Steel Cor-
poration which holds contracts
for the destroyers, will speak at
the ceremonies
The public was invited to flag
raising ceremonies just outside
the shipyards. Music will be fur-
nished by the Bengal Lancers
band of the Orange high school.
The school’s Bengal Guards will
perform drill formations.
Guests were limited by invita"-
tion to the keel-laying ceremon-
ies inside the plant, so as not to
interefere with construction
work, according to commander
E. B. Perry, chief of naval con-
struction in Texas.
1 Special Notice* J
SWEETWATER TRAVEL BU-
REAU: If you are drlvlhg or
want a ride, Dial 2492, 117 W.
Bdwy. j
Fertile dirt free. 406 Alamo.
Make our phone line
your clothes line.
Lamar Street Laundry.
1007 Lamar, Dial 2070.
Let us wash your blankets be-
fore you put them up for the
summer. We know how
Lamar Street Laundry. e
1007 Lamar, Dial 2070.
Sewing wanted. Mrs. Etheredge.
705 E. Ark. Dial 3189.
Be Patriotic. Buy Defense Sajp-
ings Bonds, and help your
country. Be protected and bpy
good Hospitalization and Sur-
gery insurance from Clif Bos-
well and help yourself.
"Ah, a baseball player—my favorite sport! The crystal
says you must beware the forward pass when you play
Notre Darnel" •*" —— —
WAR MOVES—
(Continued from Page 1)
that Hess might well have been
tlie fantastic leading character
in a plot that only Hitler could
have imagined; that he flew to
Britain to try to circumvent "un-
conquerable” British resistance
by organizing a peace movement
with the Fuehrer’s knowledge.
The official German explana-
tion Wednesday, given to the for-
eign press but not to the Ger-
man public, included a charge
that Hess sought, to persuade
the Duke of Hamilton, who now
is in the RAF’, to act as leader
of a peace party in England, and
that lie expected friends in Brit-
ain to enable him to fly back to
Germany in two days.
In the House of Commons,
meantime, foreign secretary An-
thony Eden warned Japan that
there would he no softening of
British policy in the Far East un-
less British interests in China
were respected. He asserted that
the French government hud per-
mitted Germany to send torpedo
boats down the Rhone river to
the Mediterranean.
Eden said that British support
of China would continue and
that Japanese complaints regard-
ing the British economic policy
would not get any results unless
Japan reciprocated.
In Vichy, the French council
of ministers under Marshal Hen-
ri Philippe Petain approved the
negotiations Vice-Premier Admi-
ral .lean Francois Darlan has
been conducting with the Ger-
mans, but gave no indication as
to the results except in unofficial
hint that the two countries
would work to keep the United
States out of the war.
None of these developments,
however, compared to the inter-
est surrounding the Hess uffair
or the furious propaganda war in
progress between Germany and
Britain while the No. 3 Nazi re-
covers in a British hospital.
British sources continued to
try to give the impression that
Hess has told of a split in the
Nazi party and possibly of mili-
tary secrets.
Wrong Oath,
Case Reversed
AUSTIN — (UP) — Two cases
appealed to the court of criminal
appeals from Lynn county were
reversed Wednesday because a
special judge before whom they
were tried had taken (he wrong
oath of office.
The judge took the oath in
effect prior to 1938 including the
provision against dueling.
The court affirmed the death
verdict given Nehemiah Glover
in Harris county for the fatal
shooting of John FTank Lee,
May 1, 1940.
O. K. Rubber Welding. Your four
tires recapped $3 75 each. Mon-
ey back guarantee, 207 W.
Bdwy. Dial 2583.
1b Loan* #
BUILD A HOME
ON F. H. A. LOANS
Quick service, no brokerage.
Payments like rent. Avoid un-
expected moving. See H. t.
Walker. Texas Bank Bldg.
2 For Rent Rooms
Nice cool south bedroom for .
or 2, 006 Oak street, phone 311fl
Large S. E. bedroom, with meals,
Dial 2598, 506 Locust.
MANN—
(Continued from Page 1)
offer a single reason that the
president would have any right
to rely on them,” he declared.
U. S. Rep Martin Dies had
turned to the mails today with
a mass edition of quotes from
his book. “Trojan Horse in Am-
erica,” and an explanatory let-
ter beginning: “There is still salt
in the Jarth.”
This “salt” was subsequently
described as the voters “who
fight at the side” of Dies, “stal-
wart champion of American
principles."
Still in the offing were more
free mattresses by business man
Hal Collins and a sound-truck
tour by Dr. John R. Brinkley,
one-time radio advocate of a goat
gland method of rejuvenation.
Mann conferred with advisers
in Austin after checking the at-
torney general’s office to see
that everything was in order He
has promised to this periodically.
Last night he plunked for
continued state control of the
oil industry, like Johnson, and
put his influence behind the
government drive to sell de-
fense savings bonds.
"Just as there must be no
bottlenecks in industry to delay
prepuredness, so there must be
no bottleneck of funds to pay
the hill for defending our coun-
try," he declared.
Mann’s Saturday schedule call-
ed for addresses at Navasota,
Huntsville, Madisonville, Center-
ville, Teague, Mexia and Corsi-
cana. Sunday, aides said, he will
deliver "tile principal address”
at an "1 Am An American Day"
program at Waco.
Furnished rooms. Running wa-
ter. Weekly rates. Commerciw
Hotel.
Nicely furnished bedroom for
rent to men only, 010 E. Third
St.
3 For Rent Apts.
One large room apartment to
couple. $2.50 week. Bills paid
A. P. Smith. 506 W 6th.
4 room nicely furnished apart-
ment Water bills paid. Adults
only. 404 E. Bdwy. Dial 2807.
Private
4 room furnished apt.
bath. Phone 2815.
2 unfurnished rooms, 302
Avenue B.
--f.
West
Large, 4-room, unfurnished apt.
close in, paved street, adults
only, dial 3203.
4 room unfurnished apt. Close
in. Dial 2578. 400 E. 3rd.
AIRPORT—
(Continued from Page 1)
northwest-southeast directions,
and all except the north-south
stretch are to be graded.
F'illing of low spots continues
as four Tournapulls excavate
about 11 cubic yards at a “heap"
and spread it evenly in the fills.
Two Iractor-drawn sheeps foot
rollers compact the dirl when
layers four inches deep have
been spread.
Other machines on the job are
a ripper, a motor patrol and two
bull-dozers which get behind the
Tournapulls and Insist them as
they dig into the dirt and caliche.
About 35 men are working in
two eight-hour shifts as Bell and
Braden push work toward com-
pletion in 90 days.
A second grant of $181,000 has
been made by congress, hut
plans for improvement work un-
der that grant have not been
announced. Total sum to be ex-
pended by the F'ederal govern-
ment is $371,000. The City of
Sweetwater has spent $15,000 for
purchase of additional land at the
airport.
Nicely furnished -1 room apt. 905
Oak. Mrs. M B Howard, Dial
2817. ^
For Rent: Furnished apart-
ment. Dial 484.
4 For Rent Houses #
All modern 5 room unfurnished
house. Recently remodeled.
1306 E. Bdwy.
8 Situation Wanted^
High school hoy, age 19, wants
work during summer. Can
start now. Write Box 2, care
Reporter.
9 Real Estate For Sato
N W. cor, of blk. 39. Waldie ad-
dition. 140x240, near Bowie St.
Price $225.00. Terms. B. C. Mc-
Call.
3 room house at 603 Neff, ReP
bargain. See D. B. Lambert.
1001 Walnut.
11 Used Cars For Sal
1938 Terraplane coach. CleaiV
$285.00 with $100.00 cash. No
trade in. S and W Radio Serv-
ice. 103 Oak St.
13 For Sale Misr. »
6Vi cu. ft. Colds|>ot Refrigerator.
A-l condition. $139.50 value.
Will sacrifice at $65.00. Call
at 509 Elm Street.
For Sale—One 13 ft. boat and one
2 H.P. and one 5% H.P. motor.
509 E. 12th.
Zenith Radio Bargains, 6 tube
set $5. off; 5 tube set $2.50 off.
Quast Music Store. »
Serviceable used tires, reasonable
prices. Dodson Tire Service.
212 W. Bdwy. Dial 2412.
Tolaphono »
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