Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 16, 1941 Page: 4 of 6
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have coraptottey uncovered to the whole
. the naked audacity, the shameless unscrupolous-
ot their plan to force into the Nazi mold as riiuCh
world as pleases them.
They have resurrected the soul of the British peo-
ple; discredited and driven from power a leadership
Which was indifferent_ alike-to the Nazi menace and to
internal failure to adjust the British economic and so-
cial world to modern times.
They have shown the colossal folly of the exagger-
ated nationalism which caused the tiny nations created
in central Europe by the First World War to hate and
shun one another; they have shown them that their
only safety in future lies in collaboration.
They have destroyed the illusion in the United States
that so great a people can remain indifferent to what
goes on in the rest of the world; they have breathed
hfe and reality into a Pan Americanism, and sudden-
ly switched it from sentimental idealizing to life-and-
death practicality.
They have virtually assured greater degrees of in-
dependence to component parts of the British Empire,
including India, when the war shall be over. They have
shown that old-fashioned conquer-and-colonize colonial
policies of the 19th century are not good enough for the
20th.
They have created among Norwegians, Dutch,
French, Czechs, Danes, Belgians, Greeks, and among all
the peoples of Europe, nay, of the world, myriad mass-
es of people who know now to their cost the priceless
worth of liberty, who will not soon again let the jewel
slip from careless fingers.
* * *
Seeking to destroy liberty, they have restored to
it the strength and the dynamic it has not had for a
hundred years.
Seeking to turn the clock back to a medieval des-
potism, they have opened the way to progress and the
development of a real 20th century civilization which
shall be neither Communist nor Fascist, neither social-
ist nor yet capitalist in the sense that 1870 was capi-
talist.
They have opened the way to a free world in which
the individual has air to breathe, a chance to live and
grow, bending the neck to no man, bowing only before
his God.
It’s pretty smart to live so you’ll show up well when
it comes to a showdown.
Divorce statistics remind us that in some cases liv-
ing apart saves a man and woman from living a part.
In just a few months we’ll be wishing we could keep
the coal price down where we keep the coal.
Buying Defense Stamps and Defense Bonds makes
you feel better because you are better.
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pronoun.
25 Boggy land.
26 To sup.
28 South Caro-
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31 Prickle.
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This Moving Day Story Turns
Out To Be Very Moving One
By PETER EDSON
Sweetwater Reporter
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON — Your
government is now moving
into another new white lime-
stone palace building
in Washington — a little
$10 million job that is nat-
urally the last word in of-
fice buildings. When func-
tioning normally and with-
out benefit of war hysteria,
your Uncle Sam doesn’t
build things on any other
basis than the last word and
it is the aggregate of all
these last word buildings
which makes Washington
the city it is and gives you
the pride you have in your
nation’s capital whenever
you visit it.
This new building has
“War Department” over the
door but don’t let that de-
ceive you. It won’t even be-
gin to house the army’s of-
fice here and it is really
only a third of a building.
The War Department origi-
nally asked for $26 million
to complete the job, but hav-
ing filed the request in one
of those psychological mo-
ments when congressmen
were feeling a little econo-
mical, the good solons said,
no, they couldn’t have the
the whole $26 millions, but
here were $10 millions to
build one wing, and we’ll
see about the rest later.
Consequently, it’s this
one wing—this mere shack,
this lean-to, this dinky little
H-shaped seven-story, air-
conditioned quarter-million
square foot addition capable
of holding only 2500 employ-
ees—that is nearing comple-
tion. The government has
title to two city blocks back
of this wing where the
other two-thirds of the build-
ing will go eventually.
This new wing will be the
roof over the heads of only
two or three departments
of the War Department, and
maybe they won’t be able to
get all of them into it. Ten-
tatively, Assistant Secretary
of War Robert P. Patter-
son and his staff will occu-
py two floors, and the chief
of engineers, Major-General
Schley and his staff will oc-
cupy three, leaving two
floors unassigned.
ALL IS CONFUSION j
Right now the building is
in that mad state of confu-
sion that characterizes mov-
ing day wherever you find
it. The building isn’t com-
pleted, but such is the de-
mand for office space
in Washington that theye’re
moving in anyhow. That
happens regularly in Wash-
ington.
Under these happy condi-
tions, building engineers
and construction men roam
the halls, telephone men
squat in every other of-
fice, pushbutton cords are
strung up to wherever it is
push-button cords go, sounds
of pounding echo down the
long corridors, and practi-
cally every sentence spoken
begins with the two most
forlorn words in the Eng-
lish language, “Where is—.”
When uttered in Washing-
ton they have a particular
significance. Half the resi-
dent population dealing with
matters governmental goes
around asking the other half
"Where is?” Sometimes they
trade sides and the game
goes on as before.
You have to run a gantlet
of construction engineers,
police guards, Public Build-
ings Administration inspec-
tors and Army provost mar-
shals before you can get
into the place because it is
in that never-never land of
not-yet-completed and not-
yet-accepted public build-
ings. That makes the build-
ing out of bounds for tour-
ists, but even the people
there on business have to
state what it is, who they
are, whom they want to
see before being given k
pass and a button to wear
while going about their
chores. The air-conditioning
isn’t going yet, so every-
body is pretty hot and both-
ered, though trying tc be
helpful.
Once identified and in, you
look around the indirect
lighted two - story foyer,
flanked by twin staircases,
leading to potential exhibit
halls, wainscoated by black
marble and walled by mar-
ble that might be called
pink if it weren’t so red.
The cafeteria and some of-
fices will be on this first
floor.
Offices for top men have
what looks like beautifully
grained wood panel walls
and oak floors which will
probably be covered with
executive green carpets of
the kind that should be
walked on reverently and on-
ly in the bare feet if you’re
not ticklish. Offices for the
help have rubber-like floors.
Much of the furniture is of
the new metal design, but
some of the old wood desks
look like something the en-
gineers threw together in a
hurry for a crossing of the
Rappahannock. The splint-
ers probably snag the red
tape pretty badly.
One ingenious feature is
the system of private hall-
ways. There are the usual
hallways which are good
enough for everybody up to
and including the rank of
lieutenant-colonel, but for
the silver insignia boys
above that, there are paral-
lel, concealed smaller hall-
ways so they can run into
each other’s offices for con-
ferences.
This new War Depart-
ment wing is just around
the corner from the old
Munitions building where
Secretary Stimson will con-
tinue to hang his hat, and
is right next door to the
apartment house which was
taken over as headquarters
for selective service.
The new building has, in-
cidentally, enough bronze
window frames and enough
bronze stair rails and eleva-
tor trim to make all the in-
struments on a flock of bat-
tlewagons, but this build-
ing, you must remember,
was designed well along be-
fore the word "priorities”
came to mean what it does
today.
cil Martin from the grocery dft
partment. They visited seyera!
plants while In San Antonio.
The Sunbeam stores already
have a large and modem plant
here in which their bakery prod-
ucts are produced but Glass in-
dicates this plant will be Im-
proved and enlarged soon. He
will announce details latei**Wien
plans are complete, he said.
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Evangelist Tells
Of Armageddon
“What the Prophets Saw in
Heaven” will be the subject of
the lecture at 8 p. m. Wed-
nesday at the tne Big Tent of
the Prophecy on West Third
street, two blocks south of the
Santa Fe depot. Evangelist R.
E. Delafield will graphically por-
tray the Biblical view of that
beautiful heavenly home. An
added feature consists of color-
ed moving pictures of the Ha-
waiian Islands preceding the
lecture.
Tuesday night Evangelist
Delafield told a large audience
that the present struggle of na-
tions, which is not the battle
of Armageddon, could eventu-
ate in the battle of Armageddon.
According to Bible prophecy the
event to immediately follow Ar-
mageddon will he the Second
Coming of Jesus Christ.
According to Daniel 11:44, 45
and Revelation 16:14-16 the sig-
nal for Armageddon will be the
end of the Ottoman Empire or
modern Turkey.
Quick service, no —-
Payments like rent. AVo!
expected moving. See. H.
Walker. Texas Bank Bldg.
A few cents each day will pay
your hospital and surgery
bills. Clif Boswell, represents
the largest exclusive health
and accident company in the
world.
CARD OF THANKS
We want to express our appre-
ciation and thanks to each
one that gave a helping hand
in the sickness and death of
our dear husband and father/
May God’s richest blessing
rest upon each one.
Mrs. W. F. Blair and
Children.
If you TRAVEL with Sweetwat-
er travel bureau we give free
accident policy. Dial 2492. 117
W. Bdwy.
Storage, packing, moving.
Sweetwater Tran sfer. Dial
520.
MISHAP—
(Continued From Page 1)
Mrs. Williams died instantly.
She was driving.
Mr. Williams died a few hours
later at the Southwestern Gen-
eral hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Mendez
of New Orleans, who had ac-
companied the Williams on a
vacation trip were slightly in-
jured.
FLIERS—
(Continued From Page 1)
avoiding Sweetwater’s airport
due to the unfinished condition
of the runways being construct-
ed in the huge improvement
project under way, Parker said.
Five out-of-town planes landed
here Sunday, however, he re-
ported and two or three land
almost every day.
ON THE AIB WITH .
“And this one wouldn’t eat cninach!”
THURSDAY PROGRAMS
0:30 Sunrise Jamboree.
7:00 Dawn PatroL
7:15 Fisbing Foot, g.k
7:30 Time and Times.
7:55 Morning News Flashes.
83H) Tropical Moods.
8:15 Salon Music.
8:30 Morning Devotionals.
8:45 Music in the Air.
9:00 Whats Doing Around
Sweetwater.
9:15 Reflections in Rhythm.
9:30 Side Glances.
9:45 Riding the Range.
I0.-00 News of the Day.
10:05 Listen You'll Like It.
10:30 Mellow Melodies.
10:45 Just Relax.
11:00 Yesterday's Hit Parade.
11:45 Hymns You Love.
12:00 Headline News.
12:10 Parade of Hits.
12:15 Singing Sam. e
12:30 On With the Dance.
1:00 Hill Billy Matinee.
1:15 On the Mall.
1:30 Concert. Hall of the Air.
23)0 All Request Hour.
3:00 Quizzer Club.
3:30 American Family Rob-
inson.
3:45 Words to Hit Tunes.
4:00 Uhruch in the Wildwood.
4:15 For Dancers Only.
4:30 Tea Time Tunes.
4:45 Mrs. Billy Schumpert,
Vocalist.
5:00 Day Dreams.
5:30 Aloha Land.
5:45 Prophery's Voice.
63*0 Supper Dance Hour.
6:15 United Press News.
6:30 Hollywood Headliners.
6:45 Schlitz Sports Roundup.
7:00 Organ Reveries.
7:15 So You Like Your Mask-
New.
7:30 Symphony of Melody.
8:00 Sweetwater Bolt Bail
Game Broadcast.
103)0 Goodnight. ,
Contracts Slated
Oil Fisher County
FSA Projects
Contracts will he let for 17
tenant purchase houses, barns,
poultry houses and combination
garages at the Roby F.S.A. of-
fice July 30, at 2:00 p. m.
These improvements will in-
volve from $40,000 to $50,000.
All carpenters who wish to
bid on these buildings should
contact Horace D. Gilmore, rur-
al supervisor, farm security ad-
ministration, Roby, for plans
and specifications or Karl Bus-
ter, district engineer, Dallas,
Texas.
This makes 33 building con-
tracts let in Fisher county this
year, and 12 more are planned
soon. These 12 loans^ have been
approved by the Dallas office
but we do not have the plans of
specifications contract.
The 45 tenant purchase loans
made in Fisher county this year,
together, with the five made in
1940 makes a total of 50 new
houses, barns, poultry houses
and combination garages that
have and will be constructed for
tenant farmers. This will in-
volve approximately $125,000 in
new improvements, and about
$325,000 for land.
Pilot Passenger
Killed In Crash
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — (UP)
—Thomas G. Braswell, 32, of
Conway, Ark., and Samuel H.
Elgin, 34, of Kansas City, were
killed Wednesday when their
two-seated civilian plane crash-
ed soon after the takeoff.
Elgin, the pilot, had hanked
the plane and was straightening
out when the craft plummeted
50 feet to the ground. Relatives
and friends who had gathered to
wave goodbye pulled the men
from the wreckage.
Elgin, a friend of Braswell’s
brother, had offered to fly him
to his home in Conway.
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JAPANESE—
(Continued from Page 1)
be dissatisfied with its power
in the government and to fav-
or a more drastic course of ac-
tion than that pursued by the
government of Prince Fumima-
ro Konoye and Foreign Minister
Yosuke Matsuoka.
Radical Japanese elements
elements have been blustering
constantly against the United
States and have been demand-
ing immediate action against
the Russians in Siberia.
The Japanese press was tak-
ing a strong anti-Russian tack,
stemming from Soviet action in
mining the coast of Siberia, an
obvious precautionary move
against a Japanese thrust at
Vladivostok. The Japanese am-
bassador to Moscow held a long
conference with Soviet Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov last
night.
It seemed possible that the
cabinet resignation might arise
from a cabinet-army split on
whether to move against Indo-j
China or Siberia or both.
However, the Japanese gov-
ernment policy as regards the
Russo-German war has been fix-
ed — although not announced
publcly—more more than a week
and there had been no particu-
lar indication what ever this
policy was that it had brought
an army-government crisis.
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We make Real Batata Loans on
either F. H. A. or direct Ml#
gage loan plan, to build, re-
pair or extend ydur present
loan. The Thompson Agency.
Have your tires repaired today
the O. K. RUBBER WELD
WAY, 2b7 W. Bdwy. DW
2683.
2 For Ront Rooms
Cool south bedroom for. reft,
nicely furnished. Close ini
Dial 2384.
S. W. room-meals. Call 2698.
3 For Ront Apts. • >
To couple without children 3
room furnished apartment.
Frigidaire. Available July 1ft;
411 East 12th.
Furnished apt. 100 Hickory1?
Unfurnished 4 room brick apt.
Close in. Adults only. Dial
2819.
Apt., 902 Walnut. *
2-Rm. furn. apt. 700 Bowie.
For Rent: Furnished apart-
ment. Dial 484.
Four room unfurnished apA-
ment. The Thompson Agency.
Large unfur. apt., available July
16. Close in. South exposure.
Adults only. Dial 3203.
4 For Rent Houses
5 room brick, 208 E. New Mex-
ico; 8 room stucco (one fam-
ily) 507 W. 5th. D. A. Clarl^
4 Room unfurn. house. $20. Mrs.
McCaulley, Bluebonnet Hotel
Bldg. Dial 2491.
6 Wanted To Reny
House if reasonable. 406 Alamo.
3 Room unfurn. house on or be-
fore Aug. 1. Bryant Taylof,
Nolan Furniture-Hdwe. Co.
9 Real Estate For Solo
Our home for sale-original cost
over twenty three thousand-
will accept twelve thousand
dollars. 711 James Strqpt.
Terms. E. C. Brand.
10 Wanted Real Est.
Have buyers for 4 and 5 room
houses. If you wish to sgll,
call or see, A. S. Kendrick.
310 Oak St.
11 Used Cars For Sale
1938 Ford pick-up. A-l conditie*-
901 Walnut St.
1937Dodge Truck. Bargain. It's
hot in price and quality. Les-
ter Reeves Used Car Lot.
12 Livestock For Soft
AUCTION SALE
500 CORRIEDALES. Registered
and pure bred ram and ewes
from foremost breeders Nh
the U. S. Sale at West Texas
Stock Yards, San Angelo, Tex-
as, Friday, July 18th at 1 p.
m. Nelson Johnson, San An-
gelo; Bill Fields, Sonora.
13 For Solo Misc 1
Do you need a piano? We have a.
few Spinet Pianos stored in
Abilene, and would like to
place them in private honks.
Write for information, Brook
Mays and Company, 1005 Elm
Street, Dallas, Texas.
For sale, show case, real cheap,
dial 2847. j
Used Frigidaire. Dial 2598.
$1,000 Baby Grand Chickering
piano for $250. Mrs. McCaul-
ley, Blue Bonnet Hotel Bldg.,
Dial 2491. f
Late model Singer Round Rob-
bin treadle. First class condi-
tion. Only $27.50. Easy terms.
White Sewing Machine Store,
114 Locust, Dial 581. c
14 Wanted Misc
Wanted scrap tin and auto bod-
ies. $2.50 ton. H. B. Shook,
across from coinpress. q
16 Lost And Found
FOUND: One ladies’ right toot
Mexican huaraches, size 6 Vi.
Owner may claim and pay Or
ad at Reporter office.
Ranch for Sole
Near Sweetwater, 2,480 acres,
'beep proof, everlasting hsB
er, $14.60 per acre, Ubenu
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