Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 288, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 2, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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BRITAIN TO STRENGTHEN MEDITERRANEAN FORCES
Joining Ranks of Senate Veterans
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Sweetwater Reporter
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Aerial Bombings
In Spain Concern
His Majesty
l'. S. Not to Join in
‘•Policing” of World,
Senate Members Told
VOL. XXXX
8WEETWATKH. TEXAS WEDNESDAY I I 15. 2. I *>38
\l MBEK 288
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It was back in January, 1013, when Morris Sheppard, right,
first began serving as t'liiteil States senator front Texas. Now
he is celebrating completion of a full quarter century in the
senate. He is shown receiving a congratulatory hand clasp
from Vice President John X. tinnier, who ought to know
bow bis fellow Texan feels because “(actus Jack" first be-
gan his congressional service 35 years ago.
Little Busines s Men In Stormy Session
Pair Returned In
• Mail Theft Case
DALLAS - (l'11) Sidney i
Miller and his 23-year-old wife:
arrived here today from Atlan-
ta, Ga., in custody of five fed-
eral officers to answer mail j
theft charges.
The couple was arrested in At-
lanta last week in connection
with the disappearance Nov. 5
of a 828.950 shipment of cur-
rency from the Federal Reserve
Rank in Dallas to an O'Donnell
hank.
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Saving Deposits
Increase at R 0.
IU LI/ I II VI WAS A
m i l/ IN DOCUMENT
DALLAS — A story to
end all stories on typogra-
phical errors is being told
by U. S. District Attorney
Clyde Eastus.
In looking over a copy of
an indictment, Eastus read:
"The grand jury hereby re-
turns this true bull.”
Although the letters “u”
and "i" adjoin each other on
the typewriter keyboard, Mr
Eastus admitted, with a
chuckle, "There may be a
lot. of truth in it at that.”
Tax Money Rolls
In Yesterday
Money kept rolling into the
While postal saving deposits
reached a record peak in the
history of the Sweetwater post-
office, receipts showed a loss for
January this year as compared
with the corresponding period! ...... , .
last year. Mrs. Thelma llowen, j county tax office m a " ea< •'
postmaster said. j stream till day rue-day follow -
Postal receipts this January big the deadline at midnight
were SI.575.07 as compared witlw Monday for paying property
85.208.75 for January, lf»37, a and poll taxes,
decrease of 8(137.78. | t ntil the hundreds of letters
The loss was attributed to received during the last few
catalogue mailings, which fell'day's rush have been opened and
off this January. Last year’s i payment tabulated, according
permit for mailing catalogues
totaled 869(5.09 and this year
8120.22. One firm last year
brought 8300 worth of envelopes
for mailing special material. This
was not repeated.
The cancellation machine
showed more letters this Jan-
uary. with a total of 127.800 an
increase over the same month
last year, which was 124,106.
to Raymond Bishop, tax asses-
sor-collector, the total of cur-
rent payments will not be avail-
able.
Tuesday . polls written up
were 211, making a total of 3,
715 paid polls at noon today,
with at least GO per cent of the
mails unworked.
One letter, opened this mor-
Conclave Hardly
Underway Before
Charges Hurled
Conference Broken l:p
Into Smaller Groups
To Discuss Matters
WASHINGTON' (IT i
The little businessmen's eon-1
fetence got oft to a stormy '
today amid charges that Fred]
Roth. Cleveland shoe v.iiole-a
or. had been “hand picked" by
the administration to preside j
over the hearing.
The charge, made by Charles!
Soli nor. Pennsylvania metal pro-
ducts dealer, precipitated .-o
much confusion that Assistant I
Secretary of Commerce Ernest
Draper wa forced to lake over!
the chair and restore order.
The outbreak came shortly af-j
ter the conference was convert-1
j od 1 ix See rot ary of < 'ommerce ;
Daniel Roper who presented l“re
j sident Rffosevelt's greetings.
Abandon General Meeting
Tt was quickly decided to ab-
andon the general session in j
favor of smaller gatherings to
discuss speeifit subjects.
One delegate. Howard Mil- i
chell, Washington, D. C., hard-j
ware dealer, climbed to the;
platform and demanded to be:
heard.
Other conferees shouted ‘No..
A. L. Clark, itinerant hosiery |
von lor of Dallas, dr-mnrideff Thai j
the meeting he divided into ten |
groups and "get going."
Mr. Roosevelt's greetings -aid
I welcome you to Washington.
Your meeting, called by the
secretary of commerce at my
request, is intended to acquaint
me more intimately with the
problems of smaller business.
"1 anticipate that the sugges-
tions resulting from your con-
ference will he very helpful to
me. 1 am therefore looking for-
ward to conferring with your
committee tomorrow afternoon.”
Police Collect
8)02 In Fines
Nolan County
Sen inn a Smile \\ itli FDR s Cake
r
Holly wood ifouml 11 <»m her
Fails, Mont., Iiomr,
pretty, wholesome Jeanne
Waller^, !!:, nrvei reached
her destination, du (old
police, hut was sold into white
slave trailic in San I rancisco
tor S!/»0.
McDonald Post
Makes Bid For
District Meet
Delegates Named
To Mineral Wells
Legion Conclave
DeK g;,ii- In ' ■ Se\ :11»-enl h
district cunvi.-ii! a-;i \n:■ ■ i ii■ an
Legion at Mini :oil-. 15d>.
19-20 were ch>>sen at the regular
meeting of Oscar .McDonald
piist No. 109 Ttie- iay night, and
were instructed to exert every
effort to hr: a a ■i •: : ili -t riel
Fair Group To
Mm Thursday
New Personnel
Will Decide Cpon
Program for Year
President M. < Man roe of the
Noan County F soeiution
has called a na-i-ii g of the
directors for Thursd iy after-
noon at 3.30 o clock in the
Board of City Development of-
fice to dlscu- tlv- preposition I
of a fair thi fad. and to set i
a tentative d. 1 if the decision
is favorable t the propo-al.
Personnel of the a soi-iution j
includes Philip Yonge. vice-
president: J. N Dulaney, treas- •
j urer: George ilurher. ~oi-rotary I
I and directors K. J. Dark > Judge .
Charles V. Lewis, \\ R. John-!
-on. R. C. MeCall. W S. Chen-j
I nault and Joe H. Roothe. all ot j
Is aiwator: J I’ Madtlox <4
| Mi,; \ in. al and R.arna Haney of ,
Re eoe.
The nation's First Lady looks
mighty happy as she slices
into President Roosevelt's
birthday cake. And well she
should, for the cake is sy in*
holic ot many thousands of
dollars collected through hie*
tliday dinners to fight the
sroui'ge of infantile paraly-
sis. Mr. Roosevelt e»*lehrafed
his .**(it11 hirtliday (|ui» .u. in
the White House, leaving to
his wife the strenuous task
of visiting .ill of the parties
in his honor held in Wash-
ington, If ( The I irsj Lady ,
i seasoned traveler, took
the job id stride.
mm
mf* -
The association was re-orga-
r ,cd last fall, and the new ;
! nificci s ant\ directors chosen.
Thursday's meeting is an im-j
port ah! one. officials declare,!
and is in response to many in-,
quities about a fair for Nolan
county this year.
Slow Response lo
Relief Appeal
Only two answers to the j
appeal for funds to be Used for j
! relief of war sufferers in China:
| in th< Am riean Red (Toss j
nave been received, according,
in R. S. Covey. Nolan county |
Red Cro.-s chairman.
Although conditions in the j
war torn land are appalling, and !
the Red Cross is giving an op-jtion
poi’tunity for every citizen to | nivv
contribute to the relief of child-
ren and women of that part of
the world, no one is urged to
give unless he sees fit to do so. J investigators. J
Burkburnett told
• \ Hh
3U2K
Oilman Denies Oil
Lease A Gamble
A F ST IN ( CP) -Pi-
nt' oil could begin hr
in a Gulf of Mexico
iff Jefferson county, fretuu
“gamble” by ;
R. Chalhar
Dll) I’VTKI\BLII U.
PROPHET ski: sii \do\\
termed
....... ning (ontained money for
"General business increased] polls for 21 persons, all cm-
for the first month of 1938 at ployos of the Pace wholesale
the local office." Mrs. Dowen packing company.
! “I am certain the big stack
i of mail we have on hand will
j enable us to reach our goal
j and possibly pass the mark on
poll tax payments.” Mr. Bish-
oj) said.
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Local Students On
Radio Program
Newman high school students
are to he presented in the
public school hour broadcast
mechanism was said to have peb. 9, at 2 p. in.. an Abilene
caused him to lose control of station. The program is to con-
the machine. ] tinue for 30 minutes.
He suffered a severe neck] According to J. 11 Williams,
injury, ligaments torn in his j principal, the school choral club
left knee and possibly a slight I ;s q, give a selection, the band,
fracture beneath the knee cat> | and a representative selection
said.
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Truck Driver Is
Hurt In Wreck
A. J. Miller. IteKalb. an in-
dependent trucker, was severely
injured tit 3:30 p. m„ Tuesday
when his truck swerved front
the highway 10 miles east of
town and turned over. Faulty
and shock. I front each major unit
Passing motorists brought the j school,
injured man to a local physi- •
elan’s office .for x-rays and
emergency treatment, lie was|
moved to the Sweetwater Hos-
pital in a Yates ambulance.
Barring complications, lie is
expected to be moved to his j
home within a few days.
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of
A total of 8502 in cash fine-
was collected by the police de- j
partntent during January, ac- ]
cording to the monthly report'
released today by Chief X. B. |
Hall. Fines for the month total-1
ed 8819, of which amount 8349
was “laid out” in jail. ,
Local arrests were 70. trails
fers to the county 70, and to]
the Child Welfare Board 3. mak-i
ing 83 arrests for the month.
Texas Election
Bureau Chief Dies
DALLAS—tFP)—A. F. (Dad)
Henning, 60. chief of the Texas
election bureau, veteran news-
paperman, author and former
head of the Southern Methodist
University school of journalism,
died here today.
A few days before he was
seized by the final illness, Hen-
ning revealed to friends that
he had almost completed the
manuscript of an exhaustive
study, a "Philisophy of News,”
the I which lie intended to publish
I soon.
meet to Sweet Witter. ] Mr. Covey explained.
George Barber was made chair-! A committee of American bus-
man of the delegation. Other
members an- I X. Geldr-n. I ]3e f„rWarded from America.
John R. .M.-i 1-110. H A. Walker. Aside from hunger, suffering
and Russell Benmtt. Alternates 1 and the great need of clothing,
are Louis Eberle. R. II Davidson, medical attention * becoming
j iness men in China is being up
pointed to handle the funds ti
Crippled Lad, Operated on Here.
Becomes “Obstreperous, Is Jailed
Ernest Odor. Grauy Kospuss and
Charles Pa\H-n ihe m a con-
vent ion probably will he in
April
Incitations 3 reived
Post Commander Philip Yonge
read an imitation from the
Abilene post to attend the
smoker there Wednesday n gill.
Feb. 9. when National ( -n-
mander Daniel J. Doughn re is
scheduled to he the h< nor
guest. Reservations shotiM I".'
made with Adjutant u
Bennitt by Satunlay.
.Another invitation
brought by R H D
Rolan is staging a
feed Monday night. F
which Sweetwater I
are invited.
Bean Investigation
Speaking of Inani-
tion of what's wron
Abilene bean wagon v
ti)). It seems tliat O
Donald post is due
from Abilene by \
winning the mcmb,
test, which was (-
especially around:
imperativ
Shanghai.
Persons may make checks to
tlie American Red Cross and
mail them to Mr. Covey, if they
wish to contribute.
Buck Johnson has contributed I 'van'
81 and W. Johnson 50 cents.
mittee today.
Chatham is ;
E. Harwell and
bidding for oil
god state land,
one of these least
Asked why he
made out the bii
allow a stenogra
Chatman said R
ubr
mak i
Th,
anyone to k
was bidding. Cha; i
I to Attorney A. R
-Ihe Gulf lease
Gets 160-Dag Credit
On Life Sentence
HOUSTON (UP' T. N
Norris, ;i gumna : I'r'-nt Fayette-
Custody Of Minors
Awarded To Aunt
Mi iL,
/earner toreeas
Iraternit
y watched the
tion of
i-xitlted in-)):
ional pa
te'ehal 1'1‘ophel
da\'. If
" his sliai
back he
goes for 6 n
weeks i1
: winter vveath'
if ho (id
asn’t. well - - -
\\Oul(!
1 ho have seen
shadow
in Sweetwater.
no lived
here? It den
In a county -.
-minus M"n,lu-V 'hld"t' ('!
kn'-ted and <'agrrl\
WEATHER
SWEETWATER — M 0 S t I y
fair and warmer tonight and
Thursday.
Maximum temperature yester-
day 61 degrees. Low this morn
ing 45 degrees. Temperature at
2 p. m. today fit degrees.
WEST TEXAS—Mostly clou-
dy tonight and Thursday; war-
mer in southeast, colder in Pan-
handle tonight. Colder in north
Thursday.
EAST TEXAS—Cloudy to-
night and Thursday.
Johnny Miller, hitch-hik-
er who gained attention and
sympathy of Sweetwater cit-
izens when he made an ap-
peal for and obtained an op-
eration for adhesions is a
living testimonial that local
surgery puts life into its
patients.
in fact, Johnny made
such a recovery that he got
beyond control. So the city
police placed him in jail, and
later remanded him to the
county jail pending further
convalescence.
Chief N. B. Hall made an
investigation of Miller’s fam-
ily. and finds lie is a na
live of Ottawa, Kan., and
not of Oregon as Miller
previously cluimed. His
mother and step-father live
there, hut advise Chief Hall
they are unable to come for
Johnny.
At the time of Johnny's
operation, he said his moth-
er and father were both
dead and ihat his nearest
relative was an uncle living
in Ireland.
Johnny’s livelihood, he
said, was obtained from sell-
ing pencils and he promised
the operating surgeon lie
would sell enough pencils,
when he got well, to pay
him.
nutter
what.
cording to local Ice
Whereupon Commamjj
appointed George R
George Bennitt as
to see if the chef i-
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Robbery Suspects
Held For Grand Jury
Earl If. Simons a Clyde
Crain, who according n only
officials confessed to " ’ re-
cent robberies, are be; .’Id
in jail pending grand jury
hearing Tuesday, says Shetiii
Tom Wade, who broil::' tin
men here from San Ai
The pair confessed cil-
eries ol the Len Mosl ' i 1
home near Roscoe, and mk-
well filling station, it aleg-
ed
l ville, Ark., wa- i -ontence
today to spend it ; of .his
natural life in p.
”n i 160 days appointed M
The unusual munont - •
given him today si' he was ant' cstau
convicted in two • cap- He|ll>n '’’PK
I already under sene ■ ' 99:|l',a!li oi
years, and was give; si the m‘ "
other two convictioi Hut he 1 mat; iagi
fore sentence tvs
he was asked whet I
anything to sax
"Yes,” he answer'''
i the time that I haw
■! jail knocked off m.\
sal-1 District Judge 1.
ac- King agreed
time he came
'or the suit
by clouds at
iid-
Rank \ssets Bought
By E. C. Brand, City
it th
ittnced I ;u'e Kehc
had! rah. Elio
; tie/
Rond
was mad'
,lt
1 want
been in
mteni'e."
-ton G.
er and former
purchased the
Rlainxiew Nat
The hank i-
iKtuidatiiin.
twater hank-
ie banking
1his week
ets of the
LONDON — (UP) — Britain
intends to take decisive action
t" prevent repetition of acts of
-piracy in the Mediterranean,
such as the torpedoing of the
Rriti-li steamer. Endymion, by
a submarine, Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden informed the
house of commons today.
Hi- majesty's government,”
Eden declared "is deeply con-
I eerned over tie- attack on the
Endymion. which was an or-
!dinary Rii'i-'i ailing ship and
■ on which n attack could be
| justified.”
He a lid the government
Jew w'n 'iieern the aerial
'e'mli: in ' in Spain. Brit-
ai- la aid would always b<-
' ady in join any endeavor to
illev ate suffering from air
. bombings.
It wa- alleged that the gov-
: ament wa in full sympathy
with the French government’s
' desire to end bombing of civil-
] ians in Spain.
I S. HAS NO WAR
ALLIANCE IN EUROPE
WASHINGTON — (l'P) —
! Admiral William Leahy, chief
! of naval operations, said today
that the U. S. navy has no plans
| to join any foreign power in
! event of war.
Leahy, appearing in connec-
tion with the bill to increase
I navy strength 20 per cent, was
led into a serie- of -tatements
D aring on ehargt made in the
senate yesterday regarding Am-
erican foreign policy.
'U there any intention,” ask-
ed Chairman Carl Vinson of
| Geerglu. “ to join the British
and French navies in policing
j the world?”
"That is incorrect,” replied
Leahy. "This program is justi-
fied by the need to provide na-
i val strength in approximately
I the same proportion as in the
| London naval treaty—the so-
| called 5-5-5 ratio.
Condition oi Dr.
I
Scott Is Grave
Dr H. C. Sr.at. (bout 80, pi-
or.' ■ Sweet v.. : : phxsician is
rep ted by attending doctors to
be gravely ill having suffered
a heart attack .ate Tuesday in
the Sweetwater Hospital.
The aged physician was se-
vered burned last Thursday
when a small kerosene stove ex-
pi"* led in his office badly sear-
ing one hand and both legs, the
burn being more severe on his
left leg.
While he suffered shock, his
ay was not expected to
' dangerou- without com-
p a utions developed.
lr- Scott, who has been his
■ slant companion during his
. is also a patient of the
pil having suffered a heart
last night. "Complete ex-
Mstion” was said by attem-
pts to have caused the condi-
. n, thought not to lye serious.
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Bertram Well
l o Sh Casing
c
Operators at the Bertram
Estate No. I oil test are pre-
paring to set s mch pipe down
I at 2.9S5 feet Water in the hole
will be bailed out before drill-
; mg is resumed today. Drilling
in a lime formation, water was
encountered from 2.980 to 2,983
There is a possibility of pro-
duction in the Fisher pay zone
but final plans should produc-
tion not be found at a higher
level, call for drilling to 4,600
feet.
The test is a
Sylvester. It \vt
miter Mite
Sept
]] Houston Rotat ions
Arrive Thursday
George Barber, secretary-man
ager of the Beard of City De-
velopment, wa ad\ i ed today
that the Houston Rot..ry club
delegation advertising Ihe Fat
Stock Show in Houston Feb.
26 March 6 w ill ive in Sweet-
water by bus at Heck Thurs-
day afternoon.
A delegation i d by Rot-i
ary and BCD oft8 s being,
formed to grec Houston:
v isitors. The r ..•;•••! - " ill
spend about an hour m Sweet-j
water, according U G A Mab-
ry. vice-president of the Houston
Rotary Club and chairman of !
the tour.
Orange Piuinng California I a<k
l!(‘ld Here b\ jmunile Officers
pi
in
nile south of
- spudded last
sol! and Stilli-
ng contractors.
The u
Pacific ('oast cange ci op
and cNpressed a in'efcrence
for Florida grow
City polk e picked tip tvv •'
runaway boys who gave
their ages as 13 and 15.
Whs'll questioned
reason for leaving “Sunny
Cal,” the older boy dot hired
they were headed tor Flor-
ida to pick orange-
“But what - wrong with
the California o tinge crop,
officials asked m surprise
“There's nothing t.o it,”
the spokesman replied "V ,
know a guy in San Anti : ■
who said he could get u.-
a job picking oi'anges in
Florida. That's where w-
were headed, l>tn we made a
mistake. We got on the
Texa- Pacific, and they kick
ed us off.
Police turned the Itftys
over to the Child Welfare
Board and the director con-
ferred with County Judge
Charles W. Lewis It was
found that the boys are from
unfortunate homes, and had
served terms in a California
reformatory for running
away from home.
Contracts) For
Bus Drivers
Members of the Nolan county
ml board passed a resolution
■day afternoon requiring all
to have bus drivers’ con-
: acts and bonds filed iinme-
a- v with the county super-
intendent.
4 i utiie afternoon session
was given to a round table dis-
eussipn of transportation.
Attending were J. T. Harmon,
> itairman, Mrs. Virginia E.
E. Stanfield, county superinten-
dent, T. N. Collins, A J. Hun-
ter. A. H McElmurray and G,
H Sliger.
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