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Bank Statements Reflect Sound Financial Conditions
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Institutions in 4
bounty Reveal
Seasonal Gains
More than Million and
Half Dollars in Roscoe
And Sweetwater Banks
Bank statements of the Texas
Bank and Trust Co. and the
Roscoe State Bank as of June
30, both indicate a strong fin-
ancial condition in this area. De-
posits are showing a seasonal
strength that denotes a general-
ly favorable financial picture.
Neither of the banks has any
borrowed money, reflecting a
sound condition that is self-evi-
dent.
Indications from the state-
ments are that the year will
be a very satisfactory one for
the banks from an earnings
standpoint also.
Deposits of the Texas Bank
anrl Trust Co. are SI.404,235.37
and with total available cash of
$1,053,526.44. The Roscoe State
Bank has deposits of $449,002.17
and total available cash of $343,-
164.63.
Banks throughout Texas have
reflected stable business condi-
tions and encouraging prospects
for the remainder of the year.
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Paine Drilling Co.
Resumes Activity
ROTAN — -Paine Drilling Co.
has renewed activities in the
Robinson pool with start of the
W. L. Barker No. 1. This well
is located in the southeast quar-
ter of section 172. Surface pipe
was set late last week and drill-
ing is now in progress.
Successful completion of the
General Crude Oil Co. Casey No.
1 furnished the inspiration for
the new well.
Tide Water Associated Oil
company is expected to begin
a drilling campaign in the near
future.
The six inch pipeline from the
Doweil pool is nearing comple-
tion.
Sees Again
Sweetwater Reporter
Hitler Censured
For 'Dumping'
Undesirables
United States Delegate
Brands Practice As
Political Anarchy
VOL. XLI
SWEETWATER, TEXAS WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1938
NUMBER 76
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Hamilton's Pal
Escapes Jail
GREENVILLE — (UP) —
Three men, one of them a for-
mer companion of Floyd Hamil-
ton. escaped today
Hunt county jail.
The fugitives are Melvin Hail-
ey, 36, his brother, Woodrow,
22, and V. C. "Cotton" Wofford,
26, all convicted of burglary and
were awaiting trial on the
charges.
Sheriff Frank Wolfe discover-
ed the men were gone when he
went to their cell at 6:30 a. m.
Officers recalled that one
time Wofford was a companion
of Floyd Hamilton and Ted Wal-
ters, who were accused of num-
erous bank robberies since they
escaped several weeks ago from
the Montague county jail.
Officers thought it possible
that Hamilton and Walters
might have aided in today's jail
break.
Civic Leader In
San Antonio Dies
SAN ANTONIO — (UP) —
Flags on state buildings were
lowered to half staff today in
memory of Jeff Strickland, 56,
former legislator and secretary
of state who died here yesterday
of a heart ailment.
Strickland was chairman of
the board of the Great American
Life Insurance company and
chief counsel for Interstate Cir-
cuit, Inc., a group of motion pic-
ture houses.
Local funeral services were to
be held today. Tonight his body
will be sent to Palestine, Texas,
his former home, for burial to-
morrow.
Finding everything about him
"beautiful," Harold Weakley,
is able to see again after an
11-year blindness was ended
1 .V an operation in which new
pupils were "bored" in bis eye-
balls.
New Industries
Needed in Texas,
Bankers Told
State Produces Much
Raw Material But Ships
It Out of State
DALLAS — (UP) — Texas
should inaugurate a determined
campaign to get new industries,
Oral Jones of Wichita Falls,
president of the Texas Bankers
association, asserted today.
"We must have industrial pro-
gress to keep pace with our
resources," he said.
"We produce five and a half
I million bales of cotton a year,
I but we process only 5 per cent
of it. We ship the rest of it east
! or to other places for it to be
made into textiles or by-pro-
ducts.
"Texas excels in the produc-
tion of wool, but we ship most
of it east, where it is cleaned
before being processed. Clean-
from the j ing takes out dirt amounting to
60 per cent of the wool's origi-
nal weight—and we Texans pay
freight on that dirt.
"We must have plants and
mills before Texas can attain
the position of prosperity and
wealth to which she is entitled
by her vast supply of raw ma-
terials."
Jones came to Dallas to con-
fer with persons interested in
the statewide movements to get
new manufacturing plants in
Texas. Among these were Al-
bert T. Clifton of Waco, presi-
dent of the Texas Manufacturing
association.
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Officers of Nazi
Camp on Trial
RIVER HEAD, N. Y. — (UP)
—Assistant District Attorney
Lindsay Henry charged today at
the trial cf six Nazi camp offi-
cers that members of the Ger-
man-American Bund pledge
allegiance to Adolf Hitler.
Henry said he would summon
a witness to testify that as a
former member of the Bund he
had taken an oath of allegiance
to Hitler.
Six directors of the German-
American Settlement League,
Inc., were on trial under an in-
dictment charging violation of
the state civil rights law. The of-
WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Slightly
cloudy to unsettled.
Maximum temperature yester-
day 100 degrees. Low this morn-
ing 75 degrees. Temperature at
2 p. m .today 99 degrees.
WEST TEXAS—Fair tonight
and Thursday except local show-
ers in Panhandle tonight.
EAST TEXAS—Fair tonight;
Thursday partly cloudy, scatter-
ed showers In nortM portion and
on upper coast.
Death Toll In
Japanese Floods
Passes 700-Mark
Kobe Isolated When all
Service Disrupted; Water
Reservoirs Collapse
TOKYO, Thursday — (UP)—
The official death toll in storms
and floods, which swept Japan
from points north of Tokyo to
south of Kobe, neared the 700-
mark today as rescue workers
continued to search stricken
areas.
Greatest damage was around
Kobe, which was isolated for a
long time after the flood wat-
ers Tuesday stopped electric and
telephone service.
A direct message from the
United Press correspondent at
Kobe today said only five for-
eigners were known to be dead.
Many streets in Kobe were j
. flooded. Water mains were brok- 1
I en. Municipal authorities were ;
I arranging emergency supplies of:
I drinking water.
640 l)RO\V\ WHEN
TANKS COLLAPSE
SAN FRANCISCO — (UP) —
Approximately 40 Europeans
and nearly 600 school children
died when three- water reser-
voirs collapsed, sending a de-
luge down the streets of Kobe,
Japan, radio operators aboard
the steamship. President Cleve-
land, anchored there, advised
wireless companies here today.
The current, which placed
Kobe's main street under 10 feet
of water, left the city under de-
structive forces.
The disaster occurred at 9 a.
m. Tuesday.
"Thousands of Japanese are
said to be drowned," the brief
message said.
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Legion to Send
Band to Meeting
Musician's Post, No. 333 of the
j American Legion, in its regular
meeting Tuesday night elected
delegates to the fifth division
convention to be held in Big
Spring Saturday and Sunday.
Delegates elected were Ernest
D. Wilson, E. L. Caskey, and A.
M. Armstrong, with Henry T.
Marshall, O. E. Barnett and A.
W. Costephens as alternates.
In addition, the post will send
the Sweetwater municipal band
to this convention and outlined
last evening plans for sending
this organization to the state
convention in Austin in the lat-
ter part of August.
Present plans call for the
post's representatives and band
to leave from the post club
rooms at 1:30 o'clock Saturday.
An orchestral group from the
band is to play for the con-
vention dance Saturday evening.
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SCOUTS TO HAVE CAMP
The Boy Scout cabin at Lake
Sweetwater, recently moved
from tne site of the old CCC
camp to the Scout's property on
the lake, is to be dedicated in
ceremonies Friday evening in
connection with a Sweetwater
district camp, A. J. Stiles, area
Scout executive and camp direc-
tor announced.
A meeting of the district com
mittee is scheduled for 5
o'clock this evening in the of-
fice of Ben N. Roberts, district
commissioner, at the Interna-, be dedicated.
tional Harvester branch house. The cabin has been
All members of the committee I first class condition,
are urged to be present to plan
the dedication program.
The district camp, open to all
troops in the Sweetwater area,
is to open at 9 o'clock Friday
morning and close at 5 Satur-
day afternoon.
In addition to the dedication
of the cabin, a flag pole donat-
ed by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Sweetwater post, is to
placed in
repainted
it was
and remodeled since
moved to the site.
It will be used jointly by
troops and patrols of the dis-
trict. Camping equipment is to
be supplied by each troop and
patrol attending the encamp-
ment.
Senior Scout leaders are to
be present to direct the camp,
Executive Stiles said.
Bargain Days Reveal Sweetwater Has
Couple, Married 60 Years
By United Press
At the invitation of President
Roosevelt delegates of 32 na-
tions met at Evian, France, to-
day to consider means of open-
ing their borders to destitute
refugees, including homeless
Jews from Germany and Aus-
tria.
Of the 32 nations, 21 are in
the north and south American
area.
Myron Taylor, chairman of
the American delegation, cen-
sured nations that dumped "un-
fortunate peoples" on the rest
of the world and said that, the
practice carries the threat of in-
ternational anarchy.
Refugees of Spain
The problem of aiding refug-
ees from war-torn Spain also
| was before the conference. It
was considered almost certain
j that if the insurgents capture
GEORGE WEST (UP) Valencia and end the war, thou-
The death toll of a gas explosion ; fan^s of. loyalists will attempt
, „. , , , to flee abroad.
and fire that demolished two; jn the orient the undeclared
buildings and injured 14 persons j war between China and Japan
reached four today with the j ended its first vear, and it was
, °LJrS' S estimated that'the war so far
has cost more than 1,000,000
who was dining lives and destruction.
14 Injured in
Gas Explosion
In Restaurant
Four of the Number
Not Expected to Live;
Building Is Wrecked
Why Sane 4th
m
The old saying that a good
picture is more powerful than
a thousand words is true ten-
fold of this photograph — a
dramatic preachment for a
safe and sane Fourth of Ju-
ly. Eleven-year-old David Tay-
lor of Los Angeles is shown
after a four-inch firecracker
exploded as he held it in liis
mouth. David thought the fuse
had gone out.
Awarding of the prizes won
in the Sweetwater Merchants'
Bargain Days last Friday and
Saturday was completed this
morning and brought to light
some interesting facts. The
oldest car to register for Bar-
gain Days was a Model T. Ford
of 1924 vintage driven by Mary
Louise Chambers. Sweetwater
has a married couple who have
passed their golden wedding
anniversary by ten years. They
are Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Brown
of 2000 Sam Houston street.
^Folks stiH bke to hitch up a
team and drive into town to do
their trading. J. D. Grayson
drove in from Eskota in a wa-
gon for the Bargain Days.
The complete list of awards
made is as follows:
Oldest Caii
Bowen's Drug store, $1 bath j
powder, Mary Louise Cham-1
hers, 1924 model T Ford.
See PRIZES Page 4
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Bandit May Have
Shot Cameraman
Irks Jimmie
\ Diego, Tex.
Mrs. Yates,
| with her husband at the Bomar
: Cafe where the explosion occur-
j red yesterday, succumbed at a
hospital in Three Rivers, Tex.
A few hours earlier Jim Dav-
is, 25, son of Chief Deputy Sher-
; iff A. J. W. Davis of San An-
General Kai-Shek observed
the day with a statement to the
Japanese people and obviously
designed to bolster Chinese mo-
rale.
"Do you know that your ar-
my has become the most bar-
Kennedy Tells of
New Trade Pact
Showers Bring
Relief to Texas
By United Press
Local thundershowers brought
temporary relief from the heat
in sections of Texas .today while
most of the state sweltered in
the hottest weather of the year.
Wichita Falls yesterday had a
..... ... temperature of 104 degrees, the
leers were charged with failing,, hest -n T(?xas tMs summer.
to file membership lists with na,,afi had M Abllene an(, Fort
the secretary ol state as requir- jqq
ed by law for secret organiza- At Amarillo, the temperature
tions. j readied 98, then tumbled to 68
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School Board Maps
New Aid Program
AUSTIN — (UP) — The state
board of education today aban-
doned a five-year-old policy of
setting a state school aid ap-
portionment in advance of the
meeting of the state automatic
tax board.
It adopted, instead, a motion
to have the committee report on
needs of the schools and then
to ask the automatic tax board
to provide sufficient funds.
Maggie Cowen
Wins Contest
Those "bang values" offered
by Sweetwater merchants for
the beginning of the week shop-
ping event attracted crowds of
shoppers Tuesday morning and
brought many entrants for the
misspelled word contest. Due to
the holiday, entries were accept-
ed all day Tuesday and it was
apparent that some of the con-
testants used the added day to
See CONTEST Page 2
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Second Gettysburg
Fatality Today
GETTYSBURG — (UP)
John Cooper, 91-year-old Civil
War veteran of Largo, Fla., who
came here for the 75th anniver
sary of the battle of Gettys-
burg, died today, the second
fatality among the veterans.
Earlier in the day Daniel
Price, 90, of Marion, Ind., died
of bronchial pneumonia con
tracted during the reunion.
HOLLYWOOD — (UP)—Po-
lice today held to the belief that
King D. Gray had been shot by
a hold-up man, an assumption j (
that today induced a coroner's'
jury to report the middle-aged
movie cameraman had been kill-
ed by "some unknown person
with homicidal intent."
Police Lieut. Jack Dwight said
all signs indicated Gray had
been approached by a nervous
bandit while he sat in his car
in front of the Hollywood post-
office and read a letter from
a former University of South-
ern California co-ed. Dwight ex-
plained he believed the ban-
dit's nervousness caused him
to fire the fatal bullet, and that
he fled without touching Gray's
wallet and watch.
The death gun was not found.
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A recent magazine article writ-
ten by Alva Johnson, concern-
ing the earnings of James
Roosevelt as an insurance ag-
ent, has been referred to the
attorneys of the president's
son for possible action accord-
ing to a statement issued by
Mr. Roosevelt from the Mayo
Clinic at Rochester, Minn.
Quints Too Much
For Dr. Brown
Boat Stealing
Trial Tomorrow
GALVESTON — (UP) — A
federal court hearing for Edgar
Peel and M. Ryan, Galves-
ton seamen charged with steal-
ing a boat and taking it on the
high seas, was continued until
July 7.
Peel entered a claim of guilty
to the charge, filed under the
federal government's admiralty
jurisdiction. Ryan pleaded not
guilty. Officials said that state
charges would also be filed
against the pair.
The two men, held incommu-
nicado in the Galveston county
jail since Sunday, were charged
in connection with the theft of
the auxiliary sailboat Artemis
a week ago from the Galveston
yacht club basin.
They were apprehended by
coast guards aboard the boat
Saturday 100 miles south of Cal-
sieu pass off the southwest coast
of Louisiana.
tonio and driver of the fuel barous and the most cruel force
gas truck, died at the hospital, for destruction in the world?"
| The others dead were Patsv Chiang asked the Japanese.
;.Jean Morris, 6, of San Antonio, __o
| and John Lytle, negro cook at j
j the cafe.
Mrs. J. M. Morris, mother of [
Patsy Jean, and the husband of I
Mrs. Yates still are in serious!
condition. All others injured)
were treated by local physicians I LONDON, Wednesday — (UP)
and dismissed. j —U. S. Ambassador Joseph P.
The explosion occurred at Kennedy, who returned Monday
Raj 's cafe, operated by Ray j from a visit to Washington and
Bonar. at the outskirts of town, j New V- -rk: rcrsJcd- <a Pstotf
Sheriff W. A. Smith said that; Minister Neville Chamberlain
a truck driver for a San Anto-I'hat negotiations for a British-
nio commercial gas fuel comp- American trade pact were near-
any had gone to the cafe to re- nS completion, an authorita-
fuel the tank of the establish- tive source said today.
ment's cooking stoves. Kennedy was understood to
Building Wrecked And Burned have said that the trade pact
"Suddenly there was a deafen-: most likely would be concluded
ing roar", Smith said, "and one j by the end of July.
s'de of the building and the The agreement, it was said,
roof were hurled into the air will be much more compre-
Flames shot out from every win- hensive than originally seemed
dow and crack in the building." possible. Illustrative of the
The building burned in a few wide sweep of the negotiations,
minutes. the informant said, it was be-
"None was trapped inside the lieved that under the agreement
building because the explosion ■ Great Britain will receive sub-
blew them all out", Smith said, stantial orders for building mer-
Those most seriously burned [ chant ships.
were in a party of travelers and; °
were not known locally, accord-
ing to Smith. He said he under- j
Siood they were from San Die-!
go.
Hospital authorities at Three!
Rivers, who said they were
Taxi Driver Dies
Of Knife Wounds
ODESSA — (UP)
Singleton
treating six persons for burns Griffin. 45, Odessa taxicab driv-
instead of four, would give out I er, died yesterday from knife
no information about those in- wounds suffered Saturday in an
jured. One official said that he
did not have the names of the
patients, but that he feared at
least two of them might die.
1 during a .30 inch rain.
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Last Half City
Taxes Being Paid
The last half payment on city
taxes, where taxpayers took ad-
vantage of the split-payment
plan, are beginning to be receiv-
ed by City Comptroller W. II
Whaley.
Taxpayer using this plan are
reminded that midnight July 31
is the deadline. If not paid then,
taxes become delinquent and
bear the usual penalty.
Eastern Railroads
To Increase Rates
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The Interstate Commerce Com-
mission today authorized east-
ern railroads to increase pas-
senger coach fares from 2 cents
to 2 1-2 cents a mile for a trial
period of 18 months.
Record Flow Wheat
Continues Today
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—(UP)
The record flow
of
Texas Pension
Rolls List 112,382
AUSTIN—(UP) — With a net
increase of 78 pensioners, Texas
July old age assistance rolls
carried 112,382 names.
total $1,545,270.
Aid will
National League
Wins *Dream9 Game j
CINCINNATI — (UP)—The
National league today defeated
the American league I to 1 In
the sixth annual All-star base-
tall game.
CALLENDAR, Ont. — (UP)
—The chief physician to the
Dionne quintuplets admitted to-
day they are getting to be too
much for him.
"They keep getting healthier,
and putting them through their
regular examinations is more
than one man can accomplish
without strain."
The physician, Dr. Allan
Brown of Toronto, said. "It is
my opinion that it would be dif-, , ,
ficult to pick five children from through the Ka s . -
the population at large who ket continued today^ Receipt*
could compare with these five received were 1 980.000 bushed,
active children." today, making the receipts for
today and yesterday 7,694,000
! bushels, enough to make 35,000,-
First Baptist To j OOO.OOO loaves of bread.
Hold Church Council Kansas Fugitives
The council of the First Bap- ^nuaht In Okla.
tlst church is to meet at 7:30,T.
o'clock tonight for election of of ENID, Okla. u )
ficers, reports and devotional, state highway patrol and coun-
Bert Low is to speak on "An ■ tv officers organized a search
Adequate Church Program:" C hi this vicinity today after two
R. Simmons on "Cooperative ",en> believed to )e fugitives
Work Necessary to a Success from the Kansas reformatory,
ful Church Program" followed i abandoned one stolen car and
by "Paul's First Prayer," by the took another fiom an Enid lesi-
Rev. E. D. Dunlap, pastor. More dent.
than 200 officers and teachers li%'e men escaped late yester-
of the church are invited to at- day from the reformatory at
tend. Hutchinson, Kan.
Safety Council
Schedules Meet
DALLAS—(UP)—C. J. Rut-
land, president of the Texas
Traffic Safety council, announc-
ed today that the first meeting
of the board of directors would
be held Friday at Austin.
Plans will be discussed for the
employment of a full-time di-
rector of the council formed re-
cently at Fort Worth. Rutland
said that efforts toward raising
the level of traffic law enforce-
ment in all Texas cities would
j be mapped out and a study of
traffic legislation would be sub
argument over $250 in a dice
game.
E. D. Smith, oil field worker,
was held by county authorities
and Dist. Attorney Jess Orth
said that a charge of assault to
murder filed against Smith
would be changed to murder.
The grand jury, now in ses-
sion, will investigate the stab-
bing before it adjourns, Orth
said.
.1. & M. Short Course
Opens This Morning
COLLEGE STATION — lUP)
—Approximately 1,600 4-11 club
boys and girls were at A. and M.
college today for the opening
of the annual farmer's short
course. Officials said that 700
more were expected.
Presiding officers for the
coui e were elected this morn-
| mitted to the state legislature, ing. The meeting for the course
The Austin meeting will be «'iil be the first farmer's short
a joint conference with the exe- course held exclusively for boys
wheat jcutive coltunittee of the Texas \ and girls.
Good Roads association.
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16 Absentee Votes
Have Been Cast
The Rev.. F. W. Henkel. Lutli-
! eran pastor, voted the first ab-
sentee ballot the opening day,
! July 3.
Sixteen ballots have been cast
| with County Clerk Marshall
| Morgan since the official day
: for casting an absentee vote
I opened. July 19 is the deadline.
Aside from the Hi votes, 22
ballots have been mailed upon
request of voters who are not to
be in town for the primary,!
July 23.
This phase of voting began j
with much interest pointing to ]
a spirited election this year.
WEST TEXAS TOAD
HOLDS RECORD
EASTLAND — (UP) —
H. J. Tanner, secretary of
the Eastland Chamber of
Commerce, was satisfied to-
day that West Texas horned
toads were superior to oth-
ers in the southwest.
Old Rip, namesake of a
toad that slept for 30 years
in the Eastland courthouse
cornerstone, galloped from
the center of a 20 foot circle
in 2.2 seconds yesterday in
the annual Eastland horned
toad derby.
California entrant, former
record holder at 2.5 seconds,
failed to move when the
starting signal was given.
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