Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 217, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1944 Page: 2 of 8
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Sweetwater Reporter, Sweetwater, Texas
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CASPER, Wyo 3ml Lieut.
Ernest E. Amnions, son of J. W.
Ammons, Route 1, Roby, Texas,
Is an airplane commander on a
F-24 heavy Bombardment crew
now In Its final stage of train-
in? at the Army Air Field, Casp-
er, Wyoming.
Following completion of his
tr lining he will be sent overseas
'<■> a combat area where he will
help take up the fight against
the enemy.
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<>L1DEKS RESCUED
LONDON (UP) — The Brit-
ish air ministry reports that the
airborne troops which were
dr ipped in the sea when four
M'iders broke loos from the tow
planes have been rescued bv the
RAF.
British coastal planes and laun-
ches battled rough seas and pool-
visibility all day Tuesday, aiding
the stranded men who were en
route to Holland.
M INNIE TO TALK
LONDON (UP) — The British
parliament soon will hear Prime
Minister Churchill's accounting
of the talks at Quebec. A full-
fledged war debate is expected
to follow Churchill's statement
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KEEP YOUR CAR in tip-top
mechanical shape . . . well lub-
ricated; carburetor and timer
carefully adjusted, wheels
aligned.
It's more important than ever
to bring your car to us for
regular cheek-tips that will
keep it running safely and
economically for the duration.
NORRED
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Buiek, Cadil ac, Chevrolet
Parts and Service
Woivwfi For 4$ Hours
PARIS (UP) — A young
French woman student who was
arrested by the Nazis in Paris
says that Gestapo agents beat
her for 48 hours almost with-
out letup.
She is Madeleine Riffaud, a
small brown-haired medical stu-
dent whose exploits are almost
legendary among French resis-
tance groups.
Before her arrest, Madeleine
and some other students formed
themselves into a band and at-
tacked German soldiers to ob-
tain weapons from them. Madel-
eine tackled one German officer
alone, but .a German patrol car
chased her and she was placed
under arrest.
She says Gestapo agents kick-
mi her anil slapped her and then
threw her into a cell with her
hands tied behind her back. For
six days they left her like that
with nothing to eat.
Then they heat her. and urg-
I ed her to join the gestapo. When
I she refused they put her in an
| icy bath and held her head und-
: er water. Following this Madel-
; cine was taken to a torture chain-
j her where Nazi agents were rip-
! ping the finger nails from two
j women prisoners. Apparently
the agents thought the sight of
; this torture would weaken Mad-
eleine so that she would fur-
■ nish all the information she had
! on the resistance movement, hut
| she refused to give in. and was
j finally sentenced to death and
j thrown into a French woman's
I prison. When the Allies neared
j Paris—the women were freed.
When she was asked how she
j managed to endure the weeks of
Gstatpo torture. Madeleine ans-
I wered: "Well. 1 suppose it was
mostly auto-suggestion. For
hours 1 kept repeating to my-
| self—you know nothing. You
have forgotten the names of your
friends." She added: "It work-
ed, now it's all over. I'm glad I
was able to do the Germans
much harm."
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KAME8 DORHRVS WIFE
HOLLYWOOD (UP) - A
transcript of grand jury testi-
mony reVeals that Movie Actor
Jon Hall named Pat Dane—Tom-
my Dorsey's wife — as the wield-
er of a knife which carved up his
classic features during a Holly-
wood party.
The 100-page transcript was
filed In the county clerk's office
today, making public added de-
tails of the already-much-publi-
clzed free-for-all at the Dorsey's
luxurious apartment.
Hall claimed he suffered bod-
ily injury in the fight, including
an almost severed nose and a
slashed neck. He accused Dorsey
of hitting him with a "bottle,
blackjack or a club."
The "genial gentleman of
swing"-—on the other hand —
claimed Hall was hurt when he
fell and his head struck a flow-
er pot.
Photo above, taken during RAF raid, shows great Phillips war plant in Eindhoven, Dutch industrial
town where glider troops of Lieut.-Gen. Lewis H. Brereton's airborne army were reported battling
Germans. Allies fought way soulh for junction with the British and Canadian First Armies strik-
ing up from Belgium.
Mustangs Off To Fort
Play Masonic Home
NAVY MEN SI!KM TO
APPRECIATE A WELL
CLEANED DRESS!
Yes, men do appreciate a
well-groomed appearance, mid
while we can't guarantee that
you'll make a hit with the
Navy, we do promise you the
best cleaning results possible.
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Western Windmill
Buys 1944 Football
KXOX Broadcasts
The Western Windmill Com-
pany. pioneer heavy hardware
and water well supply wholesal-
ers, has purchased the full series
of Mustangs football game radio
broadcasts for the 1914 season.
Each classic will be broadcast
directly from the stadium play
by play.
1'ii st of the series will be at 3
\p. m., today when the Mustangs
meet the Masonic Home Mites
for the opener. The color, statis-
tics, action and lineups will be
given from the radio booth at
Farrington Field. Fort Worth
| municipal stadium.
Larry Hubbard. KXOX sta-j
tion manager, announced that
j the broadcast will be handled by i
J/.ark Hurt and Boyd Kelly of!
i l-'ori Worth through cooperation i
I of KIM/. Fans may receive the
game by tuning in on KXOX. j
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LONDON — (UPl — The!
edition of .lane's fighting ships j
■ avs more than :!20 German'
submarines sunk during thi
war.
Tlie Germans are believed to
have lost more than 500 U-boats
in the war. .lane's comments that I
Germany appears to he making I
no effort to replace them- The |
total number of Nazi subs now!
operating is not estimated.
A play by play of the
.Mustang-Mites game will be
brought to Sweetwater fans
over KNOX. The broadcast
is scheduled at 8 p. in., and
will come directly from tlie
field. Western Windmill Co,
is sponsoring the broadcast.
The Mustangs leaving this
morning for Fort Worth will
have rugged competition to-
night when they meet the Ma-
sonic Home Mites to open the
1944 football season. Game is
called at 8:15.
"I believe." said Coach Alexan-
der and Assistant Coach Newton
this morning, "we have as good
a team as we did this time last
year, but can make no predic-
tions as to how they'll show up
against a real fast passing and
running attack."
The Ponies will have no pic-
nic whipping the little huskies
who win year after year. Only
one draft worry confronts the
LI NATIt COMMANDER
LONDON i UPi — Field Mar-
shal Sir Bernard Montgomery
says the Allies should be very
grateful Adolf Hitler has taken
personal charge of operations
on the western front.
lie declares this means that
the enemy is being commanded
by a lunatic. The British mar-
shal adds that, in some ways,
he's glad the German generals
failed in their bomb attempt
against the fuehrer.
TEN A N TO CHRISTEN SHU'
GALVESTON —(UPl — Mrs.
Clark Wallace Thompson, wife of
Colonel Clark W. Thompson of
the United States marine corps
reserve, has been chosen by
Mustangs this season. Gerald
Scott is being called to service,
but will be allowed to finish high
school at mid-term. So far it is
believed that he is the only one
Uncle Sam is calling.
The team, composed of 22 men,
two managers, Richard Thomp-
son and J. C. Southworth. left
via five private cars from the
high school at 7 a. m. Accom-
panying them were the coaches
R. S. Covey, Roper Ritter. and
.fohn Neal. They will not work-
out before gametime Coach Alex-
ander said.
Burton Lambert, out on the
injured list, will make the trip.
Coach Alexander will not play
, him unless necessary. He hr** to
substitutes for right guard —
Shirley Hedrick and Jack Tay-
lor, who has recovered from a
rib injury. Doil Feagan. substi-
tute back, who is hurt, will not
accompany the team.
The aggregation definitely
should win more games that it
loses this year with 12 lettermen
back in the fold.
Starting will be Dismuke and
Owens, ends; Betty and Gainer,
tackle; Tucker. Hedrick or Tay-
lor. guards; Lincoln, center;
Leeper, Scott. Feagan, Brown or
Elrod in the backfield.
Co-captains for the season are
Johnny Feagan and Towner
Leeper with Gerald Scott, a hold
over captain.
With most of the big. beefy
boys in the service, brains will
| be the biggest premium this
i year on the football field. Seat
hacks, longer passes, and speed-
up football will take new prom-
inence. Quick thinking has prob-
ably solved most of the grid
problems. The Mustangs this sea-
son have some A students; some
fine lads who have grit and that
should go a long way toward
cinching their share of 3AA gam-
Guard Meets Oct. 8
AUSTIN —(UP) — Captain
Carl Hardin, Jr., adjutant of the
Texas State Guard Officers' as-
sociation, announces in Austin
that the annual meeting of the
Association will be held in that
city October 8th and 9th. Major
Donald W. Peacock of San An-
tonio is the association president
IDEAL AMERICAN
CHICAGO —(UPl — The Am-
ericanism commission of the
American Legion has chosen
Attorney Horace Shelton of Aus-
tin. Texas, as the "Ideal Amer-
ican." Shelton has received the
SI,000 Lewis S. Rosenstiel award
fro inthe commission for distin-
guished community service.
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FORT WORTH LIVESTO<' K
Cattle 3500. calves 2300. Slau-
ghter cattle about steady, killing
calves weak to 25 lower, many
fully 50 lower for the week, stoc-
kers and feeders dull and weak
to 25 lower. Medium erade beef
steers and yearlings largely 11-
12.50, common 8.00-11.00. Cutter
grade down to 0.00. Good fat
cows 10.75-11.50, load 11.25. med-
Roosevelt-Churchill
Quebec Conference
No less than 300 WACs were
detailed for clerical work at the
second .Quebec conference of
Franklin Roosevelt and Win-
ston Churchill.
Women interested in becoming
mmebers of the Women's Army
Corps may contact WAC recruit-
ers Lt. Dede N. Cook and Pvt.
Mildred E. Burdette. of the Big
Spring WaC recruiting office,
at tlie courthouse in Sweetwater
on Wednesday and Thursday,
Sept. 27th and 28th.
Thursday, Sept
Long worth High Girls
Organize 4-H Club
The girls of Longworth hlgli
school met Sept. 12 to organize
a 4-H club.
Officers were elected and
plans for *.he coming year dis-
cussed. The girls decided to
make cooking and sewing their
projects for tne year. As each "
girl completes the goal she has
set for herself, she will be j-
warded a new classification
stripe fo>- her sleeve.
Mrs. McCullough, county home
demonstration agent, will spon- O
sor the organization
! DDUT INCREASES
PARI S—( UP) — The national j
debt of France has quadrupled i
since the war began in
now stands at nearly .3
000.
The French ministe
nance reveals that the debt in-
cludes some $8,000,000,000 in
long-term loans and $11,000,000,-
ooo! $500,000,000,000 in treasury
bonds.
ST l{ llvK ENDS
BIRMINGHAM, Eng. (UP) —
A five-day British auto worker's
, | strike has ended in Birmingham,
anu j j,;ng,aml The 13-thousand strik-
!,000.000,-; jng workers at the Austin Mot-1
j or company have voted to return
■ of fi-|to their jobs pending wage nego-
ium cows mostly 8.25-10.25, com-
mon 7.00-8.00. Cutters 0.00-7.00.
canners 4.25-fi.OO. Common and
medium sausage bulls (i.50-8.50.
Good fat calves 11.00-12.00. few
choice to 12.50, and better, me-
dium lots largely 9.50-10.75,
common 7.50-9.00. culls 6.00-7.00,
latter grade showing least de-
cline. Medium and good stocker
steers and calves 9.00-11.00. com-
mon kind very draggy at 7.00-
8.50. About 30 per cent of re-
ceipts cows.
Hogs 1100, active and steady
on all weights. Top 14.55 paid for
good and choice 150-175 lbs.
Similar grades of heavier but-
chers 13.80. Good and choice
150-175 lbs. 13.50-14.55. Sows
13.50-.80. Stocker pigs mostly
11.50 down, few 12.00.
Sheep: 9500; spring lambs and
aged sheep slow, around 250-75
lower. Other classes poorly test-
ed. Several decks of medium and
good 09 lb. spring lambs 12.50,
few good lambs up to 13.00. med-
ium grade springers mostly 11.50-
12.00. Medium and good fresh
shorn yearlings 0.75. Common
to good ewes 3.75-4.75, cull to
medium fresh shorn ewes 2.00-
3.00.
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Secretary of the .Navy .lames V.
Forrestal to christen the cruis-
| er Galveston, to be launched at
i Philadelphia within a few
months.
nations.
TO KKHC 11,11 LONi'ON
LONDON ( L" P1 — The British
j government is planning a build-
; ins repair campaign now that
i widespread robot bomb attacks
i have subsided. A large order
! sent out for housing repairs in-
} eludes an item for 200,billion
i square yards of building board.
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TONIGHT
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SWEETWATER
vs.
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With the Compliments of Western Windmill Co.
Zack Hunt doing Play by Play
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for Lasting
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 217, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1944, newspaper, September 21, 1944; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282980/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.