Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 323, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 1938 Page: 4 of 6
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^WfiEtWAtERi TEXAS
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 23, 1936
_ second class matter at P0Bfr«
office in Sweetwater, Texas, Feb. 9, 1920.
George Bennitt and Russell Bennitt, Pubis.
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Seten year* old was Jehosah when he begun to
riimn.—tl kings 11;2I.
Hfe who reflects attentively upoii the duties of
I, trembles at the sight of a erowu.—Levis.
The Arrival of Spring
JfecRASTINATION WINS
IN ANNUAL DUTY
It is a human frailty to procrastinate and this frailty
is never so widely exhibited as at this time of the
year when it is necessary to change license tags. Right
now the Tax Collector's office is wondering how it
is going to handle a big two thirds of the tag shop-
pers between now and the end of the month. Based
on last year's registration of cars there are approxi-
mately two thousand more tags to issue to Nolan coun-
ty car and truck owners.
Of course the Tax Collector's office will see
that the taxpayers get their license tags. But car
owners will be helping themselves as well as that
office if they get their tags now. The last few
days of the month will as usual find long lines
waiting for an opportunity to pay taxes. Even
at this date much last-minute rush can be avoid-
ed by attending to this necessary procedure if you
are a car or truck owner.
WEEK OF SMASHING HEADLINES
LEAVES NATION UNRUFFLED
The events in Europe the past week crowded the
Japanese and Chinese hostilities completely off the
front pages. Even though there was no war in Ger-
many's invasion of Austria, it was a demonstration
of how much closer this country feels to Europe than
the Far East. The Nazification of Austria outshone
the Spanish civil war which has, according to all re-
ports reached a crisis.
While our foreign news was riding the waves
of a great crescendo, here at home congressional
discussions of TV A and the government reorgani-
zation bill rocked congress. Despite it all John
Public kept his shirt on. While here and there
in the centers of population there were sporadic
demonstrations there was not a hint of nationwide
reaction to the week's world happenings.
One very great reason why these happenings in
Europe are accepted more philosophically by us is
the fact that men living in every township in this
country and their relatives and friends have not for-
gotten certain European happenings of 20 years ago.
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6ACKSTACE IN WASHINGTON
Differences between the city and the farm are
shown in the two meanings of well-watered stock.
The senator who "bei his head" on the President's
attitude toward a congressional measure should be
warned that politics has caused many a man to lose
his head.
The inventor of a new map game billed Hitler for
$500, the cost of revising his maps after the Austrian
coup. He claimed Hitler just wasn't playing the game
square.
Toronto man left $12,000 to a girl he had merely seen
in a theater. Stage money for her.
France smells across the Pyrenees a new system
of tyrannies.
Expert Ocean Flyer
HORIZONTAL
1 Zeppelin
designer and
commandcr.
in Fragrant
smell.
11 Epoch.
12 Merchandise.
13 Organ of
hearing.
14 Fabaceous
plant.
16 Period.
19 Type measure.
20 Myself.
21 Accompanies.
26 Below.
31 Machine part.
32 Proprietor.
34 On the lee.
35 Beneath.
37 Bronze.
38 To rob.
39 Electrified
particle.
41 Three.
43 Deed.
48 Gilded bronze.
52 Crucifix.
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religious
teacher.
57 Dunce.
59 Reverence.
60 Heap.
61 This 's
ship
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burned last
year.
62 His native
land.
2 Russian
mountains.
3 Blood.
4 Foretoken.
5 Spring
festival.
6 To turn over.
7 Age.
8 Matgra.ss.
9 Decayed.
15 In.
17 Sheaf.
18 His ship made
transatlantic
flights.
22 Measure.
23 Vulgar fellow.
24 Native metal.
25 Aquatic bird.
20 Most excellent
27 To devour.
28 Beer.
29 Beverage.
30 His new ship
is filled with
33 Northeast.
36 Stream.
38 Courtesy title
40 Unit.
42 Eggs of fishes.
44 Signal system.
45 To honk.
46 Unoccupied.
47 To cut grass.
49 To cripple.
50 Jar.
51 Legal claim.
54 Mover's truck.
55 Small cask.
53 Transposed.
60 Pair.
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By KOONEV DUTCHUK
WASHINGTON — Secre-
tary of State Hull, who may
be our next President, in-
sists on moving farther
away from strict neutrality
and isolation and toward a
position where the United
States can move on to ac-
tual intervention in world
affairs if and when it-; exe-
cutive heads deem that to
be wise.
This was the chief signi-
ficance of the speech which
Hull made at the National
Press Club for broadcast to
the world.
First of all, Hull inilcd
down positions previously
taxen in his step-by-step de-
lineation of a foreign po-
licy whose actual signifi-
cance is questioned by iso-
lationists and pacifiets.
Censured (icriuan Coup
He emphasized this coun-
try's interest in orderly in-
tcinational process through-
out the world—not merely
in China — and implied
strong disapproval of the
German seizure of Austria
as well as an intense interest
in European affairs.
He dwelt on the desir-
ability of parallel action by
peaceful nations against
"lawless" nations — a point
of considerable importance
when one gets to speculat-
ing as to how close parallel
lines can approach each
other without becoming the
same line. And he re-em-
phasized an intention to
protect American rights and
interests abroad. Interests '
is one of the English lan-
guage's broadest words.
Finally, and very cautious-
ly, Hull laid the groundwork
for a drive to repeal the
neutrality act. The admin-
istration will make no front-
al attack on the law. But
on March 29 the House For-
eign Affairs Committee, un-
der Hull's friend and fel-
low Tennessean Sam Mo
Reynolds, will begin hear-
ings on a number of bills
for its repeal or amend
ment.
Hit Neutrality Act
Such foreign affai- stal-
warts as ex-Secret a 1 . of
LEGAL
DIRECTORY
MAYS & PERKINS
Attorneys-at-Eaw
322-25 Levy Bldg.
Sweetwater, Texas
State Henry L. Stimson and
Dr. James T. Shotwell are
expected to criticize neu-
trality act provisions. Whe-
ther anyone from the State
Department will appear
is uncertain.
Hull says that application
of the act to the Japanese-
Chinese struggle would
have defeated the purpose
of the legislator-, if Japan
had declared war on China,
however, application of the
act presumably would have
a situ-
adminis-
avoid.
act would
check on
power to
been mandatory
ation which the
tration wants to
Repeal of the
remove the last,
the President'
take the country into war.
l ie has that power, although
the formality of declaring
war is left to Congress.
Awaits liiili*h ami Krcncli
This government will
make no move in interna-
tional affairs until it learns
what the British and French
are going to do.
to proposals to
liaigo on arm-
which prevents
of munitions to
nized republican govern-
ment while permitting ex-
port of aerial bombs and
engines to Germany and
Italy for use against Span-
ish citizens.
Hull and President
; e\ elt privately regret
they ever supported
Spanish "neutrality"
At a time when they would
I'ke to throw at least the
country's full moral weight
This applies
ncl the cm-
to Spain,
shipments
the recog-
Roo-
thai
the
bill.
against the "lawless" na-
tions about which they feel |
so bitterly, they're einbar- '
asse'd by a rising cry of pro-
test against the manner in
which this country has help-
ed hobble the Spanish gov-
ernment's desperate defense
against the troops of Mus-
solini and the bombs of !111
ler. Their best explanation
is that this countiy was
only taking one of those
"parallel actions" with the
government of England.
White Flat Plans
For Rabbit Drive
A two-day rabbit drive and
barbecue is being planned fori
the White Flat community j
Monday and Tuesday. The
drive will start from the A. M. |
Kent farm 11 miles east of
Sweetwater between 8 and 0
o'clock Monday morning. Ii is
a community affair to which
the White Flat folk issue a
general invitation.
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Hyman Rancher
Stores His Wool
E. J. Stockton. Ilvman ranch-
el. Monday brought ihe iM3S|
clip for a small herd of goats to I
Sweetwater for storage.
Engineers are now working
to make a composite plane of
the land plane type. The first
composite plane was a flying
boat, combined with a four-en-
gined float monoplane.
BEALL, BEALL, YONGE
& NEBLETT
Attorneys-at-Law
Doscher Bldg.
SWEETWATER, TEXAS
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STAMPS
Movie S
By Bill Porter C.aricalurcs ||y (icorge Scnrlto
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~"ARVED out of what had been
the Russian Empire before the
World War, tiny Lithuania cele-
brates its 20th year of indepen-
dence against the backdrop of a
Europe fearing another war.
For Lithuania, along with
Czechoslovakia and Jugoslavia, is
one of the young minority nations
of the continent and is in no posi-
tion to withstand the tide of cir-
cumstances. Nevertheless she is
militantly independent.
She has been so, as a matter of
fact, since 1918 when the National
Council at Vilna formally pro-
claimed the independence of Lith-
uania. In November of that year
a provisional constitution was
promulgated under which the
council became the national Par-
liament. Antona Smetona became
the first oresident.
In 1935 the highly controver-
sial territory of Memel was added
to Lithuania under the provisions
of the treaty of Versailles. It had
been detached from East Prussia
after the war. Today the popula-
tion of Lithuania is roughly 2,500,-
000. The country is essentially
agricultural. The capital is
Kovno, and the nation is on the
through railroad route from
Paris, Berlin,
Warsaw to Riga,
Dvinsk and Len-
ingrad. A stamp
of the 1920 Lith-
uanian National
Independence is-
sue is shown
here, "the spirit
of the people."
(Copyright. 1938, NEA Service, Inc.)
Jackson Moore Gets
Sox-Pirate Ducats
Jackson E. Moore, formerly
with the Texas Theatre in
Sweetwater and now Midland
theatre manager, visited Tues-
day with his mother. Mrs. P.
('. Moore. and incidentally
made reservations for a box
for the Pirates-White So\ ex-
hibition baseball game here
April 7.
S. F. Everett Sells
44 Steer Yearlings
S. F. Everett, eati'eman who
operates ranches ;u iilackv.vH
and O'Donnell. Tuesday sold
steer yearlings at 7'cents
and It for 7 cents on the Fort
Worth market.
Looking
Backwards
WoPKBP AS TRUCI4.
PRIVET.
Has won cuPs a
AWA-reuR SKier
CowSov star in Bos Allen
RANKER SERIES.
HOLLYWOOD Sleuths
| from the liureau of Internal
; Revenue are said to have haunt-
ed Santa Anita during the rac-
ing season making covert ob-
servations of some of i he big ]
killings made by heavy-betting
Holly woodsmen and hearing the
bragging of some who like to
be thought winners whether
i they are or not.
Basil Rathhone. although ik i-
j iher a heavy bettor nor a iirag-
j gart, is worried by ihe talk
| about the income-tax checkup,
j Rathhone has a Man Friday
named Ambrose who often ac-
companied him to the track and
i attended to the buying of tick-
lets at the pari-mutuel 'Windows,
i Almost invariably the actor bet
; 80 on a race——82 to win, place
and show. Cut Ambrose was a
| little ashamed of such small
j wagers when Rathbone's friends
i were placing much larger sums.
So before departing to buy a
ticket he'd inquire. "The u.-aial
! six hundred, sir?"
Even dowti-and-outers can go
Hollywood in a big way. A new
arrival here is a fellow who
, hung around Broadway for years
j making s."i touches from celebri-
I ties whom he called pals. Out
here he already has blossomed
| out in a lot of flashy new clothes j
j and is living at a good hotel.
When somebody commented on
his show of prosperity a friend I
: said. "Yes, Joe's doing all right, j
now. Me never makes a touch'
! for less than 850."
Flicker Fable
Once there was a very wise
producer who was interviewing
| four applicants for a coveted !
| job in his studio. Of each mane
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he asked only one question:
How much is two and two?"
The first applicant said "Four."
The second applicant sa '.
"Six." The third said "eight"
and the fourth said frankly that
he didn't know.
The producer meditated upon
these answers and decided that
jhe first man was intelligei .
but dully practical, the second
was imaginative, and the third
possessed both vision and imagi
j nation, lint he gave the job to
| the fourth man. who said '\e
i didn't know. The reason he d.d
tlii,-. was that the fourth appli-
! rant was his brother-in-law.
Another producer, bavin*
1 completed an important picture,
(called in liis press agent and (4;-
dered him to make sure th#V
plenty of reactionaries were in-
vited to the preview. "Keaction-
I aries?" queried the publicist. •
"Yeah," said his boss. "You
know people we can get soitm-
| good reactions out of."
Itinerant Book
Salesman Buried #
K. I-'.. Stanley, itinerant miii-
! ister and book salesman who
died in Sweetwater several
\ days ago. has been buried here.
His relatives have not been
located, according to I Iowa;®
Yates of the Yates funeral
home. All efforts to locate rel-
atives of the elderly man faifc
(d de-nite widespread search.
During 1! :;7 the city of Tole-
do, (). received 8108.311 I'rorfl
parking meters, or approximate-
ly 3."> cents from every meter
very day. *
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FIFTKKX YEAKS ACO
The city commission author-
ized the installation of a I'iltra- j
tion plant to cost 835.000. The;
project was approved by the
state health department and was
to make Sweetwater's water I
supply one of the most sanitary j
in West Texas. I.ake Trammell. j
completed in l!)i0 at a cost of
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Ferguson
8320.000. was
city's water
the source
supply.
of the
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Nearly $100 was added to the
j treasury of the Self Culture stu-
dy club, following a clown par-
ty. where a program was pre-
sented. Everyone attended in
costume.
TK.V vkaks a<;«
The scholastic census, com-
! pleted, showed that 1,003 pupils
j were attending rural schools. Of
; the number ">11 were boys and
I 549 girls.
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Sweetwater gave its endorse-
ment by a vote of 30 to I to
the commission of a plan to
refinance the city.
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KIVK YEA Its A<;o
The invitation shoot at the
Newman Shooting Park attract
ed 32 trap shooters from a wide
area of Texas. Silver trophies
went to first, second and third
high on the program.
* * *
The second petition was filed
in the office or the city secre-
tary, asking that the names of
George Gray. I L Armor and
George \Y. Willis be placed on
the election ballots as candidat-
es for city commissioners. The
election was to be held April 1.
Retiring were C. R. Simmons,
Frank Stevens and H. M. Sim-
mons.
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VIOTHER NATURE tries hard !o covor ugly scars, and in the tropics
is accomplished very quickly. Fallen trees speedily turn to
I. aided by tilt action of plant roots. A floating log turns into u
ritable flower box, and oftentimes it is the beginning of a floating
md. where birds may nest amony the rank foliage
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 323, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 1938, newspaper, March 23, 1938; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth290317/m1/4/: 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.