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GERMAN PLANES ROAM ALONG COAST OF ENGLAND
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Heavy Detonations Are Heard To South Of Helsinki
It Takes All Kinds
TOO COLD,
FORECASTER
LOSES JOB
By JOSEPH L. MYLBR
NEW YORK — (UP)—An it-
em came to the cable desk from
Paris today, saying that French
sources in Moscow reported Jo-
sef V. Stalin got sore because
the temperature fell to 40 de-
grees below zero and fired the
boss of the weather bureau.
Be that as it may, here are
some things that really happen-
ed:
Jersey Justice
MILLVILLE, N. J. — Store-
keeper Harold Vanaman got tir-
ed of finding things missing
when he came to work each
morning. He set a muskrat trap.
It caught a 13-year-old boy.
Life and Death
UTICA, N. Y.—When the Rev.
S. B. Eckel arrived at a Utica
home to conduct funeral ser-
vices for Clarence Helfert, he
found six mourners unconscious
from the effects of fumes from
an oil heater. He opened win-
dows and called physicians.
No Reward for Virtue
NEW YORK—Park Commis-
sioner Robert Moses wants to
banish "civic virtue" to Ran-
dalls Island in the east river.
"Civic virtue" is a sculpture in
city hall park showing a rug-
ged (and nude) young man
standing on a couple of mer-
maids. Since its erection in
1922 the statue has been called
lots of names, among them Fat
Boy, Tough Guy and Cave Man.
Don't Disappoint Her, Girls
PERU, Mass.—For five years
town Clerk Rose T. Smith dis-
gustedly recorded at each year's
end: "Marriages—none." In
1939 cupid got busy, however,
and yesterday Miss Smith jot-
ted down: "Marriages—three."
Miss Smith hopes 1940 will show
even more improvement. "It's
leap year," she said.
"... Gone Again, Finncgan"
"5 VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. —
Cap'n Zebulon Tilton, 72-year-
old coastwise skipper, and
Grace McDonald, 62-year-old
Fairhaven widow, may get mar-
ried any day now. They posted
notice of marriage last October
but heavy seas kept Tilton from
getting to port in time. They've
filed notice again but haven't yet
filled in the date.
o> Note on Comparative Values
PORTLAND, Me. — Jurors
complained that the court room
in v^hich Superior Judge Ed-
ward P. Murray had been sit
ting with spartan dignity for
years was too draughty. Murray
ordered blankets hung at the
windows. "Judges are 10 cents
a dozen," he said. "But jurors
are valuable."
Fetch the Moth Ralls
- HARTFORD. Conn. — State
Agriculture Commissioner Ol-
cott F. King was all set to make
a Speech two years ago but the
master of ceremonies forgot to
call on him. Last night King
made the same speech at a
grange meeting and got lots of
applause. Said King: "I'll save
it. I may use it again."
Tea and Toast
^ CHICAGO—The Journal of
the American Medical associa-
tion reported that women, on
the average, weigh three to
five pounds less than the aver-
age woman of 17 years ago.
New President
Of Civic Club
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John Pinson, manager of
Southwestern Bell Telephone
company, today noon was in-
stalled as president of the
Sweetwater Luncheon club,
oldest civic club in the city.
Pinson Elected
President of
Sweetwater Club
John Pinson, Glenn Russell,
Dr. E. B. Pool, George Barber
and J. N. Dulaney today noon
were installed officers of the
Sweetwater Luncheon club.
Pinson, manager of the South-
western Bell Telephone comp-
any, succeeds P. Edward Pond-
er as president. Russell is first
vice; Pool, second; Barber, sec-
retary, and Dulaney, treasurer.
The latter was in Fort Worth at-
tending the Harrisdale farm
Hereford auction.
Immediately following the
meeting, Pinson called a mist-
ing of officers and directors to
discuss the club's monetary con-
tribution to the annual Nolan-
Fisher county boys' livestock
show to be held here in March.
A meeting of the highway
committee of the Board of City
Development was called after
the luncheon. County Judge
Charles Lewis and Mayor C. C.
Johnston were expected to make
a report on the progress being
made in their campaign to or-
ganize county and city commis-
sioners along the route of high-
way 80 in a campaign to get
this highway improved.
Speakers on the program of
the club today were Sterling
Kendrick, federal census enu-
merator now taking a survey of
the business and industrial firms
of Sweetwater, and District
Judge A. S. Mauzey, who dis-
cussed the importance of pay-
ing the poll tax.
Directors of the club, in addi-
tion to the new officers, are
Ponder, Irving Loeb, and P. L.
Ullom.
Soviet Attacks
About Ceased On
Finnish Fronts
Discouraging Setbacks
Believed To Be Cause
Of Lull in Activity
HELSINKI — (UP) — Heavy
detonations, believed caused by
the fire of large caliber coast
artillery batteries, were heard
distinctly in Helsinki for several
minutes this afternoon.
The sound came from the
j south. No official announce-
| ment as to the cause of the fir-
j ing was available. Because the
j gunfire apparently was some dis-
I lance away it was presumed
that coast artillery batteries
were in action.
People Are Calm
Despite the thunderous con-
cussions, people in the street
went about their business calm-
ly. No air raid alarm was sound-
ed, indicating that the firing
was not due to planes in the
vicinity of the capital.
Finns reported that Russian
attacks in the Karelian Isthmus
and at other points had practi-
cally ceased, and attributed it to
a discouraging succession of set-
backs.
Today was said to
more quiet than any since fight
ing started.
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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JAN. II, 1940
NUMBER 211
90 Miners Trapped By Blast
Hospital Board
Adopts Rules
Regarding Staff
Burglar Chats With
Actress Two Hours
HOLLYWOOD — (UP) —
A burglar broke into Wendy
Barrie's bedroom before
dawn today and stayed to
chat for two hours when
he found the actress had
neither jewels nor cash in
her boudoir.
Fortune Teller Consulted in Effort
To Locate Missing $500 Diamond
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This is a story about a $500
diamond, a Sweetwater woman,
and an Abilene fortune teller—
sans names, of course.
During the Christmas shopp-
ing period, a $r>00 diamond disap-
peared from a Sweetwater store.
The owner has tried every cus-
Weather Forecast
SWEETWATER — Generally
fair and fresh winds. Maximum
temperature Wednesday 68; low
this morning 46; at 2 p. m., to-
day 70.
WEST TEXAS—Cloudy and
colder will1 freezing in north
portion, partly cloudy in south
portion tonight; Friday cloudy
in north and east portions, gen-
erally fair in southwest portion,
colder north and central por-
tions.
EAST TEXAS — Considerable
cloudiness tonight and Friday,
slightly cooler in north portion
tonight; cooler Friday.
tomary channel used to recover
lost or stolen atricles, including
the posting of a 875 cash reward.
None of the methods produced
rcsult.s Last night the wife of
the owner decided as a last re-
sort she would consult a for-
tune teller to learn the where-
abouts of the stone.
The husband chided her.
"Well, it will cost only $1 and
expense of making the trip to
Abilene. Fortune tellers are re-
puted to have helped others in
discovering the whereabouts of
missing articles. Maybe so, they
can't help. But it costs only $1
to take a chance and if we re-
covered the diamond, we have a
pretty good investment", she
said.
What the fortune teller reveals
to the woman is, of course, their
business. But if the diamond is
located, you can rest assured
that said husband will come in
for a lot of razzing from the
wife. "Personally", he said, "I
hope it works."
Crew Scuttles
German Liner
CAPETOWN, South Africa —
(UP)—The German liner Ussu-
kuma was scuttled when inter-
cepted by a British warship in
the South Atlantic, it was dis-
closed today. She was of 7,843
tons and out of Hamburg.
The crew of the German ship
was taken aboard the British
warship and landed here today.
The Germans were sent to Pre-
toria for internment.
Allied sources recently re-
ported that Adolf Hitler had or-
dered some 100 to 500 German
•ships which had been maroon-
ed in foreign ports since the
start of the war to attempt to
reach Germany.
The British and French naval
forces on blockade duty were
instructed to redouble their
watch for the German vessels,
whose cargoes, the allies said,
were badly needed in the reich.
Dies Confident of
House Support
ORANGE — (UP)—Chairman
Martin Dies, D., Tex., said to-
day that if congress "ham-
strings" the house committee on
un-American activities by tak-
ing away the powers of its sub-
committees to question witness-
es, "it would be better to kill
the investigation."
Dies was confident, however,
that his resolution to continue
the committee's work would be
adopted by congress without re-
moving the powers of its chair-
man to appoint sub-committees
of one or more members to con-
duct hearings.
"It is almost impossible to
carry on the investigation of
subversive forces in the United
States without the chairman
having the power to appoint sub-
committees," Dies said. "It is al-
most impossible to obtain a
committee quorum for every
meeting and hearing."
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Construction of a nurses'
home and the compilation of
complete records and charts on
every patient admitted to the
Sweetwater hospital are the two
major goals of the hospital board
during 1940, President P. Ed-
ward Ponder said today.
At a meeting of the board in
December, he said, members de-
cided to require all physicians
and surgeons desiring to use the
facilities of the hospital, to file
application for membership on
the active-courtesy medical staff,
to be composed of medical doc-
u„v„ w,n j tors duly licensed under the
laws of Texas, with the excep-
tion that dentists holding the
DDS and state license would be
permitted membership on the
courtesy medical staff. An excep-
tion, too, was made for Dr. C. L.
Monk, eye, ear, nose and throat
specialist, who may apply for
membership on the courtesy
staff.
See HOSPITAL Page 6
Weather
Forecast Tonight
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Hy UNITED I'KICSH
Another cold wave from the
Rocky Mountains headed for
Texas today and livestock warn-
ings were posted in the Pan-
handle where "freezing mists"
were forecast for tonight.
The cold snap, less severe than
that which set new low tem-
perature records in some Texas
cities last weekend, is expected
to reach the Fort Worth-Dallas
area Friday night,
—
U. S. Ambulances
4 rrive in Finland
HELSINKI, Finland —
The first United States am-
bulances arrived today. The
units came from France.
2 Killed, 1 Injured
In Pipeline Blast
MARSHALL — (UP) — Ray-
mond B. Hamilton, 21-year-old
pipeline worker, remained in se-
rious condition in a Marshall
hospital today suffering from
injuries inflicted in a gas pipe-
line blast that blew to pieces two
fellow workers neaer Waskom.
George Worch, 50, of Shreve-
oort, and A. L. Halcomb, 19, of
Beckville, were killed near the
Texas-Shreveport line when six
feet of 16-inch gas line on which
they were working blew up in
their faces.
Their bodies were tossed high
into the air and the force of the
blast rattled windows in Was-
kom, nearly a mile to the north.
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Japs Shoot Down
Chinese Planes
SHANGHAI — (UP) — Japa-
nese naval officials claimed to-
day to have shot down 14 of 40
Chinese airplanes in an air bat-
tle at Kewilin airport.
The navy communique also
asserted that nine additional
planes on the ground at the air-
port were destroyed.
The Japanese said the Chinese
planes were of Russian make.
Draw Line Against Reds, Nazis
Germany '-•j
Carol lays'*
V Romania will
Italian-Hungarian
tine against Red
or Nn;> expansion
Russia
not yield to
invasion
Rome warns
thotSov.*t
invasion of
Romania is
possibility
Romania
Yugoslavia
Joined by
defensive
military
alliance
Yugoslavia open
for transport of
Italian troops
to Hungary
Soviet naval
activity is
reported here
Bulgaria
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The Balkan lineup has been changed by military agreement
between Italy and Hungary to join against either Russian
or German aggression. Effect of the agreement and vital fac-
tors entering into the new Balkan setup are shown.
Livestock Men
Oppose Treaties
DENVER—(UP) — The Am-
erican National Livestock asso-
ciation convention opened to-
day with 1,000 western cattle-
men ready to aim caustic criti-
cism and political pressure at
the administration's reciprocal
trade agreement program.
The organization's legislative
committee, at a secret session
yesterday, prepared its annual
report which will be delivered
Saturday. The document was
understood to denounce the
agreements as detrimental to the
livestock industry and to appeal
to President Roosevelt to modi-
fy, if not abandon, this portion
of his "good neighbor" policy.
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Football Banquet
Ticket Sale Lags
Only six tickets to the ban-
quet Monday night for the
Champion Sweetwater Mustang
football team had been sold at
noon today, according to a report
from the desk clerk at the Blue-
bonnet hotel where the tickets
are on sale.
The banquet is not an invita-
tion affair, said Supt. Ross Cov-
ey. Anyone who has 75 cents to
buy one of the tickets may at-
tend. The number of tickets issu-
ed was necessarily limited be-
cause of room available to ac-
commodate the crowd.
Little Hope Is
Left That Any
Are Still Alive
Rescue Crews Work
Frantically to
Reach Entombed Men
BARTLEY, W. Va. — (UP)—
Hundreds of persons stood in
ankle-deep slush outside the
Bartley No. 1 mine late today,
anxiously awaiting word from a
rescue crew 600 feet below the
surface as it drew near 86 coal
miners trapped 24 hours ago by
an explosion.
Those outside the mine had all
but given up hope that any of
the men would be found alive.
Four bodies already had been re-
covered. But mothers, sweet-
hearts and children awaited, un-
willing to believe that all had
died.
Those directing rescue work
expected that most of the en-
tomed men would be reached
early this evening. Deadly gases
made the work extremely haz-
ardous.
Many of the 45 miners who
were in other parts of the mine
when the explosion occurred
strapped oxygen apparatus on
their backs and went back to
help dig for their friends.
As rescue crews returned to!
Senate Confirms
FR Appointments
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The senate today confirmed the
nomination of ChaNes Edison as
secretary of the navy.
Other confirmations:
Breckenridge Long, assistant
secretary of state.
John Cudahy, ambassador to
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sador to Cuba. j10 ^ ^scSe" workers returned : fnd 3t the director® meeting fol-
R. Henry Norweb, ambassador rescue \ orkers retui nect i0Wlng one new 0ff,cer was a(j.
to Peru. ^ P". they were given ;ded to the staff in addition to tlie
James H. R. Cromwell, minis-1 coffee ^h'le they rested and re.eiectjnn of all preVj0US offi.
' warmed themselves. There was t r.prs
ter t0 Canada" I food for everyone, even the on-1 Cer"
lookers.
Aerial Blitzkrieg
Feared as Result
I Of Wide Activity
British Air Ministry
Reports All Raiding
Planes Repulsed
LONDON—(UP) — Nazi air-
planes in perhaps the widest
aerial activity of the war roam-
ed along the eastern coast of
England and Scotland today, at-
tacked small vessels and dodg-
ed vigorous counter-attack by
the Royal air force and anti-air-
craft batteries.
The German raiding craft,
which increased fears that the
long-awaited aerial blitzkrieg
might lie near, flew low and
machine gunned and bombed
two vessels but flew out to
sea again when pursued by Brit-
ish planes. A third ship believed
to be Italian hit a mine but none
of the vessels was sunk. The
crew of 30 was taken off the
ship that struck a mine, and
the ship was listing heavily.
Dam Damaged
It generally was believed that
the German air raids were in
reply to a series of British aer-
ial thrusts at Helgoland Bay,
where Nazi aerial and naval bas-
es are located off the North
German coast and where, ac-
cording to dispatches from Den-
mark, the British bombs dam-
aged an important causeway and
road linking German Jutland
and the Isle of Sylt. The cause-
way is known as Hindenburg
dam.
The German planes succeed-
ed in reaching the British coast
at a number of points ranging
from the Firth of Forth
naval base to the Humber and
Thames rivers, but the air min-
istry said that all of the raiders
had been repulsed. No bombs
were dropped but anti-aircraft
shrapnel caused some damage.
Thousands of persons risking
the danger of shraknel splinters
watched the aerial activities and
many saw disaster overtake one
of the attacked ships.
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Bank Directors
Are Reelected
the surface, the crowd bushe.i.i'i ,, vr,Aoti-„ . ,
Women wept when they learned j holde^ of lh % BankTnd
i company Tuesday all *
Ned Proposes to Pay Pensions With
Gold From Deserted San Saba Mine
Clarence E. Gauss, minister to j
Australia.
Robert M. Scotten, minister to {
Dominican Republic.
Daniel W. Bell, undersecretary
of treasury.
Samuel M. Robinson, chief of J I jj itt V11 ()' T
the navy bureau of engineering,1 Illl 1111^ 11 ClJCI
with rank of rear admiral for, REYKJAVIK (UP) The
four years. j Qerman steamer Bahia Blanca
Ship Sinks After
Alexander H. Van Keuren,
today struck an iceberg and sank
chief of the navy bureau of con-1 ^ mj]es northwest of the west
struction and repair with rank j coast of lceland The
trawler
of read admiral, for four years, j Hufstein pickecl
up the crew of
o | (<2 wh(i were landed at the vil-
lage of Hafnarf Joerdur near
Reykjavik.
The Bahia Blanca, which sail-
ed from Rio de Janeiro some
time ago, apparently was fol-
lowing a course between Green-
land and Iceland when it struck
the iceberg. It was believed to
have entered Iceland waters in
hope of dodging the allied block-
ade.
HOUSTON — (UP) — Hid-
den Spanish gold, manga-
nese mines and general de-
velopment of Texas minerals
added up today to the first
1940 gubernatorial cam-
paign slogan:
"Get out of the red with
Ned!"
J. E. "Ned" Anderson said
today that he will run for
governor but doesn't know
when he will file for the of-
fice because he is broke
right now, except for a S60
Spanish-American war pen-
sion.
Has Eye On Gold Mines
Getting out of the "red"
with Ned, he said, largely
is a matter of four or five
gold mines he has his eye
on. Their proceeds, he said,
would more than retire the
state's bonded indebtedness
and old age pensions.
Nobody laughs at Ned An-
derson's plans when he tells
about them, because he
laughs, too—but in all se-
riousness. He has 60 years,
a square jaw and 200 pounds
of brawn on his six-foot
frame to back him up.
Ned lives here in a one-
room flat on his pension.
He has been a streetcar mo-
torman, printer's devil, tele-
grapher, grain salesman,
railroad brakeman, chili
manufacturer, accountant
and oil land operator.
Knows About Mine
His gubernatorial plans
hinge on mining. He has
evidence, he said, that there
are 10,000 gold bars cached
in the old deserted San
Saba mine in Menard coun-
ty—2,500,000 pounds of the
metal dating back to 1790.
Half of the gold, if he
finds it, will go to the San
Saba's owner and half to
him. But if he is elected gov-
ernor, his share would go to
the state to pay old age pen-
sions.
The old Spanish mines
north of Georgetown and
manganese properties in the
same area figure in Ander-
son's gubernatorial plans.
Their profits, he said, would
wipe out the state's debts in
two years.
A Houston radio technici-
an is making an automatic
radio "doodlebug" instru-
ment to help Anderson find
the metal. Anderson explain-
ed that was how to "get
out of the red with Ned."
Three Sheriffs
Are Summoned
Three out-of-county sheriffs
have been summoned as witnes-
ses in four criminal cases set for
trial Monday morning in 32nd
district court.
Sheriff Sid McAdams of Abi-
lene has been summoned to ap-
pear as a witness in the cases
against Ivan Grayson, indicted in
two counts, one for felony theft,
the other for robbery by assault.
Sheriffs C. D. Johnson, Can-
ton, of Van Zandt county and
Oran Smith, Cleburne, ot John-
son county, have been summon-
ed in the case against W. P. and
W. H. Pruitt, jointly indicted on
a charge of burglary.
Sixteen residents of Nolan
county have been summoned in
these cases and that of W .N.
Huddleston, set for Tuesday, in-
dicted on a charge of automobile
theft.
Mann to Argue
Remission Bill
AUSTIN—(UP) — Atty. Gen.
Gerald C. Mann and Asst. Atty.
Gen. Glenn R. Lewis left today
for Dallas to argue before the
court of civil appeals there to-
morrow when the ad valorem
tax remission act of the last leg-
islature will come before the
court. Mann ruled the law in-
valid. A Dallas district court
sustained the law and appeal
was taken.
The act remits half the state
ad valorem taxes to all coun-
ties for five years.
Texas Fire Death
Toll 297 in 1939
AUSTIN — (UP) — Fire's
death toll in Texas during the
calendar year 1939 reached a
total of 297, State Fire Insurance
Commissioner Marvin Hall re-
ported here today.
Heaviest toll was from per-
sons trapped in burning build-
ings. Eighty-two perished that
The new officer added is Lee
j L. Adams, named assistant vice
I president. Mr. Adams came here
from Merkel in December to
take charge of the clerical de-
partment of the bank and to in-
spect customers' livestock.
Stockholders expressed them-
selves as being well satisfied
With the outcome of business in
1939 and predicted a tetter year
in 1940.
Officers re-elected by the
stockholders were:
G. A. Swaim, president; J. N.
Dulaney, vice president and cash-
ier; T. L. Hughes, vice presi-
dent; J. S. Schooler and E. B.
Hull, assistant cashiers.
Officers re-elected the follow-
ing as directors:
Swaim, J. N. and J. D. Dula-
ney. Hughes and Schooler.
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Political Derby
Begins to Pick Up
The pace in the politcial der-
by began to quicken with filing
of L. W. (Dock) Scott, for coun-
ty clerk today. Those filing since
Judge S. H. Shook broke the
ice last week are: Mrs. G. W.
Cochran and Mrs. S. N. Leach
for county treasurer: Mrs. Myrtle
Robertson, district clerk; Tom
Wade, sheriff: Raymond Bish-
op, assessor-collector; Charles
Lewis, county judge; Ernest L.
way. Clothing ignition from op- Duncan, county attorney,
en fires took 44 deaths, 12 of j So far the only contested race
the victims being children. 1 is for county treasurer.
Illinois Wants Movie Labor Chief
To Finish 17-Year-01d Sentence
SPRINGFIELD. 111. — (UP)—
Gov. Henry Horner today sign-
ed a requisition upon the govern-
or of California for return of
William Bioff, movie labor lead-
er. to complete a term imposed
17 years ago for pandering.
Bioff was arrested in 1922
charged with sharing the illicit
earnings of women and convict-
ed. He was freed pending an
appeal hut the appeal never was
perfected and Bioff never com-
pleted the term of six months
imposed upon him. This was not
discovered until a few months
ago.
In the meantime, Bioff had
become leader of the powerful
International Alliance of The-
atrical stage employes union, 1n
Hollywood.
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Markets At A Glance
BY UNITED PRESS
Stocks lower.
Bonds irregular; U. S. gov-
ernments irregularly lower.
Curbs lower.
Foreign exchange steady.
Cotton off as much as 50 cents
a bale.
Wheat off 1 7-8 to 2 3-8 cents;
corn off 3-8 to 3-4.
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