Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 243, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1939 Page: 3 of 8
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THUttSDAY, FEB. 2, 1939
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SUTEETWATER REPORTER, SWEETWATER, TEXAS
Pre-War Estates
Remain With Few
Owners Of Lands
'In the Sprinjr, Will Hitler
Fancy Turn To Thoughts
Of Balkan Conquest?"
Melanin L. Pflaum, woman
Journalist, has just complet-
ed a trip through the uneasy
Balkans where, as they used
to say, "there may be
trouble in the spring."
By MEL AM E L. PFLAUM
BUDAPEST — In the path
which Germany has apparently
chosen for southeastward ex-
pansion of influence, if not of
territory, lie the pawns of Eu-
rope.
Hungary, Yugoslavia, Ruman-
ia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece
are all essentially peaceful coun-
tries whose fate in peace or war
no longer lies in their own
hands.
An Athenian student stood
with me looking up at the ruins
on the Acropolis. "Just think,"
he meditated aloud. "They would
still be standing in all their
ancient glory if there had been
no wars. If they would just let
us alone!"
Throughout the picturesque
countries of southeast Europe,
where ancient ways and dress
persist in the face of moderni-
zation, this sad but resigned
feeling can be noted—"If they
would only leave us alone!"
But they will not. And from
my Budapest balcony I watched
a demonstration of students and
workers shouting "Up Beck!"
"Up Poland!" "Up the Polish-
Hungarian frontier!"
Appetite For Land
The Vienna award of more
than a million people formerly
in Slovakia to Hungary came as
an unexpected surprise, more
than Hungary had hoped for
or asked. It whetted the Hun-
garian appetite for more. Now
she wants Ruthenia, so as to
make common frontier with Po-
land.
Therefore in all shop windows
ou see pictures of Marshal
Smigly-Rydz, and the Polish pre-
sident Students parade in the
streets. There is an atmosphere;
of excited expectancy, though
nobody knows just what to ex-
pect.
Hungary is feverishly pouring
money into military prepara-
tions, for she is just beginning
'o rearm, while Jugoslavia and
.t'imania are already well arm-
d.
The stolirl peasants find that
being called to the army means
better food and clothing than
at home. They like it. Middle
class people are earnestly pay-
ing high taxes, including a
capital levy of between six and
lo per cent and the confiscation
of their cars and motorcycles
for military purposes. They ex-
pect to get something for their
money.
On the Corso on Sunday morn- \
ing one is impressed by the,
number of fashionably and ex- j
pensively-dressed people. It!
looks prosperous until you find
than most of them spend their
last cent and go into debt to
maintain the "front." Living j
within one's income is not only
difficult for ordinary people,
but positively unfashionable. It
is nothing for a man who makes
$•15 a month to throw a party
with the finest wines and cham-
pagnes on which he spends $35.
His friends all know he can't
afford it, but it doesn't matter—
they are all doing the same
thing themselves.
German Itule?
Many remnants of "before the
war" days can still be seen in
Hungary. The land has not been
divided among small owners us
in Rumania and Jugoslavia, and
there are many estates of 10,000
and 20,000 acres. Few farmers
are independent landowners.
The traditional costumes are
vanishing, however. It took
hours of traveling and the spe-
cial occasion of a wedding to
enable me to see in a distant
village the women with their
bright skirts and bodices, fine
linen headdresses, and the men
with embroidered waistcoats,
white fringed trousers and pol-
ished boots. Most of the younger
Hungary Rearms; For What, She Is Not Quite Su
Course Of The Swastika?
Berlin
USSR.
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* Budapest
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■SLAVIA A
5 BULGARIA
I Sofia
Tirane ' 2\
S Athens
Berlin lo the Balkans—will the swastika follow the arrows?
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Peasants of the great plains of Hungary pause in their labors
—one to sharpen his scythe—another to refresh himself with
wine. The march of empire and the quarrels of nations are
remote and unreal to these sons of the soil.
men and women wear "store
clothes" now, except when they
bring the cos.umes out of the
noth-balls for special occasions.
The traditional love of inde-
pendence in Hungary is still in-
tense. Economic dependence on
Germany? Very well. If it must
be, it must be. Political align-
ment? Possibly, if there is no
way out. But German domina-
tion in Hungary? Never, they
say.
But the "never" they pro-
nounce so assuredly is not a
resolution — it just a hope. A
spirit which one Budapester
called "national madness" can
be felt.
He explained: "We Hungari-
ans have been taught that all j
our ills come from the loss of j
two-thirds of our territory in j
the war The masses have been j
led to expect that with the re-
turn of territory their lot would
improve."
He pointed to the crowds pa-
rading past the window. "Tell
me." he said. "Do you think it's
going to do them any good?
The peasants without land —
what will they get out of it?
And when they realize that
the return of territory has not
helped, what will happen?"
Will Hungary then turn to
Rumania and Jugoslavia, de-
manding the return of their peo-
ples there?
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HELP
KIDNEYS PASS
3 LBS. A DAY
Doctors say your kidneys contain 15 miles
of tiny tubes or filters which Mp to purify the
blood and keep you healthy. Mont people pass
about 3 pints a day or about 3 pounds of waste.
Frequent or scanty pannages with smarting
and burning shows there may be something
wrong with your kidneys or bladder.
A - ■ — t b... i.■n 1 >1 •)!
iuii§ nm
An eicesa of acids or noisons in your blood,
due to functional kidney disorders, may
when
Wnen QU® vO IlIIlHiioiiroi muiit*y uinunum,
be the cause of nagging backache, rheumatic
pains, leg pains, loss of pep and energy, get-
ting up nights, swelling, puffincss under
the eyes, headaehes and disslness.
Don't wait! Ask vour druggist for Doan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for over 40
—They give happy relief and will help the
I of ullqey tubea flush out poiaonou«
Man Kills Father,
Commits Suicide
NESS CITY, Mo. — (U
Walter Story, 41, shot and kill-
ed his 73-year-old-father a'.id
then took his own life, authori-
ties reported today.
Sheriff John O'iirien said the
bodies were found l.y Morris
Higgins, 17, who went to the
Story home to borrow some
tools.
Story shot his father, Frank
W. Story, three times, one bul-
let striking the heart. The two
lived together on a farm 15
miles cast of here. O'Brien said
that the younger Story's health
had been poor.
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B. H. Dillard, 81,
Dies At Amarillo
Mrs. Van Rogers , has received
word from Amarillo of the death
of her aged grandfather, B. H.
Dillard, 81. For many years Mr.
Dillard was employed wiSi the
Santa Fe and had visited fre-
Atla Woman Is
Kicked By Mule
By Mrs. K. O. Evans
ADA — Mrs. Ross Burns was
painfully injured Monday when
a mule kicked her in the chest.
No broken bones were found in
an examination.
Mrs. Agnes Daniel and child
ren visited her sister, Mrs.
Clarence Ferguson, of Sweetwat-
er during the week.
The Rev. and Mrs. E. Herreli
of Spur visited with the E. O.
Evans family recently. The}
were accompanied by Miss Pan
line Harrell of Hamlin.
Merrell Hutchins, senior of
Ilardin-Simmons was the week-
end guest of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Hutchins. He was
accompanied by Miss iYIarjor-
ie Stewart of Abilene.
Miss Katheryn Lightfoot, as-
sistant home demonstration
agent, has organized a girl's 1-11
club in the community.
P. F. English was a business
visitor in town Saturday.
Miss Bertha Siting end
Yvonne Hutchins, university
students of Abilene, spjtu the
weekend at home with their
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Evans, Dar-
rell and Louise Evans of Black-
well were Sunday visitors of
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Evans.
Saturday visitors in town
were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rosen-
berg. J. A. Daniel and R. R.
Daniel.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Young en-
tertained a group of friends for
games of forty-two this week.
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Senator's Father,
Texan, 77, Dies
FORT WORTH — (UP) —
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at New Albany, Ind..
for John E. Minton, 77, retired
cattle dealer and father of U.
S. Sen. Sherman Minton, D..
Ind., who died at his home to-
day.
The- funeral party left Fort
Worth today for New Albany.
It. will be joined by Sen. Min-
ton at Louisville, Ky.
Minton, a native of Greenvil-
le, Ind., retired from the cattle
business four years ago. He had
lived in Fort Worth since 1905.
He had been ill for several
O'Daniel Flayed
For T sin^ Office
"To hour9
-AI-STiX - TP Govern
* r Lee O'Daniel ha been critic-
■ "''d sharply it1 the Texas house
represent lives by Rep.
"oss Hardin of Prairie Hill for
fusing his name and prestige
as governor to sell flour."
The assertion was made as
Hardin spoke in bch If of a
resolution "to remind" O'Daniel
f constitutional limitations on
his outside activities.
The house voted 117 to 9 to
efer the resolution to its state-
affairs committee.
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Since 1932, the gross Ameri-
can farm income has increased
nearly $,'1.000,000,000.
Generously Cut
Women's Gowns
4!)e values
Hi-Y Official In
City For Meeting
•• r r, ' of Ttnlbs vN-
~ t v r <eently wit!'
erw' ir." and made a
* t- rri y h0"s at th'
Ii« head of th^
" i! of Texas and will
1 1 hconference at Amaril-
"'•i hv. Saturday and Sun-
' «■ * boyt 8 or 10 boys are plan-
ning tn a tend from here. Two
of th"m are being sent by the
Men's Bible classes of the First
V 'hMist and First Baptist,
l-i! ch s. They will be accom-
anied by Mr Satterwhlte, who
• franized the local unit.
o
Soldiers returning from the
Crimean War introduced clar-
et smoking into England. Ci-
gars and pipes were the usual
methods of enjoying tobacco in
that country previous to that
time
Fast Color
ing Prints
15c Values
Better Diets On
ou«ht
danced diet.'
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and planned
of 'the major
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~ . t:
i- st,r<
Vinson.
a f ly diet for
jhotsie, M'..
Hand, embroid-
ered. Full 50
in. lengthl',.
Colors white,
flesh, tearose.
Size 15 to 17.
9
Yd.
36 in. bright
florals, gay
|geomet r ics.
"Novelty prints,
wanted checks.
>tr 'y' 1 •*•!«•
' r horn i'i'lel pantr'es.
T^rr : mnr'h "vid^nep *'
a latge por'ion of <1t- nation 1
'■filiation is being reared c'o-
to starvation in onp form j
another, Dr. Hazel Stiebeling,
•itir ra! food "eonom'st, ha^ stat-
ed after an' lysis wa- c mpl ''
"d in most rural areas.
No such condition exists in
Nolan county, that Miss Stinson |
rates as having fairly good j
diets. "Poor diets do not neces- j
sarily mean that people have no j
money to purchase good foods",
said Miss Stinson. "Often fami- '
ies lack the ability to choose
18x3« in.
Turkish Towels
fY 4 5i
y Jt i <.
12c values
9°,,
Highly absor-
f- bent. Beauti-
ful fast color-
ed borders in
pink, blue and
green.
. -x.-rf. haif en-. i
i 'a'o' s. greep o>- lo f>- v ™
'■ b'es. other vegetables, citrus or
tomatos, fruit, whole drain pro-
ducts, bread and butter at
"very meal, some sweets.
Dried peas and beans should
be served three times a week
six to 8 glasses of water consum-
ed daily.
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It is probable that no bird
that ever inhabited the earth
was capable of chewing its:
food, although some prehistor-
ic birds did have teeth.
Work Shirts
Japan Considers
W ar Declaration
TOKYO (VP)' —• Foreign
M i.. \rita disclos-
ed t ! t " v rnment cir-
cles were considering a formal
declaration of war against China
which would mean the suspen-
sion of extraterritorial rights of
foreign powers in China.
Afc.D INDIGESTION?
Austin, Texas—Mi
A. N. Cooper, 806 V .
Jewel St., says : "I h;
no appetite and wou.
have attacks of acid it
, digestion after eating,
felt tired and weary an^
hardly cared to do any
t h Tier. J3 i e r c eV
Golden Medical Discov-
ery gave tne a fine ap
petite and relieved me «>1
the acid indigestion and sour stomach, and
1 felt stronger." liuy it at drug stores.
value
Strong, well
constru cted
shirts that
wear like iron.
Chambr ays
and Coverts.
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ciuur uphc!
stered chair:
or r o c k ers
finis h e d in
walnut. No-sag spring seats
Handsomely carved arm
legs and stretchers. Choice of
new color
:'v*
$s
CO WN
Balance On
Easy Terms!
Alarm Clocks
8! .19 Valu<
Accurate 3 0 -
hour m o v e -
ments with en-
closed alarms.
Colored cases
with non - tip L
liases. Shown.
Oil Mops
Iti'jr. 59(
Big, Soft, 17x24-lnch
Feather Pillows
(i9c
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l-'aney drill ticking filled with
fresh, clean prime curled hen
feathers. Because of low price,
we reserve limiting rights.
Sturdy Card Tables
Super - bar-
gains, consid-
er i n g t'lte
style, c o 1 o r
and workmanship! Sturdy fi-
ber board tops come in green
or ivory with assorted colors
decorations.
f.19
O Covered With Rayon
Acetate Velours!
# Fashionable Kull-
Front Cushions!
• Wine, Blue, Kust,
fireen or Brown!
« Walnut Finish Solid
Hardwood Legs!
We polled the country. Semi-modern suites took the
commanding lead. So, we had these built to our order.
We specified all rrfatcrials, points of construction and
character of workmanship. Briefly, we brinrr you one
of the best suite values in a long, long time.
Sears Prices Make Sho
Women's
Arch Support Shoes
1.19 lo 1.98 Values
I'®®
Sort, easy-on-the-feet arch
supports with fine kid up-
pers. Sensible Cuban heels.
1-Coat Flat
I Quart v-IZ
79c
One coat cov-
ers till surfac-
o~ Saves one- . v ^.;cwSi.^5
, ' ;■ our a)*!
naif on labor 1 p.ATmiNT,
and paint. I\^
Easy to apply |
and washable. ^
Bedroom Fixture
1.19 \ahic I
98c
Old ivory fin-
ish over rust-
proof steel
Pull chains!
y '//iiiv*
. cconomv
Shotgun Shells
12 gauge
70c
3-1-6 Ij o a d
Powerful, non
corrosive. Realj
value!
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10(1'", l'ure Pennsylvania
Cross Country
Motor Oil
10 <|t. can
:l Fine lr* ill
Children's Oxfords
1.011 lo 1.19 Values
Strongly stitched leather up-
pers. Choict of brown, and
black color:
812 to 2.
Men's Rugged
Work Shoes
Actual 1.98 Values
1-69
1 l'c. solid leather insoles.
Double tinned leather up-
pers. from i> to 12.
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AND CO
206-8 Pecan
Sweetwater
Dial 611
10c Fed
Tax I m l
S. A. E. speci-
fic a t ions in
all weights.
Gold Crest
Batteries
2
Kxrh
Q'lw
New! Full y|fl
charge d! 3?
rugged plates,
6 mo. guaran
tee.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 243, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1939, newspaper, February 2, 1939; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282031/m1/3/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.