Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 96, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 18, 1943 Page: 2 of 16
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OF MEET
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I -aid Lm advanced to the
' "'_ Water Val-
of Prank K.
i jr., and WllUam J. Teel
to straight sets 6 to 0 and 6 to 0.
Water Valley entered the semi-
finals by default, and Sweetwa-
ter on a bye .
San Angelo's Felix Probardt
and Leonard Taylor came up
the hard way, beating Coaho-
ma's team, Jack Buchanan and
Garner Pitt 7-5 and 6-2 and Big
Spring 6>1 and 6-0. Big Spring
players, Barney Carr and J. B.
Cunningham took Colorado City
school's team, Louis R. Shaw
and John Adams in a hot contest
8-6, 4-6 and 6-2.
In the boys' singles Sweetwa-
ter's Towner Leeper won 6-2
and 6-3 over Allen Bibby of
Colorado City while Barkley
Wood of Big Spring was advanc-
ed by default. Bernard Bartzen,
Angelo star, won 6-0 and 6-0
from Coahoma's D. C. Buchanan
and was to meet L. C. Abbott,
Water Valley, who took the first
round by default. Winners of
the Water Valley - San Angelo
and Sweetwater-Big Spring mat-
ches were to meet latre.
Highland defaulted in the
girls' doubles to Water Valley,
and the Water Valley team, Joy
Brokaw and Connie Westbrook,
were scheduled for a round with
Helen Patton and Geraldine Lat-
ham, Sweetwater.
Marjorie Beasley and Betty
Tuttle of Trent drew a bye and
were to play Joy Livingston
and Marjorie Snodgrass of Snod-
grass, who advanced when Big
Spring's team defaulted.
In the girls' singles \3ig Spring
won 6-2 and 6-2 over Water Val-
ley after the respective represen-
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tatives, Gloria Strom and Gladys
Ditmore came up from the first
round by default. Miss Strom
was to meet Anne McLeod,
whose Highland and San Ange-
lo opponents defaulted.
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Sport
Parade
T?y Jack Cuddy
NEW YORK, April 17 —(UP)
—As baseball's most bizarre
training campaign concludes
this weekend, we wonder if the
New York Yankees actually are
as bad as they seem.
Lest you forget — the Yankees
are the defending champions in
the American league, although
they were belted out by the
Cardinals in the last world se-
ries.
The Yanits now nave complet-
ed their exhibiiton schedule, los-
ing six encounters against thive
victories. In this series they did-
n't beat a single major league
opponent. Their only victories
were two over Newark, the'
farm club, and one over Ft. Han-
cock. The Yanks lost four gam-
es to Brooklyn, one to the Bos-
ton Braves and another to New-
ark.
Frank Crosetti. the veteran
Yankee infielder, is holding out
because of a penalty against him
—S25o fine and a month on the
sidelines. Crosetti declines io
come to terms because of the
fine and the period of inaction.
He expects to get paid for his
month of inaction, claiming that
his run-in with the umpire dur-
ing the last world series was
quite in the line of duty.
We predict now that ihe
Yanks will offer every entice-
ment to Crosetti, and that this
great lead-off man will be the
spark plug of the Yanks' attack
by May 21.
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Sweetwater Reporter, Sweetwater, Texas
By L, F. Chamberlain
San Angelo's Bobcats, at least
in their home city, are being
talked as the class of 3AA foot
ball for this fair. Their roster
showing a lot of their regulars
and a number of younger play-
ers on deck, bears out such a
claim.
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Sunday,April 18/1949
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U.EMse
Lt. Eloise' Burgess Of
men's Army Auxiliary
Corps,
WAAC Now
Unit
Odessa, like Sweetwater, will
have to rely on a green and
lighter team this year; hut both
teams will grant San Angelo the
gonfalon only after the Cats
have shown their good big team
is better than the Mustang and
Bronc little teams.
Angelo's hopes have been
dashed before, and the Mus-
tangs have moved giant-killers
on more than one occasion in
the past. Sweetwater's HSO-lb.
team will have speed and ver
sality—-the chief requisites for
any combat unit.
ICTORY
A 7 year old girl tearfully led
a counter attack yesterday on
the ''millions of Japs" — first
plant lice infestation on her Vic-
tory Garden. Today she was
winning her battle, and hund-
reds of other Sweetwater and
Nolan county victory gardeners
know the odds she had to con-
tend with.
Radishes are first choice
of the invaders, and they
suck the life out of a heal-
thy radish row in three
days. Turnips seem to be
second choice. Chard and
okra are more or less im-
mune. If ihe roots are well
covered, the tops can he
sprayed with nicotinic solu-
tion that knocks 'em. lrp .
and at 'em.
Now we know why city water
rates were cut. W. H. Whaley,
city clerk and comptroller, ancl
R. C'. Hoppe, city manager, are
patriotically conducting victory
gardens—-and incidentally tak-
ing advantage of the lower wat-
er ivies.
"Outfit the Outfit" is the wom-
en's slogan in the Second War
Loan financing drive. Their
special goal is clothing for 2,-
000,000 enlisted men at a cost of
over 300,000,000. A soldier's
equipment and "clothing cost
■ SI5 1.95, a sailor's $95 and a
| Marine's $155.94.
NELSON—
(Continued from page 1)
I had difficulty in making him-
self heard. He would start out
in a normal voice and then re-
lapse into a sort of mumble.
Judge Davidson admonished
Nelson repeatedly, and finally
stated that unless he saw fit to
speak more loudly he would
take it upon himself to learn
the reason. Government coun-
sel then cautioned Nelson "to
keep his voice up."
Money paid, Nelson te ti-
i'ied, was in the form of
"kick-backs" from the var-
ious subcontractors on the
job. .\ "kickback" Nelson
d< scribed as bring the •in-
ference between jiii agreed
price between himself and
the contractor, and what
was later charged to the
government through the
means of false invoices.
Nelson testified that this ar-
rangement with the various sub-
contractor- was done with the
consent and knowledge of both
Plo.sser and Prince. He named
Elton Taylor, Big Spring, elec-
trical contractor; A. E. l eaver-
ance, paving contractor: N. K.
Marshall, who installed public
address system: and Charles R.
Carpenter of the Archrib Truss
Co. of Los Angeles; and A. R.
Hrbacek, Sweetwater, who fur-
nished water pipe as firms that
had padded their invoices. All
are indicted with Joe Plosser
and Charles Prince but pleaded
innocent and are now facing
trial in the feieral district
court at Abilene.
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Cotton Broadcast
At 2:30 Today
The West Texas Chamber of
Commerce this afternoon will
air on station KXOX the 14th
of its series of 10 radio messa-
ges to West Texas cotton grow-
ers. urging them to plant their
full acreage allotments this
spring as a contribution to the
war effort.
Time of today's broadcast is
2:30. Wednesday morning at
7:30 KXOX will'air the 15th and
next to the last program in the
series. It will be a summation
of West Texas' cotton produc-
tion facilities.
recently and was Immediately
assigned as an instructor of a
company of 200 women.
Lt. Burgess Is the second
Sweetwater girl to be commis-
sioned in the WAACS. She was
chosen for officer's candidate
school when a first sergeant and
was sent to Daytona Beach,
Florida for schooling only eight
months after she volunteered.
Prior to her OCS she was first
receiving specialist training in
the motor corps and then was
shfted to supply sergeant.
Her training in OCS was the
exact military routine followed
by the men of the U. S. army
with the exception of military
tactics and arms. She spent six
weeks at intensive physical and
mental work.
She starts instructing women
as they enter camp, hardly
"knowing right from left" and
for four weeks, four officers
and eight non-coms are respon-
sible for their training. They
are taught 17 subjects in basic
academic, besides physical edu-
cation and close order drill.
"Our'hours are long" said the
lieutenant, "but the fellows on
the front—those ablebodied men
we replace for combat—have
still longer hours, so we grin
when invited to dance and say
—'sorry, I'm a WAAC and there's
work to do. ' "
Since her visit at hone lit.
Burgess has been given an
additional promotion — that
of second in command of
her company. Advancement
comes fast. If one wants to
work for It, she explained.
"The womenhood of America
have a debt to pay to our na-
tion. Not with guns; our wea-
pons are typewriters, cars,
trucks, jeeps, radios, telcpones,
cameras, books, machines, time
and energy. We direct all our
efforts toward victory and th#
WAACS are 100 per cent in bond
buying "
She hopes to see more and
more Sweetwater girls take the
oath in trust that days of peace
soon will come to a free .peoples.
Lt. Burgess is daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Burgess; her sis-
ter is Mrs. Jack Dunlap, and
brother, Walter Burgess. An*
other sister, Mrs. R. M. Dodson
of Odessa, has joined the family
for a visit.
(ft
home on furlough from Fort
Des Moines, la., received her
commission and gold bars only
Abilene Soldiers
Prisoners Of War
In Java Camps
WASHINGTON, April 16 —
(UP) — The war department
made public today the names of
102 members of U .S. army per-
sonnel who are held prisoners
of war by the Japanese in Ja-
va, Manila and Taiwan.
The list includes: U. S. army
personnel interned by Japan at
Java.
Barker, Pvt. Cephus E.— Mrs.
Lena Katherine Barker, mother,
87.'? Grape St., Abilene.
Campbell, Pvt.. Odell — Mrs.
Adelia Campbell, mother, Merk-
el.
C'hoate, Cpl. Rufus R. —Ray-
mond Choate, father, 1042 Lo-
cust St., Abilene.
David, Pfc. John S. — Hor-
ace Samuel Davis, father. 1102
Chestnut St., Abilene.
Evans, Pvt. Pete — Tom Ev-
ans. father, Abilene.
Farmer, Pvt. Walter L. — T-T.
Ed., father, Merkel.
Hanks, Pvt. Horace — Mrs.
Jack Clemmer, mother, 757 Elm
Street, Abilene.
Heleman, Sgt. Donald — Mrs.
Maggie Lou Heleman, mother.
890 Victoria St., Abilene.
Holder. Pvt. Harold L. —Mrs.
Minnie Ruth Holder, mother,
Tye.
Keith, Cpl. Ben C. — Ben Clar-
ence Keith, Sr., father, Abilene.
Lofley, Pvt. Cecil D. — Lyn-
wood j. Lofley, brother, 766
Ross St., Abilene.
Rogers, Sgt. Novle W.—Elm-
er Bert Rogers, father, 202 N.
14th, Abilene.
Shelton, Pvt. Clyde J.—Mrs.
Annie Collum, mother, 1745 An-
son Ave.. Abilene.
Shields, Pvt. Richard E. —
Mrs. Alma Gooch, sister, 1133
Chestnut St., Abilene.
Slone. 1st Lt. William R. —
Mrs. Jennie Modenia Slone,
mother. 717 Poplar St.. Abilene.
Tucker, Pvt. Cletus L. — Mrs.
Janey Tucker, mother. 1242
Oak St.. Abilene.
Williams, Sgt. O. B. —Mrs.
Mary Belle Wiliams, mother.
Abilene.
Winn. Cpl. Angrus N. —Tam-
es Alvin Winn, father. Abilene.
Woodall, Pvt. Carol K. —
Mrs. Dee Thornton, mother,
'Abilene.
Woodall, Pvt Munroe D. —
Mrs. Sylvia Essie Woodall,
mother, Plainview.
Woo-iy, Pvt. Thomas B. —
Mrs. Therman O. Harbin, sister.
Abilene.
TOM HARMOH
SAFE AFTER
AIR CRASH
SAN JUAN. P. R„ April 17—
(UP)—Lt. Tommy Harmon, for-
mer Michigan football star, was
reported safe at a South Ameri-
can base today after the wreck-
age of his plane was found in
a jungle.
The announcement that Har-
mon had been located was made
at Antilles air task force head-
quarters.
Harmon was reported missing
April 8 by the war department
which notified his parents at
Ann Arbor, Mich., that he was
overdue on a Latin American
flight.
Details of the crash and sub-
sequent rescue were not yet av-
ailable. A board of oijficers will
investigate, it was announced.
Harmon, one of football's all-
time greats, played at the Uni-
versity of Michigan in 1938, 1939
and 1940, making all American
his last two years as a back-
field star.
He set a new national scoring
record, topping a mark rtjade in
the 1920's by Red Grange of Il-
linois.
MOTHER "THANKS (iOl)"
' ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 17
— (UP) — Mrs. Louis Harmon,
70-year-old mother of Lt. Tom-
my Harmon, could say only
"Thank God" today when in-
formed by the United Press that
her son was reported safe at a
South American army air base.
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Church Oi God
Revival Starting
The Rev. Robert E. Bowden,
pastor of the First Church of
God will begin an Easter reviv-
al today and continue the series
of messages on "Seven Sayings
of the Cross' until Easter Sun-
day. Messages will be heard
each evening at 8 o'clock.
The public is invited to hear
the minister. The church will
observe a homecoming Sunday
as the revival gets underway.
MEXICANS IO SHARE
DALLAS, Tex.. April 17 —
(UP) — A "good neighbor rat-
ioning policy'' allowing Mexi-
cans living within 20-kilometers
(about 12 1-2 miles) soyth of
the border to purchase ration-
ed items in the United States,
was announced today by Leon
H. Logan, regional rationing
executive for the OPA.
NO MORE NEW PASSENGER CAR
TIRES FOR YEAR AND A HALF
OFFICIAL FACTS ON RUBBER SITUATION TODAY
At best, if everything goes according to schedule we will
produce only 241,000 tons of synthetic rubber this year, con-
siderably less than one-half of absolute bed-rock require-
ments for the year. The balance will be taken from our
ii replaceable stockpile of crude amounting to 440,000 tons
on Jan. 1.
BETWEEN OCT. 1943 AND MAR. 1944, WE WILL
REACH THE MOST CRITICAL PERIOD OF OUR RUBRER
SUPPLY WITH STOCKS BEING REDUCED TO THE
CRITICAL DANGER POINT OF ABOUT 100,000 TONS
IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. THIS 100,000 TONS
MUST BE KEPT FOR MIXING WITH SYNTHETIC.
Only unimportant tonnage of crude rubber can be ex-
pected from all the Latin American projects untli mid-sum-
mer of 1944.
The Guayule and other rubber plant projects in this
country will produce less than 1000 tons this year.
FOR THE NEXT 16 TO 18 MONTHS, WE CAN EXPECT
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