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out the "do not disturb" sign
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The conference doors have
closed, and as usual, secrecy
shrouds the meeting of the two
Allied leaders. But this time in-
formed circles are confident that
Mr. Roqpevelt and the Priine
minister are making definite ar-
rangements for a three-power
conference. One where the So-
viet union, as well as Britain
and the United States, will be
represented. And they are cer-
tain that the date for this meet-
ing will be set for the very near
future—maybe five or si* \yeeks.
The news from London gives
further weight to this belief.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed-
en met with representatives of
all the. governments-in-exile this
morning. And it is said that the
subject of a three-power confer-
See CONFERENCE Page 6
Seen For Postwar
BABSONSUS
MANAGEMENT
RECORD GOOD
Industrial Activity
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The South Pas ture
War safe changes things fast. Long as I can remember this was the Boss' south
pasture-—and now look. Almost overnight, instead of cattle, windmills and barbed
uire, there are roads and barracks and soldiers as far as you can see.
A LL over Texas thousands of acres of
quiet grasslands have been converted inlo
military camps. Under the capable di-
rect ion of Army engineers, civilian con-
tractors have rushed to completion the
flying fields, army trailing centers, rifle
ranges and navy bases where thousands
of our fighting men are being trained.
Essential to the very existence of these
military establishments are the streets
and highways that form the transporta-
tion system within and between them.
Petroleum asphalt supplied by Humble
lias been used for constructing manv
miles of these strategic roads. Economi-
cal, serviceable, and easy to apply.
Humble Asphalt is serving in war. as it
did in peace, to make all-weather high-
ways, streets, and air field landing strips
a reality in quick time.
Road asphalt is but one of the long list
of Humble petroleum products that are
in the fight on the battle front and the
home front. High-octane aviation gaso-
line, Toluene for TN T, special fuels and
lubricants for the machines of war and
industry—all come from the same re-
fineries, which for years have supplied
you with Esso and Humble gasoline,
Esso, 907. and Velvet Motor Oil for your
car, your truck, and your farm and in-
dustrial machinery.
HUMflll PRODUCTS FOR THI MACHINES OF WAR: Aiphalf. AvUtioti Ga«olinrt and Aviifinv
F«einp Oiti. Camouflage Paints, Dicjet Fuels, Engine Oils, Univij Instrument Oil*, Marine Paints, Navy
*■< -nhnl Lubricants. Recoil Oils, Rust-Ban Protective Coatings, Stratosphere Greases, Toluene, Torpedo
Greases. Waxes, Waterproof Lubricants, and soon, Synthetic Rubber for military uses. FOR THt
MACHINES OF INDUSTRY: Automotive Lubricants, Cutting Fluids, Cleaners, Diesel Fuels, Gasolines,
IvI-ntrial Lubricants, Launching Lubricants. Motor Oils, Paints, Petroleum Solvents, Quenching Oils, Rust
Pi rt'entives. Waxes. FOR YOUR CARt Products and Service to help you care for your car for your country.
HUMBLE OIL ft REFINING COMPANY
t-1.(100 Texans Unifid fa th§ War Pfforf
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 3—
No one who has examined U.
S. production records since Pearl
Harbor needs to be sold on the
business and managerial abili-,
ties of American men. This goes
for the executive group, the
workers, the farmers and the
small-town businessman. For
downright ability and a know-
ledge of 'business practice, lear-
ned the hard way. this latter
group is "tops." Most heads of
our leading porporations. indus-
tries and churches came from
the smaller cities and towns.
Hartford, where I am today, is
filled with them. I have been-
much interested in watching the
tremendous crowds of all types
as they leave their offices and
factories at the enc) of the day.
All are tied into the immediate
outlook for business.
Industrial Activity
Since our participation in the
War the production of raw ma-
terials and manufactured goods
has centered in armaments and
foodstuffs. The latest available
monthly figures show $1,069,000,-
000 in merchandise exported
abroad. This is double the
amount for the same month of
last year. 1 should not be surpris-
ed to see even higher figures a
year hence although the charac-
ter of goods to be shipped may
change. When Germany is
brought to her knees, the ra-
habilitation of Europe, pattern-
ed after what is now going on
in North Africa, should mean
continued industrial activity in
the United States on a high
level.
The outlook on steel, coal, oil,
and farm products may be well
maintained. Gold production,
now practically at a standstill,
should l'ise sharply. The accu-
mulated demand for civilian
goods must be met. The. general
public is mostly out of debt and
has at its command an extreme-
ly large volume of buying pow-
er. This is probably in excess of
$50,000,000,000. Thus, from for-
eign and domestic requirements,
the outlook for general indus-
trial activity seems favorable.
Employment
President Roosevelt has al-
ready announced the Adminis-
tration's plans for the care and
employment of returning service
men. These are in rough form
now and must finally be appro-
ved by Congress. However, the
intent is plain. Through jobs,
subsidies, or schools, these men
will have an opportunity to re-
orient themselves to civilian life
and work. Employment has now
reached a peak of 62,400,000 per-
sons. This is 6,500.000 more than
the nation's peacetime labor for-
ce.
Employment of able-bodied
men, in one form or another,
should continue for some years.
It is obvious that a temporary
slump may occur immediately
after after the war: but follow-
ing this short postwar readjust-
ment period, some kind of em-
ployment should be available for
all men who want to work. Con-
i sidering foreign competition in
| manufacturing after the war,
j we simply canot afford to main-
i tain an unemployed male group
of any size. What will happen
I to the women I do not know.
Agriculture
What with victory gardens
and chicken raising, more peo-
ple than ever before are getting
a taste of farm problems if in
only the simplest of terms. Many
city and suburban folks have
raised too many vegetables this
Summer. Hence, they have be-
come acquainted with surpluses.
Those with chickens in the
backyard are having a little dif-
ficulty in getting feed. Grain is
both high and scarce. Thus,
those amateurs acquire a know-
ledge of scarcities. Incidentally,
on farms alone, chicken produc-
| tio'n is up 16 per cent over a
year ago.
We shall have continued need
for sometime for all that can he
1 rod need from the soil. This goes
for poultry, beef, produce and
grain. Total food production for
1943 will be only about 4 1-2 per-
cent above the record high of
1912. Output of livestock and
allied products is high, but these
are being offset by smaller crop
yields. The Administration has
underway a definite program to
increase food production next
year. We are harvesting 54,000,-
000 acres of wheat this year.
Next year Washington wants *o
see 68,000,000 acres under cul-
tivation.
Retail trade has been excel-
CANT HURT Mil
That's what *>• think! ttat oily round,
norma nay be inside you rl(M now, caus-
ing trouble without your knowing It. Warn,
Ing signs are i uneasy stomach, nervous-
ness, Itching narta. Oct Jama's Vermifuge
' away I7a*NE'B Is America's leading
Humble Oil Company
Will Sponsor Grid
Games Broadcasts
The Humble Oil' & Refining
company will sponsor the broad-
casting Of the Southwest Confer-
ence football games this fall for
the ninth consecutive season, ac-
cording to an announcement in
the September issue of the Hum-
ble Lubricator, official com-
pany'magazine.
The announcement also states
that pocket-size schedules will
be available to fans again at
Humble stations, and that pla-
cards giving game time, announc-
ers, and stations carrying each
game will again be posted in all
stations each week. The same
seasoned announcing staff, head-
ed by Kern Tips, Ves Box, Char-
lie Jordan and Bill Michaels, will
bring the weekly play-by-play re-
ports of Southwest Conference
games to travel-rationed Texas
football fans.
Although the Southwest Con-
ference schedule boasts of fewer
intersectional games than in past
years, there will be the same
round robin play between Con-
ference teams and quite a num-
ber of games between confer-
ence teams and service elevens
representing Texas Air Fields,
Naval Training Stations and Ar-
my Camps.
CUDS TAKE
2 GAMES IN
II INNINGS
Chaplain And Poet
Honored In Ships
Having Trouble?
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The names of a soldier chaplain
and a soldier poet will be given
to a couple of liberty ships now
under construction.
The maritime commission says
one vessel will be named for the
late Reverend Francis P. Duffy,
chaplain of the Rainbow Divi-
sion in the last war. Another
will be named for .loyce Kilmer,
the soldier-poet who was killed
in action in 1918.
A third liberty ship will be
named "Stage Door Canteen" in
honor of volunteer workers of
the American theater wing .
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Wright Recovering
Production Losses
WASHINGTON — (UP) —
The Wright Aeronautical Corp-
oration's aircraft engine plant at
Lockland, Ohio, is reported re-
covering from its production
slump. The improvement is coin-
cident with an investigation be-
gun by the senate Truman com-
mittee.
Major General Oliver Echols
of the army air force staff told
the committee on August 20th
that finished engine deliveries
had fallen off 85 per cent from
the factory's peak reached in
early spring. But now it's re-
ported the corporation's produc-
tion has climbed back to 50 per
cent of normal and is still im-
proving.
lent. The last six months of
the year may show a decline in
volume compared with a year
ago. This could amount to as
much as 20 per cent. Considering
the over-all picture, it is noth-
ing for retailers to worry about.
In terms of dollar volume, re-
tail trade has been advancing
for the past three years. There
is such a backlog of funds in
the pockets of individuals that
as new and additional consum-
ers goods become available most
efficient retailers should have
a favorable outlook.
As examples of what people
are waiting to buy, I believe
there is an immediate market
for the following: Automobiles,
5,000.000. The company manu-
facturing one low-priced car
alone is said to have production
plans for half this number in
the first year after Germany
collapses. Refrigerators, 1.725,-
000. Washing machines, 1.275,000.
Stoves 1,450,000 Radios, 1,3.50,000.
Sewing machines 530,000. Elec-
tric irons 1,000,000. Household
furniture, 2,150,000 pieces or
sets. Rugs and carpets, 1,625,000
items. And, of course, there are
vacuum cleaners, kitchen uten-
sils, linoleum and thousands of
other products.
I oliclllsioil
Yes, I am bullish on the busi-
ness outlook and bullish on the
stock market. But in both situa-
tions watchfulness is the key-
note. I recognize the evils of fur-
ther inflation. I still recommend
that saving saving of charac-
cter, of health, of money - is
the best insurance for individ-
uals. The solidarity of family
life with children and grand-
children should play the most
important part in our national
economy. True, both now and in
the postwar era. we shall un-
doubtedly build up for another
collapse. But of this possibility
I will have something to say
later on.
It's nice work if you can get
it.
The Saint Louis Cardinals
played just 11 innings this af-
ternoon and went to the show-
ers with two victories over the
Pittsburgh Pirates under then-
belt.
The first game was a playoff.
The two teams started where
they left off on July 18th when
the game was called at the end
of seven innings because of the
curfew law. Mort Cooper breezed
through two scoreless innings
and the Cardinals won, six to
five. They took the second, eight,
to six, despite a desperate three
run rally by the Pirates in the
ninth.
The Chicago Cubs had more
luck with their rally. They scor-
ed three runs in the top of the
tenth inning to beat the Cincin-
nati Reds 12 to 9 in the Reds
own pasture.
Lon Warneke. in a relief role
for the Cubs was the victor.
Clyde Shoun, in a similar role,
wasn't so fortunate—he lost.
There were no other games
scheduled in either league.
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Third War Loan
Betting Gets Heavy
Governor Dwight Griswold of
Nebraska seems to have started
something that's catching like
a prairie fire.
Yesterday he challenged any
and all other governors in the
nation to out-sell Nebraska in
the third war loan drive. He's
so sure the cornhusker state is
tops that he offered a $35 hog to
grace the table of the executive
mansion of any state that can
beat Nebraska's war-bond sell-
ing record.
The gubernatorial replies are
coming quickly. Governor Bot-
tolssen of Idaho put up his
state's stake — $35 worth of
Idaho potatoes.
Governor Kelly of Michigan
will make his bet in the form
of beans and fruit.
Then Governor Vivian of Col-
orado said ho would put up a
buffalo that his state can beat
Nebraska in the third war loan
drive. Incidentally, the buffalo
doesn't belong to Governor Viv-
ian, but is the property of the
Denver city zoo. But the govern-
or is sure Denver's mayor will
approve the bet because — as
Vivian says—"there isn't any
risk involved."
But the height of confidence
sd far is registered by Iowa's
governor Hickenlooper. First of
all. he says it would be difficult
to find a beautiful corn-fed Iowa
hog worth as little as $35. More-
over, lie says he couldn't pick
ajiv outstanding Iowa product of
equal value because his state
has so many outstanding pro-
ducts.
So—Hickenlooper sent Gris-
wold a check saying he would
buy a $50 war bond from Ne-
braska to give them a head start
And that's where the contest
Stands up to date.
Veterans To Make
Bond Tour For U. S.
WASHINGTON' (UP)
Veterans of World War two will
tour the country in five army
and navy transport planes to
help the third war loan drive.
A Hollywood screen star will
accompany each group to intro-
duce the war heroes at rallies
and demonstrations in 50 differ-
ent cities.
Connie Stewart Wins
Playground Award
Connie Stewart, 207 Pecan St.
Wednesday was awarded the
weekly 50 cents in war stamps
given by McDonald post of the
American Legion to the girl out-
standing in playground activities
at the municipal recreation field.
In competition with other
girls Miss Stewart threw a soft-
ball almost as far as the boys.
Handicaps were given in both
girls' and boys throwing con-
tests, one of the smaller boys,
Jerry Mac Lawrence, 506 Ea:st
Fourth St., winnng the boyi^
award.
Today is llo.v Scout and Girl
Scout day at the playgrounds,
and tomorrow the Elks have
charge.
Mrs. R. E. Amos represented
See STEWART Page 6
War Prisoners Will
Gather Alabama Crop
AUBURN, Alabama (t'I'i
Prisoners of war have been sub-
stituted for U. S. soldiers who
had been expected to lie assign-
ed to duty as emergency harves-
ters of Alabama's 30 million dol-
lar peanut crop.
The prisoners are expected to
be transported to temporary
camps in the peanut belt this
week-end and he ready for work
the first of next week,
CONGRATULATIONS
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Gillespie
are the parents of a baby gill
born at 4:05 p. m. Wednesday
at the Sweetwater hospital.
Mi', and Mrs. Vernon Gille"n-
water are the parents of a baby
girl born at 7:21 p. m. Thursday
at the Sweetwater hospital.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 211, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1943, newspaper, September 2, 1943; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth282661/m1/2/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.