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THE WEATHER
Coutluued fair this afternoon and
tonight. Cooler, light winds. High
temperature yesterday, 78. Low this
morning, 49.
Sweetwater Reporter
No man can nerve two
for either he will hate the one, a Ml
love the other; or else he will boM
to the one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot Nerve God and mammon.
Matt. «:24.
49th Year
'Dedicated to Service'
Continuous Full Leased United Press Wire Service
Sweetwater, Texas, Wednesday, April 17, 1946
'Buy it In Sweetwater'
No. 91
Civil War In China Enters Critical Stage;
Expect Fall Of Manchuria Capital Hourly]
Building Sets FastTempo Here
Thunder of hammers are keep-
ing up a fast post war tempo as
foundations are laid and repairs
and redecorating are made on
buildings. Building permits issu-
ed recently at the office of W. H.
Whaley, city manager, total $15,-
230.
A building is being erected at
! 07 Lou Avenue by J. R. Pen
ton. Permit called for $3,800. A
S3,000 permit was issued by Don
W. Mallett to build a 21 by 28 res-
idence a t.'iO" West Louisiana.
J. C. Kogers and James Gist
have received permits for $1,000
each to build homes. Rogers is
constructing a house 26 by 32 at
411 West Oklahoma Street. Gist
is erecting a 33 by 33 home at
107 Seaton street. .1. H. Wood-
ard is building a 21 by 21 resi-
dence at 120<S Locust street. He
received a permit for $1,100. Oth-
er homes are being built by Grlf-
fen A. Clinton at .">08 West New
Mexico and G. W. Sayle at 5<)0
East Avenue D.
Business buildings are coming
in for their share of spring house
cleaning. A $300 permit was is-
sued to .1. W. Aiken for repairs
and rebuilding of awnings on
business buildings at 109, 111,
113, West Third Street. .1. H. Dos-
cher received a $500 permit for
alterations and repairing of the
Doscher office building.
Roland Kinsey has received a
$150 permit to build a 12 by 18 of-
fice at 211 Sam Houston Street.
A garage, 11 by 20, will be built
by Fred ('. Daugherty, at 102 E.
Arkansas. Fred G. Imken is
building a hen house at 1010 La-
mar. A. A. House is erecting a
garage and storage on Alexander
street. The permit was for $500.
With building materials scarce,
and hard to find, many home-
owners are nevertheless rebuild-
ing, repairing and adding to pre-
sent buildings. Some of the work
now underway include repairs
to a house belonging to Jim Wal-
ton at 1501 Crane: additions and
repairs to C. G. Reed's house at
712 Bell; additions to Mrs. Lottie
Lee Wiggins' residence at 410
Neff Street.
A. J. Potter is adding to a resi-
dence at 201 West New Mexico.
B. S. Hughes is altering and add-
ing to his house at 1210 Locust
street. A permit for $670 has
been issued to Harlev Sadler for
alterations and repairs to a
house at 701 East Third. H. M.
Rose has a $100 permit to repair
the roof at 1201 Walnut and F.
L. Elam is altering and repairing
the residence at 510 Neff street.
E. C. Vandervoort is rebuilding
a garage at 800 East Third.
TRUMANSAYS
GO ON DIET
AID HUNGRY
WASHINGTON (UP)— Presi-
dent Truman thinks it would be
a wonderful idea for Americans
to go on a diet two tlavs a week
. . a diet similar to the one which
Europeans live on, seven days a
week.
If Americans ate likr Euro-
peans just part ol' the time,
the president thinks it would
help Europeans to eat as
they should all of the time.
The subject ot diet came up at
the president's news conference,
this morning. A reporter asked
Mi. Truman how he felt about
a recent suggestion that Ameri-
cans go on a drastically restrict-
ed diet —a diet similar to I he
European food ration one day a
week —to have foil for shipment
abroad.
The president heartily endors-
ed the suggestion — only, he
said. he would like to make it
two days a week as long as the
food emergency exists abroad.
It would lie good for the
American people lo know
liuw Europe is eating tlie
president said. Enough food
is wasted in America every
day. lie said, to satisfy tlie
needs of all tlie starving
people iii the world.
But the president disagreed
with former UNRRA Director
Herbert Lehman, who has said
lite government is not doing all
it can to help ease the food cris-
is. Mr. Truman said Lehman was
mistaken.
Lehman lias been pleading for
kind of organized food rationing
in America as the only sure way
of meeting the minimum needs
of starvation ureas. Mr. Tru-
man's posilion has been that he
would lie willing to return to ra-
tioning if necessary but he does
not think it necessary.
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VICTf*:s OK DOUBLE MCROER IN TKXARK ANA—These
two > igh school students were the second victims of a double
murder in Teviirkana, in llic past three weeks. Hetty .lo Booker,
15, left, was found shot lo death about one mile from where
the hody of I'anl Martin. 17. right, was feiind. Martin is from
Kilgore. Texas, and was spending the weekend in Texarkana.
Tlie couple had been to a high school dance, and the bodies
were not found until the next morning. (\KA I'liotos.)
Greece
Cabinet
Topples
By UNITED 1'BKSS
Greece is being shaken by a
new government crisis follow-
ing the resignation of three cab-
inet ministers.
Athens dispatches say the at-
tempt of Premier Poulitsas to
form a coalition government has
failed.
The former cabinet members—
• rPapandreou Canellopoulos find ;
'V/7. .tlios — are right-wing re- [
pubr.-ans. In explaining their!
resignation they said it was im-1
possible for them to go along;
with the Royalist-dominated coal-
ition government.
present govei'n nient
riltCl'S COMES TO FRANKFURT, GERMANY—War-wrought misery may be the key note in
Frankfurt, Germany, hut spring has added its note to the picture in the form of the "Big Top"
Young and old alike turn out to see the circus, and with bombed and shelled buildings serving
as an arena, they watch the tlghtrops walkers go through their acts. This huge crowd is taking
advantage of the chance to forget the devastation surrounding them and enjoy a touch of spring.
(NEA Telephoto by F.mil Reynolds, Staff Photographer.)
House Extends
Price Control
To Marchl947
San Anfonions Ask
For-Boys Home, Inc.
SAN ANTONIO (UP) —Three
San Antonio men today applied
for a state charter for "Bovs
Home of American, Incorporat-
ed."
The application, made to the
secretary of state's office in Aus-
tin. has been referred to the
child welfare division of the pub-
lic welfare department for rec-
ommendation.
Proposing a non-capital stix'k
corporation, the three applicants
are Don F. Holliman, Richard
Taltor and W. R. Duke, all of San
Antonio.
Object of the proposed corp-
oration is obtaining of foster
homes for boys.
Holliman also filed a charter
application for "Boys City, Cor-
pus Christi."
Search Pablo Bay
For Plane Wreck
SAN FRANCISCO (UP) —The
coast guard has called off its
search of San Pablo Bay neat-
San Francisco for evidence of u
possible plane crash.
Shoreline residents last night
reported that they saw a flash of
light on the bay and assumed it
was a plane crash. However,
commercial airlines and navy
and army bases say none of their
planes is missing. And a crash
>K>ut at the scene says it could
find no evidence of an Accident.
WASHINGTON (IT) The I
house has tentatively voted lo
extend the price control act to
March 31st. 1!• 17. Thai deadline
would be three months short of I
the full year extension asked !•>
the administration.
The March termination date '
was ap| roved by teller vote ot
171 to 1 I on motion of Represei' |
tative Jesse Wolcott of Michigan.
Wolcott declared that the ikv. i
congress should have the oppor- I ov
Utility early next year to deter-1 tin
mine whether the OPA has car- j 'I
riod out congresison.il mandates
on its operations.
Ad hi inist rut Ion support-
ers are expected to seek a j
roll call vote later to sup-
port a full year's extension
when the bill comes lip for
linal approval. Earlier, the
house voted down two pro-
posals by Representative
Rankin of Mississippi. Ran-
kin first moved that the bill
be re-commit ted to the bank-
ing committee and later pro-
posed an amendment termi-
nal ing the program Decem-
ber :llsl.
While the house debated the
measures, the senate heard a
warning from price administra-
tor Porter that prolonged confu-
sion over extending the OPA
might lie disastrous. He told the
senate banking committee that
price control could break down
completely through uncertainty
over the future of OPA.
The nation's price chief also
gave the committee this picture
of prospects for scarce commodi-
ties:
Butter —the present acute
shortage probably will be reliev-
ed this summer.
Shirts —the shortage may not
be eased for some time.
As for women's hose, the
shortage is less acute, although
it will take some time to elimi-
nate the tremendous backlog of
demand.
Rock Island Lines
Trainmen To Strike
At Six P.M. Today
KANSAS CITY.
I'lie Brotherhood
[Tain men is ready
•'clock tomorrow
Mo. il'Pi
of Railr
to strike ;
evening
i i,id
it o
oil
I l-state Rock Island system.
The chairman of the Brother-
hood's general grievance com-
mittee. I A. Coleman says lie
has had no indication that Presi-
dent Truman plans to act under
the national railway labor act to
avert the strike In appointing a
fact-finding hoard. Appointment
ot such a group by the president
would automatically force sus-
pension of the strike for 3D to GO
days.
Coleman says the brotherhood
lias heard tonight from workers
in every state served by Rock
Island and they're all ready to
go off tomorrow evening.
The present govei'i
Men! into power as the out-
come of the recent Greek
elections, which secured a
majority for the pro-monar-
chist populist party amid a
barrage of charges that the
elections had been unfair
i.nd lull of irregularities.
However, the political mar-
riage between the monarchists
and the right-wing republicans
had to be annulled. Serious dif-
ferences developed between the
ferences developed between
the two groups over the
date for a pleljeseitc to de-
cide whether King George —now
in London—would be allowed to
return lo the throne. Another
point of conflict reportedly has
been touched off by the composi-
tion of the Greek delegation to
the forthcoming peace conferen-
ce. Meanwhile. London Exchange
Telegraph reports from Athens
say that Russia and Yugoslavia
have officially indicated their
readiness to recognize the pres-
ent regime of Greece.
As to the economic conditions
of Greece — no improvement ap-
pears to be in sight unless addi-
tional food supplies are made
available. Half of Greece's seven
million people face a ration of
only 700 calories a day, with the
prospect thiit it may have to be
cut to 500.
Amarillo Hosts
Welfare Parley
AMARILLO (UP) _ Public
welfare officials from .-even
southwest states will meet in a
regional conference of the Amer-
ican Public Welfare asoseiation
at Amarillo, Texas, tomorrow.
States represented include
Texas. Oklahoma, New Mexico,
Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado and
Arizona.
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BASEBALL SEASON OFFICIALLY OPENS —President Truman officially opens the 1946 base-
ball season by throwing out the first ball to start I In- game between tin- Boston Bed Sox and
the Washington Senators at Washington, l>. C. I. lo II: Mrs. Truman. Admiral William I). Leahy;
President Truman, Clark Griffith, holding his 4 t■- year old grandson. Corky Cronin. son of tin-
Red Sox manager: Admiral Chester W. N'iniitz, a nd Manager Joe Cronin of the Boston team.
(NEA Telephoto.)
Grave Sfeel Shortage
Coal Strike
CHINESE TAKE
AIRFIELD AT
CHUNGKING ( UF) — The civ-
il war in China has entered a
critical stage today. And reports
from Chungking tell us that, in
a matter of hours, we may ex-
pect to learn of the fall of the
Manchurian capital of Chang-
chun to besieging Chinese Red
troops.
Chinese government plans to
reinforce the Changchun garri-
son by airborne troops have fail-
ed and the Communist armies al-
ready have battered their way in-
to some sections of the city.
Nationalist first army troops
driving on Changchun reportedly
are still some 70 miles away. And
a Nationalist military spokes-
man has confirmed that all air-
fields around the Manchurian
capital have been captured by
the Chinese Red Army.
In Chungking, the efforts
of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-
Shek to end the civil strife
by swift establishment of a
coalition government — in-
cluding communists —have
struck a new snag. The dem-
ocratic league — China's
third major party — has re-
fused to Join any new gov-
ernment unless the civil war
has first been halted and
Chiang's other difficulties
with the communists have
been settled.
General George Marshall is
hurrying back to China to try
and salvage the brilliant success
he achieved in negotiating a
peace between the Kuomintang
and the communists in January.
The present fighting in Man-
churia and the bitter political
dispute- in Chungking are sad
reminders to General Marshall
that men are more stubborn
than horseS. You can lead a
horse tu water, but you can't
make him drink. You can get
men to promise to do things, but
getting them to live up to their
See CHINA Page Six
WASHINGTON — Lpi —
There's a growing tear today
among Washington offiieals that
steel production will be serious-
ly crippled unless the soft coal
dispute is settled by May first.
The civilian production admin-
istration believes it will be nec-
essary to bank most of the steel
industry's blast furnaces if the
coal stoppages continue beyond
that date.
Secretary of Labor Scliwel-
li iibaeli lias asked the CPA
and Ilia- solid fuels adminis-
tration for detailed reports
on coal stocks and (lie pro-
duction outlook, and lie's ex-
peeled to receive lliem today
or tomorrow Itul there —till
is no siun of progress in gov-
eminent efforts to mediate
the dispute between tlie mine
See STB IK F Page Six
Teen-Agers Arrested
For Butte Vandalism;
Round-Up To Continue
Bl'TTK. Montana
Twelve teen-agers liavt
rested ill Butte. Mot nana,
nection with weekend *
ism.
Chif Preobatioii Offieei
Sheehan has predicted
"hundreds" mole will be
into custody in a eitywide
up. Sheehan says he
make 30 more am
among juveniles wh
i IP)
been
Maunday Thursday
Dinner Set Here
By Scoitish Rite
andal-
■lolin
that
t aketi
round
intends to
-ts today
liai'g-
•bserv ance ot
Thursday, Scotti.-ii
Masonry will take
p. m.. April is at the
I Room of the Bank-
art
with participating in violenct
in which 1 I homes were wreck
ed and two youths -hot on Sat
nrdav and Sunday night.-.
Staff Cops Honor For Tenth Time
Pony Express Wins Distinguished Merit Award
Newman's High school Pony
Express again has won * the
award of Distinguished Merit
and has been granted the right
of entering two contestants in
the state journalism contests to
l held in Austin Thursday and
Friday, May 2-3.
Other staff memtiers of the
Pony Express will lie invited to
alien < It lit? convention program.
Notice of the honor came
this week to l<aura Sheridan,
journalism teacher and
sponsor of the Pony Express,
from Br. Be Witt Itcddick,
director of the Interscholas-
tie League Press conference,
Austin.
It marks the 1 Otli consecutive
year Miss Sheridan and her
Pony Express staff have won the
award of merit. One year they
were given honorable mention.
Esther Kay Berman. who took
over the jolt as editor-in-chief
when Bud Worsham. editor, en-
listed in the Navy, and Helan
Kelly will represent the Pony
Express at the state meet. They
won the elimination held Thurs-
day. Karin Kinsey will !>e alter-
nate. Both will take part in
newswlting, editorial writing,
feature writing, headline writ-
ing and copyreadlng.
Others who tried out in the
elimination were Loyee Weath-
ers,(iwin Neatherlin, 1'olk Di.-
muke and Betty Hooper.
The editorial staff of the
Pony Express is composed
ol Miss Berman. editor, Kar-
In Kinsey, Wanda l^uie.
•loan Taylor and Loyce
Weathers, assistants; Gwln,
Neatherlin, Malcolm Milli-
gan, .Joseph Torres, sports
editors.
Benton Ray staff photograph-
er, Norman Miller, faculty photo-
grapher. Joy Younger and l.ois
Byrd, typists.
Reporters and columnists:
Wanda Lane, Laura Fa.ve Mr-
Beth. Joyce I lat her. Gwin Neath-
erlin, Poly Dismuke. Karen Kin-
sey. Frances Kelly. Helan Kelly.
Gusta Goettsehe. Lois Byrd. Loy-
ce Weathers. Malcholm Milligan.
loan Taylor, Mildred Roggec.
Marceline Guelker, Joseph Tor-
res. Patsv Mercer, June Hicks.
Bett.ve Hooper. Ernestine Wil-
son. Myra Palmer.
Claries Wvatt is business man
age!. Helen Kelly assistant. Otli
el's assisting are Dorothy Tyler.
Mildred Rogge. Betty Lollat.
Gusta Goettsehe. Ernestine Wil-
son. Joyce Harbor is exchangi
manager and Betty Lollar. cir-
culation manager.
According to the basic struc-
ture ot the 1. L. P. C. the best
See AWARD page Six
The
Maundav
Rite Fret
place at 7
('hesterfit
head Cafe
l-'red Howard. president of
the Sweetwater Scottish Bite
club will preside for the
program. Al the conclusion
new officers will be elected.
M. I). Willis «ill give invoca-
tion Earl C Vandervoort will
give a toast to the President of
the I 'nited States
Joe 11. Bool he will give a
toast to the Supreme Council: S
Reich will toast the Most Wor-
shipful Grand Lodge ot Texas
and Ike Levy to all regular Ma-
si ins.
Mr Willis will preside for a
memorial to the former memb-
ers.
Local officers include Howard,
president. Wade Forester, vice
president, Joe Boothe, second
vice president. E. A. Dann, sec-
| retary and S. Reich, almoner.
Dinner reservations should be
made with Boothe or Howard.
JAPS TO TBY Cl'LTl"RE
TOKYO. Japan (UP) — A Jap-
anese university has formed a
j Japanese American cultural
foundation to foster friendly re-
lations between the two coun-
tries.
The organization was founded
j by Doshisha university —one of
Japan's leading Christian eiluca-
1 tiotiul institutions.
Jaycee-Ettes And
Jaycees Pledge To
Back Youth Canteen
Something better for the kids
was pledged by the Jaycees and
Jaycee-Ettes in voting material
support for the Youth Canteen
at their combined meeting today
noon.
Charlie Paxton. speaking for
the Youth Canteen movement,
told the 72 present of the record
accomplished by the canteen dur-
ing it.- first year in Sweetwater,
and expressed the desire to morn
than double its activities and fa-
cihties during the next year.
Mr. Paxton commended tlie
.laycer-Ettes for their being
tin- onlj civic organization to
initiate ami carrj out the
spun sin-ship of the canteen
since il was founded here.
He described the needs for
such an institution in the
Sweetwater trade territory
and the problems facing it.
Members enthusiastically en-
dorsed ,-upport of the work in
Sweet water, and voted a club
donation of $1(1) as initial expres-
sion on its desire to serve. Indi-
viduals voiced personal appro-
val. and many pledged financial
backing.
Over fi(M) teen-age boys and
girls have made use of the can-
teen in the year that it has been
in operation, and records show
that the delinquency figure- in
the county have been less in that
year than in any of the three
years preceeding.
Out-of-town groups have also
taken advantage of the canteen's
opportunity for social and rec-
reational activities.
Texas Plane Crash
Kill J, Injures 1
DALLAS — (UP) — A private
ferry pilot was' killed and his wo-
m."ti companion was injured seri-
ously today when their ligut
plane crashed near Garland.
iast of Dallas, when it went into
a spin after the take-off.
The pilot was identified as
Charles G Barnes. 21 years old,
of Lockhaven. Pa
The passenger, Ada Agnes Del-
marcelle, 21, of Green Bay, Wis.,
is reported still semiconscious.
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