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THE Yf(mincR
SWEETWATER — Continued urn-
eially full' — not much change in
temperature. Slightly Marnier to-
nlKht. High temperature Thursday
7: low this uiomlnK UK.
Sweetwater Reporter
Forsake the foolish and live; and go
iu the May of understanding.—Pro-
verbs tt:t(.
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Sweetwater, Texas, Friday, June 14, 1946
"Buy it In Sweetwater'
No. 141
Climax Of Maritime Strike
Due Today; Settle All Issues
Huge Sweetwater Youth Party jacksoh to**
Highlights Summer Recreation w# kid
WASHINGTON (T'Pl
TWO Sl'ICIDK IX LOVE THVST—This photo, taken in ;i Klnrida night club. wais made during
one of the happier moments of Arthur I). Miillisun, :l(i, ;nnl Mrs. Dorothy Cox Mahoney. liutli
were married and lived ill Washington, I), C. The Sid-yeur-old lirunette hurled herself from the
ninth floor window of the Lafayette Hotel in Washington and was fidlowed a few minutes
later l y Millisun who refused to listen to poliee who pleaded with him not to jump. The ehild in
the photo is unidentified. (NKA Telepholo)
Tomorrow Last Day For
Filing County Primary
' First Primary 27th,
Runoff August 24th,
Seven Unopposed
Tomorrow, .Tune 15, is the Inst >
day for candidates seeking coun-
,ty and precinct offices to file for
places on the primary ballot. All
persons asking office, have up1
to date, filed with County Dem-
ocratic Chairman C'lif Iei;,
Hoswell has already receiv-
ed all necessary election sup-
plies for holding the July
27tli primary. Next primary,
or run-off will he held Sat-
urday, August 24th.
•lulv 7 is the first day for ab-
sentee voting. The deadline is
three days before the first pri-
mary. Ij. \V. Scott, county clerk, |
should be consulted for appli- j
cations when an absentee vote is j
being cast.
Listed in the columns of the
Sweetwater Reporter are the)
following candidates, filing be-
fore the deadline, for county and S
precinct offices.
Aside from the local filings. I
Harley Sadler, state representa-
tive of the 117th congressional |
district, seeks re-election and is
unopposed.
Mrs. Nina lleadrii k, prominent
Sweetwater club leader, is can-
See PRIMARY I'age Light
Teen-Agers Await
Promised Help Of
Youth Canteen Fund
Contribution*, to the Youth
Canteen drive are beginning to
gain momentum again after hitt-
ing a snag on its initial day.
Over hair of the goal
is now in, hut unless small
gifts become more plculi-
IiiI anil large gilts heroine
larger, the goal may not he
attaincd, l.eon Butler, treas-
urer, says.
Teen-agers of the city are look-
ing forward to the opening of the
premises of the former USO as
their Youth Canteen. The sole
object and purpose of the drive
is to provide something better
for the kids.
All funds will go directly to
the Youth Canteen, and the
only individual receiving
a salary will he a lull time
trained director In the year-
round program. The project
has the full support and sanc-
tion of all churches, civic,
and service clubs, as well us
parents of teen-age hoys and
girls.
The building and all its equip-
ment w ill be used exclusively by
the youngsters in their social,
athletic, and pastime activities.
The director and other volunteer
aid will be present at all times to
see that wholesome fun and re-
creation is provided for all those
who attend.
Successful to a high degree in
its first year, the Youth Canteen
was the scene of parties, socials,
dances, games, exhibitions, and a
vast number of other activities
carried on by school groups not
only from Sweetwater, but from
surrounding communities.
Facilities of the center are
free and open to all persons
See TEEN-AGERS Page Eight
BRITISH WAR It It 11 > K OIUKCTS TO TL\AS HKAT—Mrs. .lac
k Hamilton of Ft. Worth. Texas, is spending the summer in
front of her electric fan with :i piece of cold watermelon to keep
her company. She had never eaten watermelon before coming
to Kt. Worth and likes it very much, hut says she could do with
a hit less of the Texas heat. The hottest she ever saw her Lon-
don, Lngland, home was H'J degrees, which was less than she
has already seen since coming to I't. Worth. (NLA I'lioto)
Little Bit Heaven
Born To Little Folk
A l'ST IX. TLX., til' —
Tlit* world's only recorded
midget daughter of midget
parents gave birth in Austin
today to a six-pound baby
girl.
The baby was delivered to
20-year-old Mrs. M y r n a
Swenson by Doctor Audie L.
Xanney in a Caesarean op-
eration at S o'clock this
morning. The birth took
place at Saint David's Hos-
pital. where the mother was
born 2h years ago. Mother
and baby are reported doing
"fine."
Assisting the doctor was
i Mrs. Lulu Short, special
nurse, who attended the
birth of the mother.
Present at the hospital at
the time of the birth were
August Clarence Swenson.
the baby's midget father, and
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny E.
Clifton, midget maternal
grandparents.
Mrs. Clifton says they're
hoping the baby will be a
midget.
"We want it to be a mid-
get,' she said, "so the babv
won't be out of line with us."
Youngsters Play
4 Demonstration
Softball Matches
Almost every kid in town was
at iht South Side Park last night
tor the biggest and most success-
iul Youth Party in the history of
Sweet w ater.
Highlighting the summer re-
; creation program, some -MX) per-
| sons — mostly teen-agers — as-
sembled for the festivities. The
Sweetwater Luncheon club
I sponsored the party in coopera-
tion with the Sweetwater Ath-
letic association.
The finest program f o r
children in all of West Texas,
Sweet water's summer activ-
ities provide wholesome,
worth - while recreation and
citi/.enship building for every
person in the city. Kntliusia-
ism shown by the multitude
of youngsters attracted to
the park has proven the suc-
cess of the mission.
Paul Brown, president of the
Sweetwater Club, introduced
speakers and told of the purposes
and benefits of the summer pro-
gra m.
Pat Gerald. Mustang coach,
Abe Lincoln, Mustang captain,
and Charles Paxton. told of the
opportunities for the younger
generation of Sweetwater offer-
ed by the program, and urged the
whole-hearted support of every
individual and organization to
carry-out the program year af-
ter year with ever-increasing ef-
fort .
Johnny Brook shire is the full
time director of the vacation ac-
i tivities. and meets with the par-
ticipants each morning on the
Junior High school campus to
j supervise all types of games, eon-
| tests, and training for the young-
sters. He will lie athletic coach
| of Junior High during the school
I term.
Almost a hundred partici-
pate daily in the organized
recreation. Softball players
have formed a Midget League.
Horseshoe fans endeavor to
determine their champion.
Hoy Scouts In the member-
ship carry on work in con-
nection with their own work.
(■Iris take part in a i)uiuher
of their favorite sports and
hobbies.
"Something better for the
j kid.-" seems to be the motto for
every civic and service organiza-
tion. Children of all ages find
; worthwhile activities for their
spare time in the recreation pro-
gram. the Youth Canteen, Hoy
j and tiirl Scouts, Royal Ambassa-
I dors, De.Molay, American Legion
Baseball, and an endless list of
organizatiins promote civic and
moral mindedness in those who
will some day be the governing
I body of the city, state, and tia-
! tion.
There is no age limit
training of Sweetwater
and the results are best shown
by the juvenile delinquency rec-
ords. Since the institution of the
summer recreation program and
the Youth Canteen, records in
the city police department show
a marked reduction in juvenile
cases.
v
St. Louis'^$300,000 emergency
M
;$0,tMMI IX XYLOX LIXK AT PITTSBURGH—A crowd of about SO.tKMl gathered Wednesday night
in Pittsburgh, Penn., when a department store, in response to a request from Mayor David L.
Lawrence, advertised a "night sale of nylons for business girls." Only l.'l.titMt pairs of hose were
offered and by the time they went on sale the linr stretched for IN blocks
fainted and four were taken to the hospital.
Police said
( N LA
12 persons
I'elephoto)
Contract For
Road Topping
Set July 24th
Contract for topping of an 8-
mi., farm to market road connect-
ing Divide with the old Dora
community, will be let July 24th
County Judge Delas Reeves said
today.
Preceding the general contract
award, Kd San ford Construc-
tion company was given a sub-
contract. for removal of ;">2 REA
telephone posts along 8 miles of
routing. The contract was for
$1,57(1.00.
The road lied, according to the
judge, already is in fine shape
for topping. Drainage, contour-
ing and routing was completed
some months ago.
Famed Creator Of
Radio Amateur Hour
Dies; III For Year •
Department Of Justice
Files Against Petrillo
CHICAGO il'l'i — The depart-
ment of justice has filed a crim-
inal information in Chicago fed-
eral court against President
James Petrillo of the American
Federation of Musicians. It
charges Petrillo with violation of j
the Lea act in connection with a
strike against radio station i
\V A AF of Chicago. I
The labor leader is charged on j -
two -counts and conviction housing fund was tapped for the
would carry a fine of si.(KM) or first time when the city received
imprisonment for one year, or j bids for three $5,()00-.$ti,0(K) homes
both. ! for veterans.
Rl-MSOX. X. I. il'IM— One
| of the best known figures of the
theater and radio. Major Edward
| Bowes, is dead.
in the# He died at Riveredge. his coun-
youth. ! try estate in Xew Jersey, last
night. He had been planning to
celebrate his 72nd birthday to-
day
The famed creator of the radio
amateur hour had been ill for
more than a year, and the cause
of his illness was overwork. Be-
fore his retirement last year.
Bowes was known as the hardest
working man in the radio world.
He was given the last rites of
the catholic church before his
death by Francis Cardinal Spell-
man. Archbishop of Xew York.
Bacteria Object
To OP A Milk Rule
OPA rulings cause a lot of
reactions from all quarters.
Now even wee bacteria have
felt the pinch.
When the price of milk
went up a cent, cafe owners
found that no profit could
be made if they sold it for a
{ nickel a glass.
But one restaurant proprie-
tor in Sweetwater sees the
difficulty in a different light.
A sign above the cashier
reads:
"We don't sell sweet milk
—the OPA clabbered it
Death Toll Of Iowa
Fire Reaches Peak
Dl'Bl'Ql'E, Iowa (I'Pi — The
'death toll in the disastrous hotel
lire at Dubuque, Iowa, now has
: risen to l' . The latest victim
i was 8-year-old Bert La Casey of
Ah.line. Illinois, who died in a
I hospital from burns suffered in
tile blaze.
Farlier today the body of a wo-
man was found ill the debris in
I the basement of the structure.
She has I veil tentatively identi-
fied as Mrs. Helen Taylor Ingles
| of Topsfield. Muss.
Siamese Twin Pigs
Born; Preserved
School
E lection
July 13
Nolan County Judge Delas
i Reeves and commissioners this
I week ordered a school election
j in the Whiteflat precinct for the
I purpose of consolidating that dis-
Ittict, lying in the east fringe of
Nolan county with Trent, on the
jtast border of Taylor county.
Election date has been set for
July l.l
Allocated school money
would he kept in the Nolan
district, although children
attending that school, would
attend Trent schools.
A. II. McFlmurra
tion judge for Xol.
.and Taylor county
• judge for il *v prt
will begin at s a.in
I Wiley Coffee. T.
judge, conferring
Reeves said he ha-
his elect ii 'ii
WASH 1XGTOX (UP) — Two
high Washington sources predict
tnat the threatened maritime
strike will not take place ... that
the dispute will be settled before
the day is over.
War Shipping Administra-
tor Granville Conway told a
House Labor Subcommittee
ibis morning that agreement
was reached last night on all
major issues. Conway said
Harry Bridges, president of
the CIO Longshoremen's Un-
ion. has agreed to accept the
fact-finding board's proposal
provided an agreement can
be worked out on retroactive
pay.
A subcommittee in the nego-
tiations was appointed last night.
It met until early this morning
and then went back into session
toward noon to adjust remaining
differences in the dispute. Final
settlement Conway says, is ex-
pected at another meeting of the
main negotiators later today.
I In strike is scheduled to
start ill mid-night tonight, lo-
cal time, in all the nation's
ports. Many observers be-
lieve that a settlement may
conic too late to avoid a par-
tial disruption of shipping.
President Truman echoed opti-
mism of the maritime situation
at his news conference this
morning. He told reporters he
, thinks there is a good chance that
the di^ju.e can lie settled before
the day is over.
Also at his news conference,
the President disclosed that he
suggested to Supreme Court Jus-
tice Jackson that the jurist re-
frain from making his recent
public criticism of Justice Hugo
Black. The revelation came after
Mr Truman was asked if he had
any advance knowledge of the
statement lackson made Monday
afternoon.
The President replied that
Jackson had sent him from
-Nuernberg. where he is Ameri-
can war crimes prosecutor, e
sentially what the justice later
released to correspondents. Mr.
Truman said he suggested to
Jackson that the justice refrain
from making the statement but
See TRl'.MAX Page Eight
25 Roscoe Scouts,
Leader Tour Texas
I be
prt
will
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il let
name a
Voting
county
I uilge
ordered
1IOBART. OKI.A .
ghbors of Farmer W.
iii
t'Pi—Xei-
E. Gentry
ir tiobiirt, Okla.. may say lie's
"stringing" them when he tells
about a freak of nature on his
farm. Gentry says Siamese twin
pigs were born on his farm. And
lie has the evidence for the dis-
believing . . . the pigs were born
dead, but lie has preserved them.
Veterinarian E T Rile.v says the
pigs were born in perfect condi-
tion except that they were joined
at the chest.
INDIANS IIIVHl
SAXTA l-'E. X
dians from nine
pueblos have ofn
their own -c anty i
reserve to help I'e
peoples in Lump,
All
New
T'i—lii-
Mexieo
part of
<1 wheat
starving
'hina
le
hen
Visl
ramn nt
ill the school
Last vear's
to Juarez an
West Texas
Troop 37 of Hoscoe,
y George Parks,
on a ten-day tour
verity-five scouts
visit in Hunts-
it, at Austin, Gal-
■ and other
rest.
o was marked off
due to the polio
The group went
bus
' ur took the boys
, other points in
Roscoe Girl President
4-H Club Encampment
Hapsburg Restoration Talked
Nazi Rule, 4 Occupying Armies Austria Problem
Wanda
was electe
club ellca:
lirownwoi
Thursday
camp was
.loan Jai
Miss Hcin
stration o
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LOXDOX tl-Pl—Xow that it i
appears certain that Austria is
going to take center stage posi-1
tion in the new Paris Foreign j
Ministers' Conference, it's time to I
appraise Austria pretty thorough-
ly.
When the makers of the Ver-
sailles Treaty looped off the great
Hapsburg Empire and left Aus-
tria. a tiny country without even
a seaport, they felt they were
doing good for Europe. They
were freeing the Slavs anil the
Magyars from Teutonic rule.
They were ending a regime that
for blind autocracy and bureau-
cratic decay and inefficiency had
few parallels in the world
The Austrian* were expect-
ed promptly to emulate their
neighbors, the Swiss, anil de-
velop into a thoroughly neu-
tral little country— a cross-
roads buffer which would
serve to sidetrack or cushion
the roaring winds of trade
rivalry and war in Europe.
But it didn't happen that way.
Only a minority of the Austrians
looked with admiration across
the frontier at peaceful, fruitful,
progressive Switzerland. The
other Austrians spent their time
regretting the past . . . plotting
the return of the Hapsburgs . . .
or in more grandiose schemes for
putting Austria back into the
sun as a big power—through al-
liance first with Mussolini and
with Hitler. Ultimately, Hitler
gobbled up Austria and the Ver-
sailles dream was over.
Again, today we find Britain
and the United States and some
of the Austrians talking of mak-
ing Austria intti another Swit-
zerland. Austrian Foreign Minis-
ter Gruber expressed this hope
in a recent visit to Londan Yet.
in the next breath, Gruber said
rgearding the South Tyrol from
Italv is the first concern of the
Austrian government. The very
essence of Switzerland's streng-
th is her renunciation of all ter-
ritorial expansion.
The need for neutralization of
Austria in a world without ein-
pres is obvious
111 the age of balance of power,
a brilliant French Diplomat said
that if Austria did not exist it
would he necessary to invert her
—meaning that the Hapsburg
Empire was a necessary counter
balance to Russian. Prussian and
French power.
I'nder German domination
since Bismarck's time, Aus.
See XAZ1 l'age Eight
Prisoners Must
Part With Shoes
GREEXT I ELD d'p. There's
a new routine for newcomers to
the count\ tail at Greenfield,
Mass
There was a time when the
prist tiers were relieved only of
their belt-, -uspenders and neck-
t ies. But no more.
Xow they have to part with
their shoes, too. And all liecause
one temperamental prisoner us-
ed his shoe the other day to
smash an electric light bulb that
he said was "too glaring."
Mrs Geraldene McCullough,
V lan County home demonstra-
tion agent, was in charge of
camp handicraft, and gave a deUJv
seq ;n pins Miss Heine gave the
sec>■ id demonstration.
\ let W'heatley. assistant
state III club agent, illustrated
camp cookery Wednesday after-
noon Following a picnic supper
V'i - inf.iia\ San Saba county was
• n charge "f stunts. Miss Heine
p . vvii two acordion selections.
County group- met to plan
county i amps The local camp
will be held sometime in August.
Nolan County w as one of three
counties called upon to give a
report on plans for its camp be-
fore the group.
Swimming, handicraft, cook-
ery and camp recreation were
highlighted in the two-day pro-
gram. The camp's purpose is to
train girls to conduct similar
camps in their own clubs.
Mrs R O. Dobbins, who also
attended the camp, and the three
-I II Club girls will have a camp
report at 3 p. in. Monday, over
KNOX
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Triplett, G. D. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 141, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1946, newspaper, June 14, 1946; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth283279/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.