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THE NOLAW COUNTY NEWS. SWEETWATER. TEXAS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1»42
THE NOLAN COUNTY NEWS
Ifefcl&kd every Thursday afternoon In Sweetwater, Texas, by
THE WATSON-FOCHT COMPANY
321 23 Oak Street—Phone 2411
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OKrr at Sweetwater, Texas, under the act of March 3. 1879.
Hy Mail iu Nolan, Fisher, Scurry, Mitchell, Jones. Taylor. Coke,
and Runnels Counties $2.00 a Year, Payable in Advance.
Shew hare $2.50 a Year. Advertising Rates on Application.
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West Texas Press Association
Texas Press Association
National Editorial Association
LUTHER M. WATSON
Manager
ROBERT-W. COOKE
Editor
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gp«phw-ni errors that may occur further thnn to correct such
error iu the next issue of The News after it is brought to the
attention ol‘ the management. All advertising orders aro accepted
.an this basis only.
Nolan County’s Scrap
Drive Sets the Pace
Nolan county’s scrap drive, which reached its
climax nearly a month ago, has received favor-
able comment throughout the state. In a number
of cities and towns the county’s collection sche
duled was copied almost to the letter.
The Texas Committeeman, a bulletin sent out
by the Texas AAA office, this week had the fol-
low notation:
‘ Nolan county held a business blackout on Aug.
1] from 12 to 4, restaurants from 1:30 to 4. Business
men hunted out junk just like the rest of Nolan
county did. In offering their souveniers to Hitler,
the Japs and Italians, they said, ‘Let’s Jolt Them
with Junk from Nolan County.”
Citizens are aware that Texas newspapers,
along with all others of the nation are united in
carrying on a scrap collection drive. The com-
mittee of Texas newspaper men in charge of the
drive in the state informed that Nolan county
dad already made an intensive campaign, and
were advised of the successful results, as well
as the methods employed. Felix R. McKnight,
Dallas newspaperman was named publicity chair-
man of the state drive and in one of his recent re-
leases to papers in the state he commented:
‘‘Like little Sweetwater in West Texas. Recent-
ly Sweetwater closed the entire town for several
hours for an intensive scrap collection. Stores
were battened down. The golf course and fishing
holes were patrolled by guards to see that no one
played during the collection period.
“At 4 p. m. the drive was over. Mountains of
junk had grown in Sweetwater. Employes who
had been off duty to aid in the drive went back
to work.”
Although the state committee knows what a
grand job Nolan county citizens haye done in
the scrap collection, The Nolan County News was
asked to cooperate in the state drive, in an at-
tempt to make it 100 per cent on the part of all
newspapers.
The management agreed to do so. You have J
.noticed and will notice advertisements appearing
in this paper urging you to turn in your scrap, j
Those ads, of course, are directed only to those '
who may yet have scrap on hand which should
be placed into proper channels for reaching the
nation's steel mills.
About all that is left to do is for those who have
scrap metal, rubber, rags, and burlap to turn it
into a junk dealer; and, above all, be ready to
fight on every front, whenever, or whatever it j
may be.
America needs to start fighting this war from the
bottom up.
Gasoline Hoarding Will
Jeopardize Fire Insurance
The nation is to observe fire prevention week ;
Oct. 4 to 10. “Today," according to the national J
board of fire underwriters, “fire is sabotage, and !
every fire that destroys a single item of war
machinery makes it that much easier for the ene-
mies of freedom to kill and maim the fighting
men of our country and all of the United Nations.”
The nation is now facing a new hazard, accord- j
ing to Marvin Hall, Texas fire insurance com-
missioner. The rationing of gasoline is to result,
the state commissioner believes, in a number of j
persons resorting to the hoarding of gasoline.
“Every person in Texas who is hoarding gaso- j
line has auotomatically voided fire insurance on j
his property," Hall warns. When gasoline comes j
«ito your home, your fire insurance policy goes !
aut, he said.
At the same time, such individuals are jeopard- |
adng their lives, those of others, and are endanger- I
ing the present low insurance rates of Texas—the 1
lowest in history.
Sweetwater firemen hope to enlist the cooper- ;
atkm of all citizens in the city’s observance of
fire prevention.
‘All-Out’ U. S. War Effort
Necessary to ‘Second Front’
No one has to be a student of government, mili-
tary affairs, or much of anything else to know
that Russia, terribly beseiged by an unrelenting
foe, is beginning to wonder why her allies have
not “opened the second front.”
In order to understand Russia's attitude, we
have only to switch positions. Suppose the ruth-
less nazis were fighting in the streets of Memphis,
Tenn., and Russia was our ally and hadn’t visibly
done a great deal to relieve that pressure. We
would be howling, too, louder perhaps than the
Russians.
Probably everyone realizes, too, the necessity
of opening a second front—probably the military
leaders more than anyone else. But they know
and the rest of us know that “opening of a second
front is a do-or-die proposition.” It cannot fail.
It must not fail. It has to succeed. The question
is: Is the United States and Great Britain prepar-
ed to such an extent that such a campaign is
bound to succeed?
Wendell Willkie, no doubt, is doing a lot of good
as an emmisary of goodwill, but Mr. Willkie’s
statement that some of the military leaders “may
have to be prodded” may have the same effect as
waving a red flag in a mad bull's face.
According to experts, opening of a second front
would be possible immediately if the United
States was already on a “total war” program.
Further, these experts claim if the nation was on
an “all-out" war effort, the success of a “second
front" in Europe would almost be assured.
Home Nursing Classes to
Relieve Health Problem
The populace had better begin planning now
on how it will handle its health problems. Here-
tofore this matter has been left largely to the
physicians and public health officials.
But with many of the doctors and nurses being
called into military service, the situation is be-
coming too acute to be handled solely by the doc-
tors and nurses who are left.
Already Sweetwater and Nolan county have lost
nearly half of the physicians who were available,
and a number of those left are expecting to be
called into service. Many of the nurses are en-
listing.
Registered nurses and doctors already are co-
operating in and urging citizens to form home
nursing classes. A number of these classes are
being held in the county, jointly sponsored by
doctors, the health unit, and Red Cross,
A request has come from a number of Red
Cross officials in Roby for a home nursing class
lor that area and the superintendent of a Sweet-
water hospital has volunteered her services in
conducting such a class.
Persons trained in home nursing classes would
be invaluable to the physicians should an in in-
fluenza epidemic break out this winter, or if
some other epidemic should sweep the area.
Again the public is cautioned against making
unnecessary demands of the physicians who arc
left. A lot of times slightly ailing individuals are
going to have to do without the doctor's service
because he is going to be busy on more important
eases.
Farm Wages Must Be Figured
In Cost of Food Commodities
Farmers know that the greatest item of cost
in the production of food for human consumption
is labor. Today the labor item is even greater
than in previous years. Since the government has
cooperated with labor in all other lines of indus-
try, it about time it was doing something about
farm labor.
The nation cannot produce cheap food if farm-
ers have to pay war wages. And when congress
approves restrictions of farm prices recommended
by the president, it should at the same time en-
force equally strict ceilings on farm wages.
The cost of living, which is the subject of so
much discussion in the national capital, cannot
be held down unless farm wages are held down.
Government Must Cooperate,
Too, In Gasoline Rationing
Since nationwide gasoline rationing is a fact
and not a fancy, most American citizens are go-
ing to cooperate just as thoroughly as they have
in all other programs.
The public has been told that gasoline ration-
ing is to be imposed as a means of preserving rub-
ber.
According to many experts, it would have been
possible to provide an adequate supply of artifici-
al rubber for civilian use by now if the govern-
ment leaders had got down to cases when the rub-
ber problem first appeared.
Now. all the citizens can do is to cooperate, but
largest possible production of artificial rubber
they can expect the government to give maxi-
mum cooperation in securing the swiftest and
from any practical source.
FSA to Aid War Effort on Farms
The small farmer is ill-equip- j war production.” he said. “The
ped and poorly prepared to meet Nolan county FSA office is ex-
1he demands of the war effort in | peek'd to make a great many
«!<? opinion of William H. Tinn°y,
rural rehabilation supervisor for
the Farm Security administration
m Nolan county.
Recognizing this critical situa-
tion, the secretary of agriculture
has directed the Farm Security
administration to shift its pro-
gram to the war effort so that
Ihe manpower of the small farm-
er can be utilized to the fullest
extent, according to Mr Tinney.
“It is expected that Farm Se-
tfirifyV new wartime lending
program will release the man-
power of 500.000 farmers for the
more loans this year to farmers
in this county than ever before
because our lending program has
been liberalized and our program
has been put on a full wartime
basis.”
The county supervisor said that
the lack of equipment and re-
placements has retailed produc-
tion and for this reason a share-
the-machinery porgram is to be
reemphasized this year. Loans to
groups of farmers to purchase
machinery to be used coopera-
tively will be made to farm oper-
ators in addition to many other
types of fod production loans.
Loan funds are immediately
available to eligible borrowers in
Nolan county to conserve feed
crops for current needs and ’fu-
ture use. to increase the produc-
tion of dairy products, beef and
pork, to preserve food, to pur-
chase equipment, tools, shelter
for livestock and poultry, and
many other purposes.
Anxious to meet the immedi-
ate needs of farm fmailies as
well as to help them get ready
for increased production next
year. Mr. Tinney invites all in-
terested persons to contact him
at his office in Sweetwater at
401 Oak street.
NOTICE
We pick up dead hories. mule*
and cattle. Call collect 654. 39-tfc
| SUNDAY
ZT,w 1 SCHOOL
LESSON -:-
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for October 4
Lesson subjects &nd Scripture texts se-
ated and copyrighted by International
ouncil of Rellelous Education* used by
FAITH IN CHRIST AS OUR
PERSONAL SAVIOUR
LESSON TEXT—Acts 16:1315; Ro-
mans 5:1-11.
GOLDEN TEXT—Therefore being Jus-
tified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ.—Romans
5:1.
Salvation through Christ is the
way, and the only way, into the
Christian life; therefore, there could
be no other subject more suitable
than that of our lesson to begin
our brief series of “Studies in the
Christ Life.”
Our lesson for today tells us first
how one comes into a personal sav-
ing faith, and then gives Paul’s
statement of the result of saving
faith in the changed life of the be-
liever.
I. The Opened Heart (Acts 16:
13-15).
Paul and his companions on their
important errand for the Master,
bearing the news of the gospel, had
first known His guidance by hin-
drance, by the closed door; and
then by the direction of the Spirit
into the open door, revealed in the
vision of the man of Macedonia.
Here in Philippi they found not
only an open door, but an open
heart, one which the Holy Spirit had
made ready for the preaching of the
Word of God. “Faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the * ord
of God’’ (Rom. 10:17).
Note that while Lydia was a wom-
an of ability and culture, and a wor-
shiper of God, yet she needed the
message of redemption through
faith in Christ.
Lydia evidenced the truth of her
profession of faith by open testimony
and by a desire for fellowship in
putting forward the work of God (v.
15). Salvation is by faith apart from
works, but a saving faith is always
one which works.
II. The Transformed Life (Rom.
5:1-11).
This is one of the great passages
of Scripture, rich in doctrinal instruc-
tion, presenting through Paul an il-
luminating discussion of justifica-
tion by faith.
This lesson affords an opportunity
foi teachers to learn and present to
classes much needed truth along the
| line of Bible doctrine. There is not
! enough teaching of this type. Peo-
j pie seem to prefer a little devotional
I study, or the discussion of current
i events, possibly in the light of i
prophecy. These are good, but it ;
is of first importance that Chris- j
tians be informed regarding doc- |
trine.
We find in this Scripture the glori-
ous transformation of life which
comes to the one who takes Christ
as Saviour, as we note the seven |
j results of God’s justifying grace.
| 1. Peace (v. 1). The human heart
I craves spiritual peace and knows
that it can be found only when sin
j has been dealt with and put away.
1 For sin cannot be condoned or ig-
nored. There must be justification,
and that can come only through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
2. Grace (v. 2). A peace with
God brings the peace of God into
our hearts. We have that peace be-
cause we have by faith come into
the place of God’s favor. No long-
er strangers or outsiders, we have
come in (“have access”) to His 1
place of grace and favor.
3. Hope (w. 2b, 5a). Our faith
not only brings present peace, but
causes us to see future glory. Such
a hope puts us in a right attitude
toward God. and the things of life,
including tribulations (v. 3), are
rightly valued and understood. Even
our troubles become evidences of
His love in which we may glory. j
4. Love (vv. 5b-8). God’s love
which gave His Son to die for our
sins becomes the “shed abroad” por-
tion of every believer in Him. It I
was an immeasurably great love, ?
and it all centers in Calvary.
5. Saved From Wrath (v. 9). The !
wrath of God is minimized or de- j
nied in much modern theology, but j
it is nonetheless a very “real and !
awful affection of the divine na- j
ture.” But the Christ who died for
sinners will surely deliver the saints
from the wrath of God against sin. |
6 Reconciled (v. 10). The death !
it Christ, which justified man has
accepted by faith, brought recon- J
filiation. Atonement had been
made for sin. and the One who died
s alive again, a living Saviour.
7. Joy (v. 11). And why not? j
Such a revelation of what our re- j
demption includes should make ev- ’
ery believer in Christ rejoice in God. |
The One who is the sinner’s judge •
is the believer’s joy! That is the
glorious transformation which takes 1
place when one believes.
Some unbeliever who has read '
these lines thus far must by now
be eager to have these things true i
in his life. Well, why not? “Be- *
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved” 'Acts 16:31).
Then read again those majestic and
joyful words in Romans 5:1:
•‘Therefore being justified by faith,
we have”—yes. I have “peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” i|
Week of War
Prime Minister Winston
Churchhill this week gave the
house of commons a one-sentence
warning against loose talk about
a second front: “We have plans
for winter and spring, but let’s
keep Hitler guessing.”
U. S. War Output
Fails Aug. Goals.
WPB Director Donald Nelson
reported this week that the Aug-
ust munitions output was 8 per-
cent higher than July but de-
clared “the showing is not one
that we can brag about.” Reports
were that production lagged in
August about 14 per cent behind
tiie forecasts at the first of that
month. Aircraft production was
reported up 6 per cent over July
ordnance 3 per cent, naval ship
building 7 per cent, merchant
ships up 6 per cent.
3 Billions Asked
For Navy Planes
President Roosevelt this week
asked congress for an immediate
appropriation of $2,862,000,000
which would be used to build
thousands of new navy fighter
planes. The program is in line
with a recently announced plan
to place emphasis on carriers
and carrier based airplanes in
reference to huge battleships.
Russians Beat
Off Nazi Blows
The Red army, killing more
than 2.200 Germans beat off all of
the main nazi blows at Stalingrad
on the 36th day of the seige of the
city. Above the city, Red armies
were still pounding the nazi
flanks trying to ease the pressure
on Stalingrad's garrison.
U. S. and Canada
Fliers Hit Japs
U. S. army filers, accompained
for the first time by Canadian
planes, hit the Japs at Kiska,
setting an enemy ship afire, de-
stroying seven planes, killing or
wounding approximately 150 Japs
in a low-level atack on the invad-
ers.
State Studies
35 MPH Speed
State Highway Engineer D. C.
Greer anounced this week that a
study was being made of moves
that might be made under Texas
law to restrict motor vehicle
speeds to 35 miles an hour as a
tire conservation measure. The
matter was referred to the high-
way department by Gov. Coke
Stevenson. The governor, who
strongly opposed gasoline ration-
ing in Texas as unnecessary and
deterimental to the state's war
effort, said he was heartily in
favor of speed limitations as the
best method advanced to save
tires.
Gas Rationing
About Nov. 22
Nationwide gasoline rationing
—designed to reduce mileage so
as to save rubber rather than
gasoline—will become effective
about November 22. Price Admin-
istrator Henderson reported. By
that time ration books will have
been distributed to approximate-
ly 20 million motorists in the un-
rationed area. The present tire
rationing program will be inte-
grated w(th the new gasoline
rationing program and tires on
all cars will have to be submit-
ted to OPA for “on-wheel in-
spection every 60 days to insure
proper care."
Pricrilies Set Up
For Rail Trar.-portation
WPB Chairman Nelson directed
the office of defense transporta-
tion to set up a priorities system j
governing movements and use of
all tank cars, with priorities to
be given, first, to shipments of
materials for the army, navy,
mat time commission and the lend j
ke the
IN YOUR
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Southwestern Life
Joe H. Boothe
27 Years in Sweetwater
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WUaiyouflu^WiiU
WAR BONDS
★ ___*.
A pelorus, used by the Navy, is a
device which fits over the surface of
a compass to enable the operator
to take bearings on distant objects.
It has split hair sights, has been in
use for many years . . . and costs
approximately $125.
These instruments arc caential
equipment to every American ship
which comes out of the shipyards.
With the scores of ships now being
completed each month, we need
many of these instruments. Your
\ purchase of War Bonds and Stamps
will help pay for them. Invest at
least ten percent of your income ev-
ery payday in these interest bear-
ing Government securities.
U. H. Treasury Department
lease administration; second, to
390 specificially listed chemicals,
foods and other essential pro-
ducts; and third, to petroleum
and petroleum products into the
eastern shortage area.
The ODT said congestion on
rail and bus lines over the week-
end is still growing. Weekly
passenger travel must be shifted
from the week-end to the middle
of the week of at least another
8 per cent, the office said.
Food Requirements
Becoming Serious ,
Agriculture Secretary Wickard
said that unless the nation acts
promptly and with energy “our
food situation will become ser-,
ious. . .Our supply is rapidly di-
minishing.” He outlined a six-
point program to help alleviate
the farm labor shortage. Included
were proposals to retain on farms
as many as possible of the ex-
perienced managers who under-
stand year-round farm operation,
to transport workers to farms,
and to use greater numbers of
women and young people on
farms. He estimated agriculture
would lose 1,000,000 workers bet-
ween July 1, 1942, and July 1,
1943, and if an 8,000,000-man
army is moblized by the latter
Reduction Asked In
Meal Consumption
In order to implement the war-
time meat program, the WPB
food requirements 'committee:
(1) placed the limit of total pack-
er-deliveries during the last quar-
ter of 1942 at the following per-
centages of such deliveries dur-
ing the final quarter of 1941-
beef and veal, 80 per cent, lamb
and mutton, 95 percent, and pork,
75 per cent. The committee ask-
ed all civilians to hold their
meat consumption to 2Vt pounds
per person per week.
j Army Wants
3-A Registrants
The army issued a call for 3-A
men up to and including the age
of 44 to volunteer for antiair-
craft officer training. A nation-
wide quota of 500 such candid-
ates per month was set for the
j antiaircraft school at Camp Dav-
is, N. C. Selective service boards
will supply detailed information,
the army said. War Secretary
Stimson announced the Cana-
dian-Alaskan military highway
will be ready for use about De-
cember 1, several months ahead
of schedule.
ED VAN SICKLE, JR..
TRANSFERRED BY T&P
Ed Van Sickle. Jr., left last week
for El Paso, where he has been
transferred by the Texas &
Pacific railroad.
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CROWDED
WITH THE CALLS
OF WAR
It’s true we usually can put through
quickly your long distance telephone
calls to towns near-by. But when you
send your voice to far cities, it may
travel on lines jammed to the limit
with calls that help move troops,
make planes, build tanks.
We can’t put up more lines, because
most of the metal has gone to war.
So please help us in a vital job. Make
as few calls as possible to war centers
or cities far away, and please plan to
keep such calls short. It will help
clear the way for the calls of war.
SOUTHWESTERN BEll TELEPHONE CO.
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Cooke, Robert W. The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1942, newspaper, October 1, 1942; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth559992/m1/2/: 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.