The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1942 Page: 1 of 8
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The Nolan County News
Goes Into More Nolan County Homes Than Any Other Newspaper
VOLUME XVIII
SWEETWATER. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 8. 1942
On Ihe Broadway of America
Lions to Sponsor
Party for Soldiers
NUMBER 4t
The Sweetwater Lions club |
Saturday night is to be the host
organization at the No. 1 USO
Center in Abilene for the enter-
tainment of hundreds of soldiers
in the medical center of Cam)):
Barkeley.
Citizens desiring to go do not I
have to be members of the Lions;
club, President Henry Marshall j
said, but every person who will is
urged to go. The Lions are to
furnish doughnuts and coffee to
tiie soldiers who visit the USO
center which is located at 1053
Fifth street, Abilene, which is
near the Hilton hotel.
Rotary Party a Success
Last Saturday night the Sweet-
water Rotary club sponsored a
FDR Says l i, S.
Soldiers to Go
Wherever Needed
“We will hit the enemy and hit
him wherever and whenever we
can," President Roosevelt Tues-
day morning told members of con-
gress meeting in joint session.
In the same speech, the presi-
dent revealed plans for a gigan-
tic "all-out” production effort to'
win the victory. He also disclos- i
ed plans for "sending American!
forces to many points in the Far
When the Sweetwater Rotary Club Entertained Soldiers at USO Center " Abilenifln
Indicted in
2 Robberies
water notary ciud sponsored a ,T , ................
party for the men in service, and on c11 the oceans, and taking
more than 50 citizens from here!!,t!* _lonsLm the British Isles,
attended. Under the supervision] Ml’ Roosevelt said that every
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Roberts, f"0* wouki bc made to Protec‘
Mrs. Earl Bunkley and others, H40;,h'-S hemisphere and the bases out-
j____ i----------1„ ____I side the hemisphere which were
vital to the safety of the Amer-
icas.
He called on American industry
to fill one of the biggest arma-
dozen homemade cookies were
supplied by Sweetwater women.
Coffee was furnished, and hun-
dreds of the men from the medical
center at Camp Barkeley were
present for the refreshments, j ment orders in worid history,
ping-pong, checkers, bridge and ^hlch '.ncluded Plan* *°r 60,000
other games, and for dancing.
With Milo K. Roth, BCD secre-
tary-manager, and Miss Gerry
Fitzgerald of Sweetwater, fur-
nishing the piano accompani-
ments, soldiers and visitors en-
gaged in a spirited sing-song, led
by Capt. Horace L. Thomas, direc-
(See NO. 6, Page 4)
1942 Crop Loans
Now Available
planes this year, 125,000 next; j
45.00 tanks this year, 75,000 next; \
20.000 anti-aircraft guns this
year, 35,000 next; 8,000,000 tons!
shipping this year, and 10,000,000 j
tons next year.
President Roosevelt praised the 1
heroic defense efforts of the men !
at Guam, Wake, Philippine and j
other islands in the Pacific which
the Japanese have struck.
In one of the “fightingest”
speeches the president has ever j
made, he said “the stars and
stripes will again fly over Wake,
and Guam.”
Loans for the production of
1942 crops arc now available to
farmer in Nolan and Fisher coun-1
ties and applications for these,
loans are now being received at
Sweetwater crop loan office, ac- ]
cording to Ed F. Jay field super- j
visor for the emergency crop loan
section of the farm credit admin- ]
istration.
The loans are being made avail-
able somewhat earlier this season
to meet the emergency caused by
short crops in certain areas and
to permit early preparation of!
the land.
These loans will be made, as in
the past, only to farmers whose
cash requirements are small and
who cannot obtain loans from
other sources. As in former years,
the money loaned will be limited
to the applicant's necessary cash
needs in preparing the land
planting and cultivating his 1942
crops. Borrowers are required to
give as security a first lien on the
crops financed.
This agency is lending full co-
vital food for defense program
by financing 'the planting and
production of marketable food
crops, including vegetables, pea-
nuts, citrus fruits and melons.
Half Day Inc ome
Would Raise Red
Cross War Chest
If every working man and wo-
man in Nolan county donated
half of one day's wages to the
Red Cross the $4,000 quota could
be reached, was the proposed mo-
tion passed a* ‘ne meeting of the
Nolan county Red Cross chapter
Saturday afternoon.
In the discussion, it was brought
out that no one would be forced
to contribute in this manner, but
the chapter is recommending and
asking that the people of the
county use this as a basic criterian
for figuring the amount of their
donations.
Those who have given a dona-
tion will be asked to pay the bal-
ance of their average 1 day's pay.
The farmer will take his average
from last year’s income while
others will base their’s on one
month or one week.
Dr. Albert Brann was elected as
(See NO. 5, Back Paget
Terracing Made a Part of
Soil Conservation Service
She Helps Fight Cowardly Japs
Terracing has been placed in
i the category of a soil conservation
service under the 1942 AAA pro-
gram, according to J. B. Cooper,
Roscoe, chairman of the Nolan
county ACA committee.
This new service, he explained,
means that farmers interested in
having terraces constructed in
1942 may secure up to 70 per cent
of their 1942 agricultural con-
servation payment and receive
their checks within approximately
30 days after terraces are com-
pleted, instead of having to wait
until all soil conservation prac-
tices have been checked.
Mr. Cooper pointed out that the
construction of terraces must be
done on contract and that no
farmer may contract his own ter-
racing job. Further, he pointed
out, it is not necessary for a farm- j
er to terrace all of his cultivated j
land in order to take advantage
of the program. In fact, it is ad-
vised that he spread his terracing
program out so that he will not
invest too much money in any one
season in terracing, but what
money is used in the program
will result in the construction Of ]
permanent, adequate terraces.
Any person is eligible to con-
tract terracing except AAA com-!
mitteemen, or employes of the
AAA.
Mr. Cooper said that the com-
mittee had decided that 70 cents
a hundred linear feet had been
set as a fair, basic' price for build-
ing of terraces, including all
“fills," on an “easy” farm.
Guide lines are required to be
run by the county agent, or by a
qualified agent of the soil and
water conservation service, or by
(See NO 4, Back Page>
‘Community’ Cooperation to Be
Necessary, Grand Jurors Are Told
Club President
Negro’s Death
Attributed to
Severe Cold
! Since the United States is at
| war, the minds of citizens are
I naturally perturbed and uneasy;
i people are a little nervous and
i uncertain; their plans have been
| upset or altered, Judge A. S.
■ Mauzey told members of the
grand jury Monday morning as
j he swore them in for work during
the January term of 32d district i fioorV'the “living “room in
court.
Severe winter weather during
the week was blamed indirectly
for the death of a negro youth in
Sweetwater, resulted in the loss
of some livestock in the county,
caused considerable minor dam-
age to water pipes, automobile
and truck radiators, and any
inconvenience to a number of
persons.
Cal Jones, 21 or 22, a Groesbeck
negro, was iound dead on the
the
RIGDON EDWARDS
elected president of
Sweeiwater luncheon
Thursday noon.
the
club
Edwards Heads
Sweeiwater Club
servants’ quarters at the Henry
Ne\ ei theless, he pointed out, Rogers home on Josephine street
; citizens owe certain obligations to about mjdafternoon Wednesday,
their country which they must Youth Asphyxiated
meet. As members of the grand Peace Justice S H. Shook, who
I jury, he said, they necessarily will conducted an inquest, rendered a
have to neglect some of their verdict of “death caused bv
I duties to their business, whether I asphyxiation." Mr. Rogers dis-
1,*■ _/a! m‘n®' ranching, or mer- covered the youth lying on the
chandising. 1 floor in front of an open gas
He told the jurors that it was heater burning full blast. There
the duty of every American citi- j were no open doors, windows or
zen to keep at the task in which other ventilation in the small
they are now engaged. Those now-
engaged in farming must keep the
plow going, merchants must keep
their stores open, business must
j go on, no matter how- adverse the
; conditions may become, said Judge
Mauzey.
Closer Unity
He further reminded them that
; citizens will be forced to practice
| closer cooperation in their activi-
: ties than ever before.
“Many of you gentlemen live in
the same community, or adjoining
communities. It would be con-
Among the ten indictments re-
turned Wednesday afternoon by
the grand jury against seven de-
fendants were two bills against
Grover Lee Robertson of Abilene.
Robertson was indicted on two
counts of robbery, the outgrowth
of two hijackings occurring here
j on the night of Dec. 20, in which
j Iwo Sweetwater taxicab drivers
| were relieved of their money and
cabs and left afoot on the Lake
Sweetwater road.
Benny F. Loyd, a private from
} Camp Barkeley, Abilene, who was
I arrested with Robertson in Abi-
I lene a few hours after the two
Sweetwater robberies, was “no
billed.” He was returned to
j Camp Barkeley Wednesday after-
noon by the captain of his former
| company. Loyd had spent thp
.time following his arresiGo.,, _,Di-
( lene officers in the Nolan county
I jail.
Robertson also faces robbery
charges in Taylor county, the re-
sult of a number of taxicab hi-
jackings in which he is suspected.
Assault to Murder
Milton Marshall, 25, a Sweet-
water man was indicted on two
counts of assautl with intent to
murder. One bill of indictment
states that he made an attack on
James Hickey, a Camp Bowie
soldier, with a deadly weapon, a
32 calibre pistol, in a downtown
Sweetwater cafe on the night of
i Dec. 13. In the other indictment,
: he is alleged to have made an at-
n M ldr« 1 Ratliff, Hickey's
companion, with .he same .32
\ calibre pistol.
Hickey, who was home on
weekend leave from Camp Bowie,
was wounded in the jaw and
hand. The woman was wounded
in the shoulder. Neither was
seriously wounded. IIichc y/as
taken to the infirmary at Car ip
| Barkeley for treatment. He was
I a member of Company E, U. S.
National guard, from Sweetwater
to Camp Bowie. Mrs. Ratliff is a
native of Sweetwater.
Negro Woman Indicted
Golden Winn, a negro woman,
was indicted on a charge of mur-
dering Willie Hicks, a Sweetwa-
ter negro, who was stabbed to
death in a daylight attack be-
tween the ‘flats and uptown
Sweetwater. Another negro wo-
man was the only witness to the
attack in which the negro man’s
juglar vein was severed and he
bled to death before aid could
reach him.
A. G. Patterson was indicted on
three charges of forgery. Edward
Ray Prince and J. A. Bohreer
were jointly indicted on a charge
of forgery and passing, and V. V.
Noellsch was indicted on a charge
of forgery and passing.
room.
Rogers thought something
was wrong, but did not disturb
(See No. 1, Back Page)
Physicians Form
Hospital Staff
Virginia Howell, look closely ror she is the girl at the left, is
doing her bit to help whip the cowardly Japs. A junior in Sweet-
water high, she has purchased $1,000 wortth of U. S. defense
bonds. The $1,000 was left her by an uncle, who specified in his
will that it be invested and she said she could think of no wiser
investment than in defense bonds. At the end of 10 years she will
have $1,400 instead of $1,000.
Scouts Collecting
Waste Paper, Boxes
Boy Scout troops of Sweetwa-
ter are collecting waste paper and
boxes which waste is to be direct-
ed into the proper channels in the
nation's defense program.
One of the most active troops in
the collection is No. 47, members
of which have built a pen on the
courthouse square. Broadway at
Oak. Persons who contribute
paper are asked to either pack it
in cardboard boxes, or tie it
securely. Some paper has been
tossed into the pen loose and the
wind has blown it out into the
street and the boys have had to
gather it up.
Anyone having waste paper is
asked to place it in the pen, or
notify Scouts who will come and
i pick it up.
every day to attend sessions of
Rigdon Edwards, youthful fhe jury. One of you could pro-
Ynanagor of a wholesale gasoline ^Cy„.ll.a,n^°i da>’> _ °pe
and oil station. Thursday was
Members of the medical pro-
fession met in special session at
the hospital this week for the pur-
venient for one of you to provide P°se of the reorganization of an
transportation for two or three active staff.
others so that all of you will not The following were present:
have to operate your automobile Drs. V. Dowling, Sam Loeb. R.
elected president of the Sweet-
] water luncheon club oldest civic
| organization in the city. He suc-
ceeds Luther M. Watson, publi-
sher of The Nolan County News.
Roy Mathews, furniture deal-
I er, was named first vice presi-
dent and James E. Ferguson, chain
j store manager, was elected sec-
ond vice president.
O. Peters, W. F. P'Pool. J. K.
Richardson, and C. A. Rose-
brough, and Luther M. Watson,
chairman of the hospital board.
Watson was asked to act as
temporary chairman until officers
were elected.
Dr. R. R. Allen was elected
of the staff, and Dr
Rosebrough was elected vice-
chairman and secretary. Both
were elected by unanimous vote.
After discussions as to the by-
laws of the organizations. Vice-
Chairman Rosebrough appointed
Tyler Romine from Caddo Mills ike following committee on by-
laws: Drs. Loeb. Dowling and A.
H. Fortner.
Thursday evenings. 7:30 o’clock,
prior to the regular meeting of
the next and so on. It might be
well for us to begin practicing
this Cooperation now, for we are
going to have to do it later, and
now is a good time to start.”
The court also called attention chairman
(See NO. 2, Back Page)
Blackwell Has New
School Principal
Bonds Sales Boom
In Nolan County
Sales of defense bonds and
stamps sky-rocketed for Decem-
ber in Nolan county, as well as
in every other county in the na-
tion.
Total sales reached the high
of $125,628.25 for Nolan county
alone, with most of them being
sold within the first fifteen days
after the declaration of war on
Japan. This record is one to be
kept up.
Series E bonds reached $102,-
•■>43.25. including the limited pur-
chase oi $5,000.00 worth by sever-
al individuals for the year of 1941.
There were so many calls for the
smaller bonds that it was impos-
sible to supply the demand by
Jan. 15 the supply is expected to
be inexhaustable.
Series F bonds sold a total of
$1,900.00 and series G bonds
reached $18,100.00.
Nolan county has done a good
job so far.' said Grover Swaim,
county chairman, “but we can-
not let up now."
Members of the boani of direc- has recently been added to the
tors elected were T. P. Johnson, Biackweij school faculty as prin-
A. G. Lee, and Dr. E. B. Poo . cipal. teacher of commercial work
District Attorney Truett Bar- and football coach. He filled the
ber of Colorado City was guest vacancy left by Arnold Richards the hospital board, was set as the
speaker He gave a forceful talk who took a position in Levelland. regular meeting date. It was re-
on law enforcement," in which Richards was assistant athletic quested that t' e business office of
he pointed out that it was a much coach in the high school. He had the hospital call each member on
the duty of the average citizen as keen at Blackwell for several the staff on the day preceeding
(See NO. 3, Back Page) I years. the meeting.
School Men Leave
For State Meeting
Superintendent of Sweetwater
schools. R. S. Covey: I. R. Huch-
ingson. superintendent of Roscoe
schools; Ed F. Neinast. Nolan
county superintendent; W. B.
Jones of the Roby schools; and
Nick Gillett of Hobbs, left Wed-
nesday at noon to attend the state
annual conference of school execu-
tives and teachers trainers to be
held in Austin Jan. 8, 9 and 10.
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Cooke, Robert W. The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1942, newspaper, January 8, 1942; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth561011/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.