Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 27, 1945 Page: 3 of 6
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Tuwdoy, March 17,1945
•20 Women Present
For Methodist
#WSCS Program
Mj\s. Sum Cress was program
leader for Circle 2 Monday after-
noon at the bus.ness meeting of
the First Methodist church Wo-
men’s Society of Christian Ser-
vice. Twenty attended.
“Burmese Nurses" was topic
for the afternoon program. Mrs.
Stewart played as a piano selec-
tion “Song of the Bayou.”
£ Mrs. C. K. Griggs led the busi-
ness period. Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Lee announced the new study
course for April Hi as being
“West of the Dateline,” an en-
lighting course on' modes, relig-
and habitats of the people
™ho live In the Orient.
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Oliver Divorce
Temporarily Stalled
q LONDON — (I'Pi — Divorce
proceedings against the daugh-
ter of Prime Minister Churchill
are temporarily stalled.
The suit against WAAF sec-
tion leader Sarah Spencer Oliver
^-brought by British radio star
Wic Oliver on charges of deser-
tion — was adjourned after a
hearing today. The London
Judge say proof of the marriage
—which took place in New York
*-nuist be furnished by an Ain-
“lean attorney
Churchill's daughter is not
contesting the divorce.
Sweetwater Reporter, Sweetwater, Texas
t&VM,
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BERLIN
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Gestapo Hq.
) British Embassy
) French Embassy
yOthcr Embassies
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PSwedish Newspopcr Building
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Sport Polost
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Hawnheide
Recent Markup OPA
Freeze Has Teeth
The new retail regulation, No.
580, issued by OPA, freezing per-
centage markups on certain
wearing apparel and household
commodities are causing much
concern locally, the Nolan War
Price anti Rationing Board cites.
Tlie freeze includes men’s boy’s,
women’s, girl's wearing apparel,
infants wear and shoes of all
kinds.
Household textiles Include lied
linens, blankets, quilts, towels,
table linens, curtains, yard goods
and drapery materials. All finish-
ed household furniture, child-
ren’s furniture, metal bedroom
suits, mattresses, rugs, maps and
shades come under the new OPA
order
Charts have been prepared for
all sales over $25. These give
percentage markup for net costs
of articles and they will be used
exclusively in figuring costs.
Retail merchants have until ■
I April 20 to get their charts in
| the district OPA office for ap-:
I proval of their prices and pricing i
| methods. None of the above mer
! ehondise may is sold after May
1 I if the charts have not been ap-1
[ proved, Marshall Pior, chairman
of the local OPA office, stated.
65)
Mrs. P'Pool Hosts
Christian Circle
Circle two ot the First Christ-
ian church met Monday after-
noon at tlie church for a busi-
ness session and study Mrs. W.
I- .P'l’ool was hostess to the
group.
Mrs Hugh Warner opened the
IISTIN THRICE WEEKLY OVER
f MT.tTIO* KXOX
"outlay
Wednesday
Friday
/Tthink I know1
. > this place,
Marj-but let
me guess!
h.
“THIS IS tthere they have
*iieh big Furniture values —
Elrod Fm nil lire. Take off
I III- blindfold and we'll piek
out some chairs and tables.
We’re -lire of getting top val-
ue toe iiiii- money . , , and we
can easily allord bele low
prices!"
Elrod's
MILK does an extra job in the
kitchen for EASTER
t {oodles
\\ lien baking Faster
for Hie family lie suit to usi*
milk pleniitiilly In your rook-
ing to supply those Important
vitamins and raineral* essen-
tial to good health. Serve milk
with every meal loo.
WAN
Good Clean Cotton
* RAGS
•No Soxs or Woolens
. REPORTER
1 meeting with prayer. Mrs. Fan
n.v Kldcr presided during the Ini
[ siuess discussion when memb-
er voted to send eggs to the
.liilictic Fowler home in Dallas
1 the second week in April. Seven
members answered roll call.
| Mrs. Warner taught tile mission
I ary lesson which was a review
of'the "World Cull."
Present were those mentioned I
and Mines. Charles Deen, Hom-
er Bradford, (,'harle- Paxton and
T. II. Knapp.
Mrs. John Hubbard will en-
tertain circle one and two next
Monday when they meet joint-
ly at her home. ."><)7 Hast Fourth
Street, for a Missionary lesson.,
Co-hostesses will be Mines. W F. \
P'Pool and Fred Williams
* » *
Mrs. Gilkerson
Speaks To Club
"In Order to have a strong
nervous system it is neees-ary
to spend part of our time in
| sound sleep.” slated Mrs. Klsie ,
! Gilkerson, county home demon- j
jstr.itIon agent, to members of
I the Blackwell club tit a recent |
I meeting of the group.
The agent demonstrated a
I well equipped standardized bed,
I emphasizing light weight warm
covers. Mrs. Gilkerson recnm-l
mended covers made of animal |
| fibers since they tire better con-
! duclors of heat than plant fibers.
Second part of the program
' was given by Mrs. It. IJ. Reeves 1
on “Amending the Constitution". I
She imlnti-d out the two ways in [
I which the constitution may be,
amended.
I’m- ent for the- na i ling
I were Mini s R |- Ragsdale, li |
H. Reeves. Ernc-I Ware, Floyd j
Craig, Lou Smith. Mollie Lack-1
ey, Arnold Richard. Charles [
! Rag.-dalc. (! \ Carlisle. Lu Ald-
erman. Austin Jordan, and Elsie;
| Gilkerson.
Melhodisl WSCS
Meets Monday
Twenty-five members of the i
Women's Society "f Clirir tlan |
j Servlei of the Highland II eights!
Methodist church met ynr tenlay
j at the home of Mr- Lee Adams.
1 president, for a lunch on and
I business session.
Opening prayer wa , given by I
| Mr- I K Shcwbcrt Mr- \dams
[ presided when qua- t«*rly report
j were hoard. Histo .-y of the song
’’(> Jesus Thou Art Standing"
was given by ’,,|rs. Shewlicrt.
j Mr C. W Ta» ter lirouglit the
- Faster devotir ,nal and also do--
jed the moeti'.ig with prayer,
j Present w ere those mentioned
|and Mines. \y \ Haueum. Lloyd
i Rogers. P |< Goiter, Ira Moore,
i V. W. I.e'ode, Roll Barnwell. F E
Jones, ',bid Brown, C. C. Robin-
I (in. W o Miller. Don Hampton,
E. K. Alexander, O. L. Dodson,
jo. If. Cook. M. C. Slater. George
Outlaw. .1. W. Bibb, Bland Hope.
It L. Curr, Knnis llartgraves, Joe
j Courtney and W. P. Brook
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Mrs. Cole Comes
Home For Duration
Mrs mil Cole, the former Eva
! Mae Johnson, has returnorl in
Sweetwater for the duration,
j while her husband, S. Sgt. Cole.
; serves overseas. Site is living
j with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
10 II. Johnson, 505 Fast Broad
way.
Sgt. Cole, former insurance
agent, was stationed In Califor-
nia Itofore going to Camp Lee.
! Vtp, and later to India Town
Gap. a military reservation near
Harrisburg. From there lie went
to the onrt of embarkation. He L
now in Fngland.
The Johnsons, who wore
ranching until recently, leased
their nlace to Walter Trrmmell
and Pat Trammell, returning
hero to their home my Fa t
Broadway. ^
Defeated Napoleon
4u*nrr In Prt% Ion* l*u/<tlr
HORIZONTAL 59 Afternoon
1 Pictured social events
first Duke of CO Southern
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Wellington,
Sir Arthur
con- tellation
VERTICAL
1 He defeated
Napoleon at
t> Prevaricator
7:East (Fr.)
8 12 months
9 Ocean vessel
13 Morindin dye
14 Departure*
15 Ocean
movement
16 Scatter
18 Lariat .
19 Russian city
20 At ail times
?2 Water reserve 9 Cooking
(»b.) apparatus
23 Disc lose., 10 Employ
25 Hindu quoen II Notion
27 Compass paint 12 Roll of
28 Lieutenant parchment
(ab) 17 Lair
29 Kalf-em
3if Cotangent
• (ab.)
33 Over (contr.)
35 Laughter
exclamation',
36 Poem
37 Heart (Egyj it)
39 Reprinting
fab.)
10 Transpose (: ib.)
41 Inner court- •
yard
<3 Looked fixe dly
47 Decigram
49 Invalid
50 Irelond 1 r
51 Angry
54 Beverage'
55 God of war
56 Majestic
48 Daybrr.e’k
(comb, form)
2 Raised
3 Lord (ab.)
4 Ever (contr.) 24 Ensnare
5. Merganser 26 Completely
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21 Scottish,
s-hecpfold
ADOLF
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30 Symbol for
calcium
31 Thrilling
drama
32 He was the
nemesis of
34 Music note
.18 Prohibit
40 Lock of hair
42 Philippine
tree (var.)
43 Chair
44 Weary
45 Scope
46 Disk
47 Native of
Lapland
48 Roman road
52 Congo Bantu
(var.)
53 Silkworm
57 British Co-
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OWI Releases Show
4 War Casualties
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Office of War Information, in
a release this week listed the1
following names from Sweetwa-
ter and vicinity:
James W. Barkley, sergeant.
■ in of Joseph A Barkley, route I should
A Sweetwater, dead, in the Fur- ^ 1'
o|«an regions.
Norvill N Rvar . pf< ■ 11 "i
Mrs. Margie Byars, general de-
I livery, Knseoc.
Pvt. John J. Moore, brother of
j Ruby Teague, of Sweetwater.
; dead in the European Theater.
John I Wright, vigcant. mi
Inf Mrs. Effie <’. Wright, route 1.
Sweetwater, wminded iu the
I Paelflc.
M-4 Tank Has New
Champion In Gen.
George Patton
WASHINGTON (I Pi - The
j
I America1 M-4 tank — which
i lias been kicked in the turret
quite a b*l lately — has a new
j champion.
And no tank could have found
a better one than did the M-l. He i
is Lieutenant General George
I Patton, Jr., commander of the
Third Army.
Patton ought to know about
those B-l They rolled across
- France with him, then to the
I Rhine, and now are heading to-
; ward Berlin.
He aired his views on the M
I in a letter to Lieutenant Gen-
eral Thomas Handy — deputy I
II hief of staff.
Patton -ays that the men who
have criticized the M l are mi-
j guided.
lie point* mu llial Third
Ann)' lanks have is died up
a score of a limn two to one
over German tanks.
Patton admits that if a Tiger
tank with an enormous thick-
ness of armor were put at one
I end of a village street and en-
I gaged in a duel with an M l tank
I at the other end, the M-4 would
be knocked out.
However, t in- armored men
j don't aim to let that hapiien Pat-
1 ton says the fact that the M-l
1 is -■> easily maneuvered lets it
circumvent the slow and un-;
wieldy Tigers. Thus, says Pat-
ton, the M-t’s don’t have to en-
gage in a slugging match hut can
j attack from the rear.
The rialm Ihut the M-l
tank does not compare f.tv-
or.ihl) with the German Pan-
ther and Tiger lank' ha*
really gotten up Patton’s
lighting hlood.
lie says the German lank are
so heavy and their road life sn j
short that the Germans use
them as gun* and not as tank-
Paitun says that if the arm red
divisions of hi - Third -Army id
been equipped with Tiger tank
the road lossc* would have t-n
much heavier — all of which
dlence some of the mf.
USO Is Decorated
In Easter Colors
Sweetwater Sweethearts and
their sponsor, Mrs. W. B. Wetsel,
a group of hostesses and service-
men decorated the I SO club-
rooms Monday evening in gay
Easter dress
The ceilings were draped with !
pastel color- and a refreshment
table will be centered with a
huge 1 ti*ket of colored Faster
eggs for the Saturday night I
dance. Music will Is- provided hy 1
the Avenger Five.
Wednesday night a bingo par- [
tv will take place with prize-
given. Mrs G. D. Flesber and
Mrs K. M. Gamp are in charge
McCloskey Vets On
New WBAP Program
A new series of public ser-
vice broadcasts will lie heard ov-
er WBAP. Fort Worth, begin-
ning on April 1st, 5:15 to 5:30 p.
m , in cooperation with
t • . Y'l.
To ease the food crisis, War
Food Administrator Marvin
Jones, above, would suspend
shipments of meats and other
foods to Great Britain and lib-
era ted territories for a three-
month period beginning April 1.
He also suggests further restric-
tion of export for military needs
to help the homefront larder.
ATTEND DISTRICT COURT
District Judge A. S. Mauzey
and District Attorney (.'has. L.
Nunn were u) Colorado City
Monday holding court. The pre-
-ent term of Scurry county dis-
ulet court ha-- few cases on the
criminal docket, it opened last
! Monday.
direct
ors of McCloskey General Hos-
pital. Temple.
The series to is* known a* |
"McCloskey Speaks", has to do;
with the most important prob-i
I,.ms ever to confront Texans; J
the rehabilitation of wounded.
World War II veterans. The pro-
gram will ask Texans to help
these veterans "help themsel-
ves." It has the sanction of Ar-
my authorities.
si IT FILED
One suit, asking divorce, was
filed this week with Mr- Mrytle
Robertson, district clerk It Is
Nehra-ka Harris vs. Ireane Har-
ris.
WHEN CONSTIPATION make* you (tel
punk at the dickens, brings on stomach
upset, sour taste, gssty discomfort,
take D-. Caldwell's famous medicine
to quo k y pull the trigger on laty "in-
nards" tnd help you leel bright tnd
chipper s.rain.
DM CALDWELL'S is the wonderful Mo-
na laxative contained in good old Syrup
Hepon to make it so easy to take.
MANY DOCTORS use pepsin prepare-
ti.,i.s in prc-cnpnons to make the medi-
< ine mure palatable and agreeable lo
take .so be sure you: laAAtive n con-
tained in S)-rup Pepsin.
INSIST ON OK. CALDWELL'S-the fa-
vorite ot millions lor 50 years, tnd (eel
that wholesome rebel from constipa-
tion Even finicky children love it.
CAUTION: Use only It directed.
DR. CALDWELL’S
SENNA LAXATIVE
cosn -to - SYRUP PEPSIN
WANTED
First class mechanics and body and paint
men. We hove the best equipped shop in West
Texas. Working conditions excellent with
highest of pay Buick - Cadillac
MOTOR COMPANY
213 \V. Bdwjr.
NORRED
I77i. 1 Ol T \GK
IMTTSFOHD, Vt - H P'
it wa- In the Drake homc-tcad
a gray-green cottage still stand-
ing here, that the mother of
President Millard Fillmore wa-
born in Revolutionary War day
Dunlap Knows How
tt tt r know how to handlr woolen* *0 they retain their
“ Bully nllyerie** and Itivnrloii* nap—through th« mo»t
thoi'oiiKli dry cleaning. Wrap*, clothing. *wealers —
It it's woolen, ,'iitru*l It to our handling!
Dunlap Cleaners
1 1
MaJ. William H. .Arnold, above,
of St. Louis, MV, heads the
famed America) Di vision, which
recently seized Capi'l Island In
the Philippines. IslH controls
yeawuy between southiYrt tip of
Luzon and northern end of
Samar Island in the Phil typin'1-
POLITICAL ADV.
LOS ANGELES (UP) —
One of 11 men aspiring to lie
the mayor of l.o- Angeles—
I.eland Zemim — Is suing a
publishing company for
S300 not).
Zetli II claims that his cam
palgn has neon greatly In-
jured bv the la t two word
.in a story puhlshed by the
Rogers a n d Macl'lonuld
edilng of ncwspnRrr-.
1s t year, when ."/oman
wa an army Corporal, he
tv i'ed a hov from drown-
ing. The story was duly re-
f ..I '.ed, but It ended up will)
t.'ii hvo yvord- jHilltlcul
;w. ili-ement."
r'ciniin, an attorney, say 1
lie believes readers will
think he was trying to ex-
ploit Ills heroism
. 1 lit 11 iIiy<- Bi n
ATHOL. Mass — (UP) — A
guinea hen here displayed the
intuition for which member- of
1 her sex have Item famous When
its owner, ax in hand, entered
: (he coop the hen flew out. perch-
led in a tree (2) feet tmm the
j ground, and couldn’t lie coaxed
! down for days,
QUICK REUIF FOR
HEAD
COLD
MISERY
When mwlrili »tr
clogged, noMfwlKfuw,
niembmni'S kWollen,
reach lor cooling
Mentholiit um. S|»eil-
ilylt(l)M«lp»thinoiit
thick, utiibbemmueuiil
y2) Boot hen irrilateil
membranes; (.1 Help*
reduce twollen Pni-
"Ages; (4) Htiniuiflie*
local blend mpply,
right to "nick" area.
h!rcry breath hi ivg» vo-
ile// Jura, tube*, iOt.
MENTH0LATUM
HOLY WEEK SERVICES AT
HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH
Wednesday—7:30—Rosary and S tations of the Cross.
Holy Thursday—8:00—Mass and Exposition of the Blessed Sacra-
ment. The Blessed Sacrament will remain exposed in the Reposi-
tory for adoration during the whole day. 8 00 p m—Holy Hour.
Good Friday—7:30—Mass of the Presonctifed 8:00 P. M.—Reading
ot the Story of the Passion according to St. John Sermon, and
Stations of the Cross.
Holy Saturday—7:30—Kindling of the Mew Fire, blessing of the Bap-
tismal Font, singing of the Angelica, and Mass.
Easter Sunday—High Mass at 9:30.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 74, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 27, 1945, newspaper, March 27, 1945; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth710908/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.