Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 290, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 10, 1950 Page: 6 of 32
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■Hater, Tern, Sunday, December 10,1950
■HmM Involved In Wor
PM A-Bomb, Writer Asserts
I Mr Iran TT‘—• I an A-bomb than to
Writer
at church organiia-
taybe it
that mayo
right for us to use
i bomb if it is dropped
f.
rides first
_ statement unquestion-
t represents a decision taken
e prolonged soul-searching
leading churchmen. But un-
tely it falls into the stan-
mlsconception that the
1c bomb involves a great
issue.
ly does not. Except for
killing effects of radiation,
wmu A-bomb differs from other
heaths chiefly in the magnitude
of its Impact. The ways in which
tt kills are the ways all 1 tombs
hill. It simply strikes down
■any more people at one time.
It is no more immoral to use
Senatorial District
for Valley Urged
McALLEN (UP)- A Hidalgo
county attorney thinks south
Texas counties should be re-
grouped into new' state senatori-
al districts recognizing communi-
ties of interest.
Charles E. Thompson, vice-
ehairman of the Hidalgo coun-
ty bar association, said in a pub-
lic letter that Hidalgo and
a 1950
would
Cameron counties, with
population of 28-4.828,
make one district.
Another, he said, might bo
fashioned from Corpus Christi
and the counties of Willacy,
Brooks, Kenedy, Kleberg and
Jim Wells.
The third district would be
made remaining counties in the
present 29th district — Webb,
Zapata, Starr, .lint Hogg, Duval,
Dimmit, La Salle, Frio Zavala
and McMullen. Duval, Webb and
Zapata generally vote in lop-sid-
ed majorities.
use a pistol
if the weapon is employed in
pursuit of aggressive alms.
That’s the point: the real moral
offense is aggression, for it is
this crime which lets down the
bars to violence.
Once we are in a war, it must
be left to the discretion of our
high command what weapons we
use and when. That must be so
whether we are fighting the
Russians or the Chinese or any-
body. There can be no rule that
we are free to use the A-Bomb
against one enemy but not
against another. Nor should we
have to get anyone’s permission
to use it.
And we certainly should not
have to wait until the enemy em-
ploys it, for by that time it might
weil be too late for us to drop it
with the most telling effect.
Suppose for argument's sake
that we should become embroil-
ed in a full-scale war with Red
China. Our leaders should not
yield to frantjc calls that the
A-bomb bo promptly dumped on
major Chinese cities. On the
other hand, neither should they
be deterred from using the wea-
pon by heartfelt cries that it isl
“inhuman.” So is a bullet.
Their decision should be made
on the basis of the military re-
alities they then confront. The
A-bomb is costly. We don’t have
an unlimited store. Is the ad-
vantage to be gained through
dropping it sufficient to offset
these factors?
Can the same result be achiev-
ed more efficiently by other
means? Or is the disposition of
enemy resources such that the
A-bomb’s terrific concentration
of force be applied effectively?
These are the types of ques-
tions military men would ask
themselves in any big war. A fin-
al decision likely would have to
be made by the President as com-
mander-in-chief. But the ingre-
dients of that decision should be
military—not moral.
Food Print tt»
MIM Vet Up To
July 1941 Level
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
By Charles Dickens
National Farm
Bureau Meets
DALLAS. Dec. 9 (UP) —
The American Farm Bureau
Federation opens its 32nd an-
nual contention here tomorrow,
expected to draw up to 7.000 de-
legates from over the nation.
An impressive speaker roster
was readied for the convention.
H. Averill Harriman, former am-
bassador to Moscow and now-
special assistant to President
Truman, and Henry Ford II
automotive magnet, were among
those due to appear.
Senators Inquire
Into Shortage Of
Wool For Military
WASHINGTON, (CP) — Sen-
i ate prepardness investigators re-
I ported the country lacks the
: wool to put warm uniforms on
| the backs of its fighting men
and has none in a stockpile to
j meet the demands of war.
They put the blame for the
I shortage in wool and list of
I other defense - essential agri-
cultural products on the muni-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UP)
—Retail food prices increased a
full two per cent in the last two
weeks of November, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics estimated to-
day.
The increase—from Nov. 18 to
Nov. 28-made a total jump of
2.7 per cent for the month.
The bureau blamed most of
the rise on seasonal price in-
creases for fresh fruits and veg-
etables. which still were 7.4 per
cent less than on June 15. But
the cost of all foods rose except
for coffee, cereals and hakery
products.
A special survey of 50 foods
in seven cities showed the retail
food price index on Nov. 28
stood at 21.3.7 per cent of the
1935-39 average. That meant a
rise of 4.3 per cent since June
15. before the Korean war.
The index, however, still was
under the record 216.8 set in
July. 1948.
Fruit and vegetable prices
rose 7.3 per cent in the two
week period, led by an 8.9 per
cent increase for fresh produce.
Green beans snapped upward 28
per cent, lettuce 21 per cent, car-
rots 17 per cent and cabbage 11
per cent.
Eggs rose 6.8 per cent, fats
and oils 1.6 per cent, and frac-
tional hikes were reported for
meats, poultry, fish, dairy pro-
ducts and sugar.
Eggs rose 6.8 per cent, fats
and oils 1.6 per cent, and frac-
tional hikes were reported for
meats, poultry, fish, dairy pro-
ducts and sugar.
Chickens and all pork items
were cheaper, and coffee prices
fell six-tenths of one per cent.
The rise in fresh fruits and
vegetables meant they were
catching up with the trend of
other items since the Korean
war began. Since June 15 eggs
have increased 45.6 per cent,
coffee 11.8 per cent, fats and oils
11 per cent and dairy products
10.3 per cent.
Wholesale Price
On Eggs Spiral
To 30“Year High
CHICAGO, Dec. 9 (UP) —
Wholesale egg prices stood at a
cultural products on ine mum-1 30-year high on the Chicago mar-
tion-- hoard which, they *a|'h [ ket today, and retail prices spir-
“clearly and miserably failed nsl;i|e(] UpW;mj to keep pace with
responsibility. them.
the report was the third by Wholesale prices c.t New York
an armed sevices preparedness j snarocj r; cents a dozen yester-
sub - committee headed by Sen. | ,|av an([ g ccn(s a dozen at Phila-
Lyndon I). Johnson. D„ l ex.! (;ejphia.
previous reports lambasted The skyrocketing prices cre-
the munitions board for lagging : aIe,j a (Tjsi, aI an three big ex-
in the 34,000,000,OCX) program ot changes. The board of governors
stockpiling strategic materials 10f the Chicago mercantile ex-
to meet an emergency. | change called an emergency
Johnson said sharply “there ! mpptinl
is no real excuse” for the wool
SHEAFFERS
SENTINEL* ENSEMBIE
shortage, which the subcommit-
tee classed as far worse than
shortages of other vital commo-
dities such as cotton, turpentine
and other naval stores and al-
cohol.
“Obviously, we tire badly in
need of more courage and more
initiative in some high places,”
Johnson said.
Gleaming beauty, perfect performance!
Pen, $15.00; Pencil, $5.00
Complete in gift case, $20.00
and
have a good complete
representative stock of
any Sheaffer |>ens you may
want or need.
See our desk sets for a niee
gift for the boss.
HEATH BELAYS WEDDING
STANFORD. Dec. 9 (UP) —
Death positioned a scheduled
church wedding tonight of W.
R West Jr. and Eddie Fay Arn-
old.
The prospective groom’s fa-
ther. W. R. West, ti'l, suffered
a heart attack earlier in the
day and died.
Jarvis Office Supply
311 Oak
Dial 3247
FIXE KILLS EIGHT
1 CHICAGO. Dec. 9 (UP) — A
i flash fire swept through a five-
story roominghou.se in the Ne-
gro district today, killing at
' least eight persons.
Deputy Coroner Jack Prydylin-
ski -aid he expected more bodies
i to tie found as firemen searched
! the ruins of the building, a land-
! mark in the once-fashionable
near South Side.
S 0 S - By JARVIS OFFICE SUPPLY
.Has
•Selling Office Supplies
JjU'iU’A
“But officer Miss Fitts just can’t wait until we get
back to the office to use the new typewriter we just
bought from Jarvis Office Supply.’’
It’s it’s a typewriter you want we have it. We have a com-
plete Selection of Portable or Standard Models.
Call ,Us For All of Your Office Needs and Those School
Supplies. Our Number Is 8247
meeting Monday to discuss steps
to meet the trend.
The Philadelphia produce ex-
change proposed in telegrams
that all three markets suspend
trading.
Housewives, however, were
more interested in the price
trend at their grocery counters.
In Chicago, retail sources re-
ported recent price hikes rang-
ing from 11 to K! cents a dozen.
Bureau of labor statistics
figures showed that retail egg
prices have increased 45.6 per
cent since the outbreak of Die
Korean war.
Wholesale egg traders attribut-
ed the trend to a nationwide egg
shortage in the face of abnor-
mally heavy military and civili-
an demand. They said the short-
age was due in part to hot
weather in October which caused
many pullets to stop laying.
Another factor, they said, was
the big November storm which
tied up shipments and disrupted
normal marketing. The near-
blizzards this week aggravated
the situation, with trucks in
many areas snowbound while
trying to deliver eggs to mar-
kets.
Housewives had hoped for
bargain eggs this month in view
of the department of agricul-
ture’s announcement Nov. 22
that it would discontinue the
federal price supports for 1951.
The announcement had been ex-
pected to drive December prices
down.
Instead, wholesale prices of
December eggs at Chicago had
soared to 57'" cents a dozen at
Chicago, as high as 80 cents a
dozen at New York and 83 cents
a dozen at Philadelphia.
Friendly Leaflets
Dropped Chinese
TOKYO.. Dec. 9 (CP) — Al-
lied planes in North Korea are
dropping leaflets reminding Red
china’s troops of traditional
Chinese - \inerican friendship.
"But an end to the senseless
t war.” the leaflet; sa. . "UN for-
ii : guarantee you humane treat-
ment, good food, warm shelter
I and medical care."
Art work on one side of the
i leaflets shows Chinese prisoners
j wearing new combat boots and
! smoking cigarettes.
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On Christmas Ere, tight-fisted Ebenezer Scrooge sat huddled be-
fore his hearth, when he heard a strange sound—the rattle of chains!
There stood the ghost ot his dead partner, Jacob Marley, wrapped in
the chains of his worldly selfishness. He told Scrooge that those who
do not shore their happiness on earth must, after death, wander the
world in chains.
COM. IHO BY
rt* SERVICE me.
Marley told Scrooge thot the true business of every man
is to practice charity, mercy, forbearance and benevo-
lence.
Scrooge osked Marley's ghost if there was any way he could
avoid the some fate as Morley. Tlje ghost replied thot
Scrooge had one chance—a slim one.
“You will be haunted,” said Jacob Money's ghost, "by Three
Spirits!" "I think I'd rather not," quavered Scrooge.
And with that, Marley was gone, leav-
ing a badly shaken Scrooge behind
him.
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No sooner hod the Ghosr of Christmas Past taken
Scrooge by the ha*»»i than they were in a small village.
“Good Heaven!" said Scrooge. “I was bred in this
place’ I was a boy here!"
^ NLA SERVICE.
The Ghost then showed Scrooge him*
selt when he was an apprentice to
kindly old Mr. Fczziwig. How old
Fezziwig loved Christmas parties!
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Young Scrooge used to have the mne of his life at Old Fezzi-
wig's Christmas parties. No one was jollier than Scrooge,
none donced more with Fezziwig's six pretty daughters.
hnd never was there such music as used
to cornu from Fezziwig’s well fueled
fiddler!
High point of the evening was when the fiddle struck up "Sir Roger de
Coverley" and Mr. Fczziwig took the floor with Mrs. Fczziwig.
J
i WHAT NEXT?
TERRELL, Tox.. Dec. 9 (UP)
j Thieves broke into an ice cream
plant and stoic $903. Then, per-
haps with an eye to the future,
j they went to city hall an dstole
I all the locks off jail doors.
Whisking him away from the Fezziwigs', the Ghost
took Scrooge back to the scene of his broken en-
gagement. His fiancee rejected him because an-
other idol had replaced her---a golden one.
And then, Scrooge saw wlmt
might have been.
With that, the Ghost of Christmas Past de-
posited Scrooge in his bed, ut terly exhausted,
and disappeared.
But it seemed only seconds until Scrooge was awak-
ened by weird sounds from the next loom.
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