The Smithville Times Transcript and Enterprise (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1956 Page: 2 of 8
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Texas Press As.-ociation
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appeals
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Duty and
son, Lucky and Mr. Freddie Null
of Austin were weekend guests
of their mother, Mrs Oscar Null.
A RECtNT SURVEY, conducted in 19 States
. m the Midwest, South and Southeast, reveals
that there are nearly 21 million acres of rich,
idle farmland available for crop production
wpen more food-'is needed to feed the Nation.
At the same time Government plans are under
way to take additional acreage out of produc-
tion because of the huge surpluses pf food
the Federal Government now has stored in
the homes, natural
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RUBBER STAMPS
STAMP PADS 1? INKS
NOTARY SEALS
STENCILS
Mr and Mrs. C. E. Glover of
Sap Antonio were weekend guests
of their mother. Mrs John Brau
and other relatives.
Mrs. Walter Gray who under-
went surgery at the Bastrop Hos-
pital is home and doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Psencik and
sons left last Wednesday for Se-
guin to make their home; They
were accompanied by her mother,
Mrs. Nora Nink who will be with
them for awhile.
UNI YIP GAI COItOIATlON •
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bins around the country. Despite these facta
Congress is'being asked to approve the in-
credible Upper Colorado River Project to
“irrigate" 583,000 acres of arid mountain land
in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming
at a cost to the Nation's taxpayers of 14 Bil-
lion in added taxes. Figures for the rich, idle
land now available were obtained from the
U. S. Soil Conservation Service.
Lt. aAo* Mrs. Don Vachon and
children of Amarillo, enroute to
Gary Air Base, where be will be
stationed, were
of his parents,
George Vachon.
Mrs. W. C. Homuth visited
with her mother, Mrs Louis John-
son in Flatonia Monday.
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In the industries of this Gulf South area as well as in
homes, natural gas has found many uses... because
other fuel serves so well, so economically.
weekend guests
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Mr and Mrs. W: R. Meredith
of Austin and Mrs. A J. Psencik
-visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Robin Forrester and son
Robby in Houston Sunday and
also attended the Automobile
• Show in the coliseum.
Jack Wallace
State Teachers College in Com-
merce spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Wallace and family. a
of criminal
to be dismissed
A great new car specially designed and
built for Texans’Big Powerful...
Beautiful, yet priced down
with the lowest!
Published Every Thursday in Smithville, Texaa, by
THE SMITHVILLE PUBLISHING CO.
207 East Third Street. Phone No 101
C. K Mirk. Pv’bsher and Owner
Catered as secondciass matier January 1. 18*4, at the Pott Office at
•BOfthwiUe, Texas, under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879.
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Winner of Plaque for Outstanding
Community Service 1947-48, 1950-,51. 1934-55 .
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A-s'iii, Texxt—Insurance firms
■f all tyges arc feeling the ef
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itentiary He left Austin alone
by car,. sometime after midnight
Sunday and drove to Huntsville
to turn himself in The unexpect-
ed move on the part of the for-
mer State Land Commissioner
was made to avojd any further
publicity.
Clint Small, attorney for Giles.
re1 eased the following statetnent
which had been prepared by Giles
•ust before his departure for
Huntsville:
“I have to the best of my abil-
ity made amends to the state in
a material way. I want to‘state
7 ^frQMTESTs
■ When it’s cold and wintry outside you can
keep your home warm-as-toast inside with
modern automatic gas heating equipment e for your penny than ever before.
And from the same pipe that fires your furnace comes
dependable natural gas for beating water, cooking, re-
frigeration, drying clothes... aM for just pennies a day.
state official or employee was in-
volved in any of the transactions
for which I was convicted." He
’tided, “1 wish to thank from the
Ixttom of my heart those friends
who have been kind and sympa
the tic with my family and me
!ur»z the past troubled year I
deeply regret the embarrassment
and heartaches caused my friends
and co-workers."
Giles’ commitment papers to
the penitentiary were prepared
Monday (following receipt of
word that he already was in cus-
tody) when district judges at
Crystal City and Austin granted
motions to dismiss his notice of
appeal. Other appeals which had
the court
were
Wednesday.
Giles had been convicted 13
times in veterans land fraud cases
(12 pleas of guilty). Sentences
total 75 years But all terms run
concurrently, not consecutively
A* his maximum sentence was
six years, he will be eligible for
parole intone year, two month*
and 12 days—allowing time for
good behavior.
Several weeks ago. Giles vowed
to repay all he owes. He has re-
paid $80 000 to date. He. is joint
defendant in other civil suits to-
taling $170,000 But his share of
the liability has not been deter-
mined.
Water Problems Studied
To conserve water, Railroad
Commissioner Ernest O. Thomp-
son recommends the proration of
water much the same as oil is now
prorated. He made his recom-
mghdatjMtr* at, a meeting of the
Texas ’wafer Resources Commit-
tee. At the same session members
of the Brazos River Authority
said that in some years as much
as 600.000 tons of salt and other
chlorides are washed into Possum
Kingdom Reservoir. Suggested
was a dam to block off a salt
flat in Northwest Texas and per-
manently impound the flow of
brine springs and the run-off from
the. area This would prevent in-
trusion of 200,000 tons of salt a
year into the Brazos reservoirs
and stream flow BRA’s aim is a
| six-dam program costing *173,-
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• Yarborough Honored
Austin Attorney Ralph W. Yar-
borough. 1954 candidate for gov
ernor, has been named to mem-
bership on the national legal com-
mittee of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars He was recommended fof
’he appointment by Ted C. Con-
nr 11 of Killeen. Texas VFW-Com-
mander. .
Military Discharges
More Texans were discharged
from military service in 1955 than
were drafted or volunteered. A
tota 1 of 46.545 entered seryice
while 54.499 were discharged
Draftees totaled 7 954. as com-
pared with 38.591 volunteers.
Nearly four out of every ten men
were turned down
Daniel May Reveal Plans
Not if but wh*n V. S Senator
Price Daniel will announce for
povernnr. now Is the subtext for
political seers. Most likely date
is January 21. Then Daniet~wTvi
is also co-owner of two East
T'V"* wee'kli-s-I ih"Hv vin-
dicator and the Cl"vebnd Advo-
cate—will address thr Mid-Winter
Convention of the Texas Press
A’sociation tn .Austin. A sfateudde
gathering of some 200 nesrsmen
would offer a golden opportunity
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Daniel Not Expected
To Resign For Race
h<-ld along -with the November
i'.’'neral election if the vacancy
falls, within four months of the
’tueral Section
Daniel could be expected to re-
sign after the August primary,
d nominated governor, making
r.os.-ible such a Combined Ncivem
b r election This would sSve the
cost of another election, his
friends contend. &
Sam Houston. Daniel’s idol and
His wife’s great fr> at grandfather
an for governor twice while a t’
S senator and dido t resign either
time while campaigning. He lost
the first race to Hardin R Run
nets in 1857, but won the second
•ime in 1859;
Research by some of Daniel's
associates at the Library of Con
gress disclosed that 11 other L’ S.
senators have won gubernatorial
•lections without quitting as sena-
tors first. In 1954, Sen Irving
Ives, R NY, lost a race for gov
ernor— but he didn't relinquish
his Senate seat.
Daniel s associates note that
• State Senator Jimmy Phillips of
Argleton, an announced candidate
for governor, has not resigned
his Texas legislative post which,
ike Daniel's, has two years to go
They say also that Yarborough
a prospective gubernatorial can-
didate, ran for attorney general
without quitting a Travis County
district judgeship with two-years
ot the term remaining
They add that Dan
' Stanford Jester; Jernes V Allred,
hmes Hogg and Charlps Culbert-
son were all elected governors
while holding other state offices.
brie action out of Daniel’s past
ihich has been recalled was his
•uoport m the Texas Legislature
of a . bill forbidding state execu-
tive officers from running for
o’her state'offices when their cur-
rent term of office was not expir-
ing The bill passed but was de-
clared unconstitutional by the
Texas Supreme Court.
Daniel has noted that this •pro-
posal excluded legislative officers
and judges from its provisions
He would notl be affected if it
were still law, he has pointed
•rtit.
Miss Celeste Dodd and Miss
Varine Varnell of Austin were
weekend guests of their sister,
Mrs. J; S, Brewster.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Scallorn
left last Friday for Waco where
they were guests of her brother
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. O. B.
Robertson. Mr. Scallorn returned
Saturday,- and Mrs. Scallorn re-
mained for a longer visit.
• the failure of V S Trust and
Guaranty Co. There appears to
be * paid tie w artnev of. insurance
salesmen at the moment.'
Steps are being taken to re-sell
j: vii a Houston firm which har
died the Drew Pearson television
program in which the new's com-
mentator to’d his listeners. “You
can put your trust in U S. Trust,'
Of the $115 499 a total of 596.992
was paid in 1955
Giles Goes to Huntsville
When the prison doors opened"
Monday morning in* Huntsville
Bascom Giles was there awaiting
•he. ;.u; lic, on the insurance bust- th* Mart of his term in the pen-
nes- One such, move was an offer
•> the part of 28 legal rescrv 5
nmpanies to “take over’’ the life
nyur.nc? policies of defunct con-
cerns. Thus they would protect
policy holders from loss of their
life insurance -
To date no policy holder in any
lt*gal reserve life insurance com-
pany in Texas has suffered any
loss Nevertheless the companies
are feeling the pinch of the ad-
verse publicity. » • .
J. Ralph Wood, president of
the Southwestern Life Insurance
was one ol the 28 executives
who presented the ‘ guarantee ’ that so far as I am aware, no other
proposal to the insurance com-
mission. “We want to protect the
good name of Texas insurance
companies, ’ Wood rtated, "and
; Iso protect the innocent life in-
surance policy holders ”
J Byron Saunders, chairman
of the insyrance commission, said
I am .happy to learn of the pro-
ject. It is most laudable step
It will help relieve much public
anxiety and concern’’
In other developments, the in
sura nee commission moved to
force a change in management-of
the John K Wilson Mutaul Aid
Association .jif Princeton. while
the state obtained court orders
to shut down the •American Atlas
Corporation and J A. Irwin, Inc
of Dallas.
Meanwhile investigations con-
tinue by the Texas State Senate’s
investigating committee concern-
ing all details of the collapse of
’he U. S Trust and Guaranty Co,
whose president. A. B. Shoemake
shot himself when the firm went
under recently. ’
Senator William S Fly of Vic-
toria is the new chairman of the
investigating group Fjy was nam-
ed to the post by LtSGov. Ben
Ramsey after Senator Searcy
Bracewell of Houston resigned
when the committee voted to go
into S closed session .“t© avoid
improperly divulging facts for
the benefit of offenders"
In the opinion of the
chairman, there is a place for
both open and closed meetings.
"But executive sessibns should
be held nw+y* under unusual and
extraordinary conditions," . Fly
•tated
Checks unearthed in U. S Trust"
files by State Auditor C. H. Cav-
ness reveal the names of six leg-
islators or ex-lawtnakcrs who have
received pay from the now closed
firm But Cavtjcss has not been
able to learn who recievcd $50,550
in cash withdrawals, most of
which were made during the time
the 1955 Legislature was in ses-
sion
Another Gjvness revelation was
payment of $$115,499 to Kamin
Advertising Agency Cavness said
Mr and Mrs G S Woodress
were in Bryan Sunday ’
Likely to run for Governor But
Not Quit Senate Unieiti Ho Wins
By Leslie Ckrpent’er
Post Washington Correspondent
Washington- The odds are very
heavy that Senator Ppce Daniei
will run for Texas govertbr this
year—; r.d that he u.M not resign
as L S Senator unless he win*
the gubernatorial nomination in
• the DerififtfllU.* /primary
A highly reliable source des-
^cribed the odds as '10-to-l ' that
Daniel willPhot quit his Senate
seat His Senate term has two
years to go.
It is known here that many in-
fluential friends of Daniel have
strongly urged him not to relin-
quish his Senate post and have
emphas.-ied that there a^e a num-
ber of precedents to support such
action, starting with Sam Hous
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Daniel will not make an an
nuuncemeot on his gubernatorial
candidacy until after the Senate
has disposed of the Hams natural
gas bill, due to go into debate-
- next week and several anti-nar-
cotics bills he is sponsoring.
One argument which has- been
advanced to Daniel is. that he
should avoid any further cross-
fire between liberal and conser-
vative elements in the state over
which side his resignation from
the Senate would benefit most
State Rcpersentalive Horace
Hpuston of Dallas, who previously
WM purned Dallas, campaign man-'
ager for Gubernator.al Candidate
Reuben Senterfitt. has charged
that liberals are hoping to "'dupe '
Daniel into resigning so Ralph
Yarborough or Agriculture Com-
missioner John C White can take
his Senate seat Houston said he
’ will run for it also .
Previously, liberals have charg-
ed a 'plot'' among conservatives
to engineer a job change between
Daniel and Gov Allan Shivers
Another factor which Daniel is
known to have had under consi-
deration is the mechanics of a
special election to choose a suc-
cessor for the remainder of his
Senaf^ate^Jl Under Texas law,
such a special election can he
' DODGE
foe a campaign kickoff, some say
Coegresman-at-large Martin Dies
and .State Rep. Horace B Hous
toe. Jr
for Daniels senate seat when
vacated -i t
Ftr4n ’ incerwe Drops
Texas’ cash farm income for the '
fir<t 11 months of 1955 drooped
eight per cent below 1954 Com-
modities showing decreis's we.re
e-rftoc. cottonseed, wbeai.. oats,
flaxseed, nee. cattle, calves, bogs,
wool, poultry, milk and milk pro-
ducts • Gams were registered by
peaniiU. corn, gram sorghum
sheep and lambs, mohair, eggs^
fruit and vegetables
Mor* Vacrin*
Because of steadily increasing
supplies. Salk polio vaccine prior-
ity tr. Texas ha* been extended
t<> persens up to 20 years of age
and to pregnant women. Total
polio case* in 1955 was 1.931 it
was a sharp drop from the pre-
vious year’s 3,037
Short Srorf*
John A. McCurdy has retired as
-*xeeutive secretary of the U. T
Ex Students. Association. after
nearly 30 year* of service. He has
been replaced by Jack R Maguire
public relation* director of the
Texas Insurance Advisory Asso-
ciation Maguire's successor has
not been chosen George Had-
daway. publisher of Flight Maga-
zine in Dallas, is the first chair-
man of the newly formed Avia-
tion Council of Texa* -which will
.pen offices soon, possibly in
Austin Birth records of the
past five years, indicate that over
250 000-. additional students will
enroll in the public schools of
Texas during the next five years
There are 1.853.000 children of
scholastic age this year, or an in-
crease of 80.000 over last year.
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The Smithville Times Transcript and Enterprise (Smithville, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1956, newspaper, January 19, 1956; Smithville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1284178/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smithville Public Library.