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WEATHER
Wr.flT T'EXASt Tair this afternoon, tonight
and Saturday; not much change in temper-
ature.
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THE CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD
Borgtr Ntwi-HtraU
Circulation Dept. Pbont 82
Other Depts.: 6 Jnd 7
Vol. 21—No. 10
N?A Service
Associated Press
Borger, Texas, Friday, December 6, 1946
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Fuel
Curbs
Added
WASHINGTON, Dcc. fl—</P}—
Tho Civilian Production adminis-
tration made ready today t"
clamp a new serie-i of drastic
fuel conservation restrictions on
the nation Monday unless a sort
coal strike settlement is reached
beforehand.
Edward Falck, chief of CPA's
office of emergency controls, said
the new orders wul:
1. Extend dhnout restrictions to
nil utilities in the country whi'h
derive electricity from soft coal.
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina,
Alabama, Tennessee and Miss-
issippi will be affected most.
2. Require that the more strin-
gent "second phase" of the dim
out restrictions, already an-
nounced for 21 north and eastern
states and the district of Colum-
bia, be put into operation when
coal stocks of utilities have drop-
ped to a 20 instead of a 15-daj
supply.
3. Require utilities with mo'-o
than a specified amount of coal—
possibly a 60-da.v supply — to
share the remainder with other
utilities.
Falck said the new orde-s,
when issued, will become oper-
ative "as soon as the groups
affected can be notified."
They may include the freezing
of Industrial and commercial coke
.supplies.
The coke, which heretofore has
rot come under federal restrict
ions, would be diverted to manu-
facturers of artificial gas whose
deliveries of gas to non-essential
users already have been ordered
curtailed when their coal stock.'
drop to a three-week supply
Another order under consid-
eration woud frcre coal sup-
plies of industries forced to
Close by the strike, and nupplies
of other industries, including
railroad*. In excess of n speci-
fied amount.
There were al ;o tho-e other
developments;
1. The solid fuels administra-
tion suinmomv, coal conservators
trom all states to an emergenc>
meeting Dec. i 1, in Washington.
2. The same agency proposed
that no coal be burned in place?
of amusement, schools or other
buildings, public or private,
where this would not endanger
health.
3. A general rail freight and
express embargo creating wide
spread unemployment went into
effect last midnight. The Asio-
ciation of American railroads
estimated that 150.000 railroad
men alone would be idle when tlie
embargo hits full stride.
4. A postal order severely cur-
tailing the size and weight ot
parcel post packages became
effective at the same time,
with a jarring impact on holiday
spending and mailing.
The new dimout restrictions
will apply throughout the coun-
try, Falck explained, but "only
few of the utilities" west of the
Mississippi river use bituminous
coal. The others, he said use oil,
natural gas or water power.
The first coal conservation]
measure, ordered into effect No-
••ember 25 in the 21 other states |
and the district of Columbia ;U- j
roady has brought a dimout more <
severe than during the war for I
communities whose electricity]
comes from coal-using utilities.
"BIG INCH" LINE PUMPH0USE
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Miners Post $3,500,000 Bond
As All Unions Back Lewis, But
Government Not Weakening
This is the pump house at the supply end at Longviow, Texa*. of
the "Big Inch" pipeline. Secretary of the Interior Krug has an-
nounced that natural gas will be moved to the east through the
line to alleviate the coal shortage. These pumps, of the centrifugal
type used for handling oil, were employed for that purpose dur-
ing iht war. (AP Wire Photo)
Disposition Of "Big Inch"
Checked Back To Congress
By FRANCIS M. LeMAY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—(AP)— The War Assets admini-
stration checked to connress today the question of eventual
disposition of the "Inch" pipelines, now beginning to carry
natural gas for coal strike emergency relief.
Caught in a conflict between gas and oil interests. War
Assets Administrator Robert Littlojohn told the House
Surplus Investigating committee, "I intend +o refer the mat-
— ter jjggif to congress."
Economic interests of coal
Texas Calves Fly
From Fori Worth
To New York City
FORT WORTH, Dec. 6—(A'l—
Twenty, bawling 354-pound calv-
es were loaded into a DC-4 trans-
port plane here yesterday and be-
torc c.usk they were delivered to
tho New York mnrket.
It v.-as the first time that com-
mercially raised cattle had been
moved to market by air transport
in the United States.
Minutes after the cattle-laden
plane took off from the airport it
crossed a famous cattle trail of
another era — the old Chisholm
Trail.
The calves which made the trail-
blating flight yesterday were bred
and fattened by the George A. Me-
Cluiu; ranch at Cleburne. Other
shipments by air are planned be-
fore Christmas if choice cattle are
available.
LEGION OF THE MOOSE
INITIATION SUNDAY
There will be a Legion of the
Moose initiation at the Borger
lodge Jjnll Sunday afternoon at
2 o clcck, according to Dr. C.L.
Hcpper, secretary. Members are
urged to get their applications
for this higher degree in the of-
fice by 11 a. m. Sunday.
Merchants Approve
Community Chest
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Jester Names
Houston Man
To Rail Body
AUSTIN. Texas, Dec. 6——
WilUam J. Murray, 32, of Houston
today named by Gov-slect
Heauford H. Jester to succeed him
on the Huiliwl commission
During the critical wur period
from Oct. KM I, to July 184#,
Murray was conservation engi-
neer f r the Pilmteufn Admin i
h?ration for War in the district
comiuifctnii TfVM. New M«*ii'o,
Louisiana, ArlumMt, Mississippi
uiid Alabama,
He had prwvlwusty s#i v ml us
The community chest which has
been proposed for the city of B< -
per an,| Hutchinson county hu«
received approval from an over-
whelming majority of the mer-
chants of the area who were con-
tacted last month by the chamber
i "f commerce.
Over 200 of the questionnaires
, sent out by the chamber have
beep returned. Manager Joe Coo
ey announced at u chamber of
! commerce luncheon yesterday
noon, and all but 11 favored th
establishment of a community
che^t,
Tin- chamber now is arranging
i meeting <#f lite heads n| pros
pei iivc meitilM i i'i|tiiril*«tions
; rnrt vift • ontfiit itvtc 'gratis
till' the count j y bei>w ,i,
lualv si tiiiiK up the itffMM
I'.iimiiU' I.ii ineinl
and
I oil—end the railroads which car-
! ry those products—are deeply in-
i volved in the wrangle over ulti-
j mate disposal of the $145,000,000
; Bi;{ Inch and Little Inch pipelines
' running from Texas 1,500 miles to
i New Jersey. The huge conduits
i were constructed in wartime for
j oil transport when German subma-
I t ines crippled America's oil tank-
er fleet.
Natural gas began flowing
through the system yesterday at
a rate of 50,000.000 cubic feet a
day, under an emergency lease
as ihe government sought to re-
lieve the fuel shortage resulting
from the coal strike.
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However, five days to two weeks
will bo required for delivery to
the first consumers 850 miles
away in the Ohio, Kentucky, Tenn-
essee and West Virginia area.
The government hopes to step-
up the load to 155,000,000 cubic
feet daily, but at that rate gas
wodld substitute for only about
8,000 tons of coal a day, while the
normal daily coal production is
around 2,000,000 tons.
Gas was cut into the system,
idle since the wur, at Natchitoches,
L.a„ yesterday at 1:45 p. m. EST.
Operation is by lease to the Tenn-
essee Gas and Transmission Co.
Even as the emergency opera-
tion began, the house committtee
heard protests against permanent
use ol the lines for natural gas
transmission.
Allen J. Johnson. Lansdown.
Fa., representing the Anthracite
Institute, tolu the committee that
permanent gas trans mission
would flash >95,000.000 from the
$350,000,000 annual business of
the anthracite fields, eliminate
11,724 of ihe 77,000 anthracite
miners and "Jeopardize a billion-
dollar investment."
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James M. Souby, representing
the Association of American rail-
roads. testified that it would dis-
place 0,000,000 to 7,000,000 tons of
coal annually and "have a sub-
stantial adverse effect on railroad
employment."
Littlejohn said that under the
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Girl Scout Little House ™ps And.
Opens Sunday Afternoon stmSeting
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Plans for a Girl Scout little
house here were in the making
nearly three years ago. Today
those plans hiave come to reality.
Ed Lau, chairman of •> t Lions
Club little house comnv ee, was
appointed to the positic t at start
of last year. He annou *d today
that open house will be held Sun-
day trom 3 p. m. to 5:30 p. m.
lor the general public at the beaut-
iful structure on Maple Road, a
block south of North Plains hos-
pital.
The story of the planning, labor,
r.nd donations that went in to es-
tablish the rock home would fill
a larpe book. There are so many
names attached to the list of don-
ors to the project that a full col-
umn could be filled with those
alone and some of the civic mind-
ed people's names may have al-
ready been forgotten.
Foundation of the building was
poured on March 1. Karl Klein
contributed a ditdj digging ma-
chine. Fritz Thompson donated one
lot i'nd the Lions club purchased]
another to make a 100 foot front-
ing. Roy Davis supplied a bulldoz-
er to do grading. Hughes-Pitts
gave the concrete. The Li$*is^club
supplied the labor.
Upor. entering the building, you
are met with a red welcoming |
glow of a huge fireplace across the
lounge. Approximately 30 benches
nnd tables are in the auditorium
Next will be seen a roomy kitchen
n the south wing at the west end.
The kitchen contains a large sink,
oven-equipped stove, shelves, dish-
es and various cqoking utensils.
A cloak room is also provided
as well as two modern rest rooms.
Plumbing for these are to be pro-
vided by Jerry Keith. A barbecue
pit outside th,- building is attach-
ed to the fireplace chimney.
Ccncrete floors, rock walls, num-
erous windows and well spaced
lighting system provided by L. V.
Lively, makes the little house as
cozy and comforting as the living
room of the average large home.
Dedication ceremony will be
held tomorrow for the Girl Scouts
and their scput workers from 3 to
5 p. m. The open house to be con-
ducted Sunday is open to the pub-
lic and everyone is invited to at-
tend.
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Army To Move
Arsenal From
San Antonio
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—f/P)—
The army went ahead today with
plans to move the San Antoniv
arsenal to the Red River arsenal
at Texarkana, Tex.
The action had been protested
by Rep. Killay <D-TexJ and oth'jr
San Antonians, iut Under Secre-
tary of War Kenneth C. Royall
in a letter to Kilday said the trans-
ter of the arsenal built in 1859
was necessary because of a
81,000,000,000 reduction in war
department funds.
He said he had given careful
consideration to requests that the
transfer orders be cancelled, but
could find no basis for changing
the plans.
The transfer, scheduled to be
completed by July 1, 1947, will
affect about 650 civilian empolyts.
Molotov
Agrees to
U. S. Provision
present law he felt he could not
tell the pipelines for the convel.
ancc of gas.
liut ha told ihe committee he
wenli authority from congress
"to permit me to sell to any.
body," and eiipresMd hope that
He can make a sale by February
Aviation Takes
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in Economy Move
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LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y., Dec. 6
—</¥v—Soviet Foreign Minister V.
M. Molotov today accepted an
American provision for early es-
tablishment of international con-
trol ior atomic energy and "other
modern technological discoveries"
to ensure their use for peaceful
purposes only.
The proposal, put forward as
an amendment yesterday by
Senator Tom Connally (D-Tex),
in the United Nations drafting
svb-committee debate on arms
reduction was described by Mol-
otov as meeting "the wishes of
all cf us."
It hod been feared in some
quarters that United States insist-
ence on also establishing controls
over the use of atomic energy for
peaceful purposes would snag the
discussions.
The Russian decision in effect
represented an easing of its pre-
vious insistence that atomic weap-
ons should be outlawed immedi-
ately in contrast to the American
view that any such step should be
part of a general atomic control
plan
Bernard Baruch, U. S. delegate
had formally offered' a resolution
embodying the same ideas as or-
iginally set forth in his plan last
June and called upon the commis-
sion to adopt and send it to the
security council by Jan. 1.
Baruch said these three ele-
ments were inherent in any
irc&ty that would be written:
1—The erection of an interna-
nation&l authority which shall ef-
fectively prevent the manufacture
and use of atomic bombs for war
purposes, and which shall devel-
op the use of atomic energy for
social gain.
2—The right of free and full in-
ternational inspection in support
of these purposes 'now accepted by
Russia*.
3—The definite agreement that
once a treaty becomes effective
providing for deterrents against
offenders and punishments for of-
fenders. there can be no veto to
project wilful violators, or to
hamper the operations of the In-
ternational authority.
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Kil.LE AND EATS
HEh OWN BABY
TOKYO, Dec, I w i4*i —
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Three days of conferences be-
tween Local 351, IUOE and the
Phillips Petroleum Company's re-
finery department heads in the
iresence of a U. S. Department of
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Labor conciliator, has brought no gjon '0f \ye!il Virginia.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 6—(AP)— An hour-long presiden-
tial cabinet meeting on the coal crisis broke up today with
one member declaring privately:
"There will be no turning back in this fight."
This sentiment was voiced as CIO President Philip Mur-
ray called on all organised labor to join the battle against
government efforts to end the miners' walkout by Injunction.
President Truman presumably
obtained his cabinet's views on
tho approach he should take in
his Sunday night broadcast to the
nation. After the cabinet meeting,
the president also saw Rep. Ran-
dolph, democrat from .a coal i'o-
progress toward satisfying the re-
quests of the union for a wage
increase, a union spokesman told
the News-Herald this morning.
"Some progress hs.i been nade
in understanding each other but
that's about all,'' the union com-
mitteeman declared.
He stated that negotiations will
continue at 10 a.m. tomorrow at
the Borger refinery.
After meeting Tuesday, Wednes-
day and yesterday, the company
offered to grant the proposed bon-
us of yardmen and lower class
workers to $25 per month over
a four month period, the spokes-
man said.
However, the company "refused
to tie it down wherp they couldn't
take it away froni us."
Union has conceded practically
everything on union security but
is still trying to obtain a wage
increase, he declared. Meanwhile,
only a week remains—Dec. 14 at
12:01 a.m.—before a threatened
strike looms. The present working
Union employees of the com-
pany cast their ballots Nov. 18-ID
to strike if the company failed to
grant the union's request for a
wage increase. The union voted
in favor of striking by a count of
1244 to 68.
With organized labor marshaiP;
ing reinforcements for John L:
Lewis' battle through the high
courts the United Mine Workers
posted bond to cover the $3,510,000
fines imposed on them for ignoring
a court order against striking.
The union put up U. S. gov-
ernment bonds with a face val-
ue of $3,500,000 and Lewis
posted a $10,000 cash bond to
meet his personal fine. Both
cash and bonds were sent to a
U. S. treasury vau't for safe-
keeping.
Pearl Harbor
Observance
Tomorrow
Presidential Secreewjy
G. Ross told repoi
rep
uter
Charles
Tomorrow is Pearl Harbor day
and in Borger it is American
Legion aay.
Mayor 5. M. Clayton issued a
proclamation Tuesday proclaim-
inf Saturday, Dec. 7, Pearl ITar-
IbdC rtay„ tts American Legion day
in Rorger. The mayor made tha
proclamation in honor of the ".iire-
. parodncss s land' the Legion has
■ rs, as the taken Muce the clo-ie ci U .r'd
weekly cabinet meeting convened, War i nnd irv honor of the
that Mr Truman was consulting | dead of both wars.
with administration officials on Starting tne.r giganti; dr,ve
the broadcast. $or 1947 memberships, Huie1. in-
Actual writing of the sjieech, ■
Ross said has not yet be^un.'
BCIO President Philip, Murray!
formally
Reno Gay Beckwith
Named Band Editor
Rena Gay Beckwith, • Borger
high school band majorette, has
been appointed band editor ot
the Bulldog Growl, weekly high
school publication.
A senior student, Rena Gay en-
tered Borger high school as a
sophomore. She was a member
of the Who's Who during her
freshman year at Dumas high
school.
osic
invited the rJvnl
FrdlherhoOds toToi^ *
"unified action'' to combat what
he called a "deliberate and mon-
strous movement" to cripple la-
bor.
In a letter directed to AFL
President William Green and to
leaders of the railway workers,
the CIO chief declared the fed-
eral court injunction againsf.
John L. Lewis and the "ven-
geful fine" of $3,510.000 upon
the mine workers is the first
step in a campaign of "hysteria"
against labor.
Murray said yesterday the CIO
would join Lewis' AFL Mine
Workers in appealing the con-
tempt fines, levied against them
for ignoring a federal court order
to end the strike.
In his letter released today,
See Number ONE Page 7
Frank Phillips To
Be Honored On
73rd Birthday
Frank Phillips is 73 years old
and he will be honored by the
Panhandle Chapter of the Frank
Phillips Mens Club at the Buna-
vista Cafeteria tomorrow night.
"Uncle Frank" will be on hand
for the gala birthday ball and will
be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
K. S. Adams also of Bartlesville.
Adams is president of the Phillips
Petroleum Company.
First son of Luanda and Lewis
Phillips, Frank Phillios was born
at Scotia, Nebraska. Nov. 2S, 1873.
At the age of 24 he owned all the
barbershops in Creston, Iowa and
married Jane Gibson.
However, the barbershop chain
was a springboard for the versa-
tile Frank and at the age of 29
he organized and became presi-
dent of the Citiuns Bank and
Trust Company, Bartlesville.
When he became 32, Frank
started in the oil business with his
brother, L E. Phillips. As • result,
Phillips Petroleum Corn
a major producer
and the wutUi'e Ii
sen county post 412. American
Lerjion, will establish two mem-
bership booths on , Borgcr's
Muin *treet in the 503 block on
'4 -y
•""Annouficemem* htf" been mads
(hat t^jterans of both wars are
eligible to join the local post re-
gardless of where they served,
provided that they were dii-
charged from the service for reas-
ons Sther than di honorable Men
now in service are also eligible
and their dues may be nalci for
them. «
Depai tment Commander Bert
Geiskie has pledged a state mem-
bership of 60,000 members by
Dec. 31 and the local post is due
to swell its present 700 member-
ship to at least 3,000, u Legion
spoxesman assorted.
Merchants of Borger will dis-
play the national colors in front
of their store, it was agreed upon
\ty their chamber of commerce
meeting yesterday.
Hutchinson county Boy Scout3
will also share in the celebration
when they observe National Boy
Scout round-up here tomorrow.
Scouts will start the day'3
activities off with a parade
starting at 8:30 a. m. down Bor-
ger's Main street from the
Black Hotel and a theater party
is also in store for the youths.
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No Army Draft
During January
WASHINGTON, Dec. G—(yp) —
Despite an "abrupt and contin-
uing" decline in the number of
volunteers, the war department has
announced it will draft no men in
January 1947.
A statement yesterday said tha
draft holiday, inaugurated last
mid-October, would be extended
an additional month because the
army is now temporarily over-
strength.
The department reported that
there are about 1,200,000 effectives
on the rolls, plus about 250,000
ineffectlves" — men on terminal
leave, in hospitals, or otherwise
ailable for duty. This number
ir to be reduced to approximately
1,310,000 by Dec. 31, and to l,U7o.-
000 by mid-1947.
The announcement made no
mention of a February draft call,
but officials hinted a substantial
one would be necessary if volun-
tary enlistments did not pick up,
pre^r.t army requirements call lor
an average of 37,000 new inen
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