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THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy, little change in
temperatures this afternoon,
tonight ar.d Thursday with
widely scattered, mostly night-
time thundershowers. Lowest
tonight near 70.
Coleman IPaily Democrat-Voice
TEMPERATURES
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VOLUME II, NUMBER 275
Growing with a growing Coleman County
COLEMAN, COLEMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, WED* SEPT, 13, 1950
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(WEEKLY VOL. 67), NUMBER 4
Texas News
In Briefs
The Ijnlted Preta
FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept 13—
(UP)—Frank Massey, an independ-
ent democratic candidate for Judge
of the 67th District, declared today
the State Democratic convention in
Mineral Wells acted without legal
nutority in giving the party nomi-
nation to Judge Harris Brewester.
i$Tbe convention yesterday directed
M the name of Brewester be placed on
|v the ticket for the general election
in November.
DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 13—(UP) —
Federal Judge T. Whitfield David-
son today set tomorrow as the open-
ing date of a trial of five Texans
on charges of consipring to defraud
the federal government of $48,000
Three of the five were former offic-
ials of the First National Bank of
Weatherford: George Fant, his wife
Ciena, vice-president, and James
Whitsett, also vice-president. The
others were • T. C. Hatchett of
Weatherford and Guy L. Stroud of
Odessa.
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 13—(UP)
—The nation’s only male quadrup-
lets, the Perricone brothers of Beau-
mont, Tex.,, are in the army today
for all practical purposes, but they
arc Still hoping they’ll stay togeth-
er and won’t be assigned to duty
in the infantry.
The four, Anthony. Benard,, C,ar-
los and Donald, known in Beaumont
as "A. B, C, and D," passed their
pre-induction physical examinations
yesterday with flying colors. They
Will be 21 Oct. 31.
HOUSTON. Tex., Sept. 13—(UP>
—Authorities at the Southwestern
Polio center said today that 22-year.
Olff Edward H. Rosenwasser showed
no "apparent ill effects" from his
6,000-mile flight in an iron ^jng.
Tile Fort Worth. Tex., youth was
flown here from Vienna where he
was stricken with pilio July 19 while
on a vacation.
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 13— 'UP) —
Polio cases in Texas dropped to 91
last week, the lowest number in two
months, state health officer George
W. Cox reported today.
Dr. Cox expressed hope that the
peak polntjor spread of the disease
had been passed. "Providing there
is no relaxation in general sanita-
tion," he said, "I think this thing
will keep tapering off until it rech-
cs negligible proportions."
Marshall Returns to Cabinet
As Truman Drops Johnson
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. CU.R)-
Prompt Congressional approval j
of Gen. George' C. Marshall’s ap-
pointment as Defense Secretary
was assured today when the Sen-
ate Armed Services Committee
voted 10-2 to waive legal obsta-
cles to it.
The Senate itself is expected to
act tomorrow in response to a
pica, by President Truman for
"early and favorable action" in
the “present critical circum-
stances.”
The House was moving with
less speed but apparently with
equal certainty to clear the way
for the 69-year-old soldier-states-
man to take over the country’s
defense helm as successor to
Secretary Louis Johnson.
Acting less than 24 hours after
Mr. Truman announced" John-
son's resignation yesterday, the
Senate Armed Services Commit-
tee rammed through approval of
a measure to change the unifica-
tion law to permit a military
man to take the defense job.
McCarthy Against Marshall
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R.,
Wis., demanded that Marshall
should not be confirmed "unless
and until he convinces the Sen-
ate that he learned the facts of
life about Communism since his
disastrous mission to China, and
that he Win listen to MaeArthur’s
advice rather than Acheson’s ad-
vice on the Far East.
But there seemed overwhelm-
ing Congressional approval of
the President's startling defense
shakeup—regarded here as a bid
for national unity in a crisis
period.
Western European capitals wel-
comed the return to the govern-
ment of the Marshall Plan's au-
thor.
And in New York the Big Three
foreign ministers' conference
opened on a note of optimism
stemming from the President’s
action.
Despite the rumblings of dis-
content, the demands of the Ko-
rean War, the world-wide threat
] of Communist aggression and
the abiding respect of his coun-
trymen which Marshall com-
mands seemed almost certain to
‘assume the change in law and
Marshall's confirmation by -the
Senate.
There were rumblings of dis-
content in some Congressional
quarters which cited warnings of
the founding fathers against mili-
tary, control and dictatorship.
Marshall Has Respect
It was the biggest reshuffling
>n the defense command since
ne late President Roosevelt
brought Republicans Henry L.
Stimson and Frank Knox into his
coalition cabinet of 1940, just be-
fore the U. S. entered World
War II.
Congress rang with charges
that Johnson had been 'cutting
into the muscle as well as the
fat" of defense and therefore was
responsible for the nation’s un-
preparedness. Veterans organ-
izations echoed the cry.
There also had been widely i
UffBuTated stories" bf~a Tufter "po- j
1 icy squabble between Johnson i
and; Secretary of 'State Dean
Acheson. plus some reports-that ;
the retiring defense chief was
'■out to get" Acheson. Both men
repeatedly denied them.
Marshall -was summoned from
the retirement of his Leesburg,
Va., home by a Presidential tele-
UENERALTAKES LOOK
ARTILLERY
EIRE—Major General Hobart Gay, Comantl
phone call yesterday. Unhesita- i ing General of the 1st Cavalry Division, takes a front line look through a telescope mounted
tingly, he answered ’yes" to his ion hood of jeep, during a lbomm barrage against N. Korean positions. (NEA Telephoto)
fifth call to duty in five years, i-------:-------£...............................
ABILENE, Tex., Sept. 13—(UP)—
Relatives of Joe W. Akins, former
all-Texas conference end at Abilene
Christian College, have been noti-
fied he was killed In action with the
First Cavalry Division in Korea.
The Department of Defense message
said Akias, a second llcutanent, was
killed on Sept. 2.
Akins played football at ACC In
1941, 1942, 1946, and 1947. He coach-
ed at Midland Junior High school in
1948.
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 13— (UP)—
Louis C. Riddle, Texas Liquor Con-
trol board officer at Fort Worth,
was ordered to turn In his creden-
tials yesterday pending outcome
of an indictment charging he struck
the wife of a tavern operator dur-
ing a raid last Aug. 19.
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 13— (UP)
—A piece of uranium ore given to
Mrs. Henry Schonervbcrg by her sis-
,tcr produced something of a "chain
reaction" In the Schonenberg
household. The woman’s two small
sons thought the small piece of ore
was a nut and cracket It. Their
little sister, 10-month-old Dyann
Schonenberg, ate it. A radiologist
at Hermann hospital said the ore
was radio active. A stomach pump
was used to remove the ore from
the child's body.
Sheep and Goat Raisers Directors
Meeting To Draw Big Crowd Here
More..... than 100 out-of-town
guests are expected to arrive
Friday for the Sheep and Goat
Raisers Association directors’
quarterly-,'meeting, to be held in
Coleman Friday and Saturday,
10:30 a. m. at the Club Room of
the Coleman Hotel and will be
open to all interested women.
Committee meetings will be held
Saturday afternoon.
The men will work in com-
September 15 and 16. More will j mittee on Saturday morning and
come in Saturday. j will begin their business meet-
- -.Pl«ns H'W:shaping“Trp’ wetl for } ing at- l-:3&- p.-m-, at-the- Coleman
the conclave, members of the High School Auditorium. Any-
committees announced today, one interested may attend this
The Coleman Board of Commu- i session.
ni.y Development and the Cole- Directors frorrl Coleman Coun-
man County Breeder-Feeder As-1 ty include J. B. McCord, j. W.
Vance, W. T. Stewardson and
George Beck.
Entertainment for the out-of-
county members includes a buf-
fet supper given by Mr. and
Mrs. J. W! Vance at Golden Hoof
Farms Friday night from 6 to 8,
a formal dance given by the Cole-
man County Women's Auxiliary
of the Breeder-Feeder Associa-
tion arid the Sheep and Goat
Raisers Association at the Recre-
ation Building at. 9 p. m. Satur-
day. Mrs. Thco Griffis will
serve as chairman of the dance
committee.
A coffee for the out-of-county
women will be given by Mrs.
J. B. McCord Saturday morning
from 9 to 10. ,
Saturday luncheon will be
served by the Coleman BCD and
the Coleman County Breeder-
Feeder Association at 12 noon
at the Rodeo grounds.
sociation are assisting with plans.
Earnest Williams, secretary
of the Texas Sheep and Goat
Raisers Association,’ has issued
a reminder to all directors con-
cerning the meeting, stating that
it is "a most interesting meet-
ing, with important matters to
be discussed."
Business sessions will be held
all day Saturday. The Women's
Auxiliary session will begin at
Last Rites For
Artie L. Wells
Are Held Thursday
Last rites for .Artie L. Wells,
33, who died Sunday in an auto-
mobile accident will be held
Thursday.
The accident occured near La-
mesa while Mr. and Mrs. Wells
and their two children, and Mr.
and Mrs. Tollis Bailey were driv-
ing Sunday in a thunderstorm.
Mr. Wells lost control of the ear
and crashed into a tree killing
himself and injuring his wife
who is still in the hospital,...Mr,
and JArs. Bailey are also
hospitalized. The children were
not badly injured.
-Mr. Wells was born September j
17, 1916 in Wenchell Brown Coun-
ty, Texas and died Sept. 10. at
3 p. m. in a Lamesa Hospital.
He was a garage operator.
Survivors include his wife and
two boys, Aaron and Lynn, and
his parents," Mr and Mrs. Bill
Wells of Coleman.
Services will be held in the
North Coleman Baptist Church
at 2 p. m. with the Rev McCaleb
officiating. Interment will be
in the local cemetery with the
Wright’s Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
Man Picked Up
The sheriff's department Wed-
nesday travelled to Eastland to
pick up E. H. Bryan, against
whom "Hot check” charges have
been filed in county court.
Bryan is charged with having
given J. B, Shipman of Santa
Anna a worthless check for $30.
When Is a Stop Sign?
Police Chief Les Taylor is
thinking of getting the local
stop signs repainted—or
something!
People in town don't seem
to recognize a stop sign, he
says.
He bases his opinion on the
fact that when they arc given
tickets for passing the sign,
they always hurry back to
find the stop sign.
Any suggestions about how
to make them show up bet-
ter?
Jones Elected
Kiwanis Head
At Tuesday Meet
Mayor William T. Jones was
elected president of the Kiwanis
Club Tuesday when that group
met in regular session in the
club rooms of the Coleman Hotel.
Nathan Cliett was selected as
vice-president and Jake Joyce,
Oplin Saunders and Walter K.
Boyd as members of the board
of directors.
‘A talk on "Last Wills" was
given by Walter Boyd, local at-
torney, who said that wills carry
out a threefold purpose: 1. They
carry out the definite word of
the testator: 2. They give securi-
ty to the family and 3. They
avoid court entanglements and
excessive expenses.
President J. B. McCord intro-
duced one visitor, J. Ed Johnson.
After the meeting, the group
adjourned to the Girl Scout hut
for pictures.
Services Held For
Gary Wayne Cagle
Services were held today for
Gary Wayne 'Cagle, son of Mr.
and Mrs, J1. L. CaglO of Valera.
Gary Wayne was born Septem-
ber 9, 1950 in the Overall Me-
imorial Hospital.
He is survived by his parents,
four brothers. Davy Lee Brown,
Weldon Brown, Winfred Brown
and Lynn Brown, his grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mul-
anax- of CoTem¥n™'rKj Mrs. VF
H. Cagle of Valera.,his great-
grandparents, Mrs. S. N. Muia-
nax of Valera and Mrs. A. L.
Cagle of Lohn.
Services were held in the Bapt-
ist Church in Valera today at 4
p, m. with the Rev. William Ho-
wie officiating. Interment was
in the Valera cemetery with the
Wright's Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
Gill Entry Wins
Grand Champion
In Kentucky Fair
1 (Special to the Democrat-Voice)
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 13.-
J. F. G. Domestic Mischief 32nd.
outstanding Polled Hereford bull,
Was selected Grand Champion of
the Kentucky State Fair here
last night.
The bull was the entry of Jim'
and Fay Gill of Coleman county,
and was one of a number of
prize winners. Several first and
second prizes were taken by the
Gill entries in the state fair held
this week.
The Gills, accompanied by Le-
ta Hancock of Coleman, will
shqw their animals at the Ten-
nessee State Fair at Nashville
next week. ———
American Troops Stop Reds
General Finds
North Koreans
Gelling Weaker
Tf^l/VA mi. ....
land Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, | valrv intelligence officer identi-
•! United Nations ground forces j fieri three of the four enemy di-
j commander?sain there would be . visions facing Taegu as the 10th,
j rip more allied retreats. j south of the British sector on
: "We will' go forward within a ; the northwest, and the 13th. and
Jshort period of time. " Walke: ! 1st, which ..border on the South
j told troops of the U. S. 1st Caval- j Korean 2nd corps area,
ry, 2nd and 25th Divisions, ‘In-;, He said they had plenty of
stead of going through the suf- ammunition and were capable of
fenng. of retreat-that we kL|..IaMR(±UULAjra^^
® bast two months. we will go two divisions—about 20,000 men
T(3KY0, Thursday, Sept. 14
<U.R>—American troops stopped
the Communist cold on the north-
ern front trt K.orea today and
then charged forward to knock
the enemy off three hills on the
approaches to vital Taegu.
The grimy, battle-hardened
U. S. 1st Cavalry-Division seized
two hills in its southern sector
and a third only 10 miles north _______ _________ . ...........
of Taegu, with 1st Cavalry Artil- planes combined to push the Nam and JJaktong Rivers.
ICry support (Communists off the three hills. There “were three allied air
British troops along the Nak- j but • the enemy still held two strikes on the pocket, as well
tong River cleaned out pockets | othei important heights five as a ground assault! but the
of.the enemy of their left flank miles east, of Waegwan, which is } eneipy - still held the area,
and captured 12 prisoners - :2 miles northwest of Taegu. An American prdfroi captured
Communists were falling back ! Planes bombed and strafed Communist platoon in the 2nd
from Yongchon eastward to the | areas where an estimated 40,000 ! division sector on the northern
Japan Sea, with Americans and j Communist troops were believed front, but the area was otherwise
South Koreans hot on their heels,) to be concentrated A 1st Car.Relatively quiet.
forward.
"I feel a definite weakening of
the enemy, and in some places
he is even pulling back. I am
sure that once we punch through
the thin crust he w ill fold up."
Infantrymen, 'artillery and
—somewhere on the 1st Caval-
ry’s front-.
In the 25th Division sector, air
and ground attacks failed to dis-
lodge a pocket of Communists
foui amf one-half miles south-
west of the confluence of the
Many Added New Features Planned
For Fall Festival Sept. 28, 29,30
The first annual Fall Festival | Many other extra features
is now full-grown. have been planned to make this w ^
That point can be proved by ; show one Of the finest ever giv- j"
the fact that it has become so ten in this section of the‘country. 1 1....................,______Ll
big it has been incorporated by j'------------------------.....
the Rodeo Association and the j \ ISI1 Ol R FARMERS
Be sure to turn to pages 4
and 5 .of tfcis issue for the lat-
est farm news. Visit with us
in the home of'Zf 'ris Mayo.
Jr., a forward-lookingfarm-r
Will Be Honored
Five Colemanites, who are
I leaving for Praire View College,
j this week, will be honored to-
j night with a party at the Colored
High, School.
they are Miss Linnie Ruth Gil-
bert. Lonis Gene'Gilbert, Hubert
O. Chi!dre,ss, Howard B. Chil-
li'
Gov. Allen Shivers Emerges
As Demo Kingpin in State
Convention at Mineral Wells
Breeder-Feeder Association.
With the initial festival sched-
uled for September 28, 29'and 30 j
at the Rodeo grounds. Interest of
the whole county has sprung up
for the gigantic show, which in-
cludes individual booths, from |
shows, band concerts, conc.es- I
sions, exhibits, horse shows and
other unusual features.
Purpose of the corporation, ac-
cording to the coxporation pa-
pers, is ' "The encouragement of
agriculture and horticulture by
associations for the maintenance
of public fairs and exhibitions
of -stock and farm products'"
A very special feature of the
festival will be the electric organ
installed there by Johnnie B.
Howell. Mrs. Howell will give
musical selections at intervals
for the pleasure of the spectators.
Commissioners
Approve Reports
Employees Have
Annual Picnic
I Training period for Miss Mari-
; alyce Smith, assistant county
j home-demonstration agent, will
i be ended on October. 1, at which
| time she will go on the county
j payroll, county commissioners
Mr. M. G. Cheney, president ('decided at their regular meeting
of Anzac Oil Corporation, and i Monday.
Mr. R E. Alsop, president of i -VI! the commissioners. Court-
Maxwell Drilling Company, were! ty Judge Ira Gallaway and Co.un-
hosts to their employees and lo-; ty Clerk, George M, Smith, were
cal supply store personnel at i in attendance at the session,
their annual picnic at the QjtH'aU I Reports of county home dem-
Lease on Monday evening. A de- j onstrntion agent Mary .Jo Gar-
licious barbecue supper was on- land assistant home demonstra-
joyed by 102 guests, 64 of which; lion agent, Marialyce Smith and
represented company employees; County Agent C. M. Huckabee
and their families. ! were adopted and aproved.
MARINES
Y ongsan st
'^paxta dead
YjMiit. (NEA
UP PAST THEIR OWN DEAD—In the
South Korean front a Marine tank moves
soldier, lying- on the fond where he
felephoto)
MINERAL WELLS, Tex., Sept 13
i UP)—Gov* Allan Shivers emerged
today as kingpin of the Democratic
party in Texas.
The Governor scored a grand
slam in his bid for control of party
machinery at the biennial state con-
vention yesterday.
The convention, bringing more
than 2,000 delegates into this North
Texas spa, gave Shivers everything
he wanted.
When the day-long session ended,
controlling party power had been
wrested from the hands of liberal
leaders. Party policy was directed
from the left toward a more con-
servative middle-of-the-road plan-
ning.
The governor said In his opinion
the new cothmittee was “generally
representative of the sentiment of
the people of Texas." He added that
while there were extremes to both
left and right, the majority of mem-
bers hung pretty close to the middle-
of-the-road politically.
Selection of the executive com-
mittee was carefully supervised by
the governor’s; floor men who -mas-
ter-minded sevgn substitutions for
district caucus nominees.
Representatives of radical wings
to both left and right were severed
1 from power with a surgeon's skill.
J. E. Wheat of Woodville, long-
time neighbor and friend of the
governor, was elevated from secre-
tary of the executive committee to.
chairman.
The Coleman County delega- !
tion-all-the-way, came out hap-
py and victorious after a ses-
sion at the State Democratic
Convention in Mineral Wells
Tuesday, L. Emet Walker,
Walker, county chairman, said
today.
"We got a lions’ share of j
honors, and we stuck with the
middle of the readers down the
line," Walker added, saying
also that the Coleman County
group voted for every winner.
County Judge Ira Gallaway
was elected by the caucus of
the 25th Senatorial District to
help canvass returns, and Hal-
bert O. Woodward was chosen
on the committee to seat party
officers. He was also selected
as one of the temporary vice-
chairman of the convention,
Earl Rudder of Brady was
elected as state committeeman
to replace Penrose Metcalf, and
Mrs. Irene Trapp of Brown-
wood was chosen as commit-
teewoman.
Bill Allcorn of Brownwood
was temporary chairman or the
caucus.
Shivers, jauntily shaking hands
as he received the plaudits of
the delegates', spoke briefly as ^
the convention neared its end.
In thinly-veiled reference to the
Dixicrats, he expressed hope that |
"those who have erred a little
will see the error of their ways
and come on and make a really
strong Democratic Party."
The convention adopted a se-
ries of resolutions, including
ones urging that the legislature
enact a law requiring registra-
tion qf Communists and provid-
ing a maximum penalty of death
for violation.
Approving permanent offices,
to be located at Austin, for the
state executive committee.
Calling for "adequate revision"
by the legislature of the state’s
lunacy laws.
Opposing federal action re-
quiring that the proposed con-
struction of three hydro-electric
dam projects on the Brazos Ri-
ver be licensed by the federal
power commission.
Commending the anti-Commu-
nist affidavit required of Labor
union officials and recommend-
ing that it "be required of all
officers, officials and employees
of any labor ynion or organiza-
tion.”
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