Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 92, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 2, 1949 Page: 1 of 8
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Miss Anne Price Chosen
Beauty Contest Winner
/Impeach Jester' Is
Cry Ixi Texas House
‘Miss Gregg County Of 1949’
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AUSTIN. Tex.. July 1 -(INSk A
cry for Impeachment of Governor
Beaufnrd Jester waa heard In the
Texas house today an tempers
boiled over following a crucial
teat vote by which a plan to IJ|>-
ance Stale buildings fell by th„
wayside.
Rep. Paul Wilson, of Geneva,
after hearing a scathing attack
upon (fie Governor by another
representative yelled, “Now is
the time to get him out of office
and that means Impeachment."
W1 twin's blast at the Chief
Executive came after Rep. Ray-
mond Tatur:. of Huntington, charg-
ed that Jf ter had threatened to
H. B. Walker
Eleven Injured In Fire, AffSVSff
Explosion At Hawkins
Eleven ueraona were In hired,
nine of them seriously enough to
be boapltallxed at McKean Hos-
pital early Friday whan a Propane
fire reeulted In an exnloalon and
an estimated 116.000 loos at the
Natural Gasoline Corporation's
plant oaa and a half mile* north
of Haw kina.
The alne men hoe pita lined were
repotted to be suffering Boa aee-
oad degree bums and gome had
Modal Plano
Boot Sot At
also Innaled fumes.
■ Listed ae hnspttallxed were
Clao Robertson. Hawkins.
Eddie Ellison. Gtadewater.
I Inn Maxwell.
J. C. i#wta.
K. H. Davis, driver of the des-
troyed truck.
|building wan scorched.
Putt her injuries were prevented
when a second truck standing near
jtbe scene of the accident was
driven away before the truck tank
exploded.
The demolished transport was
.evaluated at 915.000 while toss
the Joint ownership of Humble Oil
and Refining comoany and tha
John M. Smith, volunteer Hawk- at the plant waa estimated at
Ins fireman. 11.000. Natural Gasoline la under
Lonnie Fenton.
Melford Lewis.
H.T. McDaniels. Warren Petroleum Company of
T.T. Ite vena on received first
atd treatment and wea mleased
Superintendent of the Humble Re-
ftnery at Hawkins. “Rad" Hart.
was
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Rail Traffic
A Model Air Plane Cosiest tar
Gregg County will be sponsored by
the seven P’rmmgh Dealers of
this area os July 16th and 17th
at the Gregg County AW Part.
The content will be opes to boys
sad girls ranging In sge Worn 7
to 3S. visitors have oeen invited
to attend the spotting spectacle
which will run Worn I to 7 p.m. on
Saturday sad • n.m. until 7 p.m.
Sunday.
Winner* of the local events will
receive prlxea with cash values
totaling in exceta of IS60. tn ad
dkton. the high point winner from
Gragg County will receive a
“Grand Prize" at an ell-expepse
paid trip to the international Model
Plane meat to be bald In Detroit.
Michigan on August Had through
29th.
Mote than a million spectator*
were estimated to have attended
the local and international modal
plane rontenta staged by the Ply-
mouth Motor corporation last year,
according to n. H. Zidmr, district
manager.
Mpdel builder* Bom Gladewalar.
Longview and Kilgore have been
urged to attend the meet and com-
pete In the speed and stunt events
to be staged. Contest rules throw
tlw occasion open to model planes
powered by gas or rubber bands.
Contest director Lawrence Lopar
said that final contest rules should
bo ready by tbs end of next week.
Merton Young, tooal Plymouth
Dealer will announce the rules.
ran repotted burned but not serious
to be parried to the Glade-
3Tri.'f’^hJSlnib Berlin
valve btsat fading up a blast of
tbs gas being loaded Into an Em- BERLIN. July wiNSy-Pbur
matt Godfrey Company truck from > allied freight trains mstnly catrv-
Arilagton ; 176 coal moved into Berlin today
in tha confusion that tallowed j l*e» ViaJ^id “hf a
ih. .u.i ..iMHfltAibiant a.a.1 alwvated trains In western Bsr-
veto some of the member's pet
bills, now on his desk, if they
voted against the building plan.
“I resent anybody trying to u-
surp the powers of this legislative
body." Tatum said.
Gov. Jester, when Informed of
the charge, flatly denied It.
Tatum said that Jester and the
"Ttiird House. ” (lobbyists) had
been circulating threats ever
since the proposal wss sent over
from the Senate.
Several representatives fol-
lowed the Governor's critics to
the microphone and spoke in his
behalf.
C.P. McKnlgnt of Quitman, de-
clared that it was Jester who had
come out for the eleemosynary
building program long ago. but
that the legislature had waited
until the waning days of the ses-
sion to do anything about It.
Rep. Doyle Willis, of Fort
Worth stated, “If this house had
listened to Besuford Jester many
months ago when he told us we
were spending all our money we
would be out of here by now." |
He added. “Besuford Jester is
Just about as good a governor as
ms ••
we ever had.'
His statements
by Jeer*.
w rre greeted
TEXAS
NEWS BRIEFS
BY INS
HIU.8BORO. July 1 - (INS) - Hill
County today nad Its first oollo
victim.
A 5-year old boy who had been
ill aince Monday wy tenLM>
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but the plant superintendent, A.8. |
Votaw. expressed the belief that
fire added its claos to the scene
about M or *0 mlnulei after tbs
valve bwat.
A description of the truck which ___
first caught flrv Identified It a» ikivlet marts,
a double-barrelled rig «r two cy-| Trucks from the
llndrtesi tanks mounted side by
side
lln resumed full operation Anally
after the return to work by nearly
15,000 strikers who were promised
their main demand-100 per cent
pnymwil in Western marks, which
are four times as valuable as
Western occu-
pation gone tieartng food also
: streamed Into Merlin after the
Whan the first tank exploded j Hu sal ana yesterday had hailed
after the fire suited, the truck1 them temporarily and demanded
waa ripped In two. hulling onej that the coo*lgnm«t_paper* be*
tank shout 150 tost from the main
wreckage. Parts of the re main Ins
mala flat were (bund as tar as 500
feat Worn the loading dock.
Worker*, maneuvering to keep ..
".p,°H£'nd,,tt^ l». Abe Lincon Derails
**rlran, which continued to bim SPRINUFIKLD. III.. July 1
into the afternoon, destroyed tbs •<!!«► seven persons were in-
truck. the loading dock and the Jured today, none critically, when
propane ea hand at the eipteeieaM
id mature* of soviet officials.
Seven Hurt In Wreck:
N. B WAI.KFB
Vice Presldsnt and aupsrrnten-
dent of tha Oalveg OH Company.
H. & Walker, suffered a heart
attach about 9 a.m. Friday morning
and waa reported in a serious
condition at McKetti Hospital late
pH day.
Walk* wsr.t to the Arm’s office
in the First SUte Hsnk Building
and had returned home when he
had the attack.
Accompanying Walker to the
hospital were his son Gordon and
a daughter. Mrs. Joe Horn*.
In addition tn supervising Galvez
drilling activities In the Lett
Texan area. Walker la manager of
the company’s field office in
Glade water.
He is a vice president of the
Gladewaler Rotmd-Up Association
and has been a director for a num-
ber of years. Walker supervised
the construction of the all-steel
roden arena at the Hndeo grounds.
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■taw
Approximately half of the men
received their Injuries as they
attempted to bring the Are under
control and to prevent It from tak-
ing the office building located
approximately 1M fast Bom the
doeh. tnaplte of their efforts the
JifFM Mrtimy , • ---—
five car* of the Gulf. Mobile &
Ohio railroad's Abraham Lincoln
streamliner lef t the track near
taringfteld.
Four coaches and a diner of
the 17-car train were derailed
but remained upright. The train
resumed Its run shortly after I
the accident, minus the five units.
Miffs Coplon Cries
Trial Was Unfair
WASHINGTON. July 1 -GN8>
Judith Coplon waa sentenced to-
day to 40 months to 10 yean In
prison as a convicted spy for Rus-
sia and waa released on 930.000
appeal bond after spending three
hours and 10 minutes in confine-
ment.
Her New York trial with Gutv.
Itchev on a charge of espionage
conspiracy starts Jnlv it.
?•> a* polio.
DENBSGN. July l - (IN8) - Gen.
Lucloa Clay, former U.8. military
governor In Berlin. will visit Lake
Texoma sometime this tall.
The exact date of the visit has
not been disclosed but the Lake
Texoma Sportsman Club had In-
vited the General for a visit on
Sept. 4. Clay prefers to keep hln
visit a quiet affklr.
WINN8BORO. July 1 - (1N8) -
East Texas fiddlers and band-
master have been Invited to par
tlclpate tn the old fiddler all-day
July 4th program and contest at
winnsboro.
Outside of the war years, this
event has become an outstanding
Tuans celebration during the past
quarter century.
DALLAS. July l - (INS) - Clmnce
Vought Aircraft completed Its gi-
gantic moving project from Con-
necticut to Dallas today.
Mora than one-thousand freight
ear* carried an aviation plant - -
lock, stock and employes • • 1.687
miles while high speed production
of aircraft for the Navy never bog-
ged down.
Chance Vaught now occupies
the wartime plant of North Ameri-
can Aviation. Tha modernistic area
of one-million. 800-thousand square
feet la again crowded with air-
planes and bussing with activity.
Some 1,300 employe* of the old
plant have been moved to Dallas.
New Floggings By
Ku Klux In Alabama
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. July 1-
.INSv-Fifty person a, who have
been threatened by nightrldtrs or
have witnessed floggings In the
Blrrrtngham area, lined up to tell
'htir stories to a Jefferson grand
jury today.
Judge J. Wheeler charged that
he would get to the hotter- of
riotous, vonemnua and malicious
acta of alleged masked and robed
men who have terrorized the
Alabana tnduewial area in recent
months. ..
Two more flogging* were report-
ed fo newsmen only a short Mme
before fhe grand lury opened Its
probe. One oj fhe lafear beatings
to he reported was Inflicted on a
"essemer. Ala., coal miner In
March. The other Involved a
Negro farmer In Clay County, Ala.
Judge Wheeler fin* naked the
s pedal grand J«7 if any of Its
members ware Ku Klux Klansmen.
No one answered, and the Judge
began his charge In the packed
courtroom. Judge Wheeler said
“These account* of ailagad
violence and anarchy have been
published to the whole world, to
the chagrin and shams of our
county and state.
Estamated 4,000
View First Sht
Held In County
At 9:4 0 p.m. *he music stopped
and the five tense faces of the
girls who were top on the Judaes
lists for “Miss Gregg County of
1948.” fhe first such contest
ever held, were Dimed towards the
•udges stands.
A Judge nodded his head, passed
up flie final decisions and Die more
flian 4000 spectators waited for
second and ’hlrd place winners
to be announced before Anne
Price was called “Miss Gregg
County of 1949." The first
place winner w as sponsored by
MoffeD Lumber Company of Long-
view.
Second place winner of *he
contest in which 25 nervous girts
were relaxed under the banter of
Fddle Bracken was Juanita Dowl-
ing of Greggtnn. sponsored by
Ay cock and Barrow Used Cars,
Longview.
Kilgore National Bank was
sponsor of fhe third place winner,
Phyllis Ann Foster.
M aster- of-Ceremonles Eddie
Brackm opened the festivttiea,
downing with Eaily Bird Orches-
tra leader Billy Mayo of Dallas,
ta-ackw gave two routines of
pantomime during the show, one
deplctint the story of his llie. The
baser ill-cam get had the audience
laughing from beginning to end as
Bracket faced them, acting out
the entile story of an imaginary
game
He would wind up. laboriously
deliver a pitch" into the crowd,
then duck as the "ball" zoomed
back at hin from the “batter."
Hie natural flair foe tilnMfiU had.
s first mintage appearance.
Billy Mayo’s orchestra. Radio
Salon WFAA qf„ Dallas' Early
Bird band, played mood-music
•bile the 25 contestants appeared
In groups of fives between Brac-
ken’s numbers tnd Mayo'* murtc.
Judging was done as each croup
appeared, and the entire ensemble
waa called back for a repent show-
ing to give (he judges a good look
st each contestant.
Preliminary luddne was finished
Thursday night at the Flame
Rtstuarant at a private dinner
given contestants, sponsors.
Judges. Clvitan club members and
their wives. The Judging wss on
the same line as that done in the
Miss America Pageant in Atlantic
City. Twentir-flve potnto each are
awarded for talent, poise, personali-
ty and beauty of face and figure.
Miss Gregg County of 1049 "ill
receive a 9100 cash prize and an
sit-expense trip to Port Arthur in
August for the Mtsa Texas contest
there. If she wins at that show
she will receive a $son cash prize
and a trip to .Atlantic city In
September to compete in the Miss
America sho* where the toe prise
Is 95,000. plus nunerous compacts
and other prizes.
Dr. Paul Turlington. Clvitan
member in general charge of the
show, expressed his appreciation
to all the sponsor* who contributed
to the success of the show, retd
to each conteatart who appeared.
He said the show wee the biggest
production Gragg County has aver
naan, and that it's success was
due to the efforts of hard- working
Clvitan member* who cuntrl(sited
their Brae and labor to help put
the show aero**-
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Greep, J. Walter. Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 92, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 2, 1949, newspaper, July 2, 1949; Gladewater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1008124/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lee Public Library.