Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 115, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 30, 1949 Page: 1 of 6
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Gregg County Area Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Lee Public Library.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
iff
LOOK FOR
YOURSELF
IN THE._____
«
% t
©laimatrr Satlu Mirror
rHE PCOPLTS PAPER"
WEATHER
M«| TKIO Portly < lniid» in
night and sati'ria* «Uh wnlrlv
■.raOt-rort ihunrterwhnwrer* acor
die upper roan woturda* after
noon Not much rkM(f in l»»
tiereiufr Mndrntr wnstl' -"itfi.*r
Iv »md* on the roam
VOL. I NO 115
School Days
Basin Again
September 6
Hack-to-school days fur ulant-
•ster children will be Tuesday
K*i lember 8.
'I'll* decision of the opening
day for the independent school
district and the adoption of the
yaar’*> calendar waa transacted
during a Thtaaday night session
of the school board.
Negro high school students
ffoni big Handy, White oak. Pina
7»ee and Spring Hill will be al-
lowed to enroll at Weldon High
School, according to the decision
of the board.
Cuntrarta for Uiree different
bnifrovefflenla were trade by Uie
board.
The flrat contract went to Hen-
lay Plumbing Company for work
on the elementary school cal Marti
for a sum of alMS Asphalt work
for Uie elementary school hail
will ba done fur 8481.78 by the
Martin building specialities ol
Tyler and Croft Contracting Com-
pany has agreed to do asphalt
paving at Hear stadium for 8571.-
04.
Kealgnatlon of Was Virginia
Lae Nelson, choral teacher was
acceded and two new teachers
were elected for the elementary
school. Mrs. Joe Atkinson ol
Oladewater waa named as fifth
grade teacher ami Mlaa Hetty Jane
Robbins of guitman will instruct
second graders.
Under specifications of the new
calendai teachers are to stlend
a general faculty meeting on
September I.
Tw< days off will be allowed
for Thanksgiving and I-aster and
two weeks will be allotted for
yhrtirtmas vacation._
Truman Friend
Under Fire As
^-Percenter'
WASHINGTON. July 2»--<INS>-
Ren. Poey (0) N.C., today promised
a full, open Senate investigation
lab' charge* that White House
intimate John Mamgon la a “five
pern enter.”
Mara ton, former Kansas citizen
and fneml of both the President
and Mo) Gen. Hairy Vaughan,
denied lie Is a "five percenter*’
befori a secret session of thu
Investigating subcommittee head-
ed by Hnwy.
__ The lebcommUtse will open
hearings Aug. 8 Inin the activities
of Washington ‘‘five percenters*'
men who proMIe Influence on
government purchasing contract*
for a five per cent fee.
Maragnn specifically demanded
that Washington Columnist Drew
Pesrow be called for testimony
before the subcommittee, tie said
**1 told tip' committee that. In
view of the specific statement of
FULL LEASED WIRE INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
GLADEWATER. TEXAS
SATURDAY, JULY 30 1949
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
TEXAS ONLY OFFSET DAILY
PMi > HAMM.
Berlin Airlift To
Be Abandoned By US
HkHl lN, July 2b - (INK) • The
berlln Airlift which broke the back
of the Kuaaiah Kconomlr blockade
at a coat of more than JBO million
dollars and 77 lives will be ter-
minated in gradual stages begin-
ning Monday.
This was announced today by
Uie American and liriUsli military
governments with a proud ’'well-
done'' to the wire eft who hauled
more than two million, 214 thou-
sand tons of supplies Into Herltn
in the 13 months of the airlift's
operation.
The announcement declared that
the maitmum possible stockpiles
arc now on hand in Berlln, and
rail, truck and barge transportation
la able to supply all Uie city’s
needs.
the U.H Air Fotee said it plans
to keep two troop carrier groups
• - normally 48 planes each - -
available a* a permanent skeleton
lift. The Anglo-American an-
nouncement declared the saeletoo
lift will be adequate to permit full
revival "whenever the necessity
arises."
The airlift, which began operat-
ing June 28, 11148, after the Hus-
slan blockade of Berlin started,
continued to bring supplies into
the city for stockpiling after the
blockade was lilted last May 12.
At present there are 211 U.B.
and 117 British planes assigned
to Uie lift. '
Tlie sir force said the first 1,8.
Drew Pearson (Julv 29>, accusing I units scheduled to return home
me of being not only s ‘five per I are two navy squaitron* based at
center’ but a 'fifty pern enter,’ that
Diew l«arvm should he summoned.
*'t said he should be required
to furnish any evidence he has In
that connection so that the comm-
ttee ran have the full fact*.”
Ilie It he in-Main Airport and tlie
317th Transport Currier Group at
Celle, They are due to leave in
August, with the last units to be
redeployed In "ctober.
The first hast to be closed will
Mail Pouch Missing
At Glade Post Office
Down
Gladetown Streets
'•veml
Installation of officers for the
American I egloh wilt take niece
midst the funning of a stag part)
at the l.egton Hut next Monday.
Randall Stokes (who dab's he
was "Wtlrnade l" Into the Mo will
take the newly vacated pew of
Ralph Prince (law firm by the same
name) who leaves the commsnder-
ahtp of the l.egton lo tile new
'care, others being Installed am
David v<mm, John Ward. I c-> t ong,
John Tenery, Rev. T. R. Kldef,
J. 0. Arts " f\ ' »ni'.n < tto
Htacrtow. amt Dale Brookings.
Hettv Mien, campfire gal with
Uie sweetest smile In town, has
brought it hack to 'tlartewater. she
hart been beaming her heat at Camp
Kt Teaoro near Ft. Worth. Welcome
hack to llartewator all you
wandering horizon clabbers, blue
blrrtetw, and etc.
Hetty Jane Klmmon*. of the .1 f.
Mmmnnsos clan, and her poppa,
have come home from north of the
Msaon-Dtxon line. He was In
Chicago on business for T. Wf. Lae
sin was a-vlsttlng school chums
of yester-year. Brought one back
v.Mi her. A Yankee gal named
'Teorglna Putnsm-so pretty she
makes you forget that Yankee has
a three-letter prefix. Mama Simmons
stayed home tending the hearth-
fire so laughter could go.
'Tlartewater 'tries will cany no
conform organisms at the present,
according to superintendent lari
Parker of Uie water department
N<4 that Uiere In a demand tor go.-d
old collform organisms the term
Indicates foreign matter, germs
inrluslve. In the water supply
Parker says a state health de-
partment report gives the city
water a rfean blit nf health aa of
July 2ft. '
Oladewater Is minus
hundred first class letters.
On July '0. Oladewater postal
officials notified police and rail-
road employees, that a mail pouch
containing several hundred first
rli«s letter* n arked for Oladewater
disappeared from the west hound
No, 4 train.
Whether Ur pouch was stolen
or lost Is stilt s m» .tery to the
postal Investtgntors on the ense.
Arordtng to Roy Pynes, assist-
ant post master of Oladewater, the
F’trst State Hank was probably the
hardest hit of any Arm or individual
In Mladewstor, The loss of the
pouch means a number of canceled
checks not returned as usual.
Business letters, personal mall,
checks and other such first class
correspondence were lost when the
pouch disappeared.
Pvnes suggested Umt any Olade-
water citizen wh > e xperted special
correspondence on or al«>ut July
20 contact the person from whnm
the letter was to come since the
envelope might have Is-en among
the mimlwr missing from the train.
Ordinarily mall slated for a
certain destination Is held open
until the Inst station liefnre the
destination point Is reached.
Mall coming tom the Dallas post
office includes Sellers from Austin,
•San Antonio and other polnta as
well as the last stop on the way—
Big Snndv. After the train passes
Big Kandy, the aaek Is locked and
pulled ftom the sorting rack.
Infomatl on rrlea sed by thiv
officials shows Uist the liest they
know, In the week they have tmen
InvesUgntlng the incident, is that
the pouch did pass Pig .Sanity and
was released »t Oladewater.
The sack Is not supposed to
hi.ve reached the Oladewater post
r(Ace. If the sack reached (llade-
.••Mer. then there was a Unit a
(die k-and-a-half between the
...e-Ion and the post office where
the sack could have disappeared.
If the pouch waa stolen, author-
lUrs say they cannot yet account
tor the reason behind the theft.
If the pouch disappeared, the
postal Inspector* still say they
do not know where It la.
be that at Celle, in about a month,
and the one at Fassberg will be
shut down about a month later.
Lieut. Gen. John J. Cannon.
U.S. Air Force commander in
Europe, said:
"The end of the airlift signifies
to free people everywhere the
successlul completion of a lengthy
and difficult task by the combined
forces of the United Mates. Great
Britain and France.
"without the untiring devotion
of U.S. personnel, the U.S. part
in this tank could not have beer
accomplished.
"It is s proud moment for u*
all."
To dale the airlift hauled
2.214.071.5 tons A supplies into
Berlin in 274.718 flights. Till)
included 1,472,897.1 km* of coal
and 533.b80.7 tons of food.
The 77 slrllf; deaths included
31 Americana, 39 Britons and
seven Germans.
The lerminaUua of the airlift
waa hailed aa a western vtcua*
against Russia by German leaders.
Wetbacks Are
Returned To
Old Mexico
LAREDO, Tea.. July 29 -(INSv-
K'Wty-two "wetbacks" who
were given a chance for "volun-
tary return” were brought to
Laredo by a special Department
of Justice bus and delivered
to Mexican immigration officials
Isle today at the International
Bridge.
rhe Mexican worker* who had
efgtved the United States Illegal-
ly all had spent from one to
several days In (all — 36 at
H uston and 18 at Nan Antonio.
those of military age were
turned over to the garrison at
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, where
their selective service statuses
will tie checked. The rest were
sent back to their homes In
the interior of Mexico.
OP? of the ’’wetbacks" -—
Guadalupe /sennas, a young
mifrried man from Zlinap.eo,
Mlchoacar state — said he woiled
across the Kto Grande laver
late In March near Reynoso.
He had tmen earning six or
seven dollars s day driving a
tractor and sent considerable
monev home.
All the -wetbacks" were at
work pear Houston and San
Antonio when arrested.
Shepperd To
Spook At Old
Settlor’s Moot
Among outstanding citizens of
Texas who will speak at the 47th
annual Wood County Okl Settler's
Reunion will be John Hen Sheppnst
of nladewater.
Shepperd will speak during tin
first day of the three day reunion.
He Is scheduled to spaak Wednes-
day. August 3 at 4:10 p,m.
The Old Settler's Reunion will
begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday and
will last tiitough Friday. August
5. wgh s Carnival on the midway
closing the activities at 7:30 p.m.
Included among the speakers
will be acting I ieuL Governor of
Texas. G. C. Morris and State
Senators Fred Harris and Warren
McDonald.
Key nob- speakers during the
three days will be Onv. Allen
Shivers and Attorney General Brice
Daniels. Shivers will address the
"attic lpants of Old Settler's Day
Reunion on Friday morning while
Daniels will appear a short time
before Shepperd Wednesday.
District Attorney Will Wilson
of Dallas will be one nf the favored
speakers during the three days
wnen talent Is drawn from all over
Texas for the special event In
Wood County.
Wednesday la general day for
the Reunion and Thursday has
been designated as Veteran’s
day and Mlnenla and Wlncsbom
Day. Friday Is the Governor’s and
Fiddler's Day.
Okl Fiddler's, under and above
50 yean of age. will have atten-
tion drawn to them on Friday after-
noon when contestants gather
sound to play thetr heat rrualr
for the gathered throngs.
US Commander
Go To Europe
WASHINGTON. July 29—(INS)
C.fk Army, Nsvy and Air Force
commanders left Washington by
plane tonight for Fumpe to confer
with Atlantic Pact military leaders
on the defense organization to
be set up under the treaty.
The party took off from National
Airport aboard President Truman's
personal plane tor the flight to
Frankfurt. Germany.
In the group making the 10-day
trip were Gen. Omar Bradlay,
army chief of staff; Gen Hoyt
* Vandenherg, air force chief ot
strff; Adm. Louis Denfleld, thief
of naval operations, and MaJ. Gen.
A.V. Gruenther. Jr., director of
the Joint staff.
They left the capital a few hours
after Bradley, speaking tor all,
disclosed to s congressional
committee the Three-Point Defense
Plan they will propose to the
other pact nations.
Penfeld said, however, that
the Furopean Rearmament Profrsm
no* before Congress will not he
discussed.
Crusading Announcer
Killed By Tavern Owner
AL1CF, Tex.. July 29 -<IN8)--
A crusading radio station direr-
tor was shot and killed today
at Alice and a tavern-owning
deputy sheriff ha* been charted
with the slaying.
W.H. (Bill) Maaon of Radio
-nation KHK1 died in a hospital
this afternoon after being shot
In the heart Just jts he got out
of hla parked car In the Indus-
trial section of Alice.
A charge of murder has been
filed against Sam Antthwlck.
Jim wells County deputy sheriff
end local tavern own tv. smlth-
wyck surrendered voluntarily
shortly after the shooting.
Alice police sal (ft hey believe
the motive behind the slaying
was Mason's radio crusade
for law enforcement and a vice
clean-up campaign In the Alice
area.
Cold Canadian Air
May Halt Heat Wave
Most of the nation sweltered
uniter sizzling tempemtutva
Friday, but a cool air mass from
Northwest Canada hroke the back
of s Mid-West hest wav and
brought promise of relief to
Southern portion* of the country.
The Chicago Weather Bureau
reported that the cool air, now
embracing an atea from Michigan
sisithwestward to Mlsmnirt. wa*
expected to continue It* welcome
southern Journey.
A t>*nrt of thundershower*
stretched for 150 to "’00 mile*
along the sir mass bounitary.
ivundng quick lug cooling shower*
to mont of the region* it crossed.
The rains hit Chicago UH*
morning and sent temperature*
down to a comfortable 82. The high
wa* forecast at 84 with the mer-
cury dtopplng to 84 tonight.
However, the forecast held
little Immediate relief for the
sweltering Fasten) sections of
the country.
New York City and Uie New
Fnglanii states were particularly
hard hit with teiveratuies reaching
the mlddle-90's and expected to
climb null higher heftue nightfall.
Resident* of the Western. Plains
state*, alirmly under the influence
of the air mass, enjoyed pleasant
weather today.
Along the Western seahnan! the
temperature* wen* cool and com-
fortable. Seattle reported a high
of 87 today and Oakland. Calif.,
enjoyed 64 degree te-'peratures.
Forecasters said falling humid-
ity over much of the country will
make It seem cooler, although no
widespread drop Is evident
(It folks out In Wayneabiirg.
Pa., tried a little personal arrang-
ing of the weather today. Five
thousand residents gsthered for
the annual "rain day.”
Despite torrid temperatures,
residents I’Jgged umbrellas and
raincoat* around the afreets and
predicted that rain would came
soon, as It has on alt hut fire of
the la4 7? "rain day*."
Although there wan no sign nf
rain, except for a few scattered
clouds, the Wayneslsirgan* rote
tlnu i*1 their precipitation pre-
parations. The final clincher waa
an order that alt cltisena wash
• their cars hy 5 p.m.
If that doesn’t <to it. they snid.
nothing will.
Defense Plan Gives US Atom Bomb
Attack Job Defense Secretary Says
JOHN DIN niyPHl)
Hot Weather Steps
Up Rise In Policy
Hot, humid weather apparently
stopped up the nation's polio toll
with close to 7.000 cases reported
In a country-side survey Friday.
Health authorities In some of
the hardest-hit areas have closed
bathing beaches and recreational
facilitlea In an emergency effort
to check the spread of the dread
disease.
More titan 300 death* have been
reported throughout the nation
since Jan. 1.
The American Red Cross in
Washington. D.C., issued an
emergency call for qualified pro-
fessional nurse* willing to serve
in infantile paralysis epidemics.
lexas Hardest Hit
' Texas is the hardeiit hit slate
in the country with 1,125 cases
reported. California la second
Bonehead Club Reports
Lease Lost In Shuffle-
Now Shuffle Gets Lost
DALLAS. TFX.. July 29-(tNS>
The Dallas Bonehead Club
today decided the "lost lease"
It'a been looking for has been
lost in the shuffle and has
started a search for the shuffle.
Last week the funster* set
about to find a lease widely-
advertised by Its owner as
"lost."
The club Is also keeping an
eye out far
1. Lost tempers
2. Lost weekends
3. Lost horizons
4. The lost years of women
The Bonehead Club Is made
up of 37 Dallas businessmen
who poke fun at world problems
at luncheon meetings.
TEXAS
NEWS BRIEFS
m ims
DALIIART. TFX.. July TB-dNR)
Henry Callls, 55. of Sedan N.M.,
was killed today near Dalhart
when he lost control of the pickup
truck he was driving.
His wife, Bertie, and a daughter,
Pauline. 13. tiding with him
received only bruises.
Funeral sendees for the New
Mealco man are pending.
LARFDO. TEX.. July 29-(INH>
Funeral services were pending
today for Hairy Miner ffraeton. 88,
retired state agent of the Hartford
Fire tnamnee Company, who died
Thursday at Laredo.
Hla widow. Mrs. Margante T.
a salon survive*.
a salon waa a member of the
Masonic Conaltory at Guthrie.
Okl a
with more than 100 owes.
Volunteers were asked to report
through’ local Red Gross Chapters.
Seventeen new cases and two
additional deaths were listed In
Indiana. Portland. Ind., health
authorities hsve placed a ban on
children attending swimming pools,
baseball games and public gathem
Inga for two weeks.
In Muncie, Ind., Mayor Lester
Holloway recommended the can-
cellation of all public gatherings.
Health authorities In Berrien
County. Mich., took similar action,
with Benton Harbor and St. Joseph
closing all public beaches.
Dubuque. Is., has been declared
an' epidemic area. All children
under 16 nave been prohibited
from attending Sunday schools,
theaters. swimming pools and
other recreational facilities under
terms of a resolution just passed
but not yet enforced.
I arse Cities Hard Hit
Both New York City and St.
Louis are in the "mildly epi-
demic" stage.
New York reported a total of
274 cases for the year as compared
to 59 for the same period a year
ago.
Some 260 cases are under treat-
ment in the St. Louts area, in-
cluding 74 in bast St. Louis. Ul.
Cleveland. O.. reported seven
new cases in tlie last 24 hours-
the largest single day’s total thus
far this year.
Hard hit areas tn Missouri in-
cluded Cape Girardeau and tynng-
fleld.
Fake Passport
Ring In Paris
Is Disclosed
WASHINGTON. July 2^-ONS)
Fxlstonce of a fraudulent passport
ring in Parts whose operations
•mhrace the United States and
South America was disclosed today
by a coniresalonal committee.
Rep. Walter (D) Pa., chaitwan
of a House judiciary subcommittee,
revealed that 75 Hungarians who
Illegally entered the t’ntted States
on fake paper* sold hy the ring
for up to 81,500 have been appre-
hended.
The congressman reported that
the Hungarians were taken into
custody hy immigration authorities
within the last two days and that
the agents are searching for others.
Walter emphasized that the
Hungarians, now being held at
Fills Island, N.Y., are not aut>
versive. He added:
"They are all decent, honest
people who would eventually have
become eligible for entry to the
U.S. under the Displaced Persons
Act. They merely tried to Jump
the gun."
Walter said the Hungarians
technically ire charged with
over-staying transit visas which
are good for 29 days In this coun-
try.
Some had fraudulent passports
snd all had fraudulent entry
visas to Venezuela, Costa Rica,
P vaguay , Honduras, and Cuba.
They were able to come to the
United States and Illegally remain
tn the country by introducing
their e ntry visaa to the South
American countrlea.
Chinese Lock
Consul Staff
in Offices
WASHINGTON, July 29 - (INS,
The State Department revealed
today that disgruntled foreign
employ tea dismissed by the U.S.
Navy In Shanghai are blockading
13 members of the American Con-
sular Staff in the consular offices.
A department spokesman said
the Communist police force in
Shanghai "flatly refused” a cun-
sulv request for intervention.
The spokesman denounced the
refusal as part of ”whst appears
to be developing ss a pattern"
ir. the oriental metropolis.
The demonstrators were de-
scribed as Chinese and other
non-Americans.
The department said through a
spokesman that about 20 of the
dismissed employees had "oc-
cupied" the lobby of the Consu-
late General at 7 20 a.m. Shanghai
time. They seized the keys to the
gates of the compound, he de-
clved. thus preventing the gates
from being shut.
By midafternoon more than 100
demonstrators were inside the
building many- more outside. They
locked the gates to the compound.
In addition to the 13 American
diplomats. 35 Chinese employees
of the Consulate General were
being locked In.
The demonstrators were protest-
ing the failure of the Consulate-
General to pay them wages foi
the period since the naval mtsaton
in Shanghai was withdrawn and
they were dismissed.
Recently, a like demonstration
imprisoned two American editors
for almost 48 hours in a similar
dispute.
Senate Group OK’s
Foreign Aid Bill
WASHINGTON. July 29 -(IN*)-
The Senate Appropriations
Committee tonight approved a
modified Foreign Aid Bill caiTy-
ing five billion, 647 million
dollars for the Marshal! Plan
and relief in occupied areas.
The committee stuck by Us
guns by including controversial
amendments providing for Mar-
shall Plan aid to ifratn and for
and for heavy purchases of
surplus agricultural products
tn the U.S.
Revision In the language of
these amendments was made
by the committee tn an effort
to break the deadlock which
caused the measure to be thrown
out of the Senate on Wednesday.
The Senate committee expects
to report Its new btU to the
senate Sativday so action can
he taken evly next week.
The bill carried one bUllon,
74 million dollars to cover
Marshall Plan coats for April,
May and June of thin year, three
billion 628 mlHIon for Mvahall
Plan operations during the
fleral yew endina June .10. 1950.
900 million dollars for govern-
ment and relief In Germany,
Japan and Austria, an 45 mil-
lion doll vs for ad'itti pal mili-
tary aid to Greece xml Tvfrkev.
Certain l.oioia Deleted
The committee eliminated
a (envision tn It* elginal bill
which would have auttueized
loans of 150 million dolivs
to western Fv»ope over and
above the grants covered tn the
appropriation.
TO get around the Senate
rule against legislative amend-
ments In appropriation bills the
committee re-phrase 1 the agn-
culttral surplus and banish
loan amendments ao that they
sppev aa ’’limitations."
Sen. McKellar «D> Tenn..
conxnlttee chairman, said he
had been advised by counsel
that this formula would not be
subject to a point of order re-
quiring a two-third* affirmative
vote.
The committee's report will
slate that the aid to •qjain la
to he extended on credit terms.
WASHINGTON. July 29 -<IN8)-
Amertca's top military leaders
told Congress today that U.S.
rearmament of Kurope must go
on for foie or five years ender
a defense plan which would
give this country responsibility
for atom bombing.
Defense Secretary Johnaor.
and Gen. Omar Bradley, army
chief of staff, presented the
military case for congressional
approval of President Truman's
•'.Anns for Krienda" Program
tn testimony before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee.
Three Point PI wi
Bradley disclosed a Ihre^
Point Defense Plan worked out
by Denfeld. Yandenberg and
himself and observed, without
mentioning Russia by name:
"The specter of another
would-be master attempting to
enslave our presently allied
peoples has given a sense of
urgency to our plan."
The three points outlined were;
L Under the plan the U.S.
wrould be charged with atom
bombing aa a part of the overall
long-range bombardment which
would be assigned this country.
2. Britain, France and the
"cloeer countries" would pro-
vide air defense and "short-
range attack bombardment."
3. The U.S. Navy and the
fleets of the Western European
powers would conduct "essen-
tial naval operations" and keep
the sea lanes clev.
Bradley told the committee
that he spake for the Joint
chiefs of staff, who leave iater
today tor conferences in Furor*-
with Atlantic Pact military
leaders In which a joint defen-
sive against aggression will
be planned.
Helmv Line Move Proposed
Ftom Paris it was reported
that Bradley. Air Force Chief
of Staff Vandenberg and Navy
Chief of Operations Denfeld
will propose moving Western
Ewope*s historic defense line
200 miles eastward from the
Rhine to the Elbe River.
Johnson assured the committee
that no American troops would
be sent abroad to operate the
arms furnished Westam Europe
but warned that broad admlnla-
-ratlve powers must be fronted
the President to make the
program successful.
Johnson warned that In mili-
tary matters "rigid limitations
which prevent prompt and deci-
sive action can lead to disaster."
Radio tower
Is Sabotaged
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. July 29-
,INS> A 210-foot tower for Radio
Station WEDR, scheduled tn go
on the air In Birmingham Aug.
14. was demolished today.
J. Ed Reynolds, president of the
company which owns the station,
said the tower was felled after
a cable had been sawed through.
Damages were estimated at more
than 85.400.
Police were called to Investi-
gate. Reynolds said he could not
understand why anyone would want
to wreck the tower, since no
trouble has been Involved.
He said the new station was
being established for Negro pat-
ronage with Negro personnel de-
voted solely to education, music
and religious programs of interest
to Negroes. He added that nq news-
casts would be aired and that It
v ould not have any racial dis-
cussions or anything of a politi-
cal nature.
Reynolds ha* been associated
with station W.tRD tn fusoalooaa.
Ala.
The ne* station l* to be the
first of Its kind tn the South.
Steam Heat Kills
Child la Chicago
CMC AGO. July *9~dNSV-A
five-year-old girl 1ted of suffoca-
tion today when steam (torn a
'disconnected radiator filled ner
family's tiny single-room flat on
Chicago's tk -jth Ride.
The girl was Lmiiae Cxpiztt.
who was found dead by her mother
Ann*. 28, a waitress, when she
returned from work at 4:30 this
• rmng.
Police said death was apparently
caused tap steam that leaked from
«i open radiator pipe. Moat of the
room'* plaster celling collapsed
from the heat.
Mrs. Caplul said the radiator
was removed recently, but the
openinf was not sealed. The
building bailer waa being used to
beet water In the heseeient when
steam flooded up Into the Caplzfr
apartment.
Police said the child apparently
was awakened by the heat and
tried deeperately to flee from the
leadly steam. An tnhalntor squad
1 atm red over the girt rot as how
tn a futile effort to revive her.
xu xoa
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View two places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Greep, J. Walter. Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 115, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 30, 1949, newspaper, July 30, 1949; Gladewater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1008307/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.