Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 174, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 24, 1950 Page: 1 of 8
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Smith wick Trial isGuarded m S. Steel Profits Said Small
After Attorney Attacked
HELTON. Jan. 24. >tA -Ex Deputy Sheriff Sam
Smithwick testified today he filed at Bill M.i.un
laat July 20 after the crusading newtrublrr uulliil
him dirty names.
Sinithwu-k’s trial for Masun's murder reached ds
climatic stage in the jammed district court room
thia morning. under heavy police guard following
ari attempt last night upon the life of the state
chief prosecutor
Wearing cowboy boots, u white vlurt, black tie,
dark trousers and a tan jacket, the buily «2 yeai
uld defendant had lieen tin the Witness stand foi
more than un houi when a muiuiug rece a a
taken He licked his lips nervously as Dolnct At
turney James Evetts subjected him to gruelling
cross examination uftei lie had finished hi thret i
testimony.
Mason. Smith wick said, had broadcast charge
t ailing him a "dirty deputy sheriff when he linked
him with the operation of the nightclub Rancho
Allegre
‘ He said there wa: a bunch of dirty women up
there.' Smith Wick aid "I felt a-hametl ,,t my *|f
and disgraced "
Under file guidance of ho chief attorney, Henrv
Taylor. Sr, he talketi about his meeting with Msmmi
on a street hi the outskiitr of Alice where the fatal
•hootuig of the prominent ex reporter turned iadu>-
man occurred
"When I put out my hand he testified "I went
trying to stop Mason, but to pull off the high* ,y
When the newscaster stopped h. automobile,
Snuthwick said. "I decided to talk to Mi M > on
1 got out of my truck, took off mv hat and w:dkd
over to his car
"I asked if he was Mi Mason"
What m the g ■ ti you want"
"I said. Please, can't you take my name off vour I
program"'
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"lie aid, who the hell are you, you Mexican
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Mas,hi, sitting ul the ..leering wheel, had his
hand down at tli.it time, Snuthwick said, and the
deputy aheiilf pulled Ilia pistol
lie miiiI Mason grubbed at it with his left hand,
keeping Ins rigid hand down,
"i fired once," Snuthwick said
Kvctt and Snuthwick went through this rouVne
on ci'io examination
"Why did you atk if lie was Mr Maiori" To be
SUP lie was the loan you weie going to kill" '
"No Sir "
* Did you hear him call for help"
"1 dutn I hear him
"You didn't try to help him. did you'"*
“I gue if bed stopped I'd have hel|>ed him."
Smith wick testified lie owned the building in
which Hie iiiglii club was ojierating, but said it was
lea <*d to Metnrvo Flore*
Rent r« i eijits which he'gave to the o|jerator, were
entered ill evidence
"There was only one room . and no side rooms
or beds,' tie said
Mu; on broadcast chaige: tiiat Rancho Allegre,
With Smdhwick • knots ledge violated liquor laws
and hml bei'ome a guttiering place for women of
dubiour repute
Kvett* came to court today uridei escort of Slier
iff R r, Buck* Ray and Texas Ranger Captain
Fred C>|:*.ii Two hot: were fired at the energetic
wnmg pro eciitor last nigh! as he tepped out of the
garage at lie home but neither nf them hit its mark
I aw i-nfoicement juUioiitie: were posted strate-
gically in the courtroom u:> the day's session began.
Juitge Well s Dice, presiding, ami Sheriff Rav ex-
cluded any landing spectators and (tie doors were
do ,*d when the 220 odd seats were filled.
Hundred, of disappointed per on:, nolle,! around
the con ulor. outside the courtroom, hoping ulti-
mately to find a place inside.
Proposed One Cent sure, iu meet you in st. looey
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Twin Billiards Lash
Pacific Northwest,
North Central Area
Busses Halted,
Schools Close
Due To Storm
CHICAGO. Jan 24. IP- Twin
bilatard* lashed the Pacific
Northwest and the North Cen-
tral State* today, and Hie tag
mg snowstorms blocked roads,
closed schools and marooned
oo flats.
The Nor Mi Central storm swept
town ae|uss the Canadian border
A rob* wgee was • spec ted to
reach Texas todiy. bringing
•new to the Panhandle
The U, 8. Weather Bureau at
Dallas desenbed the cold trout
ss pert of a "pretty big sysla,n"
which is covering the northern
part ol the United Stales.
on winds of tMimile pet hour i
and virtually butted the fate of
North Dakota undei a thick now j
blanket
Ainioal all North Dakota road
were blocked and many in South
Dakota were clogged wifti now I
North Dakota bus lines wen*
forced to a halt, airport* were
snowed in and automobile tr.it
fit came to .i \ irtual stand, till
even in city street About 2«
Greyhound bus paso-ngeix were
forced to sleep in a bus and oil
depot hcnchec last niglit at It ■
marck. N D. where Hotels were
jamnitxl with delegate* to a grain
dealers convention.
A bus enroute from Butman k
to Pierre, S. I), was forced to a
halt at the tiny hamlet of Un
derwood an,I another had to stop
overnight at Selby, S D
Motorists were warned to stay
off the highways of the Dakota
amt Western Minnesota
Jamestown, N D was heuv
lest hit bv snow, with i III inch
fall adding still another layer
to the 33 inch blanket on the
ground
Scores of schools were closed
throughout the three state area,
with 30 closed in Minnesota a
lone, principally in the an-as nf
Duluth, Hrainerd and Alexander
The far Western storm pom
fuelled Washington State and Ida
hn after ripping across British
Columbia The slot m paralysed
the Canadian province, bringing
transportation to a standstill
forcing schools to close, and
hampering communications
Both storms were the result
of a vast mass of cold air strad
dlmg the northern portion at Can
ada Ami aa they poured south
ward into the United States, thev
brought intense cold waves along
with them Temperatures \%>re
expected to drop far helnw zero
in manv areas by nightfall.
Weather forecaster J F Movde
at Chicago said the Midwest
blizzard was expected to be the
more severe of the two.
Before dawn todav, heavy
snow was fnWtng rtirquidiout
Minnesota, portions of the East
ern Dakotas, northern Wiscon-
sin and upper Michigan
Highway conditions were ex
perteri to be extremely hazard
nun throughout Iowa, Wtsrom in,
Michigan and Northern Illinois.
Frcering rains laid a sheath of
Ice over manv sections of those
state*
Vancouver, B C, was the
hardest-hit of all cities struck
by the twin blows
Three deaths were counted in
the Northwestern storm.
Sheppcrd Receives Award
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Cigarette Tax Gels
Approval Of Shivers
Would Finance
State Hospital
Building Plan
AUSTIN, Jan 24 'If—Gov. Al-
lan Shivers today gave general en-
dorsement to a one-cent cigarette
tax as a iiieuns of raising money
to pay for a long range state hos
pilai building program
The governor said he wall issue
the format cal) tomorrow summon
ing members of the legislature in
to speciul session ori Jan 31.
"The call at this time," ha said,
"will be limited to financing of
state hospitals and setting up a
long range building program.”
The Board for Texas State Hos-
pitals and Special Schools yester-
day recommended that a "special
tax” lie enacted to provide for a
long-range building program to
cost l>etween $40,000 000 and $00-
000,000
The board recommended that the
proceed* of the tax Oe channeled
into a special fund for the build-
ing plan, at a rate of at least $5,
000,000 a year. ,
Shiver; said he did not know
whether he would submit in ius
formal call the specific revenue
raising item of a cigarette tax.
"But." he added, "if ,K“ ' **“
ture passed it I would
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Company President Reveals firm Has Not
Hade A Fair Profit In Twenty Years
WASHINGTON. Jan 24. If— now getting " he iaid last yea£*
U S Steel told Cungres. today 5‘i''i jier cent return to stock-
it has not made a fair profit m
20 years
Its representatives also said the
rest of the steel industry isn't
making enough either
Benjamin F Fairless, presi-
dent, and Enders M. Voorhees,
chairman of the U. S. Steel fin-
ance committee, testified before
holders after taxes was too lit-
tle
He and Voorhees attributed U.
S Steel's recent S3 82 a ton price
costs arising from last years
boost to insurance and pension
steel strike settlement. Fairleas
said the price hike w-s "mod-
est” and would not hurt the eeo-
the joint congressional economic Inomy
committee
Fairless said it is not possible
to figure what a fair profit would
be But it "certainly would be
something greater than we are
PS3f.
HOLDING PUBLICATION of the 35th Division, in which ne served In
World War I, President Truman accepts a Hi Louis delegation’s
invitation to visit their city In June, when the '15th Division will nold
its annual reunion. From left: Peter 3 MiravalU, president 35th
Division Reunion Corp-1 Truman, Maj Gen Ralph 3 Truman, the
President a cousin; St Louts Mayor Joseph Darst. (I nt*r national)
41 VI If IttA.
Congress Agrees With President Time
i '* ho vuas task -'ll /* T l> I P •__Y____ _
---Ha$ J0 Re(|u(.e Excjse jgxes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. IP—
Members oi Congress agreed with
President Tngnan today that the
tune has come to cut excise taxes
But there was no such unanim
ed by newsmen, "insisted on a cig-
arette tax. would you sign it*”
"Yes.” the governor answered
The present state cigarette tax
is three cents
Last vear. Shivers pointed out,
the tax raised some $23 500.000
ity on Mr Truman s request for •
would bring in about $7,500,00* ^ 000,000.000 boost in corporation
'The . igaiette levy -or any o4her ZTZLT* U^cXd
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would be In addition to a proposed | la7n . „ th#re w.n
srssff^sniasA: J,-: svxs&xisz
budget for the 1961 fiscal, year
The "temporary tax" would call!
for a general boost in the slate's
omnibus tax law and would ex
pire on Sept 1, 1951 Some $20,-
00*1.000 will be necessary for the
1951 fiscal year’s operating needs
and current emergency needs
Shi\en said he was studying the
hospital board’s verbal report
made yesterday and hoped to have
a written report by Thursday
In his call, the gmenior said,
he will suggest measures to pro
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CLIFTON COOPER. left, president of the U. S. Junior Chamber
of Commerce end Georo.- Krnmiiq, ot Peoria's Radio Station
Week, present John Ben Hhepperd with hi* Outstanding Young
Man of 1949 plaque and key. The award tok place during a na-
tional radio hr,..idea*t originating from the Shrine Mosque in
Peoria on Jan. 22. More than I.S00 people saw the combined
broadcast and television show at which Shepperd and nine other
outstanding young men were honored. Guest speaker at the ban-
quet was Paul Hoffman, administrator ol the ECA. and head of
the Marshall Plan. iMirror Stall Photo.)
Preliminary Steps
Taken For Federal
Housing Units Here
A letter from the Housing and
Home Finance Agency. Public
... «... —............. ... Housing Administration office in
vide for care of the state’s mental1 Fort Worth recently received bei.
I unfortunates by city officials, informed the city
"If It was sufficient emergency." : that all preliminary stei» have
he said, "for the governor to call been taken in a low-cost housing
the session, he itlu* governor' at j unit which is underway for Glade-
I least ought to suggest some way water
I to solve the problem." Nothing more can be done until
Shivers said he was continuing i the city receives word of allotment
bis conferences with members of! from the Federal Housing Author
the legislature, pointing out that Ry. which previously stuted that
he was open to all suggestions for jit' w’ill lie about the middle of
meeting the problem.
The witnesses said that if ex-
panded federal security program*
cut U S Steel’s pension* co«t,
the corporation will consider
price cut: if other costa haven’t
gone up in the meantime
Other , ongressional develop-
ments
F E P C— Southern Democrat*
woti another temporary victory
! in their tight to block houae act-
ion on fair employment practices
legislation. By a 5-5 tie vote, the
House rules committee refused
to clear the FEC bill for House
I debate. The Southerners conced-
I ed, nowever. that the bill probab-
ly will get to the house in ano-
ther three weeks. Under House
rules special machinery is pro-
I vided for by-passing the com-
! mdtee when it delays clearance
of a measure. A Southern Demo-
___________ ■ crat Republican coalition failed
PITTiBLRGH. Jan. 24 IB — iast week in an effort to abolish
Hard-hitting bands of United Mine j these special rules
Worker pickets spread rebel Atomic— The House Un-A-
strikes against the 1’MW’s three- merican activities committee was
day week today aggravating coal told that a New York uranium
shortages which already have f " I
ced four steel companies to sc. e..
ule production cutbacks I knew at the time this country
The pickets, moving through wvs trying to make an A-bomb.
U.M.W. Pickets
Spread Rebel Strikes
Thru Pennsylvania
4 Steel Firms
Set Cutbacks
In Production
' dealer who sold some of the atom -
. .aw material to Russia in 1943
mising between the White House
and Congress before a tax bill ac-
ceptable to both can become law
There is a general clamor among
congressmen and senators of ail
political shades for a reduction in
the wartime excise rates These
taxes, ranging from 15 to 25 per
cent, apply to cosmetics, jewelry,
transportation tickets, telephone
and telegraph tolls and many
other similar items.
The President, obviously aware
ol powerful pressure tor reduc-
tions. warned Congress in hie
special tax message yesterday that
he would veto an excise cut unless
it is accompanied "by provision
for replacement of the revenue
lost "
Mr Truman sugpe-ted that
Pennsylvania fields in large
groups, closed 28 more mines last
night and this morning Morv than
77,000 miners have joined the
walkouts, which UMW President
John L Lewis ordered ended.
Crucible Steel Co., its mine:
closed, furloughed 500 steel work-
ers today and placed 1.000 more
on part-time schedules Two open
hearths and one blast furnace at
its Midland, Pa., plant were shut
down.
Republic Steel Com. cut back
its coke operations 22 per cent late
yesterday. Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company began banking a
Meet furnace at Brie. Hill
Sharon Steel Carp, said M will
reduce its blsst furnace operations
about 25 per cent next week unless
more coal is obtained
The pickets, traveling in auto-
mobiles. moved from mine to mine
Congress make up the difference , well-organized drive At the
by closing tax "loopholes.’ ! Vesta No 4 mine of Jone« and
He said "excessive” depletion al-1 Laughlin Steel Coro., in South
lowances of oil ami mining inter- wejitern Pennsylvania, they stou-
estj should be lowered, that a new buses carrying the midnight
tax formula should lie devised foi shift to wor|< The mine closed
life insurance companies to eliimn- Th* pickets—estimated at 200—
ate an "unintentional tax-free j appeaml at jg,L’- No 5 mine this
status of investment earnings: and
that income earned by some edu-
cational and charitable institutions
should be taxed to end "abuses.”
The depletion allowance propos-
al ran into strong opposition im-
mediately
He said that "u good many mem-
ber* of the Legislature and people”
had generally suggeegpd" that
cigarette* be included in any tax
plan presented to the lawmakers
Judge Sharp Chosen
Speaker For Jaycee
Anonymous Telephone Call Adds Seventh Awar(l ****
Suspect In Connection With Rice Bombing
oil-producing state of Texas, told
reporters he favor* the allowances
March before this can be done, j :imt thinks everyone should pay
The City has asked for some 200 his “Just taxes ” Other members
dwelling units, but thev do not from mineral and oil-producing
know vet how many the FHA will j states also were critical
agree on. The houses are to be j -
permanent-type construction, and
will be available for lower-income
bracket families.
Required by law to operate un-
der a housing authority, city com-
missioners late last fait named Ar
tan Wood. B H. Broiles, Everett
Wiseman. Peter Moossy and Phil
ip Moore to serve in this capacity.
morning. They talked to the morn-
ing shift and the men went home
Miners from Wort Virginia and
Ohio ranged into Pennsylvania to
helu close the mines
The rebels moved into Indiana
- — , - _ _ .___.u-iConntv in Central Pennsylvania
and closed six mines there. Many
of the miners were willing to con j
ply with Lewis three-day week di-
rective. but refuse*! to buck the j
pickets
Only two mines reopened in
Western Pennsylvania todav. Less
than 13.000 of the 90.000. who
joined in the Lewis-opposed wild-
cat walkout in six states last week,
were back at work as ordered.
U S Steel Corp. reported that
all but one of Us 13 subsidiary
The dealer. Boris Pregel, was
siles agent for Canadian uran-
ium mines which later were tak-
en over hy the Canadian gov-
ernment Dr Phillip L. Merritt,
now an official of the Atomic
Fnergv Commus-don, testified
that Pregel sold Russia 1.000
oounds of uranium compound* in
violation of a contract to sell the
United States all of the ore ne
could get Merritt said Pregel
knew the significance’' of uran-
ium at th« time
Price Supt>orts—Secretary of
Agriculture Chart** P. Brannon
asked Congren to raiee the ceil-
ing- on the eovernment * farm
cric* sunport fund by $9,000,099,-
000 to $8,750 000 000 He said tbe
government Mread* has invest-
ed $3,500,000,000 in farm sur-
pluies If this rear’s crop yields
are high, the government might
hav« tn boost this investment
under its nrice suooort commit
mentr to $6 300 000.000. Brannan
said Spokesmen K.~ both maior
parties have predicted that Con-
arcss will nut up the monev
necessary to meet thr «ovem-
ment's commitments. Brannan
said anv doubt of the govern-
ment’s ability to carte out its
obliestlons "could cause chaotic
condition* and nnjsible collapse
of the farm structu:*. '
Father Of Catholic
Pastor Here Dies
HOUSTON. .:m 24 10 An an- In-Iicvih! guilty of chcnting
onymouK telephone call added
seventh suspeet for police to ques
lion today in connection with the
iHiinbing ol a Rice Institute dormi-
tory
A woman, speaking calmly ami
in clear voice, called police head
quarters to link a Rice -111111*111
with the dangerous TNT lioinb
that shook the dormitory at 3 a.
m. Saturday.
She said a 20 year-old junior
I student "could clear up I he whole
thing.” gave his name and then
quickly broke the connection
Homicide Detectives It Porter
on a
biology examination
Evidence of the cheating was
brought into the open ti.v the Iximb
blast, when three keys were found
in a second-floor hallway of the
men’s east hall dormitory, where
the explosion occurred
Questioned about the keys, a
student expelled only the day lie-
fore revealed to police and to Dean
Hugh S Cameron that "a friend"
hail secured a set of muster key*
to every building on the campus.
Dr Joseph H. Davies, professor
of biology, confirmed the student's
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statement by announcing that
.examination paper* had been re-
am! Earl Adam*, veteran invest!-1 mov<Hi f,-„m his looked office, cor-
gators, immediately In-pan search
mg for the student.
The officers already had placed
ix olliei students under suspicion
Adam* said any one of the six
co-iId have made Hie crude ttomb,
- line all ot them hod put tnpetlier
piping, brickbats, paper and ex
plosives before
The officers declined to identify
any of the men, but revealed that
"they are student* who would
have access to the material* need-
ed in niakuip such a bomb "
Detective Portei confided, "We
expect to break this case 111 a few
days.”
The Rue Institute Student Coun-
cil, meantime, wui app.uentlv con
auNimg the (at* ol Itt ytudeiils
reefed and then returned again
Dr Davies noticed the changes
When he started to grade the
luipei-s last Thursday, he stuted
Dean Cameron turned the entire
matter over to the student council
Council Chairman Jim I F.II11 a
senior Indent from Dallas, said
any person found guiltv of cheat-
ing would automatically be ex-
pelled
Other than the *ix suspects, po-
lice said they were without new
lend* m the dormitory explosion
The home made TNT bomb tore
a hole two feet wide in the wall,
jolted doors from their hinges,
shattered windows and showered
Hie tied- of ieeping students with
glass.
I Final details for the Junior
Chamber of Commerce Distin-
guished Service Awards banquet
were discussed at the Jaycee
luncheon Tuesday in the Commun-
ity Building.
Scheduled to be held in the Ele-
mentary School cafeteria the ban-
qutt will i>«- open to the public.
Finis Waggoner, Jaycee president,
announced Six award* will be pre-
sented at the meeting.
A new award, a certificate of
appreciation to the Jaycee'* selec-
tion for Gregg County's Outstand-
ing Citizen in 1949 will bo given
by the Chamber of Commerce and
other ctvtc club*. Waggoner said.
Other awards to be presented
, are the Civic Betterment Award;
Good Government Award; Jaycee
Kov Man Award; Gregg County
Award; and the Distinguished Ser-
vice Award
The main speaker for the ban-
quet will be Cc .t.v Judge Karl
Sharp. Ticket* a.* $1 75, and are
available from any Jaycee. or
members of the Chamber of Com
mere*. Tickets will he on sal# at
the door of the Elementary School
cafeteria.
The menu for th# banquet in-
cludes T Bon# st#aks. mashed po-
tatoes. English p#as. rolls, coffee
and dessert. Those attending ar»
urged to bring their wive*
HIT RUN DRIVEN tOUGHT
HOUSTON, Jan. 24, tf»—Po-
lice sought a hit and-run driver
todav responsible for the death
of Samuel Jacob Colburn, found
dying ui a itrnt her* last iught.
Phone Workers
Plan Strategy
For Slated Strike
CINCINNATI. O , Jan. 24. IP-
Top leaders of the CIO telephone
workers union meet here todav
to discuss strategy in a threat-
ened strike that would tie up
most of the nation’s phone ser-
vice.
All district president* assem-
bled with Joseph A. Beirne. pres
ident of the Communication
Workers of America 'CIO', which
has 100.000 member* poised to
strike “at any time" and 150 000
other* who can strike after Feb
t to enforce new contract de-
mands against the Bell Telephone
system.
The federal government, mean-
while. moved to head off strike
action The federal mediation
service planned to invite Beirne
to meet Bell svstem top officials
in Washington for peace talk*
Bargaining with five Bell tele-
phone companies has been under
wav for months on union de
mands for higher pay. improved
pensions, a shorter work week,
and shorter apprentice periods.
But there has been no indu*-
trv-wlde negotiation*, and feder-
al mediator* aero** the country
have been trying for weeks to
bring local divisions of the un-
ion and individual telenVne coni
panie together on C W A con-
tract dcuuucL.
ed. However, it reported sufficient
coal supplies on hand to continue
full operation* thia week, or long-
er.
Rev. Thomas R Leary, pastor
of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church,
was notified this morning of the
death of his father. John Leary, in
Fitchburg. Mass
Mr Leary sustained a broken
hip several weeks before Christ-1
mas and improved rapidly, but
complications set in Monday and |
resulted in hi* death about tl a m.
J Monday. Gladewater time
| Mr Leary is survived by three
j daughters and five sons.
Funeral services wiH be con-
ducted at 1« a m. Friday in St.
Bernard’s Church in Fitchburg,
j with a Solemn High Requiem Mass
celebrated by Father Thomas R
Leary.
A Requiem Mass for the repose .....
of Mr. I-eary’s soul will be said at the 34-vear old man has admitted
St Theresa's Church here at 7:45 burglaries in Tarrant. Dallas. Har-
a. m Friday 1 ris. and Ellis counties
$1,910 Payroll
In Boston Seized
BOSTON. Jan 24 IA—Two ban-
dits seized a $1 910 payroll in the
ultra-exclusive Union Chih todav
25 minutes after it was delivered
by an armored truck of Brink's
__________ , Inc., whose office* were held up
mines in Pennsylvania were clos- last week bv bandits who escaped
------—. with at.500,000.
With Roston police still working
around the clock to solve last Tues
dav night's robberv at Brink's own
headquarters, the bandit pair boM
!v staged the latest stick-up in dav
light within sight of the State
House. Thev overlooked $90.
The bandits, one masked with a
handkerchief and armed, held up
two women emoloyes in an office
of the club on the fourth floor of
the huilding on busy Park Street
"This i* a holdup—no hollering.”
one of the bandit* told Mrs. Etta
O. Stevenson, 50. a bookkeeper
who was counting the payroll.
Also in the room at th# time was
Mrs. Alice Reuter, a secretary,
while in an adjoining room were
several other women employes
who were not immediately aware
of the robbery.
40 Burglaries Net
$10,000 In Loot
FORT WORTH, Jan 24 tA—Au-
thorities today sought recovery of
the remaining half of some $10,000
worth of loot taken in 40 admitted
burglaries by a former Fort Worth
man.
Officers estimated that approxi-
mately half of the loot has been
recovered since the man's arrest
last week in Houston. Thev said
MAYOR COULDN’T STAND IT, EITHER,
Jacksonville Streets Undergo Cleaning
As Women's Unmentionables Vanish
WEATHER
JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Jan.
24. The gallant mayor who
couldn’t stand to tee the ladies
lose their unmentigntionatdes
had his street cleaners hosing
the downtown section cleaner
than It’s been in ■ decade to-
dav.
The street-cleaner* were not
to sympathetic to bending their
hacks in an *»tort to wipe out
the my*»*nous chemic*l react*
ion that has caused women s
stockings, blouses and unmen*
lion 1 able to virtually vanish
within second*.
Th* wsu4 of Ion Might ha*
FORECASTS
EAST TEXAS—Scattered show-
ers tonight Considerably colder in
northwest late tonight. Lowest 24-
on spasmodically ?* degrees in upper Rod River voi-
le* Wednesday showers, colder in-
terior. except much colder ut
northwest, with occasional freez-
ing rain in upper Red River val
w*
been going
since the war. City health su
thurifies theorise t h e nylon
attack* are caused by atmos-
pheric moisture, combining
with fuel soot to make an act*4
which eat* things mad* ot u*-
Ion.
The women raised a rukus
with Mayer Haydon Burns af-
ter their etotnes disappeared
in the most embarrassing plac-
et.
The sanitary worker* sloshed
hundreds ot gallons of water
over downtown thorough!ares.
1 adewater Area — Mostly
cloudy with showers tonight and
Wednesday, mild turning colder on
Wednesday lowest tonight near 80
TEMPERATURES
Monday maximum ?S
Monday minimum 36
SABINE RIVER
Tuesday Isn 31 S.
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Greep, J. Walter. Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 174, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 24, 1950, newspaper, January 24, 1950; Gladewater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1008361/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lee Public Library.