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Worlds Fair To Be Held At Battlegrounds
Heat Exhaustion Is Blamed Kimball
For Death Of 19-Year-Old
A heat stroke apparently took Weatherford And Deputy Sheriff
the life Thursday of a 19-year old Jimmie Crate investigated the
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Interviewed by preae associa-
tion reporters at Freedom Village,
Pfc. Kimball told a story of ter-
ror and atrocities—how the North
American
blind
town by
The youth Walter Whittington of officers that Whittington lay down French nun through a
sawssrggy .SeswarsB
_ crossing at the battlegrounds
when he complained of being sick.
An hour later, he was dead
Justice of the Peace Calder
Ewing conducted an inquest and
returned a verdict of death pro-
bably by heat stroke. No physician
was called.
was at 12:30 p. ...
foreman, Mack Hulan, went to
see about him and found him dead.
Whittington was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dosev Whittington of
South Houston. The body was taken
to the Colonial Funeral home of
Pasadena, where funeral arrange-
State Highway Patrolman W. R. ments are still pending.
Work Ordered Resumed On
AtaseoeitaBridge Project
The Harris County Commission-
er* Court Friday had ordered that
structural steel work on the Atas-
cocito bridge job be continued im-
mediately.
Commissioner V. V. Ramsey re-
ported Friday that disputes among
Smith wrote a letter to Commis-
sioners Court July 24, accusing
the Tom U Harpster Steel Erec-
tion Co. of making no effort to
follow the engineer’* schedule and
directions in putting up steel for
the bridge.
days
outspoken hostility to communism.
The 25-year-old Texan told the
following story to reporters:
He was captured July 24, 1950,
because he stayed behind at the
side of a wounded British corres-
pondent, Philip Deane. Deane —
released a few months ago —paid
Kimball back by telling the Reds
the Texan was also a correspon-
dent and thus saving him from
death.
Believing Kimball was a civil-
ian, the Reds did not shoot him
when they brought 30 American
prisoners into a field.
“The wounded were lying un-
der a tree," Kimball said. "North
Korean Reds sprayed them with
burp guns. The 13 healthy one*
they stood at the side of the house.
They killed them all.”
The Reds then took Kimball and
Deane into the mountains where
Farnsworth and Chambers Co.
- jc„ is generi
' a l«*x>r,«rlKe' »pP“r; job and the Harpster firm Is sub- pistols and clubs—"anything han-
ently are responsible for the fact contraetor for the gtM, work. dy," said Kimball.
that work on the $2)4 million job
has been held up since July 20.
The commissioners, worried
about the prospect that closing of
the new San Jecinto river dam
would cause water to back up over
the site of the stalled bridge pro- ...... - -------—----- ....
ject, were informed Monday that strike of operating engineers had ing a blind French sister, who was
shut down work on the job on
July 20.
Union officials have denied this.
strike of construction workers
are responsible for the delay.
After a meeting Thursday after-
noon, Ramsey said union officials
have denied that labor trouble*
are holding up the job, and said no
pickets-have been placed at the
project.
Smith said In the letter that he There followed a> march north
had ordered the work stopped un- with 730 captured soldiers, mis-
til structural steel work could be sionaries, diplomat* and soldiers,
placed under a "competent” fore- “As close as I can figure, only
man who would follow schedules 238 of these 730 are alive today,”
and directions. Kimball said.
Smith added, however, that a And he told about the Reds tak-
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over 60, and tying a rope about her
neck.
‘"Diey tied her to a cart and
Smith also advised, according to pulled her through the streets of
ntractor should Manpo. Then they shot her.”
The speeches he made to fellow
prisoners "about what I really
) • tv>»
Ramsey, that the coi
not be held responsible for the de-
Itth ' . ■ /'
However, the commissioners thought about communism1
Ramsey said the court ordered were told Monday by new County brought him 233 days in "the
- — - ... — ..... ----- ™- ----- hole”—a cell in the basement of
the prison camp jail.
Private Kimball was described
by Correspondent Deane as "by
far the best soldier I ever met.”
\A former truck driver, boxer,
wrestler and speedway driver,
Kimball was a spectacular sight
in the streets of Taejon where he
stalked in true Western style in
cowboy boots and a pair of 45s.
“I guess the Red* have those
Pqjp boots now," grinned his father.
W. F. Smith of Howe and Wise, Attorney Burke Holman that
engineer on the project, to proceed Farnsworth and Chamber* would
with structural steel work imme- be responsible for completing the
diately. job, even though closing of the
"We don’t know what has been dam backed water up over the
holding up the work, but we in- jobsite.
tend to find out,” Ramsey said. The dam is scheduled to be
“We believe that we’ll have time closed some time In September or
to do enough work before the dam October, depending on construc-
is closed so that the high water tion progress,
won’t hurt us any,” he said.
The commissioner said engineer
Bennett ••
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lard and Johnny Kublu, first and
second and third p’ace winners
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Humble Oil. So he applied for a
job with Humble.
“It was more or less of a lark
—sort of an adventure,” says Mrs.
Bennett. “We only expected to class. Allen Slrocka won a blue
Stock Quotes
respectively in the heifers under
12 month* class; Jimmy Havard
Special 1® The tfsyfown Sun
Alleg Ludlum..........
Allis-Chalmers .........
and Clarence Adlang, winners in
the one to two-year-old heifers Amer Cyan ...................45%
. -.«= v-v w class. Allen Slrocka won a blue American Repub ............51%
stay until Christmas, and then go ribbon for his steer. - AT&T ........................154%
back to Alabama." Beef Breeding, Junior Division: Amer Wooiens 16%
They stayed 33 years. Tommy Olston won a blue ribbon Anaconda Copper ........... . .32%
Bennett was hired as a welder, for a hsifer and Pat Yates for his Beth Steel ....................48%
and remembers that there were Brahman heifer. John Lemon’s re- Calvan Oil ..................4 1/16
only two other welders in the Bay- *erve champion in this part of the Calumet & Hec ............. 7%
town Refinery at that time. show was a Santa Gertrudis Canada So Oil ...............8%
He worked as welder and later belyer Celanese ......................23%
as shop foreman until 1930 Beef Breeding, Adult Division: Celotex ........................16
At that time the plant had teen Grand champion Exhibitor Homer Chi Carp ........... 19%
plagued with a number of indus- Uli also won blue rlbbon for Chrysler Corp
trial accidents, and it was decided . bull cltff and Jamei yate, won -
to create the iob of mechanical a second piace for * ouil calf.
g«ety inspector. Dairy Division: Lawrence Leib-
Bennett, who was always safety- h " Arw~ anTvaZm
r & asSSsS
conscious
rarUnent “which has" teen^w- ln the bu!ls ttom *lx t0 24 Monthg;
afraid ” hp save third in the heifers from six to
In 1SH0 he*wrns made chief gas g months; Vernon Ellers, Jimmy
tester, and has held that position Havard and Joe Ed Tepeia ln heir- Gen E|ectric .................73%
Cities Service . ................78
Coastal Carib ................3%
Colum Gas ...................13%
Creole Pet ............ 68%
Davidson Chem ..........No Sale
Dow Chem ...................35%
Du Pont Chem ......... 97%
Eastman Kodak ..............43
El Paso Nat’l Gas ...........32%
Fairchild Eng ..... 7%
until now- ers 12 to 24 months’ Vernon Eil-
The Bennetts have always teen ers, first, and James Hechler, sec-
active in church and civic affairs, ond and third in cows.
They are charter members and he Holder of the grand champion
is a long-time deacon in the First ribbons in the poultry division,
Baptist church. Jimmy Havard, was also grand
Living in the same house (at 231 champion winner of the same dfl-
John A in Wooster) for 22 years, vision in last year’s fair,
they have literally watched the Winners in the poultry division
Baytown area grow up. in first, second ond third place
“When we built our home it was order were:
the second house on the street,” Turkey t(
Mrs. Bennett recalls. James Havard, Bobby Naivar.
Bennett’s only fling at public of- Turkey hens: P. J. Hooks,
fice was in the late 30's, when he Claude Kristinek and Jimmy
served two terms on the school Trampata
board. He was a trustee when Lee Fryers:' Jimmy Havard, Earl
college was first started. Zwahr and Charles M'ller,
Ibe couple have always! or al- ^ . Jin) Havard, Eugene
mast always) held the same seats Dil)ard and Eugene Harrison.
at_Panler focrthall *""**’ . Blue ribbon winners in the farm —--— ...
They bought season tickets again - . division were ' Sandra Monsanto Chem ...............85%
this year, even though they are wWt*Tg£* Mont-Dakota^ UM ............20%
m?ur"n °*Ur, wv t„. op Leo Prochazka, for a dosen brown Nat Dairy Prod ...............58 %
Well try to get back to e eK#. jameg Havard for hi* corn, Ohio Oil .....................56%
MTS- ” j i „ __________
Gen Motors ..............,,,..56%
Gen Tire & Rub .............26
Gillette Saf ..............No Sale
Goodyear Tire ----- 46%
Greyhound Bus ...............13%
Gulf Oil ................. .45
Gulf Stat Util ................23
Houston Oil ..................63%
HL&P Co ....................24%
HUMBLE OIL ................59
Jones & Laugh ..... 21%
Turkey toms: Donnie Doskocil, Imperial Oil ..................29%
----tt.—j xr...... Int'i Nick .................... 39%
Kirby Pet ....... 28
Libby McN.................... 9%
Liggett & Myers ..............75
Loew’s Inc ....................12
La Land .......... 45%
Math Chem ...................35
Mack Trucks ..................11%
Mid Cent Pet ........... 59%
some of the games, at least,’’ Mrs. Packard Motors...............4%
Bennett said. ^ Pr0chazk* to a he*d of Pac West Oil ................36%
They are also keeping up their h.„ Pancoastal Oil ............... 1%
Gardening is Mrs. Bennett’s parade Thursday, and the Crosby Pure 0il ......................46%
hobby, and she is a member of the State bank* harvest-theme float Richfield Oil ..................51
Wooster Garden Club and the Dirt was first in the harvest division. Rem Rand ....... 15%
__ Repub Steel ..................46
COUilClI-
Gardeners’ Horticulture Club.
They also own a farm in Ala-
bama, and will probably spend
some time there.
“We’ve lived a busy life,” said
Mrs. Bennett. “We’ll probably go
on keeping just as busy—but just
at other things.”
Coady
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Mrs. Bird said residents would
pay $3 a month for their water if
the ditrict is created, plus an ad
valorem tax of 75 cents on the
$100 evaluation until the bonds
are paid off.
She said that in addition to an
electric pump there will be an
auxiliary gasoline motor to use in
the event of power failure. The
main pump will pump Vif) gallons
of water a minute, she said.
Plans, drawn by R. W Kelley „___r________
of Baytown, call for a hydro pneu- propriated surpluses ln the three
mr.tlc storage tank, and provisions funds add up to $138,751.91
for future installation of fire
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Revised Code
A REVISED building code for
Baytown had been adopted Friday.
The revisions were made to con-
form to State Fire Insurance Com-
mission requests. Only two major
changes were made. One was to
have the code apply to all build-
ings, including residences, in the
fire zone and the other outlawed
installation of new shingle roofs.
Budget Hearing
PUBLIC HEARING of the City of
Baytown's budget for the coming
fiscal year has been set for Sept.
10.
The general fund budget has
been set at $730,907.70, the water
fund at $225,301.32 and the traf-
fic Improvement at $19,(23. Unap-
St. Regis Piper ..............19%
Sinclair Oil ................•.••34%
Socony-Vac ..................33%
Sou Pacif ..............40%
SUn Oil Calif ................51%
Stan Oil Ind ..............D%
SUn Oil Ohio .....•>••......33%
Stan Oil N. J......X...71
Sun Oil ........................*1%
Sunray Oil ....................J*,.
Texas Co .....................52%
Texas Gulf Prod ...........•••42
Tex Gulf Sulph............No Sale
Tidewater Corp ..............21%
Union Oil of Calif ............40%
U. S. Steel ...... 36%
Wilson & Co ..................J
Woodley Pet ..............;• ■ •“
Oct. N. O. Cotton ......up 5 points
Police-
nts in all six-inch mains.
Bird said that a water tap
I be established at all existing
and residenU who already
their private line, could tap
mt any extra charge.
for 20 pounds pressure
r district will be di-
board of
Civil Service s
A MEMBER of Baytown’s Fire
and Police Civil Service commis-
sion will be appointed at the Sept
10 meeting of the City
The matter was
day night when
Reeves was absent
M. L. Campbell was
The appointment is to replace the
Rev. Ewing McPhail, whose three-
year term i* expiring.
*
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ell meeting, and raised about $50
in contribution* .from councllmen
and other city official*. *
Odd Fellovtfg lodge- members are
also helping thf Allens, financially
and otherwise. They arranged for
>lman Into the
VA hospital Thursday.
P?ro
Thun |
Mr*. F. L. Robinson of Houston,
Mrs. Allen’s sister, was caring for
the four children Friday morning
at the Alien residence at 81* North
Third. Mrs. Allen wa» at her hus-
band's bedside. Mrs. Robinson said
she would probably
935 Acres
Leased For
Exposition
HOUSTON, Aug. 28 -UP-A
worlds fair will be held here in
1956 and Dr. W. W. Kemmerer,
resigned president of the Univer-
sity of Houston, has been named
as its general chairman, a Houston
newspaper reported Fridlaj.
Talk of the forthcoming world’s
fair had been circulated for sev-
eral months and the Houston Press
said Friday that a corporation has
been formed as a "philanthropic
Inatltution" to head the exposition.
.'If said 935% acres of land in the
vicinity of famed San Jacinto mon-
ument, just'east of Houston, have
teen purchased by Houston World’s
Fair Inc., the new organization.
According to the Press, archi-
tects and engineers have teen at
work for four months working on
building plans which will include
a large sports arena, a covered
stadium, exhibit halls, swimming
pools and other facilities.
Present plans are to make the
site a permanent educational and
recreational center for the area
once the fair is held.
Dr. G. A. Laforge, a Houston
dentist, was identified as president
of the corporation.
It was reported that President
Eisenhower had been told of the
organization’s plans and had prom-
ised to be present for the fair.
Other officials, including the state’s
two senators, have said they’ll
work with the State Department
to iron out any problems of inter-
national scope.
Francis Waldrep,
Retired Refinery
Worker, Is Dead
Funeral services will be held in
Woodville Saturday for Francis
Emmett Waldrep, 63, former Bay-
town resident who retired from
the Baytown Refinery in 1950.
Waldrep died ThursJav morning
of a heart attack at nis home in
Woodville. He had work-v, here 25
years before his retirement.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Elba H. Waidrep; a son, H.
C. Waldrep of Baytown; three
daughters, Mrs. E. L. Garrett, Mrs.
Cecil Newton and Mrs. J. R.
Woods, all of Baytowu; and six
grandchilcfren.
Other survivors include a broth-
er Grady Waldrep of Spurger,
Tex.; and four sisters, Mrs. E. O.
Schieck of Baytown, Mrs. Ernest
Smith of Woodville, Mrs. Lee Cog-
gins of Beaumont anJ Mrs. R.
Rickard of Greens Bayou
The funeral will be at 10 a.m.
Saturday at the Woodville Assem-
bly of God church, wLh the Rev.
Virgil Perryman officiating. Bur-
ial will be at Leggett, Tex., under
direction of Pace Funeral Home
of Woodville.
Active pallbearers will include
board members from Trinity Tab-
ernacle of Baytown, where Wal-
drep was a deacon, anc the Wood-
ville Asaembly of God.
LARGE PEARS
FOR SALE
2^ Bushel
R. E. Keenan, Dial 8454
LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH, Aug. 28 —UP—
USttleL6M*t< About 35 per «nt
cows. Steady. Two loads fed steers
ordered in at 22, one load at 21.
Few utility and commercial 10-16,
other grades and stockers scare .
Canner and cutter cows mostly
6.50-9.50, few utility cows 9.50-10.50.
Bulls in small supply.
Calves 200. Steady. G^ 5lau*h,
ter 14-18. Choice scarce. Utility and
commercial 9-13, culls 9 down.
StHogCsrSm Butchers steady to 25c
lower. Sows steady. Choice
lb, 25. Medium to choice 170-260
lbs. 23-24.75. Sows 19-22.
The Korean language has an al-
phabet of II vowels and 14 conso-
nants, _
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rheumatism
in one of It* many forms.
Let us explain how
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Obligation
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The lost word in teenage styling: leather
nppors, cushion crop* soles, 4 to 7 ...
SCHOOL SHOE SHOPPERS/
Whither you wont shoos for boys, girls or toonogors, tome
to Kinney’s____You’ll find hundreds of now stylos are
now ready for this year’s crop of scholars.... Every pair
is expertly made ond backed by 59 years of know how.
Matehiitp handbags $1.99
for foonagors . . . V*1 ptvi to*.
txcuimi utaiuhs or nationally famous
EDUCATOR SHOES
pen ond composition solas. 4 to 9 .,
sites 1! to S
~v„ .....i leather, and just Mu Dad’s,
rubber soles, (sizes 3% to 4 3.99)
•SO MUCH MOW...FOR SO MUCH IISS*
Mactasin type orferd with bony duty
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