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______ - “WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKEfCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES” — Byron
VOLUME XIV, NO. 68
PRICE DAILY 5c, SUNDAY 10c
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
Associated Press (AP)
A Day
In The
SUN
By OKI.IN BREWER
We’ve got final proof that the
modern age is the toughest in
which man has ever lived. This
high-pressure, ulcerated society
reaches not only to the grocer,
the automobile salesman, the house
w.fe and the school kid, but it
threatens to take its toll among
the infants as well.
These are times which try in-
fants' souls.
For instance, the wife took our
five-month-old hoy to the hospital
yesterday for his smallpox vaecin-
ation.
Just happened to mention tb the
doctor h;w the baby had developed
a habit of waking up about every
20 minutes all through the night
and screaming wildly, as though
the thought of where his next bot-
tle was coming from might be
driving him crazy.
The doctor had a very adult
answer for his problem: Rest med-
icine. v
We've got a whole bottle of it
now in the medicine cabinet. On
the label it reads. Brett Brewer,
take one teaspoon every four hours
as needed for rest.
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I*. S. — It worked wonder-
fully last night. It was the
first time in family history
that one teaspoon of rest med-
icine cured three people of in-
somnia. All of us slept like
we’d been drugged.
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Have you had the feeling that
maybe Hockley County is seeing
fewer dust storms for this time
of year than usual?
That’s the idea we've had so far
and we'd like for some authority
to double check us on it.
We remember that Vic Childers,
over at the SCS office, told us
early in the winter that the county
is in better shape than it was last
year because it has more stubble
and other cover on the land.
We just hope that our good for-
tune continues, although we know
1 that the days are getitng longer
and that season for the earth to
take wings is mighty near. Febru-
ary ,has only one more complete
week left in it.
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Notice the Dalian News
jumped at the opportunity to
reprint the opening paragraphn
of our Hockley County Profile
on Maurice Branhear.
One of the big reasons wan
that it gave the News, which
publishes the Texas Alamnae,
a chance to plug the Almanac
aguin.
If you remember, the Pro-
file told how Brashear used
the Almanac in reaching a de-
cision about which Hiuth Plains
town to establish a business in,
then four I himself more than
happy he had chosen I .c vel-
lum).
Comments the News: “Now
will the folks who are inclined
to take the Texas Almanac
lightly please go stand in the
corner? It Is really a reliable
compendium of facts about
Texas."
. 0O0 ,,
Wc spent so much time perched
on tpp of the local Depot waiting
for a picture of Santa Fe's stream-
liner Wednesday that we had to
rusli hack and hurry like mad to
catch up and get the paper on the
press.
This left us very little time to do
the gathering of some of the basic
statistics which was needed. We
wrote a "color” story, giving as
much detail as we had at the
time. Publisher Forrest Weimhold
proving again that he's still a good
reporter, although he hasn't done
much reporting in recent years,
came in with an “insert” giving
the number who had visited the
train and other pertinent informa-
tion.
As it turned out. only crowds at
Plainview (population above 15,000'
and Lubbock exceeded the turnout I
here.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1955
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FOOD FOR HUNGRY PRESSEK—Levelland Daily Sun News employes Leroy Fllnn, J. C. Howell and
Jeff Hardin, Jr., look over a portion of the second railway carload of newsprint to arrive in Levelland
in recent months. Rapid growth of Levelland'* dally newspaper necessitated purchase, for the first
time, of newsprint In carload lots a few months ago. Newsprint in this picture represents less than half
that contained In the car unloaded here Wednesday. Flinn, shown at left. Is shop foreman for the Sun
News. Howell is assistant publisher and advertising director while Hardin works in tho advertising de-
partment.
DEFENSE PLANS GIVEN
Britain and America
Policy Rift Flares Up
Man Wasn't Drunk,
Guilty or Otherwise
By SEYMOUR TOPPING
LONDON ijft—- A British-American
rift over Formosa flared into the
open today following U.S. Secre-
tary of State Dulles' rejection of a
British suggestion that Chinese Na-
tionalists evacuate all the China
offshore islands.
British informants said officials
were particularly disturbed by
•he Churchill government intends to
keep advocating Nationalist aban-
donment of the offshore islands
even if it means an open tangle
with U.S. policy makers.
WACO (JV It may not have
been an open and shut case but
it certainly was an in and out
case County Judge Nash Oliver
handled this week. *
One day the judge sentenced
a 22-year-old man to a $50 fine
and three days in jail after the
fellow pleaded guilty, to drunken
driving.
The next day the judge called
the man back in and informed
We appreciate all the pressures 'he ,5° ,f'n0 wa* |\einK« re'
* 1 funded and (here would K" —
jail sentence.
on the United States against giving
up the offshore islands," one Brit-
ish diplomat said privately. "But
we can't conceal our own attitude.
Dulles statement last night that j The government must face up to
the cause of freedom would not be i thp (lemands of British publjc opin_
Britain to Develop H-bomb
LONDON iJV -Britain announced
today she will develop hydrogen
bombs.
A White Paper listing govern-
ment defense plans said:
"The United Kingdom has the
ability to produce thermonuclear
^apons and after fully consider-
ing all implications of this step
the government have thought it
their duty to proceed with their
development and production.
'Britain has the atomic bomb. The
United States and presumably Rus-
sia are the only powers now pos-
sessing the vastly more destruc-
Stotc Officials Implicated
Land Probers Given
Phone Call Evidence
AUSTIN U>—Senate probers to- what he said was the original rec-
day were given evidence alleging
First Asst. Atty. Gen. Robert S.
Trotti called Uvalde real estate
man C. P. Spangler collect two
days before Trotti wrote him a
letter last March 25 seeking in-
formation on South Texas land
deals under the veterans land pro-
gram.
| Trotti had testified Monday he
could not recall for certain but
believed Spangler had made the
call to him.
ord of the March 23, 1954, call.
He testified the record showed
the call was placed by Trotti from
the attorney general office num-
ber, 8-2501, at 3:02 p.m., to Span-
gler in Uvalde.
He said the connection went
through immediately, the call last-
ed 11 minutes and the charge was
$3.75 plus tax.
Sen. Jimmy Phillips of Angleton,
who subpoenaed Schneider, or-
dered a photostat made of the
Meanwhile, Atty. Gen. John Ben j phone company record and placed
Shepperd filed the state's ninth jn the committee's record of its
suit seeking recovery of veterans I investigation into irregularities in
land program funds paid in deals the 100-million-dollar veterans land
involving alleged fraud. | program.
The newest suit seeks $70,707 in \ in earlier testimony, Phillips in-
a Zavala County land deal. Johnitroducd a seriefc of letters be-
W. Flanagan, Fddie Zimmerman ] tween Trotti and Spangler, one of
and R. A. Taylor Jr. of Zavala | which contained a warning by
County were named defendants as , Spangler as far hack as last June
the promoters. Eleven veterans in- j of a developing veterans land pro-
volved were also named defend- j gram scandal. Investigations were
ants. , not undertaken until late Novem-
The suit, boosting total recovery her.
tive hydrogen bomb.
The White Paper announced a
broad expansion of Britain's guided
missile and nuclear weapon pro-
duction program while trimming
somewhat the nation's total mili-
tary expenditures. Sweeping mod-
ernization of the navy, army and
the civil defense setup also was
announced.
Britain’s defense, the govern-
ment policy statement explained,
remains based primarily "upon the
maintenance of the nuclear deter-
rent to aggression.” The White
Paper said the power of such weap-
ons as the hydrogen bomb was so
awesome that this fact in itself
may keep the peace.
It said there were no technical
of scientific limitations on produc-
tion of nuclear weapons "still I
more devastating" than the thermo j
nuclear bomb exploded by the'
Americans in the Marshall Islands j
last March 1.
Younj:!ers Attempt
To Burglarize Home
Would-be burglars pulled a screen
off a window at the home of Mrs.
Thelma Maples at 609-B Ave. E
Wednesday afternoon ahd raised
the window atxiut 12 inches before
served by Chiang Kai-shek's sur-
render of "the coastal positions
which the Communists need to
| stage their announced attack on
Formosa."
Dulles' statement made in a
speech before the Foreign Policy
Assn, in New York, was inter-
preted here as covering the off
shore island of Quemoy and Mastu.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
ih secret diplomatic exchanges, has
urged Dulles to get the Chinese
lands—including Quemoy and Mat-
su- as soon as possible as the first
step in bringing about an "un-
written" Formosa cease-fire. The
British Foreign Office pointedly re-
ceived Dulles’ China statement in
stony silence.
But British officials made plain
ion.''
"Why?" the bewildered defend-
ant asked.
Because, said Ihe judge, re-
sults of a toximeter test showed
the man wasn't drunk guilty or
not.
SECURITIES CONTROL
25 Out-of-town
Guests Expected
For CC Banquet
Insurance Bill
OK'd by House
AUSTIN (ft The House without i governor were these bills:
further debate today finally passed Repealing the 1925 Denton Coun-
a bill bringing insurance securities ty road law; another bill permit-
under control of the State Insur- ting Denton County to issue cer-
ance Commission. j tificates of indebtedness for pur-
The measure, which goes now to j chasing highway rights of way; an-
the Senate, won preliminary ap- j other permitting Texas A&M Col-
prova] in the House yesterday by I to sell four acres of land of
a 103-35 vote. Final passage was i its experiment station to the Santa
by voice vote, with a scattering I Fe Railroad for right of way in
The measure affects insurance
securities, sale of which is not now
regulated by any state agency.
There is a rival bill in the Senate
putting control in the Hands of the
secretary of state.
The House measure, by Rep. Joe
At least 25 out-of-town visitors j Pyle of Fort Worth, permits regis-
will be present for the Chamber tration of stocks with the insurance
Denton County.
Chances appeared good here
Thursday that Hockley County vot
-*'s would go to the polls sometimi
n April to vote on a bond issu-
to finance a new women's buildin..
at the fair grounds, improvement
in the county courthouse and right-
of-way purchases for widening of
be no highways 84 and 62 through Anton
and Ropesville to four lanes.
Petitions calling for the election
are expected to be circulated ir
the county during the coming week
Size of the proposed bond issu*
has not been revealed.
Approximately 17 miles of road-
tvay will be involved in the high
1 way widening program — about
| eight miles on Highway 84 through
Anton and nine miles on Highwaj
; 62 through Ropesville.
County Judge Paul A. William
| says the State Highway depart men'
is asking for an extension of right
| of-way from the present 100 feet to
| a total of 200 feet.
The department also is asking
for 240-foot right-of-ways to bypas
Anton and Roundup on the South
hut no county official has as ye
given a commitment favoring thi
bypass proposal.
Officials indicated that highway
safety will be a definite issue i*
the widening program.
Williams pointed out that mark-
er* are now being placed on the
Ropesville highway to emphasize
the deaths which have occurred
there. He said 14 deaths had oc-
curred in one half mile stretch.
The courthouse improvement pro-
posal is expected to include in-
stallation of air conditioning ir
county offices.' as well as an ele-
vator, while a masonary women's
of Commerce Banquet Friday
night, Pat Ryan, chamber man-
ager, said Thursday.
Reports so far indicate Midland
will have four representatives in-
cluding guest speaker Delbert
Downing and Mrs. Downing. Six
will be present from Littlefield,
four from Brownfield, five from
Muleshoe, four from Lamesa, and
at least two from the Lubbock
they were apparently frightened Chamber of Commerce.
Ryan said he expected to hear
from other towns in the area soon
commission if "full and fair dis-
closure" is made of their nature.
Pyle has argued the bill will do
an effective job of protecting the
public. Opponents have said it
would merely give promoters the
appearance of respectability.
More water bills flowed to the
Senate floor today to await debate., . _ , ,, ,
The Houso ,1,0 p,„od
to the Senate these bills:
Sundown Theatre
To Reopen Friday
SUNDOWN. (Spl.i — Sundown
gets its first taste of Cinemascope | division building is sought for the
pictures here next week with the fair grounds,
reopening of the Sundown Theatre.
Closed since last May, the thea-
Various women’s and civic dele-
gations have met with commissior
tre is reopening at 6:30 p.m. Fri-1 era in the past, presenting their
day after installation of a giant plans on what they consider the
new w:ide screen.
The opening night picture will
be a standard screen film. "Yel-
low Mountain." starring Rory Cal-
houn. The first CinemaScope film,
“Hell and High Water," will be
proposed building should include
No cost on the building has bee
given.
Commissioners were expected f»
tag onto the bond issue an clectio
calling for reallocation of count-
funds, shifting overburdened jur
and improvement funds into th
away,
Mrs. Maples said she returned
home from work about 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday and noticed the screen
had been tom off. She then went
for the police before entering the
house.
City patrolman F. W. "Skeet”
sought in all nine court actions to j
Tollison and Alex Scharff investi-
The first letter in the series was i gated the incident and determined
that the burglars never actually
entered the house. Tracks around
the window indicated the burglars
were children.
Nothing was reported missing
from the house and the only dam-
appearod" before the investigating as land deals under the program age done was in tearing off the
(Continued on page seven. f‘ rce1n l[ "PPa/ently happened dur
ing the daylight hours while Mrs.
$1,539,505, came just after a tele-i from Trotti to Spangler under date
phone company official had testi- of March 25, 1954. Tortti had said
fied to the Trotti call in the Senate ■ it was a followup of the earlier
probe. j phone call from Spangler.
Gu.s C. Schneider, Southwestern j The letter had requested further
Bell Telephone Co. camp manager, ! information concerning South Tex-
committec under . subpoena with
Morning, Afternoon Sessions Set
Program Given for Fertility Day
Meeting at Farm Home Community
Both morning and afternoon ses- begin the afternoon session of
sions are scheduled for farmers which Harvey Pool is chairman,
gathering for Hockley County’s | Dr. W. O. Trogdon will speak on
First Annual Soil Fertility Day "Commercial Fertilizer and Soil
session at Farm Home Community i Chemistry" at 1:30 with a break
I building Monday. ! to follow at 2 p.m.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. After Horace Gilmore will be chair- Clinton Harbers, the outstanding
three postponements, chances for j man 0f ,he morning session which | Texas Farmer of 1954, will speak
the opening of Me 19d» atomic test | is set to Kl>, llnderWHy at 10 m a, 2:10 p m te„inK how he madp
series tomorrow morning^appeared j with Bob Thurmond speaking on one and one-half bales of dryland
brighter today because the Atom re j..HiKhPS, Economic Production cotton on six inches of moisture
Energy Commission has an are in | With irrigation." "Dryland Farm
ing and Moisture Conservation'
Chances are Good
For Atomic Test
VEGAS. Nev. i.f) After'
the hole.
The A EC disclose! yesterday ! be Ihe 'topic tor C E.' Fisher's
that, beginning tomorrow, it has a speech at 10:30 which will be fol-
after the cotton came up.
Jeff Brazil is scheduled to speak
at 2:40 p.m. on "How Barnyard
'less sensitive" shot rnady for de-
tonation in addition to the one
which has thrice
since Tuesday.
Tie original shot was slated to
lowed by an 11 o'clock break.
Don Jones wi 11 speak op "Cotton
been canceled Varieties" at 11:10 and J H Rob-
erson will close the morning ses-
sion with a speech entitled "Cotton tilizer.
Cotton" and Earl Garrison will
close the afternoon session with
"Increasing Cotton Yield with Fer-
in cooperation with the Texas Ex-
Maples was at work.
Fund for Johnny
Contribution* for Johnny
the
youngster I-cvcIIhikI resident*
are supporting at Abilene Boy*
Kuneli, follow. A total of
•liWKI
1* sought for the year.
Beta Sigma 1*1)1
(kappa INI Chapter)
*25
Rotary Club
100
E. W. Boedeker
10
W. O. Tipton
5
R. S. Reid
5
C. A. Stipe*
23
Anonymous
10
Newcomer* Club
10
Mrs. B. Woodard
•1
1 Jayeees
100
Frank Kiser
10
W. J. O'Connor
•
Hershal Robertson
3
TOTAL
$315
with representatives possibly com-
ing from Plainview and Slaton.
A meal of tossed green salad,
filet mignon, baked potato, hot
rolls and butter, cherry pie cob-
bler, and coffee will be served
those attending.
Besides the main speech by
Downing, who will be introduced
by Howard Vaughan, the program
will include a group of songs by a
high school octet under the direc-
tion of Ralph Benningfield, high
school choir director.
Miss Bobbie Reid will furnish
the dinner music and Frank Bart-
ley. outgoing president of the cham
her, will be master of ceremonies.
Rev. Byron Mayfield, pastor of the
First Christian Church, will give
the invocation.
The theatre will be managed by
Requiring cities of more than !Dorsey 0,lPhant' formerly of Lev- j county general fund.
Kequinng chips oi moit man I elland. Olipbant has been in the!
theatre business for 18 years, the j
last five of them with Wallace i
Theatres.
50,000 population to recodify their ,
ordinances every 10 years.
Simplifying the reporting of elec- {
tion campaign expenses by reduc- j
ing the number of reports.
Permitting the state to renew1
leases on certain Gulf coast is-1
lands, and adding leasable islands. 1
to give whooping cranes additional '
protection.
Permitting cities of between 130,-
000 and 285,000 population to have
from one to four corporation court
judges.
Finally passed and sent to the
Welder is Innocent
OfKidnapinPy Count
PHOENIX, Ariz. (.*> A Superk
Court jury has found Daniel
1 AND HOARD TO MEET
The special Levelland school dis-: "here they got information in the
trict land board Is scheduled to I course of their work. It includes
meet tonight with school trustees: f10’*1 published and unpublished
to begin study of a far-reaching j facts.
equalization program planned here, j The bill, is by Rep. Kligio de la
__'Garza Jr. of Mission.
Bill to Protect News
Sources is Introduced
AUSTIN <m--A bill prohibiting I Mar*in' ‘tl-yezer-old wekJer, bwv
forced disclosure „f the source of fnt . k L
information obtained by newspa- Anw S^.1,‘1 ^'"K bcr n th
pers or wire services has been I buperstition Mountains for $75..«
introduced in the House. i ra"*or,\ , . , . , ._
The bill specifically exempts re-: The defendant, who walked fror
porters from being compelled to i the courtroom with bis unconscia
reveal to any grand jury, legisla-
tive committee, or trial court
Senator Seen as 'Shoo-in' Right Now
Pressure Mounting on Sen. Daniel
To Run for Governor in '56 Race
By TEX EASLEY
WASHINGTON (.ft Signs
indi-
Senator Price Daniel to run for
governor of Texas in 1956, but so
far he isn’t saying one way or the erans of Foreign Wars.
Washington are talking to him I out these words:
about this. "I have my hands full here in
Among suoh recent visitors wasj.the Senate, and I am not spending
John McKelvey, Electrjr lawyer time thinking about 1956 at this
and Texas commander of the Vet-pearly date. Certainly not to the ex-
be exploded from a 500-foot tower Burs for Increased Yields
The program is being sponsored
Yucca Flat with 1.100 military \ frcP meel will be served from tension Service, by Hockley Countv
it 4m teon.ikne A AHA tin i-rlr '■<■■1111 I i « • •. __ __ ' *
men in tranches 4.000 yards away, noon until 1 p.m. by the
Continuing cloudiness and high Homo Home Demonstration Club
winds aloft, roupled with sprinkles | The meal w ill he provided by the
Farm Soil Conservation District, Voca-
tional Agriculture Departments in
Legislature in Brief
AUSTIN iih Legislature in brief:
House: Cleaned calendar and
voted to hold its first Friday ses-
ion tomorrow. Passed hill bring-
ing insurance securities under con-
Farm Bureau, the Levelland Cham
of rain in the Ijjs Vegas area, j Levelland Compress
forced tile third postponement last f)r. Ty Timm will speak on "Fco her of Commerce, and the Vetcr-
‘ nomic Trends in Agriculture” to an s Vocational Department.
the county, the Hockley County trol of insurance commission, $cnd-
ng it to Senate.
Senate: Passed several local
bills and adjourned until Monday.
other.
About all he will say is that lie
hasn't made up his mind that he (
won't give serious consideration to
the question until Congress ad-
journs next summer.
Since publication Of stories in
Texas newspapers several weeks
tent indicated by some of these
was returned yesterday, said I
expected to be acquitted. He ac’
nowledged, however, that ho "w<
worried.”
Marsin was accused of abductir
the 24-year-old Mrs. Smith fro
in front of a Phoenix boauly sal
last June 9 and of taking her
the Superstition Mountains,
miles ea3t of here.
Mrs. Smith returned to her hotr
unharmed on the evening of Jut
10. Her husband said he paid tl
$75,000 ransom. The money w;
recovered.
John Flynn, who defended Ma
sin, contended duving the trial ai
in his closing argument that t'
state had failed to link importa:
evidence to the defendant.
Rehearsal Tonight
For Day of Prayer
"Price Daniel would be a shoo-in [speculation stories about the gover-
right now," McKelvey told report-J nor's race.
vrs. "Many of them have been writ-
Right now it’s probably a 50-50 ten by people who have never even
bet that Daniel will seek the gov- discussed the matter with me and j Street, will he hold Thursday nig
ernorship; if he had to decide now most of them are far-fetched. For Feb. 17. . .
for an election this year it's safe j instance two national magazines !
A rehearsal for the services f
the World Day of Prayer, sche
tiled for Friday, Feb. 25, at tl
Episcopal Church. Ave. L and 14
ago that in certain circumstances would be a candidate.
Daniel would consider seeking the
governorship, he has had an in-
The World Day of Prayer
to say that in all probability he predicted a trade of jobs with Gov. sponsored by the general depai
Shivers. They overlook the fact I ment of united club women of t!
He hotly denies occasional ru- that such a feat would be impossi- National Council of Churches in tl
mors he would enter Into an under- hie under Texas law. and that United States.
creasing number of requests to do standing with Gov. Shivers that even if possible we do not like Those to have parts on ti
so. Some persons write him letters they, in effect, swap positions •trades’ and deals' in Texas poli- program will be Mines. Don Da
solely on that subject, many more Asked about that, Daniel just about I tics. idson, Harry Warren, Edward Ch
add a footnote to that effect on lost hi* usually placid manner. ; T would not be a party to such ton, Frank Macon, E. O. Jackso
correspondence dealing with other Without a word, he reached for a an affair and I am sure Gov. Shiv-[and Marshall Garrett. Rev. Re
! pencil and memorandum pad on ; ers would not. We have never dts- Sims, pastor of the ehureh, wi
More and more Texas visitors to J his broad desk and carefully wrote i cussed the matter.
also have a part on the program
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