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DENTON. TEXAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1947
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Ad V alorem Tax
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an
Rate Set at 72
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Curb-Inflation
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cut the handcuffs from V
House Passes
Poll Tax Bill
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Called up unexpectedly, House action cam* over the fu-
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attar to
in viola-
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political
activity,
SAFETY TIP
Wait a Minute,
Waste a Minute!
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Urges
Defenses To
Bill to Block Oil
To Russia Voted
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Democratic
“near fill-
rare. a Lubbock police-
en route to a hospital
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JESTER REPORT TO BE
BROADCAST TONIGHT
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AUSTIN. Tex.. July >1 -OP) —
Oov. Beauford H. Jester today
marked the postage of Na first
on
jatafcr.'"«r
Associated Pr*e* Leased Win
Dutch Forces Attac
j/ . _ ■
*
Batavia The
other Dutch
__
las had attacked
north of Salonika.
/ but were repelled
who kitted 1*
guerrillas fled
The extent to which dee]
t ration bombs ead produce
deep in the earth wag *
during the latter day
when Britain’s Royal
*4m
ash i
Scientists Taught At
Communist Schools
T W
W** 'A 7^
lOKLYN STYLE—An unidenti-
X pdcuffs used by three women
y; across the doorway of the
rust Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
^Employes Guild continue
*, 1 major bank in the na-
p*er used a hacksaw to
brway. (AP Wirephoto).
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JAILED IN PALESTINE-Ber-
nard Marks. 35, Cincinnati, former
ieral fund sur- lieutenant In the U. 8. Merchant
Marine, has been identified as
skipper of a refuges ship, arrested
W Bsttfah offtalata at JWfa,
Palestine, after a shlpboarddto-
order. His parents in Cincinnati
said they had believed he still
was in the Menhant Marine. (AP
Wire photo).
as a “general purpose, blockbust-
er-type.
There was a hint over the week-
end meanwhile, that the military
may be looking into the future for
an even more fearful weapon — an
atomic bomb which when dropped
from a high altitude might sink
deep into the earth and produce
a man-made quake.
An AAP announcement of forth-
comthg tests with deep-penetration
bombs on a submarine assembly
factory at Parge. Germany, re-
ferred specifically only to two
standard-explosive bombs develop-
ed since war’s end. They am th*.
26.000-pound "Amaoon” end "Sam-
son.'’
But the announcment concluded
fitlh tlai» as e>«—bit** am—* •
"With the introduction
warfare In World B ~
cal that the’need
types of
-
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Railroad Strike • M
May lie Averted
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2k—JP)—
Southern. Pacific and Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineer officials
were called Into a special mediation
meeting today and a brotherhood
jfficer remarked 'there's a pusslbll-
ty” the rail strike, set for g p. in..
(C8T». tonight, could be averted.
Federal Mediator Thdmas E. Bick-
?rs brought both sides together ir.
a "last dttch effort” to prevent
tleup of the1 carrier’s 8,000 miles
of lines with consequent huge losses
in perishable freight.
Karrison Hobart, assistant grand
chief of the brotherhood, after ac-
cepting Bickers' invitation, said "I’m
an optimist" regarding chances for
nrwv^ntinir th* at Hit*.
"■W
♦ tile objections of a group of south-
ern representatives who tried par-
llmentary devises to block a final
votg They succeeded only in de-
laying the showdown several hours.
Led by Reps Rankin iD-Mlse.)
and Pickett (D-Tex.), the southern-
ers asserted the legislation invades
the right of states to run their own
elections and theieby violates the
constitution •
Proponents said the seven south-
wKhjhis cryptic statement: ' deva
iXt sr
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WASHINGTON, July 21 — (Al’)— Legislation to outlaw
the poll tax as a requirement for voting in federal elections
was passed today by the House It now goes to the Senate.
The vote was 290 to 112.
There are no plans for consideration of the bill this
year in the Senate, where it has lien blocked rejieatedly in the
pant by southern filibusters.
LONDON
ifed policeman eX? ’ “d
pickets to manacid A
main office of the
as pickets of the CI(5
their first union strikk ,
tion’s history. A bank'-W
Senate Prodded ;
For Decision On
Vote Fraud Probe
•n?AthSalO0f°lm "all-night sewtoii I Proponents said the seven south-
; „ ic- ! crn states that have poll taxes have
:. ....d charges J used the tag to prevent large groups
year's demo I of Citixens from voting, in viola -
| ‘.ion of tlie constitution.
The legislation applies to primary
as well as general elections and
would affect only vlting for presi-
dential and vice presidential electors
and for members of Congress. It
does not apply to elections far state
cr local offices.
The seven states which will levy
poll taxes are Virginia. Texas. Mis-
sissippi. Tennessee, South Carolina,
Alabama and Arkansas
The bill was called up under pro-
cedure requiring approval of two-
hlrds of those voting with a quorum
present in order to send it to the
Senate, where action this year is
tnllkely. •
Rep Rankin (D-Mls*.>, a leader
>f the opponents, promptly forced a
oil-call by Insisting on the pres-
ence of a quorum.
would tum-
---over a
area than In any
to » joint AAF-
Air Vbr— teat of bombs
id by th* two nations alnee
inent's recently lapsed power to <»n-
trol th* amount of grain used by
distillers and other processor. ,
Mr. Truman renewed his plea of
ten daj
other I
WASHINGTON, July 21. -<A>>—
The House Merchant Marine Oom-
mltttee today approved a bill to
block petroleum shipments to any
foreign country unless the secretary
of commerce certifies that the ex-
ports will not Interfere with na-
tional defense or national security.
The bill tentatively ia scheduled
for House consideration late this
week. It grew out of a committee
inquiry into shipments of petroleum
products to Russia.
The bill would embargo shipments
of gasoline, diesel oil, bu nker oil and
lubricatln goli unless the secretary
certifies to the President that the
shipments will not interfere with
national defense or national security
and will not impair civilian sup-
plies.
The sccretai y would be required
to make monthly report* of ship-
ments to Congress.
even greater for future defense.’*
* deep pene-
, 2—1 effects
7 demonstrated
iys of the war
1 Air Force
caved tn a tunnel* 133 feet below
Borne atomic scientists interested
In military use of the new energy
are reported to want to test an
atomic bomb touched off below the
e*f*N*« CWa tS.rir>,
the shock waves set tn motion by
He mN
ranch ■
BHmv “'* • I
preventing the strike.
GREECE GUERRILLAS
ATTACK AND RETREAT
ATHENS, July 21. —<«<?>— Pres-
dispatches reported today , that
guerrilla bands had attacked two
points In northern Greece near the
Yugoslav border, and that in each
case they withdrew after battle to
Yugoslav territory
Greek troops pursued harassing
action against Leftist forces tn the
mountains near the frontier of Al-
bania, Yugoslavia’s western neigh-
bor, after repelling the offensive
against Konlisa last week.
Dispe tehee today from Salonika
said 400 guerrllli ‘ "
Mouriee. 36 mites i
at dawn yesterday
by Greek commando*
before the remaining
across the Yugoslav border two
miles apay — •
Perlmnn Approved
WASHINGTON. July 21 -(*>-
The Senate Judiciary Committee
SIGHT ri
—,——
«wvs»<Mwt eewa^ .
Oov. Beauford H. Jester t( '
marked the passage of his .
six months in office by working
a radio report to th* peopi* ad
uled for tonight
Jester ertflyo on the air (Ti
educational finance commie
which meets hare temon
The Communists are "pushing"
fcr creation of a major, third po- 1
litlcal party.
That Communists have established
school* in Hollywood. Borton and 1
Cleveland, in addition to those al
Ban Francisco and New York.
The San Francisco and New York
school* are on the government's ap- 1
proved list for Q. I. educational 1
benefit*, as a reAilt pf state cer-
tification. '
He gave thi* break-down of Oom- •
munists and their sympathisers in
thi* country:
1. Upward* of 100.000 card-carry-
ing member* of the Communist
party. -
2. Another 100,000 candidates for
party membership
2 Approximately 4300,000 mem-
ber* of Communiat front organisa-
tion*.
A* for their
Steele asserted:
Bteele said he submitted to the
War Department two months ago a
list-of 2,000 Army officer* or men
who are members of the Communist
party or of front*.
Before taking the stand. Steele
gave reporter* • statement saying
many of these njfn are now in the
Army Reserve.
the’eivil'popute-
prodded the Senate toward a de-
cision today on vote fraud c‘
{rowing out of last i —
cratic primary in Kansas City
The specific issue, raised b’
Senator Kern (R-Mo>, is whether
the Senate should order a tormal
Investigation into Attorney Gener-
al Clark's handling of me case.
Kem, who consented reluctantly
to having his resolution sidetracked
several times last week in fav-
or of other legislation, told a re-
porter in advance of today's ses-
sion
"I will not again allow It to be
put aside “
With Saturdays adiournament
goal only five days off. Senator
Wherry (R-Nebi cautioned his col
leagues to be ready to stay al
night if that is necessary to dis-
pose of the question. Wherry *1
GOP whip Is charged with keep-
ing party members In line foi
votes on major issues.
Senator Taft of Ohio, chairmar
of the Republican Policy Commib
tee. promised Kem “a clear field”
today.
Taft has accused
senators of staging a
buster" against Kern's resolution
which is aimed at determining
whether Clark fully upheld hit
oath in the conduct of an investiga-
tion into alleged irregularities In
the August 194fi primary
Cents by Board
Levy Almost Double
1946 Ra^ras General
Fund Surplus Exhausted
AUSTIN, Tex., July 2L—A
stale ad valorem tax rate of 72
cents on the >100 valuation was set
today by the automatic tax board.
This compares with the current 27
cent*.
Taxes under the new rate are pay-
able beginning Oct. 1.
The new rate break* down on the
basis of 35 cent* per 2100 valua-
tion for general revenue fund sup-
port. 35 cent* fcr the available
school fund, and two cent* for th*
Confederate veteran pension fund.
A year ago, becauae of the M*
general revenue fund surplus that
existed then, the automatic tax
board dropped ad valorem taxes
for 1946 for general fund support.
This ac’lon had produced the low-
est rate since 1912.
Tax Board Members
Ihe automatic tax board 1* mad*
up of Gov. Beauford H. Jester
Comptroller Georgs Sheppard, and
Treasurer Jesse Jam**
It* unanimous action in adding
the general fund ad valorem levy
to 1947 taxes wa* baaed on cal-
culations by the comptroller show-
ing that 813,763.442 will have to
be assessed for general revenue pur-
poses. and 836,654.450 will have to
be assessed for the available school
fund.
Hie two-cent tax for tile confed-
erate ixmsion fund is set by statute
which left the board no alternative,
despite the fact Uiere is now • sur-
plus of around 82,000,000 tn the ac-
count,
Because of the Hina. -, _
plus that existed la* year at thi*
time, the board was required then
not-to hwy » pswparty-sdx tor g«n
eral fund puipusM / *
Surplus Wiped Out
Because the 50th Legislature's ap-
propriations wiped out this surplus.
See TAX RATE. Page 2
Probers Told Atom
▼V As. BUEV, W, v/l <
In a traffic accident
npar Orange His wife and son
*R* W UBuck Davis of Longview
was kilted whan hi* car o v e r-
turned Friday night near Lufkin
Foy K. Lealey. 37, of Midland,
died a* a raanlt of a traffic ac-
cident 11 mile* east of Garden
City late Saturday
Jesus Ortega, 17, wa* killed at
Wtlllmar Saturday when be was
run over by a cotton trailer.
Two freight rain* collided bead
on near Valentine, Jeff Davis
county, killing W. P. WestfsJJ of El
Paso, head brakeman Three train-
men were Injured
Juan Cuesta Orti*. 29, a filling
station employe at Laredo, was
killed by a train Saturday night
killed ia Train Fall
A man, about 50. wa* found
dead near railroad track* a mile
north of Burkburnett yesterday.
He was not Immediately identified
He apparently fell from a train.
Sheriff Hammett Vance said
Travis Lee Morgan. 25. of Dal-
las. was shot and killed Saturday
night as officers attempted to ar-
rest him.
Udia Maya. 8. died Saturday
night of a bullet wound She was
shot in an accident at San Benito
«■ Julio ;
man, di
Saturday night of knife and bullet
wound*. Hi*’death was under in-
veetteatlon.
Vlmno Huron. 3V, oi San An-
tonio. was instantly killed yester-
day when a blast from a 12-gaugc
shotgun struck him in the chest
A 69-yesr-old man was charged
with murder
Drowning Victims
Victim* of drownings were Fred
T. Sherrill. 56. and Dewey Adams.
48. both of Dallas Their bodies
were found in Five Mile Creek
Police sgid the two men had been
on a fishing trip.
Donald Lee William*. 7. and his
sister Helen, 3, children of Mr.
and M rs. Motley Williams of Whit-1
ney, were drowned in the Brazos
River near Whitney.
Others who died violent deaths
over the week end included: Earl
E Stahl, 56. of Houston, fall from
a scaffold yesterday
Earl Selby. 50. of Midland, found
dead in his room at a boarding
itouse
Percy :
vlll*. La
dekth 1
(betwe..
to'Oto
Nattow BKNMr
WASHINGTON. July 21—OP>—
Waiter 8. Steele told the House Un-
American Activities Committee to-
day that Dr Frank Oppenheimer
and Dr Lewis Balamuth. wartime
experts on atomic power, have
taught since at Communist schools.
Steele, who testified as chairman
of the national security committee
of the American Coalition of Pa-
triotic. Civic and Fraternal .So-
cieties. said Oppenheimer recently
instructed in "atomic energy" at the
California Worker* School In Ban
Francisco He said Oppenheimer
now is "at Minnesota.”
Steele said Balamuth. formerly
connected with the Manhattan
atomic project, has been teaching
the ’’rudiments’* of atomic power at
the Jefferson School of Social Sci-
ence In New York.
The Communists, the witness said,
maintain schools tn America as tools
of propaganda and agitation. He
*ai dthe New York and San Fran-
cisco schools are the two largest.
Steele was the first of 14 witnesses
scheduled for a week’s hearing* on
Communist activity. He teottfled kd-
dltionally:
There are some 5,000,000 Com-
munist* or member* of Communite
bund* in the United States.
in place the high production
high employment that we
foundation of,
id ’’
„ th the 20,000-
.word document were four C'»—com.
I oool, construction and commerce
i oversea*—named by Mr. Ttuman as
f development* which mean that "ln-
| flationary problems may bscom*
I stronger."
! Terming price reduction* still
; necessary in many areas, the Praai-
dent said they must not be swamped
> tn a wave of speculation caused by
] the forecast of a short com crop or
I by a wave of new wage and price
■ boost* pegged Jo John L. Lewis’ coal
j contract settlement.
Ns dm—Si far Aalrm
Mr Truman said there are a*
yet “no ground* for real alarm nor
I for general speculative Increases In
food prices ” arising from the fore-
cast of a corn harvest 30 per cent
below fast yeai'a But in Um event'
real shortages should develop, the
report recommended:
1. Full publicity ag to the true
farm outlook, perhaps including a
campaign for “strtcl economy” in
Um use of some foods.
possibly gjarenewingr m« govwn-
V '
!
Tito united BUM *BS GraH irit-
ata made an offer to their "goot of-
fices” to tey to effeot a iMiluiiiM
Washington and Landon officiate,
followed the explosive attuattoh
closely. The British foreign office
expressed “the keenest disappoint-
ment" over the breakdown in ne-
gotiations.
The Dutch government saM it wa*
See IE DONE8IA, Fags 3
. Philip
general W a ten to one wMb
:......,
Or You May Die
Did you have eggs for break-
fast? Lots of people do -eggs taste
good, they’re good for you. and
besides, they're quickly preparsd
when you're late for work and
time is precious
Lives are precious, too. In the
three minutes or so while your
breakfast eggs were boiling. at
least two ptelestrians were killed
or injured somewhere on the na-
tion’s highways—or maybe in your
community. While you were eat-
ing. another ten or more met with
disaster
Chances are 3 to 1 those vic-
tims were In a hurry—they took
the short way across the middle
of the block, instead of the safe
way at the crosswalk They step-
ped out suddenly from behind a
parked car, Instead of looking both
way* to see If the road was clear,
or waiting until the traffic light
turned green.
National Conservation Bq^eau
safety specialists report that Im-
patience Is the nation's Number
One highway killer Time to prs-
stous sure I But not enough to pay
it with a Ute.
iys ago that coal, steel and
Industrie* forego Immediate
price increases until they test the
real costs of the wage impost won by
Lewis’ miners.
Stability In Steel Priers
"Stability In steel prices would
be a wise economic policy for thi*
industry as well a* for the country,"
the President declared, whereas in-
crease* based on guesses and an
"exaggerated interpretation" could
'start another price-wage spiral in
motion '•
“Another general surge of price
inflation would have only one re-
sult—the slurp recession which It is
to everyone's interest to prevent."
Mr. Truman said.
He added that pries cut* and
boosts in substandard pay rate* are
When the first economic report was
still needed as he said they were
mads in January but that mean-
while corporation profits have gone
on to new record heights.
. “It is Svident," the chief executive
asserted, “that in many case* busi-
ness profits are more than adequate
U> permit price reductions or wage
Increases, or some combination of
both."
Mr. Truman reassured Industry,
however, that he does not seek or
expect a return to pre-war price
Bee TRUMAN. Page 2
■ Id
_____ ■ • • ■ ST"-*'
Indonesian Republic ,
President Calls
On United Nations
For Aid on issue ~
Java Capital Batobcd
As Planes Atop Raid
Airfields in Sumatra
JOGJAKARTA, Java, Jt
21—(AP)— This Indonegi
republican capital experieoc
Its first air attack of cum
hostilities tonight when fo
Dutch plane* flaw over t
outskirts. At least five u.-
plosions were heard above th*
moan of air raid siren*. '
The planes appeared ftv* M ""
after Premier Amir 8Jartfea*
eluded a radio sddrses arrnshi
Dutch of wagpig a “coiontod
Cm nrastlsr . watatedJAp
calmly from stope of th*..,
dential palace on the main i
while crowds hunted to shelter.
First unofficial reporta fron tbs
airport, which apparenUy was Um
target, said Area ware started and
that some persons wan injured an-
rloualy.
By Land and SO*
BATAVIA. Java. Jute »-!*>--
President Soekarno said kg radio to-
night the Dutch ware attodklng bto
Indonesian republic by land. J
■ea He annealed A
force the United ...
Council to take up the issue.
A Dutch communique sart Dutch
warplanes had attacked republican
airfields in Jara and Sumatra ba-
cause IndoiMsian fighter pianss ware
ready for action.
The Dutch, declaring they wotod
____ Mfrfr eiUMf Ct 2*““ —
anti-aircraft guna aS the fields and
th* repubHoan ah force, believed to
number about 4* dbsotawont Jap- t I «
aMe* —y > rt’j
toner to
Siciinrners Save r
Roanoke Man
From Drowning
Orville Brock, about 33. of route
2. Roanoke, was saved frqm drown-
ing by fellow swimmers at- Clear
Creek, six mllq* from Deoten, Bun-
day about • a. m. when h* wa*
pulled from a small underwater cave
into which he had swum under-
water from the main stream.
C. w. Haynie of Boenetoe said
that he remarked after BTMfc laft
the group to attempt to swim Into
the cave’s airpocket that ba thought
he had been dow* too tang.
He said that Joe Vaughn of Den-
ton and Odle Thomae of BoSnoka
then went down, found BrocKs fast
and pulled him out. Brock ano un-
conscious and bto face had turned
black when he wa* Uftad to the
The other four in ths partg> to-
chiding Thurman Baulk*. Highway
10. administered artlffctal Itoptra-
tlon for about 1* minutes, i
Brook regained casMoOraensM
was taken to his Roanok* h
where he was under msdtaal'
Monday.
Haynie said it was his baltaf
the air ta the pocket Into V
Brock swam cither waa ''
or that it waa foul, at
lose consciousness.
------—i , ...<Loviolette, 22. of Martins-
believed crushed to
Friday nlglft after falling
tween two barges at Port Isa-
bel. Searchers continued to hunt
for his body
Helen Bowe, 26. a nurse
Swisher county, suffocated In
fire *t Dallas Saturday.
Insect Bite Fatal
Samnjy Joe Jones. 4. son of Mr
and Mrs Lloyd A. oJnes of Elec-
tra, dead of an Insect bit suffered
late Friday.
Richard Vealey Tompkins. 79,
Highlands rancher and farmer,
heat stroke late Saturday at his
home.
Miss Wrenn. 23. of Trenton,
died o f Injuries receive^ when
the car in wh|ch she wa* riding
hit a culvert qn the highway be-
tween Trenton hnd Leonard Satur-
day night. <
Al Liggins, 39-year-old Negro of
Dalias, was ftnfnd dea din a Dal-
(8EE DEATHS. PAGE 2)
SUPER-SIZE ROMB DEVELOPED
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Drownings, Plane
Crashes, Traffic
Accidents Kill 30
Five Gun Deaths Add
To Violent Fatalities
In Texas on Week Ead
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas today counted 38 persons
dead, the ton Of violent death*
throughout tlie state since last Fri-
day.
Five died In plane crashes, five
were killed In traffic aeddenu.
three in train mishaps,^ six by
guns, four by downing end seven
from miscellaneous cause*
Dr Ewln R Bvrcak. 36,
took up flying six months
died when hl* plane crashed near
La Grange yesterday. A passen-
ger. Jim Kans, 30. a farmer, was
critically injured.
Two Cross Plains inen, Tom
Bryan, Jr., 29, and Carl Weaver.
17, met death when their plane
plunged. to earth Saturday in the
southeast part of Cross Plains.
>la*e crash near Llano took
IwlYiday of Wiley Pearson,
’ ‘Ban Antonio.
TrtoBe Vtettew .
r W L. Shaw, 44. of Houston, died
I pssterday
Quake-Producing. A-Bomb
Seen for Future Warfare
By ELTON C. ?AY
WASHINGTON. July 31 -tAV-
The Army Air Forces is developing
and probably will test in the next
few months a 43,000 pound super-
vise bomb. *
So far as is known, this will be
the largest standard-explosive —
that is, non-atomic — missile ever
made.
The weight of th
that to it Intended .
aircraft as the B-36. which is cap-
able of carrying 37 tons of explo-
sives and to equipped with a bomb
ray of enormous dimensions.
The AAF had even larger bomb*
— one of 188,000 '
consideration and
stage.' but designer* said
txxlay that a curt*
program resulted in
*'T&sy doseffbod the
earth’s surface. One theory is that
the urttffcal earthquake wov
‘ erumple builitowe
reatar r— •*““
l method
WASHINGTON, July 21 —(AP)— President Truman ;
said today the nation has surged to a pinnacle of "unprece- '
dented prosperity" but must strengthen its defenses against
inflation. > I
In a special mid-year economic report to Congress, the
chief executive declared that production now is running at
a rate of 1225,000,000,000 a year far surpassing anything in
---------------;— ------♦ history, and added:
"We can place the high production
and the high employment Chat we ,
have today on a firm foundation of, ,
enduring prosperity and peace/'
But threaded througl ‘
were fa
and
VOL. XUV
NO.
fijound
ClbojuL
is
had
W1K-
•»««*»«
iK
The first part of our trip we came
the usual route, passing through
Muskogee. Okla., which sprang into
prominence when it became the
union Agency for the Five Civilised
Tribes and history was written there
when the ITuwes Commbalon ar-
ranged treaties with the tribes and
i pened 20 million acre* of land to
settlement Tlie surrounding terri-
tory holds a wealth of oil, gas and
coal, and the city Is a marketing
center for dairy and poultry prod-
ucts. For the tourist it is another
of those cities that wants the travel
to go down lt« main street, which,
as Roundabout sees it, Is a mistake
for the citie* and certainly for the
tourist. We thought Waco, when it
asked for a by-pass, was making a
mistake, but time has shown that
Waco business increased rather than
decreased from tourists
When we arrived in Traverse City
we were somewhat disappointed as
the thermometer was showing be-
tween 75 and 80 degree*, pretty hot
as the humidity is more than in
Denton, but today the registration
was 58, so we have cooled off con-
siderably. Wrap*, even a fire in the
fireplace, were quite comfortable
tonight when we had dinner with
th* George Jackson*, formerly of
Houston, who now live In Traverse
C ty. When we got home, we lighted
the fire *md I am now sitting by it
for this letter back to you. w
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would be a beautiful plat
picnic lunch We
of the most tel
Our first night out was. in Jop-
lin, Mo., a city that has three great
manufacturing interests—lead prod-
ucts. leather goods and powder. It
also advertises to the recreaUonisU
about resorts in the Osarka. The
Lake of the Ozarks, recreational
area comprised of 20.000 acre* de-
veloped by the National Park Serv-
ice, war another stop That recrea-
tion center reminder! us of the M
D. (Dug > Penry family of Denton,
as tiiey have visited there upon
times in the past. It will also be re-
tnembeied b ythl* family as Mrs
Edwards saw what She thought
> for our
over one
mountain roads,
up and down grads, over rbeks and
rill* and hlgh-centets. But we made
it down and up, so everybody Was
happy.
In crossing the Mississippi River
one could see the great damage
wrought by the recent floods. Crop*
were literally ruined, thousands of
acre* inundated and too late In the
season to replant. One amusing
thing we noticed, yet a sad Incident,
wa* a man fishing in a flooded
wheat field. Fishing may have been
good, but one couldn't help but
think of the thousands of hungry
mouths that field of grain might
have helped to feed.
the
knowledge
are many
*e-
Our highway advisors had suggest-
ed a route, but at Springfield. Mo
wo decided to take to the farm-to-
market roads so we drifted north
and found the most delightful scen-
ery and good roads We had news*
been that may and feel that we were,
rewarded for the change The coun-
try was beautiful, the roads good,
and it brought us to the best cross-
ing of the Misstoilppi River. louisl-
ana. Mo., that we have ever had
It was simple to cross there while
in other crossings it has been a
matter of waiting, getting In line
and crawling through heavy traffic
Too. just before getting to I<ouisi-
ann, we came to Bowling Green,
which reminded us that we
known Mr and Mrs Carroll
dom. relatives of Mr and Mrs Wal-
ter Wil-on of Sanger, and who
have visited them on their ranch
near Slidell and whom the Wilsons
had visited in Bowling Green. Sen-
ator Wisdom has served in the
Missouri Legislature for several
terms and is a potent force In pol-
itics of Northeast Missouri as well
as the entire stale.
Before reaching Springfield this
time Springfield. HL, where . we
again changed out route, and turned
north front the designated m»»-
we went through Jacksonville, a
really beautiful city, with fine
homes said to be inhabited mostly
by retired farmers It was an im-
portant station in the “under-
ground railway" during the Civil
War and it Was named for Andrew
Jackson, hero of the South. Jack-
'aonvffle was also the early home
fof Stephen A. Douglas (1834) and
William Jennings Bryan < 18*3) who
practiced law there. After passing
Springfield we came tot Lincoln
which to said to be the only town
named in honor of the Great
Emancipator with his
and consent and there
marker* indicating Lincoln's
t ivfttos. 1 ,
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The homes are, as A rule, painted
whlteAnd some of them are really
of th* manatan type. The barns ere
in the main painted rad with white
trimmings. The arose era mostly
feed-crops, earn, oat*, alfalfa, tim-
othy. peas, occaslonallv wheat and
orchards, but. seemingly every farm
had it* dairy cattle. In the dairy
herd Jerseys were rarely seen, moot
of them being Holstein*, Guamteys
or Ayreehlree. One man .remarked
about the situation. “Well, all of
those people ere rich."
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By R J (BOB) EDWARDS
Faith if it hath not works, is dead,
being alone—James 2-17.
The deareth child of Faith
Miracle. —Goethe.
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