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BRECKKNBIDGE, TEXAS—THU BSD AY, FEB. 17. 1 4
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The
Observer
CITY W ATER TOWER
VCTmVS PEVMON
C-C AOI\ITIE>
SEEN OK HEARD
Jester Warns Solonsl^
Estimated Expenses
Far Beyond Income
I'm
By O.
ti I'M-,
Envoy Visit To
Accused Citizes
(By UNITED PRESS)
Russia rebuffed the United
State* today when the I'. S. tm-
M.iff i orrespt.nueiit basay asked for pt rmissioii to vis-
I. k. II i iB ' -- r .
B. l.l.oYD. JR.
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Feb. 17 —
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of tin d
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Trotti Brow n m
morning. part
wut'-r tank at
Will l>« flnti
rdge of tin* i. :i
Wlttr sUpp.y 1|. l<
all ne. ii-.
Leon Stan i y.
running mi mi
Mayor H.-rtn g
He laid examinat
►hows it 1 fit u •• I
years t<> o me.
While th. . i i- • r i
tho j..b of if tla-
w ill b. t"(if. ri. d 1 h ui
line towaul l.ak« l a;
Herring -nd >t i •
plat.^i |i < king -c 'I v •'
a ri11!•- -"lit. <•? tow I
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of an i.i' i held •
run it t tla V\arc i |
SHLKIl 1 luM lit t 11 1.I> BE
turned ). t. r• I . fi> v
with the .itivi.ti.it v\^ ' <ii
fr.ini th- i • t i • .ii . V\ i 1-
ami tuff link and a l.ick't that
*a tak' 11 fm th. h I J- B.
Brooks.
Tin f*a*i«l ' va
found If I** .' "
a typ. a i t.r t..W
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it Mrs. Anna Louise Strong, Am-
The Soviet foreign ministry an
\ sue red the request by saying mer-
ely that th<- ♦>.'< year-old American
would b ' deported within a few-
days. The implication was that it
would be unnecessary therefore for
an embassy representative to see
Mrs. Strong.
JERUSALEM, Feb. 17 (U. _Dr.
Chaim Weizmann took the oath of
office as first president of Israel
in*- rniiMMv mai Mrs. Mrvni iumb 4 .. . . . . «
been arrested for "conducting ea-, toda> wh,U> crowds m tht' fcWu
' plottage and subversive activities
j aimed at the Soviet Union."
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' "1 J«-t< ■ wnipped th. , rican author arrested in Moscow,
f -tinir fri• l.-xi-.s' financial cake i f„r espi. nuge. I
it. il.iy with a Warning to the leg- T1_ ss_„:_. i
that .-tii; .it.d exp«'nditur-!
. ■ f if tin i xt two years ex
ti it th. antaipat.-d income by
Sol ie f t!«.iilMi.ooo.
ii. m ur, th. lioieranr said.
j"T. -v.is is well off financially."
II ■ ti' liU' t message to the
ll.'us... un«l Seaate brought with ■
t a , • ' against Ii. w taxes pri I The foreign ministry informed
horougl: ,-tuii> of the the embassy that Mrs. .strong had
pres. >.t situation and a firm suk-
-- i that every request for
ti":.;. "!►>• scre.md with the ut*
-• cart." Mrs. Strong long has been known
i ii. tii. highlighfc: for her pro-Soviet writings. She
In i. r.ptin :n. stirnate is was a founder of the Moscow En-
t*. . 11.. i. t -'.ithi. w II have ap glish Language newspaper, t'ne
pr"X uit. iv ? Is.i on in the gen Moscow Daily News.
...i i-e-.vt.ue fumi to spend during Other f« reign news included:
''' .. ' ' i Amman A Trans-Jordan peac«
li ... v. or has already n-ctiv- ,tion wi„ arnii8tlC(. m..
.1 i.Kg. t, .,:s and rriiuests for r,>Uatj„n!i Wlth ,sra)., at the Mrd.
. *{. nditui. - from that fund "r,:( |.u„j „f Rhode* next
. < .>;? on.. - it. nm*an island oi Khodts nexi
li i Monday♦
, m «'!' • th. • i> av.i iabk*. I *
•In. Governor i- st i! "essential- Sofia—1 ifteen evangelica nunia-
Is ... a -no new tax man." t. rs ac.us.-d_of treason will p> on
' \ -• ,.K of th. pr. sent tax struc- trial * the Sofia district^
,.... „ peiativi*" before any l"ourt- the Bulgarian government
new lev) is made. announced.
II. wexer. "Texas is well of fin- L ndon—British press reports
,.ni al>." lie said. "It owea no said northern KhiKienia. southern
ill Ii- I* has no ui:0i id .'bligations , Bhojeea and Nvassaiand in south
eXf a i . nn a! amount of bonds central Africa have agreed to fed-
i:> I.i h> - .>wn agencies." erate under one constitution fur
ultimate acceptance as
Changing Texas School
System Voted By House
Crowds Weep Fir
Jsy As Israeli
Osth 1$ Taken
I hi
I. I. bui
-ti
of Kob rt liaKwil
g'ary i ...-•
I If field -.id tl/at eff. it
beinir n .i.i> t" C'.i.n'.t t! p*
with th. binKI.iry of ^ A lir.nl
ford' ■ h.-v • . Bang. wt i. t>
the pair lull).
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'I'll, liovernor summtd up the
f n nicial picture with the state-
m.iil:
•"if .• .v) the state ad valorem
t.;\ I i.ot In d in 1! 4hi for this
>• i and the two y.-ars of the
acceptance as Britain's
eighth dominion.
Berlin — Bussian construction
gangs are building permanent and
semi permanent iron, steel and
stone r>ad blocks across several
HE «ol l.h Mil lt>: ONE III
throw cold water on th. i op. "I
any veteran, wh" i a> l> •" kn
to th* Bank'ii I '■ n.-mn B. > t
solution "f h - •• .1 nil' f't ' 1
problem. The h is appr' 'd l'>
committ.'- would p.'\ vet.Talis >>f
both wi.rlti w.ii. r'.mi per ntn
at the a ti • f
It will t ost n.• " >• i • tha itiy
another thing tin Kl • x« I rrnelit
doing, ami "t near1; - • n '
as some thing- hut the hill is il"l
an administration ht
Should it pass, which is doubtful
it wdl h. veto, d !>> th' I -i.i* n?
chain es a11 and *1 ■ '
net Ilk. I> sufficiet't voting s| : . t
gth coii 1.1 Im it ii-t- ,.,i i p r
y\rr a vetn. 1'liat - un ess fai
more pr. s-ar. in fa\"i "f it i*1-
brought to hear than now ■ xi-ts.
Fact of th. In.-i i -
Bankm mtrodu. • d th
to eivb-irras I' i!
1_.w makern h. w
• it ics with hills sin
measurett thai rai • I
pi. grow ' it "I.I that
psued" foundations.
BOH « II \i'M tV
and I't.d War«i .i
I'ha l f < ■ ■ . ii i
ed fr.m i' th
they wel t ■ t> i l-is "
ter of mIi of ih. w
St Southern ra ji
Than h r "I ' . rre
Ward st.it-d 'liat • ■
railway prup* -ition ha.-
ed th' point wh.T. •
to call a n.et.nir of h
Week, the exact t in. st
Clded U|HI
bill sole
mist rata
• i play p.
id not u
■pes "f |m
r. bas. d 1
iy
lit K\"W Ill 's <;0ol Boxer
champion Mazelaine's , Zalarac
Bnindy stands by his cup in New
\ oi is aft' i b. li u judtrt d th. I st
.11 7-'(rd V nr ... 11. . Si ,« i.|' the
(^ • ui Ken < lull a! Mad-
So ..re I ia; d' n I i . U"lf is
Aned n; Mr-. • d Mrs. J hit
I'll, j.- Vi - i of Mi nauk.e.
I N1 A Tel. photo)
Two Locations
For Wells Are
Made Ir County
n.\t hi. nniui (aft.-r which it streets which ling the Soviet sec-
tor with West Berlin. They ap-
parently are being built to prevent
vehicular traffic from evading
Bussian ch.i'kpoints blockading the
American British and French sec-
tors.
L
'ountj. -
a.'t
{tar i ill
(ie tt
•ia -hum
t'da
T
ord K.
for a ii,-w KlN nhuigei f
V" th. t. 11' St. p lens
and a ha!f miles north- '
in. has been made by |
Itj . of Ilallas.
Is th. V\ 1 Ed
on foot rotary proj-
rannut Is lev d under provisions
ot tii. recentl} adopted «oiistitu
tfiial amendment I we shall have
avatiabh for appropriation by the
• list legislature from the general
n ' 'nue fund the amount of #H1H,-
nisi.nun unless conditions change
for tn. W"is. before the legislature
adjourns and the state comptrol-
• i i- fai • <1 with the necessity of
n isitia his . stimate di wnward, or
mil. n in-w revenues are found."
Hi -aid he had "before me at
this writtmg truest*, recommen-
dations and estimates for expendi-
tures durinif tha next hiennitim
and f "i the r mninder of this fiscal
.lit totaling appioximately j:;ii7,-
or more than
i tin estimated funds avaitaWe."
"It Woilld take the skill of a
f inancial wizard, the .lugacity and
^ing.nuity of a Snlomen to adjust
these . stun.ites and suggestions to
|the rvMium. s available and satis-
I fy us all."
| "Indeed."* he said, "while we
'' ontinued mm *age <)
wept far joy.
The 74-year-old Zionist leader
who has devuttd all his adult life
to achieving a Jewish state wa..
sworn in as its president in a 1.r>-
minutc ceremony in the Jewish
agency building.
He traveled to the ceremony in
a shiny American automobile
across the ancient Judean hills.
Escorting him were lJ members
of the new constituent assembly,
symbolizing the 12 tribes of Bibli-
cal Israelites.
As he drove through Jerusalem's
streets, he was cheered by Israeli
soldiers. They recalled Joshua's
legions who firsfc captured the city
before the Christian era.
EXNIS. Feb. 17 tu.Bi—W. F.
(Bill) Dickson, Baylor University
graduate student, has taken over
as manager of the Ennis Cham-
ber of Commerce. succeeding
Rwight Alversnn, who resigned to
enter private buxiness.
When the president arrived at
the entrance to the Jewish agency
building, he was greeted by the
wail of the ancient rams horns.
Such horn.-, according to the B'ble,
blew down the walls of Jericho in
the first Jewish-Arab fight over
Pal* •stine.
Weizmann took the oath in a
silence ^roken only by the whir of
newsreel cameras
But throughout the rest « f
Israel, the cannon that won this
homeland for the Jews sounded
21-gun calutes to the new presi-
dent.
Dr. Weizmann was elected by
the Israeli constituent assembly in
a stormy meeting which ended
early today. He received &'i votes
on the first ballot against 15 for
Ma only opponent, university pro-
fessor. Joseph Klausner. Nineteen
members abstained.
Harfingcn Man
Stole Fire Chief
LMttelrotkrTeUWezerls
Seen Keith Warrant To Respites
SAN* ANTONIO. Tex. Feb. 17]vice developed at the southwest
'UP' - The undesirable mesnuite j research institute here and already
tree that is robbing the nation of, hundreds of acres have been clear-
many thousands .if acres of crepled, opening up new fields for
■ >r cattle raising land is facing a
dtadlv blow from science.
a:> u .i.'lli f,
! 4o fr m til
blockU SI*
frori the
i a-t line '
irvey.
north
if sec-
Tile tree is being "pulled" from
I th. face of the earth by a new de-
Th
[or i
*adt
w
I. « w. -t of I add'., |o-
. too fuel w i Meat has
I v i, t Kadatie &
• nta Falls. It will h<
Hi itl-h in A, •"•ill feet
t< In
not. itid . a ' in.' - "f ' I"'
block T.V1' survey. Bam
hi Is- done with rotary.
U STIN, Tex., Ft h. 17 " —
liov. I! aut' id Jester t.«iay named
I ia I II. Brown of Harlingen a.-
Stat. Kne It uranee I'omnnssion-
i-r, one of the ii'e-t controversial
appoint tnejits ex p. tied to hit the
Senate thi session.
Brown had s. rs.ti a.< Secretary
of Stat, for th. pa.-t two y^ars „ . ... ,
and a- recently ucc. .did in that ! T^* iti 11 itary has intelligence
bv formt r State Sen. Ben
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g
Ho No A loiwhi
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 'U.R—
HAVING LOOK ABOUND—I'resident Truman waves to photograph-
ers from the inside of a B-;i* bomber—one of the many combat planes
which he inspected during an Air Progress Show at Andrews Field,
Maryland. In addition to the I'resident, Senators, 7o Congressmen,
members of the l*rcsijjent's cabinet and high-ranking military officials
watched the demonstration of American Air Might (NKA Teiepnoto)
Post of State
School Chief
Is AbolisM
AUSTIN, Tex.. Feb. 17
Legislation abtlishing the post of
Dr. L. A. Woods, state superin-
t. talent of public instruction, pass-
ed the Senate today by a final
vote of l !-8.
The bill, sponsored by Sen.
James F. 'Taylor of Kerens and
a keystone measure of the Gil-
mer - Aikin proposals to revump
the school system of Texas, now
goes to the House.
The measure drew a 12-hour
filibuster fri m Senate opponents
last Tuesday.
A mauling and pummeling by
House members appeared virtual-
ly assured.
Sen. Bogers Kelley of Edinburg,
who held out for seven hours and
.'15 minutes in an oratorical talk-
athon last Tuesday 'v-tV, spoke
..at iti a final bia.st against the
bill.
Me wartn'd that it was "via-
TME MEMBFB-sHir IH*
Chamber el I •
pa used lu -t \. .ir'- . o • . I p.
Jam. s \lwxandt '
drive, slat, d t«"«l.>
w ith a Sin pi if
th. citistns.'* h.
workers n th. >l
last yt a r s n . r11 tie i
ed up many new em
that we will r> eh w
ni.-mh. is .1. ri. k HH''
Th. drive stall, d
and will la-' st t'|...
Alex.it '.tier le;. t.-d.
Chamhi r of < . •
have b. • n to' line' rig th.
membership.- fr>
county.
< nil iraure
r n i rm an
"U t .
re spell*,
add. d.
and h..v
es. It is
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ltd 7."
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At' -d .
Kll fr
T bio.
• ual m in
tie. p Wl
Wt of I
pr <iuet
nth t,;ti
tMiumls
> of 41 gm
- of Wate,
fi.. <1 fi r th
f.i., No.
ie.it ir
Uidif.
wa- thr'
pounds or
tuhiiie fr
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it V Oil
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Texas
S. L
miles
casing
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that Bussia still possesses n< at-
omic bombs, an Army general re-
The irnvernor said that Marvin ported today.
Ii.,1 who ha s. rv. i IS fire in ur- . In an article on "industrial vul-
ji' . o to 11 in i.- or. ■ f..r thi past l« tie lability to bombing, Maj. Gen.
\. ar -. was not an applicant for i' • 1^- Robinson of the Army En-
"r. appointment. igineers disclosed that:
fifintrn Ta ^ I "The best intelligence indicates
Iv | tnat our major potential enemy
150 Room Hotel n<' n,m l" i>n atom'c
iiIiF.SSA. l.h. 17 ii-—Way I Others, among them Lt. Gen.
a< cleared today for the con-
struct ion of a new l.ln-nntm hotel,
• t ■•!• ,t .1 tl 1'iet. Total I w th w.ii * to ifet utiti. i wav in four
Was Th. w.ll is In
Mi 1H fe.t from tin- uth and
• ■in tii .i -.t lita of section
rk i TA.-I urvj.
|.
tool h« il.-t to"
. fit y, 21 milt
.f Has-
•ast of
(Coiitiin.ed on I'aue
inths.
Od.--o Civic Hotel Corporation
and As -. , ated K.'deral Hotels con-
• n|ed a 1 y. ar lease yesterilay.
Dallas architect Walter Ahi«ch-
iasfer hoped to have plans ready
fm submission to contract hid-
d' rs w thm the r.-xt two months.
Southbound Snowstorm Hits Wyo.
THOtl.lll FOB THE MOMEM
The lives of Kieat nt> and w ' *1
are mi nicies if patient, and p
■everanee. Mar. Ilak. I ddy.
11: UNITED *'KKSSi .
SEEN OB llEABDi >li«. I. ' d hi,- .|, . .d , .,-.4 v. ather thaws tne mountain snow-
rtiie Mere r and «Ht- Sprat? m w !- • W- ' if and C. oral., drifts. Maj. I..n. L. wis I >ck. cmn-
■urgieal patient- at Bre.-k- i" t -.l hut iok w • ds thawed "...rider of the ...h Army s drive
Clinic. I it to said to have under , th. d • p new. lt.,h Mun ^ "I?* w wbt and r.iaite. said he
gone appendectomy Mr. nd|t. ■ i - ... ,1 th., 'er.-d t- set ''• *'>« ' • to get
firs, tira.lv l amp left day f... - ' - d -. "f -ur prt sent situata n w.th-
u cruise to th. Bermudas. Cuba Str g ' d- .wept ♦h- S.-uth "ut floods.
and other points- to be it in fer ern Wy •• nir and • I. 'H Coi « • > In view of the new storms sweep;
about a month .. . .Judg- J. -- th- • " «i and piling it i'.t" inv Wyoming, the Union Pacific
B. Smith rep. rts no n. v. d.-v. n n* w drift- ..n r'ad,:i> - ji.-t clear railroad re-routed all of its east*
rnents on airp..rt or hospital p ed by buildup'T* and hnowplows. west traffic through Denver.
Wt* Elks in it ui ted th rte !i A sn.twstorn was sweeping' At Rawlins. Wy.-,, city officials
nrw members last ni*ht. hi r s.iith int.. \\>"i ing and wa- ex instituted a priority system for
crowd pie sent ... I'aul Will tarns p. ct.tt to spread over • lor.-ido by e'earing streets. The city has been
back < n job today after nursmir t. i- orrmw
the "flu" said he still felt like Utah communities
going back home and itoing to b-d omerg< r.cy measure.
Spanky McFarland former imi.siH
member of "llur Gung" to h. ht re bri-. *
hit hard by almost constant blil-
re taking 7.ard conditions for two weeks.
t,i contr. I Authorities ordered street crews
fluids as sialden warm to concentrate on keeping streets
swept th. highland mead clear to tho town's ene hospital.
welcmned Tn. v also ordered bull-dozers to
runways open at all costs at
dkY alterniiMi from I to I:.'{• o'- ojh n froim water hole* to cattle the Bawltlis Ai ^ort, the town's
ct^k .. A. H. Miller aft. r ie.i.i and mak. it ...aier tor th. . t. only reliable link with the outsidef tiisttK* Attoi
in* in 'Kal'la* News of man who trnn«|H rt hav to th. ir animals. world. Airline* er using the air
a:id he might be guilty of |>"«t I h- thr-it. rie.i l|o.«{s were a |eiri to fly in buiter. egg«.
|*f11rmalii'.'S becmle e f. ietaste • f t'lini s to r*'i i. ■ ir*i • thei perish.lb i'i and tn
ft r program of Legion over air in mis. Farmer*, how.-ver, welcomed Tney
Burch Hotel Junior Ballnx-ia Sun the Chin. ok. They said it would
Leslie B. Groves, wartime head of
the U. S. Atomic bomb project,
have voiced th - "opinion" that
Bussia is not prepared for atomic
war. They frankly based their opin-
ion. hi wever, on estimates of Rus-
sia's scientific and industrial ca-
pacity.
Robinson's statement was the
first to attribute such beliefs to
intelligence data. He did not dis-
close how or where they were ob-
tained.
Writing in "The Military Engi-
neer," a technical publication, Rob-
inson said "intelligence" also in-
dicates that even if she had the
atomic bomb Russia does n< t po-
ssess means of delivering it "any
better, if us good as, our own.
Twm QufaMd Ob
DMdfcOf Wife
RAKEKSFIELD. Calif., Feb. 17
iUJB—Ej,r| E. Shanklea, alias Gar-
land Chambers. 47, of Amarillo.
Tex., today wqts question by Texas
law officers about the murder ot
his wife 10 years ago.
Shanklea wns captured by local • church,"
crops and lands for cattle.
The invention commonly i s
known as a "tree upper." Attach-
ed to a tractor, it pulls up trees j
in two yanks. The roots and all J
come out and the necessity of dy- J
naniiting stumps is eliminated.
The invention was primarily de-l
signed to attack the meM|Uite tree,
a "weed" tree that grows through-
out the southwest ami takes nour-
ishment out of the earth. It will
work, however, on most any type
of tree up to II inches in diameter.
The "puller uses hydraulic jacks
wit'n the compressed air being fur-
nished by the tractor motor. Sci-
entists here- explained that most
standard tractors are equipped to
produce compressed air. and that
puller" which weighs about
:t(hmi pounds, can be attached quic-
Rly.
At the bottom of each of two
hydraulic jacks there is a nair of
clinchers. They clamp tightly a-
round the trunk of the tree and
the hydraulic lifts, which have a
total combined lift capacity of
ttn.iMH) pt unds, do the yanking up-
ward. Usually two yanks are nec-
essary. One lifts the tree about
two feet, and the second takes it.
all the way out of the earth along
with the rwots.
It is a "little brother" to the
bulldozer, the scientists here say,
but has more advantage when it
conies to clearing spaces of trees.
MtdttmAtWorfc
Or Comity Form
CASTAIC, Cal. Feb. 17 <U- —
Film star Ri bert Mitehum went to
work in the cement block plant of
the Sheriff's honor farm today, and
said he hoped the other prisoners
wouldn't resent him.
The $:t^5n-a-week actor was
transferred here yesterday from
the "high power" tank at the coun-
ty jail in downtown Lea Angeles,
after serving a week of a «0-day
sentence on a narcotics conviction.
"The jail was as safe as a
Mitehum said, "but I have
Rkhig Mercury
b Predicted In
AI Of Texas
By UN1TEL I'BLSS
Rising temperatures for all of
of Texaa may be expecteu during
the next 24 hoilra, the Dallas
weather bureau preuictid today.
Skies were cteur today over
north and west portions oi Texas,
partly cloudy to cloudy along the
coastal area and Lower Rio Grande
Valley and considerable cloudiness
in thi: Sin Antonio-Austin area.
The weather bureau predicted
much of the cloudiness would clear
during the day, except in the coast-
al area. The forecast called for
cloudy tii partly cloudy weather in
East Texas with occasional rain
in the axtreme south portion this
afternoon, and in the south por-
tion tonight. Tartly cloudy also
waa predicted for West Texas.
Overnight, the mercury touched
freezing or below at several points.
Salt Flat reported the low of 27.
It was 2ft at Mineral Wells, .'ill at
Dallas, :U at Lubbock, and 32 at
Abilene, Amarillo, Midland and
Clarendon. Brownsville had M this
morning for the high minimum.
Yesterday's maximum was HH
14 Brownsville. Corpus Christi and
Alice each reported 74. Amarillo
and Guadalupe I'ass had the low
maximum of &l.
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SWEETWATER. K- b. 17 •« !?•—
A IP-year-old girl died from an
Husband Found
After 2 Years:
Whiskers Hurt
nd
carried with it a
• ntralizing and auto-
theft of '
crat if rule.
K"tley atti mpteii earlier to a-
IJIt lid tin hill ^ that the |mst of
j Hit state's thi. f educational officer
|would remain electi-.rather than
(appointive as under the new bill.
"Had my amendment been ac
ei pted last Tuestiay." elley said,
"1 could have voted for this bill
with every other provision as it
no'.v is."
However, he saM that the prin-
ciple of electing the state school
officer was a "deep-seated tne,"
and for that reason "I will cast my
vote against it."
Sen. Fred Harris of Dallas, tt
proponent of changing th.- time of
election as set out in Taylor's
overdose of sleeping pills the i loved me and gave me a very big
morning after she re-married her
estranged husband, an open inquest
verdict said.
Returrnd yesterday by Justice
of the Peace M. C. Man roe. the
verdict in the ca-e of Mrs. IVirgy
Mosley was held open pending
completion of autopsy and labora-
tory' reports.
She was found in a Sweetwater
hotel room on Feb. 4. the morning
after re-marrying R. F. Mosley.
He now is ill. a patient at a Mc-
Kinnev hospital.
Beside the young bride's body-
was found a note:
"I hope these kill me. This was
to have he«n a wedding night to
remember"
The writinir rrew shakier and
the note concluded:
"Yon have made me hate life
and all I ever believed .' but I
love you." •
The note was unsigned, but
handwriting experts beRcved tbat
Mrs. Mosley wrote it.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17 U.R.—Mrs.
Elsie Lanning, :w, of Chicago, who
spent two years and $o,inhi search-
trig for her missing husband, found
him today and said his whiskers
scratched. . i measure, served notice that he
Mrs. Lanning, tall, sandy-liaiix-d ' „ul,, :ltt„mpt to h.,Vl. tlu. bi„ a_
and well groomed, was reunited | ni,.„(i„t in th(. th;l,
in a small ante-room at a Queens , ,,f a b,nird ()f ,.<lu_
police station with Harry Lanning. cation would b. elected at the
42. who married her It) years am | Nrvember general election rather
and disappeared on Valentine's i than by a special vote in April,
day, 15*47. I i Ither backers of the Gilmer-
"I'm sorry, I don't know why I'Aikin proposal* attempted to shove
did it," he told her. (the general program by asking
Lanning. who walked out on his t'nat debate on a see. nd major
job as a supervisor in a Chicago I measure be set for next Tuesday-
container factory, was found wash- [morning.
ing dishei in a New York restau- ' The measure, sponsored by Sen.
rant under the name of Harry JOttis Lock of Zavulla sets up a
Manders. He was recognized by a !
fellow employe as the man pic-1
tured on one of the thousands of
circulars sent out by Mr.-. Lan-
ning.
Lanning is tall and gaunt. His t
clothing was almost rags. His eyes j
were dark and his cheeks sunken.
He wore no tie. j
He was whiaked by police into |
the room where his wife waited '
after she arrived by plane from
Chicago early today and the d< or
was locked.
When she came out she said:
"He told mo he was very sorry
for what he had done. He didn't
know why he did it. He said he
(Continued on Fag* I)
kiss. I can still feel the kiss—his
whiskers you know. He is going
back to Chicago with me."
Mrs. Lanning. who a few miti-
utea before had been tense and
nervous, was all smiles. She I.Hiked
like a school girl.
"He told me he loved me anil
that's all that counts," .-.he said.
Police had given up hope of
finding Lanning. but Mrs. Lan-
ning, convinced her husband was a
victim of amnesia, mailed out post-
ers. handbills and circulars to
every town and city in the country
in the hope someone would rec.1t-
nize him.
AM# LJAAA
MCKOVV5 IQ WwwT
There will he a called meeting
of the Masonic Lodge tonight. Feb-
ruary 17. at 7 o'clock, it w... an
nounced by Garland Ciody, W. M.
Work in the F. C. Degree will be
given.
All visiting Masons are welcome.
a feeling it might not he good for
(UaiMMd aa Fag* •>
ughtut the west ii tuiMn. Bpi.i.a utr i.aeu i.u
authorities Monday after a fellow
worker identified him from a de-
scription in the "Wanted" columns
of a detective magazine.
Sheriff Paal Gaither. Police
Chief A. S. Harber and Assistant
mey A. T. Archer of
and oi .ti .oBie- «- ii« i, to ISM*, for the spot of head trusty,
remove ve r ift.r jh. .i.d Mi«aale had "It'' quite an honor, you know,'
i a pirated. be
I. S. Gives Czech Spy 19 Years
MUNICH, Feb. 17 'OR—A L. S. Maj. tien. Maxwell D. Taylor,
military commission today found j U. S. Army chief of staff in Ger-
Franktisck Kl*cka guilty of espi- many, ordered McKee to release
onage lof Czechoslovakia after a | the defendants' names after com-
two-Jay trial which was cloaked in | pleting an investigation of secrecy
unprecedented secrecy during the surrounding the trials. The investi-
opening phase. gation was ordered by Gen. Lucius
Klecka wili convicted by an . D. Clay, American commander in
eight-man commission in the first' < ermany, to determine if the
of five spy trials, and was sen-1 secrecy "is actually for security
tenced to 2n years at hard labor.
The commission voted by a two-
thirds majority to find Klecka
guilty of acts "prejudicial to the
me here on the farm with or "/ V S- in ^
The verdict was announced by
Brig. Gen. John L. McKee. chair
700 men. Some of them might re-
sent the fact that I work in the
movies."
Mitehum was elected assistant
traaty a day after he entered the
tail tank, and was ton candidate
Gen.
man of the military court.
Klecka a small man dressed in
aa American uniform, was the
first of .tome 2(1 persons who will
b triad on charge* of snvinr on
American forces ig Europe
Ciecboalovakia.
reasons.
However, the first and the last
of the five trials wer*% ordered
closed to the public for security-
reasons and it was understood they
still would be held behind locked
doors.
Taylor, however, ordered McKee
to announce the sentences and
findings "in open court." Taylor
also ordered that "all other cases
will We in open court unless direct
for ed otherwi e" frem Taylor's head
quarters in Frankfurt.
Loans For Farm
Purposes Are 41
Percent* Shown
■ Wi wVllir WIVVVH
About 41 per tent of the Jffcl,-
imhi.imhi loaned by the Farmers
Home Administration, U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, during
th. year went to return service-
men to buy or equip farms, it wa.-.
pointed out in the agency's annual
report fm released through
the Dallas State Office by State
Director L. J. Cappleman. Vet-
erans who are becoming establish-
ed in agriculture made up about a
quarter of the :t2u.lMNl farmers
participating in thi program.
Supervised credit has proved
well suiti-J to the needs of many
joung veterans and their wives
whose financial assets and farm
i .ariagement experience are limit-
ed but who desire to become suc-
Ice.sful operators ot family-type
farms, the report stated. Veteran.,
rect ive preference for all loans.
Special loans were matlo to 141
disabled veterans who bought
farms suited to their abilities.
The annual report pointed out
that many farmers are still earn-
ing low incomes. Despite the rela-
tively high prices and good yields
of recent years the average gross
income from half the nation's
farms is less than $I.IMW ; year.
"A large part of eui farm popu-
lation has not shared to a very
great extent in the nation's pros-
perity." wrote Dillard B. Lesseter,
administrator, in a letter to the
state director. "This fact is often
overlooked. It can be completely
realized only by examining the
limited farming facilities of many
nira' families."
The report said that additional
working capital and better farm-
ing methods art two of the main
needs of low-income farmers whose
output is limited. -
Only those far iers who are not
able to borrow from banks or
other private or cooperative credit
sources, are eligible for assistance
from the Farmers Home Admin-
istration.
Applications for credit increased
over the 1P47 totals, but fewer
loons were made because of small-
er appropriations There were t*?.-
ftftK farm-operutin" lent". I Wl
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