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Brenham Banner-Press
BRENHAM..
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SUNDAY NIGHT
MA1FEST NET
PROFIT $2000,
CHECK SHOWS
CATHOLICS WILL
ORDAIN THREE
PRIESTS HERE
Joe Kopecky Dies
At Corpus Christi
Yanks Trying ’fo
Eliminate ‘Good
Chunk’ of Reds
War Planes Attack
Two Divisions
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For Financing
1951 Event
Cowboy Refuses To
Answer Questions;
Body Found
Open House For New
Sisters Convent
Scheduled
Rev. T. Gordon Whtts
Will Address
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AC DISOBEYED ORDERS, COLLINS SAYS
by Ken Reynolds
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RADU INtHH
HIM, n,"
hamites will enjoy two
Luses this weekend. St.
[ Catholic- parish will
pen house at the new
t for the sisters of St.
Parochial school Satur-
kernoon, following or-
|n of three young priests,
ceremonial blessing of
pvent during the morn-
|nd Saturday afternoon
rening, Dr. C. E. South-
b hold open house at his
linic, just completed on
I street, near North Park,
ks men and friends of
b organizations are ex-
I their congratulations
Irtisements appearing in
I Banner-Press.
ct a tor CHINESE FLEE
IN DISORDER
NORTHWARD
White House Hanger
On Is Denied "
Probation
romotion
*OU»« of th,
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^r^‘den»'
The 1951 Brenham Maifest
showed a net profit of $2000, fig-
J
i*.
urer Emmett Vinson of
pham Baseball Associa-
Hay called attention to
ft that boxes for thia
kaseball season are now
[. The association set a
I $60 for a box with four
r $35.00 for half -a box.
b games are to be play-
I provides a saving to
■ seat holder, over what
I would be if the boxes
purchased game by
Frhose wishing season
should call Vinson at
Ince the opening jgame
[season will be played
L night.
PER CENT
JOHN MARAGON
GOES TO JAIL
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WASHINGTON, May 25. (CBU-
The army chief of staff, General
J. Lawton Collins, says General
MacArthur disobeyed a direct or-
der from the joint chiefa of staff
last year. In his testimony be-
fore the MacArthur investigating
committee. General Collins say*
MacArthur was told to use only
South Koreans last fall near the
Manchurian frontier. Says Col-
lins— "He did not comply."
Collins says the supremb com-
mander sent American troops to
the frontier "without advising us
ahead of time on it." According
to Collihs, MacArthur "self! that
he did it because of military
necesalty."
The army chief of staff alao
testified that he had thought flt
taking some action'against Mac-
Arthur before the president dis-
missed him on April 11th.
It was the first charge of that
nature thus far lodged against
the deposed Far Eastern com*
i wander.
Defense Secretary George Mar-
shall and General Omar Brtdley
had told the committee that
MacArthur had not violated any
strjctly military directives.
They, za* ..WPlLaa.CMU!*.
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THE WEATHER
. EAST TPXAS—Considerable
cloudiness, occasional showers in
the east and central portions this
afternoon and tonight. Tomorrow
partly cloudy, with scattered
showers along the coast, and in
the extreme east portion. Not
much change in temperature.
Senator Would
Recall Spending
Bill To Cut It
(BY THE UNITED PRESS)
United Nations forces are bat-
tling to destroy the Chinese Com-
munist army in North Korea as a
fighting force. They are smash-
ing savagely at the fleeing Reds.
A regimental executive officer
says “we have a good chance to
eliminate a good chunk of the
Chinese army in Korea and we
are going to exploit it to the
hilt.”
Allied warplanes have hit two
fleeing divisions clogging the
roads in clear daylight north of
Chunchon and estimate they
killed 2,000 in four hard-hitting
fighter-bomber strikes.
A second American tank task
force meanwhile rammed across
the 38th parallel on the main
Seoul-Uijongbu highway in pur-
suit of'the disorganized Reds.
Lieutenant General James
Van Fleet says the Eighth army
is on an "all-out offensive." and
he adds: “It looks as if the pur-
Bishop Reicher Will
Conduct Service
Saturday
BUSY WEEKEND
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 25.
0I.E)—A slim cowboy musician
continues in his refusal to an-
swer any questions concerning
the brutal murder of 10-year-old
Patricia Jean Hull near Santa
Ana; Calif.
Henry Ford McCracken was
taken to the shallow grave where
the girt was found yesterday af-
ter a five-day search. But neither
at the grave nor at the morgue
where he viewed Patricia’s body
did the 34-year-o)d musician an-
swer police questions.
Meanwhile, the grand jury con-
tinues to study evidence In the
case, and the district attorney
says he will demand a murder
and, kidnapping indictment
against McCracken.
A poppy-yellow bedspread may
be included in the evidence
against the convicted sex offend-
er. The * bedspread was found
near Patricia’s body and neigh-
bors describe it as similar to
one owned by McCracken.
Patricia's body was found in a
county playground about 12
miles from Santa Ana, and about
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*” Based their recommendation for
MacArthur’s removal on his pub-
lic arguments against the gov-
ernment’s policy of limiting the
war to7 Korea.
Collins also said that Presi-
dent Truman’s proposed March
peace proclamation asserted that
a free and unified Korea could
and should be achieved without
further fighting. The proclama-
tion . . . allegedly scuttled by
MacArthur . . also warned that
the UN would continue fighting
if the Chinese Communists r»
fused to negotiate.
Collins said MacArthur wae
notified that a presidential prod-
lamation was being prepared but
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Two- young Brenhamltes will
aing their first solemn masses
Sunday at St. Mary’s Catholic
church and hundreds of friends,
relatives, and classmates are ex-
pected to fill the church for both
services.
Fr. H. C. Mazurklewicz will of-
fer his mass at 8 a. m. and Ff.
L. J. Wozniak will offer his mass
at 10 a. m. Both men are grad-
uates of St. Mary’s Seminary of
La Porte, Texas, and will be or-
dained Saturday along with Rev.
* Arthur Michalak of Cameron.
■ His Excellency, Most Rev.
Louis J. Reicher, D. D., bishop of
the diocese of Austin, will or-
dain the three Saturday at 9:30
a. m. in St. Mary’s church.
Local Catholics have planned
an entire weekend of activities
to celebrate the ordinations and
to officially recognize the com-
pletion of a new convent home
for the sisters who conduct the
parish parochial school.
Following the ordination serv-
ices, the bishop will bless the
new convent. The day’s activities
will end with luncheon for the
public and for the clergy, served
by the ladles of the parish.
A picnic lunch to follow the
10 a. m. mass on Sunday will’be
held at Fireman’s Park and all
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AUSTIN, May 25. OLE)—State
Senator W. A. Schofner of Temple
indicates he will attempt next
week to re-open the 200 miIlion
dollar appropriation bill. Shot-
ner says he thinks there’s strong
sentiment in other legislative
quarters for his ides, which la
to do some trimming on the bud-
get for state government in the
next two years.
This comes even while a joint
house-senate committee is at
work trying to find a compro-
mise on the deadlock between
the legislative chambers over the
catch-all omnibus tsx bill, to
raise the money to meet the ap-
propriations. The appropriations
bill passed a few weeks back, but
the house and senate have not
been able to agree yet on the tax
bill to raise the money.
Calendar of Events
Snake? — why.
new garden hose I
Wa—er Frsaa waat __________
5; Oetober 37.K-96, up
Commercial Rent
Control^ Opposed
HOUSTON. May 25. <l.P»—The
National Association of Build-
ing Owners and Managers has
gone on record as opposing com-
mercial rent control as "unneces-
sary and unwarranted.”
The aaaociation approved a
resolution to that effect at the
final session of an annual con-
why it pay,
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f famous bras
3, fresh prodta
et sure econoi
price every <j>
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rching of tl
week. Shop la
avings on yq
died Thursday morning at a
Corpus Christi hospital. Mr. Ko-
pe\;ky was the father of Alvin J.
Kopecky of Brenham.
Many year* ago Mr. Kopecky
was a resident of Brenham, when
he was employed as a pharma-
cist by Dr. Tristram at the Tris-
tram Pharmacy.
The funeral will be at 9:30
Saturday morning. Hia body is at
the Dunn Funeral home in Cor-
pus Christi.
Survivors are Mr. Kopecky’*
wife, three daughter*, and his
HOUSTON. May 25. (UPi—A
■teel shortage la the only thing
that will keep the nation’s oil in-
dustry from meeting defense
goals this year.
That is the belief expressed in
Houston by W.. S. S. Rodgers,
chairman of the board of the
Texas Company.
Commenting on his own com-
pany's operation, Rodgers says
the pipe line situation is serious.
He adds that cunent drilling pro-
grams may dot be maintained
throughout the year because ot a
lack of casing and tubing.
Exploding Coke
Cost* $15,000
FORT WORTH. May 25. <UE>—
A Fort Worth machinist, B. H.
Hankins, holds an award of 115,-
000 in damages today as a result
of injuries caused by an explod-
ing Coca Cola bottle.
Hankins has been awarded
that amount by a district court
jury in his $25,000 damage suit
against the Coca Cola Bottling
company of Fort Worth. In the
suit. Hankins contended he suf-
fered a permanent knee injury
when glass was driven into hM
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night Maifest Association meet-
ing showed.
A complete financial state-,
ment will be released early’ next
week.
Last night’s meeting was call-
ed in order to approve payment
of bills outstanding and to de-
termine the disposition of the
profits. The association was or-
ganized for "the purpose of fi-
nancing municipal recreation in
Brenham.
The association deferred^ action
on the specific nature of the rec-
reation program, but voted to set
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them to he,
fine, she mJ
May M:
Cake sale in front of Hohjt’s.
10 a. m. Sponsored, by Junior
Fortnightly.
Mott?: . ’ ;
Order of the Eastern Star prac-
tice for Installation £ pt A. Ma-
sonic hall. All officers please be
present.
Mery Mt
Pilot club picnic, ? p> m. at
Lange's Lake.
Mai H:
Public installation of officers
of the Order of the Eastern Star,
8 P m, Mastate haiL
OPS meeting. Bryan Chamber
of Commerce office, (MM VBriace
bldg., 9 a. m. to S p. m.
JomYi
^Chicken
WASHINGTON. May 25. <W>—
John Maragon, Greek emigrant
who became a White House Inti-
mate, was led to jail today to
start serving his eight-to-24-
month sentence tor lying to sen-
ators.
Federal Judge Jennings Bailey
In Washington declined to grant’
probation to the one time Kansas
City bootblack.
Maragon convicted of telling
the five per cent investigators
lies about his bank accounts and
the period he worked for a Chi-
cago importing firm.
A Justice Department spokes-
man says Maragon will serve his
sentence in the federal reforma-
tory at Petersburg, Va.
Diplomas Awarded
Ten Graduates At
St. Marys School
St Mary’s Parochial school of
Brenham awardeB diplomas to
10 graduates Thursday night
during ceremonies climaxed by
a talk by Rev. Charles Weisne-
rowski, pastor of St. Mary’s
■church.
Fr. Clyde Holtman also de-
livered a short talk.
The graduates are: Harry
Bronlkowski. Frank Konieczny,
Jr., Jimmy Murski, Delores Ken-
jura, Annie Konieczny, Catherine
Kopycinski, Louise Murski, Esth-
er Stegent, Mary Rosner, and
Caroline Zlentek.
"Religious and secular educa-
tion promotes love of God. love
of our American Institutions, and
reverence to the American flag,
especially at this moment when
many evil Influences threaten to
destroy the America we love,” Fr.
Chart** told the graduates.
St. Mary’s school is conducted" —
by the Sisters of Divine Provi-
dence of San Antonio.
largely by the landowner 'and the
producer of the gas. It is the de-
sire of the majority of the mem-
bers of the house of representa-
tives that a "gathering tax" be
inserted in place of tfie increase
in our present production tax.
A "gathering tax." similar to
the tax Imposed by the Sewell
Bill, would be borne largely by
the pipelines and would be pass-
ed on to the out-of-state con-
sumer. At the present’time over
42% of our natural gas goes out
t the end of thia year
!h<M will be some 35 big pipe-
Rev. T. Gordon Watts, D. D.,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Brenham will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon before
graduating seniors of Brenham
High school, Sunday, at 8 p. m.
The services will be held in the
high school auditorium.
The program will be as fol-’
lows •
Processional, “Largo,” by Han-
del. Invocation by Rev. L. B.
Sauls, First Baptist church.
"Jesus Lover of My Soul’’ by
Marsh, sung by Charlotte Alien-
son. Sermon by Rev. Watts en-
titled "The Significance of the
Commonplace." "D rl f t i n g” by
Hewitt, sung by Charlotte Allen-
son, Marion Dorbritz, and Janie
Lind. Benediction by Rev. Theo.
St reng,* St. Paul’s Lutheran
church. Recessional, "America
the Beautiful” by Ward, sung by
the High school students choir.
Mrs. W. C. Schwartz is choir di-
rector and Marion Dorbritz will
be accompanist
Brazos Pollution
Arouses Farmers
ABILENE, May 25. (UP>—Two
Abilene photographers rescued a
skunk stuck in a pickle jar. They
didn’t get any thanks or reward
—not even a scent.
Herbert Roberts and Frank Dun-
lap were returning home from a
fishing trip when they spotted
the animal wandering in circles
on the highway, its head stuck
in the jar.
Roberts says he stopped his
car and got out. The skunk, Rob-
erta says, ran to him. And while
the photographer held the jar
and tugged cautiously, the ani-
mal helped itself to freedom by
backing out.
Then, say Roberts and Dun-
lap, the skunk looked at them
and walked away.
3 Dead, 100 Homeless
In Flood At Abilene
ABILENE, “May 25. (ILP)A Hash flpod hit the Abilene
area in a driving rain, hail anc^ electrical storm last night
and early today. It has flooded an estimated 100 homes in
three -residential, sections, ^nd .unpa.’wntly -lives ef
tnrPe pmdns, firo bT th&n rescue workers. *
SUSPECT S E AL S
HIS UPS ABOUT
DEATH OF GIRL
Tri-captains Eugene Bredthauer, Earl McIntyre, and Kiel Landiia jro into a private huddle with
Head Coach Owen Erekson to plot a little trouble for their Saturday night opposition. The three
will lead the Junior "green” team against the Sophomore "whites” in the game condition Scrimmage
that winds up Brenham high spring training. Coach Erekson seem* to be doing most of the plotting.
Tomato Festival
At Ellinger Set
AH Day Sunday
ELLINGER. May 25—This lit-
tle- metropolis is getting the old
welcome mat ail shined and
polished (or its 12th annual To-
mato Festival, slated for Sunday.
May 2t
Starting the activities will! be a
colorful street parade at 10:30,
in which $100 in cash prizes will
be awarded the best floats and
for the most comical entries.
Serving of delicious chicken and
sausage barbecue begins at 11:30
o’clock.
La Grange and Columbus, two
fast semi-pro clubs, tangle in a
basebail game at 3:30. Other en-
tertainment throughout the day
includes band music by the well
known Joe Patek Brass Band of
Shiner, a* well as music by area
high school bands, carnival con-
cessions, rides, and the like.
Appearing in person will be
Dalon Hicks, 13, of Three Rivers,
“America’s youngest ■ i n g I ng
cowboy,” who has already -ap-
peared on 24 radio stations with
suchc star* as Floyd Tillmann,
Curly Fox, Bed River Dave and
many others; and the Hermit
and Hl* One-Man Five-Piece
Band.
Dance lovers will have two
choices in the evening: Joe Pa-
tek’* Orchestra plays for the old-
timer in the Ellinger auditorium
and Rhine Winkler’s popular
orchestra of Schulenburg will
furnish the modem tune* in th*
school auditorium.
The Ellinger Chamber of Com-
merce is sponsor of this annual
event.
ALVIN, May 25. ®T»— Rice
farmers in the Brazos river bot-
tom country around Alvin are
circulating petitions today ask-
* ing for relief from salt water
pollution they claim has con-
" taminated the river.
The farmers estimate that
about 25,000 acre* of rice land In
four counties are affected. The
counties are Harris. Brazoria, Fort
Bend and Galveston.
State Game Warden Frank Me-
bane of Alvin says he will do hl*
best to stop anyone from turn-
ing salt water into the river. But
he says he is not sure just where
the current pollution is coming
from. •'
CLOSING COTTON
t xNew York; July 45.08, down 4;
October 38.02. down 10.
i New Orleans: July 4W down
Ehlert Predicts Rural Road
Program Will Be Maintained
By WM. y. ENLERT
Washington Co. Reprasantotiva
AUSTIN, May 25.—The House
of Representatives this past week
again turned down the confer-
ence committee report on the
omnibus tax bill. The reason for
this Action was the dispute over
the method of taxing natural
gas-
The bill as it was reported
back to the House contained an
increase in the present "produc-
tion tax” on natural gas. This
type of tax is one that in moat
Instances cannot be passed on to of state. At
the Mg pipeUnee and thua to tip tb^TzX,Z
out-M-eUle neaewer H ^RtlMM
Ferguson today was i c ........
^isplaylng«.* :™ed-al-Ruit^jactiw^re working_
fcyor of Saint-Mihiel,
| in recognition of his
in helping to liberate
y during xWorld War I.
[n was with the 357th
nt, 90th Division. He re-
[the medal from J. F.
I Three Rivers, member
Texas legislature, who
Irved fn the 90th Di-
Here is Gray’s letter,
nnying the medal:
e request of the Mayor
r City of Saint-Mihiel,
I have had the honor
ping 100 outstanding
[ who served in the
M i h i e 1 sector during
war I, to receive the
commemorating the
bn of Saint-Mihiel, to-
[with the certificate of
bn. I included your
b the list.
Lames of these 100 men
ton placed on a beautl*
Rl which is now being
[ This will probably be
bd with other historical
[in the Museum,
ke the honor of repre-
| the Mayor of Saint-
[in presenting to you,
n, this medal and cer-
I and request that you
It as a token of friend-
Id sincere appreciation
I service to France and
I of Saint-Mihiel, with
Lrance that the people
Bty of Saint Mihiel will
I remember with deep
le their liberators.”
three ^residential. sectiQDS- ^r^ .^npasentl’'
One man is known dead, Aub-
rey Gobel, 28, who lived near
Rochester. He was struck down
by lightning as he ran for a
storm cellar.
Missing are two negro rescue
urcs released during a ThurSday-lworkcrs, Lloyd George Matthews,’
23, and Roscoe Wigfall, 20.
They were swept away by flood
waters in Abllenes Cedar Creek
when, they lost their footing
while attempting to take a winch
line to a stranded truck.
The truck, a cattle rig, had
made four trips across a flooded
street in East Abilene to remove
125 stranded persons from their
homes.
On the fifth trip, the truck
stalled in high water. Matthews
and Wigfall attempted to wade
out with a tow line. Cedar Creek
* (Continued on page four)
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