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Brenham Banner-Press
BRENHAM -.
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VOLUME 82
BRENHAM, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1947.
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President’s Message
MANY VARIETIES IN TEXAS
CONFUSING LAWS
GOP AID VICTORY
BOOKLET COMPILED
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FUNDS SCARCE
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Gallup, N M.; two brother*. J. Q.
Burton
«r* Lange Na m e dfe
appviulvd lor that purpuaa.
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110 000 100-3 fl 1
010 000 100-2 a 5
July 15 Deadline
For Putting License
Plates On Cars
Sea Scout Flotilla .
Makes Brazos Trip
STRONG PLEA
MADE IN TALK
AT PRINCETON
Funeral Rites Are
Held At Burton
Baptist Church
Burton Legion Post
To Meet Wednesday
7 BILLS PASSED
BY LEGISLATURE
Funeral To Be Held
Wednesday In
— Bellville
Motion To Overri d e
Fails And Senate
Will Not Vote
200th Annive r s a r;
Graduation Class
Hears Address
VITAL PROGRAM
Not Enough Money Is
Now Available For
Pay-As-You-Go
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PHILIP PRESTON COOK
ARRIVES AT HOSPITAL
Tax Officer P.obert J. Schawe
has been notified by the State
Highway Department that July
15 ia positively the deadline for
the temporary stickers on cars to
be replaced, by the metal license
plate* for 1947, He states that
there are still about fifty plates in
his office and urges that the own-
ers call at once and get them.
Regulations by the Highway De-
partment state that it is illegal to
have the temporary stickers on
cars after July 15.
The regular monthly meeting
of the American Legion, Post No.
242, will be held at the American
Legion hall, Burton, on Wednes-
day, June 18, at 8:30 p. m.
This meeting is important, due
to the short time left until the
Fourth of July celebration, and the
commander said he wishes to urge
all member* to attend.
Member of the United Press, the Greatest World-Wide News Service,
JAYCEES PLAN Ex - Convicts Held
BARBECUE AND
MEMBER DRIVE
Battleship Texas To
Berth At San Jacinto
Advances ’Made I r
Use Of Electricity
Pictured’- ~
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SPECTATOR
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CITY GOVERNMENTS
VETO OF LABOR
BILL EXPECTED,
FATEUNCERTAIN
with President Truman’s message
on the tax bill. (NEA Telephoto).
Kaufman, and Mrs. O. R. Evans of f®*t,
Xf V/ • ♦ f
Burns of Gallup and W. L. Burn* ,xl Grange
of Amarillo; and one grandchild
'Funeral services will be held
at *L ~~ ‘ \ ~ '
Bellville at three Wednesday af-
ternoon, followed by burial in the
Bellville cemetery, with Rev.
the narcotic weed ever confiscated in Houaton.
! Police officers became suspici- (
s men yesterday afh^j
Honorary Degree Is
Conferred On
President
Truman Urges Universal Military Training To Prevent War™™™
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Plans for a barbecue and dance
lo be sponsored by the Jaycees at -
at Texas Tech in Lub-1 a date to be selected later were J OUJ| nf
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WASHINGTON, June 17. (ILPl—
Although the fate of the tax-cut
bill was settled today—the fate
of the Taft-Hartley labor con-
trolbill still hangs In the balance.
A presidential veto of the labor
bill is expected—perhaps Thurs-
day or Friday. But Republican
prospects of' overriding the veto
appear to be good.
It’s practically a sure thing in
the house.
. The issue is much closer in the
senate— but if the administration
forces are to uphold the veto, they
must pick up seven or eight votes
to do so. And at the moment, it
doesn't appear likely.
-±'-Vhcr • pHu»4£ette■ “propfe- r.
which have been made in the home
since the early pioneer days and it
also pictured the home of to-
morrow. Everything in the home
of tomorrow from heating and
cooling to garbage disposal wax
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BETTER LIVING I
FLLMLSSHOWN
TO ROTARIANS! ■■
definite meeting will be selected.
A i Meetings will be set for the evC-
TjSjings when* there is least con-
I'fiict with other gatherings.
«*5f /n>nai--~.*iT»rwuwUi.iJi.a.1 ——
ACA « PIIPNQ
Rotary Club members at their
luncheon meeting today saw a film
on electrical wiring entitled "The
Dawn of Better Living” which was
shown by E. E. Schmidt from the
Westinghouse Co. in Houston.
Schmidt was brought to Brenham
by George Cushman of the Munici-
pal Power and Light.
The film showed the advances I
Of course when you move in-
to the "Home Charter” cities
there are all sorts of varying
provisions. Some elect a mayor
direct. Others, like Austin, elect
a city council and then th®
councihnen elect one of their
own members to be mayor.
■Times of election vary also.
The first Tuesday in April
every two years ia the time for
elections in the communities un-
der. general-law. But some of
them h^d primary elections
though none Ls required.
In towns with the mayor-
council form o f government,
aidermen's terms are staggered
so that there is no such thi-g
as a "clean sweep" of an ad-
ministration.
The cities with Home Ru’e
charters have various dates spe-
cified for municipal election?.
Houston electa In April* San
Antonio in May.
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MANYDtStKf~
FARMS ALONG
MISSISSIPPI sustain the veto: If they had gene
PoowUyatu tieave A?
New Major Flood *
- Threatened
- - , Herbert Miller, White House
preside**-*- record clerk, arrives at-th# CapJ»'*t
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The Weather - -
EAST TEXAS—Partly cloudy
this afternoon, tonight and Wed-
naaday. A few scattered showers
near the upper coast Wednesday.
Little change in temperature.
Gentle to moderate southeasterly
winds on the coast ‘ ,
had been so many requests for the
last Model T it wm decided that
■ every dealer present at the Hous- . |
her and alter the ceremdny a
number would be drawn, the lucky
holder to present his check and
number and receive the last Model ■
T Ford, No. 15.rt08.5W. New
models will soon ba ready fol. ..
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GOP Prospects For
Overriding Seem
To Be Good
Attorney General To
Give Opinion On
Their Status
Texas has 680 incorporated
Cities, towns and villages, and
95 of these operate under what'
are known as “’tomo-rule". char-
ters. a United Press survey
shows. In those municipalities—
larger ones—-the people have
been permitted ' to decide for
^themselves just what sort of
. city government they will have,
by voting on a charter, with
previous permission of the state
legislature.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Cook of
Dallas are the parents of A son,
weighing six pounds and six
ounces, who was bom at the 8*
Franc’s Friday. The
mother is the former Miss Rlfrieda
Mgebroff of Brenham. She and
the infant, who has been named
Philip Preston, are reported doing
well. The parents have .another
■eMM, a httie daughter, Diahe,
agwd six years.
Funeral services for E. R.
Broesche, 72, who died in Hous-
ton Saturday nip*'* held fr^m
Monday' afternoon, with Rev.
W. Joiner, Jr. of Llano officiating
and the Watson Funeral home in
charge of arrangements.
Interment was in the Burton
cemetery, where Mr- Broesche was
buried in Mrs. Minnie Homeyer’s
family lot, with the following serv-
ing as active pall-bearers: F. H.
Heine, O. R. Kuehn, B. F. Black-
burn, Thad Knittel,. H. H Fisher.
E. R. i'iaher, *A. <2! rtv»neyer. Wal-
ter Schwartz, J. Laas All
other friends w^the family were
considered honbrary pall bearers.
Born in the Burton community
Mr. Broesche spent his entire life
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DEATH CLAIMS
E. R. BROESCHE,
BURIAL MONDAY
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The other places fall Into one
6f two classifies 11 o n s cities
over 5,000 population and cities
of fewer people Jhan that. But
even in the general-law cities of
less than 5.000 people, there are
many differences- Three hundred
and ninety-four of them have a
Mayor-council form of local gov-
ernment; 177 have the commie-'
sion form, and 14 have a councfl-
manager forgi of government.
Of the “Home-Rule" cities, 18
have a mayor and council, 33 a
commission, and 44 a council and
manager.
That is one of the reasons for
the many confusing laws that
are passed by a state legislature.
If the leguiYwAW were content
to leave the local government
entirely to the municipalities,
there would be less confusion.
But after giving them “local
self-government,” the legislature
turns, around and passes laws on
255 .. 1v”iice, minimum w
’ /or enipK^ee^,‘ And things
that.
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Like a gigantic; costly movie set, these slgnboar.ls at Chillicothe, Mo., gel a realistic touch from the
flood, waters in wmen they arc paruy submerged The signboard "swimmer" appears to be getting an
actual dunking, and the soft drink"bottle is amply chilled. (NEA TelepUuto),
expected that
libs Luwjtal.
Asa Samuel Burns, 57, died
Monday afternoon at his home In
Hitchcock, where he had served as
Santa Fe railroad agent for about
25 years Hr was born and reared
in Bellville, and had a number of
relatives there’ and in Brenham.
He is a cousin of the Crozier and
Stuckertj families
Lynn F. Anderson and Wil-
fred D. Webb, research assis-
tant in the Bureau of Municipal
Research-of the University of
'***’ Tfcxax* have just compiled a
booklet describing the forms of
government in the Texas towns,
villages and cities, hoty they
hold their elections and other
. Retails.
The commission form in muni-
.. . »trw*l o-*-p«*rn.r»'“nt elects fewest
Convention Chairman levees.
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Moylan Bird, jei tor SL. J’jetet* Mr*. Robert Lange has been WILFRED MUELLERS ARE
Ep!c..„r«. JJreh of Brenk_-\.^; iil- — ~ v . ZC'.'^.■.5’" ~
ficiating. Father Bird and William ! chairman for the Texas , Home ' —-5- .
Ru*ke of the Brenham Funeral Demonstration association* conven- Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Mueller
Home will leave early Wednesday tion * to be held in Galveston Sep- of Burton have a.aix pound fifteen
afternoon for Bellville, and It is - tember 24-28, with about 800 home; ounce girl at the Milroy Hospital.
‘ t Mvc.<cf Brenham chib women in attendance. She She was born Saturday and has
'ZMsod friends will attend will be assisted bv Mxg. Fred been named Caroline Faye. .Moth-
Juau»«o oX Galvastou. r |«jr hiid daughter are dwng w«U.
Administration Gets
Support Of Two
Republicans
WASHINGTON, June 17.
By a two vote margin, the house
ha* sustained President Truman's
veto of the Republican income tax
reduction bill. This kill* any
chance of tax relief this year.
The vote confirmed by an un-
tfwunl double roil call- was 288 to
override and 137 to uphold tha
president With 49ft members vot-
ing. 270 votes a two-thirda- ma-
jority would have been necessary
to override the veto.
A bill must be passed by a two®
thirds majority of both house and 4 a
senate to be enacted over a veto.
Sime the house failed to ever-ride,
the senate will not vote
, The drama-packed half-hour that
( decided the issue began when
Speaker Joe Martin put the ques-
tion to the house .Chairman Harold
Knutson author of the MU mov-
1 e<l to over-ride. Urjder the con-
stitution, a roll-call vote was
mandatory «
When Martin alfflounced the re-
sult after th# flrat vote, Repubtt-
can HUse Leader CWfSta HMn»CK.........
jumped to bls feet and demanded
i recotfnt
The clerk called’the Het again—®
with the same result.
And so the tax bill was killed
by a tWo»Mote margin. »
A h| Southerners who hsd^ja
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Signboard “Swimmer” Takes Plunge
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AUSTIN, Texas.. June 17.
The Battleship "Texas" will be
berthed at San Jacinto Battlefield
on November 5th.
Governor Beau ford H. Jester re-
umt
It plan* to send the historic vessel
to Norfolk Navy Yard the first
of August and then move her to
Houston around the middle of
October. That is the date set if
berthing arrangement* have been
WACO. Texas, June 17. «U»)—
Five boatloads of future sailors
have returned to Waco after a
two-week trip down the Bras'**
River to Freeport. The future
sailors made up the Waco Sea
Scout Flotilla James McDowell
Captain of the Flotilla fays the
r. group arrived In Freeport at 4
compteted oy xm »i«<wWrnmiMM>r | p. Th Stinidty. Anu
' ■ ■ ' “ * |Watu today by truck. |
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Dr. W. F. Hasskarl addressed
the. Brenham Rotary Club on the
importance of the individual tak-
to! t'ig proper measures to preserve
his own health, and the splendid
paper he read on "Health Habits"
will be published in full in the
Banner-Press. Mayor A. A. Hacker
presided at the meeting.
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Dr. J. J. Marek an$l Sc hue re n-
berg Z»chappel went to Houston ,
to get some new Ford cars and to
attend tty* drawing for the last
JL Model T car that roUed off the
I break through floodiMteakened .axsembty* Im* at Houston As there -
BRENHAM - -
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
June 17, 1927
(From Banner-Press Files)
InHuge Marijuana I
Seizure In Houstan
1 Sou
.sides and voted to sustain th#
pounds of marihuana. This ia one of the largest amounts of q't^Tc of^ew^Y^tTV^moc^
It wa* the flrat time a president
ever succeeded in making a veto
eXiA.k on a-te*
Two Republicans - Representa-
tives Merlin Hull of Wisconsin and
Carl Andersen of Minnesota—gaea—■
the administration Its margin of
victory. Hull and Andersen weta
the only Republicans who voted to
sustain the veto: If they had gun*
along with the rest of their 1 «OP . . 1
.colleagues, the veto Would have 1
peen over-ridden. Thirty-five Dem
; defats voted to over- ride
: 5':;.sHV7— :• .727
Texas Ranks Fifth
In Entire U. S. For
High Crime Rate
'"X*t7h.8N. TeK*C’3uftri7. (l.Bl—
Central and Southwest Texas
peace officers ar# returning to
their homes after hearing a dis-
couraging report at a Monday
conference in Austin.
A special agent in charge of the
FBI office in San Antonio says
Texas ranks fifth in the nation
for a high crime rate. But this was
countered by an encouraging note
from Roy Wade assistant to Abe-
director of the state police. Wade
says law enforcement has im-
proved 190 per cent in the past
10 "year*.
NO. 118
HOUSE KILLS TAX BILL BY TWO VOTES
PRINCETON. N. J„ June 17. ■
(U.P>— President Truman stood In s I
(peaceful setting beneath the elm ■
trees of Princeton University to- I
day and tojd the nation that it ■
must make itself stronger to pre- I
vent another war. , ■
To achieve that power, he recr I
ommended adoption of a universal ■
military training program. It was I I
the strongest plea he has yet made ■
for such a plan. *
The occasion of the address was
the 200th anniversary graduation
at the lvy-cov#red college hi New
Jersey. Mr. Truman himself was
among 36 dignitaries who received
honorary degrees at the ceremon-
ies. - -
Explaining his new appeal for a
training tha U
said:
•’I regard the universal military
training program as vital .to the
national welfare. Universal train-
ing represents thfl mos’t demo-
-r like' . Xaining the military stfength We
He added that Weakness on
America's part would spread fear
among smaller nations that this
country is giving up Its world
leadership. And, he said: "In such
a n atmosphere of uncertainty,
these nations might not be able
to resist the encroachments of
totalitarian pressures”
In urging the pr o g r a m, the
president emphasized, in his
words: , 7 __j
“We must remember, above all,
, .*■------—'*• •’^'^rain-
<- -'flng' In order to Wta 8 war. but^
a " order to prevent one.”
Mr. Truman, General Eisen-
hower, Admiral Nimitz, Chief Jus-
tice Vinson and other members of
the party left for Washington by
special train this afternoon.
Mr*. Robert Lange has
AUSTIN, Texas June 17. (t'P>
Seven bills nassed in the closing
days of the 50th Texas Legislature
are headed for the attorney gen-
eral's office in Austin for a rul-
ing on their status.
The bills called for some $5,000,-
000 more money than the state! *
will have on hand for the next
two years. The bills were sent to
the state comptroller yesterday-by
House Speaker W. O. Reed of
Dallas* Reed has been holding the
bills since they were returned to
the house with red tags for in-
sufficient funds. ,
Vnder a pay-as-you-go amend-
ment to the state constitution, no
appropriation bill is effective With-
out the comptroller’s certificate
that there will be money available
to meet the expenditure. An ex-
r-jxnU'MA t<v permissible only when
made" b/ rbur-fifthg. vote.
The question now to be settled
by the attorney general is wheth-
er
creased st wt-a-ineome a sei*,
enough to pay the amounts. *r» A* ”” 1 m
Among A-SHingCft1.--O
tions are a soil conservation pro- - . - ~ — • •
gram, money for a Dalia# Okncer- ----------------
Pellagra Hospital, and funds for a
medical college in San Antonio.
Memorial Museum in Austin, and
museums i — — - . - .
bock and West Texas Teacher's (jjBcugllctj at the regular meeting they recognized ope of them aH an
College at Canyon. The., seventh lof the Brenham and Washington -ex-convict. The. officers found .one
measure sets up aid for new junior ; County Jnninr Chamber of Com- man had a receipt for the shipment
colleges. mercc at the city hall Monday eye- of a 185-prtund trunk to Chicago.
ning, with Edward F, Hildebrandt, | The officers took the men to
the president. In the chair. j the freight office and opened the
A membership drive will be In-1 trunk which was cfammed full of
< jaugurated* immediately, for the cured marijuana. The men «sy
, purpose of enlisting all. eligible 1 they didn't know what was lit the
| | young men tn Brenham as Jaycees. ! trunk, but bought It from a Hous-
I, n-fiAit,. nlaiv n*r ihe r;man for j>»uu. .- * .
. ' nurqniitfn vrin" *’« //!/ ♦•(I U'ithln •' ‘ Charges wTIT^ fiiru ,
'the next few days. | pair before the United States
The next meeting will be hi*ld Commissioner In Houston.
Friday evening, June 27, when a „ T, - - -
La Grange Demons
Continue Winning
“ • ^OverBurEon
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The Ln Grange ■Dernorj^**<?p-
tlnued .their winning ways In the
South Central Texas League Stin-
xlay, When they downed the Bur-
o ton Tjgers in a. hard-fought tilt
1 at Burton. 3 to 2.
Behind the fine five hit .hurling
of the newly acquired Tommy
White, the Demons pushed overt
tallies in the first and second ln’|-pH|jng over’‘the lever* sometime
ninga and then came along with | tornorrow . Mogf of th„ farnw„
one in the top half of the seventh , haVe f)e(j Taklng wlth th,,n,
that meant the ball game in. they could carry their furniture.
Winning his liecond of the season, j thejr too|, anil
White struck out five and walked j atoc|( R,,d (1l(,oter ,miu
none- | have been alerted and the Coast
Max Kasprowlcz hurled the nn-I Guar,, h(l„ n,(|V(.d
rrncue f
tire contest for Burton, and al- equipment from Iowa and Ncbras-
lowed only six bingles, but five ; kg points southward to the danger
errors on the part; of hi* mates I Hrea
spelled defeat for the veteran! That areM e x t <■ n d a from
toMer. lie, likewise, sent five down Rrokuk Iowa, at the mouth of the
swinging, and issued no walks. I M„|n„ Rlvrr to Clarksville.
--------— - - AU of the run* scored in *-i<e ; Missouri On the Missouri side, tC
Survivors are his wife, Mr* Hat-2al1 8*me “ncarned, with 2o.rnjje Wretch from Keokuk U.
tie F- Burns; one daughter, Mrs. only two extra base blows being Canton, Missouri, stilj is covered
W, O. Payne, Houston; four s'iatera, j registered. Onion Schwart z with water which brrtke through
Mrs. Charles Hammond and Mrs. • banged out a doubj# Lo toad Bur-, levee during last week’s flood.
Hermia B. Owens, both of Hous- f^,n ^xt-amen, while, Kana of La Canton has been warned that
* it can expect a bigger flood this
-time -, a •
The army engineer* also have
warned residents in Marion, Ml.*'
souri, and three Illinois- comities
to evacuate to higher ground as
• raging waters are expected to
jing* where there ia least
filet with other gatherings.
W S. BURNS
DIES AT HOME
IN HITCHCOCK
the bills can be revived if in-
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^rt5uSTON"r Jtiiie i f? r» PJ—police are holding ni(1 HIIU V1)vru w w
' two ex-convktn for questioning aftec the officer Mixed 125 "X" ^"dfd ReJ?taenta’ttei'ij«»*l<l
ULAHKHVILl.E, Mo.. June 17
(I'.P) For ICN) miles along the cen-
tral reaches of the Mississippi
2»Wve’'. -firrtR- ^Tter-’ farm - iWnds
deserted this afternoon,
Army engineers have urged
resident* in the rich bottomlan^
tn leave their home* and hundred*
of Straggler* still in the area have
been warned to evacuate in the
face of a new, major flood dis-
aster
The engineers say the rampag-
ing Mississippi water will begin
nings and then came along with i tomorrow ,Moat „t th„
operating uhder the general
law. The people of those places
vote on a mayor and two com-
missioners and in some of them,
a recorder. They vote on a re-
corder only in the places where
the mayor does not act as
corporation court judge in addi-
tion ^o his other duties.
elect a mayor, five aidermen. a
city marshall, and a recorder
(unless the mayor to ex-officio
recorder.)
In still others, a mayor is
elected, two aidermen from each
ward, a secretary-treasurer, tax
assessor-collector, city, attorney,
city marshall, oity engineer, and
recorder.
The council-man a g e r cities
elect a mayor, two aidermen
from each ward, or five aider-
men from the city at large- The
commission-manager cities elect
a mayor and two commissioners.
BRENHAM WEATHER
June IT:
, Maximum 89
Minimum SC
7;W a. m. 74
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