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Maifest - Progress • Prosperity Edition
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BRENHAM, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19,1948.
NO. 99
VOLUME 83
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CONSIDERATION ASKED
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Time Table
NEED NEW BAN
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She Arrives Home
On Third Attempt
Beautiful Floats ,
Built by. Jack Neal
GIVEN MEDALS
SATURDAY 5 P. M.
Victory Medals And
Defense Service
‘Sinatra of France*
Held at the Port
Opponents Loose 4 n
Attempt To Send
Bill Back
Low Cost House
Planned at Dallas
Objects T o Seating
Southern Operators
President
‘Unconstitutional’ I s
Claim Advanced
By Opponents
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£7 :
today that he's being held on Kills
Island in New York pending hear-
ings to determine hi* admissibility.
mails. Communiat-sponsored radio
programs would have to be identi-
fied clearly.
Following- is the list: First Na-
Farmers
BUFFALO. N. Y., May 1ft, (UE)
— Mrs. Ina McKenzie had a rough
time getting to her home In Buf-
falo, New York, yesterday, but she
made it on the third try.
First, Mrs. McKenzie was struck
a
DALLAS, May 19. d'E) -Dallas
building contractors are musing
over a new standard set by the
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1- - CM»MXC. - COTTON- MUCKS-
’New York: July 37.19, up 10
from openiag, October 34.03, up 5.
New Orleans: July 37.08, up 10
com- Borton, is reported at a 9000 footifrom opening; October 34.04, down
depth today. L _____am
Brenham Banner-Press
Member of the United Press, the Greatest World-Wide News Service.
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Sgt. Lahford added that 500
victory medals and 200 American
Defense medals are expected to be
presented. He also stated that the
medals themselves will be pre-
sented along with the service rib-
bons. »
Those authorized presentation
must bring with them their orig-
inal discharge certificate, .certifi-
cate in lieu of lost or destroyed
discharge certificate, certificate of
service, or
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Former Brenham it e
Be Buried Thursday
Afternoon At 3
John R. Menk, aged 62, of 741 %
East 10th Street, Houston, died at
his home at 11:30 Tuesday morn-
ing. after a brief illness. He was
bom September 19, 1885 Ln Bren-
ham, the son of Herman and An-
nie Kubitza Menk.
Mr. Menk spent practically all
his life in Brenham. He Was mar-
ried to Miss L^ura Ernst at Bur-
■ ' - We was an em-
ployee of Winkelmann and .Bohne
fied, ia that Hunt is planning to
secre-
tary and the group's choice for na-
tional committeeman and t
mitteawonuui will be chosen.
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take up ao much space
special feattyef AS jjer
Extraordinary Patronage Given
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V0BANS TOBE Marshal Reveals
Details For 2 Big
Maifest Parades
THE WEATHER ,
EAST TEXAS- Partly cloudy
this afternoon, tonight and tomor-
row. A few scattered daytime
thundershowers in the north and
central sectors. Not much change
in temperature. Gentle to moder-
ate northeasterly and east winds
on the coast.
ment of service.
' Capt. Joseph E. Lussier, com-
manding officer of the U. S. Army
and U. S. Air Force recruiting
main station in Houston will make
the presentations.
. Attending a private preview of
the 18 floats constructed. by Jack
Neal, of Houston, professional
float builder and decorator, a rep-
resentative of the Banner-Preas
was. astonished and gratified to
see so many beautiful exhibits con-
structed for local concerns.
They are simply gorgeous and
will elicit enthusiastic praise from
the crowds that view them in the
big parades Friday and Saturday.
Director Leon Simank stated there
would be 31 floats in line and tho
affair promises to eclipse all for-
mer efforts.
KbBRtrf.iUB FGtfTCR. BASE,
Cifh if Zone—Torpor ar Wltbum F.
Kelling, son of Mrs. Mary Kelling,
Route 1, Chapel Hill, was recently
promoted to the grade of ser-
geant, according to an announce-
ment from headquarters, Albrook
Air Base, an Installation of the
Caribbean Air Command, Canal
Sergeant Kelling enlisted in the
Air Force on July 5, 1946 .He was
sent to Panama in August, 1946,
and was assigned to the 2326th
Engineers as a heavy equipment
operator. It was in thia work that
Sergeant Kelling roae to his pres-
ent grade.
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expected to teati-
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Kober'street. day”'fiow their 8-year-old brother
— ' was killed in a hit-and-run acci-
dent last February 27.
The little girls received injuries
when a pickup truck driven by
Joseph J. McCarthy, a 41-year-
Oklahoma City nurseryman,
_ Vdn-ed an the'"irohd aWi struck '
th riff ‘The boy John W. Schwab,
Jr., died two days later in a Dal-
las hospital.
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Grand Marshal Frank Wood III today announced details
for the two parades which will feature the Maifest.
| The parades will form on East
Main street between 9 and 10 __
o'clock. The queen’s court will be; to label anything sent through the
seated on the floats between 10
and 10:30, and, Marshal Wood em-
phasized, the procession will start
promptly at 10:30 o’clock.
i Th? parade will proceed west ®n
Main to Austin, south to Alamo,
and east on Alamo to School street,
where it will disband.
The decorated floats will form
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Mad Dog Killed
At Wiedevill e
i tion a new low-cost house to sei)
for 33500,
Association Director M. A. E
lish says that the inexpenj
t^.wffinr to-
I the N. H. B. A. And he says t
' plana will to drawn to n
minimum construction a|
tions of th® Federal
| uiinuliation.
night following
11:00 p. m.—Floor Show.
Concessions and Rides oper-
ated continuously.- Food and
drinks on grounds.
Admission charges: Baseball
game $1.00; Coronation $1.00
children* .
Junior" Coronation only).
Dance $1.00. No charge for
admission to Maifest grounds.
AU profits go to Municipal
Swimming Pool Fund.
NEW YORK, May 19 <U.R»--
The voice that is known as "The
Sinatra of France’’ is having dif-
ficulty getting into the United
States for a tour of American
night clubs and theatres.
French Ballad Singer Charles
iTrenet arrived by plane last week. ..
It was learned from a reputable But immigration officials reported National Home Builders Assoda-
sotirce today that the HunJ well at """ ---•-----‘----- " **“
Phillipsburg had been abandoned
We have received the follow-
ing note from Austin:
“Ray E. Lee, postmaster of"
Austin from 1939 to 1947 and
since then director of relations
for the military government of
Austria, has been drafted by
his friends in the Tenth Con-
gressional District to run for
(Continued on page four)
BRENHAM WEARIER
May 19:
Maximum 92
Minimum 66
7 a. ip. 70
About --four 'y^iFs * Ago he moved’
to Hdust&n and was employed by
Minamax Stores. A year ago he
became an employee of the W. A.
Lee Hotel Interest.
BOYS TOWN, Neb., May 19.1
(UR1—The body of Father Edward
Flanagan la lying in state at Boys
Town. Nebraska, today. The Mon-1
signor, who preferred to be called 1
simply„Father, died tn Berlin Sat-
urday. Two funeral services will be
held for the founder of Boys Town
on Friday. The first will be in the
morning for the citizens of the
youth eenter. And there will be a
public service in the afternoon.
Father Flanagan’s body was re-
turned to the United States by
Army plane from Germany, where
I the prieat had been making a sur-
vey of youth conditions.
I Maltfeat. —-----r—*'-—■*
Simank’a interest in building
the swimming pool, for which
proceeds from the Maifest will
go, date, back to last year.
He had enjoyed entertaining
his friends with a dance and a
professional floor show, and he
planned to do the same thing
•gain.
But he became ill. The doctors
rcquiretl him to remain in bed
for mtufy days lo rest a weaken-
ed heart.
And while he lay on his sick
bed, he tiegan to wonder whether
that old heart was going Yo
keep on pumping for years to
come, or whether it might just
' give up at any time. And then,
he wondered, if there wasn’t
something worthwhile he could
do for Ms neighbors and friends
during the few brief vears we all
spend on this earth.
Then mi Men Mt Mm. &toee
The ..... ' ’
SPECTATOR
WASHINGTON, May 19. (UP)—
The house has overwhelmingly, ap-
proved the Mundt*Nixon bill to
curb Communism In 'the United
States.
The bifi now goes to the senate
where it s fate is considered oncer- f
tain.
Shortly before approving the
controversial measure, the house
voted down a proposal to send It
back to the house un-American ac-
tivities committee which drafted it.
Backers of the bill, who said it
is necessary to national security
and to end what it called "Stalin’*
meddling" in . Jhi8 country, beat
down a number of proposals to
pull some, of its sharper teeth.
Critics said the meaauN la un-
constitutional. that it will load to
what they called "thought con-
trol," and that it will undermine'
the basic liberties provided by the
constitution.
Republican Leader Chas. Haleck
of Indiana belittled such chargee.
He said it la- In his words—"Just
a matter of common sense and tho
Dreservstion of otic vammRnt11 ,
The bill would tefe E»e
Communist party the sharpest re-
strictions ever put on a political
party in this country's history.
It would force the .Communist
party and its fronts to register an-
nually with the Justice Depart-
ment. Communist leaders would
have to cut any ties with Moscow
or face' stiff fines and jail sen-
tences. .
The bill also would bar Com-
munists from federal jobs, deny
them passports and require them
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The Banner-Press hopes to
publish its Friday edition early
so thgt its employes can- J*l.
----Witir TH* •others fn'the ctty in
enjoying the Maifest. We are
therefore asking the churches
to get their announcements in
Thursday so that they can be
taken care of properly. Adver-
tisers are also requested to get
their copy in early.
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In printing an edition as large
as today’s, it is inevitable that
some errors will creep in, re-
gardless of every effort to avoid
them. Today’s issue is no ex-
ception. Before it hits the street,
three such errors were discover-
‘ ad. In the Farmer'S National
Bank advertisement, the line
Indicating it is a member of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration was inadvertently omit-
ted. And in the junior court, the
name of little Miss Marcia Sue
Haas was left off the Hat of
rainbow fairies. And, to cap the
climax, the name of the associate
editor, Mrs. Bess Habekotte was
misspelled.
The guiding spirit for the 1948
revival of - the Maifest Is ' Leon
Simank, well known Brenbam-
ite who has spent hundreds of
his own dollar^ and months of
time getting ready for the Mg
event,
Simank ia president of the
Brenham Lions Club 4>f
the Municipal Swimming Pool
-poMora ot the
, LanfortL. “is service between Dec.
-J 1941 a< 31, 1016.
,1 "Requirements for the American
-"Defense Service Medal ia aervlce
between Sept. 8, 1939, and Dec. 7,
1941, under orders to active duty
for a period of 12 months, or long-
er.
! "Service medals are awarded to
Lp honorable active federal service
will form on East Main east of] L
School street- The horsemen’s’ di- L’-—
vision ,1^ .■■—“772
Reese will form on I
The bands will gather on East
Alamo and be fed into the parade
from School and Clinton streets.
All* Brenham Boy Scouts have
been'asked to report in uniform
at the city hall at 8:30 cyh morn- old Okl
Ing Bf the Maifest. as- sW^’Cd
slat the police officers in clearing “
the streets of automobiles along
the route of the parade, and to
help in directing traffic. It is
planned to have all automobiles
cleared from these'streets by 9:45
a. m.
Following is the order of the
unrtL-m Che parade: Q -- "
PARADE NCIIEDl'LE
9:00 a. m.—10:00 a. m. Form
Parade.
10:00
bera of Court on Floats.
10:30 a. m. Start Parade.
Parade will proceed west on
Main to Austin, Austin to Alamo,
east on Alamo and back to School
Street where members will be
(Continued on page five)
Cambridge, Mass , May 19 <l'E)
—A Lick Observatory astronomer
at Mount Hamilton, California,
the Banner-Press and the tional Bank, Farmers National has re-discovered the comet
Maifest management, far exceeded Bank, Washington County State Forbes.
Store, Hohlt’a' ’ '
LEON SIMANK
he planned to finance another
floor show for his friends, why
not turn it to some good oause.
When he recovered from his
illnesH, he thiunbed through the
minutes of the Lions Club direc-
tors, and there he found where
one member had agreed to con-
tribute *500 if the Lions ctab
would raise *100 for the swim-
ming pool fund.
JOHN R. MENK, 61
TAKENBYDEATH
IN HOUSTON
HOUSE PASSES ANTI • COMMUNIST BILL
•hie welcome sign hangs out in Brenham today for the thousands of visitors expected for the Maifest.
Symbolic of this welcome ia the Washington County Courthouse^ shown above in Its holiday attire. •
> — Photo by Kinsey.
Y* wem. a. member th®^brgt.
Methodist church of Brenham, and
for years was a member of the
choir.
Surviving Mr. Menk are: his
widow, Mrs. J. R. Menk; one son,
(Continued on page three)
A serious complaint comes
from the Swimming Pool Asso-
ciation, cone er ni n g decorated
floats located at the airport.
Sightseeing visitors have allow-
ed children to crawl over floats
that are spaced cloSely together,
tearing the decorations. Each
morning there are more to be
repaired. One had to be com-
pletely redecorated, since an ob-
server had failed through the
frame work. _A Jargs number- t«i, June 30£
cigarette srpakers are, too,
crer’”**^ ~
much paper, about. Public con-
sideration would be greatly ap-
preciated. e -
FrtdAy and Saturday
10:30 a. m. .-Parade.
2:30 p. to.- Baseball. Texas
A. & M. vs. Baylor.
9:30 p- m.—Gates open for
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stage show.
Dance each
coronation.
was spotted in (he southern Mky
>y Dr. IT. M.’jJlbflr The comet that’ candl
Forbes is seen about every six and temporary chairman and
quarter years, but only by those
persons who have a large tele-
ac<4>« to look through. ?
“B” ASSOCIATION HAVING
BARBECUE TONIGHT
The *‘B" Association, an or-
ganization of men who have let-
tered In athletics at Blinn College,
are having a meeting and barbe-
cue tonight at 7 p. m. at Old
Washington. Some ex-students are
expected to be present, other than
local invited guests.
Small Girls To
Tell How Brother
DALLAS, May 19. (l'.H>—Two
street. The horsemen's dkj,^are < . ' ‘ ;
in charge of •-Hof Brian n try "fri district court fir Dallas tb-
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Hi1
Will Not Apply To •
New Dispute
WASHINGTON, May 19. (U.PI—
Another possible soft coal strike
ia in th® nothing,.
John L, Lewis ^tas walked out
of new contract negotiations in
Washington because soft-coal op-
erators decided' to seat Joseph
Moody, president of the Southern
Coal Producers Association. Lewis
objected to the association presi-
dent because he wanted southern
producers to negotiate individual-
ly and not as a group.
Lewis walked out, saying: ’"The
operators have voted themselves
and the United Mine Workers out
of this conference. There is no
one to guarantee the hall rent
from this moment on." - »
The Lewis action raises the
threat of a new strike in the soft-
coal fields. Lewis says iw wiH j
meet with the union wage pulley
committee tomorrow—presumibTy
to decide whether to charge op-
erators with violating their cur-
rent contract which ends June 30. |
If Lewis charges the operators
with dishonoring the contract, he
could call a walkout.
Lewis and the union now are un-
der an 80-dfcy no-strike injunction
as a result of the recent pension
dispute. But this injunction would
- Medals Authorized
ment would have to ask for a new
'strike ban in case a walkout is
'called.
| However, Moody asked Robert
Denham—counsel for the National
Labor Relations Board -to seek ah ,
Injunction requiring Lewis to bar-
gain with the operators.
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, .1 Store, Hohlt’s] The Harvard College observa-
ing fact that, with nearly • hun-[ Department store, Haas Dress tory, which is a clearing house for the faction, says the convention
dred advertisers such notices would Shop. Navsatil Music House. Wol- astronomical Information, revealed
nn an mnnh m»r. that tha He Radio Service. Langston "Truck the comet’s reappearance today. It
A Tractor Co.. J. C. Pennev^Rt.Iws- —tri 4 ♦ to* a/U»lka*», sflr at
Anthony Hotel, Schleider ' FurnRTiy
ture Co.', Kerrville Bus Cb., Farm- j Fc
ers-Merchants Lumber Co., Bren-1 a <
ham Cotton Mill, Blue B«Ue pe:
(Continued on page sU) |k<
other adequate' War,
Department authenticated state-!
by a car. After treatment for
*cut leg, she was given a ride to her
home. The car stopped across the
street from her home and as Mrs.
McKenzie started across, she was
struck by a second car.
' This time, an ambulance took
Pro-Truman Caucus ~ |X.toshBeU^’n7Svhto:
On Convention Eve however, and she started
home again. She arrived safely.
SAN ANTONIO, May 19. <U.T> * -----------
Hunt Test Proves Dry
tiotf'wiil be held at Brownwood
May 24.
Woodville J. Rogers, leader of
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ev0 strategy meeting of delegation at 9,505 feet.^ A rumon not vgri-
chairman will determine pro-Tru-1^*-, *- l-
man flood -->*He afeo.*^
The Blair and Company well,
just over the county line above
Lewis Walks Out On Negotiations For New Soft CoaKontract
Guiding Spirit Of Maifest Got STRIKE TORE A T "“""'g"’1' f-"y c°mh°-e Sym“ M“'“ w*'“~ FROM MEASURE
His Inspiration On Sick Bed
their liberal and courteous co-
So, iteon called together the
heads of a»l civic organizations
-and told them his plan. He
would furnish the professional
talent for a stage a|j«w without
cost to the group, if they would
would sell tickets and help with
the details. They readily agreed.
Then the Men of presenting
certtnmtM* to all thoee who con-
trlbOted *25.00 or .
swimming pool fund was ‘ pro-
poned.
Through these donations—
most of them soUdted by Sim-,
ank—and proceed® ®f the floor
show and dance, approximately
*8,000 was realized.
The Municipal Swimming Pool
Association became * permanent
organization. This spring it de-
cide*! to revive the Maifest, with
all profits to go to the swim- .
ming pool fund. Simank, as
president, has devoted months
of effort to planning and ar-
ranging the event. And Friday
morning, when the big parade
inaugurates the 1948 Maifest, it
will represent the results of a
vigorous, untiring leadership of
one man, who got his idea of
helping the youngsters of Bren-
ham and surrounding area to
heathful, invigorating recrea-
tion. whUe he hknaelf lay on a
sick bed. s ■
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Mother of Infant
Held For Attack
On Youthful Bride
ORANGE, May 19.. (UP)-The
mother of a five-months-old child
is in jail in Lake Charles. La-
charged with a brutal attack on
Mrs. ’f'helma Roan, a*16-year-old
bride. - T-1
Captain L. B. Hayden of thej
Orange Police Department hasj
identified the’'25-year-old woman
as Mrs. Charles Weikert. And he
says that Mrs. Weikert confessed
that she forced her way into Mrs. |
Roan’s bedroom and whipped her |
about the face with a small calibre
pistol while Mrs. Weikert’s maid
and small'child looked on.
Hospital attendant#' in Orange
say tha tMrs. Roan, wife of a
wrecking company employe, is
■tilFfcuYJgfous condition.
Mrs. Road was assaulted yester-
arette smabers are, too, piuyee v* wumcuu*... day Polici started a search that r'""-----
■atTillr a >viu> iib TtJf l numUr.&f yearn, aqd later-a. CQ£ered t&ajfrY - t■■ i Wl!i^
,eb pap.,, .tout. Public e„„- •'
Cpl. Milburn Kelling
When arrangements were made prominence they deserved. So It
with Charles S. Emerson to take (was decided that a complete list
charge of the preparation of the of the advertisers to be featured,
Brenham Maifest Special Edition, I with the sincere thanks of the
it was planned to give a brief publisher and special manager for
write-up to each advertiser. But
when it became apparent that tha operation,
number who wished to cooperate
with the Banner-Press and the' tional Bank,
A** *^***^8*^8. ‘ tv. lRT**kU
expectation, it became a con vine-'Bank, New York
$■««* ^**8 4ton* A toll*. YA* rv* * ar* 4 *4 ***
► that the
■ery numer-
ous illustrations.^frodpa of young
people participating in the parades
and pageants, who had been photo-
ghaphed by Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey
to costume, could not be given the
The World War II Victory
Medal and the American Defense
Service Medgl will be presented
to those veterans authorized theuc
decorations at the Brenham Mai-
fest at Fireman’s Park, Saturday,
May 22, between 5 p. m. and 7 p.
m., Sgt. Charles Lanfdrd, U. S.
Army and U. S. Air Force re-
cruiting representative for Bren-
ham announced here today,
, "Requirements for the World
| War II -Yictorr. Medal'.', said. Sgt.
Arnold Bosse of the 'Wiedcvllle
community reported today#4'^"
......7 dog .at,Al«,
* sent the heau^to
Austin for examination, and that
today he received a report it show-
t t ed rabies.
Receives Promotion- He 8a,d the do* had 500,1 1,1
the neighborhood several days and
he feared i| had bitten other am- .
maik------- • ----------—« *«*1C • (XHrtiriuag^jl^evnforV .‘Na
" He'described it\s tofng a tT medal will beawarded to
male, short-haired dog, white with a"X individual who has been dis-
yellow spot on right hip, and a misse<l, dishonorably d scharged or
vellow head deserted subsequent to perform-
™ ' ■■ ance of. specified duty." .
Boys* Town Founder
Now Lies in State
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