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BR EC KEN RIDGE, TEXAS —THl'RSDAY. NOV. 14, l r>i
PRICE DAILY S CENTS SUNDAY* 10 CENTS
head
Lions 1
Home Purchase
Denied Mays By
'Frisco Owner
S A N FKAWISO >
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m an utiftnpt t
a ^.".7 .".♦ house in a ivsi«i*,r.-
district « f San Kia:uiso>. b *
h * is a Wijio. The ourirr
I In- rejected t• jsiant bu. eb.JI
ufier b 'caust* < f pu'N-uir
1; ru'itrhbois in the ;w:. M.iy>.
• > ai^ht the house b**i uu.*i' "l
(iiants* n.<ov from New \< .k
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"Hut f>
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mi (i
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mayor
the cwn
to sell t
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<hr:.*t .if; .1 ?sii J* w> in N w York
t pa« e r;ti e, ha> Stev ns4>n to
pe ration.
Skies Clearing
But Few Showers
May Fall First
<h\ asmh i \tkd press)
Sk -s a 1 e cbarin^ •>' ,•! the State
t «Ha> alt# r nearly «t we k of tain '
Hnu \ir, th * fotec.ist caHs for
a few showers in VVVst Texas and
111 th Noithwe>t portion "f North
Central Texa*.
Karly mofmni: fop covered much
« f Kasfem and Centra'. T> xis, with
a number of piace> repeating limit-1
rd visibility, but only Laredo and i
Mineja! W' lis repotting ie.-s than
« rte mile
Heavy ram* >«Ktked the area!
arour.d Houston, Galveston and
Beaumont aJonsf the c«u«t la*e ye -:
t iday < entie to moderate rains ai-'
i o fell « !5euh. i«- .\ci the state. j
A S 'vorf vvrathT'atert for Sftuth ;
ea*t Texan expued last mjjht with-1
out M.r.y vioier.t weather reported.
Two *mall torn id *'s did cause min-
or d.otiaRe at Oakdale and Bui-
w Mrfi. both in Louisiana.
Rainfall totals for the 24-hour
j**/i «i erd hr at *> :.W this morning
included 1 17 inches* at (itlvtuton, j
] jr. . ♦ Kou«ton and about three 1
qu.irters of ari inch at Beaumont,
Lu(k:n «nd W aco. Lesttet am unts
were i«'p« rted at Lonifview-. Tyler.
Texaikana, Sherman. Wichita
Falls. < ib w*. Station. Fort Worth J
l alai io*. Austin and Dallas.
()\ i ninht I o w temperatures j
r.wieed from "U degree* at Dal hart'
t .* !) at (iaive ton and Hr w ns-
\ ille.
Some streets and yards in West'
Houston w ere fb oded briefly. A|
42 >eai old man Jimmv. I'eddycord. j
was kn« ck*'d down by lightning
whib he was unload.nr a wrecker
truck, but he was nit injured sen-j
« u «iy
Bucks Show Heavier Than
Opponents Friday Night
B% BILL t'KKAGH
\merican >port- W riter
W« atfv rt od Kannan^JS.
:umhlinj£ bt« < k confiont.ns:
Bucks f'«r
is < onsi<|ei>
.t .-tat*
d to be
ply
one
last
the
off berth.
f the best
Insurance Ass'n
Holds Regional
Meeting In City
A rrjriwial meeting of th.- Texas
As i>oati n of tnauran.-p Agents'
wa* hfirf in BrwK>'nnii)r - eU-
ne day «ith about 50 attt'iitiing.
Kihii trfn counties are inciu«led hi J that t"or their money, our Kuck
the region. Presiding officer was I are definitely underdoes.
d<'f 'nsive clubs in this urea, but
thin still maintain ''nnu^h scoring
purifh to have beaten seven op-
ponents. Their only loss this seas-
on was to (irahain. and in that
«ontest Weather'ford won all the
statistics uh'le dioppintc the Burnt-
by a slim six point-i.
In nipping Graham last Friday
nijsht tr.r Bucks only completed
ha'i tivMr fight, fully realiz ng
th: t should they loose this Friday
night's contest to Weatherfoid
that it would take a flip of the
coin to decide district 4-A AAV
representative, providing of course
that We.ithei fold, Graham, anJ
Brevkem id«e von their remaining
i(ame«.
Some or the boys "n Haras
askinu for 1"
Bi eckwirniue.
■il is not
"ranc i sci i
■•rite
is ht
Ma
s ti a-
was.j't
r hus-
>an r i ari«"l>i'o. salu h 's r: * :■ a;
'Ut it and svmpathizes with ti.
nr-i. He said:
I' the ut'iglibors don't v ant \ u.
ats til,- :;omi of buyiarfV"
addi'il, ho« e\ ei :
alk about
■ all o\ n the no, id and
s bad for our
ui Francisco'
:er .said
bv law
tded:
"What's 1. JpjH-ne,
i 'idance nith San
i lit ions."
Mays' wife, Marghu<
luite as philosoph'cal
hand. She said:
"Down in Alabama where we'
come from you know your place,
and that's something, at least. Hut
up here it's all a lot if camouflage. !
They grin in your face and then j
deceive you."
One of the property owner who!
objected said: j
"I happen to have ouite a few ;
piiH'es of property in that area and]
I stand t > lose a lot if colored i
people move in."
The property owner added, "I >
■eitainly wouldn't like to have a
colored family near me."
Edward How den. diiector of the:
San F' ancisc) council for civic uni-I
ty, commented:
The shocking rejection of Mr.
SPENDING FOR DEFENSE
WILL UP INCOME TAXES
Truman Points
Out Taxes Main
Income Source
N<>\
ii ii ii i
and Mrs. Willie Mays as neisrh-
bors by a handful of residents is
nothing less than a civic disgrace.
Regrettably it is typical of prac-
tices in a large poition of the
private h •using market today."
Congratulations
Mr and Mrs.
K Hullum. are
bov V"<in N'nv.
. 44eJh nff °sht
ar< T >inces.
;ind 12 points and '
i clear indicatior.
l> m Peeks of 1405
parents of a baby
14 at 11:U' a. m.
pouads and
Air Force Man
To Resign To Give
Twin A Kidney
(By ASSOCIATED PKESS)
A "Jil-yrai-old Air Force lieuten-
ant is lesigning his commission to 1
save his identical twin brother from i
almost certain death.
Lieutenant Sam Merriman of;
Hondo, Texas. Air Force Base said |
he had turned in his resignation
so he can give a kidney to his
brother, Billy, in critical condition
| :it Veterans Administration ho.—
■ pital in Oklahoma t'ity. The Air
I Foice had itiied Merriman wouid
I have to resign. But the officer said
he still is hoping the intervention | of
of 1'iesident Eisenhower or the Ok-
lahoma I'ougivssioa! delegation will
SEATTLE RESIDENTS FLEE
GAPING HOLE IN STREET
SKATTLK i.Pl— A gaping hole
which formed in a north end boule-
vard in Seattle, Washington Mon-
day night widening rapidly early
today. Ten families were hastily underground
evacuated fiom their homes. j ing until the great mass abov
; I oil ier 1'iesident Truman pre-
dicted that higher income taxes
1 will he the only way to meet great -
.'i expenses at home because of
llus.-ia s scientific achievements.
\s,T iinian, visiting in New York,
took his customary morning walk,
! newsmen told him if President
' hisetihowei \s statement last night
1 that more money must be spent
loi defense Tiuman said the bill
1 will have to be paid, and that
theie's only one place the money
j can come from. Asked by neus-
, men if he meant higher taxes, Tru-
man rt plied: "I Se your head, use
' youd head, fan y >u find any other
■ w ay to do it ?"
Eisenhower in his broadcast and
' telecast to the nation, said the bud-
get must be pi uned in other fields,
| to make way for higher defense
, spending. He said that in some
, fields, little savings here arid theie
! can be squeezed out, but that over-
. all sav ings >f the kind we need
• can come only through cutting or
i deferring entire categoric. And he
i added that it's gi>ing to be a dis-
! tasteful procedure. '
Eisenhower also called for a step-
■ ped-up educational program >f
training scientists, including such
breaking >f a ll-foot storm sewer
14.1 feet helow th." surface. ' itv, intentiw-s as fellowship grants to
officials said til*' storm sewer could I • • •
have broken years ago, with the i
enaj)le
Force.
him. to
the Aii-
Three Others Speak On Security
For peace of Mind • . See
TBAMMELL • SHANSON
INSURANCE AGENCY
k !Seen Or Heard
by C. M. H.
srirn hundred and fifty had
purchased ticket* l« the Weather-
lord t.iife Iridaj. which indicate*
, lot J f4ii "ill More
• uii-hini i- the plea here, as slip-
uer> or o«g> fields do not make
for 'be he*I football Robin
Knminger ..peaking of thi *ame
and the \(|ir game a d - we •ill
ha e to beat rverjthin* in blue
thi« weekend.
Glad to m e hr. H H. Cartwrifrht j
up and about again attei suffering
broken rib Bob Hansel too*
Mts. Hou.-t I to Jasper today where
,he i!l b- in hospital for a while |
Wandle Hyches, brought here i
by Sattrrwhite Sunday has been
transfe reil to Odessa i an in-'i-,
«|ent victim.
Intending 'o emphasi/e that it
took a lot of rummage -ales b> the
\ oman's Forum to raise JT.IHHI.
we left the imprewnion ye terda>
thai w.i.H all that was rai ed. when
between SW.lHMt and actu-
ally was raised -worry Stephens
Memorial llo-pital yesterday ad-
mitted it's m,IHHHh patient. Pat.
Burxenski. of I sco .... No,
fire runs, thank goodness.
Don Roberts, son of Mr. and,
Mrs. Allen Robert* has been se-
lected memb. r of the Tarleton
nfie team l . T. Bowles, wno
has two persimmon trw repoi is
the biggest crop ever now ripen-
lng • Said both ladies and
men's size be. r can be made \roin
the fruit And, what a biittle
we see in Weatberford tomorrow —
fight 'em Kucks.
Thought For The Moment; Often
the test of courage is not to die.
but lo li*e>—Alfieri.
Blake Johnson. Jr., regional chair
man if disti ict II.
laical agents attending the meet-
ing were B. H. Irani melt, H. A.
S an on. H. S. Lemmons, Biil
Black, Gladys K.nchen, 1 airoi >ta-
gers, Noiinan Biewei and Blake
Johnson Jr.
'1 he three speakers heard during
the morning session tvere Gordon
V\ . Friedrien. of San Antoni >, vice-
president ot the TAIA; Edward
ireaie, of Austin. TAIA manage!
of the practices and claims section.
License Division State Hoard of
Insurance; and Mis. Natalie Has-
ford, of Austin, director of the
W irkmen's Compensation I'nit,
State Board.
After much served at the Wo-
man s Forum at noon, a lepit from
the nomination committee was giv-
en bv Gtant Jones, of Abilene.
Atternoon speakers were Th >m-
as W. George Jr. of Austin, A.-sis
tant Supervisor Automobile. State
lioani. v ill lain J. Harding of Aus-
tin, Director of Pubnc Keiations.
Texas Insuiance Advu« >ry Associa-
tion.
Also present weie Claude Webs-
ter, Executive secretary of the
TAIA; I)rex F oreman, who ser\ed
as executive se« retar> of the TAIA
for ."i2 years; and T. M. Cjooch Jr.
Director of the TAIA.
Aerial Platforms
Planned By NATO
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
NA ro is reported studying pians
to build aerial platforms for the
launching of nuclear missiles. The
NATO aeronautical research direc-
tor, Dr. Theodore Von Ki.rman.
t >ld a news conference in Paris
the platforms would be in addi-
tion to the production of sub
marine nuclear platforms urged
yesterday bv Democratic Senator
Henry Jackson of Wash I n gt >n
State. Von Kanr.an said the under-
water platforms u-ing atomic sub-
marines, are not envisaged before
Weight-wise, Brec'r.en ridge will!
go into the gamt- supporting i S.H |
pound team advantage, something
new in Buckaroo football. This rep- j
resents an eight pounds per man I
average that Breckenridge w il! , n- !
j°y-
The Bucks have been caution* u j
to watch for unusual plays b> ;
Weatherfoid since Weatherfold's I
headman. Coach Russell Coffee is;
mote than capable coming up j
with something out of the ordinal y.
Against Graham. Weatherford r« -
ceived th • kick-off. and on their
first offensive play came up with
a 'lormation that nearly beat Gia-
ham, and wouid have had not one
of the Kangaroos hit the ground
by running over his interference.
The | lay went something likej
DEFENSE SPEWING TO BE
IKCRESSED. PRESIDENT SAYS lawmakers Hold
Police moved into the residences
a few blocks nnth of the I'niver-
sity of Washington and roused
sleeping inhabitants with a warn-
ing to flee for their lives.
Witnesses said the edge of tie-
huge hole, which was more than I in
feet deep was crumbling at a rate
one i'oot a minute at some
points It had reachiti a diameter
of approximately 175 by tin feet
at one a m. PST and was only
eight feet from the nearest resi-
dence.
A number of homes were in <lan-
gi'l- and equipment which had been
brought in to shore up the dirt af-
ter the fiist break was hastily mov-
ed backward.
'I h" cave in was caused bv the
lapsed.
At first hi
the cave-in
widespread i
school Jil block
lieved to be localized,
--non proved to have
fleets. A junior high
away was closed
in
of J
(By ASM Ml ATE!) PRE.-
P
WASHINGTON ^
Eisenhower flew back to the
tnl eariy today after an Oklahi
City speech in which he told
nation defense spending must
)
dent
cap-
ina
tiie
be
Short Session
increased in the face of Russian,
scientific advances.
Eisenhower's plane, the Colum-1
budget. At the same time, hi
led for a stepped up educational!
program for the training ofl
sci'iitists to meet the threat post d [
by Soviet scientific achievements.!
Vice President Nixon. Army ACSTIX ifi
Chief i'i Staff General Maxwell | anti-troop bill
Taylor and Secretary of State Dul- hearing by both Houses of the Tex
ies also spoke on the new Soviet i as legislature Monnav.
when water started backing up
its basement, reaching a depth
j four feet. * i
Green Lake, a one-mile-long and
, half mile wide body of water oil*' j
i mile to the east, began t > rise rap-
; idly yesterday as water backed up
in a storm sewei which normally;
[carries away the lake's outflow.
City officials said the damage
could be even much more wide-;
spread if rains which have been
almost continuous for seveial days!
j do not let up soon. The forecast
' is for some relief.
Little actually was known as tie
how widespread the tumble might ■
be because workmen earlier today!
had not been able to reach the
primary source, the broken storm
I sewer. A city engineer said, how- |
i ever, "It looks as if vve are in for
j real serious trouble."
provide science teachers.
i Moscow radio has told the Rus-
j sian people about President Eisen
l'o " | bower's Oklahoma City speech last
I night in cmirast to the handling
| of the President's first science and
! security speech last week. At that
, time, it was two days before any
Soviet news media mentioned it.
Today, Moscow radio told its lis-
teners I resident Eisenhower admit-
ted that Russia now has more scien-
tists and engineers than the Unit-
ed States, and is training them at a
faster paci . The iViiml broadcast
added Eisenhower drew from the
situation a conclusion that the
L'nited States must strengthen its
aimed forces to stay ahead of the
Communists in military power.
Oil Test Staked
In Caddo Section
Governor Daniel's j
is set for public
;>ine III. landed at National Aii-
port at 3:2K a. m. EST completing
a 'J hour and 48 minute trip.
Eisenhower was wearing a top-
•oat and a g ay Honibuig hat as
this: Graham had taken its de-1 he left his plane to enter a
fensive position in front of the ball {sine for the drive to the
while Weatherford was in its hud- ; House. He dd not appear
die. I^urv Mahan, WeatheiVord slept.
•ntei 'ame hu: of the huddle first. 1 he President seerried surpri
limou-
White
taking his position
When the reinainde
fContinue.I (in
Baptist'Meeting
For Segregation
mineral wei.ls
Baptist Missionary Association of
Texas has adopted a resolution
stating its opposition to integra-
tion and the u-ie of tioops to en-
force the Supienie f'ouit's dese
gration ruling
The resolution was adopted last
night without an ipposing Vote at
the group's annual convention in
Mineral Wells Copies are to be
sent to President Eisenhower and
Governor Price Daniel
The Baptist Missionary Associ-
ation is a set-: if the Baptist Chur-
ch which is not affiliated with the
Baptist General Conventiup of Tex-
as. Some Sno delegates, /^present-
ing chuiches located n airily in East
Texas, attended ?he meet ng Mem-
bers at one time were known as
fundan eritalist Paptists.
I
>ver the ball, j that he was met by a small group
- of the bail of aides ori his pe-davvn arrival,
fare SI Said Eisenhower, with a smite:
My goodness v >u boys are real-
ly ambitious."
In his radio and television ad-
dress last night, Eisenhower said
the impending boost in defen. >■
expenditures will mean sharp cuts
I in some iion-military spending
•he pt,,gian.s in next year's budget. He
added that some of these programs1
may have to be eliminated entire-
ly. The President also called for
a stepi* d-up educational program
to train scientists to meet the
llu.ssian threat. He suggested the
program include such incentives as
'.ellowsh:p grants to provide mme
science teachers. ^
Tile President Asserted Ameri-
cans won't tolerate sacrificing se-
curity to the wattbip of a balanced
threat to the free world last nignt. I
They addressed a Washington j
meeting of business executive.; wi,oi
would he called into government
service in the event of mobilization.
Nixon said the West has the 111;'.-
itary strength to meet and defeat
, a:iv enemy on anv field ill the
to nave : • , .
' world.
General Taylor told the 1,2 '0
:tiemb«'i national dtVense executive
leseive that the Ain.y is making
encouraging progress in the de-
velopment of a weapon capable of
knocking down any Soviet inti i-
continental hallistii missiles.
Secretary of State Dulles warned
the American people may ha' e to
give up some small marginal fr> < -
d uns to cope with Soviet world
pressures. He did not name the
fieedoms but indicated they were
connected with foiming an inter-
: national front against hostile com-
i munism.
Forum Members
Burn Last Note
Fled M. All is.
has staked No.
as a 4,2ihi font
and a half mile:
do in the A11 is
Field.
Site is tli*41 feet from the south
and I„•{ .- feet from the west lines
of the uuthwest quarter of Sec-
tion 8 Block 4. T&P Survey.
>n Jr.. of t' usicana
1 D. F. Haliburton
rotary project six
i northeast of Cad-
>ii (Marble Falls)
over by
aay.
next Wednesday ot Thurs-
Flu Attacks Put
Millions To Bed
Officers Arrest
Three Wednesday
Oldest Confederate Veteran Offered
Part In Movie On His 115th Birthday
HOUSTON if The oldest living
Civil War veteran. Walter Wil-
liams, celebrates h's !15th birth-1
dav in Houston today.
Williams, who has always loved •
music, will have a western band
playing at his home "for his birtn-
day. He will hear the music of!
Texas Ruby and Curly Fox. N >
big celebration has been planned. !"
but friends are expected to drop
by during the day for cake and
punch.
Williams' daughter, Mm. Willie
Mae Bowles, jiaid the confederate
veteran is l-niking forward to the
party and had talked about it dur-
m
offered a role in
movie "I tivanquishe
the upcoming
I." based on a
novel bv William Faulkner.
Producer Albeit Zugsmith says
Williams would portray "Old In-
distructable." a village bedridden
character.
j He said that with Williams' doc-
tor's permission the sequence would
'filmed at Williams' residence
in Houston.
The veteran will have a cake
with 115 candles to celebrate toe
occasion. Williams' daughter. Mis.
Willie Mae Bowles, quoted the Vi t-
eran as saying:
thai'*
Colorado Woman
Is Crash Victim
WELLINGTON f
woman was killed and
critically injured when their sta-
tion wagon arid a trtick collided
eleven miles south of Wellington,
Te\as.
Killed was 22-year-old Mrs. Lar-
ry Stark of l.a Junta, Colorado.
The truck driver, Johnny Brown
i,'.* Electra. told officers something
went wrong with the steering gear
and his vehicle swerved in fro.it
of the Stark's car.
| M mbers of the Sheriff and po-
lice department report arrest if
I thi-"e persons yesterday, two on a-
1 wol hot check cha'ges and one o®
a PWT charge.
A Colorado William E Walker PJ. and Dar-
her husband j re 11 Cpton, 22, both of Indiana
were jailed on complaints >f being
awol from Baiksdale Air Base in
Louisana and of giving hot checks |
in two Louisiana Cities, Shreveport
and Rosier.
Maco Fred Williams whose ad-
dress was given as Eastland was
arrested on c nnplaint of driving
while intoxicated.
Senat >rs and Representatives'
prepared for shoit sessions today!
and are then expected to adjoin nj
for the weekend since little busi-
ness is on tap.
The lawmakers are working on j A packed h nise at the Woman's
a bill which would close public i Forum Tuesday evening loudly ap
schools in the presence of military ptauded the burning of tile last
forces. | note for the building and grounds,
Several top legislators have esti- j the payments representing seven
mated the second session will be years of achievement.
A match was touched to the note,
1 exact amount n it stated, with Jake
j Sandefer, Mrs. Margaret Haliauer
and Charles Summer officiating.
After the meeting Mrs. Sande-
j fer Said that Forum members have
j expended between JHfl.lHMI and
(Bv ASSOCIATED PRESS) ■ 'M t' ,.tr> ^''lU'ie and improve the
A r. S. Public Health Service! building ami groups which were
official says at least :{H million i PU'^aseed from the late Charlie
Americans have had to spend a day' ' 'iVv"'., , r , i .
or more in bed since mid-Sumni<r| , Ml- Sandeter remarked during
because of severe colds, sore hhp meeting that the property n nv
a""" «•
A TV program, presided over by
Mr. S. ,n defer followed the note
local talent taking
part, tile social account of the
ppear in tile American
W oman's page.
flu now are occurring in vaiious
parts of the country, particularly
in the middle Atlantic and East
North Central states.
Dr. Stewart added that: "future
srpead of the epidemic can hi' an-
ticipated in essentially all parts
ifi the country not now affected."
He expects the illness to continue
for six to eight weeks.
Bodies From Plane
'Are Found At Sea
HONOLL'LL' i P—The U. S.
Navy has announced in Honolulu
that a carrier search plane had
' sighted nine bodies in the area of
| the Pacific where a Pan American
passenger plane vanished last Fi ,-
! day.
The airliner, with 44 persons
■aboa id. vanished on a routine
|','light from San Francisco to Hon-
olulu. A massive search has beta
I in progi ess since.
William Stevv-
>at
ment.
The official. Di
art, an assist; nt to the Suigeoii ,
General, summarized the Asian flu! "
situation in a talk in Cleveland
today. He said what he termi d! t ' ;i
"anticipated epidetnit " of Asian | r on
Six Admitted To
Local Hospital
Stephens Memorial H ispita! re-
ports six admissions: Mrs. Don
Peeks, Mis. H. S. Moore, Mis.
D. C. Roweil, Pat Burvenski, and
James B. Duvall. all medical pa-
tients, and Clyde Corley, a surgical
patient.
Dismissals were R. N. George,
Guy Suilivan. Mrs. Guy Sullivan
and Dianna Clay.
National Farm Union Says Benson
Twists Statements On Farm Income
ig the dav yesterday. i "I'll be 115 years old and i
Incidentally", Williams baa b«cnla mighty long time to liv«,"
Hie And Mamie To
Take Ga. Vacation
WASHINGTON i.f>— The White
House announced today that presi- !
dent and Mrs Eisenhower hope to
go to Augusta. Georgia, tom.tr-
row for a vacation lasting until
about, the middle of next week.
White House news Secretary
James Hagerty said, however, that
the vacation plans were s'.:II lenta-
tr.e. The tentative plans calls for
the Eisenh iwers to leave Washing-
ton around noon EST by plane.
BILL BLACK
INSURANCES
1M N. Court Phone HI 9-4434
PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Increasing cloudiness tonight
and Friday with few shower* in
northwest portion of district
Friday. A little warmer tonight.
I.ow tonight in mid 40s, high
tomorrow in upper i>0m. lain
last night 41, high yesterday 61,
Southerly winda.
Woman Policeman
Causes 3 To Quit
ATHENS if*—A II
nen working for the East Texas
city of Athens have resigned in
protest over the hiring of a woman
member of the forre.
Mayor R. Cox promptly ac-
cepted the resignations and told
the e,',"fleers they need not co.ne
back.
The protest bv police Chief Joe
Met lee and two fellow officers
was directed at the employment
of 2-i-year-old Jessie Nell Sweeten.
Her father. Jess Sweeten, was
Henderson county sheriff 'for 2'i
years. ,
Mllllll
By OVID A. MARTIN
( \. I". FARM EDITOR
WASHINGTON (.¥ - The nati >n-
al farm union says Secretary of
Agriculture Benson "twists farm
income figures" to make the Agri
, , cultural situation appear better
three police- j than it actually is.
In its monthly magazine, the
farm 01 ganifcation states that the
Secretary "falsely uses" statistics
of his department to "deceive city-
folks and most farmers."
The I'niin has long been a critic!
of Benson and his farm policies. |
The magazine says Benson uses
as his standard for measuring farm
income calculations that show the
amount of money farmers have
left after paying productions ex-
penses. Included in these figures,
it says, are changes in farmers' in-
vent >ry stocks of grains, livestock
and other products.
It says that often income f'gures
are higher than a year's actual
duo d and accumulated in previous
years. Such was the case last year,
the farm organization says, adding:
"Naturally, city f dks. who have
already been incited against the
farmers by the Secretary of Agri-
culture. wonder why the farmers
are still complaining and think they
must l e a selfish lot."
The magazine contends that in-
come from I!)".♦; farm operations
went up an average of only $fi a
farm instead of If 1 no reported by-
Bens >n.
In expanding on its criticism of
Benson's income measuring stand-
ard. the Union gave this explana-
tion:
"Suppose a small-town grower or
hardware man takes in $10,001) dur-
ing a year ami has $:i,000 cash in
come at the end of it. He does n >t
count this as his actual income un-
til he has counted up his inven-
tory. If his stock in tiade is $1.0lit|
smaller at the end «f the year, ami
h.' still has to spend S i,000 to re-
'hone HI 9-4421 for Oxygen
i production' brings "b^" IT re-1 place what he has .old, hi. actual
flecti diapoial of inventories pro- income is $2,000."
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