Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 28, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 14, 1946 Page: 1 of 4
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pleasant Jailg Barnes
Volume XXVIII
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32,247,557,000.
The Weather
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Sentiment Grows
In Congress For
Holiday in Draft
House Votes Raise
In Minimum Draft
Age to 20 Years
Conciliators Fail
To Avert Walkout
Sugar Refineries
Roman London
Relics Sought
In Blitz Area
Demand For Peas
To Bring Numbers
Buyers This Season
Two of the students of the Titus
County
First Checks Have
Been Received For
Vocation Students
British Troops to
Be Evacuated Soon
In Troubled Areas
Pravda Editorial
Makes Appearance
Year After Death
Strike of Airplane
Pilots Threatening
To Cut Air Traffic
at tht
guish-
tribe:
luages
East Texas—Partly cloudy
Sunday, warmer in east and
south portions, with moder-
ate easterly winds on coast.
Strong Sentiment
In Favor of Ending
Selective Service
Incorporated
equipment,
furnishes
officials.
Canneries Compete
Heavily For Crop
Over This Section
WASHINGTON
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By L. T. (Tex) EASLEY
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WASHINGTON, April 13 UP)—
The House voted tentatively to-
day to raise the minimum draft
age from 18 to 20 years.
The proposed teen-age induc-
tion ban was approved by a tell-
er vote of 195 to 96.
The ban was offered as a draft
extension legislation amendment
and subject to a roll call vote
later.
Earlier the House voted down
the proposal to raise the draft
age to 21 years, thus entering the
hot fight over an “induction holi-
day” while extending the draft
me during the time Kids Incor-1
porated has been operating are j
WHATEVER the feeling among the diplomatic representatives of
their countries, UN military leaders got together in perfect har-
mony in a committee meeting on New York hotel roof. Left to
Kids incorporated is the out-
growth of Amarillo's famed Mav-
erick Club, an organization de-
voted to play for kids. Boy ath-
letes outgrew the Maverick Club,
which primarily served one spec-
ific area of the city and' was of
benefit only to a few hundred
/oungsters. Thu: crr.io Kids In-
corporated.
: <■ “w
&
.earns in softball this summer.”
The program has taken organ
zed athletic competition int<
every nighborhood in Amarillc
and such outlying precincts as
Tech Village, Canyon and Boys
Ranch. The latter is a home for
underprivileged boys, founded a
decade ago.
First Anniversary
Of Destruction Of
Hiroshima Marked
Legislation For
Atomic Energy To
Be Law August 6
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settlement of the Indonesian
heme from
Hubertus van
Bowles Confident
Cheaper Clothing
To Be Ready Soon
Slows Operations
On Construction
Two Slightly Hurt
In Auto Accident
Saturday At Noon
Dr. Kenneth Taylor, local chir-
opractor, and Thaddeus Newman,
employee of the refinery, were
both slightly injured about 12:30
o’clock Saturday as the result of
I an automobile collision that oc-
; curred at the top of the hill just
west of Tankersley Creek, on
the old Winfield road.
Details concerning the accident
were meager at press time, but
it was said that each was driving
alone in his car at the time. Both
automobiles were badly damaged
| and both men received medical
i attention here.
Several Buildings
Are Held Back by
Shortage Past Week
W. L. Copeland’s ice cream fac-
tory have been completed. The
tile front for the Earl Lide Motors
building has been finished.
Work is going ahead nicely on
other structures being erected.
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Tex Eoslcy
during the past year.
Hundreds of Texans were ex
pected to gather in historic Fort
Myer chapel across the Potomac
River for a 45-minute program,
then adjourn to the Unknown
Soldier’s tomb for a wreath-
laying ceremony honoring the
more than 700 former Aggieland
.men who lost their lives in
World War II. The toll in World
War I was 52.
While General Dwight D.
Eisenhower is scheduled to
attend the principal “mus-
ter” held on the A. and M. cam-
pus at College Station, many
high ranking army officers will
join in the occasion here.
The president of the local A.
and M. ex-student’s group is T.
Lee Gaston, formerly of Gaines-
ville. A 1924 graduate, he is now
with the Soil Conservation Ser-
vice in the Agriculture Depart-
ment.
We have been reliably inform-
ed that there will be a number
of buyers in this ares next sum-
mer when the pea crop is ready
for harvest, as there is a bigger
demand for this product than
ever before in history.
Several canneries are urging
that a large acreage be planted
to peas in Titus County and are
offering attractive prices for all
that can be produced. They
pointing out that not enough
has been planted in Northeast
sufcj ly their orders
WASHINGTON, April 13 (/P)—
Congress drove to lay down a
law for the domestic control of
atomic energy by the first anni-
versary of its use as a military
weapon—Aug. 6.
Chairman McMahon of Con-
necticut of the special Senate
committee which unanimously
approved a final draft of control
legislation told reporters he
“most certainly would expect” it
to be in the statute books by the
anniversary of the bombing of
Hiroshima.
As drawn by McMahon’s com-
mittee, the projected control com-
mission would have broader pow-
ers than any ever held by a gov-
ernment agency in peacetime.
On the question of speedy ac-
tion, however, the committee’s
bill must wait in line for Senate
consideration behind such mea-
sures as extension of price con-
trol and approval of the British
loan. But it has been promised a
spot on the floor as soon as pos-
sible.
A sharply different control bill
has cleared the House military
committee but has been stalled
for months in the powerful rules
committee of that chamber. It
seems likely now that the House
will wait for the Senate to act.
Spearheading
t, the acti v i t i e s
[will be the Na-
tional Capitol
[Texas A. and M.
Club whose 140
■ne mbe r s will
celebrate th e i r
innual April 21
“muster” as a
'tribute to all ex-
Aggies who died
British and Dutch
i straight nine month extension, i ACCOF(i On
' Indonesia Problem
settlement ■ activaticn of reactionary forces
of outstanding problems between aimed at breaking up the col-
laboration of freedom loving l
peoples and breaking up the col-
laboration of three great pow-
ers.”
Here’s an idea of the scope: 77
teams of boys from eight to 14
years of age have just finished
I playing 480 basketball games in
60 days. That’s an estimated 40,-
425 boys hours consumd by kids
in practicing and playing games
during the season.
Kids Incorporated will start
egiht leagues of 96 teams in soft-
ball May 1. Each team will have
its own diamond so that the boys
play right in their own neighbor-
hoods. Next fall there will be
football with the same number
of teams.
It’s a year-around program for
boys below athletic participation
age in the schools. Kids Incorpor-
ated also is working on two
leagues of baseball for boys be-
tween 15 and 19. There isn’t
much baseball in schools.
Bob Seeds, former major lea-
gue baseball player, managed a
league for the older boys last
summer. The games were under
the lights at Tri-State Fair Park.
There were eight teams and the
league was known as the Junior
Gold Sox. The Gold Sox are an
outfit in the West Texas-New
Mexico League, a professional
circuit. Seeds is tire owner of the
club.
Civic clubs, the Women’s Jun-
ior Welfare League and individ-
uals vie with each other in con-
tributing to the upkeep of Kids
Incorporated. The city and coun-
ty get in on the program, too.
They not only give money but
do the work of building playing
fields and backstops.
The kids who don’t play are
missing something—but just try
to find one who doesn’t.
the shortage in
clothing will, be
three months. *
In an address today, Bowles
said the clothing record was “no
credit to either industry or gov-
ernment.”
Bowles listed the heavy de-
mand, worker shortages, govern-
ment failure, high cotton prices
and removal of controls (now re-
stored) as the “basic reasons” for
the clothing shortage. He said
production of low priced clothing
is on the uptrend.
started,” comments the sheriff.
"Our kid calls for neighborhood !
are ■ almost nil,” says,
so i
that
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WASHINGTON, April 13 UP)—
Stabilization Director Chester
Bowles was confident today that
inexpensive
eased within
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WASHINGTON, April 13 UP)—
Texans in the nation's capital
will observe Easter Sunday in a
special way since it also is San
Jacinto Day.
,’rc Upraised the late president as “an
opponent of those i ... , , , ■ , ,
” , , . ' thing is worked out to the last
ists who supposed—and suppose j
now—that the politics of the I
United States must consist in a
politics of force in striving for:
[ the rule of American interests in
tish and Indian troops are to be
gradually withdrawn from the
Netherlands East Indies soon and
are to be entirely replaced with
Dutch forces, it '*as announced
Friday night.
Both parties were believed to said Pravda, ‘’•'•'s witnessed the
be optimistic that a settlement activaticn of reactionary forces
General Dwight
is scheduled
principal
right are Adm. Sir Henry Moore, Britain; Lt. Gen. A. P. Vasillev,
Russia; General Shang Chen, China; Gen. George C. Kenney, U. S.,
and Air Chief Marshal M. Valin, France. (International)
--BOOSTER CLUB MEETING
Total life insurance payments FOR MONDAY POSTPONED
to policy holders and beneticiar- ' ------
:es in the United States during I The regular meeting of the
he first 11 months of 1946 were [ Booster Club, scheduled for Mon-
day evening at the high school
gymnasium, has been postponed
since it conflicts with activities
of other organizations previously
arranged for that time.
The next meeting of the club
...;n third Monday even-
ing in May.
■ V TH. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Federal conciliators were un-
able yesterday to avert a walk-
out of eight thousand AFL and
CIG employees in seven east
coast sugar refineries, set for
midnight, although every effort
was made to reach an agreement.
Wage demands were involved
in the strike, the companies of-
fering a raise of 13c an hour,
with the workers calling for
18 lie.
The major labor development
of yesterday was a strike threat
by thirteen hundred pilots of
Transcontinental & Western Air-
lines. The pilots were asking a
minimum annual pay increase
from $13,200 to $16,000.
Transportation strikes hamper-
ed business and pleasure in Bir-
mingham, Ala., and Lansing.
Mich.
the Dutch Government and In-
donesian representatives will be
found at next week’s conferen-
ces at The Hague.
Premier Willem Schermerhorn
of Holland and his. associates ap-
parently gave Prime Minister
Clement Attlee and British For-
Vocational School have e'gn Secretary Ernest Bevin
received their first government full account cf the Dutch Govern-
checks under the study program ment’s attitude to proposals for
now in progress for men taking's settlement ef th“
agricultural training. ! question , brought
These checks have been receiv- Batavia by Dr.
ed much earlier than was antici- Mook, Lieutenant-Governor-Gen-
pated, giving evidence that the eralt of the Netherlands Eas
Veterans’ Administration is ap- Indies.
broaching its efficiency standard.1
LONDON — Under the check-
ered shadows of blitzed London
buildings, workmen are digging
for a buried city. The Society of
Antiquaries, believing that only
the cellars of ' bombed office
buildings lie between Modern
and Roman London, has spon-
sored a series of excavations in
the teeming “City area" or fin-
ancial district.
Digging has begun east of
where the old Roman town hall
and market place were situated.
W. F. Grimes, keeper and secre-
tary of the London museum, who
law nine months. The holiday is in charge of the survey, said
would give President Truman i Roman London occupied an area
authority to order resumption of I of 400 acres and was the largest
drafting after October 15. I Roman city in the western em-
The teen-age amendment was ' pire. The building of Roman Lon-
offered by Chairman Andrew J. i don began in the first century
May of the military committee. ' A. D.
’ Construction work on several
business and industrial buildings
in the city has been held up the
past week because of a shortage
of materials, especially bricks.
Plate glass, doors and windows
are also scarce, holding back
completion of some structures.
In spite of the shortages, a
. number of buildings are showing j
The idea for the whole thing is Pr°8ress, with coneerte work go-
quite simple: There s a game on
he corner lot or school grounds.
A boy sees
Around the Capital:
The food situation here is prob-
ably as acute as any place, if.
not more so, but everyone seems
, to agree that the shortage isn’t
,v too serj,ou«.
It car^ have its advantages,
says Mrs^George Mahon, wit-
of the W<>st Texas Congressman. '
“I’ve lost three pounds during '
the past week,’ she noted with a
smile, “so you see it is working
nicely with my own diet pro-
gram.”
“Seriously, though, I don’t
think cutting down will hurt any
" of us. And as for the proposal to
put out a half-size loaf of bread
I think that’s the most sensible
idea anyone ever had. Since our.
daughter has gone off to college,
George and I frequently find
that we won’t use up a whole
loaf before it gets stale.”
Mrs. Ed Gossett, wife of the
Wichita Falls Congressman and
mother of three children, well
knows what the average house-
wife here has to do to prepare
three meals a day.
"You have to shop around at
different stores to get everything
you need for a proper diet for
growing children,” she comment-
ed. —
“We couldn't indulge in any
luxuries even if we wanted to,
and in fact, maybe we are eating
ing a little more healthfully.
Beef is always scarce here, but at
least fresh fruits and vegetables
seem abundant.”
As for eating in Washington
restaurants — menus there also
reflect the Presidents program to
save on food so as to help fill
foreign relief commitments. Serv-
ings aren’t so plentiful as in the
past. This is particularly true of
the big state di—.c.s and other
elaborate affairs.
L_vLh dinners still ere part of
the regular life in the foreign
embassies, but even there the
dinlom-tic dignitaries are appar- ■
uu.Ung a-..- a little. '
Where..! -. eccmingly unexhausti- 1
ble source seemed to keep tables
loaded with roast pigs, ducks and
delacies of all kinds in former
times, the end of an evening s :
social function now sees a well
picked-over lay-out of edibles.
ing ahead on schedule.
Brick work has been complet-’
his pal playing and ed on the union bus terminal
wants to try it himself. He is and the Johnson-Justiss Motor
given the chance and another, Company building lacks only a
athletic enthusiast is born. Kids few details. The foundations for
interested in sports and play
don't have time or desire for the
things that make them debits in-
stead of credits to the commun-
ity. Leadership of the business
men who coach them gives the
ideals that make for good citi-
zenship.
It takes $10,000 a year for the
organized sports program— that
and a lot of work by a great
many people who pay the freight
on this giantic promotion of boys’
athletics.
Kids
i coaches,
'.awards, public recognition and
I places to play football, softball,
'——i '—;. it pro-
ne7-isoration-i^ded scheduled contests. Every-
, thing is worked out to the last
! detail.
Hundreds of boys who for-
, merly had no desire for sports
! r.re playing now simply because
i the whcle world'” "...... I they have been exposed to ath-
The editorial, entitled “In j letics for 0,6 first time’
Memory of the Great President,”
said that "Roosevelt understood
all of the meaning of the mortal
danger of Fascism—Was one of
those few politicians who really
appraised the many danger sign-
als and warnings of the leaders
of the Soviet Union about the
growing danger of Fascist ag-
gression.”
“The year which has passed
since the death of the president.”
Two young Texas war veter-
ans have gone to work in the
House office building postoffice
on the patronage of Congressman
Bob Poag of Waco.
Member Associated Press___________Mount Pleasant, Texas,Sunday Morning, April 14,1946
It Was Fair Weather When These Fellas Got Together
Texas to
and they are hopeful that Titus
County farmers will devote
larger acrages to peas this year,
as there will be a ready market
at a time when there are few
cash crops being harvested.
In addition to receiving more
per acre than for producing cot-
ton. farmers can improve their
land by planting peas, as they
are a legume crop that adds fer-
tility to the soil.
This is a natural truck country
and with a good market assured
for peas, this may develop a de-
mand lor other similar crops
(which will give kcal farmers the
| market they have walnted for
i many years.
A JDne is Neal Grimland, form-
erly of Clifton, who won a bat-
tlefield promotion from a serge-
ant to a second lieutenant out in
the Philippines on Luzon Island.
See TEXANS IN, Page 4
Kids, Incorporated: Amarillo Paying Off
AMARILLO, Texas, April 13 furnishing coaches from the po-
I (Ai — Kids Incorporated does aI lice department to direct tw
[ thriving business in this city of'
50,000 perched high on the Texas
| Panhandle.
i There’s nothing commercial
about it: all the money is going
WASHINGTON, April 13 UP)— 1 0Ut’ none comin« in’ Bu* thc in
Sentiment against continuing the. ve,s men 1S ?ayin?n 1V1 en ,S \n
.... . . w ♦ other ways. Amarillo civic lead-
draft is apparent in Congress to- .7, ,
, , 7' x x • ers say it s worth a billion dol-
day as debate is continuing on
legislation to continue selective. , . . . , .
; Kids Incorporated is just what
I the name implies—an investment
I in boys. Three thousand of them
profit from it.
There’s nothing new about it.®’ T ’ ———.
ma ..... .......... Organized play has been going on MpWQtlfliYPI*
tee. Enthusiastic reception by the! for years in the war against| IVL VW
- . ... .Juvenile delinquency But its PralgeS RoOSCVClt
Saturday when the actual, leaders say no other town in
; | America has a program to com- i
Sharing popularity with Vin-: pare with Amarillo s in scope. |
son’s amendment to extend the| "Cases of boys brought before |
draft law until Feb. 15, 1947, but |
to prohibit inductions before Oct.
15, 1946, was a proposal by Chair- I0 Per cent 'ess 111
man A. J. May (Dem.) Kentucky
of the military committee to rajse
the minimum draft age from 18 [ mix-ups
’.o 20. Vinson’s idea is to give. Harper. "We t.aink
voluntary enlistments a trial. Kids Incorporated
As it came to the floor of the
House with military committee
approval, the measure calls for
service beyond May 15, the pres-
ent* expiration date.
It was whipped up by members
of the military committee and by
Chairman Carl Vinson (Dem.)
— i of Georgia of the naval commit-
ife I .
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i membership indicated strong sup-
port C.' ’ _
voting begins.
with a service liability of eigh-
teen months, a ban against induc-
,ion of fathers and a ceiling on
the strength of the armed forces, i
Tied in with that, but in aj
separate measure, is a House
lommittee proposal to raise the
pay of privates from $50 to $75
a month and give boosts, propor-
tionately smaller as rank in-
creases, to all grades up to col-
onel. The pay bill is proposed to
spur voluntary enlistment.
On the Senate side of the Capi-
tol, the military committee Thurs-
day reported out a measure for
the full year’s draft extension
urged by the administration, with
limitations similar to those which
the House committee approved.
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