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^Ilcasant JBatlu ^imes
Mt. Pleasant. Texas,
NUMBER 237
Member Associated Press
Volume XXIX
Tuesday Evening, February 10, 1948
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Mississippi
Legislators
Demand Revolt
Tito Warns
Against Attack
On Albania
Two Are Killed, Five Oklahoma Officers
Injured In Collision Search For Murderer!
By Cars At Amarillo 26-Year-Old Woman
Rotary Club Elects
Officers, Directors
At Tuesday Meeting
Agriculture Group
To Meet Thursday To
Plan Pasture Work
Bad Weather Extends
March of Dimes Drive
To End Of The Week
Taff Declares U. S.
Can't Afford To Give
Enough For Controls
American Freighter
In Distress At Sea
Collapse of Bridge
Causes Four Persons
To Drown In River
REPRINTS OF MEMOIRS OF
BYRNES SEIZED BY REDS
speaker of the evening.
The meeting will get under way
at 7:30 o’clock and the association
is planning to make it one of the
most constructive of the year for
the farmers.
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Two Die Instantly
When Car Is Struck
By Passenger Train
HILLSBORO, Tex., Feb. 10 (A>)
—Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson,
ea'ch about 65 years old, were ins-
tantly killed today when a fast
passenger train struck their car
at a crossing two miles north of
Alvarado, Johnson County.
Engineer William Kelley of the
train, the Missourj-Kansas-Texas
’Road’s southbound Sunshine Spe-
cial, reported here that the couple
apparently failed to see or heai-
the approaching train and drove
into its path.
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Labor Secretary For
Communist Party Is
Due For Deportation
Seventeen Burned To
Death As Old People
Home Is Destroyed
REHOBOTH, Del., Feb. 10 (ZP)— |
An arched stone bridge across'
nearby Indian River collapsed
today and four persons were be-
lieved drowned. Coast Guards-
man Chuck Wendell said a truck
carrying Philadelphia electrical
workers plunged from the span
into the ice-dotted river.
Two of the truck passengers,
working for Delaware Power and
Light Company, were pulled from
the river.
ST. JOHN’S, NFLD., Feb. 10
(ZP)—Seventeen persons were re-
ported burned to death in a fire
which destroyed an old people’s
home here early today.
The fire was whipped out of
control by winds of 50 miles an
hour in near-zeio temperatures.
A number of the inmates escaped
into the bitter cold in their night
attire. :
It could not be learned immedi-
ately how many had been in the
wooden structure when flames
broke out, but police said at least
seventeen lost their lives.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (ZP) An
American freighter radioed today
she had a crack, in her hull and
was taking water fast in rough
seas 800 miles east of Newfound-
land. but later messaged she was
holding her own.
The vessel, the Pierre S. Du-
Pont, operated bv U. S. Lines, car-
ries a crew of about 52 men, the
line said.
The DuPont, a 7,176-ton freight-
er, left Rouen, France, Jan. 31,
the U. S. Lnies said. It was
scheduled to arrive in New York
Feb 14.
India And Pakistan Differ Over
Settlement of Kashmir Trouble
LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 10 (ZP)—
India today sought to put off U.
N. action on Kashmir, where cas-
ualties were reported mounting,
but Pakistan objected.
India acted Sfter Gen. A. G. I.
McNaughton of Canada, security
council president for February,
submitted a compromise solution
to the two dominions. An Indian
spokesman said the plan was un-
acceptable and that his govern-
ment had instructed the delega-
ITALIAN GROUPS BATTLE
WITH FOUR LEFT DEAD
ROME, Feb. 10 (ZP)—Italian Ifet-
ists today blamed “armed fascist
formations” for provoking a skir-
mish with leftists in Apulia Pro-
dead and tw entswyonuun PRP
vince yesterday which left four
dead and twenty wounded.
prices high for political gain.
There, was no immediate reply
from Taft who left for a mid-
western speaking tour at about
the time Anderson hit back.
Meanwhile, there were these
other developments dealing with
the nation’s economy:
• 1. Meeting President Truman’s
request, the Senate-House econ-
omic committee voted 8 to 0 to re-
vive grain rationing to liquor pro-
ducers through October.
The next step is up to the Sen-
ate and House banking commit-
tees. They must decide whether
to abide by the joint commit-
tee’s recommendation and send a
bill to both chambers.
2. Senator Tobey (R-N. H.),
chairman of the Senate banking
committee, told a reporter he fa-
vors ‘‘very strongly” an extension
of controls over use of tin and
certain other scarce commodities.
Tese and import restrictions cov-
ering such products as fats and
oil are due to expire Feb. 29. Mr.
Truman asked yesterday that they
be continued to prevent “con-
fusion at home and abroad.”
The latest chapter of the squab-
ble between Taft and the admin-
istration over why prices are
high got started last Thursday
when Anderson talked about grain
exports at a news conference.
In a letter to Taft yesterday,
the secretary said he made no def-
nite announcement that the gov-
ernment plans to buy additional
50,000,000 bushels of wheat.
Taft said over the weekend that
advance announcement of gov-
ernment purchase plans was an fit-
tempt to raise prices at a time
the market was skidding.
The Ohioan also said:
administration, which talks about
bringing prices down, is afraid
they actually will come down.”
Anderson replied he made no
statement that the government is
planning to buy an additional 50,-
000,000 bushels of wheat “and I
made no other statement to which
you could have been referring.”
A meeting of the Titus County
Agricultural Workers Associa-
tion will be held at the high
school work shop here Thursday
evening, according to N. A. Mat-
tingly, group president.
In making the announcement,
Mattingly said that the program
would be devoted to discussions
on pasture and meadow seeding
to lespedeza and kudzu in the
county. Different phases of the
work will be outlined by Ted
Calvert of the Soil Conservattion
Service who will be the principal
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of the outbreak of . violence in
southern Korea. An U. N. commis-
sion in Korea asked the little as-
sembly for instructions after Rus-
sia refused to allow the U. N.
group in the northern sector.
4. Russia charged in the econ-
omic and social council that Brit-
ish and American capital are
fighting a grave struggle for su-
premacy in Latin America. Both
the U. S. and Britain delegates
promptly denied the accusation.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (ZP)—
The Justice Department today an-
nounced the arrest for deporta-
tion of John Williamson, labor
secretary of the Communist narly
in the United States.
A department official described
Williamson as “the most import-
ant figure in the Communist parly
against whom the Justice Depart-
ment has taken action thus far.”
The department said William-
son, a member of the Communist
party’s national committee, “has
beer, posing as an American citi-
zen for many years, whereas he
is an alien ”
FBI records showed he was
born in Scotland 45 years ago.
Immigration service officials
and FBI agents took Williamson
into custody thi' morning as he
was leaving his home in New
York City.
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East Texas—Considerable
cloudiness and warmer to-
night. Wednesday cloudy and
warmer. Rain in w est and ex-
treme south portions tonight.
The exceptionally bad weather
that existed here since the open-
ing of the current campaign to
raise money for the March of
Dimes, scheduled to close on the
first of the month, has resulted
in the campaign being extended
through next Saturday. Collec-
tion boxes will remain in the
business houses until that date
and public co-operation is urged.
The public is again reminded
that half of the funds taken in
by the drive will remain upon
deposit in local banks for as-
sistance to persons in the county
who may become afflicted with
polio or other forms of paralysis.
Latest contributions to the
campaign were announced by
Superintendent Ray D. Brown,
who reported conections from
the various schools, as follows:
West Ward $31.79; East Ward
$27.21; Junior High $30.08; High
School $17.78 and Booker 1.
Washington $8.75, all which add
up to a total of $115.61.
Other U. N. developments:
1. The Palestine Commission
agreed unanimously on the neces-
sity. for using military force to
partition the Holy Tjind The
decision was written into a special
report to the security council
which was near completion.
2. Topping the council calendar
for today was consideration of a
monthly report from the Pales-
tine Commission.
3. The U. N. was considering
moving up the meeting of the lit-
tion here to call for an indefinite tie assembly from Feb. 24 in view
adjournment.
The spokesman added there was
a possibility that Indian Delegate
N. Gopalaswami Ayyanger would
return to New Delhi with the en-
tire delegation, thus delaying the
case indefinitely.
A Pakistan spokesman said his
government was opposed to such
a delay, declaring that the case
open on Monday, Febru-1 was an urgent one. Pakistan was
ary 21, when some concerns will I reported ready to accept general-
obseite Washington’s bir<bday.*ly the McNaughton compromise.
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tion to yesterday’s livestock de-
clines.
Cotton was’ down as much as
$9.95 a bale, only five cents be-
low the daily allowable limit.
Heavy liquidation in corn
forced that grain down the daily
8c limit in all deliveries at the
Chicago board of trade today.
The selling in corn spilled over
into other pits, and the May and
July delivery of wheat dropped
the 10c daily limit.
May and July oats declined the
daily limit of 6c and May soy-
beans were also off the daily
limit of 8c. Lard was weak, the
delivery declining the
Russians Claim Secret Files
Prove U. S., British Began War
MOSCOW, Feb. 10 (ZP)—The
Russians promised today to pub-
lish secret German documents
which they said would prove their
charges that the western allies
paved the way for World War II.
The Soviet information bureau
stated last night that the United
States, Britain and France had, in
their relations with Germany, pro-
vided Hitler with the strength to
launch the second world war.
The Russians sa'd it was done
by “a golden rain of American
dollars” and by French and Brit-
ish diplomacy.
The Russian statement was in
reply to the U. S. State Depart-
ment’s publication Jan. 21 of 260
documents captured from the
Nazis dealing with Russian-Ger-
man relations prior to World War
Two. :
(The documents were published
with the sanction of Secretary of
State George C. Marshall. They
said Germany and Russia agreed
to divide Poland between them.
(The documents also said the
Soviet Union agreed with Hitler
that the United States and Britain
should be kept out of Europe,
Asis^ and Africa.)
Russia said its charges were sup-
ported by “important documents
which were captured by Soviet
troops during the smash-up of
Hitlerite Germany.”
The information bureau charg-
ed:
1. A “golden rain of American
dollars fertilized heavy industry
for Hitler Germany and in partic-
ular her war industry.”
2. “It was the billions of Am-
erican dollars invested by over-
seas monopolies in the war econ-
omy of Hitler Germany that re-
established Germany’s war poten-
tial and placed into the hands of
the Hitler regime the weapons it
needed f°r aggression.”
3. In 1934 Britain and France
maneuvered a non-aggression pact
between Germany and Poland archive materials.
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BANKS TO CLOSE THURSDAY
Both Mt. Pleasant banks will
be (Josed Thursday in observance
of Lincoln’s birthday, but will
remln open on Monday, Febru-1
ary 2i, when some concerns will I
nlicoii «-» Work in rtitnn't’ Ki vAVl/4 q v •
which was instrumental “in the
preparation of German aggres-
sion.”
The statement asserted that
American financial aid to a beaten
Germany after World War I en-
abled the former reich quickly to
re-establish a powerful war in-
dustry. :
The Soviet statement dwelt at
length on the U. S. State Depart-
ment’s publication of Nazi docu-
ments. :
“In order to justify in some way
before world public opinion the
unilatral publication of this col-
lection of unverified and arbitari-
ly p'cked-out record by a Hitlerite
official,” the statement said, “the
British and American press fabri-
cated and circulated an explana-,
tion according to which the Rus-
sians rejected a proposal of the
west to publish jointly the full ac-
count of Nazi diplomacy.”
The Russians said publication of
the documents by the U. S. was
done without “careful, objective
verification” and “could only lead
to a worsening of relations be-
tween the members states of the
anti-Hitlerite coalition.”
■’The statement of Anglo-Am-
erican circles does not correspond
to fact/’ the statement declared.
The Russians aserted that in
1946 the western allies agreed to
publish material of the German
foreign office for 1918-1945 which
was seized in Germany by Brit-
ish and American authorities.
“Noteworthy is the fact,” the
statement said, “that the publish-
ed collection contains only ma-
terials relating to the period 1939-
1945 while materials relating to
the preceding years, and in par-
ticular to the Munich period, have
not been included by the State
Department and have been con-
cealed from the world opinion.”
The statement denied the allega-
tions that the Russian government
had refused to participate in pre-
paring the publication of German
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BERLIN, Feb. 0 (ZP)—Pamphlet
reprints of “Speaking Frankly,”
the memoirs of James F. Byrnes,
former U. S. Secretary of State,
were confiscated by communist
authorities at Eberswalde, in the
Russian zone, the British-licens-
ed newspaper “Telegraf” said to-
BRB day.
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BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Feb.
0 (A1)—Marshal Tito, Premier of
Yugoslavia says anyone >who at-
tacks neighboring Albania will
have to deal with Yugoslavia.
In an address before a meeting
of workers Sunday, Tito describ-
ed Albania as a “hard nut to
crack” since “we have an alliance
with her and obligations to pro-
tect her freedom.”
He said Yugoslavia will not at-
tack Trieste, and that leaders of
is country were thinking now not
only of budding up Yugoslavia,
but “how to strengthen its defens-'
ive power so no provocative force
can harm us.”
Tito described as slanderous,
reports which he said described
Yugoslavia a mixing in Greek af-
fairs and of making plans to at-
tack Albania.
Tito charged Greek “monarcho-
fascists,” with causing provoca-
tions on the Albanian-Bulgarian-
Yugoslav borders, declaring that
most were anti-Albanian and at
least dnti-Yugoslav.
His remarks followed a long
discussion on the advantages of
socialism in “new Yugsolavia”
over the old capitalistic system in
which he said there will be dif-
ficulties in the coming year.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10 (ZP)—Sen-
ator Taft (R-O.) said today the
United States can’t afford to “give
away” so much to Europe that
price controls will be needed
again at home.
Taft came here to begin a mid-
winter hunt in six midwestern
states for GOP Presidential nomi-
nation support.
Accompanied by Mrs. Taft he
w:.l in-.’.de Minnesota Thursday
for a major sfieih on the home
grounds of Haro’d E. Stassen. The
former Minnesota governor has
challenged Taft to p battle over
Ohio delega’fs to tie Republican
national nvent'en.
Tn an address prepared for a
meeting rf the !n’a< d Daily Press
Association today, the Ohio Sen-
ator declared that individual
freedom at home must be “the ul-
timate purpose of any foreign
policy.”
Taft, who iias called for a cut in
the $6,800,000,000 proposed Pres-
ident Truman program for the
first fifteen months of the Euro-
pean recovery progrem, added:
“We should not be actuated
by purely alt'uisiio desire to im-
prove the condition of a lot of oth-
er people ’• r e failed for
centuries to ci:. the job for them-
selves.”
The ('hioan srid this country
wants peace ai.d freedom through-
out the .V'«rt, rv.i “i* is certainly
not wir'.h-.v) ih.- to adopt a for-
eign policy «n ftiii’ensome on our
poor’e that it w !1 c'r.ctroy at home
the very freedom we are trying
to protect.'
Tail 'rdii -i .*. the -ew deal the-
ory that a higher standard of liv-
ing can be {uiduced by “govern-
ment haa-liuu.'
March
daily $2.00 limit.
The liquidation in grains was
confirmed to the Chicago
of trade. Reports
Anderson Answers Charges By
lafl On Keeping Prices High
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 <ZP)— administration was frying to keep
The cry of “politics” echoed on
both sides today in the election
yip price feud between Presi-
Truman and Senator Taft
(R-Ohio).
The latest jab came from Sec-
retary of Agriculture Anderson.
Anderson said Taft, a candidate
for the Republican Presidential
nomination, acted for “political
reasons” when he declared the
New officers and directors were
elected at the meeting of the Ro-
tary Club Tuesday, much earlier
than usual, so that they can at-
tend district conference. They
will take over their duties on July
Those elected were as follows:
George Stone, president.
A. D. Petty, vice president.
Marvin Chipman, secretary.
A. G. Daniel, treasurer.
H. L. O’Briant sergeant-at-arms
Rhea Cromwell, corporal-at-
arms.
Hubert Hightower, Cortez Boat-
ner, Arlin Earhart, J. O. Sinclair,
Rual Perkins and W. T. Simms,
directors.
The program consisted of a talk
on the Marshall Plan by Robert
Colley, high school senior, who
told ho a Secretary of State
George C. Marshall conceived the
idea after a visit to Europe. A
similar plan to prevent future
wars was offered at the end of
Worl<j War I, said the speaker,
but it failed because of action of
American isolationists, but the
people of the United States have
changed their opinions and it now
seems Congress will approve aid
to Europe, on a short-term basis
at least.
Russia is trying to block Eu-
ropean recovery, he stated, and
stayed away from the meeting
: that was called to start the plan,
i This interference is working
1 against us in every way and a
world crisis is now on. Every-
body should give study to what is
going on over- the world, in order
to be able to votte intelligently at
the next election, stated Colley.
Visitors were Walter Johnson
of the Dallas club, Temple Ingram
•of the Gilmer club, R. M. White of
the Clarksville club, W. L. Wil-
son of Longview, Dr. Barberee
of Texarkana and Rex Jennings.
Dr. E. L. Fender was introduced
as a new member.
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DUNCAN, Okla., Feb. 10 (ZP)—
“The worst killing in the history
of Stephens County” today spur-
i red officers on the hunt for a
three-cornered murder weapon.
They believe some special ins-
trument was used to batter in the
head of a 26-year-old Indian wait-
ress, Helen Beavers.
• Her body, partly stripped, was
found yesterday, stuffed in the
trunk of an automobile unused
since Christmas.
County Attorney Hegel Branch,
-who called it the county’s worst
killing, said her head was beaten
to a pulp by thirteen blows, any
one of them fatal.
At the same time, Branch con-
tinued questioning three men ar-
rested shortly after the discovery.
Tw o of them were in a party she
young woman left in the night of
Jan. 22 to keep a midnight date
with another man. She was not
seen again alive.
The find was made by R. C.
Gentry, owner of the car. He left ‘
Duncan for hospital care in Ok-
lahoma City at Chr’stmas and did
not return to drive his car until
Sunday, when he noticed an un-
usual weight dragging down the
back of the machine he investi-
gated.
Commodity Prices
Drop In Number Markets
;------------------<» NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (ZP) —
Cotton and grain led a new and
fast retreat on the price front
today.
Grocery stores and wholesale
markets gave wide recognition to
the tumbling prices as the break
became general, pulling stock
market prices down $1 to $3 a
share.
Prices on the wholesale meat
market at Chicago were down as
much as $4 a hundred pounds to-
day in an unusually quick reac-
JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 10 (ZP)—
Mississippi legislators, beating the
drum of revolt, have called for
a grass-root uprising against the
Democratic high command.
By such action the legislators
hope to drive home their oppo-
sition to “anti-southern” legisla-
tive proposals.
Within hours of a memorial
service yesterday to the late Sen-
ator Theodore G. Bilbo, loud ex-
ponent of white supremacy, the
House of Representatives urged
an early meeting df southern
Democrats.
The resolution by the House
was directed by Gov. Fielding L.
Wright and now goes to the Sen-
ate. I-
In the resolution the represen-
tatives scored the “dilatory” tac-
tics of a majority of southern gov-
ernors attending a cenference in
Tallahassee, Fla., last weekend.
The governors voted to delay for
40 days any action on a resolution
introduced by Gov. Wright call-
ing for a convention of southern
-<mrDemocrats.
’ - House Speaker Walter Sillers
said it was possible the people
might repudiate their governors
on the issue.
The legislators have classed as
“anti-southern” legislation, the
proposed established of a perma-
nent fair employment practices
• commission, an anti-segregation
law and an anti-lynch law.
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AMARILLO, Tex., Feb. 10 (ZP)
—Two Oklahomans were killed
and five other persons were in-
jured in an automobile collision
early today on Highway U. S. 66,
fourteen mile^ east of here.
The dead are Joe Mattick Ro-
ark, 24, and Mrs. Flossie Marie
Beach, 18, both of Checotah, Okla.
The injured were George L.
Beach,- 27, of Checotah, husband
of ‘ the dead woman; Dayton L.
Dollins, 33, Checotah; Nelson L.
Holly, 26, and his brother, Richard
L. Holly, 28, both of Bakersfield,
Calif., and Howard K. Lynch of
Conway, Tex.
Lynch (was driving alone. All
the other persons were occupants
of the second car.
The injured were in a hospital
at Groom, Tex. Bodies of the
deaj were taken to a funeral
home there.
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board of trade. Reports from
Minneapolis said that May wheat
was off the daily limit there and
Kansas City reported May Corn
had suffered the permissible de-
cline.
Brokers said there was noth-
ing to which they could attribute
the weakness in grains other than
lack of confidence, and that yes-
terday’s advance was largely the
result of short covering.
In Chicago price breaks of as
I much as $4.00 a hundred pounds
in yesterday’s livestock trade
suddenly hit the wholesale mar-
ket today.
Normally there is a lag of at
least several days between rises
and falls in the two segments of
meat marketing.
The Department Agriculture
reported the “entire list” of
fresh and smoked pork was down
$3.00 a hundred pounds today and
some smoked ham sales were off
$4.00. Steer and heifer beef lost
50c to $1.50, cow beef 50c, and
veal, $1.00.
Lamb, on the other hand,
mained virtually unchanged.
Trade observers said that only
the severest cutback overnight in
fresh supplies of cattle, hogs and
sheep, saved livestock marketing
from another crash such as oc-
curred in the week’s initial ses-
sion. Today’s prices, consequent-
ly, held virtually steady with the
lowest levels reached yesterday.
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