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Brownwood Bulletin
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To Give Te The
COMMUNITY CREST
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1955
TEN PAGES TODAY
VOL. 55 NO. 291
. Jury Selection
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FUNERAL HERE
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Grover C. Beaver, 70, Found
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Relief Rushed To
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Stricken Tampico
Julius P. Lockridge,
Mullin Rancher, Dies
After Brief Illness
Up To 1,006 in Texas
AUSTIN —UP— A November
draft call for 1.006 Texans, almost
twice the October quota of 534,
was announced Tuesday by state
selective service headquarters.
irt Peron. As the his*
it the poldletans had
Not too long ago the column ran
a picture of a huge elephant ear
had jailed him. Rather, the histor-
ians say it was the hesitation at
that critical moment of the leaders
of the old-time political partles in
sition up to the one he had when
he died.
Charles G. Hawkins, Waco
Bank Vice-President, Dies
WACO. Tex. —UP— Charles O.
Hawkins. Si-year-old vice presi-
dent of the First National Bank
of Waco, died of a heart attack at
his home Tuesday.
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ist that, or perhaps even
the best offered by that
Portamomth, Va, is drenched with a prelude to
Monday. Local militar, and businees eatabllebme
1400
done
torials aaa l
agreed on
would have
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The gunboat, which had been un-
dergoing repairs in Buenos Aires,
was expected to sail momentarily.
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BROWNWOOD ELEPHANT EAR—Mrs. Calvin J. Thompsom, 1400
Vine, answers the “Believe It Or Not” claim for a fecerd-eine
California “elephant ear” with this Texas-size 38x26M-Ineh produet
that was grown in her backyard.—Bulletin Photo)
LOCAL PRODUCT BELIEVED LARGER THAN
ELEPHANT EAR IN “BELIEVE IT OR NOT
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Goldthwaite is in charge of ar-
rangements.
He began with the bank as a
boy of 18
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J. W. MILAM
big Panuco ___________
tides from the Gulf of Mexico were
a "vast sea of rusty water corn
ering tens of thousands of acres."
Mexican air force pilots reported
---*-----* flooded by the
and five - foot
But the anticipated worst never
came. Ione. after churning around
off Norfolk most of the night, eat
off almost due east toward the
wide open spaces of the Atlantic.
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failed to agree — reluctanty de-
cided to —
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a president, the army
put down the deecamle-
few hours.
The generals waited on the
ticians — and when the polit
Mr. Beaver, a resident of Lake
Brownwood, was visiting in the
nearby house when he found some
shotgun shells and decided to go
dove hunting. He told friends
he planned to walk to the big
tree and sit down to wait for
doves to fly over.
Occupants of the house heard a
single shot about 3:15 but were
not alarmed because of the number
Zephyr, and two grandchildren.
Roy Wilkins Funeral Home of
A.WEATHER FORECAsr
BROWNWOOD AREA: Partly cloudy
with little change in temperatures
through Wednesday; widely scattered
thundershowers. Temperature range
from 70 to 94.
Maximum Monday 93, low last night
TO Sunset today 6:36, sunrise Wednes-
day 6:23.
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS —
Partly cloudy Tuesday night and
Wednesday with widely scattered
mostly afternoon and evening thun-
dershowers. No important temper-
ature changes.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS -
Partly cloudy Tuesday night and
Wednesday with scattered showers
and thundershowers. Not much
temperature change.
WEST TEXAS — Partly cloudy
Tuesday night and Wednesday with
scattered showers and thunder-
showers. No important tempera-
ture changes.
EAST TEXAS — Partly cloudy
Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Widely scattered mostly afternoon
thundershowers. Not much temper-
ature change.
By LEROY POPE
United Press Forelum Analyst
Like the Roman Caesars, Juan
Peron finally discovered that bread
and circuses aren't enough.
The Argentine dictator has fallen
after nine years of personal rule
because he trusted no one in the
country except the mob of "des-
camisados" or "shirtless ones'* in
Buenos Aires.
Like the Caesars who wooed the
favor of the mob with distributions
of grain and gladiatorial combats,
Peron wooed the Buenos Aires la-
boring classes with wage raises, a
welfare state of sorts and huge
parades and demonstrations.
But his policies inflated the Ar-
gentine currency so fast it ate up
the wage increases. As a result,
although the descamisados were
willing enough to come out and
shout for the president, apparently
they decided when the crisis came
that fighting for him was quite an-
other matter.
Hatorians Don’t agree
Peron — and much of the outside
world — oooms to have been under
the impression all along that ba
owed his power to dredsmiradns
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EACH MONTH SET
The Trades Relations committee
of the Brownwood Chamber of
Commerce voted this morning to
revert back to the original plan
of holding Dollar Days on the
first Monday and Tuesday of each
month.
Value Days have recently been
held on the first business day of
each month.
The proposal was made by a
special sub-committee on Dollar
Days, headed by Sam Waisman.
The committee also voted to
accept an offer by The Bulletin
for extra circulation of papers ad-
vertising the values to be found
in Brownwood stores on those
days.
The problem of parking space
on Dollar Days was discussed, with
a decision being postponed.
Next Dollar Days will be Mon-
day and Tuesday. Oct. 3-4
Armed with a yardstick, she
promptly marched out into her
back yr rd and began measuring
the huge leaves on her elephant
ear plant. One stretched 38 inches
in lengu and 26% inches wide.
Since the California plant’s
width wasn't given, Mrs. Thompson
figured that hers probably topped
it—which is a true Texan’s atti-
tude.
The big plant is growing in her
back yard behind the garage in a
relatively shady spot. The shade
is one thing to which she attributes
the unusual growth, since another
plant growing across the yard is
of more normal proportions.
The champion plant has several
big leaves on it, though, each al-
most as big as the record holder.
It grows in a brick and concrete
planter's box with a mixture of
sand and leaf mold, plus fertilizer,
to provide the proper minerals.
The bulb which produced the
monster leaves was planted last
May and will continue to grow until
frost
It grew about the same size last
year, which means it reached some
eight feet in total heighth with
several out-size leaves.
Mrs. Thompson, who is a member
of the Woodland Heights Garden
Club, reports that the bulb was
about the size of a medium-sized
coconut when she planted it
E Nearing End in
B Negro's Death
MB SUMNER. Miss —UP— Attor-
EM neys expected to complete selec-
tion of a jury Tuesday and begin
• first testimony in the trial of two
• white men charged with the "wolf
ma whistle" murder of a 14-year-old
• Negro boy.
• Two final jurors were to be chos-
• en first on opening of the second
• day of the trial of half - brothers
They said three - fourths of the
stricken city was covered with wat-
er and the floating wreckage of
smashed houses. An estimated 60
per cent "of Tampico suffered
heavy damage.
Low-ying residential areas were
reported completely wiped out."
More than 10,000 retgees were
cramped tn the rooms and corrb
dors sf pubUe buildings and tempo
rary shelters. Lights. water, tato,
phone and telegraph service worn
knocked out. All roads and rails
roads lending out were under sew
oral foot of water.
Pitots said "apparenty" mang
(See HURRICANES* Pawn 89
Tamaulipas State Gov. Horaclo
Teran has requisitloned al ve-
hicles for rescue operations and
all private homes where 15,005
homeless will be homsd during
the emergency.
Whole Regton Pfosfod
Quotas were hiked after the
Navy recently announced it will
ask for 10,000 draftees in No-
vember.
Brig. Gen. Paul L. Wakefield,
state draft chief, said the 1.006
quota for Texas is the state's
share in a national call for 20,000
men—half for the Army and half
for the Navy.
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said "negotiations on pacification'’
have begun.
The 13-man committee declared
the day a holiday and urged the
nation to remain calm.
The Peronists Confederation of
Labor, whose 1,000,000 members
supposedly were the backbone of
Peron’s support, told the workers
maintenance of the public services
and order."
Heme Heavily Guarded
A heavy guard was being main-
tained around Peron’s suburban
Palermo home but his exact
whereabouts were unknown. The
Paraguayan embassy denied re-
ports he had taken refuge there.
An announcement In Santiago,
Chile, that a special transport
plane carrying unidentified per-
sons was expected from Buenos
Aires touched off a flurry of spec-
ulation but at 7 a.m. the plane
still had not arrived.
Lights had blazed nightlong at
the Santigo airfield which was
guarded by police.
The 13-man military committee
announced it was taking over after
Peron’s forced resignation and the
clean sweep at his government
which followed.
Offer to Negotiate
The committee offered to nego-
tiate with the revolutionary lead-
ers "to seek pacification in order
to avoid useless bloodshed among
brothers.”
It also shook up the security
system, naming new heads of fed-
eral police, national gendarmerie
and the coast guard.
Both sides emphasized that boa-
tillties only had been "suspended”
pending the outcome of negotiations
But for the 13-man committee it
seemed an empty gesture. Revolu-
tionary leaders negotiated under
the comfortable safety of their
naval guns which still pointed men-
acingly at Buenos Aires and the
valuable oil installations in nearby
Eva Peron (La Plata). From
throughout the country came re-
ports of former loyalist leaders sur-
rendering to the victorious rebels.
Progress of the negotiations re-
mained secret.
All that was known was that rebel
fleet Adm. Isaac Rojas had mes-
saged Gen. Eduardo Lonardi at
rebel headquarters in Cordoba, sug-
gested that Lonardi join him
aboard the cruiser Argentina “with
the idea of talking to the military
junta,”
At 12:30 a.m. (9:30 p.m. cst) a
motor launch from the Argentina
arrived in the port of Buenos Aires,
presumably bringing Rojas ashore.
There had been no report of Lon-
ardi's arrival.
At 5 a.m., a" terse official an-
nounced said “negotiations on pa-
cification" have begun.
In Cordoba, Gen. Videla Balaguer
commander in chief of rebel forces
in the province, said that all rebel
army chiefs had pledged not to
seek personal advantages from the
revolution and to decline any pos-
sible offer of nomination for the
presidency.
MULEINCJujus P. Lockridge.
56. a rancher for many years in
this area, died Monday afternoon
at his home near Mullin following
a brief illness.
Funeral services were to be held
3 p m. Tuesday afternoon in the
Mullins Baptist Church with Rev.
Dorman Newton officiating. Burial
will be in Mullin's Oakview Ceme-
tery.
Mr. Lockridge was born July
16. 1899, at Gonzales.
Survivors are hs wife, Mrs.
Gracie Lockridge: a daughter,
Mrs. J. G. Huffman of Brady;
two sons. J. Preston Lockridge of
Austin and Dr. W. W. Lockridge,
now with the U. S. Army in Okla-
Begtea to Mintriat Generala
Peron at first repaid the genen-
ala — and the leaser officers -
by loading thorn with medais and
pay raises. But in time he began
to mistrust them — and here again
he acted like the Caesars. Be
moved army brigade and even reg-
mental commanders about con-
stantly. He kept them en the skm-
pleat of rations in the matter at
ammunition and gasoline. Most of
the country’s whose store of muni,
tions was kept in Buenos Aires un-
der Peron's watchha eye.
The military men began to fool
cheated, frustrated and wyrsMsd.
But Perea's akintal maneuvering
made tt hard for them to hatch
hngfssshasnttvaz FIRST MON -TUES
many Negro spectators as COUld | II Wo) | UVUWJUVe | Vim jn
crowd into a segregated area ak-
NORFOLK. Va. —UP— Hurri-
cane lone swept "well out to sea"
Tuesday, and the weather bureau
said the East Coast was out of
danger barring a sudden and
“radical" change of course.
A weather bureau advisory at 10
FIRST 106 PERCENTERS AND TOP EMPLOYE GIVERS—Em-
ployes of West Texas Printing Co. and F. W. Woolworth Co. of
Brownwood are first in two phases of the current Brown County
community Chest-Red Croee campaign. Woolworth employee were
the first to each contribute one-hour-per-month of their pay for
one year. Employes of West Texas Printing Co. have the highest
average gift with 8tt.lt per employe. In above picture. Frank Pope
(left). acting chairman of Employe Gifto Division, recelves employe
gift envelopes from Mrs. Myrtle Rodgers, firm chairman of Wool-
Worth employes, and Horace Allen, firm ehairman for employes at
West Texas Printing. Mr. Pope commented: “I only wish this kind
of giving would become contaqlous. We need that hour’s pay badly
to order to reach our goal of $10,303 for the Employes Divnion sf
the HUU annual campaigu."-(Baltotin Phote).
Scout Work Shows
Rapid Growth Here
Scouting in Brownwood has
grown by leaps and bounds in the
last five years, Carl Arnspiger,
publicity chairman, said today.
The Boy Scouts are one of the
nine organizations and agencies
sharing Community Chest money
that is being collected now.
"We are looking forward to a
record year in 1956." Mr. Arn-
spiger added. "There has been a
10 percent gain in membership
to date this year with a higher
percent expected before the year
ends."
“This healthy growth in Scout-
ing was achieved through the fine
work of many volunteer workers
in churches and other organim-
tions sponsoring Scout units," the
official said.
W C. (Bill) Dunham of 1715 ------------—
October Draft Call
today asked that his prize be turn- i
ed over to the current Community
Chest campaign.
By W. H. MCCALL
BUENOS AIKS -UP- Presi-
dent Juan D. Peron, ousted
successful revolt against his
year rule as dictator. headed for
exile in Paraguay Tuesday. .
The Paraguayan ambassador to
Argentina escorted Peron aboard
the Paraguayan gunboat Paraguay
at 8 a.m. (5 a.m. cst Tuesday).
The former president left to go
Into exile even as leaders of the
revolt negotiated with a 13-man
military committee to restore'
peace to this country.
Paraguayan Ambassador Juan
Chaves accompanied Peron on
board the gunboat. Then he return-
ed ashore in Buenos Aires. He re-
turned to the vessel later with food
and other supplies for Peron's per-
sonal comfort because of lack of
adequate facilities on board.
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a revolt. Nevertheless, they kept o*
trying — especially the admirals.
Their chance eeaae when Peron
----- -rolved to a uses lai ell ng
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Mrs. Mary Jane Boyd
Dies; Funeral Today
Mrs. Mary Jane Boyd. 91. died
in a local rest home Monday at
5 p.m. following a long illness.
Funeral services were to be
held at 2 p.m. this afternoon in
the chapel of Davis-Morris Funeral
Home with Dr. H. H. Hargrove of-
ficiating. Burial will be in Indian
Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Boyd was born July 20.
1864. In Lamar County. She mov-
ed to Brown County while still
a child, and lived in the county
for most of her life. Her hus-
band, W. D. Boyd, died many
years ago.
She was a member of the Cog-
gin Ave Baptist Church.
Surviving are a brother, L J.
McCoy, a sister, Miss Lanora Mc-
Coy. both of Brownwood, and a
number of nieces and nephews.
OVSTED.Fror t his toreed resignatlen, Peesident June Perom
z.izz22
to going tote exile to Famuun—dTele,oto.
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Street, believes she has 1 inches long. Mrs. Thompson
didn’t believe that anything from
the Golden State could be bigger
than its Texas counterpart.
In the first place and could always f---- -
maintain ttwth their support. _____
But sober historians took a du- became involved to a
ferent view. They said that it ‘ “ * ---- “
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wasn’t really the vast demonstra- i
tions at desesmiendos that cans* 1
ed the army leaders to allow Pena :
assume power in 1946 after they 1
I Peron Boards Paraguayan
I Gunboat, Heads For Exile
homa; a sister, Mrs. A. J. Ver- — — ------————
burg of Los Angeles; three bro- about 210 miles east of Norfolk,
there. M. W. Lockridge, Fort and Heading toward the open At-
Worth. H. H. Lockridge of Co- lantic at about 20 miles an hour. It
manche. and W. L Lockridge, said the storm is expected to con-
- ' ..... tinue heading east or east north-
east for the next 12 hours, a course
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of doves flying about
They became alarmed later,
however, when they heard no more
shots and Beaver failed to return
to the house.
Knight found the body between
5 and 5:30 p.m., slumped under
the tree about 100 yards from
the lake road.
Relatives reported that he had
been In ill health for some time
and had appeared despondent
lately.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel
of Davis-Morris Funeral Home
with Herbert Newman, minister
of the Austin Ave. Church of
Christ, officiating. Burial will be
in Eastlawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Beaver was born at Whitney
Sept. 11. 1885. He and Mrs.
Beaver moved to Brownwood
about a year ago after living in
California for four years.
He was a farmer for many years
prior to retiring.
Survivors include the wife. Mrs.
Jessie L Beaver, and a sister,
Mrs. Willie Atkins of Hillsboro.
Mr. Beaver was a member of
the Austin Ave. Church of Christ.
—.s
TAMPICO. Mex. —UP— Gov-
emment trans port planes,
shuttling food and medical bri-
gades from Mexico City, began
swarming in at dawn Tuesday
bringing the first aid to this flood-
ed Gulf port city at 160,000 since
Hurricane Hilda smashed through
Sunday night.
The Red Cross reported 12 per-
sons known dead, most of them
women and children, and said
more than 350 injured have been
treated. An early report that 60
per cent of the city was damaged
has been revised to 96 per cent
that would "carry it well to the
east and south” of Nantucket
Island, Mass.
Conrad P. Mook, meteorologist
in charge of the emergency warn-
ing center in Washington, told re-
porters that it would take a “radi-
cal change of course" within the
next two or three hours for lone
to present any threat whatever to
the East Coast.
Even that theoretical threat
should be erased by late afternoon
if the storm continues on its pres-
ent course, he said.
The weather bureau lowered all
hurricane warnings along the
coast.
Ione had lost much of its punch
before it put out to sea.
But before swerving out to sea
during the night it struck savage-
ly through North Carolina and Vir-
ginia coastal areas, leaving at
least two dead and “tens of mil-
lions of dollars" of damages in its
wake.
For anxious hours, it appeared
that the storm, which packed 100-
mile-an-hour winds as it came
ashore, would continue its destruc-
tive course up the East Coast.
Heavily populated New York and
southern New England were alert-
ed to stand by for a hard blow.
A
Roy Bryant, 24, and J. W. Milam,
38, for murder of young Emmett
TUI of Chicago.
The state charged the men kid-
naped the boy from an uncle he
was visiting at Money, Miss., and
killed him for insulting Bryant’s
24-year-old brunett wife at their
country store. They claimed they
freed TIU unharmed.
16 Jurors arts eted
Ten white jurors, eight of them
farmers, one an insurance man
and one a laborer were chosen
during the opening session in the
jammed trial room of the Talla-
hatchie county court house.
Circuit Judge Curtis M. Swango
excused three veniremen because
of their connections with a *6.000
defense fund raised in this strictly-
segregated farming community.
J. J. Breland, one of five defense
attorneys, asked prospective jurors
whether they would be certain th-
body found bludgeoned, shot and
weighted down in a river was that
at Emmett TUI.
Courtroom Jammed
He also asked whether "the feet
that this case has received such
wide publicity" would influence
them as jurors.
The courtroom was jammed with
Grover Cleveland Beaver. 70.
was found shot to death under a
large live oak tree late Monday
about one-half mile from the
Brownwood city limits on the old
Lake Brownwood road.
A single shotgun blast had
struck him just below the heart.
The body was discovered by Mr.
Beaver’s brother-in-law, J. D.
Knight, who was visiting with
friends in a near-by house. The
tree is some 300 yards from the
house.
A single shot 20-gauge shotgun
was found three to four feet from
the body. One shell had been
fired.
Justice of the Peace T. H. Hart
returned a verdict of suicide this
Police investigate
Burglary, Car Theft
City police officers today are
investigating the burglary of the
Frank Allen Er -ry, 1909 Belle
Plain, and the theft of an auto.
Chief Jack Pike said the burg-
lary occurred sometime Monday
night. The store was entered
through a small rear window after
the burglars failed to break open
the back door. They evidently
left through the window by which
they had entered.
Taken from the store were a
block of cheese, a stick of bologna,
pies, cakes. cookies. several pack-
ages of cigarets, and several old
coins.
Chief Pike said the job appears
to have been done by youths who
are also believed to have taken
a 1949 Mercury sedan which was
stolen from where it was parked
in Park Hemes addition The car
belongs to Melvin Sparks and
beara the Mcense number CN9402.
1 1
aren’t often surpassed.
But, Mrs. Calvin
Fugitive Killer
Surrenders in
Surprise Move
TACOMA, Wash. —UP— Harvey
J. Collins, the convicted Samurai
sword murderer who escaped from
the Pierce county jail here with
six others Sunday night surrender-
ed voluntarily Monday night in a
surprise move.
Collins, a 29-year-old former Fort
Sill. Okla.. Army pilot and admit-
ted killer of three, telephoned the
county sheriff's office from the
home of a friend and said he want-
ed to give himself up "but he
didn’t want any rough stuff.”
County Sheriff Harold Bird and
two detectives apprehended Coffins
shortly after 6 p.m. in the friend's
home.
Three of the convicts were stiu
at large Tuesday.
The seven escaped from the jail
by slugging a jailer and sheriff's
radio operator, then commandeer-
ing the car of a minister's daugh-
ter. Three were recaptured within
10 hours but Collins and three oth-
ers eluded roadblocks and drag-
nets.
Still on the loose were Charlton
Jordan, 21, a Negro convicted of
rape; Clifford Blanchtield, 29. who
was awaiting trial on burglary
charges and Edward Bisig, 24, ac-
cused of forgery.
Police recaptured Buddy Rogers,
18, at his home and Leon Kerr,
19, in a private home six hours aft-
er the escape. Four hours later
Charles Russell, 18. was caught in
a private garage:
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