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DENTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 29, 1955
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12 Polio Cases
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HERE SATURDAY
Is Arrested
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“about a 100" burglaries over Tex-
additional cass on which reports
Krum Lions
DOMESTIC HELP
TAX COMES DUE
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Services Set For
"This warehouse,"
said Cuth-
starting
day at 2 p.m in the first Presby: of the First Presbyterian Church
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metery.
to anyone
a local hospital at 1:s0 om. He
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Casad said today.
This time last
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Justin Bandit
Gets 20 Years
In a special tabulation, the serv-
ice listed 11 cases in which chi-
Third Suspect
In Krum Theft
FCDA Plans
Medical Center
County School
Heads Set Meet
Special to the Record-Chronicie
KRUM - A total of 40 entries
AND THATS
THE BEST
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40 Entries
Exhibited in
Harris said others interested in
the future of county schools are
urged to attend. Harris said today
that out of county-wide meetings
such as these will come school
policies in Austin for the next sev-
eral years.
- NATIONALISTS HIT
RED ARTILLERY
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year: 6.29 it
year; 4.53 in
turning home from a Boy Scout
meeting. The fleeing car was being
chased from where officers tried
to stop it near the Piggly Wiggly
grocery store here.
buildings for their new role in civil
defense."
The go-ahead signal was given
rh-
as on the basis of confessions the
two men have made.
The two being held in Cass Coun-
ty are Roy Tyler and John W.
Kemp.
is being held in the Dallas County
Jail.
The two men originally charged
with the crime are still being held
in Cass County where they were
arrested. Sheriff Barnes said that
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The Denton County Sheriff's De
partment Thursday arrested the
third man to be implicated in the
burglary of the Cole Feed Mill in
Krum almost two months ago.
Sheriff Wylie Barnes said this
morning the man was picked up in
Dallas after the two men already
charged with the crime named him
as an accomplice. «
Assistant County Attorney W.
Denton; Since Nov. 16, 1916. Goen Fu
He was born in Dickson, Tenn. jot arrangei
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Grandey. 59. died-Thursday in Mrs. Neal Wilson of Irving; six
across-the-board increase amount
ing to $1.12 weekly in wages now
averaging 127.30. Management has
offered 76 cents.
EVENTS
A Streamlined Report
Of Important News
ly two hours. The study will touch
on such subjects as “School Dis-
trict Adequacy” and “Changes in
Pupil Population."
The meeting must have two rep-
resentatives from each district in
the county: the head teacher and
to operate. The GSA is
immediately to ready the
ation a cease-fire and possibly
an eventual settlement of the
whole Formosa problem.
V.S. CONSIDERS
FORMOSA RASE :
WASHINGTON u_The Unitea
States is considering establishing
an American base on Formosa un-
der its treaty guarantee to defend
against any Communist attack.
Youth Workers
. Meet Tonight
The Denton Youth Development
Committee will meet in the Den-
ton City Hall at 7:15 p.m. tonight
to hear reports of action com-
mittees and research committees.
Rev. Gordon Casad, president
* of the Youth Development Coun-
cil, is urging all parents in Den-
„ ton County to attend the meeting
and support the activities in com-
bating juvenile delinquency—be-
fore it starts.
Committees tonight are schedul-
ed to report on their progress to-
ward securing a probation officer
for the county.
Other groups are to map out
recreational needs here for young
fi‘ .t
had been ill since January.
Grandey owned and operated the
Shaw Studio, one of the oldest in
Barecky and Britton have been
released from Flow Memorial Hos-
pital They were Larry Barecky
and James Murrell.
charges ofqb
against Clifton
youth.
“Membership is open
interested in the work being done "
er all of the affected youngsters
bad contracted the disease before
receiving the shots. Most sickened
leu than a week after the shots,
although polio normally takes 19
to 14 days to develop after ex-
posure.
The investigation involves labor-
atory tests among other things,
and there was no indication how
ADENAVER. PINAY
WORK ON DETAILS
BONN, Germany w_West Ger
man Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
and French Foreign Minister An-
toine Pinay sat down together to-
day tor work out details of the
French-German pact on the indus-
trial Saarland. If they fail to agree.
West German rearmament could
be delayed still more.
To head off demonstrations sup-
porting Germany's claim to thee
border territory, Adenauer's gov-
ernment reinforced police in the
capital and banned public proces-
sions.
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available.
Ir" Georgia a 6-year-old boy de-
veloped bulbar polio four days
after he received a shot of vaccine
prepared by Eli Lilly A Co. of
Indianapolis
Dr. J W. Murphy of the Georgia
State Health Department said the
See POLIO, Page 2
, The base plan is part of a series
of arrangements being developed
by the State Department “ *
Department.......
which would be factors in negoti-
The total thus included 12 in
California, two in Idaho including
one fatality, and one each in Chi-
cago. Denver and Columbus, Ga.
AU except the Georgia child had
received inoculations with vaccine
prepared by the Cutter Labora-
tories of Berkeley, Calif. AU un-
used supplies issued by that comp-
any have been withdrawn.
A "very exhaustive investiga-
tion" is now under way to deter-
mine whether the Cutter vaccine
TAIPEI, Formosa ( — Chinese
Nationalist warships have shelled
the Chinese mainland near the
Matsu Islands and destroyed a
considerable number of artillery
positions, navy headquarters
claimed today.
The navy said the warships--
number and nature not disclosed-
poured more than 100 shells into
artiUery positions in the vcinity
of the Huangchi peninsula, 10 miles
north of the main island of Matsu
on Thursday. It said all ships hit
their targets, started fires and re
turned safely.
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day for three huge Port Neches,
Tex., ‘
GOVERNMENT ENDS
RVBBER RISINESS
WASHINGTON un_The govern-
ment took $81,595,072.75 in cash to-
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Department, Defense
and White Ho u a e
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TYLER, Tex. w - George Doug-
las Lafoon, 25, today was sentenc-
ed to 20 years in prison, tor the
March 26 robbery of the Justin
State Bank.
Lafoon pleaded guilty to a two-
count charge. He told Judy Joo
Sheehy he was pieading. guaty t
avoid a possible habitual eriminel
O.P. Grandey, 59
In Viet Nam Strife
French. The
Special to the Record-Chronicle
KRUM — Weldon Cole has been
elected president of the Krum
Lions Club, succeeding Jack Buck-
ley. Cole accepted the gavel from
the 1954-55 leader at the club’s
luncheon meeting this week.
Other new officers include B. T.
Brown, first vice president; E. E.
McKinney, second vice president;
A. H. Knox, third vice president;
F. W. Fowler, tail twister; W. R.
<BUD -Ginnings, secretary-treasur-
er, and John W. Cox, Lion tamer.
Buckley and R H. Ericson were
elected as new directors
Members of the nominating com-
mittee were John Morris, R. C.
Cole and W. W. Davis.
Final plans were made for the
Lions-sponsored trip to the Clinton
Harbers farm in Fayette County
Saturday. A busload of Krum Fu-
ture Farmers of America is sched-
uled to leave early Saturday morn-
ing, accompanied by their advisor,
George Peek, and followed by sev-
eral automobiles carrying chib
members.
'' As many as four cars may leave
from Krum. in addition to the bus-
load of FFA members. Buckley
and Peek had charge of arrange-
ments for the trip to the outstand-
ing conservation farm, located
about 175 miles from Krum in
South-Central Texas.
Entertainment at the Wednesday
meeting of the Lions was furnished
by Cecelia Knox, who sang and
played the piano. The Invocation
was given by the Rev. R. E. Ta-
tum, pastor of the. Plainview Bap-
tist Church.
BOY SAVES FATHER’S LIFE '
Richard Hendrix, 11-year-old Boy Scout, talks with his father in a hospital in Ball-
win, Mo. Hendrix gives his son credit for saving his life. The boy turned off the
ignition of an out-of-control tractor a moment before it would have crushed the
father’s chest, after he had become trapped between a tractor and the trailer it
was pulling. The youngster dragged his father from beneath the tractor and trailer
and allied a tourniquet to his badly bleeding arm before leaving to summon help.
SnA
Bao Dai, who lives on the French
Riviera, summoned Diem to con-
fer with him there by Tuesday,
This was regarded as virtual dis-
missal for Diem. Bao Dai also or-
_
Just plain spring weather —
with do trimmings, no accents, '
and no violence — greeted Tex-
ans today.
Skies were partly cloudy.
There was a little fog at Pala-
cios and Houston. Tempera-
tures were mild. And there had
been no rain since midnight.
Early morning thermometer
readings ranged from 47 at
Amarillo to 68 at Dallas and 76
at Brownsville.
Forecasts indicated little
change into the weekend.
. ernment if he should be absent.
“For the same reason, the trans-
fer of the functions of chief of staff
to Gen. Nguyen Van Vy would be
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G6IUC1OUS to UM nation. i ne CaDl
. _ plants and thereby
substantially completed the sale of
its synthetic rubber industry to
private enterprise.
- The collision occurred Monday polio
on East McKinney Street at a rail- Health
road crossing. The youths were re-
The transfer, at the offices of
the Rubber Producing Facilities
Disposal Commission, completed a
week-long series of contract-sign-
ing covering 24 plants from New
England to California.
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RAILWAY STRIKE
LOOMS IN BRITAIN
LONDON M_Britain still faces
the first deadline for something
like a million of Uncle Sam's new
tax collectors — the householders
who pay a domestic helper an
average of *4 a week or more.
The new social security law that
went into effect Jan. 1 qualified
domestic help for social security
if they make 850 a quarter, or
more, from any one employer.
That figures out to about 84 a
ploye’s cash wages.
2. Add another 2 per cent from k
your own pocket. (If you prefer,I j
you may pay the entire 4 per ceni, |
deducting none from your em- E
ploye's wages.) ,
3. Get from your local internal |
revenue or social security office a I
form — which is an envelope — I
called “Employer’s Quarterly Tax I
Return for Household Employes.” I
You fill this in and mail it with |
the 4 per cent tax to your district I
See TAX. Page 2 |
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WEATHER
Three Occupants
Of Other Qu*
Still In Jail
Two of four Denton youths, vic-
tims of a collision Monday night
with an ex-convict, were.reported
to be improved today over their
previous “critical" condition.
Sixteen-year-old Tony Barecky
was reported to be out of his <
gen tent this morning and _
“fair” condition. He had surgery
immediately following the accident
to remove a ruptured spleen.
BRITTON FAIR
Ronnie Britton, who suffered
multiple lacerations and severe leg
fractures, is reported to be in
“fair” condition also.
One of the four persons in the
ex-convict's car Monday night has
been released from jail. Frank
Carmichael, 22, was released from
city jail late Thursday.
Three other persons, including
Billy Short, remain in custody in
the Denton County jail. One of the
three, Johnie Jo Counts, is sched-
uled for transfer today to Garden
City, Texas, where he is wanted
for burglary and jail breaking. The
third person still confined is
Counts’ wife, Doris.
CHARGES FILED
The driver of the car, who was
trying to escape from a pursuing
J- 117 for the nation in the compar-
• able week last year. Such reports
are made weekly.
study to the State Board of Educa-
tion.
The district recommendations
will influence the State Board of
Education’s policies and recom-
mendations to the state legislature.
Saturday morning's study here
will be conducted by a special
committee Fcomposed. of Harris,
Supt. J. K. DeLay of Lewisville,
and Supt. Ben D. Smith of Ponder.
"French colonialists" of ordering
Bao Dal to destroy the National
army. The generals' statement was
in a proclamation released by
Diem’s office. They were Nguyen
Thanh Phuong and Trinh Minh
The of the Cao Dai and Nguyen
Giao Ngo of the Hoa Hao. •
All have integrated their treops
into Diem’s Nationalist army and
have army commissions. They rep-
resent some 35,000 tough fighting
men. *
The Premier issued his victory
statement as the national army an-
nounced its shock troops had driv-
en Binh Xuyen forces from the
Van Cam Theater, the last major
rebel stronghold guarding the ap-
proaches to the society’s headqar-
ters outside Cho Lon.
Diem appealed to the free world
for aid in maintaining South Viet
1,000 Killed Or Wounded
As Fighting Continues Nj
SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) — Premier Ngo Dinh
Diem claimed victory in bloody civil strife today and defied
the authority of Chief of State Bao Dai to remove him.
Diem’s American-backed government, in the second day
of a showdown battle with the Binh Xuyen society, said
the Premier was “indispensable” to the country. Despite
the victory claim, fighting which had caused casualties of
perhaps 1,009 killed or wounded continued in the area be-
tween Saigon and its Chinese suburb of Cho Lon. One
clash flared only four blocks from the U.S. Embassy. Fires
raging the past 24 hours'made thousands of persons home-
the project following Monday's in-
' sped ion of defunct Camp Swift by
rotner Wende™ chel. palm c i ! "m ““ cncageyataa camhps
Cal 2 ndelI1,,Sam,, and OD. picked because of its relatively
Grandey, all of Fort Worth: Cletus safe location in the event of an
pE Dallas and John of Denton, enemy attack, and “because it
Goen Funeral Home is in charge won't cost the taxpayersranything
_ mets. I for Os to operate it."
terian Church,-U.S.A, here with U.S.A. and was a member of the
the Rev. John Karvin officiating.) Denton Kiwanis Club for 12 years.
Burial will be in the IOOF Ce- Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
-BOY PREFERS CIGARS ns
• Earl Eugene Welton, at 3 1/2, spends one dollar a
week for cigars. He holds his dog in his arm as he
puffs on one while talking to a reporter at his home
in Bethalto, Ill. His mother, Mrs. Earl E. Welton,
realizes now that she made a mistake in teaching him
• to imoke more than a year ago “as a stunt.” Mrs.
Welton says she was advised by family physician the
smoking habit would not hurt the youngster. (AP
Wirephoto)
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Representatives and administra-
tori from each of Denton County’s
12 school districts have been called
to meet Saturday at 8 a.m. in the
Denton High School for what
County Superintendent H. O. Har-
ris has termed the “most im-
portant meeting called since I
nave been superintendent.”
The representatives will study a
report on Texas schools compiled
by the Texas Research League for
the State Board of Education.
After the study, county repre-
sentatives will be allowed to write
their opinions of the study and its
implications. These reports will be
brought together with reports from
other counties in this school dis-
trict in a June meeting.
The district will then make its
recommendations on the research
Ohehpssspretentathe.school board
K. Baldridge said today that
charge.
■ Um Justin baak was r
82 525 Something tea $1,1
on Lafoon when he was
al Pueblo Coto, was tur
to a bank representative I
trial today.
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I Nam’s independence.
| The withdrawing rebel forces
I blew up s bridge across the Chi-
I nese Arroyo — a canal between
I .Saigon proper and Cho Lon—ond
| then spread out along the banks
| of the arroyo. The rebel headquar-
J ters was reported in flames from
I army artillery.
dered military authority trans-
soon conclusive results might be ferred from Gen. Le Van Ty. who
- ■ - as army chief of staff is directing
Diem Claims V ictor
unt r-he " • * ..t . , t . • 4 , , -a 1 -o"ele • ■
Funeral services for O. P. Gran- of Jan. 13, 1896. He had lived bertson, "will be approximately
dey. owner are operator of Shaw 8 in Texas about 40 years, most of twice the size of the one located at
Studio and a Denton photograph- that time in Denton. 1A- Lake Charles, La., which we will
er for 38 years, will be held Satur-. Grandey was an active member- continue to
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the war against the Binh Xuyen,
to Gen. Nguyen Van Vy, a French-
supported general opposed to
Diem..
Diem’s Cabinet bssued a commu-
nique saying:
“There are no competent per-
sons who might replace the Pre-
mier in the direction of the gov-
The government said its shock troops had blasted the
last of the Binh Xuyen from their lone remaining strong -
r* hdd guarding approaches to
the sodety’s headquarters in
Cho Lon. The building was
reported ablaze from Nation-
alist artiUery.
Harris said today he expected 1
the program to take approximate- -
"ecnosaatemnNfg
IIm
.... were shown in the annual project
' | vaccine had contracted shaw of the Krum Future Farmers
the California State of America Chapter, Wednesday.
Department recorded six onEast Main Street.,
_______i —____i.i ____; Championship awards were pre-
had not yet reached Washington, sented as follows:
“ fl..... Dairy division. Garland Holley;
beef cattie, Gerald Copp; swine
(champion gilt), Bob Hagemann;
h,0sean.ns
was in any way at fault,, or wheth-
WASHINGTON in—Tomorrow is make the social security payments.
baby sitter is qualified.
Here is what the law requires
the householder to do:
1. Deduct 2 per cent of the em- 47
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Fire Destroys
Davis9 Barn
Fire destroyed a barn on the
Sam Davis farm west of Denton
on Highway 24 about 11 a. m
Thursday, Denton firemen reported
today.
Firemen here said burning trash
might have been the cause of the
fire and the owners of the barn.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Nall, told fire-
men the barn was not insured.
Fire Chief Tom Robinson said
today the burned bam contained
about “two or three tons" of hay.
NO. 231
mtlmmukini
Charles D. Cuthbertson, regional 1
supply officer of the five-state area
of Federal Civil Defense Adminis- ।
tration, located in Denton, an-
nounced today that FCDA and ■
General Services Administration -
have given approval for the es- 1
tablishment of a warehouse for 1
stockpiling ten-million dollars worth
of medical supplies at Camp
Swift near Bastrop.
The supplies, to be used by the ,
five-state area of Texas, Okla-
homa. Louisiana, Arkansas and :
New Mexico, will begin to arrive
in the now deactivated army camp
about the first of June and will
occupy 100,000 square feet of floor -
space in nine large shop buildings
which are to be used, said Cuth-
bertson, rent-free by GSA, which
will operate the warehouse for
FCDA.
By LEE GARRETT
WASHINGTON ulCalifornia’s
postinoculation outbreak of polio
stood at 12 cases today, raising
to 17 the number of treated U.S.
children known to have contracted
the disease.
But Surgeon General Leonard
Scheele, who heads the U. S. Pub-
lic Health Service, reiterated his
confidence in tbs Salk polio vac-
cine and added:
"There is nothing unusual about
the polio picture across the nation.
It follows very closely to the five-
Without reference to the vaccine,
the health service said it had re-
ports at 106 new polio cases in
47 Mates last week, compared with
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sheep (champion ewe), Bob Hage-
mann; reserve champion, Hage-
mann; champion buck. Calvin
Johnson; best pen of ewe and lamb.
Calvin Johnson.
Other awards were made as fol-
tows:
Beef division: red ribbons went
to Gerald Copp. Bobby Parkey
and Neal Schluter; white ribbon to
Jack Cofer.
Dairy division: blue ribbons to
Garland Holley; red ribbon to Bob
by Parkey and Stanley Caddell.
Swine division, blue ribbons to
Bob Hagemann and Willie Hag-
gard; red ribbons to Hagemann
and Pat Miller.
Sheep division ewes, blue rib-
bons to Holley and Hagemann. who
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the threat of a nationwide railway
strike at midnight Sunday.
All day negotiations between the
Ministry of Labor and the Asso-
ciated Society of Locomotive En-
gineers and Firemen failed yester-
day to produce any agreement to
prevent a stoppage of the govern. n 1 m IT 1
ment.wpedrairoads-ng « Cole 10 Head
loe engineers and Irernen,
000 strong, are demanding an
net has thus unanimously" decided
that both Gen. Ty and Vy will
remain in their present functions
(Vy to inspector general and Ty
chief of staff.) . .
“At the same time it instructs
the Premier to expose the actual
state of affairs to the chief of
Mate at once."
In Paris, the French govern-
ment, which has been seeking
Diem's replacement for some time,
apparently was supporting Bao Dai
in his efforts to get Diem out. Pre-
mier Edgar Faure told a news con-
ference it was evident Diem's gov-
ernment was no longer equal to its
tasks.
There wss no indication Bao Dai
would return to Viet Nam. He has
not set foot on Vietnamese soil tor
more than a year.
Three high ranking generals of
the Cao Dai and Hos Hao religious
sects vowed not to recognise Gn.
Vy as military chief. They de-
scribed him as a tool of the
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people while another committee is
to make a’ full report on teea-
agent and automobiles in Denton
\ County.
The Youth Development Com-
mittee was founded last sum-
mer to intercept juvenile problems (
and provide better atmosphere for ।
teenagers in this county. (
Members of the committee in
elude church and school workers, .
parents, police, and local officiuis
interested in improving local
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and the first one is due no later
than tomorrow.
Payments are due for any help
around the house who earned as
much as 850 during January, Feb-
ruary and March, including a baby
sitter, maid, handyman, laundress,
cook, housekeeper, gardener, jani-
tor. furnaceman, governess, valet,
butler, chauffeur or other help.
The law puts the entire responsi-
bility for making the social secur-
ity tax payment for a domestic on
the householder employer. It
makes no difference if the domes-
tic does not want to join up in
social security. Nor does age make
any difference — the teen-age
DENTON AND VICINITY Partly
cloudy and warm this afternoon,
tonight and Saturday Widely
scattered showers or thunder-
' showers late Saturday or Satur-
day night............ ...—
TEMPERATURES
(Experiment Station Report) -
High Thursday ............ 83
Low today ...................
High year ago .......... 84
Low year ago ...............
Sun sets today at 7:09 p.m.,
rises at 5; 44 am. Fishing wi be
poor, i 1
Denton County rainfall so far
this month: 1.83 inches. So far this
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