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64TH YEAR
state. National Commit-
party
teeman Jack Pori er has asked
to
file on Republican tickets.
Chairman
Democratic
Wall ice Savage of Dallas says
can’t legally
io it
2
2
controversial Texas cross
Both
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of
have attacked
was
day
circumstances
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like
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who re-
in Mineola. State Rep.
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matters this
ture
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hat
tley
icted t
as to
Others think he may retire
old acquaint-
a 20-year political career
he would have
hers think
too l ard a time
again
many believe, if Shivers
bility
choosesrto retire:
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most
t
fered
cash
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HOUSTON, Jan-
Peters said Dave
had been
t
car broadside
The truck hit the
buildir g damaged
when the two
an inch.
trucks
collided in July.
Truman Says He Never Called
19, and Lin-
Mite tell died on.
his 19th birth-
Southern Electric.
an "S.O.B."
The petition d
res that the
FORT WORTH,
American
Oct. 24 to Dec. 9, 1953 at an oil
much
to
speech
er
in the pri-
o the Reds. He is
organizations, made it
of his name.
White may oppose
the gc vernorship.
cross- fi led on the
helped
The
Repi
did i
poll
cross-
iul
not refer to an;
IN COOKE COUNTY
will ma ke cross-filing an issue if
he and
they are in
t cover HB
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he
Makes Appearance Here,
Postal Officials to Check
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at the seat
Lyndon B.
two firemen
29 when two
crack
ator
from
ances
ammunition for a blast at
administration's new farm
in a race for
endorsed the
and ki iocked it into the Southern
Electric Supply Co., the same
s a milestone in
of religious life
were
were
Should one or the other fronts "
hit the state, cooler weather for
East Texas and South Central
Texas seemed certain for Satur-
day. The weather bureau said it
that he had never been a mem-
ber of the Communist party.
Democi ats-for-Eisenhower move-
ment i i 1952, alloWed his name
the adv
locally.
P ballot, and
for the Re
the
pro-
TOWN—
—TOPICS
By A. MORTON SMITH
g in 1952-
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■h made it obvious
om Wichita Falls
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men were killed last night when
a fire truck and an automobile
collided at the same downtown
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his party, then he should sever
his connections with that party,”
and planned to
their home at Io
Misuraca said
swearing that
given secret in-
said White.
“But under no circumstances
should he use his conflicting
opinions as an excuse to betray
his party. " [
“And that is the most damning
The “red herring" incident oc-
curred at a Truman news con-
ference on Aug. 5, 1948. It was
little of any
who accepted
candid te for governor he has
previov sly hinted he might be.
Whit ?, speaking before a meet-
Taft of the Taft-Hartley Labor
law, says Texans may well "be-
ware" of what he said were Red
efforts to infiltrate Texas labor
unions.
‘ “To the people of Port Arthur
and other communities in Texas,”
he said, “I say beware.”
“Beware,” he continued.
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was put to Truman:
__________ • you think
the Capitol Hill spy hearings
are a good thing or do you
think they are a red herring to
his state of the union message
yesterday that 2,200 persons
have been discharged under his
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Well Service Firm
Files Suit Against
Three Oklahomans
'Three Oklahomans are named
as defendants in a suit for a $2,-
469 debt filed here today in 16th
District court by a Gainesville
firm.
Defendants in the action are
Walter H. Gant of Ardmore and
John S. Batson and Robert W.
Mott of Marietta.
The suit was filed by J. B.
Barnes and E. T. Barnes doing
husiness as Barnes Brothers Well
service.
Three Killed as
fire Truck, Auto
Crash in Houston
son. the Washington columnist
Truman once called
ther side was giving
The Reds demanded Thursday
cross
State
was possible the norther might
veer eastward before enterin
Texas. •’
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of fetid
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Sen. Byrd to
Fight Hike in
Debt Limit
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8(P)-
Democratic leader Lyndon B.
Johnson of Texas said today
senate Democrats—who outnum-
ber Republicans by one - will ex-
ference before, during the
sion of the 80th congress, asked
me if the action of the un-
WEATHER FORECAST
Tonight and Saturday, IN
ly cloudy; turning colder
night; colder Saturday.
he said. 81 . ;
"Let no one gojaway thinking
we are going to emasculate Taft-
Hartley,” he declared. “For 6%
years, this law has suffered be-
cause it has been administered by
those unfriendly to it. But in
spite of this it is basically sound.”
I never made any statement that
there was a red herring al-
though the Republicans when
power always try
M mistakes by.
Truman replied:
"The facts in the case
that in a press conference
morning, some young man
had never been at a press
, that Alger Hiss, a
ate department offi-
cial. swore before the house un-
activities committee
er, farmer Charles Misuraca,
leave today for
iwa Park, Tex.
I hei would “take
on that day
former Stat
ly after his escape from the state
reformatory at Granite, Okla.,
July 4. j
I The stocky; 1180-pound Daven-
port readily admitted his iden-
to represent labor*’ i
Hartley spoke before the Texas
Industrial conference here and
emphasized later in an interview
that his remarks were not direct-
ed at the Oil Workers Interna-
tional CIO union. It is- one of the
most active labor groups on the
Gulf Coast.
Both Allies and Reds cite the
truce document as support—but
their interpretations vary.
The repatriation commission
cancelled a meeting set for Fri-
day afternoon to consider Al-
lied and Red answers to a re-
quest for guidance.
The answers showed that nei-
down here masquerading as labor
leaders, but whocome really to
use your workers as pawns in the
international Communist conspir
acy. 5» i ।
“I know a couple of them. They
were investigated by my commit-
tee in 1948, and they are not here
The dead:
Frank Catino, 65, acting fire
fused GOP nomination in the
election of 1952.
- of his first ad-
, will be known
beginning l_ -
Hiss was convicted later on
charges of falsely
he had new
formation t
now serving a five-year prison
separated or resigned or
denied employment "be-
cause they were security risks.”
President Eisenhower said in
particularly
light in a speech in Fort
Wort h.
divert attention from the anti-
inflation program?"
Truman replied that he agreed
.with the latter view.
Afterwards, Truman was asked
whether he might be quoted di-
rectly.
The unofficial transcript gives
this as Truman’ reply: "Yes,
you can quote me . . . They are
using this as a red herring to
keep from doing what they
ought tokdo."
Veteran Washington report-
ers said the “red herring” ques-
tion was put to Truman in 1948
by Harold Stacy, a reporter for
the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
They said they could not recall
that Stacy ever asked any other
questions at a news conference.
Questioned by Pearson about
the loyalty program under his
administration, Truman said
490 persons were dismissed on
loyalty grounds and some 6,400
By CLAYTON HICKERSON
Associated Press Staff
With barely a week of Janu-
ary gone, Texas politics already
had come a-burning into the
New Year
It was plain as a politician’s
nose that county politics, state
and national politics, soon would
be hotter than a two • dollar
cook stove.
Out in Motley, cpunty, where
the grass is short and political
interest high, eight citizens an-
nounced for public office this
week. It was the largest num-
ber of candidates ever to au-
• thorize announcements in the
Matador Tribune so early.
Sweeten Running Again
. In Henderson county, Sheriff
Jess Sweeten said he owed it to
the citizenry to run again for
the office he's held almost ever
since they called him “the boy
sheriff back in the 1930‘s.
Whit e‘s s]
the req heat
FAIRFIELD, Calif., Jan. 8 (P)
- Chester Lee Davenport, south-
western cattle rustler, escape
ist and one of theFRI‘s 10 n
wanted men, was in jail here to-
day after nearly six months pi
“behaving like A very normal
citizen.”
The 31-year-old Wichita Falls,
Tex., fugitive wassurprised by a
posse yesterday as he milked a
cow at a dairy at nearby Dixon.
He had worked there since short-
Confidence Game Davenport Taken
r Prisoner As He
Worked on a Farm
“holing up in this small com
munity, behaving like a very nor-
mal citizen.”
Davenport was discovered, he
said, by Dr. R. J. Cobble, a Dixon
veterinarian who saw a picture
of Davenport in the Vallejo
News-Chronicle and recognized it
as “Floyd B. Tucker,” the name
the fugitive used. >
Davenport’s wife, Ruth, an ex-
public officials should be re-
quired to take an oath of politi-
cal integrity..:
White said the Republican
party—"hamstrung I . '
as ancient as Noah’s Ark — is
American activities committee
WASHINGTON, Jan.S (P) —
Former President Harry Tru-
man, defending his efforts to
combat Communist subversion,
said today he never used the
words “red herring,” to describe
congressional spy hunts.
Truman’s! statement was made
in a film for television showing,
an interview with Drew Pear-
The former solan predit______
any changes in the Taft-Hartl-g
.law during this session of cofi
gress would be minor.
He said he felt changes wopl
be appropriate in the provision
requiring labor leaders to sign
non-Communist affidavits. “We
made a mistake when we didn’t
require employers i to sign, too,”
politi cians who cross-file. White
biting Thurs-
Cooler Weather
In Prospect for
Texas Late Today
By The Associated Press
» Cooler weather for Texas was
indicated Friday afternoon as
two weather fronts—both bear-
ing cooler temperatures — crept
slowly toward the state.
One was headed toward Texas
from the west, the other from the
north, Nebraska and Kansas.
Another is Rep. Lloyd Bentsen,
Jr., of McAllen who says he will
not be a candidate for re-elec-
tion to congress. Like Shivers
once said, he says he wants to
rear his children in Texas, not
Washington.
Rep. Sam Rayburn, the Bon-
ham veteran of more than 40
years in congress, and Senator
Johnson, meanwhile, were carry-
well drilled in Sherrhan.
If the alleged debt is not paid
within 30 days, the plaintiffs ask
that they receive an additional
$750 for attorneys fees incurred
in the court action.
The Sherman law firm of
Freels, Elliott and Nall is repre-
senting Barnes Brothers in the
suit."-ssni
Shivers should become
its.
attacking somebody or some in-
stitution.”
Pearson interposed: "So you
never even used the words, Ted
herring.’- That was the word
used by the reporter and you
said that it might be that con-
gress was trying to cover up
something.”
Truman replied: "That’s right.
That’s correct. The press con-
ference itself will show that.”
An unofficial transcript of the
wood <). Slaydon, 1! 1, both natives
of Pie yune. Miss.
tity.
He was to be arraigned late
today in San Francisco on fugi-
tive charges. U.S. Commissioner
Adelia McCabe at Sacramento de-
clined to reopen her office last
night for arraignment of "such a
pipsqueak.”
, Dixon Police Chief
didat e of state 1 evel
sentence. .
Pearson asked Truman in the
interview: "There has been a
lot of talk about you saying
that the Alger Hiss indictment
was a red herring. What is the
fact on that?” -
No Names
agriculture commissioner
state official who refused
a last-minute
of U.S. Sen-
l weather report on clas-
ad page.
captain and fire department em-
ploye 15 years.
Edward Mitchell,
to Mexico City to make the neces-
sary arrangements. The address
of a “trusted ?
Got. Shivers,
posals—due Monday.
As reaction rolled in on the
president’s 7,000 word state of
the union message — which he
delivered in 54 minutes .yester-
day in a .house chamber so
jammed that some senators
complained they had to stand--
controversies flared up over
several issues.
Beside the farm and debt lim-
it proposals, lawmakers voiced
sharp differences of opinion
over tax revisions, heavier reli-
ance on atomic weapons, a plan
to take citizenship away from
those convicted of conspiring
hereafter to overthrow the gov-
ernment by force, and a pro-
posed constitutional amendment
to permit 18-year-olds to vote.
This added up to a major seg-
ment of a program that some
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their fate for 30 days. The con-
ference is far from a begin-
Lester ning; even talks to set it up are
he - bogged down.
through a plate glass window at
Cerihs. 'Their bodies
for governor. Lieut. Gov.
Ben ! Ramsey is s t i] 1 a good possi
counteracting
anti-third term sentiment to run
Jphnson, the
senate’s Democratic leader.
ing the ball for the national Dem-
ocratic party in congress. They
lead their party in their respec-
tive chambers of the capitol,? those carpetbaggerswho. come
U.S. Spy Hunts 'Red Herrings'
By HERB ALTSCHULL
_ ______ visiting in
Washington on Jexas Agricul-
week, contin-
Texas Political Pot Is
Boiling Early Th is Year
“Con servative Democrats”
politics, but old acquaint-
scoff at the idea of his
lure • f the lucrative reward of-
.— 1 by the swindler.
Foilr residents of the city
' — —irted recdiving air mail
•om Mexico City, hold-
ercise a “veto” power on in-
dividual items of President Ei-
senhower’s over - all legislative
program
And Sen. Byrd (D-Va), who
gave indirect support to the
president in the 1952 political
campaign, said he will try to
stamp the first congressional
veto on Eisenhower’s request
for an increase in the 275 bil-
lion dollar debt limit. The presi-
dent renewed it when he out-
lined his program yesterday to
congress.
While Republican leader Know-
land of California was urging
bipartisan support for what he
called the president’s “sound
and forward-looking program,”
Democrats were gathering their
carry Te:
ublicans.
friend” of the “pris-
oner” is given in the Mexican
capitol city.
Reporting such letters here are
H. S. Wilde, 801 North Commerce
street; Joe Biffle, 223 East Ten-
nie street; Roy Albert, Sr., 619
North Taylor street; and Ervin
McKee, who now resides in the
Dye community.
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pectant mother, and her 3%-year-
old son, Walter, spent the night
at the home of Davenport’s em-
An ancient confidence game
has n ade its appearance in
Gainesville in recent days, but
local authorities doubt that any
one h ere has suc< umbed to the
shou d he use his conflicting
opini )ns as an ex euse to betray
HE in said he would be just
prominent citizens including the
mayor, the city marshal, and
many others who were convinced
that the revival meeting had done
much to improve the spiritual
life of the community.
No such a meeting could again
be held in Gainesville by reason ____ _____
of the fact that there would nev white may op
er again be so many prospective '
church members to be converted.
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“When a man cannot reconcile
his personal beliefs with those of
ing of Tarrant County Democrat-
ic part?’ < C ’ ‘ '
plain le thought
public official
frantically ssektngotoxgain# toot
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charge that can be made against
some of our public officials dur-
ing the year of 1952.”
"The voting citizen has the
privilege of accepting or refus-
ing party principles and policies
when he goes to the polls.” said
White. “He can vote for any man
he feels will best serve ‘the in-
mon;
fight
Outside Gainesville)
Traffic deaths to date in 1954.. 0
Traffic deaths same date, 1953. . 0
Traffic injuries to date in 1454.. 0
° Traffic injuries tame date, lf$3.. 0
depending on Democratic dishar-
to help : tl lem in their
to make Tei as a real two-
“Excuse For Betrayal”
“B it under no cirou
ONE WOULD GET the idea
that Gainesville’s reputation as a
church town got started at that
time. For hundreds of prominent
business men including bankers,
store owners, professional peo-
ple and others were among those
converted who had joined the
churches.
And in later years when this
writer began to know the peo-
ple of the community, we find
these same, converts the leaders
in the various churches of the
city.
IN ANOTHER COLUMN was
a series of testimonials from
ance to the writer, who pur-
portedly is being held in a Mex-
ican prison on a bankruptcy
conviction.
Sheriff O. E. Whisnand, who
terms the swindle attempts as
“one of the, oldest confidence
games known in this country”
advises anyone receiving such
a letter to disregard it and
throw it into the wastebasket.
Local postal authorities, how-
ever, have Indicated interest in
the letters and plan to report
them to the International Post-
al union for possible punitive
action against the sender if he
can be apprehended.
In former years, similar confi-
dence letters usually listed the
writer as being held prisoner in
Spain, and throughout the years
American citizens have been
mulched of thousands of dollars
by the swindle. .
The letters state that the “pris-
oner” has $450,000 in United
States currency hidden in a secret
compartment of a trunk, which
is now deposited in a customs
house in this country. He offers
to give one-third of the money to
the person In return for assist-
ance in paying off his bankruptcy
debts?
Those recriving the letters are
told that they must be completely
discrete in the matter and come
-
filing law may become a main
issue in any state race. Both
Whit? and Hinson
T. Hinson said he was a candi-
date for lieutenant governor.
He’s the first of what may be
a long list. He’s against any-
thing, just about, that Gov. Al-
lan Shivers is for and has ac-
cused the governor of practic-
ing false economy
Speaker of the House Reuben
Senterfitt of San Saba, a Shiv-
ers friend, says he is a candi-
date for governor. If he is, he’ll
probably be opposed by either
Agriculture Commissioner John
C. White, red-headed Democrat-
ic loyalist, or Austin attorney
Ralph Yarborough, maybe both.
A factional fight between sup-
porters of Yarborough and
White’s friends may develop in
Democratic circles.
Republicans, meanwhile, are
intersection where
were killed July !
fire tr ucks collided,
Jan. 8 (P)—
Agricu ture Commissioner John
C. Wh te wants tc know, “how
ued to keep observers guessing
his intentions. Some think
cross-fii
Gov. i
129 Deathless Days
IN GAINESVILLE
Keep the green light burning-
don’t cause the red light to burn
for you.
Traffic deaths to date in 1454.. 0
Traffic deeths same date, 1453.. 0
Traffic injuries to date in 1454.. I
Traffic injuries same date, 1453.. 0
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terest of the country. That is the
American way,
‘Should take Oath’
“But there is something wrong
when the public official selected
by the people refutes those poli-
cies for which he was elected to
uphold and turns over his leader-
ship to the opposition.
"The voting public need not be
bound by a loyalty oath, my
friends. Instead, some of our
Davenport back tomorrow if he
was put on parole right now. If
that man was given a break, I
think he’d make something of
himself. He saved $700 out of his
pay of $250 a month and talked
about going into the dairy busi-
ness for himself.” 1 •
John C.. White Wants to Know How Long
Texans to Let GOPs Win by Cross-Filing
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S nerestpthnebiehcaicy-tbythewemserVice company from
"The best preservative I know
of is the oil of public opinion as
it is expressed at the polls.
“I know the people of Texas
will reaffirm its faith in the
Democratic party!! ‘
maries of 1954.”
that the prisoners be kept in
custody under Indian troops un-
til the conference meets and
also that explanations to woo
POWs home be extended until
it has completed 90 actual days
of interviews. The 90-day period
set by the armistice ended Dec.
23. The Reds conducted inter-
views on 10 of the 90 days.
Gen. John E. Hull, U. N. com-
mander, Friday revealed a se-
cret note he sent the commis-
sion declaring the Allied com-
mand is "firm” in its demands
for release.
His letter, dated Jan. 6, was
in answer to a secret’memoran-
dum sent to both sides Jan 2
by Indian Lt. Gen. K. S. Thi-
mayya, commission chairman.
Hull said:
1. The U. N. command cannot
consider “a reopening or con-
tinuance” of explanations.
2. The attitude of Communist
diplomats at Panmunjom “made
it extremely improbable” that
a Korean peace conference will
convene before Jan. 22.
3. Convening of the peace par-
ley—as mentioned in the armi-
stice—was “only a recommenda-
tion” of the Allied and Red
military commanders and “has
no determining relationship” to
the POW question. The Allies
see “no justification" for dis-
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4 IN COOKE COUNTY isaidoit’mightte.not "one an
“And thas where it started
______ onger will we let the Re-
publics ns ride us piggy-back
victory on a cross-f led ballot?”
He asked the question in a
speech here last nght in which
he talk ed more and more like the
news conference shows that this
question 1
“Mr. President, do
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Both Mitchell and Slaydon
were hurled from the automobile
COME MONTHS AGO in Hunt
B county, LOCKETT ADAIR, a
Presbyterian minister, passed
away and referenee was made in
this column to the effect that Mr.
Adair conducted a revival meet-
ing early in the 20th century in
Gainesville, and made a very fav-
orable impression on the popu-
lace.
Thereafter for several weeks,
local citizens contributed addi-
tional facts about the Adair re
vival meeting indicating that a
great many local people had a
part in the k evangelistic cam-
paign.
But we did not realize until
this week just what an impact
on the community was made by
i the minister.
MRS. A. C. ANDERSON, 702
South Grand, brought to this
desk a copy of The Dally Hes-
perian of Dec. 5, 1911, an entire
four-page section being devoted
to the results of the meeting
which had just closed.
PICTURED ON PAGE one was
Adair with several local minis-
ters including Revs. J. A. Old,
John V. McCall, E. C. Mobley,
W. EL Neill and R. L. Irving.
On another page, Adair was
pictured with Joe Boozer, Fay
Jones, Sam King, Jim Whaley,
Wood St on um, Felix Johnson,
E. D. White, Jim Beattie, and
George Ball. all prominent busi-
ness men of that period.
The main news story said that
571 persons were converted dur-
ing the revival meeting and 333
had already united with the
church of their choice among
- half a dozen which participated
in the meeting.
There followed a list of the 571
persons, along with the churches
which those who had affiliated
•hemselves with local congrega-
tions, had joined.
dress this year,______________
not only as the beginning of the
West but also “as the place
where, in 1954, the: movement be-
gan toward the revival of the
Democratic party in our great
State of Texas.
“In recent years, the party ban-
ner has been converted into a
blanket that covers a number of
strange bedfellows,” he said. I
• white said he strongly sus
pects that a large. number” of
these bedfellows “are actually
Republicans without ‘the courage
to openly assert their political
convictions.”
. Cross - filing in Texas i s a
blessing for Republicans and a
. _____curse* for the Democrats. Ifwe
by principles allow this brand of political lech-
h‛e Axk—ie ery to exist in ourt-
doomed to an era „
where the GOP has a four-vote
majority in the House, barely an
even split in (the 96-member Sen-
ate. *
Thursday both seemed confi-
dent of the upsurge of Demo-
cratic strength.
As many members of the Tex-
as delegation, notably Reps. Bob
Poage of Waco and Ralph Pat-
man of Texarkana, criticized
President Eisenhower’s State of
the Union message as "outdeal-
ing the New Deal,” Rayburn and
Johnson joined in.
Johnson reminded the embat-
tled Republicans that Senate
Democrats held a “veto” power
over items of the GOP program
and said he was “impressed by
his statement! that a nation’s for-
eign policy program have been
successful.”
Raybum, who answered ques
tioning newsmen with a
“hmmph!” two days earlier after
attending a White House confer-
ence, said there “were few, if
any” specific recommendations
on major subjects in the presi-
dent’s speech. \
From Matador and Athens to
Washington, It looked like a year
for all-out political action.
Patrolman Recovers
Stolen Automobile
And Arrests Driver t
‘ An automobile stolen Thursday
afternoon in Ardmore. Okla., was
recovered in short order near
Gainesville and its driver placed
under arrest by Highway Patrol-
man Bin Gardner. ‘
Gardner was cruising on high-
way 77 near the south end of the
Red river bridge about 3:40 p. m.
when he received a police broad-
cast from Gainesville reporting
the stolen vehicle. Some five
minutes later when the car
crossed into Texas, the highway +
partolman fell in behind it and
forced the driver t oa halt a short
distance up the road. ri
The driver of the vehicle gave
his name as Johnnie Sarrett and
listed a Plainview address. He
said he is a former Oklahoma res-
ident now employed as a butcher
in the West Texas city. i
Sarrett refused to waive extra-
dition to Oklahoma and local of- i
ficers indicated that he will be
turned over to federal author
8
he 1 night take
___White in the cross-filing
matter. White was the bnly can-
cussing the disposition of these
prisoners “with any agency.”
4. Responsibility of the Indian
forces for holding the prisoners
ends at one minute after mid-
night, Jan. 23. The prisoners
then become civilians After
Feb. 21, the repatriation com-
mission “will be dissolved and
presence of Indian troops in the
demilitarized zone will no long-
er be authorized or required.’"
The armistice terms set 90
days for interviews to be fol-
lowed by 30 for the political
conference to discuss the pris-
oners’ fate. If it reached no de-
cision. the remaining prisoners
were to be freed as civilians.
Meanwhile, in the wind-swept
stockades, anti-Red prisoners re-
fused to come out for a man-by-
mart headcount by Indian
troops. An Indian spokesman
said only force could have
brought them out.
A headcount Dec. 31 resulted
in 135 Chinese returning to Red
rule and blew up a major dis-
pute between the Indians, Com-
munists, Allies and South Ko-
reans.
The Reds and the South Ko-
reans opposed it and the South
Korean opposition was so hot
the 8th army commander, Gen.
Maxwell Taylor, warned the
ROK government not to inter-
fere.
By WILLIAM C BARNARD
SEOUL Jan. 8 (P) — The Ko-
rean Repatriation commission,
caught in the middle of an Al-
lied-Red brawl, today faced what
may be the most critical prob-
lem of its existence: What to do
with some 22,000 unrepatriated
war prisoners Jan. 23.
The commission has two
weeks until that day of decision
when the allies insist the POWs
be released under armistice
terms.
No matter which course it
chooses — freedom or further
captivity for the prisoners—the
answer means protests and pos-
sible violence.
The Reds insist that the pris-
oners be kept in their neutral
zone compounds until a Korean
peace conference talks over
Shivers, whom
THAT GRIN AGAIN—President Eisenhower has a big smile, on the rostrum to address the
joint session of congress Thursday with his State of jhe Union message. Seated behind him
in the House are Vice President Nixon, left, and House Speaker Martin.- (AP Wirephoto)
What to Do With 22,000 Prisoners of
War Jan. 23 Is Commission Dilemma
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Gainesville had a noon tem-
perature of 62 degrees today
after a low last night of 49 and
a high yesterday of 72. The ba-
rometer was falling at 29.88.
Colder and cloudy weather is in
prospect tonight and tomorrow.
Winds which kicked up some J
dust in West Texas localities
Thursday had subsided some Fri-
day morning. Temperatures re- i
mained comparatively mild just
before dawn with no point in the
state reporting freezing levels.
The range was from 33 at Salt
Flat to 60 at Brownsville.
High cloudiness covered the
eastern half of the state. From
El Paso to west of Abilene skies
were clear.
Scattered showers or thunder-
showers were in the Saturday
forecast for East Texas and
South Central Texas.
Expensive Advice 1
WILBER, Neb. (U.P.) — Mrs.
Don Minne asked Sheriff John
Tesar how to find her two miss-
ing dogs, and he suggested she
enlist the aid of kids by offer-
ing a soda as a reward. In a
short while 20 boys rounded up
the strays, each claiming to
have spotted the dogs first. The
only solution was buying 20
sodas.
have repol
letter: fro
ing «ut the offer of a huge
____? iplit with the recipient of
the le tter in return for assist- :
GAINESVILLE. COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1954
VenasTenasSays Demos to Use Veto
ori - Power on I ke s Program
gressman Fred A. Hartley, Jr., 1 - --1 — 1— 1 1 - i l- li l l . • - ""
co-author with the late Robert A.
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Asks Party Revival
White said he hoped Fort
Worth, the scene of * ‘ ‘ *
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