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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS \
Tuesday Evening, May 14. 1946
Tuesday Evenln
—
Purge Drive Menace Stay in West,
Purge UI NT IU IOCe Help It Grow,’
CIO-Demo Relations Jaycees Urged
1i Stay in the West, young
, get the same kind of help. | and help the country grown given
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Cliffe and some house members are address by Wendell Bedichek,
defeated for renomination. Repub managing editor of The Abilene
licans might replace them next ReporterNews
January. In the case of McKellar, The Jaycees were told by the
the ties of the Ed Crump organiza- speaker that their efforts of recent
tion which supports him are, ex- months that resulted in organiza-
pected to prove too strong to be tion o( similar groups in 16 neigh-
broken by any local CIO attack. ’
Senator Peter Gerry, of
Rhode Island, one of the other
four senate Democrats on the
Atlantic City list took himself
out of the race for reelection
Crude Paragraphs
By BROOKS PEDEN
Meeting of the executive com-
mittee of the West Central Texas
Oil and Gas association to outline
policies for the organization is
to be held Friday, May 17, in the
Laguna hotel at Cisco, Jack B.
Robert of Breckenridge, presi-
man, dent of the association, has an-
• 10-year basis with most leases go-
ing at one dollar per acre and one
By JACK BELL
| WASHINGTON. May 14—(P-
The administration and CIO in-
terests threaten to part political
company in some of the coming
congressional campaigns because
of the purge drive touched by in-
dividual unions against a number
of democratic incumbents.
The reason is simple The ad-
ministration has no enthusiasm for
the idea of politically doubtful
states being swung over into the
Republican column in November
primarily because of any union's
electioneering activities.
boring towns constituted a valu-
able contribution to development
of good will for Abilene.
Abilene is not the largest city
on the Texas & Pacific railway be-
So it seemed likely today
that the Democratic national
committee could be counted on
to marshal substantial support
for those candidates in close
fights who happen to be down
in one labor black book or an-
other.
Indications are that the commit-
tween Fort Worth and El Paso by
***-x esronareacking to at
four senators on a list of
WAR BRIDE STRICKEN AT SEA—Mrs. Marjorie J. Ander- seven Democrats tagged for black
won British bride of George N Anderson. New Albany, Ind. AaMaeec tenstmaMT or # Eo: rot:
with whom she is shown, is in an iron lung rushed to her tical Action committee at last
ship after she was stricken with respiratory paralysis while 1 week’s Atlantic City meeting of
en route to the U. S. (AP Wirephoto).the Amalgamated Clothing Work-
.I returned from Denison where they
Abilenian s Mother
Buried at Denison
: ers union.
I (Chairman Sidney Hillman of
attended funeral services for his the CIO-PAC insists that this purge
mother, Mrs. Etta Lane, the past list represents only the clothing
| Friday I workers' sentiments, and that no
. can similar roster has been prepared by
Mrs. Lane, 72, died in Gilbert, the national organization )
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lane and Ariz., May 5 She previously had hone Democratic lieutenant said
____________________________: made her home for 21 years at that Senators Wheeler of Montana,
Denison. 3 Carville of Nevada, Radcliffe of
-----------------------------eSurivinwon se pare fivecintbet Maryland •“» McKellar of Tenn-
children, Lane ot 010 essee probably can expect active
son. Wayburn, of 854 Pine have
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CHASE AND ME GINNIS.INU
1201 Rose Street
Box 355 Abilene Phone 4588
Ratic
and east lines of the northwest
quarter of section 12 block 12 T&P
survey.
June Oil Needs Set
At 2,050,000 Barrels 2
AUSTIN. May 14 —(P — The
United States Bureau of Mines es-
timates June demand for Texas
crude oil will be 2.050,000 barrels
daily. Railroad Commission Chair-
man Olin Culberson has been ad-
vised by telegram from Washing
A:
dollar rental.
Both Continental and Pure have
done geophysical work in that area.
Several shooting crews are work-
ing in the county, and the area
seems in prospect for considerable
exploration.
Included in the Crown Central
block are sections 24, 26, 27. 28.
38, 39, 40, 41, 47, and 48, all in
H&TC railway survey.
* * 4
Perforation in the Cook lime at
WASHINGTON,
The likelihood of
ing for famine re
future took a sha
with former Pr
counseling against
subject until the
this year's crops,
g Back from a g
hungry nations, 1
thought it too earl
on rationing, becat
the world food pr
better than anticip
sequent lessening
emergency.
The survey repo
brought back with
approval from Pr
and Secretary of J
tan P. Anderson—
fuenced food exp
their conclusion
would keen out o
least for the pre
These experts
not be quoted di
the opinion that
famine relief efl
vest will contin
fined to volunt
servation and g
strictions on gr
3 Hoover spoke 01
ing question at a
after presenting h
Truman yesterday
harvests are in. he
al of supplies an
made to determi
newed rationing
necessary to carr
through until 194
Hoover's statcm
to contentions of
*<an and Anderso
is not necessary
food needs duri
emergency, which
timate, will ceas
about September
Hoover stated 1
voluntary food co
ures, if effectively
sumers, could save
coupon rationing.
The former pre
will go to South
greater relief aid
there, is expecte
more steam be pu
untary wheat an
MEN!
Why feel old at 40
joy youthful plea
added years have 1
vim and vitality,
alruggist and ask f
Many men are obta
results with this 1
McLemore-Ray Drug
gists
ton.
The figure is identical with the
mines forecast of May demand.
The forecast was submitted pre-
paratory to a statewide oil hear
ing set for May 17 here when the
commission will hear evidence on
' which to base its permissive crude
oil production order for June.
nounced. •
Chief policy to be discussed is to
be the WCTO&G stand on a per
manent differential for marginal
production. Other problems for
discussion will be state and fed-
eral taxes, depletion charge offs,
other associations, elevations sur-
vey, secondary recovery, imports,
alienness for oil field theft, coun-
ty tax values, and pipe lines.
Preliminary talks on most of
these items were held when the
association met here for its first
major reorganizational session last
month.
Jake Sandefer of Breckenridge
is th give a report on the recent
joint meeting' in Chicago of the
national industry advisory com-
mittees for crude oil and refiners.
2.621 feet was slated yesterday on
the West Central Drilling Co., et
al No. 1 Murfree, Taylor county
wildcat, after the Gunsight zone
had produced dead cil and water
and been squeezed off.
Operators skipped the Upper
Hope, which produces in the In-
gram field of that area, but plan
ned to come back to it after test
ing the Cook and possibly the Flip
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DANCE
AT THE
AMERICAN LEGION
EVERY THURSDAY
and SATURDAY NITE
8:30 <• 12:00
Music by
DIXIE PLAY BOYS
pin.
last night. accident, said the speaker.
Without elaboration. Gerry an- Those who came here in the
nounced that the expiration of his first days, 65 years ago, as young
term next January will conclude men and built great business in-
his 25 years in congress. I stitutions followed Horace Gree-
The CIO has been lighting Gerry ley's advice. "Go west, young man,
in a state that is strongly organiz-and grow up with the country."
ed, and its backers immediately Those men built a city that is out-
claimed his decision was the re- standing in West Texas. But, pacung a „.— — -----.— 1---- - - — . -
younger men inevitably must pick I acres on a coredrilled structure, south offset to the Ungren and
and carry on to help The block is being assembled on a Frazier No. 1 Scott. Location is 440
accident, said the speaker.
In the Lewis Steffens extension.
Manley Brothers have filed appli-
cation for the No. 1 Joe H. Scott,
a 1.975 foot rotary well two and
In Hassell county, about three
miles west of Haskell and the same
distance southeast of Rule, Crown------
Central Petroleum Corp., is com-It will be an east offset to their
pleting a block of about 5,000 No. 4 C. K. Manley et al. and a
i half miles northwest of Nugent.
I sult .__.__. .
But Gerry . 66, has told friends up the reins and carry on to help The block is being assembled
that he is tired after his four terms the country grow,” said Bedichek. ——...
in the senate and wants to retire He referred to the hotel in McKinney Soldier •
from active politics, which he was speaking as a great CLAL .
Gerry's withdrawal will be felt testimonial to the courage and shot Gt Nuernberg
in the tight little bloc of senate hardihood of a pioneer builder, H. McKINNEY. May 14.—(AP)—T-4
Democrats—mostly southerners — O. Wooten. ,
who fought Presirent Roosevelt's Pointing out the tremendous
feet from the south line and about
880 from the west line of section
4 block 15 T&P survey.
In Shackelford county. Max
m —Eversberg et al is to drill the No.
McKINNEY, May 14-T4 1 w P. Newell, a 1.200 foot cable
Paul R. Skelton, 20. one of twolwildeat fjve and a half miles west
* HENCeE and recently have growth of the Abilene junior American soldiers shot to death in of Albany, 440 feet tram the south
deconntcemRlcar of President Air chamber of commerce. the speak NuernifFioGermament or Rr#: —------------------------
man's espousal of the same sort of er urged its members to exert "the
man's espousal the same tremendous power that lies in you
nF these Senators Bvrd of to lead Abilene to greater develop- ----- .
Two of these. Senators Byrd ofment and growth Don't be afraid persons as they sat in a jeep Both
the job is too big: you’ve got what | had been on assignment with the
it takes if you will use it." Stars and Stripes Army newspa-
"There ’come times in every per. *
town when men who have led are I Skelton is the son of Professor
by the passage of time forced to | and Mrs. B. Frank Skelton of Me
lay down the leadership." Bedi- Kinney. He graduated from Boyd
chek declared "This is such a time high school here in 1943 and at-
ney.
The two were shot by unknown
Virginia and Bilbo of Mississippi,
are on the purge list that Burns
announced. While neither is likely
to ask help from the national com-
lesser probably can cape., acue mittee, observers think that party
Ariz L E. Lane of. Hot Spring assistance if they want it. In the headquarters will carry out faith
N M Mr Mable Peart Henlev case of 23 house members on fully the declaration of National cner oec.areu suns as sucu . ....„., ugu ScAvva acre ... .™ ..
cale C Mere Henlev both of Burns’ list those in districts which l hairman Robert E Hannegan that in Abilene. Abilene stands at one tended the University of Texas one
Denison: 11 grand children and might go Republican probably will it is not joining purge moves. । - 1----* —...—1 c* in its-----—— „„.„;„„ service
11 great grandchildren.....
Leo Lane of Anson, a grandson. A a al |\/ n 1 1
and his wife also attended the Mothndict V InA Ponnia Will
funeral._______enOGIS TOUT IU CODIC Will
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but its practical value was not de- MAA- — 1 MrMAI IFFL Mau
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of the most critical spots in its year before entering service. .
history. Our people have in the The family said burial will be
Play At
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Beautiful Outdoor Dance Floor
Miniature Golf — Archery
Free Picnic Grounds
TODAY WED.
a ITS HERE!
DR. JOE E. BUSBY
CHIROPRACTOR
Spinal X-Ray
4th Floor Mims Bldg.
Phone 5709
Abilene, Texas
4373
SAFETY CAB
Motorists who know
will tell your:
past two decades gone through a at Nuernberg.
depression, struggled to recover Survivors include his parents
and found themselves called ’o and two sisters.
fight a terrible war. The result is
. that we have not been in a posi-
tion to devote our full efforts to
the further building of our city
and our region. The time has come
I when this can and must be done."
“The courage that will lead a
The McMurry college campus class periods, district meetings and group such as this to stick its neck
will be alive with young people business meetings from 9 to noon: | out’ and expose itself and its mem
from all parts of the Northwest staff meetings and interest groups' bers to criticism and questioning
Texas conference May 27-31, when ' ‘ ” 5
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LATEST NEWS
the annual young people s summer
assembly of that conference is
held here.
More than 300 delegates from
the Methodist churches of the con- I
ference will attend Each church'
has been allocated two representa- ’timate of 300, it was
lives, but some churches may send
more than that number if there
are other churches which will not
be represented.
The boys and girls will be housed
in President hall, dormitory for
girls. Hunt hall for boys. Boyce
hall. Gymnasium annex, and in
nearby private homes
from 2:30 to 4: committee meet- of motives is the kind of courage
ings and recreation 4 to 5:45. ous leadership necessary.
Vespers and a recreation program No man evr fought for anything
are planned for each evening. i progressive without meeting with
Young people who live in Abi- opposition and criticism His re-
lene or within driving distance are 1 ward in such efforts is the know:
not included in the attendance es- ledge that he did his best, whether
________..____„ - pointed out. ! entirely successful or not_______
These may attend all classes and, . — ■ ' CL
other sesisons for $4 75. which Dallas Banker shot
includes all charges except those DALLAS. May 14— Roger
for room and board. The fee for B. Maddox, former Dallas banker.
those who will live on the campus was found shot to death at the rear
is $12. The fee for both groups of his home yesterday. Jusaice of
includes banquet and picnic Peace W. L Sterrett returned a
tickets. The banquet is to be verdict of suicide.
held Tuesday evening. May 28, and Maddox recently resigned a po-
beginns canny ........-......e: the picnic Thursday afternoon sition with the National Bank of
the students will follow a fixed May 30. Commerce because of ill health
schedule with breakfast from 7 to • • • ---------------
Beginning early each morning.
8; a morning watch service at 8 30,
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The theme of this year's ses-
sion is To Serve the Present Age
I Fourteen courses are being offer-
ed the students in this session:
The New Testament in the Life
of Today, Vernon Henderson: The
Methodist Youth Fellowship. Irene
| Stewart: Youth and Worship, Jor-
dan Grooms, What it Means to be
a Christian, J. E. Shewbert; The
Work and the District and Sub-
district Youth Organization, Joe
Bell, Nashville. Tenn., The Vaca-
tion Church School, Mrs. Cel D.
I Crosby; The Church and Its Work.
Duane Bruce.
Christianity and Race, Mrs. C.
| R Matthews Stewardship of Life.
I John A. English: Youth and Evan-
gelism. R L. Gilpin, Choosing a
Vocation, C. R Matthews, Enrich-
I ing the Spiritual Life, J. Edmund '
Kirby, Intercultural Relations. O
J. Chooe. A Course in Friendship
and Marriage is to be offered also
and the instructor will be an-
nounced later
Officers and commissioners are:
president. James Carter, Lubbock;
| vice president. D. Orville Strong,
| Abilene, secretary. Doria Sample
Kirby, Abilene, treasurer. Elsie
Burrus. Lubbock: publicity, Juan-
ita Rucker, Abilene: worship and
evangelism. Lillie Hester. Brown-
field. missions and world friend
' ship. Wanda Partain. Sweetwater
community service, Virginia Wood
i all, Weatherford: recreation, Wal
deen Dorris Thompson.
The staff will be: executive sec-
retary. W E. Hamilton: conference
director of youth, Mattie Sue
Howell dean of assembly, Hubert
Bratcher; assistant deans. W A
Appling. A B Cockrell, registrars,
H Noel Bryant. Dewitt Seago;
directors of recreation, C. R.
Matthews, Lloyd Hamilton. Wal-5
deen Dorris Thompson: organists
and pianist. Rayburn Jones; deans
of men. W A Appling. A B
Cockrell, dears of women. Mrs
John English, Mrs Don Davidson,
Mrs. Alby Cockrell, Mrs. Duane
Bruce; assembly nurse, Hester
Dale West.
District directors are Abilene,
Vernie Newman: Amarillo, John
! English: Clarendon. Vera Sackett:
| Lubbock. Mrs C. R Matthews;
| Perryton, J W Rosenburg; Plain
view Trula Maud Jetton: Stam
I ford Lucile Hester: Sweetwater.
J E Shewbert; Vernon, Cleve
Walkup
Hearing Set on
Hale Discovery
I AUSTIN. May 14—(P—The rail- 1
road commission has set for bear ,
ing June 25 the application of the
Stanolind Oil and Gas company for
a discovery allowable for its Lee
Irish Number 1 well and for a new
field designation for the area suf
. rounding the well in Hate county, i
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