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VOL, LXV, NO. 326
ABILENE
or By WENDELL BEDICHEK
Twenty-three cities have adopt-
ed Council-Manager charters in
the past month, bringing the total
to 36 this year, and approaching
the record year's total of 48 in
1921.
• • •
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RE!
OR
Among the cities added to the
growing list of those that have
adopted the most efficient system
of city government are two Texas
■Mies—Bonham and Odessa.
Odessa, as most everyone knows,
is one of the fastest growing cities
in the nation. It has today more
than 30,000 inhabitants. Fifteen
years ago it probably had 4,000.
* * *
In many instances Council-Man-
ager government has been adopt-
. ed when the great strain of rapid
I city growth served to bring out in
bold relief the weaknesses of the
Commission form or one of its
variations—such as Abilene's sys-
tem.
Corpus Christi very likely has
grown more rapidly in the past
five years—or the past 15 for
that matter—than any city in the
country. It now is rising above
125,000 and expects to reach 150,-
000 easily before the 1950 federal
census.
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Operators Reject
•When economic conditions are
such that no great volume of de- - I
velopment and growth exists, inef- ■ ■ 1
ficiency of a city's form of gov. ■ Am AFHA 11A mA 1 Kt C
ernment may not be so noticeable I TAPIT I ATILT If Ik
to a majority of the^ GIIIOIIUD
It is when a city begins to break • ■ ■ les 1 l Etas a t
out of its britches and grows rap-
thing that I .
the weaknesses of an obsolete and SoftI coal operators today flatly re:
cumbersome form of government iected as a new school theory
are brought out more clearly.
“In Corpus Christi the old com-
mission form had rocked along
many years. When the city began
to expand at a fast rate the city
government bogged down. It
couldn't operate in step with the
growing needs of the community.
WASHINGTON, May 15.—(P— ing out of the contract conferences.
coal oucicin. tod., Zet, -■ Lewis and Charles ONeill, offi-
jected as a new school theory- cial spokesman for the operators
John L Lewis' demand for a sev- are due to report to President
en percent payroll levy on oper- Truman this afternoon White
ators to finance a welfare fund House Press Secretary Charles G.
Ross told reporters no definite
time had been set
The operators gave three major
reasons for rejecting Lewis’ de-
for mine workers.
NOT A SUSPECT
Texarkana Man
By the Associated Press
Damaging hailstorms struck Tex-
as for the fifth straight night last
night and more are predicted dur-
ing the next 24 hours
High winds, torrential rains and
hail were general over much of the
state
A rain of near cloudburst pro-
portions was reported at Ballinger.
Total rainfall was 7 inches. Port
Arthur, on the gulf coast, had 3.35
inches.
Wind up to 50-miles an hour,
hail, rain and severe lightning hit
Dallas early today, causing some
damage. Police radio stations were
forced off the air, and burglar
alarms were set off in downtown
buildings. There were several
power line failures. An air trans-
landing, , circling the field until
port was delayed 20 minutes in
the weather abated.
The weather bureau said the
storm had traveled the 30-mile
. , distance between Dallas and Fort
The 35-year-old man shot early | Worth in 29 minutes.
Highest winds in Texas last
Shot As He
Peers in Window
TEXARKANA, May 15.—(P)-
today as he peered into a window
of the Emmett Giles home and
night were reported at Wichita
Falls. Gusts reached 82 miles an
hour. Light hail fell, blown like
bullets.
Eleven airplanes were demolish-
ed and two others damaged when
the storm struck the airport and
factory of the Luscombe Aircraft
Corp., near Garland. Ankle-deep
mud is hampering salvage work to-
day.
Houston reported 2.05 inches of
rain that accompanied thunder,
lightning, hail and wind there
Crops nearby were damaged, but
no estimate has been made yet.
Streets were flooded at Fort
Worth, and wind broke some
glass display windows. A car
carrying J. H, Foster, Fort
Worth attorney, was swept into
a creek by a flash flood. He
barely escaped, swimming and
finally grasping a sapling on a
bank as he was swept down-
stream. His car has not been
recovered.
WASHINGTON, May 1s.—u—1Railroad operators and union
negotiators, working to avert a rail strikecalled for Saturdayare:
cessed after a brief “no progress” session today and called another
meetin fondwtete resumed last night at the request of President
Truman. Unions represented are the trainmen, engineers, switch-
men, conductors and firemen.
All five brotherhoods are seeking a wage increase, of *
day against $1.28 granted by arbitration and fact-finding, boards,
but only the trainmen and engineers have set a strike. Working
rules also are involved. ..
WASHINGTON, May 15.—P—The Senate banking committee
voted today to extend the life of the price control law a full year
beyond the June 30 expiration date.
AUSTIN, May 15.—(PP)—The court of criminal appeals today
ruled there is no such thing in Texas as a “driver’s license.”
Civil statutes make it “unlawful for any person to drive or
operate a motor vehicle over a highway of this state without
having a license, either as an operator, a commercial operator or
a chauffeur, the court opinion stated. . ,
But the law makes no mention of a "driver’s license and the
term “driver" may not be used interchangeably with or given the
same meaning as the term “operator,” the court ruled.
The people of Corpus Christi
changed the charter by adopting
a Council Manager charter.
• • •
Odessa’s fast growth loaded such
I great additional weight of work
upon the city commissioners and
mayor that they themselves init-
ated the movement that led to
hiring of a City Manager.
Abilene has witnessed in recent
months a great revival of growth.
Calls are increasing daily for ex-
tension of city government serv-
ices.
While they did not turn down
the idea of a fund, their action
mnecihility reasons ror rejecung Lewis uer
seeminglyerased any possibility of mand for the levy to be paid by
a permanentsettlement of the oat operators who estimated it would
dispute by nightfall as President net the union $70,000,000 annually
Truman asked. ... on the basis of last year's payroll:
Lewis has served notice that he “1. The committee would not ex-
will not negotiate a new contract ercise such authority and make
"now or later” unless he gets the
tavern is not a suspect in the se-
ries of Texarkana slayings, offi-
cers said.
He and a companion are being
held in jail on charges of drunk-
enness.
He had been arrested earlier
this morning after Giles, who op-
erates a restaurant and lives in
Storm Damage
High at Ballinger
Shortages May Force
Flour Mill Holiday
WASHINGTON, May 15.—
(P)—A resolution calling for
an investigation of the caus-
es of labor disputes was ap-
proved today by the Senate
labor committee.
The resolution proposes that
Inquiry be made into “union
and employer policies and
practices."
Chairman Murray (D-Mont)
told reporters the resolution
was approved without oppo-
a commitment of this character
for the industry, and further, this
matter does not go to the ques-
tion of wages, hours or working
conditions.
•2. That the plan constitutes
double taxation on the industry for
social welfare, for which it is now
paying approximately 10 cents per
ton x x x which in 1944 amounted
to more than $61,000,000. This
amount was contributed solely by
part of the building, at an iso-
lated spot 10 miles from here, re-
ported that he had shot at a man
he saw looking into a window.
Officers questioned the sus-
pect, and said his explanation
of his night's activities were
logical.
The man explained that he and
sider the necessity for renew-
ed food rationing. Most law-
makers, however, apparently
remained unconvinced that
there is need for restoring
such controls at this time.
The flour situation shaped u.
By OVID A. MARTIN
WASHINGTON, May 15.--
Fast-dwindling wheat supplies at
the mills threatened today to force
a six-week holiday in the output
of flour for domestic consump
uels county capital damage.
Trees were reported uprooted,
several small houses blown
Abilene and other West Texas
cities and towns were in the dry-
ing out stage today following a
drenching rain and electrical
storm, accompanied by hail in
some instances, that swelled coun-
ty streams and deposited rainfall
measuring from 1.8 inches at Abi-
. enaeenankne En Imey mime roe airport weather
route to his home, about three | station to a reported seven inch
miles from the Giles' home, theyes at Ballinger.
decided to stop for "one more Telephone communications be
beer." 'tween Abilene and Ballinger, Win-
ters and Coleman on Southern
States company lines were still out
of order Tuesday morning.
The Associated Press reported
in a dispatch from the San An-
gelo Standard Times that seven
inches of rain fell in Ballinger in
an hour and a half period last,
night during the storm. Hail, with
some stones reported as large as
baseballs, was also said to have
damaged show windows, roofs,
automobiles and presumably,
crops. Lack of telephone commu-
nication prevented a check on this
tion.
This possibility arose as the
house agriculture committee an- —. . .
nounced a comprehensive investi- to cut their Mocks to a 21-day sup-
gallon of both the domestic and
world food situations, with the
down and a company employe,
who declined use of his name,
said he hsd measured one
hailstone that was nine inch-
es in circumference. He add-
ed that the pecan crop there
was practicaly a total loss as
result of the hail.
Skylights, including one at the
Ballinger hospital, and many show
windows were broken. Damage to
WTU’s electric service was minor
and had been restored Tuesday
morning, it was reported.
The weather bureau s municipal
airport station recorded 1.6 inch-
es at the airport and 152 inches
in the downtown area here.
No damage was reported to
lines by either the West Texas
Utilities company or Southwest-
ern Bell Telephone company in
the vicinity of Abilene
this way:
On May 1 mills were required
first session set tomorrow.
Chairman Flannagan (D.Va)
said if evidence warranted
the committee also would con-
nix Fegj rny have been able to
obtain head in the meantime be-
cause the government is offering
farmers a bonus of 30 cents a
bushel above the ceiling price—
which is the top legimate price
millers may offer. And the 1946
wheat will not start moving to
The restaurant was closed, and
he walked up to see if he could
awaken the owner.
Mrs. Giles, sleepless since the
last slaying by a phantom believed
responsible for five deaths here
since March 24. had heard the
the operators.
“3. That it is a matter of public
concern and is therefore a prob-
lem that should be considered not
to provide the planning neces- tunu ...... ... -------- - - - by this wage conference but by car drive up, and awakened her
to keep the community ready der the exclusive control of the public legislative bodies and then husband.
0 ECP - . I only after a complete and thorough Giles shot twice, on, bullet
' investigation by such legislative striking the man in the foot. He
I bodies of all the problems invol- staggered back to the waiting car.
ved.”_______________________I and he and his friend drove off
The incident was reported to
police, who promptly arrested the
3 Through the years our system
of government has not proved —
able to provide the planning neces- fund which he proposes to put un-
sition.
Board Due to
Lose City Park
sary wu ncep wau -------------- ----- 1- ----- .
for such cycles of growth. Today United Mine Workers,
we see a strong demand for sep-
aration of the schools from the
municipality because our system
has not operated in such way as
to keep our schools from suffering
for lack of financial support.
As a counterproposal to Lew-
As a counterproposal to Lewis’
gested the possibility of aet-
ting up a jointly financed fund
for hardship cases under the D.: T 'I
administration of an independ- kains Fall TO STOD
. ent agency as the Red Cross. I r
Everything that has been done The contract negotiations re-
Gward obtaining for the city the cessed for three Hours immediate
Abilene Army Air field has been ly after the operators presented
initiated outside the city govern- their statement. Lewis and other
ment. r . ..
Hereford Trippers
| driver of the car. He led them
back to his friend's home There
That more and more of our peo-
ple are awakening to the necessi-
ty for action upon their part is
evident More and more people are
asking when they may be given an
opportunity to vote for a Council-
Manager charter.
• • •
...... ____________________I Members and guests of the West
UMW representatives remained Texas Hereford association were
behind for a short time to talk off on the second leg of their an-
with government conciliators. Ask- nual tour this morning, with
ed for comment as he left the con- weather indications promising a
ference room. Lewis replied: more leisurely swing than that of
As follows: “It seems that for Tuesday when trippers were fore
a coal miner there is no balm in ed to race rainstorms to sched-
Gilead.”
officers found bloody footprints.
I and an injured man.
Both were jailed and questioned
No charges will be filed
against Giles in connection
with the shooting.
Capt M. T. Gonzaullas, of the
Texas rangers, said recently he
issued orders to Texarkana resi-
dents to shoot first and ask ques-
tions later if they noticed prowl,
ers
Two Arkansas men are still be-
today. ,
A private telephone line op-
erated by the West Texas Util-
ities company to Ballinger was
open today, however, and it
was learned that a two-hour
wind had added to the Run
At Lake Abilene, the keeper re
ported 1.10 of rainfall had been
recorded with a resulting eight-
inch rise in the lake’s waters.
Water Supt L. A. Grimes said
the rain resulted in a rise of from
12 to 18 inches in Lake Kirby s
| level. He added it usually requires
from one to two days before gains
in Phantom Hill lakes level can
Members of the city commission
are determined to take action
Friday to take away from the Park
and Recreation board a 40-acre
tract in northeast Abilene desig-
nated some time ago as a park.
Mrs. Dallas Scarborough, chair-
market until July.
Some mills already have shut
down and a survey last night indi-
cated many others either will close
or curtail operations sharply.
This prospect posed two prob-
lems for the government:
(1) Will flour stocks on hand be
sufficient to supply consumers un-
til the new wheat crop becomes
available?
(2) Should the government di-
vert some of the famine-relief
wheat it is buying to American
......__________mills in order to keep them operat-
man of the Park board, said that ing until the new harvest
Mayor Hair had informed her secretary of Agriculture Ander-
that a majority of members of the osn is known to be studying these
commission were determined to problems Chester C. Davis, chair-
take the action at Friday's com- man o[ President Truman's fam-
mission meeting . ine emergency committee, told an
The tract is considered by Park interviewer that he believes sup-
board members as the only suit- plies of flour now in ditsribution
able one in the city that has been cannels will be sufficient to meet
designated for park purposes. The domestic needs until new wheat be-
board only last night had taken
action to open the area for use of
the public during the coming sum-
mer It is one of the few sites,
if not the only one, in which there
are large trees, and a stream of
be determined
Rainfall at Ovalo exceeded 144
inches, while Scurry county gen-
| erally received a half inch in an
afternoon storm that was accom-
' panted by hail.
A quarter of an inch of rain-
i fall was recorded at Colorado
| City, Coleman, and Rowena, while
Rotan and Roscoe received a half
inch each .
Stamford registered 85 of an
inch to boost the total to 1.14
Writ Issued in
Trash Dispute
Judge J R Black in 42d district
court Wednesday issued a tem-
| porary restraining order against
George C. Kouvelis, et al operator
comes available.
Davis said he believes the
government should divert the
export wheat to the mills to
keep them operating. He said,
however, that all the Hour
* milled from government wheat
should be earmarked for re-
uled stops.
County Agent Elmo Cook an- ____,
' that yesterday s runs ing questioned here
Government Conciliator Edward •
F. McGrady said he had proposed nounced . — -___m |-------------------------
th. recess but thaf he “saw no would not cause any revision of
the “‘immediate breakup the group’s itinerary for today and CLEAN-UP PUSHED
.... * NAI"---: --- ------ erotiations of Lewis’ walk- tomorrow He predicted the large ME -
encouraging signs that It may of negotiations or ot Lewis est turnout of the tour for Thurs-
0 Thus far the leadership neces-
sary to bring about such an elec-
tion has net crystallised, but there danger of an
are
day.
Today the group traveled south
from Abilene to visit Taylor coun-
WASHINGTON. May 15—(P — ty places of Mrs Rupert Harkrid-
L. Welch Pogue has resigned as er. A E Fog’e and Dorothea Grif- |
The fact that so many people CAB Chief Resigns
are expressing desire for a change CAB ChieT Resigns
to something better, coupled with
the fact that no small group has nas resignE aster „ L anu .___....______,
taken the lead to call an election chairman of "the Civil Aeronau I fin This afternoon trippers will .
should be proof that the discussions tics board. swing into Coleman county.
In this column have not been in--__________________________I------------------
spired by any clique or group.
"There is nothing "behind" these German Treaty
discussions except a sincere desire OICII 1 I CI
on the part of a long-time Abilen- <
ian to see his home city grow and , _
Meet Proposed
Polio Closes 1
prosper.
We don't want our town to set-
tle down into a fixed mould. You
can name a lot of Texas towns,
mostly in the older parts of the
state, that have not developed
enough to count in 25 or 50 years.
€ ...
Abilene will go forward or back-
ward. She will not go forward as
she can and should as long as the
system of government is inade-
quate to provide the things that
we must have if we are to grow.
And, again, let us My that it is
an obsolete, inadequate system
thst we are criticizing—not the
elected city officials.
Nigh Court Rejects
Callahan School Suit
AUSTIN, May 15. — VP — The
supreme court has refused the ap-
plication, because of no reversible
error, of the suit of district trus-
tees of Dist. No. 15 (Hart) com
mon school district of Callahan
county, et al. versus the county
school trustees of Callahan county,
et al.
g Also refused wM the application
% Joe Hays, Admr, versus Mollie
Nabours from Coleman because of
no reversible error.
9
PARIS, May 15—(P)— U S Sec-
retary of State Byrnes proposed to
the foreign ministers council to-
day that a peace conference be
called Nov. 12 to draft a peace
treaty for Germany, an American
informant Mid.
In a session completely taken
up with discussion of critical Ger-
man problems, Byrnes proposed
thst representatives of Britain,
Russia, France and the United
~ WASHINGTON, May 15.-
(PP—The White House Mid to-
dsy that a C.54 plane—not the
“Sacred Cow,” however—
will be sent to Paris today or
tomorrow to bring home dele-
gates from the four power
conference.
Press Secretary Charles G.
Rose Mid the dispatching of
the plane “does not mean an *
immediate adjournment of the
conference.”
States start meeting Immediately
to draw up a treaty draft for Ger-
many which the foreign ministers
could present to the peace confer-
ence, the informant said.
If the date of Nov. 12 is
adopted, the peace conference
would convene on the 25th
of the Candyland apartments, re-
straining him and tenants from
sweeping trash, throwing dish
water and bottles onto roofs of the
Pine Courts, 1738 Pine, owned by |
Roy Hockendoner
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hockendoner earlier in the day
Two more schools joined the had filed suit for the injunction
list today of those forced to close - - - —■ —* ennn 4—
because of infantile paralysis
They are the Benavides and
Freer schools in Duval county.
The Benavides independent
schools district board decided the
More Schools
and also for award of $900 dam
ages from Kouvelis and others on
allegation such practices in ’ the
past had damaged hia property to
inches since Sunday
At Baird, a half-inch was re-
corded snd s correspondent said
strong winds accompanied the
| rain
Abilene weather bureau offi
| cials said the storm sent May rain-
fall above normal, figures show
ing a plus 62 of an inch since the
first of the month, with the total
at 2.55 inches The year’s total
rainfall, however, remained In the
deficient column by 145 inches
water.
Mrs Scarborough said she in-
formed the mayor she would be
unable to get the 11 members of
the board together for a meeting
this evening and that she would
ask all members to attend the
commission meeting Friday.
lief overseas.
"I believe Secretary Anderson
will adopt such a policy,” Davis
said.
that extent.
move in an emergency meeting
yesterday The county council pro-
hibited children at public gather-
ings for a 14-day period
The Gonsales Warm Springs
foundation for crippled children
offered its facilities to sIl polio
epidemic areas. Ross Boothe, presi-
dent. said the foundation had a
10-bed isolation ward, an iron
Plaintiff was required to post
$1,000 bond The cause has been
set for hearing in Judge Black’s
court at 10 a m May 23. Dan Ab-
Softball Off, Sox
Will Play Tonight
bott is his attorney.
anniversary of the opening ses-
sion of the 1921 Washington
disarmament conference and
28 years snd s dsy after the
1918 armistice.
Byrnes was reported to have pro; Throughout the state the fight wide, Rntered" cundersnower etwi
posed that the foreign ministers against the spreading malady con-ty: Thursday partly cloudy and contin
representatives first report on the unued with grim sincerity. "EANTTEXAS coudy shower
economic status of Germany to the Civic clean-up campaigns and thunderstorms this afternoon_and
foreign ministers council at their were spurred J greater ef AnpnuaTNuMe
next meeting, possibly June 15. - - - - ... ----. ----------—*****
Byrnes’ three colleagues, the
foreign ministers of Russia.
France and Britain, said they
wanted the proposal before com-
mitting themselves
The three-hour meeting today
THE WEATHER
lung and a respirator
ABILENE AND VICINITY:
cloudy to cloudy this afterme
Partiz
fort yesterday with the report
of a fourth death since May
1. Jean W. Belcher, 16, died
Monday night in the San An-
tonio county hospital.
To date the disease has struck
— —------- . one seven-year-old boy and four degrees
Georges Bidault, 16-year-old high school students -—
French foreign minister, present- at San Antonio
ing Frances demand for complete Todav the health authorities 50-
began with
ing Frances demand for complete svumy une ucnrn -----------
separation of the Ruhr and Rhine- |n San Antonio hope to spray the
land from Germany and for French city from the air with DDT in a
control of the Saar t
Referring to the number of
times France has had to fight Auusuus .„—---------===-
Germany, Bidault Mid economic, ed the campaign in every stricken
' measu res to control these terri- section
lories were not enough, that there 1 Private physicians estimate that
must be political separation. some victims may be unreported.
strenuous effort to stamp out the
disease.
Additional volunteers have join
not much enange in vemperavures. Mod
erate to oceassionnally fresh southeast-
erly winds on the coast strong and vat
table at times in local thundersqualls in
upper coast today . .
WEST TEXAS Partly, cloudy this af-
ternoon t onight and Thursday: not we
warm Panhandle this afternoon
High and low temperatures for,
hours ending 6 a. m. 88 degrees and M
City recreation officials announ
ced late this morning thst the soft-
ball league openers at Fair park
for tonight have been cancelled
I because of wet grounds
| The schedule will open Thurs- |
day night.
the Blue Sox management re-
ported tonight's West Texas-New
I Mexico league game between
Pampa and Abilene will be played
unless more rain falls before game
time.
The park site is located along ON JULY 28
the south side of the Albany high-
way both east and west of Cedar
creek it is between Abilene Chris-
tian college and Hardin-Simmons
university, nearer the former
The City Park and Recreation
board was created by an amend-
ment to the city charter adopted
in an election Jan 22. 1941. It
provides that the board "shall be
subject to the authority of the
Board of Commissioners, have the
exclusive control, management and
maintenance of all of the public
parks -
Dallas Man Named
Bell Exes Will
Resume Picnic
Exresidents of Bell county will
resume their annual picnic at Buf-
falo Gap Sunday, July 28. It waa
announced today by Joe E Child-
ers. Abilene attorney who is vice
president of the association form-
ed some years ago. The annual
reunions were discontinued dur-
ing the war, the last one being
held in July of 1941. when 506
DALLAS. May 15.—(P—George persons participated .__.
C. Hopkins, Dallas, was unanimous
ly elected state chairman of the
Republican committee here yester
day at a meeting of the group
State GOP Chairman
Temperatures
Wed -Tues Tues-Mon
AM Hour PM
50-62 1 85 67
59—62 2 86—71
58—63 3 88-74
58 64 4 85—75
58 64 S 82—74
58 64 4 80-74
74 78 10 60 62
7982 11 59—61
79-84 12 60 61
Sunrise today 5.45
Sunset tonight 7.30.
CLOUDY
NEWS WEATHER RHYME
Wind and hail sweep parts of state.
Byrnes proposes peace parley date;
Mills may close from lack of wheat.
New Lewis demands meet with defeat;
Hereford tourists see Coleman herds.
President and railroad men have words,
More schools closed in polio drive,
Truman signs, keeps draft alive;
Softball postponed; Blue Sox to play,
Scattered showers due later today.
-J. D.
There are thousands of West
Texans in Tayler and adjoin-
Ing counties who hail from
Bell county. Abilene probably
has several hundreds, includ-
lag Mavar Will Hair.
President of the association is
IE. I Hill of Tahoka, longtime
publisher of a weekly newspaper
there, and former district attor-
' ney at Sweetwater Mrs. Florence
Clifton of Abilene is secretary-
treasurer James P. Stinson of Ab-
ilene is one of the founders.
Vice President Childers will
announce committees for the 1946
reunion in the next week or two.
All former residents of Bell coun-
ty now residing in West Texas,
and their families, will be lavitod
to bring their baskets of food and
take part in the all-day picnic July
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 326, Ed. 2 Wednesday, May 15, 1946, newspaper, May 15, 1946; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1644733/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.