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Associated Press (AP)
ABILENE, TEXAS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1947
EIGHT PAGES
United Press (UP)
Big 4 Delays Session
For I empers to
Bombings
Kill 12 Arabs,
Injure 81
JERUSALEM. Dec. 13
Bombs killed 12 Arabs and wound-
ed 81 in Jerusalem and Jaffa at-
tacks today. A
• Two anti-personnel bombs were i
tossed into the teeming arab mar- 1
ket place before Jerusalem's an- ■
cient Damascus Gate, killing six a
Arabs and injuring 41 others ■
A bomb tossed from a speeding ■
truck at a coffeehouse in all-Arab g
Jaffa killed six more Arabs and t
injured 40 others.
The Holy Land death toll in Jew- F
ish-Arab fighting since the United f
Nations decision to partition Pales —
TROOPS USED TO BREAK DEMONSTRATIONS IN FRANCE—French Colonial troops, od
with ready rifles (lower left and center) send a Nice, France, crowd flee ing in
panic during Communist-sponsored .demonstration in support of the general strike. Note
parte on sidewalk (top) falling over each other. A solider is seizing a man with a bicycle,
RA Pwhile another demonstrator, lower right, helps a girl to her feet Some 20/persons
were hurt in street fighting before order was restored by the troops. (NEA TELEPHO 0
2 Kilk
Reported Dead in
Reds Protest
tine rose to 210. * h
Eye-witnesses at Jaffa said the-
bomb was thrown from an Army TAP*
truck driven by Jews who entered fig a
from the direction of all-ewish TelM - * EamP
One expesnen thrif N
coffeehouse and damaged an Arab E A
taxi company and the Alhambra
motion picture theater.M
In Jerusalem’s old city police
of the milling Arab crowd after
the explosions. Witnesses said the hsscessssscocoonoonooicss
bombs came from two Jewish BEAN DRESS WINS FIRST
taxis. The blast damaged two
buses. Two of the Jerusalem dead
A TEXAS UA NEWSPAPER
Chicago Abduction, Shooting
CHICAGO, Dec. 13— — Two
men were shot and killed, two oth-
ers were reported slain and two
others were wounded in shootings
late last night and early today aft-
er a gang of four men had ab-
elucted three men from a South
Side garage.
The known dead in the shooting,
were John Kuesis. 33, owner of a
used furniture store, and Tom Dal-
ey, 36. slain by police after. Lt
John McNamara said, he had fatal-
ly shot Kuesis.
One of the men reported slain
was Emil Schmikal. 18. who with
Kuests' brother, Nick. and Floyd
Baker, 17. had been abducted aft-
er the slaying of John Kuesis by
EDaley and three other men.
The other man reported slain,
whose identity was not immediate-
ly determined, was the drive of
GOP Leaves
Loophole for
.Return of Bans
_ WASHINGTON, Dec 11 T Ri-
publican congressional leaders were
reported today to have shied away
from locking the door against gov-
ernment controls in their forthcom-
ing cost of living statement
Members who saw a preliminary
draft Senator Tfat (R-Ohio) was
the car in which the three had
been abducted after the slaying of
John Kuesis by Daley and three
New Arrests
-—PARIS, Dee. 13——A—foreign
ministry spokesman said today the
Soviet embassy had protested new
French arrests of Russian citizens
other men.
The other man reported slain,
whose identity was not immediate-
ly determined was the driver of
the' Far in which the three had
been abducted Baker and Nick
Kuesis both were shot and dumped
from the car in suburban Brook-
field. Later police said Schmikal
and the driver of the car, were
shot and their bodies dumped in
a ditch in west Chicago Police
were searching for their bodies.
Daley was slain early today by
police machine gun fire after a
squad of detectives had gone to •
southwest Side apartment building
in which one of the Daley gang
lived.
Sgt Frank Pape said that Daley
attempted to escape by climbing
through a window and was shot
when he refused to obey commands
of detectives to surrender.
Earlier a second member of the
gang had been seized as he en-
tered a West Side hotel and was
held at the Central Detective bu-
reau for questioning into the slay-
ing of John Kuesis and the abduc-
tion of the three other men from
Nick Kuesis’ garage last night Po-
slice said he related that Schmikal
and a man he identified as "Jim-
my." their driver, had been slain
Lt.McNamara said that he had
been told by Nick Kuesis. 40, and
Baker that Daley and the three
________men appeared at Kuesis' garage
prepared to lay before a confer-last night and after an argument
they forced John Kuesis into an
ence of all the Republican Sena-
ators today said it was significantly
“devoid of any attack on President
Truman’s request for standby wage
—price and rationing authority.
These Senators, who asked that
they not be identified publicly, said
they interpreted this as leaving a
loophole through which the GOP
could fall back on some form of
compulsory action if the voluntary
methods it supports fail to halt
—rising prices.-----
The statement of Republican aim
wwhich Taft said will be made pub-
"lie only after it has been carefully
screened by the conference, is ex-
pected to explain that the GDP is
just as much worried by the threat
of inflation as the Democrats.
It was said to list, point by
point, the measures the Republican
leadership intends to lay before the
regular session of Congress start-
ing in January, as well as the
proposals on which action will be
sought before the special session
• shuts up shop for next weekend
alley and shot him
McNamara said Nick Kuesis re-
lated that his brother, who wax
the father of five children, had
beaten Daley several days ago aft-
er an argument over an automo-
bile repair bill McNamara said
there had been a long standing en-
mity between Daley and John Kue-
sis since the latter had appeared
as a witness against Daley when
he was tried on a charge of rob-
bery. McNamara said John Kue-
sis. as well as Daley, have police
records.
GOODFELLOWS
PRIZE—Mrs Louise Daniel of
Fort Worth, models a dress of
were women__*_„—E---------:
Associated Press Photographer split beans which won first
James Pringle who was at the prize in non-perishable divis-
scene of the explosion said that of Notional Fruit Veae-
angry Arab mobs had gathered in ion or National cruir, vege
the area and "seem to be rally-
ing for a march" into the modern
section of Jerusalem
prize in non-perishable divis-
table and Flower Show ot Wcs
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Marshall Will Decide Soon
On Breaking Off Conference
LONDON, Dec 13—m- The for-
eign ministers’session scheduled
for today was postponed until Mon-
day on British initiative, in order
to allow tempers to eoolafter last
night’s violent argument
The postponement was announced
by the conference secretariat.
A member of the U. S delega-
I tions and that without agreement
on reparations, discussion of eco-
nomie and other subjects was use-
less.
Secretary Marshall is expected to
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Mr. and Mrs. O Hillyard 5.00
Hattis Grisham ...... 1.00
Linnie Ward5.00
Mr and Mrs H L Skinner 5.00
IT T Harris 10.00
tion said it was agreed that ano-
ther session today would only re-
sult in quick tempers and confu-1
sion.:_—
Authoritative sources said the
American delegation agreed the
conference was "hopelessly dead-
locked" on the subject of repara-
Rome Strike
the weekend whether UERI LEGION COM
to try and break off the confer-TAMERICAN -
ence immediately or go through the MANDER — Miss Eene Lou
function of finishing the agenda be- Callan (above) ex-WAC and
University of Texas junior has
been elected commander of
the University of Texas Amer-
at Paris and Marseille
He said the note had been de-
livered this morning and was being
translated. He said he was unable
to give any details as to its con-
tents or comment upon it.
Later, the semi-official French
Press, Agency said today the So-
viet embassy has protested new ar
rests of Russian citizens yesterday
at Marseille and Paris.
The agency quoted the Soviet
embassy as saying Alexandre Ab-
ramov. the charge d affaires, had
handed a note to Jean Chauvet,
secretary general at the French
foreign ministry, asking the Imme-
diate liberation of those arrested
Earlier this week the French
government refused to accept a
Soviet note protesting the expulsion
of 19 Soviet citizens from France |
last month and last night it in- |
formed Moscow that is considered
that action had been entirely le-
Almost simultaneous with the ex-
plosion a fire broke out in a Jew
ish typewriter firm and living
quarters in midtown Jaffa Road,
leading to a report that the bomb
had exploded in the center of the
heavily fortified post office and
police headquarters zone
The Jewish underground took the
offensive yesterday against Arabs
from Haifa to Hebron and the un-
derground Irgun Zvai Leumi threat-
ened new attacks against the Brit-
ish if they "continue to interfere
and permit Arabs to import arms
from abroad.”
loco, Texas. The dress was
made by Mrs. Louise Clark
Huchingson also of Fort
Worth. This is the 12th con-
secutive year for Mrs. Huch-
ingson to enter the contest,
and each year she has won
prizes. Dress took about 500
hours to make and about 50,-
V3N) pasn aram subeq 000
TELEPHOTO)
Ends; Victory
Is Disputed
ROME. Dec. 13=11=A 48 hour
communist-led general strike in
Rome-the latest skirmish in the
left's unceasing war against Italy’s
middle-of-the-road cabinet earned
today after a steely show of gov-
ernment might Both sides claimed
victory.
Jeep loads of riot police circu-
lated throughout Rome this morn-
ing. as the Eternal City quickly
fore doing it.
Molotov was understood to be
willing that the sessions continue A
Soviet spokesma said the future
of the parley would depend on
Marshall
Marshall was scheduled to meet
Molotov and his deputy, Andrei
Y Vishinsky, at luncheon today at
Ambassador Lewis W Douglas’
residence. An official spokesman
said the luncheon was arranged
several days ago, but it was ex-
pected Marshall would make a fi-
nal sounding of the Russian inten-
tions before the afternoon meeting
of the U. S delegation.
icon Legion Post. Legion of-
ficials said she is the first
woman in Texas to command
a predominently male Ameri-
can Legion post. (AP Photo).
Lewis’UMW
Senators May
Widen Probe
Mercury Hits
Season's Low
Coldest temperature of the seas-
on 29 degrees was registered in
gal and proper
A foreign office note, handed to ________
the Soviet embassy last night Senate appropriations
said the 19, whose explusion was day promised an early decision on
carried out at the height of the whether to touch off a full scale
recent Communist-bossed strikes in i
WASHINGTON, Dec 13— ( The
emmittee to
France, were
--Some of Marshall’s advisers said
privately they believed Molotov’s
attack yesterday,—when he—de-
nounced the whole range of the
Western powers’ policy in Ger-
many. had killed all hope even for
superficial Big Four agreements on
Germany and that little if anything
could be accomplished by going on
here.______:_________
got back to normal keeping an
eye peeled for possible post-strike
trouble, but, they said, finding
none
The Conemunit-dominaled Cham-
ber of Labor of Rome province,
which ordered the work stoppage
Wednesday night and called it off
last night, effective at midnight .
used only one word in its daily I
news bulletin this morning: ’'vic-
tory.”
Others contended Marshall might
better avoid a move to end the
conference immediately because
the possibility of the upsetting ef-
fects throughout Europe of such a
formal break.
The speech in which, as some
Western diplomats said, Molotov
"threw the book' at Marshall. Be-
vin and Bidaylt came as a surpirse,
because delegations of the Western
powers went into yesterday's meet-
ing expecting 3 continuation of Mol-
AovA mild,” conciliatory taclcs of
last week
Relative of Local
Citizens Succumbs
II Popolo, the organ of Premier
Alcide de Gasperi’s Christian Dem-
ocrat party declared just as flatly of several Abilenians died Friday
in a secretly set and printed issue at 4 p. m. at her home in Glen
timed to appear asthe strike Rose, after an 18-month illness,
ended ."strike fails ”*
Mrs Alice O. Lantz, 78, relative
Funeral arrangements had not been
Divorces
A Chamber of Labor communi-
que said appropriations by the City
of Rome and Rome province, added
to what the national government
already had offered for winter re-
Tief for the unemployed, satisfied
Abilene at 6:30 this morning, ac-its demands
announced this morning.
Mrs Lantz was born in Parker
County and resided in Texas all
her life She was a member of the
Methodist church
Survivors are three sons. J A
AFL Again
WASHINGTON Dec 13 — —
John L Lewis has divorced his
600,000 miners from the AFL again
in a move viewed by some labor
men today as a sign that he in-
tends to play independent in the
1948 presidential election.
The second split between the
United Mine Workers and the
American Federation of Labor
eame 11 years after Lewis first
marched them out of the parent
body and less than two years after
he marched them in again. It was
no surprise.
The 67-year-old Lewis had had
bis hat in his hind oven,smee the
last AFL convention, When the
executive council refused to go
along with him in an all-out fight
against the non-Communist provi-
sion of the Taft-Hartley act.
The formal break came last
night with a typical Lewis gesture
of contempt and a typical five
syllable word which fell like an
epithet—"disaffiliate.”
"Green, AFLwe disaffiliate.
Lewis. 12-12-47."
These words, scrawled in green
crayon on a torn-off half sheet of
cheap paper, were all the notice
Lewis sent President William
Green of the A FL
While other union officials de-
clined to be quoted offhand, sev-
eral said a desire by Lewis for
Lantz, Dallas; I. H Lantz, 725, . .
Merchant; one sister, Mrs Ida political independence next year
......Intis Ta’out 0" two billion lire Newby, Houston: three brothers, J. probably hastened the end
reportedly wiped out the flowers | T$5 517.000P to "Add o the II h” s Grisham Dallas: Tom F. Grif ----------------------------
and vegetables which survived an lion lire offered by the Italian gov him. 873 Hivererest and M A Miners Back Their
earlier frost on Nov 28 ernment The chamber had de- Grisham 1835 South 7th: eight minerpocke
The lowest thermometer reading manded a 14 billion lire prgram grandchildren and one great grand Bushy-Browed DOSS
companied by a killing front which
The City of Rome was reported
Miners Back Their
ust-sscu sines ... investigation of commodity market
expelled in accord- speculation by government ernicials
The group has decided in any
case that It wishes to hear further
from Edwin W Pauley special as-
sistant to the secretary of the
army, who already has disclosed
himself as a speculator in the mil-
lion dollar class The date of the
next appearance by Pauley, a for-
mer Democratic national treasur-
er. has yet to be fixed.
Chairman Bridges ‘R-NH) said
the decision whether to expand the
inquiry will be made after the com-
1 mittee examines reports from the
| heads of five government depart-
ments on whether any of their per-
| sonnel are using inside knowledge bids the U S District Army En-
to profit in the grain -markets gineers’ office here has announced
Bridges told a reporter this The projects are construction of
probably will be done early next spillway and intake structures and
week since the committee has completion of embankment dam similar charge Friday
—been advised that-cheeks-are-under-B—asper. and construction of when he was fined $10
way in the state, treasury and ag outlet works, San Angelo dam and
riculture departments The commit- reservoir..San Angelo.
tee has asked for similar Informa-1 " _ ~
a nee with international law and
usage and without mistreatment
The French accused them of "in-
terference" in the affairs
France.
of
The note was made public only
a short time after the national as-
sembly gave Premier Robert Schu-
man's cabinet a new vote of ap-
proval.
Bond Is Set on
Assault Charge
Bond was set at $1,500 for Clau-
dean B Hughlett, 22. of Route 1.
Mercedes, this morning in Justice
of the Peace Rill Ward’s court in
connection with a charge of as-
sault to rape a 17-year-old Abilene
girl, filed against Hughlett The
charge "is returnable to 42d Dis-
trict Court.
• The defendant was being ques-
. tinned this morning by District At-
torney Esco Walter, and the t
had made a signed statement to
county officers
Policemen Hatchett and White-
horn arrested the man this morn-
ing at a local hotel, after the
tion from the departments of com-
merce and national defense
Pauley told the committee yes-
terday that there was “no impro-
I oriety” in his trading in commodi-
ties.
girl’s mother telephoned police that
the girl had been attacked last I
Mr and Mrs T F. Grisham 25.00
M A. Grisham ........ 10.00
Allison Motors ..... 20.00
J. F. Tandy .............5.00
G. L. Corrie 5.00
- - . Abilene Junior Shakespeare
If will be some time be- Club.. ...... 3.00
Total today ---------- $144.00
Total to date $1,346.30
night Dr C A McFadden former
city health officer, examined the
girl.---—-—
The Weather
t s DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BIREAL
ABILENE AND VICINITY Partly cloudy
and continued rather cold today and to-
night Sunday partly cloudy and not quite
been gratifying
fore we can accept dif-
ficult. composition adver-
rising, t h er efore your
continued cooperation
will be a big factor in de-
termining the type of
newspaper we will pub-
lish in the future _
Monopoly Suit
Filed on Dupont
WAS NGTON, Dec. 13—(UP |
. The Justice department today filed
an anti trust uit against E 1 Du-
Pom de Nemours, Inc of Wil-
J. T. LaRoque migtom bel charging unlawful
Advertising Mgr.
* monopoly of the cellophane indus-
! try in ‘he United States.
Many observers here said they child
believed growing resentment a
Rome’s citizens against the strike -vneclor
1 which crippled all but railroads LAPTCICU 91
again for tonight, whenthe temper- and essential services may have _ A a3
atures are expected to be as low influenced the chamber • decision Dentists Meellniq
as 26 to 30. Sunday will be some-r--———- - - 1 9
what warmer with the maximum
about 50. the weather bureau here fined firing
Angelo Dam Project Jail Mattress
Is Open for Bids
GALVESTON. Dee. 13—Two
today was on Nov. 28, and
was 32 degrees.
Freezing weather Is in prospect
projects are open for construction
bids the U. S District Army En-
It’s Grandpa Jester
AUSTIN, Dec 13-P-Gov. Beau-
I ford II Jester is a grandfather.
The Governor said he had been
notified that • 5-pound-9-ounce girl 7
was born early yesterday to his
daughter, Barbara, who became
Mrs Howard Burris last year The
baby was born at. Mitchel field
base hospital. New York
termperture 24-hour pertod
10 a. m today: 29
TEMPERATURES
O JWOPPN
9 M4MS LEFL
great grand Bushy-Browed Boss
PITTSBE RGH, Dec. 13—John
L Lewis’ decision to take his 600, -
000 United Mine Workers from the
AFL was a big topic of discussion
in Western Pennsylvania coal
I fields today-arid almost to a man
the miners were backing their
Approximately 60 dentists from bushy-browed chief
throughout the Seventeenth District A few hours after Lewis an-
Dental Society area were expert- nounced the break last night the
ed to arrive in Abilene for a quar- miners gathered in little groups in
____. terly meeting this evening in the company stores and on street cor-
A 37-year-old man was assessed Wooten hotel , ners There was some dissension,
a 120 fine for drunkenness and for The society, which is a compobut very little. Typical of the pro-
setting fire io a new jail mattress nent of the Texas State DentalLewis comment was this statement
when he appeared in city court Society, will open its meeting at from Tom Brown vice president of
Friday morning € 16 p. m with a dinner in the hotelUMW Local 5085
This morning City Judge-A If ballroom, followed by an election "John L Lewis always has
Doss levied a $25 fine against a of new officers Films pertaining played smart and he’s done It this
man on drunkenness charge The to dentistry will be shown time He’s the greatest labor lead-
same man appeared in court on a Towns to be represented at the er in the world. We’re back of
similar charge Friday morning meeting are Sweetwater, Stamford, I h>m [no percent "
A few hours after Lewis an-
Two persons were assessed $10 Hamlin Rule
fines on vagrancy this morning C
Roscoe, Merkel, Anson, Haskell. I ------------------------------------
Roby, Eastland......
Haird and v nr Rick ev If in
_====== DISRIVY IJ III
Good Condition
First Lt J. M Bickley, son of
Mr and Mrs Joe Bickley, 1465
Poplar is in generally good
condition at Walter Reed Hospital
I in Washington D C.. where he
arrived by air Friday night after
surviving the crash of •■ army
transport plane in Labrador Thurs-
day.
This information was secured
1 this morning by Geneva Voss, exec-
I utive secretary of the Taylor Coun-
ty chapter of American Red Cross.
) in a telephone conversation with
Washington sources
i Miss Voss was told that Lien-
tenant Bickley and three other sur-
vivors arrived Friday night al the
i hospital aod that all were in good
condition
* Twenty-three persons were killed
in the plane crash :
Bickley’- father was informed
today by a hospital attendant that
the lieutenant suffered a fractured
left leg frost-bitten right arm and
hand, frost bite on right leg and
Barometer reading at 2 10 a m Mvj
Relative humidity at 6.30 a. m: 84 per,
Icent.
right foot and face lacerations.
No internal injuries have been de-
ARMY TRANSPORT CRASHES Twenty-one persons died in the wreckage of this Army____-
r 47 plane when it exploded in the air, cutting a sweth through a small woods near the teeted.-The patient’s general con-
I Municipal Airport at Memphis, Tenn. (NEA TELEPHOTO). Idition is good, the father learned.
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