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ABILENE, TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1950 —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
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French Unload
American Arms
Without Fight
CHERBOURG. France. April IS.
(A—A Communist protest demon-
stration fizzled today as French
Workers began unloading the first
American guns sent under the At-
lantic defense pact. Strong police
and military detachments guarded
the docks.
Abilene Ballots
Friday on Bonds
West Texa
1.11 Measured Here:
Moisture Aids Grain
Property tax-paying, qualified
voters will go to the polls here
Friday to ballot on eight separate
proposed City of Abilene bond
issues.
The proposals, which total $4,-
348,000, are as follows:
(1) Waterworks system bonds,
$1,756,000.
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ln spite of a furious press and
leaflet campaign by the Commu- 000.
nists to get Frenchmen to refuse
to unload the arms and to demon-
(2) Sanitary-sewer bonds, $280,-
(3) School buildings, $1,500,000.
(4) Fire stations, $194,000.
(5) City Hall remodeling, $115,-
strate in protest against their ar-
rival. a feeble attempt early this 000.
16) Charity clinic building, $50,-
morning by some 50 demonstrators
ended in 10 minutes without a 000.
<7) Airport Improvements, $300,-
tussle.
The shipment—first to come to000._ .
continental France under the At-(8) Street improvements, $153,-
lantic defense pact agreement—ar- 1000.
rived before dawn today aboard
the 9,000-ton freighter American
Importer.
Dock workers, some of them suf-
fering from long unemployment,
defied Communist-led union pleas
to refuse to take the guns from
the holds. Instead 90 of them
swarmed over the ship and be-
gan lowering heavy artillery onto
the docks with cranes.
About 600 military police and in-
fantry soldiers sealed off the un-
loading area of this northern port
where millions of tons of war ma-
terial poured in to sustain allied
armies during the last year of the
war with Germany.
The police guard allowed only
those with special passes to enter
the area, taking no chances with
the Communists' oft - repeated
threat to throw all such arms into
the sea.
Editor 'Guilty'
Of Disturbance
NEW ORLEANS. April 13 —
William H. Fitzpatrick, editor of
th. New Orleans States, was found
guilty of disturbing the peace to
Municipal Court early today.
Ha was found Innocent of
charges of being drunk and re-
sisting arrest. Judge Edwin Baby-
lon sentenced him to pay a $10
tint or to serve 10 days in jail.
Fitzpatrick filed a motion for
appeal of the sentence to criminal
court.
The charges grew out of an in-
cident in a French quarter night-
club Tuesday night. Fitzpatrick
denied that he waa drunk.
The Incident followed a dinner
for Navy Secretary Matthews.
A naval captain and three others
testified Fitzpatrick was not
drunk.
Fitzpatrick said the party went
to a night spot where there was
a floor show and that during it
he "exchanged a few worda to
good fun" with the master of
ceremonies
A private patrolman testified
Fitzpatrick was about "three
quarters drunk " and was abusive
when warned of possible arrest
The editor end the private police-
men left the club. Two city patrol-
men arrested Fitzpatrick aa he
and the private policeman con-
tinued their argument.
Finletter Confirmed
WASHINGTON, April 13 —
The Senate today confirmed
Thomas K. Finletter as secretary
for air. There was no objection.
until 7 p m. Boundaries for each 1
are the same as in the April 4
election.
VOTE QUALIFICATIONS
Any person may vote Friday, if
he meets the following qualifica-
tions: 1. Has resided in Texas at
least for the past one year, and
During the past few months, the
commission had received requests
in the annexed portion of North
Park or other annexed areas or
elsewhere in the city limits of Abi-
lene for at least the past six
months; 2. has a current poll
tax receipt or is exempt from poll
tax payment; 3. owns property-
real or personal—on which he pays
City of Abilene taxes.
The City Commission called the
bond election after months of
studying Abilene's public facilities.
Commissioners appointed a citi-
Voting places, to be the same
as those used in the April 4 City zens advisory committee, who sur-
Commission and school trustee veyed the improvement needs and
election, will be open from 8 a. m. recommended the bond vote.
IF BOND ISSUE PASSES
from various citizens for civic
improvements which, if all of
them had been met, would have
cost about $7 million.
It is- expected that the bond
issues proposed—if all of them are
approved—will cost Abilenians
something over $200,000 a year for
the next 30 years. Should the new
issues draw 3,per cent interest,
the annual amount required to pay
them off will be about $220,000 a
year for the 30-year period.
TAX BONDS
Such of the proposed issues as
are approved by the voters Fri-
day will be sold as general tax
obligation bonds However, the
City Commission has hopes of
raising the required additional in-
come for their repayment from a
Please see ELECTION, P. 8, col. 4.
By HARRY HOLT
A moisture-laden norther blow
new life into bone-dry Central West
Texas last night and the skies con-
tinued to drop this morning to the
enjoyment of all.
The moisture was gauged at an
and Woodson an Inch.
Wichita downpour and the fall in Mulberry
Canyon ranged from 1.5 to 1.75
Falls got only .20 of an Inch.
Clyde received two inches of inches. Trent reported an inch,
moisture and Baird reported 1.5 with much heavier rains in the
inches, which put out stock wa-
ter and ran dry creeks s little.
surrounding territory.
The rain to the east was general
inch or more over most of the all the way to Fort Worth, where
territory within a 75-mile radius 95 of an inch fell. Mineral Wells
of Abilene and was lighter on thegot 1.38 inches.
1.32 AT SWEETWATER
Sweetwater got 132 inches and
Roscoe got an even inch. Rotan
got half an inch and Snyder re-
outer fringe.
Cross Plains reported 1.1 inches
ELVIN MATHIS
Teacher Fired,
Faces Charge
AI
inking
It was the first rain of any im- and that amount was general over
portance since early October, 1949 that area. Coleman received only
when the country was soaked, and 25 of an inch and that amount
the second rain of the new year fell over most of the county, ex-
here.
cept in the northeast part around
The rain here was measured it Burkett, where an inch was re-
1.11 inches, but in the west part ported
of town the precipitation hit 1.5 To the south, Lake Abilene re-
inches and up to two inches were ported 1.5 inches and a like
reported at Merkel, Clyde and Al- amount fell at the Sayles Ranch
bany. headquarters above the lake. Win-
PANHANDLE DRY ters got .4 of an inch; Ballinger
The rain did not extend into the 21 and San Angelo 32.
Fire Stations, Remodeled
City Hall, Clinic Planned
(Fourth and last in a series
of stories describing the proj-
ects that the City ot Abilene
plans with the proposed $4,348,-
000 bond issue on which citi-
zens will vote Friday. The
bonds are to be issued as gen-
eral tax obligations, but the
City Commission hopes that
the extra income required to
pay them off can be secured
as follows: One-half from a
garbage collection fee and one-
half from the water and sewer
revenue. >
By EARLE WALKER
Three of th. eight separate
propositions on Friday’s election
ballot are that the City of Abilene
shall be authorized to issue (1)
$194,000 worth of bonds for con-
structing and equipping fire sta-
tions, (2) $115,000 in bonds for
remodeling the City Hall, and
(3) $50,000 bonds for building of a
charity medical clinic.
Two new fire station!, an addi-
tion to the station at North Fourth
and Cedar Sta. two new pumper
(Map on page 3 shows dis-
tances of various parts of city
from fire stations).
trucks, one aerial ladder truck,
two booster trucks, and FM three-
way radio equipment for the Fire
Department vehicle! and for the
main station make up the items
contemplated for use of the fire
station bonds.
Purpose of the new fire stations
is to serve several areas which
are now farther away from the
nearest stations than the Fire
Department considers safe Much
of this condition was brought about
by the rapid development and ex-
pansion of the city's newer resi-
dential areas and their annexa-
tions to Abilene.
The addition to the North Fourth
and Cedar Sta. station la for the
purpose of providing more facili-
ties upstairs for classrooms, offi-
ces and sleeping quarters for the
firemen and to provide a separate
shop downstairs for the mainten-
ance of equipment The living
quarters upstairs are crowded
Downstairs It is often necessary
to move out part of the equipment
In order to give room for repair*
to be made on others.
Thorough overhauling of the
City Hall interior is planned with
the bonds proposed for that proj-
ect. The expanding departments
all have space problems in con-
nection with filing and other phases
of their work.
The remodeling project is ex-
pected to turn the antiquated, un-
safe old city jail in the basement
into a modern, safe structure.
Tentative plans call for the entire
basement to be given over to the
jail and the Police Department.
The Engineering Department, also
now occupying the basement,
would be moved elsewhere.
The auditorium on the top floor
of City Hall would be converted
into additional offices for the‘vari-
ous departments.
Better utilisation of the avail-
able interior space of the building
is sought through the remodeling,
which will probably include rear-
rangement of partitions in existing
offices.
The 150 000 item for constructing
Please see BONDS, P. I, col 4.
PARTICULAR, THOUGH
Pregnant Women
Crave Dirt, Starch
Elvin Mathis a 1941 graduate of
McMurry College, has been re-
leased from his position as princi-
pal of Water Valley Elementary
School near San Angelo and faces
court charges as result of a school-
house whipping Incident.
Mathis was charged with ag-
gravated assault on the complaint
of Harry Tweedie, Jr., father of
one of the students reported whip-
PTom Green County Attorney Bill
Tupper said Mathis posted $1,000
soon after his arrest and waa re-
leased. Tupper said he was told
by Tweedie that several boys were
caught smoking cedarbark on the
school grounds, and that two of
them, including Tweedie's son,
were whipped.
Both Tweedie and Mathis said
that Mathis had been released
from the school, but their versions
of the release differ. Mathis told
the county attorney that the school
board Tuesday night voted to let
him resign, sod promised no pro-
secution of the case Tupper said !
Tweedie told him that the board
voted unanimously to fire Ma-
this.
Mathis, a former resident of the
dust - laden Panhandle and was
light on the South Plains except
at Levelland where 1.61 inches fell.
While the grain crop had been
suffering from the drouth, the
rain was believed to be in time
to relieve that condition. Grain*
men recalled that the drouth
wasn't broken until April 18 last
year and that a fair crop was
harvested.
The range was given a big shot
in the arm and livestock prices
are expected to react accordingly.
Haskell County received a total
of 1.53 Inches and more was prom*
ised as clouds were heavy.
ALBANY SOAKED
Albany received 1.8 inches and
at the Jim Nail ranch north of
there. 2.1 inches fell and two Inch*
es were recorded at the Henry
Green ranch southeast of Albany.
The Lambshead ranch north of Al-
bany reported only one inch, while
Throckmorton received .75 inch
Merkel got a soaking two-inch
ported a similar rain.
Stamford reported ,70 of an
Inch.
The cold front dropped the tem-
perature here from 55 degrees at
6 a m to 45 degrees at 9:30 a.m.
It was sleeting in Amarillo and
Oklahoma City reported a low of
35 degrees. It was 21 degrees at
Dodge City, Kan., where there
was no moisture, nor wind.
Showers fell all the way south
to Del Rio, where .40 of an Inch
was recorded. There were showers
at Wink this morning and Odessa
reported an inch.
Odessa, Big Spring
Rains Heavy; Rest
Of State Spotted
By the Associated Press Midland’s oil and ranch territory.
Crop-saving rains fell in scat- Precipitation at E 1 totaled
tered West and Central Texas 53 to 6:30 •. m. with more
showers later, bringing 1950 mols-
the ture to 1.29 inches compared with
4.28 by this time in 1949. Ranchers
areas overnight and today.
The rain covered almost
entire drouth-stricken state.
But
not
in most places they were
heavy enough to break the drouth.
Still more rain is expected to-
day and tomorrow but it also is
expected to be scattered. The fore-
cast called for occasional rain
WHERE 11
RAINED
NEW ORLEANS, La . April 13.
(—A doctor and a nutritionist to-
day reported that dirt rating by
pregnant women in rural Missis-
sippl is quite common
Dr James Ferguson of New Or-
leans and Nutritionist Alice Glenn
Keaton of Jackson, Miss., said the
practice is so widespread and “so
little known that it merits a re-
port.”
Besides dirt the two wrote in the
New Orleans Medical and Surgical
Journal, some of the women have
an unaccountable craving for
plain laundry starch
All of those who admitted dirt
and starch eating, the specialists
observed, "were from an econom-
ically and medically under-
priviledged group and 92 per cent
were Negroes."
Just why the women eat the dirt
and starch, said the medical team,
la unknown
Their article, based on a 1948
dietary study of Ml pregnant
women In 11 rural counties, said
‘25 per cent included clay in the
diet and 39 per cent starch.”
Many of the women interviewed,
the two concluded were reluctant
to admit the practice and "Hence
we feel that the true Incidence la
much higher ”
The interviews contained many
direct quotes from the women on
why they followed the dietary
practice. These Included:
"I craves if
"I know it Is not good for me
but 1 likes the taste "'
“I eat dirt Juat the same way
you smoke a cigaret "
“When I get worried about my
children I eat more dirt.”
"It seems to settle my
stomach ”
“When I go up to Jasper County
I get it, but can't find say good
dirt here "’
“This Biloxi dirt ain't no good,
so I gets my sister to Birmingham
to send It to me."
“Some people say it has a lot of
germs in it so If it does I try to kill
it and bake it in my oven."
"It sure is good "
"I never heard of a man eating
dirt They not got the same latte
woman has. They not like a wo-
man"
Crews community in Runnels
County, was graduated at McMur-
ry in 1941 along with hia twin I Clyde" ..........
brother. Melvin He was a Re- Knox City......
porter-News carrier boy during his Stamford .......
last two years in college.
He was athlete coach at Paint
Rock and Baird in the early 1940s,
and served with the Marines dur-
ing World War II.
Truman Questions
Whether McCarthy
Can Be Libeled
WASHINGTON, April 13. (
Abilene ....
Albany .
Haskell .....
Rotan
Sweetwater .
Roscoe ...
Ballinger ...
Winter* .....
Merkel .....
Baird
Cross Plains
Coleman
Mineral Wells
San Angelo
Big Spring
Trent
Throckmorton
Woodson
Buffalo Gap ..
In a new blast at Sen McCarthy, Lubbock
President Truman today ques- Munday
tioned whether it is possible to
libel the Wisconsin Republican.
• Mr. Truman's remarks came at
a news conference when he was
asked about a recent statement by
Sen Taft (R-Ohio). •
Taft had said - the President
U.S. Liable for Huge
Crime Elsewhere
Than KC—Truman
WASHINGTON. April 13 -
President Truman said today the
crime problem is nation-wide and
not restricted to Kansas City
He said it extends also to places
like St. Louis and even to Wash-
ington.
libeled McCarthy by cracking at
Key West, Fla, recently that Mc-
Carthy was the Kremlin’s biggest
asset in the United States.
"Do you think that's possible?”
Mr Truman fired bark at his
questioner.
And he said it was all right to
THE WEATHER
Texas City Damage =====
E I cooler north and extreme east portion
this afternoon and tonight Friday
cloudy occasional rain northeast por
tion and near upper coast continued
cool Moderate east to northeast winds
on the coast
WEST TEXAS Mostly cloudy occas-
sional rain Pecos Valley eastward and
in South Plains this afternoon and to-
night. Friday partly cloudy, warmer
in afternoon
Maximum temperature for 24 hours
ending at 6.30 a m 75
Minimum temperature for 24 hours
ending at 8 30 a.m 58
TEMPERATURES
WED.P. M. THIRS. A. M.
7 Sl
HOUSTON, April 13. —A fed-
eral judge ruled today the U. S.
government was at fault in the
1947 Texas City disaster which
took more than 500 lives.
Federal District Judge T M.
Kennerly ruled that 8 485 parties
who had sued for $200 million in
damages “are entitled to Judg-
ment" as a result of explosion and
disaster.
Each suit now must go before a
federal judge to determine its
merits—how much each plaintiff
is to receive.
The ruling came only three days
before the third anniversary of the
waterfront explosions which killed
512, injured 3 000. and virtually
1 wrecked the coastal city.
The Judge ruled specifically in
the suits of Elizabeth H Dalehite
for $50,000 and of Henry Dalehite,
Jr, for $15 000.
| But the ruling was extended to
cover the huge mass of suits— 510
suing on death claims, 588 for per-
sonal injury and 5,987 for property
damage Some of the 1 485 persons
and firms suing combined their
suits with others. In each case
the government was the defend-
ant.
The plaintiffs had maintained
that the horrible blast was due to
the negligence of the U. S. gov-
ernment in enforcement of safety
regulations at the Texas City
docks, where ammonium nitrate
was being loaded.
But the government blamed the
steamship companies involved '
longshore unions and stevedoring
firms.
Judge Kennerly, in the order en-
tered today in the federal district
clerk’s office, said that the govern-
ment employes handling the am-
monium nitrate had been negli-
gent. and that there had not been
proper inspection and testa of the
fertilizer.
■1 concluded that the plaintiffs
are entitled to judgment," the
Judge said.
It was at 9:12 a. m. on April
16, 1947, that ammonium nitrate
in the S S. Grandcamp, a 7,176-
See TEXAS CITY, A 2, col 7.
• D.30 ......
• ........10.30
/ 5a 11:30
M Midnight ***--
Sunset last night 0.06; Sumrise today
*13 Sunset tonight 7:07
Barometer reading at 12:30 p.m 28.40
Relative humidity at 12:30 p.m. 94′8.
Noon
.....1.11
....19
.....2.00
......80
.....70
.... 1.5
_____.50
.... 1.32
...'.’ 21
.... 2.00
.... 1.5
.....11
.....25
.....1.38
.... «
.....2.05
.... 1.00
.....75
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throughout East Texas today and
In the northeast and upper coaat
sections tomorrow. Occasional
rain was predicted for the Pecos
Valley eastward in West Texas,
and the South Plains, today and
tonight.
The new rata was heavy enough
to do some good in the West Tex-
as area of Big Spring, Odessa,
Lubbock, Midland and Abilene, at
Eastland, Cleburne, Corsicana,
Fort Worth and Corsicana In Cen-
tral Texas, and at Dol Rio on the
Rio Grande
The heaviest falls were near
Big Spring and Cleburne—two
inches.
The favored areas included:
BIG SPRING—Rains up to 2.05
inches in centre! portion of How-
ard County but only 06 of an inch
at Ackerly in north part of coun-
ty where most cotton and sorghum
is grown. Big Spring reported 114
inches on west edge of town, 2.05
at north edge South and east
parts of county—ranching country
had two inches. It ‘ was Big
Spring's best rain since test Sept.
8.
MIDLAND—First rain of any
consequence since 1949 fell on
say "Any rain la good but we need
plenty more.”
ODESSA -About an Inch fell In
an hour last night, flooding many
streets curb to curb. It wM Odes-
sa’s first rain in months. High
winds accompanied the rain.
CLEBURNE—Burleson, on the
north edge of Johnson County, re-
ported 1.98 inches, benefitting cot-
ton. corn and small grain.
Elsewhere the rains ranged
from “helpful” to mere reminders
that it still can rain.
Amarillo In the Panhandle, re-
ported only a trace by 8 a m.
although heavy clouds hung over-
head. Pampa, also in the Pan-
handle, reported light rain—“The
first amounting to more than a
trace since last fall"—but the
Pampa News Mid it may not be
enough to save the thirsty wheat.
Pampa also repor-a “m icing
conditions.
Wichita Fills rej eavy
Suits Filed in
Haskell Blast
ground floor of the Oddfellow build-
ing here A costly fire originated
In the mint of the jinxed structure
HASKELL, April 13 (RNS)-
Four persons) damage suits, total-
ing over half a million dollars, were
"* TrLmaN Went on to say he nied in »* District Court here.a.
hadn’t read all that Taft had said; Wednesday afternoon against Lone keil square
The December explosion, out of
esrly March 17 and swept a por-
tion of the north side of the Has-
that he doesn’t read all the politi- Star Gas Company. The December explosion, out of
The suits, believed to be the lar- which the suits grew happened in
cal columns of all the people run-
ning for re-election.
Poultry Price
Supports Dropped
*
-t .the late afternoon just as the store
gest personal damage actions ever was closing
filed here, were for injuries re-
ceived when • Dec 29 explosion
Mrs Hancock and Mrs Clifton
rain anywhere in
Valley area, thou
of an inch—was
the night.
Corsicana repor
inch, which the
Mid would help
crops, especially 1
Fort Worth report
up to 1.30 Inches
the city itself res
Inch. It was enou
grass and grain
vegetable crop.
In South Texas
unwed Meek.
River
corn.
con-
Sun
with
of an
some
e a
In Corpus Christi area, where
the drouth is endangering flax and
delaying cotton and grain plant-
ing, there was no rain Corpus
Christi has had only .60 at an
inch since March 1.
The only border point to report
rain of consequence was Del Rio.
where 47 of an inch overnight
brightened truck gardening and
sheep grazing prospects. It was
Del Rio's first rain of consequence
since Feb. 11 when JO of an inch
fell.
Snow Hits Panhandle
AMARILLO, April 13. Vn—Rain
I turned to snow this morning at
Spearman and Gruver in the up-
per Panhandle. In 20 minutes the
ground was covered. Precipita-
non there totaled Za of an inch,
the Amarillo Globednews reported.
were clerks in the store. The four
were the only ones to the building
of at the time of the explosion They
ficially determined were all four hospitalized for a
Suits were filed by four persons |
in the building at the time
field of ita farm price support op- The plaintiffs and the damages gm Ine LII J J/
erations today by announc ing that asked are W reC K 1 U r S RighT-Fanded
it will no longer maintain a floor M H Hancock to behalf of his VY TECA ■ MTII3 NASAL 1 19IUCS
under the market for chickens and wife Mamie, $151,158 a e al
turkeys. John Clifton, for his wife, Lucille Preacher into a SouthOW
The department previously had $100,147.60 ■ "HtP" "***Y W *-----‘
dropped dry peas and American- S. Hassen, owner of the store, eturoan . 1 Net
cotton from the govern. $151,869.54. STAMFORD. April 13 (RNS —
mem ian S ten r list (ommodi | Raja Hassen. son of the store The Rev Miles B Hays of Stam-
ment price support list. Commodi-owner. $101.653.60. ford, who always claims to be a
ties on which a support decision The plaintiffs. In the petitions "right hand" preacher, will be
for 1950 production still is to be filed here, allege that the company I learning to preach with his left
made include soy beans, rye, oats, was negligent in maintaining a gas hand for the next few weeks,
barley and grain sorghums. | main which was in the alley back This may handicap him, but is
of the building and that escaping I not expected to prevent him from
gas was the cause of the mysterious i preaching for the revival meeting
blast at the First Baptist Church at An-
Citation was served Wednesday ' son next week.
The Rev Hays suffered s broken
roller bone when his car over-
turned Wednesday about 4 p.m.
WASHINGTON. April 13
The government narrowed
the
Radio Station Scolded
wrecked the Hassen Dry Goods Co
here.
Cause of the blast was never
# For Taking Sides
5 WASHINGTON, April 11 - afternoon on Marion Reeves, local
% The Federal Communications
Commission said today a radio
station that takes sides in publie
controversies must seek out op-
agent for Lone Star.
The suits are being handled -
jointly by these Haskell lawyers, and he la wearing a “harness" so
Ratliff and Ratliff, Tom Davis and the break can heal He also suf-
era Baptist Encampment grounds
to see about some work he is hav-
ing done on his cabin. He was trav-
eling alone behind a ear lust be-
fore he reached Avoca. The car
in front came to a stop and the
Rev. Hays swerved to avoid hitting
It HU car overturned and headed
back toward Stamford The door
came open and the preacher was
out on the ground when the car
stopped
"It was just one of those things
that happen,” the Rev. Hays said.
"I think I was lucky to have got-
ten out of that car in no worse
shape.” The car was badly dam-
aged.
fered alight cuts and bruises.
He was on the way to the tiled-
Royce Adkins.
The Hassen store was on the _
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 328, Ed. 2 Thursday, April 13, 1950, newspaper, April 13, 1950; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1648239/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.