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TULSA. Okla., Jan. 4. (Pos- __________, -_________...
Bible man murder of an Illinois the man robbed him of about $10
couple and their, throe children by and forced him Into the trun
a hitchhiker spurred Oklahoma of- partmeat He told officers
fieers into a fearful investigation eaped while the car waa driven
today, slowly over a bumpy road near
The Texan, L B Archer, said
com
STRATEGY
(Continued from page 11
epitaph of America and of our
civilization.”
On the third key question—a pro-
gram for survival—the views of
all four vaired, la basis, and in
degree. *
Gov Dewey called for staying
ahead in the development of atom-
Die weapons. Without going into de-
tails, he advocated maintaining
Thursday Evening, January 4, 1951 The Abilene, Texas, Reporter-News 1 Page 3
large land armies “unless we are
going to Europe or China.” But.
be said we should arm our sea
and air forces ‘‘to the teeth"
Japan, he said, should be given
her independence and provided
with arms to defend herslef China
should be branded as an aggres-
sor and denied a seat in the UN.
The members of the UN should
Reds Plan Sabotage,
Magazine Reports
NEW YORK. Jan. 4. UPt-News-
week Magazine says the Commu-
nist Party at its recent national
convention boasted of its ability
and readiness to sabotage defense
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or your
10,000.
Officers said they faced the task U. & Highway 66.
of trying to solve one of the state’s
mostly ghastly crimes.
A blood-splotched automobile,
riddled with bullets, was found on
a backroad near the etty’s out ^ partially fed box of mmun
skirts yesterday by an Osage Coun- tion and a receipt for the pistol
tyedeputy sheriff. J ___from an El Paco, Tex. store were
Biloedy clothes, * blood-stained found la the rar The receipt for
pocketknife and several exploded the pistol was made out to "W F
32 caliber revolver cartridges Cook, St. Lot.’n
were found in the ear owned by ----------------------_
Carl Mosser. 35, well-to-do farmer . . 4
of Atwood. III.Mexican Ranchhand
A search was started immedi. —. ,
lately for the bodies of Mosser. his Charged in Murder
wife 29, and their children Ron-
aid Dean. 7. Gary Cart. 3 and RIO GRANDE CITY. Tex., Jan
Pamela Sue, 3. 4. —Guadalupe Gonzalez, 18, has
Officers later found the ear
abandoned A small duffle bag con-
taining clothing, an empty box for
a new 32,caliber colt automatic.
from an El Paco, Tex., store were
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Relatives told Illinois authorities been indicted on a charge of mur-
the family was en route to Al- der in the slaying and burning of j
buquerque, N.M., to visit Mosser’s Maximino Perez Velasquez, 44, on
twin brother. Chris, an Army lieu- a Starr County ranch.
tenant. Both men were ranchhands from 1
No fingerprints, footprints oe Mexico.
blood trails were found Officers Chief Deputy Sheriff Fred El-
believe the bodies were wrapped lert said Gonzales was arrested
in blankets and carried away. Monday. Ellen said officers re-
Discovery of the car prompted | covered Velasquez’s wallet con-
Oklahoma County officers to link laming $540 and his pocket knife,
the robbery of a Texas man near
Oklahoma City Saturday with the
family's disappearance.
The gunman was last seen flag-
ging a ride in an Illinois car near
, Luther, in Northeast Oklahoma
County. Kermit Mackey, a farmer
who lives near Luther, said he
saw a man leave the Texan's car
while It was parked on the should-
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“He’s using a trick soup bowl for that guy who never tips!"
Truman Says He’ll Speed
Controls of Prices, Wages
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Young Texan Plunges
From Hospital Room
WASHINGTON, Jan 4. (—
President Truman said today
stop all shipments of supplies to
the Chinese Reds that can be used mobilization
for military, purpose. . . The magazine says carefully
He called for an end to vacilla- screened delegates were told the
tion and disunity in Europe, a party has the machinery and
concrete demonstration of the will forces to initiate and lead" such'
' invulnerable bases around the
world from which to send the
bomb."
Mr Kennedy said our strength and ability to light if attacked lie sabotage
should be concentrated in Canada, described Germany aa “their fron-
the Caribbean, Latin America and tier."
Iceland He said we should get out
of Korea and Asia and not
tempt to hold the river lines
Europe
Mr. Dulles said, the United
Stoles is not confronted with only
one alternative "to withdraw en-
tirely." or to commit our forces
all over the world. He insisted
that the problem is to select the
bases, anywhere in the world,
from which we can counterattack
a Russian assault, and where our
power will tend to deter" a So-
viet onslaught.
The convention last week was
closed 16 press and public.
Party leaders. Newsweek says
“carefully executed
in opposition to the
The United States. Hoover said .
at- must continue to aid the hungry called' for
in in the world, and to aid “other na- .lowdowns __...________
tions when they have displayed planned speedup of workers, partic-
spirit sod strength in defense ularly those In war Industrie. "
against communism '' — ---— -
"When I was in the Senate work-
ing for the ratification of the North.
Atlantic Pact,” he said "I took
There can be no appeasement.
he continued And he said 1
“We Americans alone with seat
and air power can so control the 1
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that
there can be no possible invasion
of the Western Hemisphere by
Communist armies They can no
more reach Washington in force
than we can reach Moscow "
the position that it did not commit i
the U. S. to the land defense of
any particular area. It did com-
mit us to action, but the action
of our own choosing rather than
I action that an aggressor could
I dictate to us."
Mr. Hoover's phrase, describing ■
America as a “Western Hemis-
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CHICAGO, Jan. 4. WP—A 21-year-
old Texan plunged to his death
from the fifth floor of Billings
Memorial Hospital last night.
He was Charles Ross of Bovina
Hospital authorities said he was
under treatment for stomach ul-
across-the-board price and wage
controls are going to be put on
wherever necessary and possible
as soon as it can be done
He told a news conference the
Administration is working with
cers.
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zation' has already gone around
the world, stirring various reac-
lions
But sthe former President was
careful to point that he did not
mean withdrawing inside this J
country or this hemisphere alone. |
On the contrary, he said we could
hold the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans, and that our Western
frontier should be on Britain “if
she wishes to cooperate,” and in
Some labor unions have contend-Japan, Formosa and the Philips
ed the restrictions on ceilings for Pines in the East
He said we have little need for
ducts must not be lower than (A)
the highest price, in the month
before the war in Korea or (B)
“parity” prices— whichever were
higher. Partly la a standard set by
federal farm laws and declared to
be fair to both farmers and con-
that in view. . u
;| Mr Truman noted that it sumets. The parity price rises and
would require legislation to clamp falls with changes in the prices of
controls on food, but said that as things farmers buy.
soon as it is physically possible
wage-price controls will be set
wherever it is legally possible.
Asked if he would seek to amend farm prices make it impossible to
EDINBURG. Jan. 4. W—Six-
year-old Jerry West died at a hos-
pital here yesterday, the Rio
Grande Valley's first polio death
of 1951.
The last previous ■ polio death
was last June 16.
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a 1950 law which restricts controls have effective control of food
oh food prices. Mr Truman re-prices
plied by suggesting that reporters." Truman remarked during
wait for his Statelo the Union" his discussion that Hsing cot O
"Mr. Truman" Will "deliver this food had contributed to the rising
message in person to a joint ses-cost of living.
sion of the Senate and House.
It is customary for the State of hi; Cinu.
the Union message to sketch in Nine ores Kazed
broad outlines what the President - - -*
wants from Congress. 1 - Dlu
The 1950 defense production law in Indiana Didze
| which gave Mr. Truman wage and
| price control powers, stipulates
that price ceilings on farm pro-
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■ holidays numbered 16 by Thurs-
■ day morning, it was reported by
■ the office of Jerome Vannoy, regis-
■ trar. Classes there were resumed
■ Tuesday.
B This presents a marked increase
I over the number leaving to enter
EVANSVILLE, Ind Jan. 4 —
Fire swept through the center of
the business district of this south-
ern Indiana city early today, de-
stroying nine stores. Loss was esti-
mated at $2 million.
The fire broke out at 130 a.m.
and was out of control for nearly
four hours. Three and two-story
stores on both sides of Main Street
between Third and Fourth streets,
were destroyed Some of the struc-
tures house offices on the upper
floors.
Firemen from nearby communi-
ties in Indiana, Illinois and Ken-
the armed forces prior to the hol-ucky nespea nga tne
I idays. The office reported that The fire broke t in
only nine had withdrawn during * , ure in
the part of the school term prior
to Christmas. brick
tucky helped fight the blaze.
the Econo-
my Dry Goods Store, a two-story
‘ * structure and spread to a
.... &^^" AMP ShCDOTInaRCLNS
It for the whole semester's work names leaped
in those courses on which they
have at, least a C average, the
registrar’s office stated.
About 90 University of Texas stu-
I dents dropped out and enlisted
| Wednesday and 80 Texas Tech men
did the same thing, the Associated
Press reported.
Col. E. H. Keltner, ROTC head
at Arlington State College, said that
school is losing students because
many Texas draft boards are call-
ing up ROTC students entitled to
deferments. He said the draft law's
across the street
and set fire to five other stores.
One of the stores destroyed was
Hoffman’s Department Store, one
of the largest in this city of 140,-
000 on the Ohio River.
Damage of $2 million was esti-
mated by Joseph Connor, vice
president of the National City
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optional sections provide for ROTC
students showing leadership quali-
ties to be deferred if they are of- ARE fad a ha state
freed contracts at senior colleges AUSTIN, Jan. 4. U The State
for additional training. He said
small town draft boards particular-
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“We have lost sbout 100 boys
who have been drafted and who
have volunteered recently.” said
Dr. E. H. Hereford, president of
I Arlington, a junior college, and
there's another 50 on the campus
iconsidering volunteering." .
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1 some withdrawals most of the stu-
dents are trying to stay in school
to finish their work."
Leonard Mystrom,. Southern
Methodist University registrar, said
| no figures were available "but we
haven’t had very many leave
school to enlist.”
I And Texas Western College at
Liquor Control Board is reminding
its border people that Texas law
permits s person to bring in only
one quart of whisky when return-
ing from Mexico.
Coke Stevenson, Jr., administra-
tor of the board, said he sent out
the reminders after hearing re-
ports yesterday that Texans re-
turning through Laredo were be-
ing permitted to bring in a gallon
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Dean Monroe S. Carroll at Bay-
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[ night that 27 students withdrew in ,
two days to join the armed serv-
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