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FINAL
VOL. LXXI, NO. 309
Associated Press (AP)
ABILENE, TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY L 1952—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
PRICE DAILY Se, SUNDAY 10c
Js Asked for Abilene Bar:
TEXAS BUSINESS HIT
10th Big Refinery
Joins Oil Strike
Lovett Approves,
$32 Million Field
Up to Congress
15-cent hourly wage boost and in-
By Ths Associated Press '-----— ------
The oil strike was extended creased shift, differentials.
Thursday to a tenth big refinery
along the Texas Gulf Coast.
REP. OMAR BURLESON
The Borger local was reported 1
not involved in the nationwide
-cOWIU strike. Joint announcement
Shutdown operations of the Shell of the agreement waa made by
Oil Company refinery at Texas City -j M. Brush of the Phillips em-
began at 2 a.m. Meanwhile orderly ploye relations department and
shutdown of nine other coastal re- Howard Keikbush, union spokes-
fineries was, almost complete. All man Some 3,000 employes repre-
were expected to be silent and cold sent a wide range of workers in
be midnight Thursday night. Phillips gasoline production, in
Merchants in coastal cities where natural gas and carbon black plants |
oil workers wages are a mainstay in the Borger area. .
of local economy expected a siege Elsewhere some smaller plants
of poor business. remained unaffected at least for
The average motorist had these. Although a majority of its work-
facts to console him ers are OWIU members the Me-
1. Many smaller refineries, and Murrey plant at Tyler continued
some large ones, continued operat- operations. Some Humble Oil & Be-
ing These included Humble’s big
— refinery at Baytown. Humble em-
ployes are represented by an inde-
pendent union. /
" 2. The strike came at a time
> who above-ground reserves of
gasoline were at a record high.
fining Co. facilities, with independ-
ent union contracts, continued
working. And firms with AFI. oil
workers contracts also were report-
ed on the job.
THEN $1 DEED WAS OFFERED — This picture was taken last August when an offeT
to deed Tve Army Airfield to the government for $1 .was made by members of the City
Commission to Col. J. F. Rodenhauser (second from left). City officials made the offer at
an informal session tn the hangar at the Tye field City officials shown with Col Rodenhaus
er are H B. Hildebrand, Binx Walker, City Manager Austin P Hancock, Mayor Ernest Gr
som, J. D Perry and Morey Millerman -
AE
SEN. LYNDON B. JOHNSON
Meanwhile, a Houston Chronicle
survey showed the vast chemical
plants along the Texas gulf coast
may begin feeling the pinch of the
strike in a matter of days. These
plants .which employ more than
20,000 people, are dependent on raw
petroleum products which come
from the refineries.
Continental Oil Company's plant
at Wichita Falls faced a noon clos-
ing while employes of a Phillips
Petroleum Company plant at Bor-
ger were expected to" approve a
new wage contract
The second 24 hours of the
strike that struck a paralyzing-blow
at the great Texas industry found
these other developments:
1. Gov. Shivers said two months
continuance of the strike could put
Texas' general revenue fund, now
on the borderline of deficit. In the
red. Shivers said he thought Presi-
dent Truman should invoke the
Taft-Hartley law to the strike of
Oil Workers International I nion
(CIO).
2. The Governor said if the strike
continued he would "look closely”
into the question of calling a spe-
cial session of the legislature
- CONFLICTING REPORTS
Abilene Wins One Round
SEN. TOM CONNALLY
Lawmakers
Share Credit
By LESLIE CARPENTER
Reporter-News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 1. — Secretary of Defense Robert
Lovelt Thursday sent Congress a request for more than
billion in military construction required for the nation $ de-
tense program, including $32,273,000 to rehabilitate the for-
mer Abilene Army Airfield at Tye into an Air Force base. Rep
Omar Burleson of Anson announced, ,
Sens. Lyndon B. Johnson and Tom Connally joined Burle-
son in the announcement.
All projects included in Lovett's request have been ap-
proved by President Truman's Bureau of the Budget and are
.backed by the administration
I Two other new fields for Texas
are also included in the bill$6.5
1269,000 for Galveston Municipal
"Airport and $10,858,000 for Moore,
Field at Mission 1
BILL TO BE INTRODUCED ,
Lovett's request is,expected to
be incorporated into a bill which
will be introduced in both the
Senate and House later Thursday.
His request carried no break-
down of how the money will be
spent on the Abilene. Air Force
Base and gave no details except
naming it and identifying the
amount.
Congress must authorize all such
military construction before funds
can be considered to pay for the
“construction. After Lovett’s re-
quests are introduced as a bill to
authorize the projects, the Senate
and House Armed Services Com-
, mittees will hold hearings on the
ol bill. After that, it will be consid-
Strategic Air
Command Will
Operate Base
The Strategic Air Command will
operate the Air Force base at Abi-
lene. if the local construction re-
queued by Defense Secretary
Robert Lovett la approved by Con-
Fight for Air Base
chures on many subjects: Hous, more days’ flying time per year
Ing schooling recreados, indus-than most places. 4. services '’,„.„ ...... ....... -_____________
tries, weather, ete. College and many machinists and other tech- ered by both houses of Congress,
school officials proved especially nical workers who could assist in Loveu - "" - -
helpful on this, keeping up with the fields main- of $2,027,752,000 for military coo-
Headed by Col. B. C Harrison, tenance needs. 5. several Indus- struction for all the services
deputy commanding officer of the trial establishments which could This included $1,212,844,000 m- nouncemema was ue maue wy w
it of persistent 28th Strategic Reconnaissance handle subcontracts for the mil- side the United States and $242.-Air Force. _ — —
It took tw°Years of persistent Wing Rapid City Air Force Base, itary, * wholesale, retail and oil 555.000 outside this country and It was not indicated whether the
endeavor by the Abile ne Chamber g D., the SAC. group conferred center, 7, utilities available in suf- $572 355.000 in classified military proposed base would be classed as
and with th. City Commission the ficlent quantities at reasonable construction, , "permanent.” included in Lore,
Because the amount hs so large. 1 requwse-yot one nolo Abuene X
su ^^ Wo .tonom:; Amen. ^ ^
minded members of Congress de- Co2e"y.22 d:hmuiaa noma har
mand proof from military author-
raise the half a million dollars.
The community responded, and
met the challenge.
--By EARLE WALKER
Abilenians have made an impor-
tant gain in their- long, hard fight
toward securing reactivation of the
old Army Airfield at Tyw.
The Air Force has asked .Con-
gress for a base there. .
When Brig Gen Harold R
M\ddux. Air Force headquarters
Washington, D. C., headed the East
MAT *6o Ama nitioasa, he localirchooimiend eolleresdtochine EC National petense Committee' rates. * adequate housing. 9. much
raised local citizens hopes reactivate the former Abilene Ai- Abilene School Board and the pres- to offer in the way or SDOH
He challenged Abilene to supply my Auieid ' idents of the three local colleges tural entertainments and other
by public subscription the approx ■- To“ sort cost the Cc esti-1 Sept. 17.- ' recreational facilities.
mate $500,000 which would be re- n *51206 5 ““ Keynote In that visit was that This inspection team represented
quired to purchase land for the mated $12,000 for ma 2 1s 4 — - ----i---A — sir Am* 41 - Rest
type of base the AF wan consitier-
Now the hopes that General
Maddux inspired are justified
It's all up to Congress. The
AF’s decision is made
of Commerce, city officials,
local schools- and colleges to bring
3 Bruce Wiggins publicity chair-
man for the Texes Service, Station
Association, said in Beaumont that
there will be no shortage of gaso-
line for motorists in thst area al-
though some stations will close -
immediately. Other reports of the
gasoline supply conflicted. 1
Some 25 000 of about 30,000 work- 1
People knew then that the mili-
tary did like Abilene
Dr Harold G. Cooke, president
of MeMurry College, ‘ was named
general chairman of the drive to
mated $12,000 for ma >s ed
actual expenses during the past
calendar year alone. Manager Jc |
Cooley said.
ers in Texas are, out on the strike,
but more than 12,000 showed up
yesterday th the Beaumont-Port Ar-
thur area to help shut down Gulf
Texas, Magnolia and Atlantic Corn
“pany plants. .
Nine Texas Gulf Coast refineries
probably would be completely shut
gress.
The Reporter-News received this
information by telephone Thursday
morning from Rep. Omar Burleson
of Anson and Sens. Lyndon B
Johnson and Tom Connally.
Such a base would have an esti-
.---------------- mated 1,000 officers, 5,000 airmen
Lovett asked for a grand total and 350 civilian employes. ,
-------------„,.—. — When the work is authorized and
„ ... ..._________funds made available, further an-
included $1,212,844,000 in- nouneements will be made by the
Abilene tea city of home. Ihe the SAC. Offutt Air Force Base, ities that all the projects requested
atmosphere of which eausel many Omaha, Neb., although its *mem-
World War II trainees here to re- bers were stationed at various
turn later, marry local girls and points. cant mar u museus -=
A luncheon in the visitors’ honor rates high on the Pentagon $ list of
was given by the C-C at the Wooten *---‘ * ′
Intel 1
atmosphere of which causes man
are necessary
in this connection it is signifi-
cant that the Abilene Air Base
Air field pavement, liquid fuel
storage and dispensing needs, com
munications, navigational, aldt
lighting, operation facilities, air
craft maintenance, troop housing
administration and community fa
eilities, uitities. land acquisition
medical facilities, storage and
shops.
/
Midnight oil was burned by the establish residences in Abilene,
clerical staff of the C-C, as it pre- Among the glories of Abilene
pared reams of briefs for filing cited were: j Outstanding educa- ________
with seven different Air Force tional facilities, 2. centrally Io- " By the time de group completed the mintary public works construe-
commands. : cated between the East and West A ---An wall ha enught from
"No city ever has been . more Coasts, * weather which permits See ABILENE WINS, Page 4.A
thoroughly and repeatedly briefed ---------------------------------
than Abilene,” Cooley commented. . - _
SIX INSPECTIONS
At least six major • inspections COUPT W OFT T DOT
of the field were made by mili- W/SAS ■ • ATS
tary men, plus a civiliarggenzineer-
_A real West Texas welcome, tea CAAilsa CACESn
MIAMI Fla, May 1 on- Wreck turing luncheons, or other enter- oree ■ ▼▼ 09c D DOST 111 due to Pun
age of a missing. Pan American tainment, was. always extended • JUUSS TV SR
World Airways luxury stratoerviser After the National Defense Com. WASHINGTON, May 1 * The meet the situation calmly, wisely
was sighted near Carolina Brazil mittee of the C. had spearheaded U. S. Court of Appeals by a 5 to 4 and promptly.”
today and reporta said there was the drive for reactivation for about vote’ refused today to - bar the In the steel. towns, the mills
no sign of any survivors. two years, things began toteke government from raising wages of were closed up tight and union
The plane disappeared," 2 dan to chap met INES OWN* "LEtre --------- “ -----------------— —
with 5 persons aboard. 19 of them them - when • group of Air Force
APAMCometals to Miami said me-- and civilian specialists flew here______
sages indicated the aircraft had XQm a. 1351 Commanded by Col coin enjoin Secretary of Com.
"Ihenarctenet "st spotted by.! Ear .er -&r»
searching PAA C-46 type cargo MS p W-P tone was the same as that by
plane in the vicinity of Carolina, them installations for
some 400 miles southeast of Bele ekeoireter, * imtananon
some 400 miles southeast of Belem, the A" Force
Plane
Sighted
Among the
bases which must be built
After authorization is made tar
tion, funds will be sought from
the Houle Appropriations sub com-
mittee handling military appropri-
ations. which is headed by Rep
George Mahon of Colorado City.
There are no new Army or Navy
construction projects in Texas in
' Lovett’s request.
K Representative Omar Burleson ,..--, ....------.------
and Senators Lyndon B Johnson down, by Friday night A tenth,
h from Connally today shared Shell continued negotiations with
and Tom oo Com- the CIO: but had received a ,trike
high praise Chamber 9 notice. 7
merce committeemen for their Sas pipelines showed no immedi.
tiring efforts and assistance given ate effect from the oil strike A
to furthering Abilene’s -bid to
secure Air Force approval of the
reactivation of the Abilene Army
Airfield at Tyes _____
“Without the fine cooperation
we received from our represents,
tives in* Congress, we could not
have had much success in our ef-
forts,” said Mayor Ernest Gris
som. .
spokesman for one company said.
“It would be a long-range prob-
lem.”
The tentative agreement for a
new contract which Phillips Petrol-,
eum Company workers were to vote
on Thursday at Borger called for a
For Governor
Jack Ross Becomes
Secretary of State
AUSTIN, May 1 in. Jack Ross
became the new secretary of State
tor Texas today. He succeeded
John Ben Shepperd. who quit to
campaign for the office of attorney
general.
WHERE IT RAINED
steel workers while it holds the pickets were stationed about them
eized mill. However, Sawyer said he did not AUSTIN. May 1 (—Former Dix
feel the men were now on strike trict Judge Ralph Yarborough of
against the government since their
walkout came when U. S District
Judge David A. Pine ruled on
Tuesday that the government sei-
zure was illegal and the mills must
be returned to their owners
The role denying a plea from
major steel companies that the
ABILENE
Weather bureau'
Southside
2724 Simmons ..
Cotton, Textiles
Decontrol Seen
WASHINGTON, May 1 0Price
Stabilizer Ellis Arnail said today
price controls on raw cotton and
cotton textiles and apparel probab-
ily will be suspended next week.
Textiles and apparel have been
selling well below ceilings for some
time There has been a wide de
mand for decontrol of those items.
Oil Walkout
Pinches U. S.
Their report to Timberlake
stated that apparently the former
Abilene Army Airfield could best
serve the Air Force as a Strategic.
Air Command base.
It was to be General Timber-
lake's function to confer with Geg-
mimhar tions was the same as that by
limner which the court last night returned
i the steel plants to government con-
trol.
Only a few minutes before the
court decision was announced.
Sawyer had said he did not intend
to take any “precipitate” action
about wages
Yesterday, the government got to# attorney xeneral.
Austin today announced his candi-
dacy for governor - ____w ,i.no, ...
He is the only announced oppon- AA NT
ent so far at Gov. Allan Shivers 1 miles north
Yarborough had been widely ANson
mentioned as a possible candidate Aspermont
to# attorney general Hl. decision Ballinger
Bruce Field
909 Hickory
eral Vandenberg who to turn
• would make recommendation, to
Thomas K Finletter secretary of
the Air Force. ,
ABILENIANS TO CAPITAL
Four prominent Abilenians had
called on topflight officials in the
nations capital shortly before
Colonel Rodenhauser’s delegation
was dispatched here They were:
_ _ Mayor Ernest Grissom, CC Pres-
reported in scattered areas untruth.” ident J C. Hunter Jr.. W P
Some filing stations in the steel- Ching had id then agreement Wright chairman of the CC Na
producing area of Gary, Hammond provided for a 15-cent hourly wage
prod ns Chicano lad reported hike and the union’s differential
and. * his 4 lensoune rash demands
DENVER. u—The nation - wide nouncement. They said the report-
strlke of nearly 90,000 unionized ed agreement was false and put
oil industry workmen went Into its them to the role of strike breakers,
second day today with shortages The CIO union branded the an-
of gasoline for motorists already nouneement by Ching "an absolute
reported in scattered areas untruth.”
Arnall said that although cotton -
is selling not too far below ceiling, they were — - ------_ -
the Office of Price Stabilization night, less than 24 hours after the
probably will have to suspend cell- strike began Other stations were
ings in the raw material along with exported to,run out today Similar
those on textiles and apparel. I shortages were cropping up in the
The celling set about 13 months Midwest.
The celling ---— The Oil Workers International ABILENE AND VICINrry -eiar io
Union (CIO) in Denver, represent- *.nd iter,
ing refinery and pipeline workers sus: Low tonikor as -MAS a
and heading a coalition Of 22 CIO. 85.
AFL and independent oil unions
said “the most promising" negotia-____________
tions were going no in Sam Fran Dear mow
cisco.the coast.
TRIMS DEMAND
Officials said the union to talks | #WY."
with Shell Oil had trimmed its Ne smeoin
original demand for a 25-cents)
hourly wage boost to 22 cents and
“a lot of other compromises are
being kicked around."
The average wage in the industry
now ranges from 32 to $2.10 hourly.
Cyrus S. Ching, chief of the Fed-
eral Mediation Service, had pre-
dieted a possible nation-wide pat-
tern for settlement from an agree-
ment he said was reached at Stand- —
ard Oil of Indiana’s Sugar Creek N *
ago on raw cotion was 45.76 cents
a wound for white and extra-white
middling 15-16ths inch staple length
— a basic grade. The current price
has been running around 39 to 4
cents, officials said. The current
spot price of this grade of cotton
in New York today was quoted at
39.15 cents.
Arnall described this an being
about 3% days trading limit below
the ceiling. The limit in which cot-
ton prices can advance in any one
.. day is two cents a pound. _
McMahon in Race
. for Presidency
NEW YORK, May 1 — Sen L.
Brian McMahon of Connecticut £ Mox refinery
day announced his candidacy for
THE WEATHER
EAST TEXAS Partly cloudy and eon-
tinued warm with widely scattered
thundershowers in interior Thursday
it and Friday Gentle to
lly southwesterly winds •
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS Mostly
cloudy with scattered thundershowers
Thursday. Thursday might and Fride/
“o important change in temperatures
WEST TEXAS: Partly cloudy with seat
tered thundershowers mBHy in. Pan
handle South Plains and Upper Pecos
vEsedurress. No important eh
tmasimun temperature for
period ending 9:20 a m.. 84.
Low temperature for 24 hour
enaina $30 Nek ArVurs
"#/RM Thi
• *
£
day announced his candidacy for Between 250 and 300 members, 2
the Democratic presidential nomi- of the CIO union met last night •
the Demon P and voiced protest of Ching s an-1 M
nation.
8
The government manager of the
steel mills said the situation was
so fluid that “the employes and 1
I myself, and the operators too, are
1 at the movement in a revolving
i door We are neither coming in
nor going out ”
Sawyer also called in his state-
ment for:
1. New negotiations by the in-
dustry and Ihe CIO steelworkers
looking toward a bargained settle-
ment of their differences.
2. Action by Congress to give
the government some clear legal
basis for dealing with situations
such as the steel strike has
created
to run against Shivers instead came
as a surprise in political circles na.ru
“It is time for a change. He said Bronte
In his formal announcement The Cisco
people of Texas have it in their Clyde
power to end the bossism and dome Colorado City .
ination of the closed clique of per- Merkel
manent politicians in Austin."
an order from the court of appeals
which has the effect of holding up
Pine’s order pending an appeal to
the Supreme Court
The court of appeals' action to.
day leaves the government free to
work out an agreement with the _ . _ _____
: steelworkers. manent politicians to Austin Munday
Acting Attorney General Philip The 48-year-old attorney said he Robert Lee
Perlman told the court during intends “to take this crusade for Roscoe
arguments that there would be no cleaner government in Texas into Rotsnat:
vage boost before the government every corner of this state before San Angela
files its appeal from Judge Pine's the July primaries" , Snyder .....
decision with the Supreme Court Yarbrough served as judge at x —Iwater
The appeal is due to be filed to the 53rd District Court here for Sweetwater
morrow. | five years prior to World War 11 Winters
Baird
Snyder
north
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1
tional Defense Committee and
1 CC Manager Cooley.
I Maj Gen. William F McKee.
I assistant vice chief of staff for the
Air Force, had told the Abilenians
thatif the Air Force ere,
I increased. Abilene would definitely
be considered for an installation ____- .JI
Cooley and Hunter came hack between giant Industry and giant
to Abilene, but Mayor Grissom
and Wright stayed longer in Wash-
ington to confer with Seeretar
Finletter.
| The Abilene delegation had met
also with John A McCone, under-
secretary of the Air Force, sub-
mitting briefs
General McKee requested ad-
ditional information on Abilene,
which the C-C promptly supplied
Soon after Colonel Roder-
hauser’s visit, Sen Tom Connally
wired Mayor Grissom Sept 11 that
representatives of the Strategic
Air Command would be in Abilene
in the next few days to inspect the
field Grissom called Connally’s
new* "SAC PAYS VISIT
He said
“We are now facing up to a
situation which has long been Im-
pending where a titantic struggle
labor results in a paralysis in
which our whole economic and
social life may be at stake
“It is time foe the congress to
ITS A :
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Entirely different editorials and
features from *• Evening edi
tion.
Oil, livestock ranching and
ion
Lt Gen. Curtis B. LeMay. com-
manding general of the SAC at
Omaha. Neb. telegraphed CC
Manager Cooley that the SAC del-
| egation would be here Sept. 17. |
The CC armed itself with bro-
night sports, 100.
Order today See your cor
rier, or dial 47271
(Add to your Evening and
Sunday, subscription of the
same address).
Snyder, Ballinger Rains
Heavy; Winds Hit Angelo
Rato ranging up to two inches ditions held a Alight, possibility for were damaged in residential parts
from ominods thunder clouds, more rain Thursday night of the affected ar •
on west Central Texas wednes. At San Angelo, one of the .mall The tunnel of one of the twister,
day Two small twisters twisters wreaked havoc in an area was reported as a terrifying circle
dipped into san" Angelo, causing from the Caddo st bridge to ihe of swirling black.
considerable damage to several West Texas Lumber Co were in WATER THREATENS
buildings. „ . uTh shreevert S TlouK Ee
Rains were believed heaviest at, ’r
| Ballinger, where 2.50 inches, were‘A four walls and the roof were
recorded. A rain gauge north of o or % two-story frame build-
Snyder showed 250 inches, and ing A the van Frellick. Im build-
heavy damage from hail an inch • the - -
in diameter and flooded streets, *
waa reported
In Abilene the ram was gauged
from A3 at 909 Hickory to 1:20 at
2724 Simmons Ave. Considerable
hall was reported to the northeast
part of the city, and at Lake Fort
Phantom No sizeable damage was
reported
MORE, POSSIBLE -
C E. Sitehler, chief U. S weath-
- se observer to Abilene, said con-
. .... „ __West Texas Lumber
Co., the south side of a two-story
building crumpled
Twelve members of the san An
gele National Guard were called
out at police request to guard
stocks in damaged warehouses
against possible looting
Residents of the area in which
the twisters dipped abandoned their
houses and threw themselves on
the ground, but only a handul of
small frame houses and garages
Al Snyder, employes of the Furr
Food Store kept water which had
entered the stockroom from spill
ling over into the store proper with
sand bags The water poured in
| from flooded streets near the court,
house square, and caused an esti-
| mated $150 damage to stock.
The official Snyder rain guage
showed 145 inches of rain, but a
rain guage north of town showed
2.30 inches.
RS&P. Railroad’s troche which
run north and south through town
were rated with debris which had
washed onto the right-of-way.
See RAIN, Pg 2-A, Co. 3
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