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3 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Monday Evening, June 16, 1952
Central Texas
TODAY'S MARKETS
Probe Continues
InTriple Slaying
Pastors Named
NEW YORK June 16 V—The
stock market was mixed today
ON THE UP AND UP — Flippy, a porpoise trained at Marineland, Fla., is a flag-raiser as
well as an eyebrow-raiser. At either spoken or visual command, Flippy races across his
tank, leaps out of the water to grips a rubber ball, pulling it down to raise the Marine Stu-
dios’ porpoise flag. At left, above, he leaps for the ball. At center, almost free of the water,
he grabs the ball. Flopping back, right, he releases his hold on the ball just as the flag
reaches the top of the mast.
Heat Blamed for Six Deaths
Over Nation; 110 Is Hottest
By The Associated Press
Deaths mounted Monday under
the hot pack of heat and humidity
that covered most of the nation.
A survey by the Associated Press
showed a four-day total of 76. The
toll included six deaths attributed
directly to the effects of the op-
pressive weather, and 70 drownings.
The heat wave lay like a steam-
ing blanket on a huge section of
the U. S. that extended from Texas
eastward and northeastward to the
Atlantic Coast.
Records were melted in many eit-
ies. Sunday readings reached as
high as 110 degrees. That high was
recorded at Presidio, Tex.
Chicago’s 94.8 high Sunday was
the highest since Aug. 8. 1949. New
York’s 90.6 was the hottest of the
year.
St. Louis had a roasting 101, a
record for the date and the hottest
day there since 1947. It was the 11th
straight day of 90 or higher tem-
peratures in St. Louis.
Six persons were treated for heat
Weather Responsible for 4
Of 10 Texas Violent Deaths
By The Associated Press
Hot weather and efforts to escape
it cost at least four of ten lives
lost in violent manners over Texas
during the week end.
A 40-year-old Mexican bracero.
Jarramilio Olmos, died last night
in Pecos from heat stroke suffered
in 107-degree heat while chopping
cotton on the R. D. Whittington
farm. Whittington saw the man fall
and brought him to Pecos, where
a doctor pronounced him dead.
Three persons drowned as they
sought relief from the heat.
Robert Banks, 34. drowned in a
lake in Balmorhea State Park, 40
miles south of Pecos Saturday. Ef-
forts to revive Banks failed after
his body was found floating. The
body was sent to Snyder for burial.
Charles Hankins, 13-year-old son
Potatoes Rushed
To Markets but
Demand Is Light
NEW YORK, June 16 IB-Pota-
toes glutted local markets today
after several weeks of scarcities
and high prices Neither retailers
nor wholesalers were in any hurry
to buy.
Dealers predicted prices—now
well below the old OPS ceilings-
would go still lower this week. The
market has "broken wide open,"
they said, and cut-rate prices are
ahead for the New York housewife.
Herman B Glaser, attorney for
the Retail Food Merchants Asso-
ciation here, noted that "whole-
salers are loaded with potatoes.”
“Spuds are not moving at whole-
sale or retail.” he said.
Edward A. Hausman, executive
secretary of the Allboro Retail
Fruit Association, observed that
housewives who stopped buying
• during the period of high prices
apparently have not yet restored
potatoes to their menus
Carolina potatoes were quoted
here this morning at $4 for a
hundred-pound bag. wholesale, as
against the old OPS ceiling of $4.60
a bag and a recent black market
price of $7.50. California potatoes
dropped to *5.25 from the black
market price of *10
The price break was attributed
to heavy shipments of new crop
potatoes from Virginia.
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hankins of
Bowie, drowned in Lake Bridgeport
while swimming Sunday.
Robert L. Huff, 37. Galveston,
drowned after he fell in deep water
while crabbing In the Gulf Satur-
day..
The number of highway deaths,
meanwhile, dropped.
Mrs. Ruby Sirman, 26, upset by
a family quarrel, jumped from a
speeding car into the path of her
husband’s truck at Houston Satur-
day. The truck did not hit her, but
she died of head injuries sustained
in the leap.
Seven-year-old Marshall Murrell
of Paris, Tex., was fatally injured
when he ran into the side of a car
near his home Saturday.
Vettie McAlpin Sorge, 27, Long-
view, was killed Saturday when her
car hit a tree at Silver Lake, west
of Mineola Witnesses said brakes
were applied too quickly and it
skidded out of control.
Kenneth Wadsworth, 18. was
killed Saturday when a tractor he
was operating plunged through a
bridge and overturned on him near
Waxahachie.
A Southern Pacific Railroad
worker. Florentino Perez, 52, WM
killed Saturday night when a loco-
motive backed over him.
W D. Roberts died Saturday
night after being shot in the head,
heart and arm. His wife, Elizabeth
Roberts, surrendered after the
shooting. A preliminary hearing
was scheduled at Sierra Blanca
today._____________________________
Water Shortage
Threatens Wichita
WICHITA. Kan —A serious
water shortage threatened this
city of 170,000 today after a 48-
inch main developed its third
break in four days. The main is the
only line bringing water to the city
proper
Officials of Boeing, Beech and
Cessna aircraft companies report-
ed their plants would be closed
all or part of the day. They em-
ploy about 45,000 persons.
Water from wells is available
for emergency use but is not suf-
ficient to meet all the city's needs
Excessive watering of gardens
and lawns during the current dry
spell was blamed for the shortage
prostration in St. Louis hospitals.
The city has had only .73 of an
inch of rain this month.
By Methodists
WACO. June 16 — Pastoral ap-
pointments in the Central Texas
Methodist District, which were an-
nounced last night, included:
Brownwood District Supreintend-
ent, H B Lloyd
Ballinger, H. C. Smith: Bangs.
James Cooper: Brownwood-Central.
R. J. LaPrade; First Church, A. S.
Gafford: Johnson Memorial. Guy
B Birdwell; Brownwood Circuit,
Kenneth J. Wyatt; Coleman-F irst
Church. J D F Williams: Cole-
man-Trinity. Frank H. Booth. Co-
manche. R M Burton: Drasco-
Wingate. Jarrell Sharp: Gustine-
Lamkin. H R. Hall; Indian Creek-
Buffalo, W. M Bowden; May-Pleas-
ant Valley, V. E. Hankinson; Mul-
lin. Howard Morgan; Mt. View-Cir-
cuit. W E. Gilbert; Norton-Bethel,
J W. Hodges; Novice, Luster Loc-
kett; Rockwood-Cleveland, Don Jop-
ling: Santa Anna, Jack Payne; Sid-
ney-Indian Creek Wm. Gunkel.
Talpa-Crews, Robert Peyton: Val-
era Circuit. Joe McCarthy: Winters,
Bruce Weaver; Zephyr.' Jack
Moore.
Cisco District Superintendent,
Leslie Seymour.
Breckenridge, W. E Shipp; Brec-
kenridge Circuit, Jas. E. Hold-
ridge. Bunyan Circuit, E. W. Holt;
Burkett Circuit, Robert Lindsey;
Caddo, S. R. Grace; Carbon.
Charles Fromer; Cisco-First
Church, Earl H. Lightfoot; Wesley,
Robert Sanders; Clairette Circuit.
Joe Stamey: Cross Plains, C. Y.
Butler; DeLeon, J. W Sharbutt.
De-Leon Circuit. Lloyd Sanders,
Desdemona-Flatwood, L T. Welch;
Dublin, E L. Craig; Eastland, J.
Morris Bailey; Gorman, J. L. Ray;
Olden Circuit, Glen Harrington;
Putnam, W. L Milner; Ranger,
Garland Lavender; Rising Star,
Earl G. Harper; Scranton Circuit,
Raymond Pate.
with trading quiet
Prices changed fractionally for -
the most part. A few extended a mining center
little more than a point on the Na -u.™.
downside
LOGAN, W. Va. —State police
’ questioned * 38-year-old man fur-
ther today in a triple slaying dis-
covered yesterday in s lonely
mountain cabin six miles from this
Rails and steels held steady.
Copper mining issues and golds
were slightly higher. Chemicals
sagged.
The market started on an ir-
regular note Week-end orders
were cleared out in a hurry, and
then the tape halted frequently.
American Telephone was fairly
active. It started on a block of
2,000 shares up 1-6 at 152, and
thereafter it traded a notch higher.
The action of the market today
—quiet irregularity -- followed the
line rather characteristic of last
week. And there were the same
market influences with the con-
tinuing steel strike the greatest
barrier to a concerted market
movement
Among higher stocks today were
Douglas Aircraft, Anaconda Cop-
per, American Woolen, Equitable
Office Building, and Homestake
Mining. Lower were Nickel Plate.
Chrysler. American Cyanamid.
and Du Pont.
Livestock
FORT WORTH June 14 (Cattle $.000
calves 1.500; steady to $1 lower Good and
choice slaughter steers and yearlings $28-
$33; common and medium kinds $19-828;
good and choice slaughter calves $30-$35:
common and medium calves $20-$28: culls
$16-$20; good and choice stocker calves
$30-$36: common and medium kinds $22-
$28; stocker yearlings $22-$30; a few stock-
er cows $18-$21.
Hogs 1.100: butcher hogs steady to 25
cents higher; sows steady; feeder pigs 50
310 830, CI
$15-$17.50;
Sheep 7
and cholc
$26; aged
$8-19.
Sen. Brewster
No charges have been filed
against him, but state police say
they believe he was in the area of
the death shack Saturday night
All three victims were shot in
the head with a rifle. They were
Vicie Lucinda White, 24-year-old
widow of John White who was
slain last March: Ervin Sehool-t
eraft, 52, owner of the taino and 1
Melvin Baisden, 75, a neighbor.
George White, John White’s
nephew, entered a guilty plea k,
voluntary manslaughter in his un-
cle’s death, saying he had threat-
ened him He was sentenced last
week to one to five years in prison.
Mother of 2 Dallas
Newspapermen Dies
DALLAS, June 16 (—The moth-
ci of two Dallas newspapermen,
Mrs. A. M. Acheson, 82, died at
her home here yesterday.
Mrs. Acheson’s newspaper sons
are Sam and Alex Acheson
British Paper Asks me
Rumor Be Squelched
LONDON, June 16. u. The tab
joid Sunday Pictorial appealed to
Buckingham Palace today to
squelch a Riviera-born rumor that
Princess Margaret is to wed Prince
Nicholas of Yugoslavia.
“Our princesses are not ‘political
brides!’ We do not in these days
marry them off for the sake of in-
ternational alliances," the paper
said.
It took the unusual step, for •
British newspaper, of urging the
court to break its traditional silence
on the subject of the young men in
lively, 21-year-old Margaret’s life.
Cool California Styled
Seersucker Shirts
95
Abilene, Area Clubs
Donate to A&M Fund
COLLEGE STATION. June IS 1*
—Acceptance of new scholarships,
fellowships and awards totaling
$14,201.16 by the Texas A. and M
College Development Fund was an-
nounced today by E. E. Mcquillen,
executive director, at Texas A.
and M. College.
The list of donors included
Abilene A. and M. Mothers Club
and Central West Texas A. and M.
Club.
Burglars Get $43
From Abilene Cafe
Burglars broke into the Estes
Cafe, 534 Oak St . Saturday night
or Sunday morning and got away
with $43, which they took from the
cigaret machine.
Entry was gained through the
rear door. Detective Warren Dod-
son was in charge of the investiga-
tion.
J. E. Thomas, 2002 Walnut St.
told police that someone stole a
spot light off his car Saturday or
Sunday. He valued the light at
$10.
Negro Man Slashed
In 'Friendly' Fuss
A 38-year-old Negro man was
treated at Hendrick Memorial
Hospital during the week end for
a gash in the right side of bls
face, requiring 30 to 40 stitches.
His 24-year-old common law
wife was questioned by police
Both told police R wM “Just a
Stanford Grads
An Abilenian and a student from
Loraine were among the 2,410
graduates who received degrees
from Stanford University recently.
Wayne Alonzo Hayden of Abi-
lene was awarded a Master of
Arts Degree from the School of
Education.
Byron Jirden Bennett of Lo-
raine received a Doctor of Philos-
ophy Degree in electrical engineer-
Ing from the School of Engineer-
Lincoln, Omaha and other Ne-
braska cities have voluntary water
conservation programs.
A serious water shortage threat-
ened Wichita, Kan., after a break
in a water main. A contributing
cause in the water shortage there
is excessive sprinkling of gardens
and lawns during the current dry
spell. ‘
The heat wave is ripening wheat
sooner than expected in Oklahoma.
This development is taxing com-
bines and manpower needed to
harvest the record crop before It is
ruined
A comparatively cool front moved
ino he norhern and cenral plains
area today. Cooler weather was
forecast for Tuesday in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Iowa and parts of Il-
linois. Michigan and Indiana.
But no quick, general relief was
in sight.
Temperatures of 100 or more
were recorded in at least 17 states
—Tennessee, Missouri, Nebraska,
Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Indiana.
Texas Arizona, Alabama, South
Dakota, Oklahoma New Mexico.
California, Mississippi, Kentucky
and Illinois.
Only northern New England, Wis-
consin. Minnesota, the northern
Rockies, and the Pacific Coast es-
caped the thermometer readings of
90 or more.
Jury Hears Suit
In Auto Collision
Both sides had rested in a $260
auto collision suit on trial in Coun-
ty Court before a jury Monday
morning.
W. Hugh Clark is suing James
D. Pitts as a result of a collision
in the 1100 block on Butternut St.
on last May 21. The Clark car, a
1950 Nash, was parking in front
of Hefley’s Drug at the time, ac-
cording to testimony. A car driven
by Pitts, also going south, alleged-
ly struck it in the rear
Judge Reed Ingalsbe expected to
deliver the charge to the jury at
1:30, p. m today, when arguments
would begin by Alex Bickley for
plaintiff and Paul O. Wiley, Arch-
er City, for the defendant.
If the case is cleared soon
enough, a bootlegging case was ex-
pected to be heard, according to
Bill Tippen. county attorney.
Driver Fined $125
Pioneer Cisco
Oilman Dies
CISCO, June 16 (RNS) — Lew
F. Mendenhall, 80, pioneer oil op-
erator of West Central Texas, died
at his home in Cisco at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, after a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Meth-
odist Church in Cisco. Burial will
be in Marietta. 0.
Mr. Mendenhall came to this sec-
tion during the early boom days of
Ranger and Breckenridge, moving
to Cisco where he has made his
borne for the past 34 years.
He owned extensive oil holdings
in Brown, Eastland, Callahanand
Shackelford Counties and for a
number of years was associated
with the late R. F, (Bob) Gilman
and James L. McMurry in the oil
firm of Gilman, McMurry and Men-
denhall.
For the past several years, be
has been associated with Lee C.
Heltzel of Cisco.
Survivors include his wife of Cis-
co; a brother, Tom Mendenhall of
Wichita Falls; and several nephews
and nieces including Frank Peebles
of 1034 Westridge Drive, Abilene.
Mr. and Mrs. Peebles were in
Cisco Monday and will remain for
the funeral.
Negro Charged With
Possession of Beer
Dick Owens, Negro, 000 Mesquite
St . was charged with possession
of beer in County Court Monday.
Owens was arrested by State
Liquor Control Board Inspector El
Roy Mauldin about 6 25 p. m.,
June 12. on a country lane near
the Wayne Haynes and Etheridge
farms a north spur off the Albany
Highway.
He was arrested with four cases
of beer. Mauldin said Owens de-
veloped a speed of 78 miles an
hour going south on State Highway
35 , turned into the lane and
went about five miles before the
road dead-ended. The place is
M. C. Walker, Wt North 7th St.,
entered a plea of guilty Monday about 13 miles from Abilene:
to a charge of driving while intox- -----------------------------
icated on May 16 and Judge Reed Less than 400 years ago, the
Ingalsbe assessed -a fine of $125 earth was believed to be the cen-
and court costs of $22.80. ter of the universe.
pronses agyes
& OPEEP wow 7
Faces Close
Maine Fight
PORTLAND. Me. UP—Maine's
Republican voters are deciding in
today's primary the outcome of
senior Sen. Owen Brewster's tough-
est political fight since he first
went to Congress in 1934.
Seeking to block Brewster's
third-term Senate renomination is
Gov Frederick G. Payne. Their
battle was marked by charges of
lies, conspiracy and hate cam-
paigns. Both voiced confidence of
victory.
Brewster is a staunch supporter
of Sen. Robert Tait's presidential
aspirations. Payne is one of
Dwight Eisenhower's prime back-
ers in Maine. The Taft-Eisenhower
issue wasn’t injected into the fight,
however.
Polls generally close at 7 p.m.
In an election-eve speech, Payne
called for a heavy vote, saying he
thought it would bring him victory.
Brewster, in his final statement,
said a vote against him would be
a “vote to repudiate the Taft-
Hartley Act” and "would have in-
calculable consequences” in the
face of the continuing steel strike.
Asserting that some labor leaders
have put him on "the super purge
list." Brewster said Taft-Hartley
is the only campaign issue “as
far as the nation is concerned."
The Payne-Brewster contest Is
one of five to be settled. There is
a three-way Republican race for
gubernatorial nomination, between
State Senate President Burton M.
Cross. Executive Council Chair-
man Leroy F. Hussey, and former
State Sen. Nell S Bishop.
Competing for the Democratic
senatorial nomination are former
State Sen. Roger P. Dube and Earl
S. Grant, a Portland business col-
lege president.
The other contests are for Demo-
cratic nomination to Congress.
The three Republican U.S. rep-
resentatives are unopposed for re-
nomination.
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charged in Justice Henry F. Long's
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Constable Burl Wheeler said he
was being brought to Abilene from
Breckenridge.
The complaint, tiled by Warren
Dodson city policeman, is return-
able to 104th District Court grand
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