The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 190, Ed. 2 Wednesday, December 23, 1953 Page: 2 of 26
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FORMER row TO ENTER MINISTRY — Eugene L. Inman, 22, of Saginaw, Mich., has
decided to enter the ministry after spending three years in a Red prisoner of war camp.
He and his bride of a month, the former Rosemary Miller, look over a Bible which In-
man carried through combat to the prison camp in Korea.
NEXT MOVE OURS
U. S. Due to Urge
Atom Pool Parley
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON i — The United
States probably will send Russia
a new note soon welcoming its
avowed agreement to atomic talks
and suggesting ways to get them
started.
Top officials, who are still going
over Moscow's Monday message
' with a magnifying glass, have yet
to decide precisely how this coun-
try should proceed. Some authori-
ties believe an exchange through
normal diplomatic channels will be
undertaken.
However, such planning is going
forward in the State Department
and Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC) on the assumption that se-
cret talks among the world atomic
powers will open up under the
sponsorship of the United Nations
Disarmament Commission in late
January—about a month away.
Preliminary Talka
A preliminary exchange of views
which could be carried on by am-
bassadors. or perhaps by Secretary
of State Dulles and Foreign Min-
ister Molotov at the projected Ber-
lin conference, might serve to
clear the sir of misunderstandings
if any exist, officials said.
The Russian note conditionally
agreeing to talks said Presklent
Eisenhower’s proposal for an In-
ternational atomic energy pool for
peaceful purposes needed clarifica-
tion—apparently on the point of
what the President would do about
weapons control.
Two Major Moves
Dulles said yesterday the world
might see a “recession of the hor-
ror of atomic warfare" in 1954 as
a result of America's initiative in
reviving atomic talks and Russian
agreement to participate.
Authorities said two major
moves must now be worked out in
detail:
1. The international atomic agen-
cy which Eisenhower proposed in
a U.N. speech Dec. * must be
blueprinted so that the United
States will be able to spell out
precisely what kind of operation it
would like to see, with what kind
of management, and with what
safeguards against use for war of
any atomic materials contributed
for peaceful uses. €
Answers to Note
2. An answer must be worked
out to what appears to be a modi-
fied Soviet proposal which prob-
ably represents the Kremlin's
“new approach" to the problem of
atomic control. Moscow's note
served notice that the Soviet gov-
ernment would propose in any
talks held that all participating na-
tions pledge themselves not to use
atomic weapons.
Couple Holds
Happy Reunion
In Wichita Jail
WICHITA FALLS (n—A repent-
ant wife and a forgiving husband
met today in jail.
Zeno Crosswhite, 20, a tall stock,
man and farmer from Clovis, N.
M., drove aU night to Wichita Falla
to get his wife who had run away
with an Oklahoma prison escapee,
Norman Davenport.
Mrs. Zoma Crosswhite, U. told
her husband she waa sorry she had
done it.
“We’ll go home together for
Christmas, if they let you out of
here," Crosswhite told his wife.
“Or we can post bond."
Mrs. Crosswhite told officers last
night that Davenport was in the
car when it was spotted but he
jumped out near a bridge in Clay
County near Dean. 10 miles north-
east of Wichita Falls.
Davenport still was at large,
possibly in this area. Mrs. Cross-
white said he had more than $400
with him and had three loaded
pistols.
It was an emotional reunion in
jail. Crosswhite had driven 110
miles from Clovis, arriving here
at 1 a.m. He couldn't see his wife
until 1:15 a.m., and then they talk-
ed through bars. Later they met
in a foyer.
The young wife's sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Johnson of Clovis, arrived too.
having driven in separately from
Crosswhite.
The Crosswhite’s two young «on«
et
United Nations experts said this
was a change from Russia's ear- still were In private homes here,
ller insistence on ba rring the man- They a re Topple, 2, and Tobbie. 9
ufacture or possession of atomic
weapons as a first step in inter-
national control of atomic energy.
This country has insisted that a
rigid inspection system be set up
first.
Ada Practical Beauty
To Tour Home
For Windows, Deers, Partitions
THE ROYAL SHOP
Ms Sycamere Phone 4111
DIAMOND SETS
$19.95 to $1595.00
Terms To Suit You
HUGH BOWIE
JEWELER
Next to Paramount Theatre.
City Water Repair
Employes Stage
Annual Yule Party
Two hundred and twenty-two
persons attended Tuesday night the
annual Christmas party of the City
Water Repair Department.
The event waa held in the Wom-
an's Building at Fair Park.
Those present included HI
adults and fl children. Employes
of the department and their fami-
lies made up the crowd.
Gifts were exchanged from a
tree among the workers. Fruits
and candles were provided for the
children.
Doc Cannon, water distribution
foreman, acted as master of cere-
monies.
Talks were made by City Man-
ager Austin P. Hancock and Cur-
tis C. Harlin Jr., who will be-
come city water and sewer superin-
tendent Jan. 1.
Bernard Huett, city personnel di-
rector and purchasing agent, led
singing.
A hillbilly band directed by Lon-
nie Hollis, an employe of the de-
partment, played.
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FRALEY & CO.
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1326 Pine Ph. 4-8036
2 Autos Looted;
Yule Gifts Stolen
Articles wore stolen from two
automobiles in the past three days,
and a theft of fender skirts from
another was reported.
Detective Capt. W. B. McDonald
said Wednesday, however, that the
number of thefts this Christmas
season has been much smaller then
last year.
Joe Amason, 127 Milburn St.,
Snyder, told local police that two
Christmas packages, containing a
lady's robe and gown, were stolon
Tuesday night out of fate car, park-
ed at the Chicken Shack.
Jerry Miller. 441 Jeanette ft.,
said his automobile was prowled
Monday night, while parked in the
500 block of Cypress St. Missing
was a Winton wrist watch valued
st $40 along with other personal
belongings.
Jack Chaney lift Victoria St.,
reported that two yellow tender
skirts were swiped from his 1953
Mercury Monday night. The car
was either at Fair Park or at
home when the theft occurred, he
said.
9 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Wednesday Evening, Dec. 23, 1953
FOB CHRISTMAS VISIT,
Woman Who Became Mother
In Iron Lung Is Due Home
Mrs. Ted Christy, first polio pa-
tient to become a mother in Abi-
lene while in an iron lung, will
visit Abilene area relatives during
the Christmas holidays
She is the sister af Len A. Black-
wood and the sister of Mrs. Doyle
Riddle and Mrs. Cecil Bellew, all
of Abilene.
Mrs. Christy, while ill with po-
lio, gave birth in an iron lung
Dec. 10. 1952. to a daughter. Bon-
nie Jeanne, to Hendrick Memorial
Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood
have been earing for the child
here.
Polio left Mrs. Christy's legs
paralyzed. She has been taking
physical therapy treatments at
Gonzales Warm Springs Founda-
Uon at Gonzales. She was 9 with
months.
“I haven't seen them since Sat-
urday night." Mrs. Crosswhite
said, and choked up.
Crosswhite said he and his wife
had had "differences" in their
married life but had no argument
on Nov. 29, the dav she disappear-
ed with Davenport.
The FBI took a statement from
the woman last night She said
she "storied ” when she said ear-
lier that she was supposed to meet
Davenport at a certain tourist
court in Powie Saturday night.
She said Davenport was wearing
a blue sport coat bib-type overalls
over khaki trousers, tan shoes, a
gray shirt and a light tan hat
Calls on Ika
spinal and bulbar polio 14 months.
Mr. and Mrs. Christy have an-
other daughter, Karon. 3. who to
being cared for by Christy's par-
ents, Mr. and Mra. Dave Christy
of Ahilene.
fire marshal, said Christy will
drive from Houston, where he is
employed, to Gonzales. There he
will pick up his wife and drive to
Abilene. The couple is expected to
arrive here late Thursday for a
four - day visit.
Among several other area rela-
tives to be visited are the fire
marshal's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Blackwood of Tuscola.
Blackwood said Mrs. Christy to
responding satisfactorily to the
treatments given at Gonzales.
ONCE IN A
BLUE SMOG
ELIZABETH, N J., Dec. 23
W—They're thinking of chang-
ing the old saying "once in a
Hue moon" to "once in a blues
smog" in this industrial city
today.
Residents and police sold a
predawn mixture of smoke and
fog threw a bright, electric
blue residue over much of the
city's factory belt.
The film, which looked a lit-
tie like an oil slick on pave-
menta but wasn’t slippery or
oily, also was purplish in
spots.
However, nobody noticed the
color of the smog itself in the
dark.
IN ABILENE
Draftsman Hired to Make
New Detailed Map of City
New, detailed marp of Abilene
will be prepared in the near fu-
ture, James Dawley, assistant city
engineer, said Wednesday.
Robert M. Lolley of Fort Worth
has been employed, beginning Jan.
IS, as a draftsman in the City En-
gineering Department. He will be
assigned the job of making the
mop ^ win be prepared
in sections, giving a thorough pic-
ture of the additions, the block
numbers and street locations.
Lofley is now working for the
City of Fort Worth, in its Depart-
ment of Public Works.
Homa for Christmas
Two cousins, one in the Army
and one in the Navy, stationed on
oppoaite sides of the United States,
are home to visit their parents in
Abilene. ‘
They are Johnny Rolen Downs,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Downs,
625 Locust St., and Jackie Wayne
Bullock, son of Mrs. Tessie East,
1317 South Ninth St.
Downs is attending a Signal
Corps school at Camp Gordon near |
Augusta, Ga., and Bullock will be
stationed with the Navy at Sani
Diego, Calif., when he returns
from the holidays. He has been at
Alameda, Calif., where he is a
fireman.
Both will return to their stations
Jan. 2.
Lions Cancel Meet
Since Thursday's regular meet-
ing of the Abilene Lions Club falls
on Christmas Eve, the noon lunch-
eon session has been cancelled. Joe
Williamson, secretary of the club,
announced Wednesday.
The next weekly meeting of the
club will be Thursday, Dec. 31,
Williamson said.
Bicycles Recovered
Owners may claim two abandon-
ed bicycles which are at police
headquarters, Sgt. f. M. Pruitt
said Wednesday.
One to a 26-inch bicycle for girls,
two-tone green with white sidewall
tires. It is a Firestone.
The other, a Mercury, is a 26-
inch bike for boya. It is red with
white trim.
Sergeant Visits Hara
Sgt. and Mrs. James K. Hopson
of Lackland Air Force Base, San
Antonio, and son are visiting his
mother, Mrs. G. Scogin, and Mrs.
Hopson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl C. Moore.
Hira Naw Firaman
Rudolph Robert Richard, 1039
Sayles Blvd., began work Tuesday
as a member of the Abilene Fire
l?e is fireman Grade 1.
lower Air Fares
For Skiers Okayed
WASHINGTON (—Winthrop Al-
drich. ambassador to Great Brit-
ain, called on President Eisen-
bower Tuesday. Aldrich returned
from London to spend the holidays, announced.
DALLAS, Dec. 13 — The Civil
Aeronautics Board in Washington
has approved Pioneer Air Lines’
application for major fare reduc-
tions between Texas cities and
Santa Fe, New Mexico, to permit
inexpensive vacation and ski trips
this winter.
Pioneer’s application, which was
filed in November, requested re-
ductions of some 25 per cent in the
present fares.
The reduced fares, which be-
came effective Dec. 20, are be-
tween nine Texas cities and San-
ta Fe, New Mexico. The nine cft-
les are Abilene, Austin, Dallas.
Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock,
Midland, Odessa and San Angelo.
Harding L. Lawrence, Pioneer's
vice-president of traffic and sales.
Defense Asks
New Trial in
$32,950 Suit
Motion for a new trial in a $32,-
950 jury-award case was being
heard by Judge J. R. Black in
42nd District Court Wednes-
day morning.
Twelve members of the jury
which made the award to D. T.
Tidwell and his daughter, Karen,
on Oct 28, against the Magnet
Cove Barum Corp. as a result of
Injuries in an auto mishap receiv-
ed by Karen, were being quizzed
on the witness stand during the
forenoon. In 44 assertions asking
for the new trial irregularity of
jury members was alleged.
Davis Scarborough, quizzed
closely members of the jury re-
garding transactions in the jury
room during their deliberations.
These questions included whether
mention had been made about in-
surance for the plaintiffs; the
cause for the jury asking the
court a question as to whether
they should answer Question 28 In
the charge.
Jury members questioned dur-
ing the morning were H. C. Pur-
cell. 1002 Albany: G. B. Dillard,
1733 Cedar St.: Zone Powers, fore-
man of the Jury, 334 Portland;
H. R. Carter, 757 Pecan; and A.
D Carter, 3110 South 11th St.
Other members of the Jury
awaiting questioning were Wm. H.
Hucklebridge, 3125 Hunt St.; Carl
Foster, 313 Elm St.: Charles Pur-
cell, 2209 Palm St : John H.
Moore, Route 4, City, Arch Rat-
liff. Route 3. City: Hilmer Swenson,
2202 Meander St.; and Horace C.
Stanley, Abilene
Former Abilene
Woman Dies
In California
BUFFALO GAP. Dec. 23 (RNS)
—Mrs. Loudelle Scott, former Abi-
lenian and sister of several Tay-
lor County residents, died at 7 a.m.
Tuesday in a San Pedro, CaUf.,
hospital.
Mrs. Scott had been injured in
an automobile accident a week ago
and never regained consciousness.
She to the former LudeUe Mar-
shall, born in Hunt County, Texas,
May 12, 1906. She was the daugh-
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Marshall.
She moved with her parents
from Hunt County to Abilene in
1906, then moved to California a-
bout 20 years later. She was a mem-
30 years later. She was a mem-
ber of the South Side Baptist
Church while in Abilene.
Survivors include one son, Eu-
gene Phillips of San Pedro; three
grandchildren, and the following
brothers and sisters: Ray Marshall
of Abilene, Mrs. V. M. Strother of
Lynwood, Calif., Bill Marshall,
Mrs. Edd Rderick and Mrs. S.
A. Hurd, all of the Tuscola area;
Mrs. J. T. Carter of Bonham, R. J.
and Jim Marshall of Ovalo.
Funeral services will be held at
10 a.m. Saturday (Pacific Standard
Time: at Cleveland Funeral Home
in San Pedro. The body will be
cremated and ashes sent to Abi-
lene for burial in the family plot
at Cedar Hill Cemetery. The Rev.
W. C. Ashford, who was pastor of
the Southside Baptist Church when
Mrs. Scott was a member, will
officiate at private gradeside serv-
ices some time next week.
Laughter-North Funeral Home
will be in charge of arrangements
in Abilene.
Woman on Juries
NEE DELHI IM—Indian women
would be allowed for the first time
to sit on juries under a government
bill published here Tuesday.
Ex-Abilene Man
Dies in California
Ford S Coetz, 43. former lino-
tvpe operator on the Reporter-
News, died Wednesday morning in
Ventura, Calif., following a heart
attack.
Mr. Goetz, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. F. Goetz, 417 Jeanette St.,
had suffered from a heart ailment
for the past 18 months He was
employed on the Ventura Sun-Free
Press at the time of his death.
Born in July, 1910, be was a
member of the Baptist Church.
His wife is the former Mrs.
Melba Boyd Briggs of Sweetwa-
ter.
The body will be brought by
train from Ventura to Abilene.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced later from Elliott's Fu-
neral Home.
The Rev. W. C. Ashford, retired
2409 South 7th
All Abilene Banks
will be
Friday and Saturday, December 25-26
In Observance of Christmas
Please Transact Your Banking Business
Thursday
Farmers & Merchants
National Bank
Citizens National
Bank
First State Bank
pastor of Southside Baptist Church,
will officiate.
Survivors include his parents,
his wife; a stepson, Billy Briggs
of Sweetwater; three brothers.
Chief Warrant Officer Glen Goats
of Waco, CWO Preston Geeta of
Fort Lewto, Wash., both in the
Navy, and Joe Mack Goetz of Fort
Worth; one sister, Mrs. Ruby Stu-
art of Ventura; two grandchildren,
four nephews and two nieces.
On Relief for 25
Years, Saves $915
SALT LAKE CITY in - Police
sa. yestergay they found $915 in
currency sewed into clothing worn
by an 85-yeer-eid rimed lahemn",
who died after being on county
relief for 25 years.
A friend said George Daskalakis
apparently had saved the money
from welfare checks.
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