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BACK FOR ANOTHER LESSON—Two of Maj. Gen. Oscar Senter’s teachers when
he attended Abilene High School nearly three decades ago were on hand to give him
greetings at a reception for the general in the Windsor Hotel Monday. Odell Johnson,
who did not teach him but knew him when he was a youngster, was another guest.
The former teachers, Willie Mae Floyd and Myrtle Trantham are standing next to the
general. They are both retired. Miss Johnson is presently an AHS teacher. (Staff pho-
to by Bob Gulley) .
'Keep Strength
To Avoid 2d
Pearl Harbor'
Peace through strength, partly
by maintaining an Air Force "sec-
, ond to none.” is the method Maj.
Gen. Oscar Senter proposes to
avert another Pearl Harbor.
Speaking at a Pearl Harbor Me-
morial dinner, sponsored by the
9815th Air Reserve Squadron of
Abilene, Monday night at the
VFW auditorium, he quoted Field
Marshal Montgomery to the effect
that an atomic war would mean
suicide for both sides in the con-
flict.
Mustn't Weaken
“We must never weaken our-
selves, either morally or in arm-
ed strength, to the extent that we
would invite attack by an aggres-
sor,” the general said
Gen. Senter, commanding gene-
ral of the Oklahoma City Air Ma-
teriel Area, returned to Abilene
Monday for his first visit in six
years. He arrived at Municipal
Airport about 3 p.m., where he
was met by city officials, his step-
father. Frank Grimes, editor of
the Abilene Reporter-News, and
Mrs. Grimes, and local Reserve
officers.
After a visit in the Grimes
home, Gen. and Mrs. Senter were
honored at a reception in the
Windsor Hotel between 5 and 6
p.m. The dinner started at 7 p.m.
Referring back to the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor, Gen. Sen-
ter reviewed the attack and the
war years which followed it, until
the first atomic bomb was
dropped on a Japanese city from
an Air Force B-29. He especially
pointed out the importance of the
Japanese surrender when not one
American soldier had set foot on
Japanese soil.
THE WEATHER
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE AMI VICINITY - Partly
cloudy today, tonight and Wednesday. High
today 60 to 65, low tonight 45. Cooler Wed-
mesday, with a high of 55 to 60.
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS: Increasing
cloudiness and warmer Ulla afternoon and
tonight. A Irw showers a east Wednesday.
WEST TEXAS Considerable cloudiness
thia afternoon and tonight Warmer thia
afternoon. Wednesday, partly cloudy and
turning cooler.
EAST TEXAS: Fair and slightly warmer
thia afternoon Increasing cloudiness end
warmer tonight and Wednesday.
SOt TH CENTRAL TEXAS: Increasing
cloudiness and warmer through Wednes-
day. A few showers in northeast wedne*-
and low temperatures for 24 hours
at 9:30 a.m.: M and 40.
TEMPERATURES
Mon P. M. Torn A. M
55 ............1:30 ..........42
57 ............2:30 ..........41
rise, today
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Sunset tonigh
5:34 p.m
Barometer reading at 12:30 p.m. 26.11.
Relative humidity nt 12:30 p.m. 35%.
PRICE DAILY 5e, SUNDAY 10c
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BUT NOT HIS FORECASTING
Gen. Senter Pays
Tribute to Editor
The dinner Monday night at VFW
- - “Frank Grimes is long and lanky
honored two-star Gen. Oscar Sen- and honest and straightforward
ter. But, the general shifted the and brilliant.
honors to an elongated West Tex-
an, his step-father, Frank Grimes,
editor of The Reporter-News.
The banquet hall was filled with
old friends of the general, old
teachers, former football mates at
Abilene High School and the people
he played with as a youngster in
Abilene. It was a time ripe for
reminiscences.
But, the general, a young man
for the star-spangled shoulder he
has, limited himself to two tributes,
one to Mr. Grimes, "the only Dad
I ever had;" the other to his half-
brother, Capt. Rudyard Kipling
Grimes, who died in a Japanese
prison camp after surviving the
Death March on Bataan.
The tributes brought cheers and
tears.
"I was only three years old when
I first boasted that I had a dad
who could sit on a telegraph pole
and eat off a cloud," the general
reported.
"He’s the best friend West Texas
ever had.
"To me he is Mr. Abilene . . .
in fact he is America itself. He
stands for all that I have dedicated
my life to defend.”
Gen. Senter and Mr. Grimes
took quite a ribbing from Emcee
Frank Conselman and from Soloist
Betty Guitar over one thing the
son and father have in common-
weather “forecasting."
Gen. Senter made a name for
himself as head of the Air Force
weather service. For him the soloist
sang. “Stormy Weather.”
Mr. G's 40-year running feud
with the weather is well known to
readers of his editorials. For him
the solo was, “Blue Skies "
Conselman reported the general
as saying: "If you connect me with
Frank Grimes' weather prophesy-
ing I'll sue you for libel or court-
martial you if you're in uniform!”
McCarthy Attacks
Ike, U. S. Policies
Texas, Others Bar
Forced Unionization
WASHINGTON (—In a slashing
attack on President Eisenhower,
Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) today ac-
cused the chief executive of con-
gratulating senators who hold up
the exposure of Communists and
of urging tolerance for Chinese
Communists who torture American
soldiers.
McCarthy, who last week was
condemned by the Senate for his
conduct, interrupted a hearing of
his Senate Investigations subcom-
mittee to read a statement which
ended like this:
“Unfortunately the President
sees fit to congratulate those who
hold up the exposure of Commu-
nists in one breath and in the next
breath urges patience, tolerance,
and niceties to those who are tor-
turing American uniformed men.”
The White House declined com-
ment on McCarthy’s remarks.
McCarthy said he had not con-
sulted or discussed with any of the
other Republicans on the'Investi-
gations subcommittee the state-
ment he made. He emphasized that
it was his own statement.
Sen. Mundt (R-SD), who was
presiding over the subcommittee
hearing, said with a laugh he was
glad to hear that because be didn't
know what was coming. McCarthy
then launched into the reading of
his statement. When be concluded
it, some of the 30 to 40 spectators
in the small hearing room burst
into applause
‘A Swan Song’
McCarthy described his state-
ment as "something of a tempo-
rary swan song" as chairman of
the Investigations subcommittee
which be has headed 'since the
Republicans captured control of
Congress in the 1952 elections.
He said that during that ‘52 cam-
paign he, McCarthy, had spoken
from coast to coast assuring the
people that if Eisenhower were to
be elected President they could be
sure of a vigorous fight to expose
communism.
But, McCarthy added, he since
has found “I was mistaken."
The senator said Eisenhower
had congratulated both Sens. Wat-
kins (R-Utah) and Flanders (R-Vt).
McCarthy said that both men were
responsible in part for holding up
his efforts to expose Communists.
Head of Committee
Watkins was chairman of the
special bipartisan Senate commit-
toe which unanimously recom-
mended that McCarthy be cen-
sured for his conduct. Flanders
was author of the original censure
resolution.
"Our committee,” McCarthy
See McCARTHY, Page 2-A, Col. 5
LOB ANGELES —Secretary of
Labor Jamon P. Mitchell today
came out flatly against state
“right-to-work” laws outlawing la-
bor contract provisions that work-
ere must become union members.
Mitchell’s declaration that be
union shop contract clause but spe-
cifically says they are illegal in
any state which prohibits them.
The wisdom and morality of
compulsory union membership
State Land Board Slaps
New Control on GI Farms
AUSTIN (—The State Veterans
Land Board disclosed today its ap-
praisers are being required to sub-
mit a new "safeguard" certificate
before warrants will be approved
for land purchases for veterans
The certificate calls for the ap-
praiser to attest that the veteran
purchaser is acquainted with the
property he is contracting to buy
and has met with the appraiser for
a physical inspection of the pro-
perty.
The board also said a "stop
order" has been issued on all war-
rants.
The date of the action was not
made known. The board held a
called meeting Nov. 20 There were
reports of a secret meeting Nov.
22
The Executive Secretary of the
board, Lawrence Jackson reported
he had received 44 of the new
certificates back from appraisers
on pending warrants for land pur-
chases. He said they had been put
in the mail Friday.
Jackson said the previous ap-
praiser certificate had not been
specific in reflecting the veteran
purchaser had met “on the ground”
with the appraiser.
Maurice Acers, assistant to Gov.
Shivers and who represented the
governor at the meeting, asked if
the press were familiar with the
new certificate and warrant pro-
cedure.
"I guess they are They seem
to keep up pretty well with every-
thing else that's going on." Board
Chairman Bascom Giles retorted.
Acers explained that the certi-
ficates are intended as "a supple-
mental safeguard to further elimi-
nate any possibility of there being
City Cuts Red Tape
To Get New Officers
Urgent need to fill Abilene Po-
lice Department vacancies led the
city's Civil Service Commission to
give s special written examination
Tuesday morning to three appli-
cants.
That explanation was given by
the City Personnel Department
The police force is six men
short of authorized 72-officer
strength. .
A wave of burglaries has kept
policemen busy since Thanksgiving
Police Chief C. Z. Hallmark and
City Personnel Director Bernard
Huett have called attention to the
shortage in the department's man-
power in the face of an unusually
Burglars Ignore
Death in Family
Choosing a time when there had
been a death in the owner's fam-
ily, a burglar Monday night broke
into Elmwood Drive - in Theatre
on South 14th St.
An undetermined amount of
Changes Due
In Plans for
Hubbard Lake
candy and cigarets waa stolen.
This was the 20th Abilene burg-
lary in the period beginning with
Thanksgiving Day. One in the se-
ries has been solved.
City Policemen J. R. Taylor and
W. H. Graham discovered the
Elmwood theatre burglary at 12:44
a.m. Tuesday. They found that a
lock had been pulled off, and they
notified police headquarters.
Police Detective Warren Dodson
and Policeman M. R. James in-
vestigated.
waa opposed "categorically” to
such laws now in effect in 17
states, mostly in ths South and
West, came as a surprise in a
speech prepared for the annual
CIO convention.
Labor unions are as much or
more concerned with getting such
laws repealed and preventing en-
actment of new ones in other states
as they are with changing or re-
pealing the federal Taft-Hartley
law.
Both the CIO and AFL have
outlined campaigns to have state
legislatures ditch the “right-to-
work" laws next year. They gen-
erally make illegal any labor con-
tract arrangement for the union
ehop or similar proviso requiring
workers to join unions.
Mitchell, whose speech also con-
veyed “warm personal greetings”
to the CIO from President Eisen-
hower, practically invited their re-
peal of such laws by recommend-
ing that they be “further consid-
ered" by states.
“They will find that these laws
do mors harm than good," he said.
“In the first place, these ‘right-
to-work’ laws do not create any
jobs at all. In the second place,
have provided one of the classic
arguments in labor relatione. .
Unione claim that nonmembers
they represent are “free riders"
and get collective bargaining gains
without contributing to the cost by
paying dues. The employers stead-
fastly maintain it is wrong to make
workers join unions.
"I believe,” said Mitchell, “that
when employers and unions repre-
senting a majority of their employ-
es agree on a union shop they
should have the right to have
The “right to work” laws are
presently in effect in Arizona, Ar-
kansas, Alabama, Florida. Geor-
gia. Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Nevada, Nebraska. Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, North and South
Carolina, and North and South
Dakota.
First draft of a bill which would
create an organization designed to
construct and control a Hubbard
Creek reservoir for Abilene and
other cities was presented to Abi-
lene Chamber of Commerce Wa-
ter Development committee Tues-
day morning.
Millard Parkhurst, of the Dallas
law firm of McCaU, Parkhurst &
Crowe, submitted the document
for the panel’s consideration.
Recommendations were made
by the committee for changes in
the proposed set-up, notably in the
formation of the board of directors
Mrs. George Likins, the theatre
owner, couldn't be contacted by
police Tuesday morning. Grave-
side services and burial for Mrs. I a cone-inde
Likins'mother, Mrs. R. E. L. Nor- gain collectively,
wood, were to be held Tuesday
afternoon near Burleson. Mrs.
Norwood died here Sunday.
Four thefts (not burglaries since
there was no break-in) were re-
ported to police Monday and Tues-
day morning.
they result in undesirable and un-
necessary limitations upon the
freedom of working men and
women and their employers to bar-
“Thirdly, they restrict union se-
curity and thereby undermine the
basic strength of labor organiza-
tions I oppose such laws cate-
gorically.'’
The Taft-Hartley law permits
Dillingham
Buys 2 Lots
For $102,500
O. D. Dillingham, prominent
Abilene businessman, has bought
two 50 = foot lots on Cedar St.
for $102,500.
This was revealed to warranty
deeds filed in the county clerk's
office.
A tease filed to the county
clerk's office discloses the 100-
foot tract has been teased to the
Citizens National Bank.
Hank Helm, 13M Amarillo St.,
said somebody stole his Schwinn
bicycle Monday night from the
porch at that address. He deecrib-
ed the vehicle ae red, cream and
chrome.
Mrs. O. W. Mims, Route 1, re.
ported Monday that a hub cap was
stolen Saturday night from her au-
to effect “a more equitable" rep- 1-------------
any irregularities" in the program, resentation for the different cities, tomobile, parked at 526 E. N. 15th
Abilene, Anson. Albany and
Breckenridge would be members
of the proposed West Central Tex-
About releasing the warrants
previously ordered stopped, Giles
said he felt the. release order
should be issued by the "constitu-
tional members” of the board since
ft was they who issued the stop
order.
Goodfellows Get
More Pleas, Cash
They're writing more frequently
now. The letters are coming at
the rate of dozen a day or more.
And the dollars are picking up,
too. Contributions went over $1,000
Tuesday morning.
It’s easy to tell when Christmas
approaches. That’s when the let-
ters pick up.
Letters like
“I am writing to you for help
as our home burnt and burnt up
ever thing we had, it burn last
mounth. there are * in my famee-
ly and my daughter and 1 baby
are here, they was with us when
the house burnt She lost
thing to i have 4 boys"
Or letters like:
ever
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St.
heavy load of work at this time.
Ordinarily, police - applicant
examinations are publicized in ad-
vance in an effort to get nume-
rous applications
However, in this instance the
Civil Service Commission au-
thorized a special examination
without advance notice in order to
qualify quickly as many recruits
as possible from existing applica-
tions.
Men who pass the written test
must then take oral interviews,
physical examinations and char-
Husband Paralyzed
“ my husband is parilized. he
can not work and I got three boys
and girl and we don’t have any
money to buy them Christmas or
anything."
The letters come daily to The
Reporter-News Each is addressed
to the Goodfellows. The letters are
coming so fast they are being tied
in bundles The bundles are begin-
ning to get bigger and bigger.
Mothers write many . of the
letters.
"We need help," a mother said.
“I have five small children and
have not been working. And the
money my husband make is not
enough. And unless 1 can get some
help my children will not have
any thing for Christmas."
Sometimes the mothers have lost
their husbands
“I am a widow. With, five chil-
dren. I need help please.”
Oetlies for Kids
Occasionally the husband is ill.
"Well, these be my first time
Dillingham bought the lots from
Gracey C. Irvine and Mr. and
Mrs. O. R. Coleman. Irvine was
paid $60,000 for the 30 - foot lot
on the southeast corner of North
Fifth and Cedar Sto. Coleman and
Ms wife got $42,500 for the 50-foot
lot adjoining it. Both lots are 140
foot deep.
President Malcolm Meek said
the bank had leased the ground
for future parking space. It la
directly acroes the alley from the
new Citizens National Bank build-
ing now under construction be-
tween North Fourth and North
Fifth on Cypress St.
Two houses now on the lots
have been sold and will be mov-
Lee Gowan, realtor, handled the
deals.
The lease is for 10 years dating
from Dec. 1, 1954. The rental is
$6,150 a year, payable each six
months.
The lease carries an option of
purchase within 10 yuan at $102,-
500 and bonus of 2 per cent per
year for each year that elapses
after Dec. 1, 1954.
Dillingham and Meek signed the
lease contract Nov. 17.
.Dillingham wae formerly hand
of Banner Dairies before the firm
was sold to Foremost
Ten Survivors
Of Tug Found
BULLETIN
See Story Page SA
ST. PETERSBURG, Fin. *
-The Coast Guard air station
bare reported today inter-
eepting a message which in-
dicated a Csaat Guard cutter
had picked up 10 survivors
from the tug Bertha R which
soak to rough waters off the
Gulf of Mexico.
D. E. Taylor, 1001 Legett Dr .
said Monday that three hub cape
were taken from his Chrysler car
• - — vehicle war
parked at St. Ann Hospital when
the theft was committed.
as Municipal Water Authority. ’ , ----------
They would have the right to pur- Sunday night. The
chase water from the Hubbard
Creek reservoir and to control the
- supply and sale.
A bill will be presented to the
Texas Legislature when it con-
venes in January for formation of 1
R W. Mullins, Dixie Courts, re-
ported Monday that an electric
iron was stolen Saturday night
from Ms cabin.
FT”
WESS
this year with little food and with
some clothes for us or our kids,
because my husband won be able
to help us this Xmas beause he
been in the hospital and the Doc-
tor told him that he can't go to
work just yet. It takes weeks be-
fore he can go back to work...”
Old folks write, too.
"Help, please. It is 3 in family,
my wife I and grandboy. age 15
My old age pension check got cut
so that is why I am asking for
help, please, my age is 78, my wife
is 68."
The needy in Abilene are nu-
merous. They number by bun-
" Need Blanket
"God go Bless the needy," a
woman, who has "been on cruches
fore years” wrote to the Goodfel-
lows "Please help me. I need a
Blanket and a Basket of food
Please don't fore get me.”
About $2,500 is considered the
minimum necessary for Goodfel-
lows to provide essential Items
such as food to make it a merry
Christmas for the needy
Contributions may be sent to
Goodfellows, c-o The Reporter-
News.
acter investigations.
Results of Tuesday morning’s — — ---
written examination were not yet I writes to you people," a letter
determined at noon. * said. “Maybe you’ll could help me
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Berean Sunday school class
St Paul Methodist Church
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the Authority.
Parkhurst will take up with the
other cities involved the changes
which the Abilene C-C committee
recommended Tuesday. This will
be done before the bill goes before
the Legislature.
When Parkhurst comes up with
the revised version, a meeting will
be called of all four cities.
* Law requires publication of no-
tice of intention to submit the bill
to the coming Legislature, to each
town which is proposed as a mem-
ber, 30 days before the Legisla-
ture opens.
The draft presented Tuesday
provides that the West Central
Texas Municipal Water Authority
may, if it deems advisable, make
an agreement with Brazos River
Authority whereby BRA would
build the dam.
No dam or other facilities for
impounding water shall be con-
structed until the plans therefor
are approved by the State Board
of Water Engineers
The first draft provided that
member cities of 3.000 or more
population would have two direc-
tors. appointed by their governing
bodies, and that cities under 5,000
would have one director; provided
that when a member city goes
over 5,000 it will have two di-
rectors.
The C-C committee, joined by
Mayor C. E. Gatlin. City Commis-
sioner Jack Minter and State Rep.
Truett Latimer, recommended the
following representation on the
board:
Cities under 3,000 population,
one director; 5,000 to 10.000, two
directors: 10,000 to 20,000, three;
30.000 to 100.000, four: over 100,-
000. five. ′
Committoe Co-chairmen Howard
McMahon and Herman Bottle
were present along with commit-
teeman C. L Young and CAC Pres-
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1016.27 ident George L Minter Jr.
Policeman W. L. Kirby, Jr., re-
ported to headquarters at 11:56
p.m. Monday that he found the
rear window of Butler Shoe Store.
390 Pine St., unlocked and a win-
dow bar torn loose. Detective W.
E. Clift and Policeman Eugene
Rockholt were assigned to help in
the investigation, and the stare
manager was notified The build
ing appeared to be all right, and
police weren't sure Tuesday
whether a burglary had been corn
mitted or merely attempted.
LEF
WRISTMAS SENS
Mistriol Demand Overruled
In Stephens Arson Case
A private detective testified
Tuesday morning he collected evi-
dence to show that Wynn M. Ste-
phens was in Fort Worth when the
latter's house burned last March
The detective, J. H. Harvey, Ab-
ilene, took the stand tor the de-
fense on the second day of the ar-
son trial of Stephens, a 27-year-old
Abilene building contractor.
Bryan Bradbury, defense attor-
ney, said he would probably rest
his case Tuesday shortly after ths
104th District Court trial resumed
at 1:13 pro Bradbury planned to
call one more witness.
Mistrial Asked
Wrangling between Bradbury
and Alex Bickley, prosecution at-
torney, grew so hot that Bradbury
moved on two occasions for a mis-
trial. Judge Owen Thomas over-
ruled both motions
suspended sentence allowed. Adult
probation is possible.
Harvey, former identification of-
fleer at the Abilene Police Depart-
ment, told of inspecting the burned
Stephens home at 33M South 33th
St. a week after the fire.
Harvey found a broken window
catch covered with ashes on a
floor of the home, be said. In ea
experiment, he opened a window
by shoving a slender, flat blade
against the catch from the outside,
he said, thus inferring that some-
one could here broken into the
house.
Bickley objected to the inference
of this testimony on grounds Her-
vey's visit to the house took piece
a week after the fire and that the
window catch might have been
broken in the meantime.
Remember Conversation?
In a vigorous tone, Bickley ask-
ed Harvey about a conversation
with Fire Chief D C Musick of
(Harvey) what he would be likely
to get if he was found guilty?”
Harvey denied remembering the
conversation Bradbury moved for *
a mistrial, asserting the question
was “inflammatory.” The motion
was overruled
Dr. S. B. Thompson, McMurry
Methodist minister, testified for
Stephens concerning character.
“Doctor, would It change your
opinion if you knew Wynn Ste-
pileus had engaged in gambling
activities?” Bickley asked.
Bradbury again moved for a
mistrial, but was overruled a sec-
ond time. The judge told the jury
to disregard the question
Father Testifies
C. G Stephens, Abilene building
contractor who adopted the de-
fendant at the age of 6, told of
various business enterprises with
Me son. They worked in building
together and later independently,
he said. He also told of an agree
Stephens is charged in a three-
count indictment with sotting fire
to his house, but went to trial on
only one count Conviction of arson
would bring a term of two to 10 __- =========
years in the penitentiary, with no I that Wynn M Stephens asked you l See TRIAL, Page SA, CAN 4
Abilene.
Bickley asked in substance,
“Didn’t you state to Chief Musick
ment in which the defendant wa
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