The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 332, Ed. 2 Tuesday, May 17, 1955 Page: 2 of 24
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THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Tuesday Evening, May 17, 1955
FBI Joins Search
For Accused Wife
JAY, Okla (—The FBI today
joined in the widening search for
44-year-old Mrs Leota Werner,
charged with the murder of her
third husband, a 310 pound chef. |
The badly decomposed body of
Joseph Werner, also 44, was found
owned by Mrs Werner's brother
N. R Johnson, FBI agent in
charge of the Oklahoma area, filed
a federal charge of unlawful flight
to avoid prosecution of murder
aainst the former beauty queen.
Mrs Werner was last heard from
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
AX
Sunday oa a 30-acre tract near
Oklahoma’s northeast border,
buried in unslaked lime to speed
its decay. The vacant farm was
in St. Louis after she sold the
couple's Fort Worth, Tex , home
She wrote letters to her brothers'
MRS. LEOTA WERNER
... wanted
Ralph and Thomas A. DeGarmo,
both of Oklahoma City, stating she
intended to kill herself The letters
were dated May 9.
Fort Worth officers said Werner 1
was last seen when he left his job
at the Triple-A drive-in restaurant
there April 16. His wife picked him
up at the restaurant.
Delaware County Atty. Don
Hampton said he was working on
the theory Werner was shot on the
night be left the restaurant with
bis wife, and the shooting took
place in their Fort Worth home.
He filed the murder charges yes-
terday.
The county attorney said he be-
lieved Mrs. Werner rented a two-
wheel trailer, placed her husband's
huge body on a mattress she had
put on the floor and piled furniture
I on top of him. A portion of the
furniture, including the blood-
splotched mattress, has been found
at the DeGarmo farm.
OWEN J. ROBERTS
. . . succumbs
ROBERTS
Continued From Page 1-A
tient in a Philadelphia hospital.
Friends quoted him as saying
that if he was to die he preferred
to be at home, at his estate in
nearby Chester Springs, 30 miles
west of Philadelphia.
While a Supreme Court justice,
Roberts held a decidedly unusual
position and it was frequently his
vote that decided a case between
Lincoln as School
Name Irks UDC
To the Editor:
Below to a copy, in part, of a
letter which the General Tom
Green Chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, has written to
Abilene School Board:
We plead with the Honorable
Board of Trustees of the Abilene
City Schools to rescind your ac-
tion in the selection of Abraham
Lincoln as a name for the beauti-
ful new junior high school, and
permit the selection of a name
more representative of the culture
and traditions of this county.
Much of the greatness of Amer-
ica is due to its variety of cul-
ture end the development of its
people with reference to regional
differences. Accepting this as a
premise, each state points with
pride to its achievements and
cherishes its great authors, scien-
tists, soldiers, and statesmen, and
keeps their memory alive by nam-
ing parks, buildings, and the like,
for their heroes.
We believe it proper that this
custom be perpetuated in order
that the history of a nation may
be read from the small mosaics
which form the greater pattern.
Abraham Lincoln, coming from
the regional division in which he
Calvert Defends Approval
Of Vel Land Deal Payments
claimed the minutes inaccurately
showed them present and taking
actions they did not take on nu-
the evenly divided viewpoints of .
his eight colleagues. VI
When he was named an associate siean I yen
justice the court was divided, un- NVlVII IGAVI
officially, between conservatives-
Justices Van Devanter, McReyn-
olds, Sutherland and Butler-and
liberals—Holmes, Brandeis, Stone
and Chief Justice Hughes.
Decisions
AUSTIN (—State Comptroller
Robert S. Calvert testified today
that if he had: known only one
member of the Veterans Land
Board was approving land trans-
actions , be would never have au-
thorized state payment on such
merous occasions.
Asked by Phillips what his audit
report will show in regard to the
land deals made in the alleged ab-
deals
State Auditor C. H Cavness tes- |
tified he would never have closed
an audit of the land board had be
sence of a quorum, Cavness re-
plied:
been aware of such a practice
Both appeared before the Sen-
ate's Investigating Committee at
the request of Sen. Jimmy Phillips
"We trill have to raise a ques-
tion as to the legality of every-
thing in those minutes.”
Roberts' importance was spot-
lighted because the Supreme Court
was called upon to decide the con-
stitutionality of President Franklin
D. Roosevelt's New Deal legisla-
tion in 27 instances.
He voted against all except two
of the 13 New Deal measures
which the court passed upon prior
to October, 1936, but during Roose-
velt’s second term as President
aligned himself with the liberals
14 times
To Stale Pen
SAN ANGELO, Tex. m—An ax-
convict charged in the auto-bomb
murder of a wealthy ranchwoman
was taken to the state penitentiary
today after the governor revoked
his conditional parole.
Texas Ranger Ralph Rohatsch
left for Huntsville with Andrew
H. Nelson of Houston, who only
Cavness testified it was “cus-
, Pearl Harbor
Roberts cast the deciding vote
that ruled the Agriculture Adjust- bond.
yesterday posted $10,000 bond.
Nelson, 45, is charged with mur-
der as an accomplice in the slay-
ing of Mrs. Helen Weaver. Harry
L. Washburn, a former son-in-law |
of the woman, is charged with |
murdering her. He is held without
lived, had an entirely different
philosophy of government from
our southern leaders, who though
defeated by being outnumbered,
still held beliefs in local control
of affairs
We believe that Illinois should
perpetuate the memory of Abra-
ham Lincoln: that Kentucky
should preserve lue birth place
He belonged there; he believed in
what they believed; be brought
them his prestige.
What did he bring to the South—
remember Texas was a member
of the Confederacy?
Travel from Richmond in any
southerly direction, drive from At-
lanta to the sea, go into any part
of the South and you will still see
evidences of the ruin and devasta-
tion spread by the soldiers of the
Grand Army of the Republic of
‘61 to ‘65.
The General Tom Green Chap-
ter, whose patriotism is unques-
tioned and whose constructive con-
tribution to Abilene through more
than SO years of civic work for
the city cannot be disputed, pleads
with the Honorable Board of Trus-
tees to disregard the suggestion of
immature junior high school stu-
dents as to the selection of Abra-
ham Lincoln as a name for the
new Junior High School, a build-
ing so dear to us all. Please select
a name more representative of the
culture and traditions of this sec-
tion. Such names as Albert Sidney
Johnston, John H Reagan, John
B. Hood, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall
Jackson. George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry,
and Samuel Adams would be most
acceptable.
Members of the General Tom
Green Chapter voted unanimously
May 13. 1955, to protest the nam-
ing of the new Junior High School
after Abraham Lincoln.
Sincerely yours.
General Torn Green
Chapter
- United Daughters of the
Confederacy.
BOBBIE CLACK
MRS. HENRY P. McGRADY
MRS. M. M BARNES
MRS. JOE NEUMANN
ternary procedure” to report such
matters to the attorney general, tional.
Phillips inquired if Cavness ’J’
ment Administration unconstitu-
And he also cast the de-
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by the House oa cigars, snuff and
other tobaccos—except for the one-
cent per pack increase on ciga-
rettes. It also called for deletion
of a proposed freeze on the natural
gas tax at a per cent. This would
let the tax drop to 7 per cent next
year. A suggested levy on trade
stamps also would be eliminated.
New Taxes
New taxes were proposed on de-
partment stores, chemical or liquid
products manufactured by chemi-
cal. metallurgical or electrolytic
process, hotels, motels and tourist
sir lines and contract carriers.
Though Gov. Allan Shivers has
been urging a boost of two cents
a gallon on the gasoline tax, the
Senate subcommittee left the in-
crease at one cent—same as in the
House-passed bill. An attempt to
add the second penny is expected
during Senate floor debate.
Some changes were proposed in
the gasoline tax law. The subcom-
mittee suggested the tax on distil-
lates be changed from 7% cents,
as called for in the House bill, to
6% cents per gallon. The rate is
now 6 cents on this oil by-product.
Provision also was made for the
levy on drip and casinghead gas-
oline to be raised one cent. The
House had called for the extra
penny only on refined gasoline, but
Weinert said he thought that was
an-inadvertent mistake.
Reporting of the tax bill brought
the Legislature a little closer to
the final tough job of budget-bal-
ancing. With finish of the session's
work now a week overdue, that is
the major remaining task: To
close the big gap between recom-
mended spending and available
cash with new taxes.
Weinert and his four subcommit-
tee members—Sens. Ottis Lock,
Lufkin; Warlow Lane. Center;
Carlos Ashley, Llano; and Dorsey
Hardeman, San Angelo-huddled
briefly in Weinert's office before
release of the tax report to report-
ers.
There was apparent agreement
among the five not to give out in-
formation on exactly how much
revenue the bill would raise.
Weinert indicated confidence it
would be enough to win State
Comptroller R. S. Calvert's certif-
ication of enough money in sight
to cover the 1% billion general
spending bill. Such certification is
required under the Constitution be-
fore the measure can advance to
the governor’s desk.------
“I’ve checked it (the tax meas-
ure) with the people I can check
it with," said Weinert, apparently
referring to the comptroller’s of-
fice.
Worm Needs Air
_ Worms sometimes appear on
— the ground after a rain probably
because their tunnels are flooded
and they come up for air. An
earthworm will survive for aome
time in water, but needs air for a
supply of oxygen.
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The Premier addre
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of Angleton. ,_____.______
Reads Testimony 'thought there should be a law to
In developing questions to the
two witnesses, Phillips read back
from previous testimony of Atty.
. Gen. John Ben Shepperd, a mem-
ber of the Veterans Land Board,
who had claimed the board had
power to delegate such authority
to the board chairman, former
Land Commissioner Bascom Giles.
Board minutes which showed a
quorum of the board present for
permit some other agency to re-
ceive a report on matters in which
the attorney general himself was
involved. ,
"I think that would be desirable
At the moment I am at a loss to
say what it should be or how it
would be set up.” Cavness replied.
"I am not saying this is true,
but should the attorney general be
charged with some violation of the
law, what state department would
handle it?” inquired Phillips.
ciding vote to uphold the constitu-
tionality of the Wagner Labor Re-
lations Art and the unemployment
compensation provisions of the So-
| cial Security Act. Liberals called
him a conservative: conservatives
called him a liberal
Roberts gained national promi-
nence again immediately after the
Japanese sneak attack on Pearl
Harbor on Dec 7, 1941 when Roose-
velt named him chairman of a
Gov. Allan Shivers yesterday re-
voked the conditional parole given
to Nelson on July 5. 1944 by the
then Gov. Stevenson. Shivers act-
ed on the recommendation of the
State Board of Pardons and Pa-
roles.
Nelson was pardoned by Steven-
son after being sentenced Jan 29,
1934, to life imprisonment on four
all meetings at which transactions
were approved were recently_______________
brought under question by Gov "I don't think there is any state !
Allan Shivers, another member of
the board, and Shepperd Both
department that could handle it,'
Cavness responded
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. wouldn’t a
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five-man commission to fix respon-
sibility for lack of American alert-
ness on Honolulu.
The Nation's largest post office
serves only two of New York's,
five boroughs—Manhattan and the
Bronx, says the National Geograph-
ic Society. Yet it earns a tenth of
United States postal revenue and
every day dispatches an average 17
million pieces of mail.
burglary charges, three theft
charges and one robbery by as-
sault.
Nelson told officers he showed
Washburn bow to rig a dynamite
bomb on an auto starter. Mrs.
Weaver was killed by such a
The Pearl Harbor report result-bomb. Officers believe the death
ed in congressional demands for a trap was set for her husband and
unified Army and Navy command that she was killed by mistake.
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