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Stalin Regime Cracks Down
To Tighten Party Discipline
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
AP Foreign News Analyst
The Stalinist hierarchy cracked
down in earnest Tuesday on Com-
munists throughout the Soviet Un-
ion to tighten leaks in the Soviet
dictatorship.
More than a month to advance
of the All-Union Congress of the
Soviet Communist party — from
which the hierarchy’s authority is
$14.5 Million
For Air Base
Due 1st Year
The Air Force has set aside
$14,519,000 to be spent on Abilene
Air Force Base at Tye in the pre-
sent fiscal year, which extends
through next June 30, an Air Force
spokesman told the Reporter-News
Washington Bureau Tuesday.
Congress authorized the Air
Force to spend $23,472,000 at Tse
in the present fiscal year. But
thereafter the law-making body
cut the overall militarypublic
works appropriations bill by, $300
million. Congress left the deter-1
mination of where the cuts would
be applied to the Air Force. , 1
The Air Force will request ad-
ditional funds for the base “ ths
next fiscal year to complete the
supposed to stem — Pravda an-
nounced a country-wide “broad
discussion” of changes in the par-
ty statutes which the congress will
approve Oct. 5, la its first meet-
ing in 13 years.
When the Communist party
newspaper announces a broad dis-
cussion of any important issue. It
is a danger signal to Communists.
They can get themselves into hot
water by speaking their minds.
They can be roundly bedevilled if
they do not. It to a potent weapon
for purification of party ranks.
CHARGES ‘LOAFING’
At the same time Pravda pub-
lished, above the signature of Po-
litburo member N. S. Khrushchev,
a report which will be approved
by the 19th party congress. It pur-
ports to explain the changes in
the statutes, but it also gives a
clear indication of the rocky 1 4
ahead for many of the Soviet
Union's entrenched Communist bu-
reaucrats.
Moscow dispatches left no doubt
as to the importance of Khrush-
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feating
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in, who
"“"Spokesmen pointed out that
the Air Force was basing its allo-
cations for construction during this
year on the amounts that
actually could be used before June
30 He said that the Air Force
could not spend the full $23.4745
000 authorised during this fiscal
year st Tye, and consequently the
Abilene base took its proportion-
ae cut to funds set aside for ex-
penditure between now and June
Additional funds are expected to
be provided when Congress recon-
Penes in January —for use dur-
ing the fiscal year beginning July
280complete the air base here.
1 Abdene Chamber of Commerce
officiate stressed that pledges for
rt^bo^ £
P'
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Texas
th to
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lane
livers
chev’s report, which blisters com-
munists for "fault* and abuses."
"One cannot overlook the fact
that manifestations of political
heedlessness and loafing and In-
stances of divulging party and
state secrets have become wide-
spread among Communists,"
Khrushchev's article said "It
should be admitted in many party
and Soviet economic organizations
that the big evil is a defective
approach to the selection of ex-
ecutive personnel when this se-
lection is carried out on the basis
of friendship, personal devotion,
iniel Na met
o Republican Ticket
Brink’s Truck
Theft Solved,
GOPs Cross File
Demo Nominees
neighbor status or kinship.” A.-L
Another evil, said the article, is MAW FOHIHA
that "some Communists think TTVHG) I UUIIU
there are two disciplines ta the •
party: one for the rank and file,
the other for the leaders.” This
must be vigorously eliminated, it
said, because "it undermines par-
ty and state discipline, thereby se-
riously damaging the interests of
the party and state."
The indication here is that no-
“RUSSIA,” Pg. 2-A, Col. 6
publican Convention, but as a Tex-
as Democrat who intends to re-
main a Texas Democrat, I am glad
that the Republicans have decided
not to run opponents against oar
state nominees.
“I am glad they admit that the
Democrats of Texas have chosen
the best candidates."
Should the Stste Democratic Con-
vention find a means of putting
Eisenhower’s name on the ballot
as a Democratic nominee, Shivers
might then refuse to let his own
name be cross-filed as a Republi-
can nominee.
A candidate does not have to
give consent for his cross-filing.
i But if he does not wish to have
his name on the ballot for both
parties, he must so advise the sec-
retary of state at least 20 days
before the election.
The militant new Eisenhower
leadership and the expiring old
' guard that had backed Robert A.
1 Taft smoothed over their differ-
' ences today.
Carlos Watson of Brownsville, a
| veteran old guard leader, withdrew
See OOP's, Pg. 2-A, Col. 4
By DAVE CHEAVENS
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 26 IM—1
Texas' reunited Republicans today
nominated Democratic Gov. Allan
Shivers as their candidate for
Governor in the general election.
They roared approval of the un-
precedented action to cross-file a
full alate of Democrats for state
offices, including Atty. Gen. Price
Daniel or U. S. Senator and form-
er Rep. Martin Dies for congress-
man at large.
The action was seen as an all-
out bid to cinch Texas for Dwight
D. Eisenhower for President
BOTH ANTI-TRUMAN
Shivers and Daniel are unrelent-1
Ing foes of the National Demo-
cratic Administration. Both an-
nounced this week they could not
support Adlai Stevenson as the
Democratic nominee for President
Cross-filing was made possible in
Texas this yesr by a new lew un-
der which an individual, with his
consent, could be the candidate of
two political parties.
Nominations Committee Chair-
man Ben Guill of Pampa refused
to say on the record whether the
Democratic state candidates had
been contacted for consent to be
cross-filed on the Republican tick-
WASHINGTON, Aug. X —A
long memory and • quick hunch
were credited todsy with solving
the $65,000 “out to lunch” robbery
of a Brink's armored car within
16 hours after the apparently clue-
less crime was committed.
The theft occurred yesterday
while four guards of a Brink's
truck, containing a total of $265,-
000, left the car locked but un-
attended and went to lunch.
Police said Ray Eugene Farmer,
26, a former Brink's guard, ad-
mitted the robbery after a night-
long grilling, then took them to a
nearby amusement park and
showed them where he had buried
the entire 665,000 in IS packages
of $5, $10 and $20 bills.
Officials said police Supt. Rob-
ert V. Murray came up with the
bunch that broke the case after
relays of detectives had ques-
tioned the four Brink’s guards for
hours in a vain quest for clues.
Ten FBI agents and 20 local po-
licemen had been assigned to the
case.
Murray remembered that a
Brink’s employe named Farmer
was tired in 1949 for tending his
guard's uniform to a bunch of
teen-age hoodlums known as the
“Pimply Face Gang."
At the time, police found no
grounds for holding Farmer.
Police Inspector Jeremiah
Flaherty told newsmen the incl-
dent stuck in Chief Murray’s mind
because Murray had worked on
the “Pimply Face Gang" case
when he was an assistant chief
of detectives.
Flaherty gave this account of
yesterday’s episode:
At noon, the Brink's armored
car pulled up at the rear of the
fashionable Wardman Park Hotel
and the four guards went inside
to eat in the hotel cafeteria.
A few minutes later, Farmer
drove up in his bakery truck,
dressed in his usual civilian
clothes, and calmly unlocked the
armored car with his duplicate
key. ■
After snatching the money sack
containing $65,000, they said, be
drove off and cached his haul at
Glen Echo Amusement Park in
nearby Maryland._______________
Egypt Asks
For U. S. Aid
proposals and then announced
them to reporters.
The government has already had
to use force to keep order since
It kicked King Farouk off the
throne a month ago and believes
that only better living conditions
for the workers will bring about a
stable, strong Egypt able to resist
Communist penetration.
There appeared to be no con-
nection between tonight's bid for
U. & help and Western plans to
set up a Middle East Defense Com-
mand in which Egypt has been
asked to be s key partner.
More than 1,000 self-styled intel-
lectuals met here tonight to de-
mand that the government refuse
to join any alliance with the West-
ern powers, whom they denounced
as “imperialistic.”
In Washington, the State Depart-
ment said it had not yet received
the Egyptian appeal.
Maher told reporters he had
asked the United States to provide
the Egyptian police with the most
advanced automatic weapons.
The U. S. supplied Egypt with
a limited number of such’ equip-
ment a few months ago which was
enough to set up a mechanised
police regiment of 3.000 men. It is
understood the government is
planning to increase this number
to 5,000. _
CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. MW —
Egypt's reform government today
appealed for American economic
aid and U. S. arms for a mobile
police force to maintain internal
order, t
Premier Aly Maher conferred
with U. S. Ambassador Jefferson
Caffery and strong-man Maj. Gen.
Mohammed Naguib tonight on the
Polio Patient
Seriously III
Charles Hamner, IS, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Hsmner of Mid-
land who was admitted to Hend-
Tick Memorial Hospital Monday for
"possible polio” was to serious
condition Tuesday night, hospital
officials reported. ..
His case was diagnosed as polio
snd be wes pieced in an iron lung
mpooti MeMahon, vice chair-
man of the Chamber of Commerce
National Defense Committee.
pointed out that an Air Rare Tuesday.
spokesman had recent A vied one " possible polio” patient was
sa^s-sS - ® ■« somas; R."22 * men
could be obligated for the 0 Jones, M, of 614 Portland St, ad-
Piet Cooley, manager of the Abi.
lene Chamber of Commerce Tuesday,
that, with money now earmarked They
for "the initial construction, it is
important that pledges be paid at
an nearly date.
One “possible polio" patient was
admitted to the isolation ward
Tuesday She was Mrs. Irwin
mitted at 3:15 p. m. . ___,
Two patients were discharged
Lane Beaten
They were: . ___.
Marvis June Hanson, 7, daugh-
ter of Mr. sod Mrs. Marvin Han
son of Route 2, Hermleigh. She
was admitted to the ward July 18.
George Bailey, 17 month-old-son
of Mr and Mrs. Thomas L. Bail
ey, 2425 Pine St. admitted Aug.
In Final Count Big Spring Voting
By The Associated Pros Box Thrown Out
U 8 Rep. Clark Thompson ap
gained re-election from
Phe Ith Congressional District.”
delayed returns 1
Tuesday from the —
BIG SPRING, Aug. 26 (—The
_____- County Democratic Executive
were tabulated Committee today threw out Big
Southeast Gull Spring's Precinct 1 box, in which
470 votes were cast in Saturday s
Coast eeA unofficial returns gath- run-off primary. J
Complete the 15-county district No election results were changed
eeoomesss Election Bureau by the committee’s decision.
shorenty sheriff f. w. Buckshot refused to certify the box. He
tens by 252 votes. _ told the committee he had not
No election results were changed
, the committee's decision.
Election Judge Truett Thomas
been able to stop voting irregular-
ities in the precinct.
CHARLES R. WILSON
Hardware Merchant . ,
Named Clyde Mavor Charles Wilson, Ex-Coleman
CLYDE, Aug. 24 (RNS) — Harry
steen, hardware merchant, her.
was elected mayor of Clyde in a
election to fill the vacancy
Me n Mans, who resigned the
post early this year to go into
* Re. PORE 2 votes to IT for
Bin Hones ta the write in elec-
tion. No one had filed for the
-rt as band. ^
ton was solely by write - ins
Several other write-in eandidat-
.received backing, but none
polled a sizeable vote.
104 Brings 24th Day
Of Heat Wave, But
Showers Possible
Ho Hum! Just another day of
sleepy-time weather Tuesday with
temperature* hitting s high of 104
degrees. •
And the weatherman says Wed-
nesday will be another hot day,
generally fair but with possible
afternoon and evening showers.
Tuesday's high reading was the
24th straight day of temperatures
of 100 degrees or better marked
up by the U. S. Department of
Commerce Weather Bureau et Abi-
fone.
Low reading Tuesday was 77
degrees.
Clouds that Monday gave a
brief promtoe of a heat-breaking
rain were broken up Tuesday aft-
er an official reading of a trace
of rain was registered at the
THf WEATHER
a DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
•A • WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE AND VISITI
tair Weanssony. "::**:
Mayor, Dies in California
of the Ray Post. American Legion, ments were reported as high as
For a years be was president
of the Episcopal Church here, and
for a number of years served ss
a member of the Overall Memo-
rial Hospital board of trustees He
was a director of the First Cole-
man National Bank, a member of
the Coleman Coutry Club snd of
the Coleman Rodeo Association.
For several years be was active
in Girl Scout work and in 1949 was
president of the Heart O' Texas
Girl Scout area.
Municipal Airport.
However, unofficial measure-
hundershowers. Not much
PE
* Not much thanes m te
ues. a
TEMPERA TUs *
ICCTAER
perstures for * hours
,; 104 and tt
nperstures **m° date
I Ml: sunrise today
$ T.10.
I st $.30 p. mt, 24.14.
at 0:20 p. m S deh.
COLEMAN, Aug. 26 (RNSL th
Charles R. Wilson, 64, a former
Coleman mayor and prominent.
civic and business affairshere
since 1919, died early Tuesday
morning at Uta Angeles, Call
where he had been undergoing
medical treatment.
Mr. Wilson had been IB store
lost fall and retired from his bus-
iness the Wilson Grain and Ele-
vator' Company, here early this
TA body is being returned to
the J. E. Stevens Funeral Home
here for burial Funeral arrange-
ments will be announced later
this week
Mr Wilson was born here Nov.
1. 1897, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
H Bird Wilson His father ram*
to Coleman County in 1887 and
was aa early day Coleman mer-
^ Wilson attended schools
here snd attended the University
of Texas. During World War I he
served in the field artillery and
was discharged at Camp Zachary
Taylor, Ky., in 1918.
in 1919 he returned to Coleman
to join his father as a partner to
the Wilson Grain Company, and
succeeded to full management on
the senior Wilson’s death. Later
he built the large Wilson grain ele-
vator here to add to the company
Mr. Wilson served as Coleman
mayor in 1943-46 He also was pres-
ident of the Coleman Chamber of
Commerce at one time, of the KL
wanis Club and was commander
In Masonic work, be was a mem-
ber of the Dallas Consistory of
Scottish Rites Masons, the Sues
Shrine Temple at San Angelo, of
the Coleman Masonic Blue Lodge
and the Knights Templar, Brown-
wood Commandery.
For several years he had pre-
mated the Charles R. Wilson
award for the grand champion
club calf at the Coleman County
Livestock show.
.71 inches in some sections of Abi-
lene.
Dave Reves Ousts
Dunwody as Sheriff,
Canvass Reveals
IKE MARCHES IN LEGION PARADE—General Dwight D.
Eisenhower walks at the head of the Kansas contingent dur-
ing the American Legion parade up New York’s Fifth Ave-
nue. With the Republican presidential nominee walks Eric
Colmery, a member of the Kansas contingent and a past com-
mander of the Legion (AP Wirephoto)
Adlai Invades East;
Ike ‘Ready to Roll’
erately set it at low speed because
By The Associated Press .erately set it at low speed because
Gov Adlai Stevenson of Illinois August headlines are soon for-
Invades New York City today to a
bid to ignite an eastern boom be-
fore setting out on a whirlwind
nine-state western tour.
The Democratic presidential
standard bearer is scheduled to
address the American Legion Con-
vention at Madison Square Garden
on the same rostrum where his
Republican rival, Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, spoke earlier this
week
Like Eisenhower, Stevenson Is
expected to center his talk on U.S.
foreign policy. _
Meanwhile, key advisers said El-
senhower. who has been criticized
by some of his own supporters for
what they consider a slow start,
said the general will set his cam-
paign rolling in high gear from
now on. They said he had delib-
AT REC HALL
Car Hits Hydrant;
Water Gushes
Nearly an Hour
A city water line was broken
when a car backed over a yard
hydrant about 915 p. m Tues-
day in the 500 block of Washing-
ton St., in the yard of the Colored
Recreation Center.
The broken water main sprayed
water some 15 feet high for al-
most an hour before Water De-
partment crewman could bring it
under control. No estimate of
how much water was lost could
be made Tuesday night
The Colored Recreation Center
was showing an out-door movie
when a car backed from the yard,
breaking the hydrant and cross-
ing a sidewalk into the street R
B Hayden, director of the center
said Hayden did not know who
war driving the car and did not
have a description of the sutomo-
ANSON, Aug 26 (RNS) — The
Jones County Democratic Execu-
tire Committee's official canvass
Tuesday of votes in Saturday's
second Democratic primary elee-
tion showed no change in the sher-
iff's race balloting. D. K (Dave)
Reves polled 1,894 to unseat W.
A. (Bill) Dunwody, incumbent,
who received 1,835.
Reves. s young Lueders stock
farmer, gained the runoff in the
first primary, polling 1,656 votes.
—-----— polled 2,357 In the first
gotten.
Two GOP leaders—Sen. Styles
Bridges of New Hampshire and
Rep. Joseph Martin of Massachu-
setts—told newsmen after con-
ferring with Eisenhower yesterday
that the general will speak out
very soon on major issues of the
campaign.
Sen. Edward Martin of Penn-
sylvania. another caller, indicated
that Eisenhower will hit hard on
the theme of inflationary federal
spending.
Still another visitor, John Foo-
ter Dulles, asserted the Truman
administration to “writing the
ticket for World War III" in its
contain-communism policies.
Duties, former GOP advisor to
the State Department, told news-
men after his meeting with the
general that President Truman
should declare this country will
never accept Russia's domination
over former Independent nations
in Washington. Mrs. Ivy Priest,
head of the Women’s Division of
ths Republican National Commit-
tee. said American housewives
are "prepared to revolt" against
the high prices and high taxes
Declaring that the purchasing
power of the dollar has dropped
from 58 to 52 cents in the last
two years, Mrs. Priest said in a
statement:
“Even the trebling of the food
bill since 1939 to not hurting the
housewife as much as the 77 bil-
lion dollar rise in taxes. Harry
Truman has spent 327 billion dol-
for all the other presidents before
tars as compared with 111 billion
1932.”
et.
At Austin, Gov. Shivers declined
to say whether he would accept the
nomination.
Shivers indicated he wanted to
wait until after the State Demo-
cratic Convention at Amarillo Sept.
9 before saying
"I have asked the people of Tex-
as to let me know what course they
think I should take (with reference
to the presidential contest between 1
Adlai Stevenson and Dwight Ei-
senhower),” Shivers said in a pre-
pared statement
‘‘I am waiting on their response,
which la now coming in, and on the
action of the State Democratic Con-
vention in September. Other than
that I have no comment"
Shivers' office reported a mount-
ing response to his request for
opinions on whether to support
Stevenson for the presidency.
A spokesman said 818 letters and
telegrams endorsed Shivers’ state-
ment Im would not vote for Steven-
son in view of the letter's stand
for federal ownership of tidelands,
J while 118 have been favorable to
Stevenson.
Aleo at Austin, Daniel said in a
statement:
"I was not consulted and did not
consent to the action of the Re-
Abilene Man, Snyder
Woman On Panel
SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 26 mn—New
members of the stele Republican
executive committee named by to-
days state convention, by senato-
rial districts, include:
1 Earl Hollingsworth. Longview;
Mrs. Nan Bacheller, Kilgore.
7. Herman Duncan. Kaufman;
Mrs. Romer Bullington, Tyler.
13. June Nietz, Waco; Miss Net-
tie Turner, Rockdale.
23. Joe Jackson, Wichita Falls:
Mrs. Enid Gossett, Wichita Falla.
24. Ronnie Hermes, Abilene;
Mrs. Gertrude Barrett, Snyder.
25. Hoburt K. McDowell, San
Angelo: Mrs. R 8. Waring, San
Angelo.
17. John Q. Adams, Harlingen:
Mrs. Paul Armstrong, McAllen.
29. *, Houston, Midland; Mrs.
Catherine Bogson, El Paso.
Breck Captain
Injured in B-39
Crash; 7 Die
BRECKENRIDGE. Aug. 26
(RNS)—Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Black-
erby of Breckenridge, telephoned
triends bare Tuesday night from
Barksdale AF Base in Shreveport,
La., that so far they bad not been
able to see their son, Capt. Ger-
man B. Blackerby, who was crit-
ically injured in a B-29 crash
Tuesday. Capt Blackerby waa the
only survivor of the eight - man
crew.
The family went to Shreveport
immediately upon learning of the
crash and the condition of their
son.
They reported that he had been
severely burned and was la a crit-
ical state of shock Tuesday.
AF officials accredited the emer-
gency crews which rushed to the
scene of the crash with the saving
of Capt Blackerby’s life.
Capt. Blackerby and his wife
hove three children. He has served
QUIET CONVENTION
Prohibition Party Lines Up
Support for Stuart Hamblen
bile
Hayden, who lives et 866 Ash St.,
called the City Water Department
immediately and reported the ee-
cident
Within five minutes a water
crewman was on the scene, but
could not bring the water under
control He celled for additional
help and the water was shut off
shortly before 10 p m
The water in that area was cut
off, officials said, snd residents
would probably be out of water
for an indefinite time
He was married on Oct 29, 1930, Dunwody .--
to Miss Rosa Hill of Brownwood, election snd a third candidate, R.
Their five children are Rosalyn, a
student at Southern Methodist Uni-
versity at Dallas: Marianna Msr-
lene. Charles Ryall, Jr., and Car-
oi, all of the family home at Cole-
man
L. (Bob) Miller, tabbed only 900
votes.
100 Ranchers Fight
Grass Fire 3 Hews
Other survivors are his sister.
Mrs. Anna Wells or Coleman; an
uncle, C. J. Dibrell, Jr., of Cole-
man and three aunts, Miss Flor-
ence Dibrell, Miss Marianna Dib-
Cm.Mn. B. F. Robey, an of
Dunwody, who la serving his fifth
term as Jones County sheriff, is-
sued the following statement:
“Thanks a million to all my
friends and loyal supporters, both
during the election and through-
out the years that I was your sher-
iff.”
Reves has been farming since
his discharge from the service in
World War
Over one hundred ranchers and
ranch hands waged a three-hour
fight against a prairie fire which
broke out Tuesday around 3 p. m.
and razed almost two sections of
the Henry Green ranch 17 miles
east of Abilene off the Albany
By WILBUR MARTIN
HOUSTON, Aug M —The Pro-
hibition Party of Texas held its
state convention todsy.
But, pshaw, you folks who saw
the Democratic and Republican
conventions on TV wouldn't be-
lieve it. No smoke, no confusion,
no milling crowds.
Less than e hundred persons
came here for the convention
"We would have had a bigger
crowd," said the Rev. Gerald Over-
holt, chairman of the Prohibition
National Committee “But many
of our leaders had to attend focal
church meetings.”
While huge fans stirred the mug-
gy str. the delegates sat and chat-
ted
COMMITTEE MEETS
In a little room off the main
auditorium, a committee to name
electors and candidates for state
office met.
One of the committee members
ers to vote the Prohibition ticket
In an open letter to Shivers, the
R»v Mr. Overholt said:
“In view of the feet that you.
end the over two million of Demo-
cratic voters in Texas, cannot con-
scientiously vote for the Demo-
cratir nominee for President of the
United States st the November 4
general election. I am respectfully
addressing this open letter to you
suggesting that there is a way
whereby you can vote your convic-
tions in the presidential election
a x x.”
VOTE HEAVY FOR HAMBLEN'
He suggested Shivers and other
Democrats vote for Stuart Ham
Men, the perty's presidential can-
didate
Hamblen, a Texan, now lives in
California His father, the Rev J.
H Hamblen of Abilene, was one of
the speakers at the convention
here.
Candidates for two state and one
federal office were selected.
eight years to the Air Force.
Dead Engine Forces
Crash-Landing Try
SHREVEPORT, La. un - Emer-
gency vehicles waited only s mile
sway as a crippled B29 crashed
snd burst into flames at nearby
Barksdale Air Force Base. Seven
airmen were killed.
The pilot notified the control
tower his No 1 engine was dead
snd that he was making an emer-
gency landing yesterday Accident
vehicles, fire trucks snd ambu-
lances were waiting on the runway.
But the craft, a refueling plane
heavily loaded with gasoline,
dropped a mile abort of the run-
The lone survivor received un-
determined injuries Barksdale of-
ficials said he evidently was stand-
Ing near the doorway and jumped
clear after the crash
The Barksdale public information
office identified six of the dead
crew members. One name was
withheld pending the notification of
next of kin. There were no Texans
among the list of dead.
The injured man was:
Capt. Gorman B. Blackerby, M
radio operator, busband of Mrs.
Ruth L. Blackerby, Bossier City,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Frank-
lin Blackerby, 719 West Walker
Street, Breckenridge, Tex. Black-
erby is suffering from burns of the
face and body.
Grandsfaff fo
Highway.
A booster truck from the Abi-
lene Fire Department answered
an alarm on the fire et 6:54 p.
m. but Abilene firemen reported
that the blaze was almost out when
they arrived.
suggested a name.
"Mighty fine man,” she said of
her nominee. “Works good with
the young folks at church.”
The Rev Mr Overholt thought
the Prohibition Party would pick
up a lot of votes this year. —,----
He especially invited Gov. Shiv- state treasurer.
The Rev Gerald Overholt. Roue-
ton. la the nominee for V. S. sena-
tor.
W. S. Lawernce, Kemah, was
chosen to run as commissioner of
agriculture, and Dr. Lucille Dirk,
son, Corsicana, was named for
Prison Again
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 26 in —
Frank Grandstaff, sometime musi-
clan and longtime convict whose
composition, “Big Springs Canta-
ta,” won him a pardon from a
Tennessee life sentence, is going
beck Into prison — to finish his
autobiography.
Grandstaff, 50. was sentenced
Tuesday to two concurrent terms
of one to three years hi state pris-
on et Wupufe. He was found guilty
of burglary and attempted bur-
glary-
After his conviction. Grandstaff
asked the court for time to finish
his book. "Would one to three
years be enough?” asked Munic-
ipal Judge Herbert Steffes.
“Yes, your honor,” said Grand
staff. “In fact, I’d appreciate it
if you would shave that a little.”
The court dpelined.
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