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49th Year
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'Buy it In Sweetwater'
f| Market Reports
Cotton, December, 31.00; stork
market, irregular. corn and
wheat recover; livestock geueraJ-
I)' stead)- ;butter and eggs .strong.
No. 270
GREEK RIOTS
DASH WORLD
PEACE AIMS
*T*' •"
POSITIVE
SETBACK IN
PRICES SEEN
♦ WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. (U.R) —
A Crpvernmeiil economist say-
prices are building up to an aw-
ful let-down anil >oon.
lit* sa.vs there will ho a general
drop in prices right at'tor t h e
holidays. The decline. Ih> claims,
will affect almost e'\ ory item ex-
cept automobiles. clothing and
possibly building materials. The
economist, who prefers to be
^ltonviWius. says the drop will he
^lo mere Ie\ elm# {iff such as most
forecasters have said will follow
the period nf rising prices
Instead, lie says, the decline
will he what he calls "a festive
setback " Prices w ill really hit
the -Rid- he thinks, by next
• lannai y.
Industry, In' warns, is pric-
ing itself out of tile market
ami the hrcak in prices i
^ hopn(I In ciiiiie.
® lint that is ill the future, Eor
the present prices are i''iitinumg
their upward trend. An OfA of-
ficial sn - thai sitvee .luue 2X1 h
food ci sts have
cent
average
la perc
Dtirii
lowing
colli rol
<|Was an
"at*. >oi
cent.
Sts
\nd
e ri.-e
■ in.
-illc
in a
none up fiii per-
tliat date the
pi ivies has been
!h
rst two days fol-
1'resident Truman's do
order last Saturday there
average price increase of
. iv.ii nllli ' l • (u •'11 f, -i -
USES Control
Will Revert To
States Tomorrow
$ WASHINGTON. Nov. I V 'U.R)
The I 'nited States employment
Service, which litis been under
federal direction through nearly
five years of war and peace, w ill
go hack under state control to-
morrow.
The agency placed nearly 5(1.-
ooo.ono per.-.on- in wartime .job-.
The employment offices had op-
erated under federal direction at
the roi|Uo.st ol I'resident House
f veil.
At one niinute after midnight,
tomorrow, the 1X00 offi
the cotintrv again co
stall' direct ion.
ii ri iss
under
train ( hash
in.icrks si:vi:n
PITTSBl'RGII. Nov. 1". (U.R)—
Seven wore injured today when i
a freight crashed into 'the rear
of a pas.-euger lrain here.
NI-.W YORK Nov. || (U.R- An
official Greek spokesman sa.v.-
then - no linger any doulil that
the border -tiife in Ins country
is a threal !<> wait'ld peace
He added that Greece again
may ask the I'N security count il
i to investigate toe Yugoslav fron-
! tier area where Athens di.s-
patehe.- report bio.ul;. fighting.
If the Greek government de-
cides on the move, ii will mark
the third time that the security
council has been asked to deal
with the situation in the llalkan
country.
Olueial t|iiarfcrs arc under-
stood to led lliat lie inci-
ilcnls in northern Greece
have assumed such propor-
tions as to make interven-
tion ol llic highest interna-
lienal aiitiMiriij desirable,
both from the CJreek and
Itritish vii wpoint.
Another pha-e of Greek inter-
uational relations is reported by
a Russian dispatch from Alban-
ia. 'I his report quotes testimony
at a sabotage '.rial which charges
that American.- and British are
living to provoke a Creek-Al-
banian w;ii. file reason. So they
can I. nd forces in Albania.
B> rues Discouraged
NEW YORK Nov. la -.U.R)—
Secretary of State I'.yrnes is re-
;...11ed oiseeui aged iibout the
peace ti'ealv sessions/if the big
four foreign ministers council.
I>.\ i iics I- repilfflcd icndy
to ail mil failure to w rite Kal-
ian. Balkan and l''iniiisli
peace treaties at this lime if
agi-cement with Hie Soviet
union on Trieste i- not forth-
coming within a few days.
Tlie big four talks on Triesie
are .a their ia" . -he .- .go- By I'-
ll e- won't eomi.roiiii.-e on the
basic issues now in Ch-pute- And
it the Rus-ians refuse to yield
1 or show signs of yielding by the
first of next week Byrne.- is ex-
pec.t.ed to propose that lhe coun-
cil meeting he eoncltided i|llicK-
ly lie probably will ask that the
satellite treaties he laid aside in-
definitely -o preliminary talks
i on Germany can take place be-
fiire adjournment.
\ eto Power
LAKE SI '('CIOSS. Nov. la (U.P)
-The I'nited States has male
: suggest ions for appeasing the
i small nations who want to end
tiie big five Veto power in the
i'nited Nations security council.
Ill an apparent slap at Itus-
siila. this country has de-
manded that the hig five
agree to use their veto only
I in what Senator Tom t'onnnl-
ly called "the rare and ex-
ceptional cases" confronting
the security council.
Oonnally lold the general as-
Isembly's political securii.v com
! i"ht"e that the United Stai.'- is
| flatly opposed to ihe small pow-
ers' demand (hat the veto power
be re-tricied or ehimnateil.
Bui lie called on Britain, Ru -
See GliKKKS. I'age Kiglit
(iKK.M.W Si lt IS SINK—Off I'rovincclown, Massachusetts, the German Submarine C-977 is sunk
by the I'. S. Navy Sub. "The Atule." Broken ill half by the force of the explosion as it was struck
by a new type lethal torpedo, the l'-! 77 rises out of the water before plunging to the bottom.
The sinking was carried out under the tl'i-parte agreement as is considered to be "routine."
(\ K.\ Telephoto, by Harry Li'dei-handlcr, taken from a Navy Blimp)
FIRED FROM U. S.
PUBLIC PAYROLLS
Police Nab 300 In GOP Leader
Hollywood Strike Favors Big
Budget Cut
Smoldering
Wreckage Of
Plane Found
Bl'RBANK. ( AI.IK.. Nov. 13.
(U.R) Still-smouldering wreckage;
of a Western Airlines 'I rail-port
plane which \ anished in a
storm two and one-half days ago
Willi I 1 persons aboard was
found today.
It was sighted atop a 5500-toot
peak 'in miles northwest of Bur-
hank. Calif.
Western Airlines Captain Max
t Tali, w ho -potted the wreckage,
-av.- lie doesn't see how there
could he any survivors. Only the
tail of the big plane was intact,;
Grail reports, and brush and tint
her were burned in an area with
a rail ills of 7 I feet.
Crall says the plane is only
_'()(> feet below the tip of Alamo
Peak, 12 miles south of Gorman.
ICaf'ff.. and '25 miles north of New-
Pilot t iarrell AI iller of the
wrecked airliner reported pass-
ing Newhall in his last radio con-
tact at .'!:27 a ill. Tuesday. It's
believed a TO-mile-an-hoiir south-
east wind might have blown him
off course.
i'rail and Captain .Jirnitiy Con
liir.v. who were flying together
in -earch of the missing plane.
>a> tliev 'ir sure the w reckage is
that of the Western Airlines
TIic.n say they circled the peak
several times and saw an identi-
fying red "WAA" oil the tail of
the plane.
Wage Plan
Rejected
Lewis
Crude O/'/'Arsonists
Price Hike Jry J0 Burn
Is Likely r .. T
Entire Town
DALLAS, Nov. la.tU.R)—Kol-
lowing oil the heels of a union
request for wage boosts, spec-
ulation in oil circles is centering
around a rumored price increase
from major oil companies.
One company. Sun, litis an-
nounced that it will pay from
live to _'i; cents more per barrel
oil Texas crude oil.
$100 Batteries Cause
Slaying Of Negro
IIOI'STON.
i .'ne negro wa-
liy owner of
when three of
Nov. la. (U.R) -
killed last night
a battery shop
them began roli-
bing the shop of batteries. Til is
was the fourth raid in the last
few weeks. Police say the
thieves had been re-selling the
stolen batteries for as muelv Us
Slot).
New Air Division
\
DALLAS. Nov. la ((U.P.)—Bran-
iff Airway's has announced
creation of a Latin-Ainerica.t
traffic; division to cover approv-
ed routes of almost S.000 miles
(U.R) - A
moii'Uev h
d which
if the
ion by
more
e Tex-
By
\vashi.\<;to.\. \ov. is.
(U.R)—I'residcut Trliinan n 11-
ii o ii ii ced today llial John I,.
lie wis lias rejected a govern-
ment plan in revive uiiion-iii-
ilustry wage negolialion.- in
the soft coal Industry,
Mr. Tinman Issued a state-
ment appealing to llir miners
to reconsider.
The IVrsiilciil rewaleil
that secretap of Interior
Ki ng bad given l.ew is and
mine operator^ a plan under
which operators and miners
could negotiate for a new
contract while the mines re-
mained in operation. Opera-
tors accepted the proposal.
Iiiii l.rwis notified King this
morning that the plan was
unaeeptable to the failed
Mine Workers Cnioli, which
lie heads.
Clip RRC Powers
HOUSTON. Nov. l.">
group of llou-ion
have preiuired a propose
would clip the power
Teva- Railroad t'omini-
making its fact-l'indiu
directly aiisv-erable to t
a- Supreme 1 'olirt.
$65,000 Bail Set
LONGVIKW. Nov. la (U.R/ —
Kour men are heinu lieUi t.odiiy
in I it'll of S(M.OOi) lnm<i on
violating the O'Daniel anti- \'io{-
t iici strike law
Contempt Charges
To Be Submitted
To Committee
MOB KM A'. MO.. Nov. 15. (U.R)
—Five fires in Higbee. Missouri,
nine miles southwest of Moberly
tit :: a. m. toda.v, caused damage
estimated at $100,000 and des-
truction of a : -story building ami
sections of two other structures
in the business district of the
town of !K)0 people.
Hoiuie Thornhill, city mar-
shall. said the fires apparent-
ly were the work of arson-
ists, each of the five being
started in the same manner
hy spreading a mixture of
gasoline and oil over the
hack door of the establish-
ments.
It appeared. Thornhill. said,
that the intention was to burn
the entire town. All the fires
were centered in the two-block
business district.
The fire in Higbee followed
by two days an attempt to
burn the small Saline County
town of Gilliam, located X">
miles west of Higbee. Firemen
from nearby Slater helped
halt those blazes but not be-
fore two garages and a house
w ere damaged and t h e
town's Baptist church was
destroyed.
Officers at Gilliam -aid that
they understood tlie fires, set in
the same manner in that town as
the fires were started at Higbee.
marked the fourth time in re-
cent week.- that an arsonist had
attempted to destroy a small
mill-central Missouri town
TWA Strike Over,
Lewis May Call
Coal Strike
HOLLYWOOD Nov. 15 (U.R)—
Studio strikers renewed mass
j picketing tactic- today in defi-
ance of a court injunction.
Police countered with mass
arrests. They waded into a pick-
et line, strung five abreast
around Columbia Studios, and
arrested more than :«K strikers.
Among the first arrested was
j union leader Herbert Sorrell,
who ordered the mass picketing,
land who promised his followers
1 that, he "would be first in the
: wagon."
Hobbies Of Roby
Youth Include
Fishing, Marbles
TWA Strike Settled
i NEW YORK Nov . 15 —(U.R)
! Transcontinental and Western
Airlines w ill send its planes into
i the skies tomorrow for the first
time in almost a month.
The Ja-day-old strike of TWA
pilots was ended early thi-
morning when both the union
and company agreed to arbitrate
their wage dispute. Flights will
be resumed tomorrow mornitig
and TWA President .lack Krye
says the airline hopes to reach
a full schedule of operations
within a few days.
A three man arbitration boa: I
I w ill begin hearings in Chicago
between December I!t.h and S.'tl'd
on the unsettled points in the
| dispute. The board will rule on
pay and work rules for the men
w ho fiv fotir-engined planes.
i
N<
I."
(U.R)
WASHINGTON
Keprcsentat ive .lolin Rankin of
Missi — ippi announce- that he
has decided to submit his eon
tempt charge- against Harlow
Shapley. world-famed astronomer
to tiie membership of the House
un-American activities commit-
tee on November 22nd.
:! nil-: IX WliKCK
KORT W< IRTII, Nov. 15. (U.R) -
Three persons were killed here
last night in an auto wreck
Many Parents Expected For
Open House At High School
KMIOO I'l.ASMA OX IM.At'K M.AHKIOT—A Chinese newspn-
pel-man in Shanghai. C hina, holds a box of American blood plas-
ma which Is now selling for tSSri.UO (l*. S. Money) on the Black
Market. The Amnricun Red Cross on N'ovmlier 14 demanded
tlint Foreign Liquidation Commission get hack some 21)0 tons
of the plasma worth ahont $10,000,000. (XEA Telephoto)
Air Forces Say
U. S. Can't Keep
Up With Russia
WASHINGTON. Nov 15 (U.P.) -
Army Air force leaders sa\ tlie.v
see little hope that the i'nited
States will lie able to keep a-
breast of Russia in the scientific
research for new weapons.
According to Moscow reports,
Russia litis budgeted .-light Iv less
than SI.000.000.000 for scientific
j development and research. In
•contrast. Air Force officials say. three numbers by The Tronba-
thi' I'nited States has nlloted dears directed by Miss Marie
; only .$800,000.(100 for all phases of • Hill. They will sing 'Long Ago
iit.s research program. j See SGHOOl., Page Eight
All three buildings which com-
prise Newman high schools
will lie lighted up like Christina-
trees tonight from 7:.'i() to 0:00
as students, leat hers, and A T
Nicholas, principal, participate in
an "open house" program.
New richly colored velotir cur-
tains and a new ripple grey
eyelorama Which were installed
yesterday will dress up the
stage in the auditorium w here a
general assembly will Ih' held
from T'.aO to S proceeding visj.
tation-.
A. T. Nicholas, principal, will
Welcome guests and state the
aims ol American Education
Week. An entertainment feature
of the opening program will he
S'water Derives
80 Percent Of
Income From Farms
Bob Wagstaff. Abilene attorne.v
i w a- gue.-f -peaker at the Kiw anis
liinetleon toda.v.
"Sweet water is just a big coun-
try town." Wagstaff -aid. "deriv-
ing so percent of its income from
tile top -i.\ illches of -oil."
The speaker reviewed agricul-
tural and trade problems leading
up to and follow ing the first
world war and the crash of l!)20.
"With thi' end ol World Wat
I." lie pointed out, there was
a fundamental change in the
economy of the I'nited States. We
changed from a debtor to u
creditor nation" He mentioned
the pronounced effect of a high
tariff on world 11 aite.
Quoting from Wilson's message
to Congress, lie said. "If we want
to sell, we must be prepared to
buy." Then lie explained the
ev ents leading to the depression,
and the emergency step which of
necessity, were taken to curb its
malignance.
Coach I'at Gerald and the Mil —
tang football squad were among
the guests.
Bulletin
LAKK Sl'CCKSS, \oi. IS.
(U.R)—Russian I V Delegate
Andrei Vishinsky told the
small powers today that their
effort to abolish the veto is
"practicall) doomed." Pro-
testing against what he call-
ed the "tradition" of criticiz-
ing Russia, Vishinsky re-
peatedly asked for a "realis-
tic" approach.
Peace Negotiations
In China Collapse
SHANGHAI. Nov 15. (U.R)-
The opening of the Chinese Na-
tional Assembly today marked
the formal collapse of the leng-
thv peace negotiations between
I the Nationalists and the Com-
i munists.
('ouI Strike
Today John L. Lewis i- ex-
pected to serve notice that, lie
: considered the I'nited Mine
; Workers contract with the gov-
ernment null and void. That
| would lie the signal for a soft
coal strike five days hence,
i The coal disinite wa- di—
• "ussed at today's cabinet meet:
! ing at the White Hou-e. And
I one cabinet member -ay - In-
terior Secretary King reported
there might lie some action thi?
i afternoon.
j In other labor news a juris
dicfiona) dispute still bloek-
. ettlemeut of the We.-t Coa-t
■ Maritime strike, but a Federal
'mediator has a comnrouii-.
which unions have agreed to
. consider and the closed
meet ing- of tie1 CIO Kxecutive
at Atlantic Ci'v
that President
will get his w';r
0111 munists-
(This i- the twelfth m a
.-erie- of articles designed to
introduce Sweetwater Re-
poi'ter carrier salesmen ,t.
tiie people they serve.i
Like most boys who live ill a
rural area. I'liaiie- Wesley Wad-
j del I. Reporter carrier-de-man
in Roily for the past IS months,
like- to fish, and modestly ad
jinils that he - pretty good
Charle-. the -oil of Mi and
Mrs. .1. R Waddell. goes fishlllg
on the Oottenwood creek with
his uncle, Mark Waddell. ftsihg
norms and a bamboo pole, bo
once caught :• fivt -j chamv-l
catfish.
But fishing isn't, hi- oiiiy pas
time Besides his seventh grade
school work, he likes anv kind
See YOl'TH. Pace Eight
W ASHINGTON, Nov. 15, (U.R)
A Republican leader drew a
rough diagram today to show
where the GOP economy axe
will fall next January.
Representative John Tab*
ei of New York, slated to
head the powerful appropri-
ations committee of the
House, expressed the view
that 1,000,<«0(l Federal em-
ployees can be dismissed.
He said the Federal budget
call be reduced by SW.OOO,-
oi.ii.iioo without damaging
the efficiency of the govern-
ment.
Here is the way the republi-
can leader says it can be done:
Taber say.- there is hardly a
single department of the gov-
ernment that doesn't have twice
;is many employees as it needs.
He say- the republicans will
make an immediate survey of
over-staffing of government
bureau.-. An he's confident at
least 1,000.000.hot) people can be
fired without any harm being
done. That, he says, will save
0,000.000.
Taber -a.vs Army and Navy
budgets al.-o can be substantial-
ly r.tft vjitami endangering Na-
tional ueleii-e \'t least $250,-
o0o.oo(!.(.on can he iopped off
this year's military budget. :ie
says, because it represents ex-
pen.-v.- that won I recur next
year lie believes another
(;()(/.i.MHi.oiio car. be saved on llon-
r.'furring items connected with
terminal leave pay. Finally. Ta-
ber believes
saving.-, iii".
uunei e.--ary
.iects. 'will e,\
doe from the
Tii. I
ati
See
• ha t m> seel la neous
ig a cutback on
.ri-ti'uction ob-
il -a-.h lift J50.000,000,-
; tin Ktdeial outlay, -i's
{cpul'iicaiion appropr'i-
.- it-mat i i,let lined to fix
|||he of tire budget for
'. Page Eight ~ H
Rump Session Started By One
Group As Young Demos Split
hoard continue
amid report-
Philip M. Ray
ab. nit curbing .
Commons To Debate
1 .ONDON. Nov 15 (U.R) T h e
British Labor government ha-
ayreed to a ftiIl-tIre-s debiite in
Common- Sunday on whether
Bev in'- foreign policy involves
an ultimate threat of war be-
tween the I'nited Slate- and Rtt-
sia.
Exodus Of Jews
Endangers Austria
British Paper Says
LONDON Nov '• I..-. U.P
Itritish White l%pe| -ay-; .,
tu.'il -t eond i \odtt- ot .lews ;i
l-lastel'n Kat'ope - raalanu'i
public order ai A i i -1 'tii«
The White Paper, dratted
a 1 loiise i.j Comiiiiin- .Miinai!
say- a v,iv larc" number
.lews hav. b. • g tin a ft
Eastern Europe oi Ar.aT
zones in Germany anil \r.-'
tllo-l. of thimj intending a. r
thi if wav to Palestine
HOfSTON N1 v 15 (U.R)—-The
\m Dtfi'oirct Clnbs ot Texas
ha- -pat vviitt -a pen 'With two -Op-
erate group- naming chairnn'ii it
•he" la loll
About
rnn
Iter .me (ac
- of Dir. He
•lit lot V'off
\v itne
|;jll .>
Expel Or Deny Seat Plan Seen For
'The Man' Bilbo At 80th Congress
P.v ileurge I Mari.ier
I WASH INI;TON. NOV 15,
The first few minutes of
st th congress are likely n
mighty embarrassing to Sen
Theodore 'the man'' Bilbo
Pos-ihly. the most tint
•'s ever spent, a-
the State of Mt-
tU.R1
the
. be
ator
t'ortiible lie'.- ever spent, a- -en
ator from
-ippi.
If present republican plaits
materialize, an effort Will be
I inside before the 80th emigres .
i- more than a few minutes old
to prevent Bilbo trom taking hist
-.eat in thi1 Senate.
If that doesn't work, a move
will get under way to expel him
Many member- ol the Senate
feel Bilbo should not be allowed
to serve in the upper Legislative
House. Their case against him
i- based not only on his "white
I supremacy" stand and alleged
t attempt to keep negroes away
tile \\
The
adv a a
I.Ulblu
Willi tl
• a telle.
11. v.
aeguh
I; war
la us t
i-
ill the hands At
■ tigaiion commit
ritie- in uitui.ee-
,'Ollt filets
1 ou-t Bilbo hav e
is -tage The l!>
ring eommit't; e
working (Hit de
tails oi ..ruaiii/uig the new cote
are - - ha- di-. Ussed the liilbo
i some length
No -pei ifji decisions were
lea. h d but the general sent!
• met it was against having Bill"
it ;igilln a- a Senator of t lie
I'nited Stale-
And thi- action was . eeid>'.|
ni oti. A report w ould be- i-ke.l
• Ot the Uepubjieail meinbel - •«!'
Abe senate Campaign Inve-ti
gating Committee On the basi-
i of that report, the Steering com
! Wit tec would decide whether
|open hearing should be held in
; the Bilho ease
pu
■ha!!
ea dy
ome
.-ami' :tmc. '
iiittee wants
ai v.'-t ig.'iior-
i v i b't* nr< >e<'
< 'ok
t hi'
,.s },.;
.it.n'' i'be tir-
• TM ill I'C t ilt*N >1
1. lie a-ked t,i|
or «et sworn
-e.s-ioii until
: gainst him ai"
Surpri-itigly
I W.V'V1
t iiieiii e tliat
'They refuse
; to hint
is a vail
i Senator
few years.
t republicans al-
io this. And hays
'h some defmipi
ivv thi- could be
I eourse of pro*
Kgest is that Bil-
: to take his seat-
in I'or the new
the charges a-
di-poseti of.
these sources
unite a bit of con-
tbis""inTgRT"' wo"f"R.'"
(o say why . except
that a mass of material
dile on the activities of
Bilbo during the past
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