Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 121, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 23, 1954 Page: 16 of 24
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THE LK5HTE* SIDE
"I Bethesda-Chevy Squad
Works For Public Free
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
WASHINGTON, May 22 — UP—
My first Introduction to the Beth
<M4a-Chevy Chase rescue squad
was on Nov. 1, 1949.
There had been an explosion and
fire—which didn't amount to much
—at the Post Office Department.
1 buffed and puffed the four blocks
to the scene. When I got there,
the rescue squad was on the job
already—and it had come some 10
miles from its headquarters at
Bethesda, Md.
I'd no sooner returned to the
office when the boss thumbed me
to the airport. That was a lot more
serious; 55 dead in an air crash.
Crew All Volunteers
I thought I got out to the airport
pretty fast. But the rescue squad
go here ahead of me.
That's the way the squad op-
I got to looking into the history
of the Bethesda-Che vy ChfiT res-
cue squad the other day, a. it is
a fascinating organization. The fel-
lows who work on the crew are
volunteers. They work for the love
of doing something worthwhile for
their fellow men. The taxpayers
pay not a nickel.
The volunteers are on call to
get kids out of locked bathrooms,
give artificial respiration to folks
who might drown, and run up a
ladder to rescue old folks from
burning buildings, or scare a kitten
out of a tree.
Each of the volunteers spends a
night a week (or a day, if he Is
making a living working nights)
on the job. They range in age
from 18 to 36 and are husky.
And how does the squad keep
going — with modern equipment,
like life-boats, fire-fighting gear,
and rubber boats, uniforms and a
big white truck? Only through pub-
lic subscription, with nobody get-
ting a salary.
When a man volunteers for the
squad he has to go through a per-
iod of training on life-saving. And
when he is accepted, he must fol-
low the rules. If he fails to show
up for duty, he must appear be-
fore a trial board, and may be
suspended.
Squad Founded in 1938
The founder of the squad is Chief
Donald W. Dunnington. In 1938, he
went from door to door to gather
funds for his friends and neighbors
to finance the operation of his
tired old ambulance, which he was
operating himself. Friends kicked
$15 A Week Job Lands Woman
The Office Of Executive Head
EDITORS: This is another of
seven profiles of successful wo-
men, endorsed for United Press as
"representative" of the tops in
their field, by the National Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Club.
By VIVIAN SANDE
NEW YORK — UP — Twenty
years ago Mrs. Elsie Murphy took
a job for $15 a week to learn a
business.
She stayed with the same com-
pany and in October will celebrate
her fifth year as its president. Her
income now amounts to almost $1.-
000 a week.
Mrs. Murphy, 48, is president of
S. Stroock and Co.. woolen manu-
facturers and an example of the
women of our time who have be-
come VIP's in the business world
men once considered their own.
The black-haired, blue-eyed Mrs.
Murphy was 28, a Chicago house-
wife, mother of a seven-year-old
daughter, and totally untrained in
the ways of business, when she de-
cided to have a career. She moved
to New Yorn., and investigated pos-
sibilities in the woolen industry.
Hired As Learner
Sylvan Stroock. the head of the
company, was impressed by Mrs.
Murphy's enthusiasm. He hired
her at a nebulous job. "to learn the
business."
Mrs. Murphy did odd jobs in the
mills and the sales rooms. Before
long she was selling. She went to
school at night, studied textiles and
fashion, and hobnobbed with Man-
hattan's Seventh Avenue garment
makers. Soon she was designing
new weaves, introducing new col-
ors. and plugging fleecy fabrics. In
four years Mrs. Murphy was elect-
ed to the board of directors. In 1939
she was made executive vice-presi-
dent in charge of styling, sales, ad-
vertising and promotion of the wo-
men's wear division. In 1942, she
took on supervision of the men's
wear division. In 1945 she became
a member of the executive com-
mittee. Four years later she was
named president.
Today, Mrs. Murphy is a rather
plump woman of medium height
She dresses conservatively at the
office, usually in black or gray.
When she's not pressed by work,
she talks proudly of her husband,
Jack, who also is in the textile busi-
ness, their daughter and grandson.
More Opportunities Now
Now Mrs. Murphy spends at least
one day a week at the mills, and a
good deal of time in her executive
office talking over mill problems,
the market, fashion trends, adver-
tising campaigns, and planning con-
ferences.
"In the past 20 years, a lot of
women have advanced to top po-
! sitions in industries once consider-
ed men's fields," she said, "They
I proved they could do a good job
I and changed a lot of thinking on
| the subject."
j Mrs. Murphy doesn't believe a
career interferes with a woman's
I duties at home - making. "As a
j working mother grows with her job
the family income also grows," she
said. "With planning, a woman can
arrange to have her home well
cared for, and enjoy the time she
' spends with her family."
in. So did neighbors.
They have been kicking in ever
since.
Grain Prices Fall
Slightly Over Week
FORT WORTH, May 22—UP—
USDA — Weekly grain:
Most grains drifted downward in
the southwest this week. Only oats
and some wheat showed any
strength, the Agricultural Market-
ing Service said Saturday.
Here's how prices looked May
21 compared to May 14: No. 2 oats,
up lVfe to 2c per bushel. . . No. 1
hard wheat, up 3c on the lower end
of the price range and unchanged
on the upper; No. 2 yellow milo,
down 2 to 7c per hundredweight
. . . and yellow and white corn, as
well as barley, down lc per bushel.
Oat prices are based on the Fort
Worth cash market. The others are
wholesale carlot quotations, Texas
common rate points.
Oilseed markets weakened and
soybean prices dropped 22c per
bushel. Flaxseed prices declined 7c
per bushel.
Moderate to heavy rains in the
middle and southern portions of the
small grain prospects. Harvesting
of new-crop wheat got underway in
central West Texas and is expect-
ed to move into southern Okla-
homa sometime next week.
Arrivals of wheat at primary
terminals totaled 6.6 million bu-
shels, 400,000 less than for the
same time a year ago.
Permanent Funll ~
Of Texas U. Tops
$200 Million Nark
AUSTIN, May 22—UP—The Uni-
versity of Texas' permanent fund
topped $200 million Saturday for
the first time, as $.431,0 0 In bo-
nuses was paid for the right to
drill for oil on the university's
land.
Most of the tracts, which totaled
36,096 acres, were in West Texas.
Andrews county drew the most
attention by the auction in the gen-
eral land office Friday, with the
three highest successful bids being
offered for the right to drill there.
Phillips Pwetroleum Co. was high
with a bid of $310,000 on a 318 acre
tract. Humble Oil and Refining Co.
paid $250,000 on a 161 acre tract,
and Daryl Davis of Midland, Tex.,
paid $204,000 on 161 acres.
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co. paid
the fourth largest bonus, $200,000,
to drill on 319 acres in Reagan
county.
In Ward county, six tracts were
offered. The high bids on the 1,442
acres totaled $89,000. Texas Pacific
Coal and Oil Co. paid $27,000 for
a 320-acre block, while Gulf Oil
Co. paid $140,000 on a drilling
block of about 2,500 acres in Ward
and Winkler counties.
Other successful bidders on
Ward county tracts were Texas
Gulf Producing Co., 160 acres at
$10,000, and two tracts of 321 acres
each at $11,000 apiece, and Shell
Oil Co., two 160-acre tracts, $14,000
each.
Sweetwater Reporter, Texas, Sunday, May 23, 1954
America Pressing Drive
For Peace In Indo-China
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
The week's balance sheet be-
tween the good and bad news in
the hot and cold wars:
-THE GOOD
1. The United States pressed its
drive for a Southeast Asia defense
pact against Communist aggres-
sion despite British lukewarmness.
President Eisenhower indicated
that he may go ahead without Brit-
ain if necessary, depending on the
co-operation of other Allied coun-
tries. Pakistan signed a military
aid pact with the United States de-
spite Soviet Russian, Indian and
Egyptian opposition.
2. France's fight against the
Communist revels In Indo-China
was stiffened, not weakened, by
the fall of Dien Bien Phu. The
heuulsm ol the garrison, including
nurse Genevieve de Gallard - Ter-
raube, gave a lift to national mor-
ale. Gen. Paul Ely, chief of staff
of the armed forces, went to Indo-
China to survey the situation. In
the Philippines, the surrender of
Luis Taruc, leader of the Commu-
nistic Hukbalahap rebels, was a
blow to Communism throughout
East Asia.
3. The . Austrian government
stoutly rejected an "ultimatum"
by the Soviet high commissioner to
stop alleged "hostile and subver-
sive intrigues" against the Red
Army. Chancellor Julius Raab said
he will take orders only from all
four occupying powers, not one of
them. He demanded that Russia
make good its pledge to sign an
Austrian independence treaty.
THE BAD
1. The disclosure that Guate-
mala. accused of being subject to
Communist influence, had received
a shipment of arms from behind
the iron curtain caused alarm in
Washington. The State Department
said it was "a development of
gravity." . President Elsenhower
called It disturbing. He said It
would be a "terrible thing" If the
Communist dictatorship" establish™
ed an outpost on this continenfr
Nicaragua broke diplomatic rela-
tions with Guatemala. It was re-
ported that the Nacaraguan govern
ment blamed Guatemala for the
distribution of Communist propa-
ganda in Nicaragua.
2. The negotiations in Geneva on
Korea and Indo-China continued
deadlocked. There was increasing
evidence that the Communists do
not want peace in either country
on acceptable terms. ^
Cattle Market Is
Steady Over Week
FORT WORTH, May 22 —UP—
USDA—Weekly livestock:
Cattle — Compared last Friday:
Slaughter steers and heifers steady
to 50 higher, cows and bulls steady,
stockers and feeders steady.
Week's tops: Slaughter steers 25,
heifers 23.50, cows 15, bulls 15,
feeder yearlings 21.50.
Calves: Slaughter calves and
stockers steady to strong. Week's
tops: Slaughter calves 23.25, stoek-
er calves 22.
Sheep: Spring slaughter lambs
2.00-3.00 lower, shorn slaughter
lambs 3.00 lower, spots off even
more. Good and choice spring
slaughter lambs 20-23.50, few high-
rhniee to prime 24, High choice to
mostly prime 85 lb New Mexico
springers topped for the week at
26. Shorn lamb top 20 paid on
Monday.
Protest Registered
WATERBURY. Conn. — UP —
Police handed out so many parking
tickets that the wheels of justice
were clogged. About a dozen mo-
torists. holding parking tickets,
were sent home without paying
their fines when the cash register
at Headquarters broke down.
Market For Coming
Cotton Crop Is Up
NEW YORK, May 22 —UP—Cot-
ton futures pulled in two directions
this week, with old crop July weak-
ening while new crop months tend-
ed higher, in generally quiet deal-
ings.
At Friday's close the list ruled
off 29 to up 10 points, or down
$1.45 to up 50 cents a bale com-
pared with the preceding week.
Nearby July contracts came un-
der persistent liquidating orders,
based on the idea that the heavy
producer redemptions out of the
government loan stock, added to
the "free" supply has lessened the
chances for the end-season supply
tighteness expected earlier In the
year.
Resistance in new crop positions
was associated: First, with the
growing uneasiness over the ex-
cessive moisture and cool tempera-
tures in the central belt, where
large areas still have to be re-
planted; second, prospects for a
broadening foreign demand for
U.S. cotton.
Reopening of the Liverpool cot-
ton exchange on Tuesday, after a
wartime shutdown lasting almost 13
years, was hailed as a milestone
on the road to economic recovery,
and preoccupied the attention of
traders for the rest of the week.
Liverpool accounts were accred-
ited sellers of the new crops
months against purchases in the
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