The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 91, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1946 Page: 1 of 10
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New York, April IB. (AP) —
Soviet Russia was reported today
to have lost a strenuous, battle
behind closed doors to have the
United Nations security council's
procedure experts rule against"'
further consideration of the Iran-
ian case.
As the council prepared to meet
at 2 'p. m„ central standard-time,*
the committee of experts oh rules
arid procedure was said by in-
formed quarters to be split eight
to. three, with the majority hold-
ing that the case could- legally be
kept on the agenda.
The council-was expected to re-
sume it's debate on the eontro-
m-sial Spanish question at the i
opfemng of the session, while the
cxpeHs^-completed drafting ma-
jority ahd minority reports, ex-
pressing the committee's split
opinion on thvMranian quest
The lineup in thbxcommiUde of
experts was-the sameVtjiat dur-
ing the council debate. e^Hier this
tveek — IUissia, . Bmand X.and ,
France insisting theft the question/
should be dr'opjxki.
The othcifc&ight members, led
by U ,S. Delegate Edward R. Slet-
tinius, Jr., have argued that the
case should be kept on the agen-
da until May 0.
ORANGEFIELD
NIGHT TO BE
HELD MAltfH
Thursday njghtf May 9, is the
date set for thjr Orangefield Lions
club charter/night which is to be
held in the Orangefield school
auditomfm, together with a din
net-.
Ellis Carter, of Orange, Lions
.efub district governor,, .will offi-
ciate in presentation of the char-
ter. The Bridge City club spon-
sored organization of the new
club which i took place a snort
time ago. P. F. Vance is club
president. r—
By. Dewitt Mackenzie, AP Foreign
* _ Affairs Analyst / \
If ever there vvrts a time when
a conference /of the big three
chiefs of statfr was badly needed,
it would s/m to be right now.
Heretofore the big three have
wt?rk 4bimts mii!
PROGRESSIVE MERCHANTS
in any city stand out on the list
of things that make a locality
worthwhile. No doubt there will
bo a general upturn in the sys-
tem and manner'of handling bus-
fhess in Orange as soon as build-
ing materials apd new furnishing
CANDIDATE IN
JUDGE RACE
Japan Pushes
Production To Pay
For Needed FoodV
Tokyo, April 18. (AIM — Japan
is pushing production of the I
things It can trade so it can pay ;
for the food its millions will need, j
Bicycles, cameras and tea are
among the items Japan wants to
[export, but, most stress i* being
CUBS, GIANTS
INDIANS AND
RED SOX WIN
OUT
IN 10
NOSE
fERS
By the Associated Press
Two teams, Tulsa and Sail An- 1 once
tonio — remained in the spotless j lieves
column today after yfhe second
irouhd of play in thc/fexas league.
The**San Antonio Missions clip-
| ped the Houstofv Buffs 3 to 0 by
! a ninth in
The Chicago Cubs, who last
year cqaulled a major league
standard by trimming the Ciu-
cinnnati Reds' 21 times in 'i'i
meetings, are o(T lo a good
today in an attempt to duplicate
the performance this year, /
Yesterday's 11-7 triumph- was
Chicago's second straight win
over the Hhlnclanderpr
The largest tumraoul of the
day, 14,330, WaUdied the. home-
town Tigers down to defeat,
also in thp7 ninth inning, when
the SI . isouis Browns counted
iwire^tf) a pair of hits, - two walks
vein Stephens' fly to defeat
Bengals 7-U.
e Giants kept pace with the
staging a ninth inning rally, while
the Tulsa/Oilers put on a fourth
inning ^Uprising to clinch their
tilt, ,7^3, with Oklahoma City.
AI Beaumont, the Shreveport
start j^ports eked out a hard - lighting
Beaumont nine, 1-0, in a tcn-inn-
Ing battle. Both teams played
air-tight^ball duri.ng the i egular
nine stanzas. '
The Fort \yortli - Dallas game
in "Cowtown" proved a lop-sided
tilt, wiU* the Fort Worth Cats
thrasM^^the Rebels. 13-4, . to
saj^a^he series. Both teams
Infrequently, With Bob Costello,
tnit hurler, giving up 10 safeties.
Today's Schedule: (All night
j game's)
throyjjh the U. N. However, that
Was based on the assumption that
jfene U. N. would function—which
still remains to be demonstrated.
Suspicion's and hard words —
spoken without a smile ■— are
flying willy - nilly between the
Russians oh the one side and the
western allies on the other. Why
all this mistrust, which has been
mounting each passing day?
It's because the big three have-
n't tabled their International pol-
icies for one another to see. With
a world - wide realignment
spheres of influence going for- !
ward, each of the b|g three obvi- j
ously is vitally concerned.
The moment lias arrived when !
; policies must be stated clearly. .
; That won't be done at this
juncture In open meetings of the ,
U. N. The glorious day of open
quickest and easiest way of mak- ;
ing the exchange of confessions, j
j or so it strikes me, would be for I
President Truman, Generalissimo
Stalin and Prime Minister Attlce
to- sit down together and talk ;
I turkey until they had everything I
j off their chests. Then maybe the !
! United Nations could get down to
! cases, and the projected meeting
: of the hig fotu^foreign ministers
j to draw up the Busop—wxpMnc :
J treaties might fulfill" its purpose.!
The current imbroglio in the J
Nj'security council over the Russo- j
nian issue has given us fair j
waiting of the dangerous differ- J
viewpoints. Russia be- !
sees mistrust * in the '
Anglo - American desire to keep |
the case on tV books until all j
Red troops have been withdrawn i
from Iran accordingxto agree-
ment: \
And the western allies on their i
side regard with grave d ibht-s
Moscow's tremendous expansioi
of Influence- across Europe, into
the Mediterranean, into the mid-
dle; east and into the far easl.
What motives ate behind Ilus-
sia's direct aetionist maneuvers,
and behind Britain's moves, and
behind Uncle Sam's? Until each
one of the big three knows whe-
ther the other two arc
something behind their
there can be no progress towards
peace."
Austin, Tex., April 11). (AP) .. . , .... „
Capitol (political talk today Was j put on silk, which befiwcihe war
are available. Some of the larger that Chairman Weaker Baker of . brftught 60 percent tiiJ/Clapan s re-
business concerns, some, doing i ^1 board*of control would short- | turn from exports,. Now the ua~
business here and others making j'1* become a candidate for judge j tion eihwetSyto be.able to ship an
plans to get in, are^ negotiating f0' the court nf criminal appeals.j "vcrago of ltt,000 b)!iles to the |
for major set-ups in«., bulTdings '' This report had a number nf | United States each mouth, start-J
eqnipmppt in view of pros- impllcattyys, chief among which j ing in May. In March, 2.H00 bales j
pCCts thot promise 4U" . «.<■ th. jUjuiAuimii ! wuri* vhlnnnH hurl R Sftfl liiilpfc iuUI'T
Will Wreck
Price Control
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Porter Predicts
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the exertion
of all possible energies in the di-
rection of improvements.
r-wn .thai' St«i4«ai^r.i.AVtac .^J^pcd^aud il.3t!0 balcs^^ wiu f
may have det'uled to run for re-.[be exported this month, >
election. \ t Annual production of tea is ex-1
A FEW WOMEN KNOW WAR
in it's most tragic stages, this
fact ha, ing been brought out in
an address before the Orange Ro-
tary club Tuesday by Mrs. Jim-
mie "Dyke, the first English war
bride of an American serviccman,
t j niake a public appearance iii
this section, What women en-
dured where, the war was carried
of ! on in those European countries
was by far greater than most peo-
ple in this country have been able
to understand. In view of that
fact, the world may count on
women to do their part in the di-
rection of preventing wars in the
future, |
FILLING UP ALL THE GAPS
in buildings and spaces available
within the business section ^houId
constitute a portion of the pro-
gram that will be .studied and
acted upon by the two planning
groups of the city: the city plan-
ning commission and the Orange
Chamber'of Commerce planning
board. One glaring gap in Front
stuec;t business section is the Va-
cancy created by the btittvlifg
doWn of what was known as the
old Thompson building next to
the Royal theatre. This gap in
the business house row has exist-
ed for many years.
it has previously been predict-
ed that Baker would run for
governor if .Stevenson did- not.
If Baker gets into the race for
: a place on the court of criminal
appeals hcswiil have as opponents
Tom L. BeWucltamp, the incuni-
Lhent; Joseph HomwHI Dickson of
Baylor county and jlcsJe Owens
, of Austin,
There wiu, no ci rtauity about
• what the governor would do. but
it was apparent that his friends
were determined to make him a
! candidate.
■ More petitions urging him to
I ruy were being circulated. The
Dallas Tillies Herald yesterday
repoi ted that several were be-
v iu« passed around there and in
the surrouudinjf- towns.
Another move in the Stevenson-
t'or-go\ ernor camp was a resolu-
tion, passed by a Val Verde coun-
ty group, and forwarded to state
democratic Executive Chairman
H;iny L. Seay sit Dallas, asking
that Stevenson's name be placed
i on the ballot.
The resolution did iTDt have
the required number of names,
• nor was it accompanied by the
necessary $100 filing fee.
j peeled to amount to (12,500,000 j
; pounds. Ten percent will bo
| shipped abroad, together , with
i stocks already hel.1 by the gov-,
I ernmcnt.
Bicycle production, is lagging j
because of a shortage of steel.
! Although the government goal is {
j to.ship 50.000 to other countries!
I during the first half of this year
■j and twice that in the last half,,
1 only 10,000 actually were pro- (
duccd in the first quarter. Pro-
duction capacity has been esti-
I mated at I.HOO.OWt) annually.
First shipments ot glassware
are set for August .under a pro-
duction schedule which calls fur
50,000 dozen glasses during^ the
WHY WEEK
SERVES ARE
ANNOUNCED BY
LOCAL CHURCH
9
The traditional service# « n
, Maunday Thursday, Oo.kI Friday, i
l and Easter will be held In the L. ... iY ■ . .
I Churc;h School Building adjoining
the new church now under con * "
Washington, April 18. (Af
The house voted overwhelr
today to continue
nine months, but In a form
Administrator Paul Porter
wwia wwer
one of President Truman'*
legislative defeats since he*
ed the white house a year
The roll - eall vote on passage
was 39S to 42.
The house, meeting at 10 a. m.,
two hours earlier than usual,
tossed the amendment - ridden
bill over to tho senate; where the
white house said today that Pres^
ident Truman hopes for "much
better results." ~ !
Asked at a news conference1 if
ORANGE TIGERS,
GANDERS PLAY
GAMES
by defeating Philadelphia 5- j
U for their second Straight over |
the Phillies.
Cleveland and Boston's Red Sox ,
were the other two teams to keep
their 1944 slate' clean. The In- j
dians the Chicago White Sox 7-1. |
The Hed Sox staged an old fash-
ioned slugging bee against Wash-
ington which netted them 14 hits
aiid a 14-6 decision over the Sena-
tors.
Philadelphia's Athleticsvevpncd
their scries with
Yankees by beating them 7-1
Southpaw Max Lanier celebra-
ted his return to the big leagues
by blanking Pittsburg as the St.
Louis Cardinals defeated the Pi-
rates fi-0. -~~
Brooklyn , timw^fl ,-back the
Bostoii Braves, 4-2, Ir
I Fort Worth at Dallas
Houston at San Antonio
Oklahoma City at Tulsa
Beaumont at Shreveport.
^0
Former WACS May
Re-enter Corps For
Overseas Duty
C. of C. Directors
Hold Dinner Meet
A regular meeting of the board
of directors of the Orange Cham-
ber of Commerce was held last
. ,, , night at 7 o'clock in Elliott's up-
1 y°r ' stairs dining room with a major-
: ity of the board members pres-
ent. Following the dinner rou-
j tine matters were handled at the
j business session, according to W,
i A. McNeill, secretary-treasurer.
The Orange Tigers will meet
the Goose CrcefrvGanders for two
games today at Biiytown diamond
near Goose Creek PKStart Hie
holding District 14-AA games this
backs week.
The first game is sct"tfor
o'clock this afternoon and the"
second of the*series will be' play-
ed under lights at 11:15 tonight.
Orange is still first in the league
standing by a halt' - came margin
over, the Royal Purples of Beau-
mont. By coming out in' front
with a twin victory over the Gan-
ders; Orange can pull another full
game in front. The Tigers, with
| Tom Herrin on the mound, reg-
istered a f) to 0 count in their
!.Wrst and only outing .with- the
I Goose Creek Ganders.
i : The second half of the district
j race will be ushered in by activ-
i ity today and tomorrow.
Ellis Latham Is
Injured In Collision
Of Car, Motorcycle
Court House News
IsjjUr persoris were tried for the
offense pf using expired license
piateii on their cars, two being
. , ■ , fipm California, one from Louis-
Lllis Latham sustained injuries'i }£na and one Texfts: two for
of. iindetehrtincd extent in a co).* i drunkenness and one for simple
lislon Involving an autom^bfle. assault in Justice of the Peace J.
said to have been driven by a
woman, and Latham's motorcycle
in the Gilmer homes vicinity.
He is in Eraiyses Ann Lulcher
hospital pendiiifiB reports, of x-
rays taken earty this morning. ^
P. Swain's
ternoon.
court Wednesday af-
Benefit Carnival
XTo Be Held At
t
Marriage licehses issued to
Charles A. Murphy and Miss Mar-
garet Irene Keeling, Orange;
Milburn Ha/lcwood and Miss
Elizabeth Ann Edcns, Orange:
James Clyde Hattox and Miss
Mathic Idell Holmes, Orange;
Richard D. Dixon and Miss Alma
Grant, Orange, were on record at
county
Cove School Friday 0( Uc 0r.„,.
A bthftfiT carniva under spon^ ; elerk Thursday.
■ . ;>i «•. I' - ludse No. 286, I) O. ■ 1
O. F. will he conducted at the, One person was- held
Cove school house Friday night.
Proceed:- will go for the benefit
. f the Odd Fellows orphanage.
The public cortttaUy invited. .; ;
vine person- was heldr. tut
drunkenness and disturbing the
l*ace by the Orange city police
department through Wednesday
and Weda«da> WA>tt
The" loetflX, recruiting olliup.
Room SQSlr-Orttnge....Cpunly 'Court
House, has just received a tele-
( gram from the Eighth Service
| Command Headquarters .that
j states as follows: "Honorably dis-
! charged WACS who want to re-
enter the Corps for overseas duty
in the European Theater of Oper- j
ations must ha<e their, applica- j
! lions filed in the local Army Re- j
I cruiting Office by midnight. April j
; 'JO.
Sine*.- this contingent of WACS j
,Ks due to leave shortly after M v j
1. former WACS, and those a"".
in service who enlist for overseas
i service in the recently announced
"interim" torce for the duration
■plus 6 months, are required to
have their papers processed im-
mediately.
The ETO has requisitioned the
War Department for enlisted
WACS in five (5) specialist cate-
gories. The Military Oecupnflon- j
al Specialty (MOS) numbers of |
the critically heeded sH'iJI* are:
Stenographers, MOS 213, Clerk |
Typists, MOS. 405, General :
Clerks, MOS 035, Telephone
Switchboard Operators, MOS 650, . .
and Teletype Writer Operators. Convention DUndOV
MOS 237." - i
A delegation • from Orange
„ ~ j |„,utjet) ifyy u g Manfey. a direc-
tor of the F.ast Texas chamber of
commerce as well as the Orange
San Francisco. (AP) —- Six un- chamber of commerce, will leave
derwater rrttnes are resting 1^* |Sunday, morning for Shreve>K't-t
feet below the surface in Sao | to attend the Victory convention
Francisco bay, the navy announ- - (Jf the Jfiast Texas ehamlx-r of
ced today. Commerce, April 21, 22 and it
unless the mines should iw |>-j ^ addition to Mr, Manley, Ma-
Annual Sale Of
Easter Seals In
City Progressing
The annual sale of Easter
stamps for the benefit of the
Crippled Childrcns' organization,
has so far been very successful,
according to Orange county offi-
cials of the Easter Seal commit-
tee, of which" Mrs. T. O. Land rum
is chairman. Ellis Carter is drive
chairman, and Mrs. Ji W. Thlg-
pen is secretary. The sale Is -be-
ing continued.
Dogs In County
Communities To
Be Vaccinated
The County Superintendent and
principals of West Orange, Or-
angefield, Bridge City,, Vidor ami
Mnuricevillc schools have arrang-
ed for the vaccination of dogs in
these communities In an effort to
combat a possible epidemic of
rabies. Dr. M E. Maier, Orange
veterinarian, announced ,today.
Dogs vvill be Vaccinated at the
Orangefield School Saturday.
April 20, from ii;.W o'clock iii'the
morning untl^/a in the aflernoun,
Dr. Maier/tviM be at the Undue
City Sphool Satuiday, April -7,
from ft:30 o'clock until 0 o'clock
hj tlicStfteinoon. He will Ii_y.-Tif
the, Vidor Independent school Sat -
urday,. May 4, from 11:30 bj fi
o'cloek und at the Maiiriceville
school vS.;jt?lfday, May 11, from
0:30 to H'o'cibck Dr. Mater vac-
cinated dogs in the West Or-
ange community Saturday, April
13.
structlun all Park and Thirteenth
StreotS. it was announced by The
llt^tor, The Rev. Thomas M. W..
Yprxa.
On Maurtday Thursday^,,, April
next two"TfTonths, Ninety^ ^ne4iBth. at 11 o'clock in the evening,
thousand cameras are expected to- j the . Varish commemorates the
lie made In the last eight months i nighL on which our Lord insti-
tuted the Sacrament of Holy Com-
munion.
Good Friday will be celebrated,
as a day of fasting and abstin-
ence from all worldly occupation,
and will be spent in undlsturbci
devotionXfom High Noon until
Three o'clock, the hours which
our Lord huhg upon the Cross.
The Three Hour Service will ewv
sist of a series of seven, medita-
tions by the Rector, on "The
Seven Last Words" spoken from
the Cross. There can be no un-
derstanding of Easter without an
understanding of Good Friday,
for there could be no Easter with-
out' a Good Friday. The Cross
will |>c draped in black, and all
of the year, 40,0110 for export tjnd
the remainder for sale to occu-
pation forces.
The watch program calls for
,130,000 this year, with exports
taking- 37.500.
TICKETS OH
SALE FOR K. C.
MINSTREL
Tickets have been placed on "sale
for the All American Minstrel
Show to be staged in Ihe Stark
Senior High School on April 30,
104fJ under the sponsorship of the
local council Knights of CoItVm-
bus and the Catholic Daughters
[ of America.
I Francis 1' McNamara, Jr.,
I oliairman of the ticket commit-
j lee, nntiOunced that they can hi
obtained from any of the mem-
j bers of the following stores: Or-
i ange Drug Company - 211 Fifth
street; Sunny's Cafe lot! Mill
Street; johnnies 1-nod .Store
130-1 Sixteenth -St.: Blanda's Gro-
cery and Market, 702 Fir&l Street.
Mrs. A. J- Navar e, co-ehali -
mail of the ticket committee, will
have tickets available and she
will be assisted in disposing of
them by other members of the
Catholic Daughters ol America.
Adult tickets are no sale at
$1.00 while tickets for students I spent
and service men are priced ot Wic
Community Council Approximotoely 400
Meeting To Be At Attend Barbecue
City Hall April 25 | Wednesday Night
other articles vvill be removed
front* tho Iliph Altur, on Good
Friday. ^ The bell will be silenced
after tlte service on Maunday
Thursday night, until Easter
Morning.
On Easter Morning Communi-
cants may make their Easter
CommnTilons at one of two Com-
munion Services. Full Choral
Communion vvill be held at 7;!J0
Easter Morning. Low Commun-
ion Service will be said at 1)
o'clock, Church School at 10
and Mnrhing Prayer and Sermon
al II o'clock. The music for tho
Choral Communion was written
by Curtis Somers - Peck. Preccn-
"Un-in-charge of music in thu
Parish. His music will be sung
although Mr. Peck is in a local
hospital rcco'veritig from a stroke,
Mr. Peck, who founded the St.
Paul's Choir School for Boys, and
who directs tho Senior Choir, has
many months writing and
puhlinhinx the music for Easter
in St. Paul's Parish. The public
is invited to all Holy Week and
Easter. Services, according to The
Rector.
ment on the house amendment^
Press Secretary Charles Q, Ross
told rctxirters:
"Not for print."
Asked if the president was go-
ing to "do anything about it" Ross
replied:
"He hopes for better results in
the senate#" He did not elabor-
ate.
A bloc of democrats. chatty
from the south, combined with
republicans:- yesterday to amend
the bill with amendments that
Chester Bowles, economic stabi-
lizer, suid the house had started
"a joy ride toward economic dis-
aster,"
. Earlier, the house refused on
370 to 20 roll call vote to shelve
the continuation bill, rejecting a
motion by Rep. Rankin (D-Miss)
to send it bock to the banking
commitlee
OPA Chief Porter estiinal
that if the agency collapses be-
cause of congressional amend-
ments, consumer prices might
skyrocket us much A&.S0 per cent
over present levels.
On final passage by the house,
205 democrats, 148 republicans
und two minor party mcmbe:
voted (or the bill. Opposing were
33 republicans and nine demo*
erats.
UNOFFICIAL
RETURNS ARE
•. :-2W
The third meeting of the Com-
munity Council will be held
Thursday night,, April 25. .at the
City Hall Instead of tonight, ac-
cording td announcement
by Gene Saxon, council president.
A decision will be made con-
cerning the most pressing need of
the community and plans will be j
formulated to meet this need, the j
president said. All civic organi- j
stations and service clubs of tin; .
city iiH' asked to be rci>rcsented. |
Orange Delegation
To E. T. C. of C.
A LIGHT OAR. PLEASE
'Third Series Of
Tennis Tournament
Held Wednesday
In the third series of play iii
! the. Orange city tennis tt urna-
! ment Jack Smith defeated. Henry
j Burlew 6-1.' 0-4; James Duetab-
1 tiiim defeated T. C. Price 0-1, fi-
2; McNeil Watkins defeated Roy
Mazzagate 6-4. (1-2 at .the Navy
Town counts Wednesday.
Matches are to Tsc hKld every
alterhoon at Navy Town and the
public I* invited.
mines should iw p-
pen to foul the propeller* of deep y,,. Homer E. Stephenson, W. A-
ii
draft vessels, there's no danger
however, the n*vy ..added, be-
cau«e,.^ey"re duds, '
g-..
McNeill, W. E. Harding and
James Neff will be included in
the party.
Injurious insect* destroy almost
>a billion and a half dollars'
wwth itt crop* to • United
States every year. Although
there arc II0.WW species of insects,
In the United SuitM« only 4,000
•.ptviw arc Mov/u t-j 'i?e Jjjirmful
j Approximately too persons at-
| tend the liaibeeue, sponsored-
I Ijy t|ie Orange city school board
j and hiiuorlng high school students
i who have participated in the va-
j i tons school activities such as
j athletics, the band, drum and
I bugle corps, the student council,
and those students representing
the schools in any literary events
held in West End Park Wednes-
day night.
. Thornton Arledge gave the in-
vocation-and Hunter Beaty, pres-
ident. of the school board, gave
the greeting. Following the bar-
becue, the students returned to
th f high school gymnasium for
dancing and games.
No Formal Aggie
Muster To Be
Held in Orange
Duo to the fact that so many
Texas Agyies are planning to at-
tend the April 21st Muster at
College Station no formal Aggie
Muster witt he held ii Qrei^W;
it was announced today.
All Aggi«s remaining in Orange
are wpiefcted to tune in KPltC,
llouviODi It .8:i0 A. ,k|. Sunday
morning for the Aggie Muster,
including address by General Ike
XfaWDfaOWW, direct from College
Sttfljvn.
FHA Announces
Move To Stimulate
Home Construction
An official canvass of th<* *tc-
turna from the democratic- pri-
mary election held Saturday,
April 13, made by the executive
committee, at a special meeting
held Wednesday night, showed
that unofficial returns Saturday
night were correct in every in-
stance.
Harry Slngletary was elected '
with eight write-in votes as com-
mitteeman from ward No, 1, a#
shown by official returns.- 1 -
Totals for the various candi-
dates were as follows: Mayor,
Raymond Sanders, 1376; Homer
E. Stephenson, 900: Lewis H. Gay,
326: commissioner ward No. ).
A. Chauvln. 141: JU J- (Paul)
The Houston office of the Fed- J
•rat Housing Administration Inn |
lust announced a new move to {Miller, 623: J. Travis Westn or«!-
stimulate home construction by
private builders in the lowest cost
field. «,
This new program is designed
to furnish homes for veterans at
a co$t as, low as |25 a month, in-
cluding principal and Interest
charges, taxes, insurance, and
special assessment*, B. D. Tuck-
er, FHA director at Houston said.
The plan reestablishes a type
of loan insurance Which proved
effective before the war, especi-
ally in rural areas; small towns,
and some urban districts where
neighborhood houses are in the
| S3,000 lo $3,500 price range. „Mr.
{Tucker pointed out that the plan
Is being revived a* a result' of
the Inttfeit' expressed by private
buildth-s ,ind lepders in its .utili-
zation hi the' current"1 Veteran*
Housing Emergency program. It
is believed a considerable volume
of construction - cMt
plished in the low cost site areas.
vans
C:ia s,
ange, Te
from tho
Tom*, April
r. Wiiirfitter Third
uKee C s„ Or-
Ui discharged
<«tta
land, 388*. and F"H. (TomV Wil-
liams, 1307. Williatas was doctar*
cd nominee by reason of the fact
that he received a majority over
the field- For commissioner <
ward No. 3, tho totals .-were: 1
B. Green, 615; Sam Neikirk.
Oscar Beadle, 352: W. J. Mu
626. Neikirk was declared the
nominee by reason of an
ment between the candidates
ttie high man would be the
ner.
Committeemen whose \r
appeared on the ballot
the loUowingtotala: H.
chairman, 2572: M. W
2571: Frank McNamara, 237
ausbyftct, 2567. The total v<
hithe election waa 2.690.
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