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ORANGE, TEXAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1947
NUMBER 290
GLUME XXXIV
SHfirt
[Statement Made -
ly Solon Present
At Today's Parley
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29— </P)—
Senator Scott Lucas (D-Ill.) re-
ported today that President Tru-
man told congressional leaders
there is no way to give emergency
•id to Europe without a special
session of Congress this fall.
Lucas made that statement to
reporters as he left a White House
conference on the problem of aid
to Europe.
The senator was asked whether
that was the mutual opinion of
the White House gathering.
."The president told us that,"
Lucas replied.
Representative Halleck (R-Ind.)
majority leader of ti^e House, re-
plied. Moh, no" when reporters
asked whether there had been a
meeting of minds. He said there
^4* boon an exchange of views.
Senator Vandenburg (R-Mich.)
presiding officer of the Senate, de*
clined to discuss the high policy
conference which lasted two and
one hatl hours.
"We are going to let the presi-
dent tell about it," Vandenburg
m
Earlier, while the conference
was going on, Presidential Secre-
tary Claries G. Ross had advised
toewaoaea that 4bere would be a
White House statement some time
during the afternoon on the^ re-
sults of the meeting.
6ram rntE occurs
The fire department answered a
call Sunday at 10 p. m. resulting
from a grass fire just east of.Coo-
per's gully. No damage was re-
ported.
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LET'S DO
SOMETHING
ABOUT IT !
]WORK AND LIVE IN ORANGE
should become the "hue and
ciy" of the Orange citizenship as
it was in the days of warship-
building ' days when multiplied
f thousands commuted betweei
working point at Orange and otl
er localities where the money
earned at Orange was spent. A
•most regrettable fact that now
prevails is that many people/not
able to rent or buy homes in/Or-
ange Where they work have /been
forced ot buy in adjacent /cities
because of the extreme shortage
in housing facilities. No one can
do a more patriotic thing in Or-
al-
now than to promote every legit-
{imate possible for more and bet-
er houses in which the people
may live. v
BIG CARGO OF
RICE IS BEING
LOADED TODAY
The task of loading 4,200,000
pounds of rice aboard the Steam-
ship Andrew J. Higgins began at
the municipal docks here this
morning and is expected to be
completed soma time Wednesday.
The rice cargo is the first big X
shipment to be made over the lo-
cal wharves since the beginning
of World War II. The shipment
was arranged and rice for the
cargo provided by the Orange
Rice mills. - • —
Nearly a hundred stevedores
provided by the Flanagan Steve-
doring company of Port Arthur,
are engaged in loading the ship,
Which Is of Nicaraguan registery.
The rice is being shipped to Ha-
vana, Cuba.
Hunter Beaty, Chamber of Com-
merce president, said total pay-
roll for the stevedoring task
would run about $3,000.
First shipment over the munic-
ipal docks since their reopening
following use by the Navy as an
outfitting base during , the war
was made two weeks ago when
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the MV Tarica took on a smaller
cargo of rice.
Explosion KUk
Nine in Holy Land
JERUSALEM, Sept. 29. (AP)—
Nine persons were killed and ap-
proximately 50 wounded today
when a district police headquar-
ters in Haifa was wrecked by a
shattering bomb explosion which
DRAWS IRE OF METHODIST GROUP
OATHS ADMINISTERED—President Truman loiks on as three top officials of the new national de-
fense organization reenact a swearing in ceremony at the White Housd in Washington. Left to right:
Truman; Chief Justice D. Laurence Groher of the court of appeals t<k the District of Columbia, who
administered the oaths; Arthur M. Hill, chairman of the national security resources board; Rear Adm.
Sidney W. Souers, executive Secretary of the national security council, and Rear Adm. Roscoe Hillen-
koetter, director of the central intelligence agency. (AP Wirephoto)
Boy Scout Roundup
Gate Mayor's Okay
Robb Hohstadt, Orange coun-
ty field executive, Boy Scouts of
America, has announced that the
period beginning today and end-
ing Sunday has been designated
as Boy Scout Roundup wefek.
During these seven day« the pub-
lic will be given examples of
some of the more important
Scouting activities and will be in-
vited tor-participate in a dri c to
enroll more boys into Scout
troops.
The thrive has the endorsement
Jewish underground agents i of Mayor Raymond Sanders,
boasted they had set off as a re- whose proclamation on Boy
prisal for the deportation of un- Scout Roundup week is as fol-
certified Jewish immigrants. jlows:
The dead included three Brit- WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of
ish constables, four Arab police- ' America is one of the topflight or-
men, a 16-year-old Arab girl and ' ganizations of our nation In the
an Arab coffee \endor. Injured I promotion; of clean living and
were 29 British casualties — of [good citizenship among our
whom 13 were critically hurt, 14
Jewish civilians and 11 Arab
civilians.
Most of the injured civilians
were passengers On an intercity
bus from Jerusalem which we.s
passing the police headquarters
when the explosion occurred."
Army Offers Plan
For Graduates
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A new schooling plan for high
school graduates has been released
by the Army for attendance at
youths, ever inculcating-the ideals
of honqrable character; and
WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of,
our ovyn city afid vicinity are
worthy representatives of the
principles of Scouting and are
unfailingly ready, willing and ea-
ger to serve not only their own
organization but also all other
civic and religious agencies and I
institutions in all andeavors for a i
A RECONSTRUCTION BASIS
has been reached in Orange—
Which Is to say that a foundation
for an enlarged program of de-
velopment has been laid in a very
gradual way since the colse of
World War II. It may be..said now
that almost an open road to gen-
eral progress on a major build-,
ing and de\ elopment program
prevails in Orange, although It
will be found that there are ob-
stacles, some of which are very
deeply rooted, that must be over-
come. In view of the fact that
the reconstruction progfam has
had two years time in the course
of preparation, one might imagine
that real action will now be"'wTf-^tnlcal," admlTitstratlve--
Air Forces according to Master
Sergeant Walter S. Galloway, of
the local U. S. Army and Air Force
recruiting office. The new plan
will allow a qualified high school
graduate to submit an applicat-
ion for special training in any
Of approximately ninety three
Army courses. If the applica-
tion is accepted the high school
graduate will receive a letter au-
thorizing him to report to his lo-
cal recruiting office for enlist-
ment iti the Army and after a
short periord of basic training he
will be assigned to the
his choice.
The attractive feature of this
new plan is that the applicant is
guaranteed th^ training of his
choice before he enlists. On com-
pletion of his training he will be
qualified to step right into a tech-
scientific
. LET NYLON 6AY "ORANGE"
in every section of the United
States as well as throughout the
world Just as it is saying "Du
yPont" now. In nearly every
leading publication in this coun-
Tountrtes'-nf
the world may be read advertise
ments of some or many products
of the "Du Pont" company, which
hBS it's major Southern USA
plant at Orange which marks the
'beginning and ending ipot of
greataat state in the greatest na-
tion on earth.
better community;- and
WHEREAS, the Boy Scouts of
America, nationally and . locally, |
now- are about to engage in their
annual recruitment of new mem-
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Concert Group to
Be Fully Financed
By Membership
This year for the first since
it was organized in 1944rthe Or-
ange Community Concert associ-
ation will be able to sponsor a
complete season of concerts with-
out benefit of a patron, it was
disclosed tc?3ay by ,, Mrs. Gene
Saxon, publicity chairman of
memberships. Mrs* Saxon an-'
nnunecd thiit a sufficient number
of memberships (had been sold to
provide all funds necessary to
bring the usual number of artists
here this season.
Final count of members had
not been made, according to the
publicity i chairman, but she es-
timated the ligure would run be-
tween 500 and 600.
Concerts of previous seasons
have been partially financed by
local music lovers who contrib-
uted amounts needed after all
memberships had been sold.
The complete schedule of ar-
tists who will appear here during
the season is to be made public in
a lew days, Mrs. Saxon,.stated. -
Old Age Pension
Checks Top $30
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 29. (AP)
-•^Texas' old age assistance grants
for October will hit a new high,
with $5,945,052 distributed to
| 197,924 eligibly aged persons, the
i Department of Public Welfare an-
nounced today.
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in) with the Army
Itad possibilities for
in grade and pay, the officer
ed.
With certain reservations, this
Schooling is applicable to veterans
(with high school education) as
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Galloway said. Complete details
of this schooling plan may be ob-
tained from the U. S. Army and
Air Force recruiting officer In
the old court house building hero.
rpay benefit from Scouting and
its experience, said campaign be-
ing knowrr as the Annual Nation-
wide roundup; and
WHEREAS, the general pur-
poses of the roundup are to make
an inventory and- take- a- roll call
of the present membership; to in-
vite newcomers to fill up the
ranks;. £o put -ou demonstrations
of backyard and vacant lot and
park camping and other Scouting
activities; to assume some service
project for the troop sponsor or
the community; to attend religioi*s
school of worship in uniform in a body; to
conduct a roundup ceremonial;
and to recognize the sterling
leadcrsl^ of the men who guide
Scouting so successfully in our
community; and
WHEREAS, the roundup and its
attendant activities are designed
to focus public attention upon
the great value of Scouting to our
immunity. , *
.REFORE, L.Raymond San-
pared with
last months $29.98,
| Iso passing the $30 average for
the first time in the history of old
aged assistance in this state.
Rangers Patroling
Strike Torn Area
CORPUS CHRIST!. Tex., Sept.
20. (AP) — Twepty-lour hour
patrol by rangers in a live-
county area was in effect* today
as Ranger Cupt. A. Y. Alice re-
ported the arirval here of six ex-
tra rangers yeslerday>
Allee said the extra men were
sent here with instructions from
Gov. lie.'iuford Jester to fyalt re-
ported sabotage and damage to
oil fields in this-vicinity.'
The rangers q,re on duty in the
area affected by the strike of
Drillers and roughnecks of Local
227, Oil Workers International
union (CIO).' The union struck
to Obtain union recognition.
Bridge City Affair
Rated Big Success
The auction held during the an-
nual bazaar and picnic sponsored
Sunday afternoon by the Altai-
society of St. Henry's Catholic
church brought good prices vfor
everything' except County Judge
Slil J. Caillavct who was put "on
the block" by DeWitt Klnftrd.
The "judge brought only one dol-
lar whik one neck tie' made by
the Top Hand Tie Co. of Port Ar-
thur sold for twenty-odd bucks.
The affair was attended by an
estimated 3,000 people and offer-
ed ser\ing',' entertainment, a draw,
ing and the auction which was
by Kinard and Judge Caillavet,
who sold everything In sight,
down to one another.
The society reported proceeds
us amounting to $1000, which
will be applied on a building
fund for the construction in the
near future of a rectory for a res-
ident priest for Bridge City.
"Deputy Get* Cedar Chest
Chester Holts, county deputy
sheriff, was awarded the large
cedar chest and contents of fancy
work given away at 4 o'clock, and
Mrs. M. Lalonde, who sold him
the ticket, was awarded $IO. Mrs.
Jules Thibodeaux was given $5
for having sold the most titk,e'*
prior to Sunday and Mrs. C. Viire
of Orange received a large cake
for selling the most during the
afternoon up to the drawing. Mrs.
Harry Dolese of Port Arthur was
awarded the "mystery" box, a
crochet center piece.
Navy Park Tenaats
To Be Assessed $2
Monthly for Public
Schools of Orange
Between $10,000 and $12,000
annually will be added to the
revenue Of the Orange independ-
ent school district under an ar-
rangement worked out by the
Navy department, It was "an-,,,
nounced here today. Each fam-
ily residing in the Navy-operated
housing project here known as
Navy Park will be assessed $2
per month for school purposes,
the announcement stated. The
project has 500 dwelling accom-
modations, a large "percentage of
which remain occupied at all
times.
The ariuuigWnent was worked
out, according to Commodore A.
O. Rabideau, commander of the
Orange Naval Station, to replace
a loss sustained when the pro-
ject was taken over by the Navy
fionr the Federal Public Housing
authority. The FPHA had been
making an annual payment in
lieu of taxes to the schools on
the project in the amount of ap-
proximately $10,000. This was
suspended when the Navy assum-
ed management of the develop-
ment.
Letters notifying tenants of the
assessment have been mailed
from the project offices to all fum-
inlies occupying units In Navy
park. The arrangement is effect-
ive immediately, it was announ-
ced. . . "
Aggression Charge
Made by Greece
By llax llarrelson
LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 29.
(AP) — Greece's Deputy Premier
Constantine Tsaidaris declared to-
day that three Soviet satellites
are boldly committing "acts of
aggression" against Greece .even
now as the United;Nations sought
a solution to the Balkan problem.
Tsaidaris told the general as-
sembly's 55-nation political com-
mute that "at this very moment
while rwe are. considering this
cfuestlon, Albania, Bulgaria and
Yugoslavia arc sending into
Orecce arms and ammunition in
increasing amounts and with
ever increasing boldness."
He charged that Vie represen-
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jor • of th«...Clty of
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thority in me vestM^iw^by pro-
claim and designate tne^powiyd
of September 29 October 5, A"
D., 1947, as official Roundup week
in "OrfiSfe; and do 'appeal to all
our citizenry, especially its boys
of Scouting age, duly to observe
it as such.
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The Philippines 1b the oniy
Christian country in the Orteni.
Raymond Sanders
Mayor of the City
Of Ctranfo, Texas s
September 27th, A. D., 194?
29.
were
ijNtmiNcy^ijssioN
(APj^THansjor expnn&io
tfjtett^ternattehaU clubs
outlined here yesterday B?"W: T.
Stephenson, governor . .of the
Texas-Louisiana district, \
The possibility of organizing
clubs at Den I son, Grand Prairie,
Orange, Port Arthur aifti Jack-
sonville was discussed.
of the society, today expressed
appreciation to each person mak-
ing the bazaa.r a succesful one. "I
especially would like to mention
the women who stood over the
stoves keeping the food hot, those
who waited tables, and many oth-
ers, who are too numerous to
name but whose vviirk^eally put
the thing over."-
Street Markers Up
In South Orange
Approximately fifty new street
markers are being erected by city
crews in the area of Orange south
of the businesK district under a
cooperative arrangement worked
out by Sam Noikirk, commission-
er of the ward in which the dis-
trict is located, Mayor Raymond
Sanders and Commissioner How-
ard Si Peterson.
Mast streets in the vicinity have
been "uhmarked and some confu-
sion to persons unfanHilar with
the area has resulted.
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INOCULATIONS ORDERED
M, Sept. 20. (AP)
ThePalestT""
ordered all employes of ra
customs, migrations and health
departments ihd sill laborers at
setf -afid in air ports to be Inocu-
lated against cholera because of
the spreading epidemic In Egypt.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Jflr(AP)
—The Methodist $o rd of Temp-
erance let loose a broadside at
Admiral William F. <Bu!l) Hal-
sey ,today lor saying that "as a
general rtile, I never trust a
fighting man who doesn't smoke
or drink." y :
The board retorted that drink-
ing makc3 men fight "in thou-
sands of saloons every day, but
we have never know It to make
anyone fight well."
And If, Halsey carried borrbon
for his fcOVritfr pilots in the Pa-
cific when he was Third fleet
commander, the board declared,
he was guilty of an "astonishing
breach of naval discipline."
Halsey Deellnes Comment
Halsey, whose reflections on
liquor appeared in a recent series
of article,'- in the Saturday Even-
ing Post, didn't even swing r
gun turret when reporters foum'
him in San Francisco and tolc<
him what the board was saying
His answer was "t)o comment."
The bon rd'i attack filled six
columns of its newspaper-size
publication "The CHpshcet."
"Many )f. the greatest men the
world <shai^produced have been
notably abstemious," the article
said, nam!ng Robert E. Lee, Jcb
Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, Sei>
f[eant Alvin York and Jimmy Dooi
ittle.
"Alcohol," It added, "Is a dead-
ly menace to the country's safe-
ty whether it Triirtnr hridk w
admiral, iteneral, or diplomat."
C'allabarator Quoted
The bojird quoted Lt. Comdr.
J. Bryan JII, Halsey's collaborator
in the mi gazlne series, as saying
of the now-retired admiral:
"Occasionally he taken a beer
or a martini, but his staple drink
Is Scotch whiskey and plain wa.
ter. He had said, 'there are ex-
ceptions, of course, but as a «en-
eral rule, I never trust a fighting
man who doesn't smoke or
drink.' "
In another installment, Halsey
wrote that "to a man who has
just had a tense, hazardous flight
or a wet watch, there Is no sub-
stitute for a tot of sound spirits."
As Ship Rams Infe
Drifting Explosive
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. (AP)
-The Navy said a mine exploded
tinder the U. S- Destroyer Doug-
lu3 11. Fox near Trieste at liO
a,, m., Orange •■time, today, killing
three men and Injuring five.
The blast wrecked tbe steering
gear of tire late type warship,
flooding all aftPr compartments
/sid ,leas ing her dead in the wa- ,|
t-.r, dispatches reaching the Navy
department-said.'
A sister destroyer, the James . „ ,'s
C. Owens, and two tugs havo
gone to the aid of the Fox which
has two doctors and five hospital j< 1
eorpsmen aboard.
Navy officials said the mine
inay have been Bit old one, broken
loose from an area not yet swept
clear of them since the war. Ex-
plosion occurred 18 mil«a off Tri-
este, dispatches fr,6m that Adriatic
port said.
The names of the victims were
not made public at once, One of
the men was reported critically In-
jured and the ether wounded were
in serious condition. . N-
The Fox, which was on her way
from Venice, Italy, to Trieste, Is
one of the most heavily armed of
American destroyers. Her main
battery carries six five-inch gurir
plus 10 torpedo tubes. She joined
the U. S. warships In the Mediter
rnnean after leaving Norfolk, Va.,
July 21.
The Fox's skipper Is Command*:
Charles W. Travis, Annapolis. Mr
A Sumner class destroyer, th
Fox was built In 1944, displace
1,200 tons and has a wartime com
plement of SID men.
The flooding of all the alter
tuaiMUlaoanU/.frMllootodi,
mm
mine was extremely powerful and
must havo gone off very close un-
der the stern, experts believed.
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Jester Flies To
Forest Fire Area
AUSTIN, Tex.. Sept. J . (AP)
—Gov. Bcauford H. Jester left
here by plane at mld-mornlrtf to
inspect the east Texas forest fire
area.
Advised that help is needed to,
fight the fires beyond that which
eah be provolded by local gov-
ernments and regular foriat ser-
vice forces, Jester named a spe-
cial commission of state officials
to propped to East Texas and
serve as his llasion with the for-
tst service and local officials.
Major Creri. K. L. Berry, stato
adjutant teneral, will head the
commission, assisted by Ranger
C ipta'n Hardy Purvis of Hous-
t'.ii, representing the Texas De-
partment of Public Safety, and
liistrict Engineer James Douglas
c f Houston, representing the
Texas Highway department.
denied that they we>e sending
aid to Greek guerilla fighters but
instead had resorted to evasion
and delaying tactics in an effort
to htcloud the issue.
"The,simple fact remains, tand
It cannot be hidden by sophistry,"
Tsaidaris said, "that Albania, Bul-
garia and Yugoslavia have been,
and they now are, arming bands
for the purpose of destroying the
political independence and teb
territorial integrity of Greece.
"No amount of politics can hide
the further fact that these are
acts of aggression in violation Of
the law of nations and of the ex-
press and solemn covenants of
our charter."
B-29 FLIGHT HOME
FROM ARCTIC TRIP
FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept 29.
(AP)—Brig.' Gen. Roger M. Ra-
mey, commanding general of the
Eighth Air Force, declared here
yesterday that sub Arctic areas
of North America are within the
defending zone of his bombers. • ~
Gen. Ramey mad* the state-
ment on his return here from a
9,000-mile survey flight that took
Canadian
wilderness.
The flight was made to demon-
tsraft that B29s of the Bth Air
Force could fly over any sport in
North America.
Former Orangeite
Dies in Beaumont
GeorRe Robert Brent. B8, form-
er resident of Orange, died, this
nrtornitiff at 9 o'clock In a Beau-
mont hospital.
Funeral services are to be held
Tuesday at 2 p. in. from Roberts
funeral home with Interment at 4
p. m. In Evergreen cemetery in
Mr. Brent was a native Of Miss-
issippi and a member of Madison
Lodge 12H, AFifcAM, Orange, and
of Calder Baptist church, Beau-
mont. He was an employee of .the
Beaumont Iron Works.
SurVbots are the widow, Mrs.
Vlda Breht^ of Becumont; a sister,
Mrs. A. S. Bailey of Laurel, Mla*.;-lwl,
and three brotheni, Joe Brent of I '
Key West, Fla., aiid pene and Os- ! _
MiauiaoinHi Thi* ifliutory plnti< was w route
tar Brent of Mississippi, to Greenville, S. C„ from Berg-
Sv jttrnflft fteW, Austin, TeX., when It
Pt, ArtnUrSCOllt ,l)6t Its course and the gasoline
To Address Rotary'
Claude CSoldjiniith, Jr., Port Ar- I ORANGE JUICE..
thur Boy Scout who attended the ' u —
World Jamboree held during the i. M \ 5"^ ^ " "
munity Service committee has
« ,h.
M on the phone nhd advising h<
I to ur<;e the photographer to kev
the ten bucks and tear up the ptc
Georce M. Hunt. #0:
EMERGENCY LANDING
CHESAPEAKE, O., Sept. 20.
(AP) ~ Fourteen persons aboard
an Army C-47 escaped injury
yesterday In an emergency land-
ing at the Huntington airport
when the craft plowed into five
parked on the
field.
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LOCAL GROUP ATTENDS
C-C OFFICIALS' MEEf
Huntei Beaty, president, and ture
W. A. McNeill, manafer of -the f -acped street, nearly «etttof pul
Orange Chamber "of Commerce, ; od offthe je
accompanied by John W. Sim- drum . . Laiand Merraw trytn
mons, d rector of industrial rie- V wash his face and haiido ear1
tt,. attended a luncheon S iturday in a Texarkana hot
«vrBiio,l'
bet, of Codimerce
today at noon in the Edson hotel .tlien holding out
in laaumont. Ui]
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