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future Activities
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day Tuesday ,
Kiwanis to Honor
Ttie Kfwanis club wilt honor
Boy Scouts at its regular weekly
meeting today at 6:10 p. id. at
the Airport cate.
Mayo DeVille, community Scout
commiasioner and a Boys' and
Girls' committeeman, will be in
charge at arrangements for the
bp mostly cloudy, scattered
V skewers and a little raider this
afternoon and tonight with FH-
City of Orange—Traffic Calendar for 1950—W46; Deaths: 0; Injuries: 1);
The Orange Leader
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VOLUME XXXVII
ORANGE. TEXAS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1950
COAL FACT-FINDING BOA
AROUND TOWN
JOB COUNTY
THESE DAYS
BORDEN SHIFTS
County Attorney Bill I,ea said
today that he will ask John O
Young to appear before the
Orange county grand jury when
* it meets next Wednesday and
back his published statements
that he has affidavits showing
that sheriff department officers
* have mistreated prisoners. Lea
said If Young didn't voluntarily
appear before the grand Jury, he
would ask the jury to subpoena
Young to verify his statements.
Lea said “I can’t believe these
unverified reports that Young Is
circulating, but if there is any.
truth to them, the county grand
jury is the proper body to inves-
tigate alleged acts of miscondurt
* on the part of officers. 1 will bring
before the grand Jury’s attention
any complaints of prisoners be-
ing mistreated I would he neg-
« lerting my job If I did otherwise,''
he said Meanwhile, Sheriff Ches-
ter Holts said the Federal Bureau
of Investigation has not invexti-
. gated the charges made by Young,
"But I certainly will welcome any
1 kind of investigation from the
FBI. a federal or county grand
jury on any phaze of how I run
my office." Holts said. Lea said
* that after over four years service
with the FBI, he has never seen
a law enforcement officer take
his Job more seriously than Holts
* has done ‘He is undoubtedly the
best sheriff this county has a- er
had, and an example of his ability
In his solving si the Lester Brown
* murder case and the more recent
La Fleur rape, assault and robbery
cases." lea said.
EBB’S OPPONENT
Yt looks like Constable Ebb
Burgess of Precinct I has drawn
an opponent in the coming elec-
tion. There's a rumor circulating
that C. B. (Joe) Peveto, a long-
time employe of E. W. Brown Jr,
will be In the race against Bur-
gess. Other political rumors and
* unofficial announcements arc
practically non-existent.
AGGRAVATING ALARMS
* Fire Marshal Eddie Barker said
this morning that the city fire
department has answered five
cells so far this month, and three
of them have been false alarms
f from boxes on poles. The other
two were minor biases of little
consequence. “Now there's no
need of telling people bow much
». time Is lost by the false alarms,
and the money wasted in gaso-
line, and the poesible clanger of
the test moving truck* getting in-
to an accident and injuring some-
I one.” Barker said, “but there's al-
ways the possibility that we’ll be
out on one of those falsies when
’ i real alarm comes through and
a Well be off on a wild goose chase
Ot Hie time.” He said two of the
falae ■ alarms apparently came
from people trying to play tricks,
* but at one of the boxes we found
■ seven-year-old boy who was
trying to pull the handle down a
second time. We Just carried the
. little fellow home to Ms mother,
he said.
Btckground for Boundary Dispute ...
France, Spain Were Squabbling Over Sabine
Long Before Texas ana Louisiana Were Born
By Garth Janet
AUSTIN. Feb. 9 (A»i—Texas
and Ixniisiana are still at odds
over half a river.
For a little more than 100
years Texas has claimed the mid-
dle of the Sabine rivei as the
point where the Lone Star state
ends and Louisiana begins.
For longer than that Louisi-
ana has said that all of the Ha-
bine from the mouth to the 32
degree latitude belongs to the
Pelican state, and the boundary
was the western (Texas) bank.
Harsh words have been ex-
changed in the past and a new oil
well across the Sabine from
Orange is fanning the flames once I
more
So far there appears no need
for Texas fo mobilize its long !
defunct navy and blockade I»uis- ;
iana's half of the stream
If the oil pay in the Louisiana
marshlands spieads to the Sabine
river bed both states stand to gain
from leases and royalties.
Right aaw both state* are
leasing tracts under and around
halves of the
It Is reafusing U ell
but Just te make
sure Uwy deal get tangled In
u boundary fuaa some firms are
leasing the same property from
both states.
The fast-flowing Sabine fig-
ured In boundary disputes long
before either Texas or Louisiana
were more than a gleam in Uncle
Sam’s eyes.
While the American colonists
were still under British rule in
1736, Spain and France argued
over the Sabine.
Spain's diplomats, and conquis-
Mrs. E. Wolford
Dies in Gohresotn
tadors. carried the most weight I the middle of the river, and the
so France agreed that the tern- | western half of the river floating
porar.v boundary line would be around in U. S. Government
the Arroyo Hondo, east of the hands
What's more this treaty was
ratified by Mexico, The Republic
of Texas and The State of Texas
as they in order succeeded Spain
as owner of the lands.
During the IS48 aesalua af
Congress, the federal govern-
ment realised it hud half a
river on Ita hands, flowing In-
conveniently between Texas
and Louisiana's half af the
Sabine.
Not expecting any oil wells ip
the near future. Congress told
Texas it could have the half of a
river if Texas legislators would
pass siicli a law making it legal.
The Louisian lobby was weak
in (lie 3rd annual session of the
Texas legislature, so the Texans
voted Nov. 24, 1646 to snatch up
Uncle Sam's half a river.
Louiaiunans wrote letters to
their congressmen in protest and
have been arguing off and on
since then They claim Congress
had no right to divvy up the Sa-
bine In conflict to the 1811 treaty
with Spain.
Texas of course claims that
Congress gave them half of the
Sabine and can’t back down on
the deal.
The discovery Jan. M af a new
ell producing area In the canals I
from Orange brought the en-
tire austler up again,
neither stale seems
enough far an Immediate legal
Sabine.
For almost a century the land
| between the Sabine and Arroyo
! Hondo was known as “the neu-
i tral ground.”—an excellent hiding
, place for characters who had
I trouble with their home folks.
particularly peace officers.
| When Louisiana was admitted
Into the union. April 8. 1812.
the west boundary af the new
state was fixed at "a line
drawn along the middle of said
river Including all Islands 10
the 32 degree of latitude; thence
north. . .
On February 22. 1R19. the U S.
signed a treaty with Spain to
fix the boundary line between the
Spanish territory that Is now
Texas and the United States. The
treaty signers picked the west
bank of the Sabine up- to the 32
i degree latitude.
Tills document left the Spanish
boundary on the west bank of the
Sabine, the Louisian boundary in
0hi8 to MM Rood
To Discovery Site
Mrs. Edward Wolford. 20. a
lifelong resident of Orange, died
Wednesday at 8:30 p. m. at a
Galveston hospital where she un-
derwent an operation early Wed-
nesday mornfiig
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 3:45 p. tn. al the No-
guess chapel with the Rev. K. W.
Terrell, a Beaumont Baptist min-
ister, officiating. Burial will be
held in Evergreen cemetery.
Survivors are her husband.'
Edward Wolford: one son. Walter
Wayne: one brother. William Lee
Dorman; parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Dorman: grandmother.
Mrs. Docia Dorman; grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Fruge,
all of Orange, and great-grand-
mother. Mrs. Sam Huckaby of
Sour Lake.
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Eagles Make Plans
For 3 Activities
Plans for a dance, district ini-
tiation and a local meeting were
made ijy the local Fraternal
Order of Eagles at a meeting
Wednesday night at the Aerie
hall. .i'bT'tW
Reginald Turner, steering com-
mittee chairman, called e meeting
of all Eagles for Sunday about
7:30 a. m. at the hall.
The Eagles will sponsor a bene-
fit dance for the Hug hen* School
Orange Youth b Hurt for Crippled Children at Port
. • me . s «i * Arthur here Saturday, Feb. T8.
hi Motorbike Crash Sunday, Feb. 19, a district ini-
e " John Floyd Jr, son of Mr. and “stion will be held here with
Mrs John Floyd of 458 Claxton *•*!« from Braiimont, Port Ar-
il; f courts, wag recovering satisfac- thur and Sllsbee expected
*, torily at Frances Ann Lutcher *,,*nd
iMvynri today. He suffered a Four n*w m«nb*r» were ini-
broken left am and severe facial, tiat*d into the local club last
* and body Injuries Wednesday Trt "*«*» They are Oliver G. Mc-
8:30 p. m. whan the motorbike he PMnson. James Miner. Andrew J.
was riding struck the rear of a taMtins and Clifton Block
car naar the intersection
Ohio OH Co. called for bids to-
day on a mile-long access road
through the Louisiana coastal
marshes from Highway U. S. 90
to the site of a new oil discovery
near Orange.
It was the first public Indica-
tion that the oil company has
made plans for development of
the oil find which has pointed up
an historic boundary dispute be-
tween Louisiana and Texas.
Beard Surfaced
The new road will be 20 feet
wide and surfaced with boards.
! It will extend from a point Just
east of the interstate bridge over
the Sabine river at Orange to the
site of discovery about one mile
southward.
At present the location can be
reached only by water.
The oil company disclosed no
other plans for development of
the new field-
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FROM GROUP ABOUT SA
WASHINGTON, Fftb. 9-(AP)-Pre*id«nt
ndine board ended its hearings on the coal dts
WASHINGTON, Fab. 9-(AP>—President Truman * !
findtnc board ended its hearings on the coal dispute today
-a———-- went to work on ft repot
P» nL.J ft.,S|au the White House.
Six Plead Guilty
Six meti pleaded guilty to a
total of 19 charges of burglary
Meanwhile, the drilling con-
tractor. Kerr-McGee Drilling Co.,
was still going down with the
company's E. W. .Brown Jr. Mg. 1,
the wildcat test which brought the
new oil find to light.
The oil company announced last
month it had discovered a “good
showing" of dU in the test at
8050 feet and had set 9 3/4-inch
casing to that depth. The firm also
announced that the wildcat would
be drilled on down to contract
depth of 10,000 feet before an
attempt was made to bring in the
well. E. W. Mathis Jr, drilling
superintendent, said today a
depth of about 8500 feet had been
il .
“The oil discovery is unlikely
to have much It any bearing,’'
said Texas I .and Commissioner
Basrom Giles "Texas still claims
mid-river is the boundary. Texas
Is leasing tracts in the west half
of the river now and has not
been challenged.
”1 am confident that if any dis-
agreement arises, the two states
can work it out without troubla,”
said Lt. Gov William Dodd of
Louisiana "We’ve been getting
along for a bundled years and I
know we’ll continue getting
along.”
1/Ou Is iana's stats mineral board
met the latter part of January
but took no action on the half a
river situation.
ONER miX CONTINUE 8TEIRF.—Paul Miller.
37-year-old coal miner helps his wife hang up the wash outside
tbsir home henr Lake Lynn, Pa. A striker, the father is unable to
get state relief for the family of six. Mrs. Miller says the only food
they have is potatoes.__(AP Wirephoto)
Man Wonted in Texas for Unsolved
■
Tourist Camp Slaying Is Arrested
MUNISING. Mich, Feb 9—</P>
—Evald Johnson, 32, wsntad In
Texas In the unsolved tourist
camp slaying of a prominent oil
man last June, was arrested here
May. ^ ,
Munis tar peftce. Upped by
Texas anUeriUrs. teak the red
at the heme af
q»i
a staler bare, wabbles him at 1
a. m. today while be slept- He
Mn.ILE.L8ck
b Token by Donlk
Mrs. H. E. Lock, 89, formerly
of Orange, died Wednesday night
at the home of her son, John
Henry Lock of Houston.
The body will be brought here
for burial. Funeral services will
be held Friday at 4 p. m. at the
North Orange Baptist church.
The Rev. R. G. Commander,
assisted by the Rev. Bill Shuttle-
work, both of Houston, will of-
ficiate. Burial will be in Ever-
green cemetery.
Survivors are two sons. John
Henry Lock of Houston and R. E.
Lock of Charlotte; two daughters.
Mrs. Jewel Alborn and Mrs. Pearl
Whits, both of Houston, and sev-
eral grandchildren.
chapter house. 5 p. m.
KI weals club. Airport cafe,
6:30 p. m.
American Legion, legion club-
house, 7:90 p. m.
Orange Volunteer Fire depart-
, 7:30
BUI Btrtior to Hood
1950 CooctrDrivt
W. J. (BUI) Bailor of Orange
will head the 1999 Cancer Cru-
sade in Orange county tn the
April educational and member-
ship drive.
Other leaders in the county are
Mrs. Pat Sullivan, county com-
mander. and Dr. G c o r g a Y.
Swk-kard. medical advisor.
Butler was appointed to the
post by Gibb Gilchrist, state
chairman and chancellor of the
Texas A and M college system.
“I fee] sure that Orange coun-
ty will reach Us goal this year
under his (Butler's) leadership,”
Gilchrist said.
The American Cancer society,
which reminds Texans that can-
cer can be cured if treated In
time, has set its goal In Tinas
this year at 8500.000.
’The money trill be used, ac-
cording to the society, to ”carry
on its support of cancer diagnos-
tic and treatment clinics and can-
cer research, and to carry on its
ysar-round program of cancer
education.”
Officer T. J. Dowling said
Johnson was being held la the
Alger county toll “tor nxtradttiou
on a —MOTftrargf" tn the kill-
ing of W. A (Tex) Thornton,
famed oil field explosive* expert,
at an Amarillo. Texas, tourist
camp last June 22
Formal charges of murder were
filed yesterday at Amarillo
against Johnson and his young
wife.
Michigan state police Lieut.
Willard Wtxewi. of the nearby
Marquette. Mich, past ssM ha
had beea advteed Amarillo sf-
fteera already are ewraute te
Muaiaing t# question Johnson.
The arrest here climaxed a
widespread hunt developing after
a pretty blond young woman, who
claims tn be Johnson's wife, told
Washington, D. C, police y ester -
burglary
«nd theft here today in 128th
district court.
Judge F. W. Hustmyre handad
down prison sentences totaling
23 years. Ten years of the sen-
tences were probationary.
Mawsiri F. Freitas, it waa aa-
a five • year
sentence after pleading guilty
te ateallag a quantity af aalla
teal October tram T. J. Gupta’s
garage in Orange county.
Twenty-two-year-old Roy Neal
Wiggins also pleaded guilty in
connection with the same offense.
He received a three-year proba-
tionary sentence.
Freitas’ mother. Mrs. Bertha
Freitas, wts found not guilty af
having a part in the theft of the
nails Wednesday afternoon by a
Jury in district court ,... ,,
Two cousins t— Orvlllg Kart
Slaughter, 21, and Joe Slaughter.
20—both were given ” five-year
sentences in the state penitentiary
for nighttime burglary.
Orville pleaded guilty te fix
charges and Joa to three charges
of nighttime burglary.
■'•■a,-sr-s
Elvin received
day that
Thornton.
her husband killad
Rotarians to Hear
Ini'! President
Several Orange Rotarians and
their wives will attend a dinner
Thursday at Beaumont for Percy
Hodgson, Rotary International
president.
Other Rotarians from the 190th
district and in sevaral Louisiana
towns also are expected to attend
the affair.
A long-time Rotary official,
Hodgyon has served to a Rotary
International director, district
governor and as a committee
chairman and member.
A native of England, he Is new
a resident of Pawtucket, R. L
Jock Ktnnerly To
Hood Sport* Gub
Jack Kennedy was elected
president of the Southeast Tsxas
Sportsmen’s club Wednesday
night during a session tn the dis-
trict courtroom here. Ha replaces
Charles L. Taylor in that capacity
Other officers .elected wore
Richard Vender Slur ken, vke-
prestdent; Johnny Lea, corre-
sponding secretary; Andy Boyd,
financial secretary, and Glenn
Nelson, treasurer
New directors are C. L. Taylor
and Cleben (Crip) Trahan aa
three year directors. Henry Crew
Jr. and Bob Freddy as two year
directors, and Frank Vander-
Sturken and Clarence Swallow as
one year directors.
The sportsmen voted to(Fu» the
number of their directors from
nine to six in order to “stream-
line” action when It I* needed in
a hurry.
Craw announced the chib will | The ! appointment was made
hold its annual gumbo dinner at * during a preliminary meeting in
the Oldttoners’ pavilion Wednes- the county courthouse Clem will
day, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p. m He said make arrangements leading up to
he expects several hundred per- eventual organization of the new
sons to be present j club.
W. E. (Bill) Lea made a motion | Clem. Is a former football star
asking the club's president to . at Baylor university and was in
contact H. B. (Red) Clem, chair- ‘
man of the organizing Quarter-
back club here in order to learn
purposes and proposed activities
of the new group, and report
back to the Sportsmen's club to
see
er drew a three-year term In the
slate penitentiary.
A motion for a new trial for
Jack Kershell, 27, convicted
earlier this week on thref sep-
arate burglary counts, was over-
ruled by Judge Hustmyre.
Kershell will have to serve five
years for each burglary. The
judge had not decided whether
the terms will run
Red den Heads Up
Quarterback Move
H. B. (Red) Clem wss named
! tempdrary chairman Wednesday
I night by | group of Orange foot-
| ball fans and fathers planning to
organize q quarterback club here
he faces
with fimmsa. i
tai off ease In 4st Mata.
His cases here have been paused
until the next term of court pend-,
ing action in Alabama
February Permits
So For $68,341
the coaching business for a num-
ber of years. His last job in that
field was as assistant grid mentor
for the Port Arthur Yellow Jack-
ets. *
. — -------- —„ — , He Is presently business agent
If any aid might be extended | for the Orange Carpenters local
the men who are organizing the ; union and slate president of the
new club.
Orange DeMolays
To Confer Degrees
Fourteen Orange DeMolays will
assist Hi conferring the DeMolay
on candidates from the
Beaumont and Port Arthur chap-
ters Friday *t 7:30 p. m. at the
■SSyrSUw. ICur.ty)
Lindsey, Wile master councilor
from Orange, they are:
Tom Case, Leonard Davis, Mor-
ris Davis, lari G. Delaney, Arlen
Dennis. John iHckerson, Frank
Francis. James Guest, James
Marsh III, George Mobley.
Pashto*. Harry Seaman HI,
Eugene Smith and George Wood
Jr.
All DeMolays and Master Ma-
sons are invited to attend the af-
fair, Lindsay said.
union
Texas Carpenter', union
Further details regarding plans i
for organizing the quarterback
club will be announced soon,
Clem said.
Hyde
Stone :
Bridge City Lions
Give $275 to PTA
The Bridge City Lions club
Tuesday donated *2!if) to the
Bridge City PTA to aid In fur-
nishing the school cafeteria.
A proposal wag tpade'tor tile
ekib to help in be8uti4rmg the
! school grounds. A committee,
comiKised of John Plott, Grover
Die and Jim Baker, was named
to study the project and report
to the tlub.
Mrs. Richard Chesser, of the
Orange Business and Professional
Women's club, spoke on the cur-
rent heart campaign which the
B and PW club is sponsoring.
»» ti
Building permits Issued here
during the first nine days of Ftfr-
rtiary total 968,341, or about
*8.000 below the total figure for
January, according to J. W.
Winfrey, city building inspector.
largest permit for the month
was issued Wednesday to Charles
Hempel who will erwft a 80 by
80 foot structure at 166 Omen
Ave. which will house an office
and shop, Winfrey said.
Other permits which give the
total figure a boost, he said, wars
issued to Charles Zeto and the
Norwood Co. to construct private
dwellings. There were five such
permit* which range between
*8.000 and *7.000 each.
Winfrey credited the summer-
like weather through January
and February for the large num-
ber of small construction Jobs
going on at the present.
Meeting U Set Today
For Red Croft* Group
The first meeting of chairmen
and co-chairmen for the Red
Cross drive for
next month will
5 p. ip- 81 the
According to General Chair
man H. L. Wolcott, plans will be
outlined for the campaign.
EXECUTIVE REPORTS THEFT
HOLLYWOOD. Fab. 6—<4*>—
George Burrows, a ice-president
of Monogram pictures, today
ported theft of $11,000 in ‘
and furs from Ms heme.
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