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VOLUME XXXVII
ORANGE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1950
AcIwsm Rifles Out
Any New Overtures
Control of A-bomb
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—
(AP)—Secretary of State
Acheson today ruled out any
new overtures to Russia on
international control of atomic
weapons, including the hydro-
gen super-bomb.
Acheson also said the United
States should avoid what he
called sell reproach in connection i
with atomic weapons. He said this i
might paralyze American action
in developing a strong American
policy.
The secretary's remarks were
made in a news conference dis- I
cussion of U.S. policy.
He teM
It Worked Fine
SPORTSMEN ELECT
The Southeast Texas Sports-
* men’s club will meet tonight at
7:30 and elect officers for the
coming year. A nominating com-
mittee has been appointed, but
* nominations will be opened from
the floor at tonight's meeting, ac-
cording to Charlie Taylor, pres-
ident. Meanwhile, Taylor an-
nounced that the sportsmen will
hold their big .Spring • blow-out”
next Wednesday night at the Old
Timers Pavilion. Henry Crew Jr.
Is in charge of arrangements for
k next Wednesday night’s feed.
years the operators have been The Navy and National Guard
setting It up units, which were from. Orange,
Operators all the way from and the Naval Reserve set, an
Austin, Tex., to New Orleans, Lit., elaborate panel-truck and double
took part in the tryout which was trailer with floodlights unit from
featured by an exchange of mes- . Beaumont, were set up in the
sages between District Judge F , city hall park along with a port-
W Hustmyre at Orange and Gov.' able unit from Jerry Bird’s
Allan Shivers In Austin. j W50YJ at Orange.
The network Is designed to pro- : Loudspeakers wpre attached to
vide an extra link—or perhaps the units In the park and the pub-
the only link — between Change lie was able to eavesdrop as op-
county and the outside world in erators passed messages back and
the event of a disaster here. Its forth during the demonstration,
members also would provide as- j The Navy portable unit was
Istance in emergencies elsewhere, pro ided by the Texas group, At-
The Orange Amateur Radio lantic Reserve fleet,
etab, one of the groups which The teat continued hr about
cooperated In setting up the IS minutes, fattening which the
emergency network, else eon- operators and ethers taking
dacta a training program for part got together far coffee and
amateur radio operators, w ho a comparison of aetee.
belong to H. At present the dab Operators who took part, to-
haa one claaa which meets every gother with their call letters, are
Monday at 7 p. m. at the home as follows: (All call letters pro-
of the president. W. Chester ceded by W5 unless otherwise
Campbell. Ill* Curtis 81. designated) AMO Glenn Morgan
Tuesday night’s demonstration W6EJR/5 A. S. Hendricks, CLV
opened at 7 p. in with a roll call E*r' F-'swell, IOT A. L. Arnold,
by Thomen, emergency coordlna- w B Young, KWA H. W
tor. Each operator participating Bartlett, ffD W. C. Campbell
responded to his call letters and NMV Martin Thomen, OMjB Roy
listed the other persons taking Trahan, OQG H. E. Hood, OYJ
part from his station. G W. (Jerry) Bird, RGG Larry
•ratedT™fi^ed^poTn*. TtTo^i PWO S^m^Wii^QEY"0^
rMkmra ahmis# I has St®Il PritfT» IU ©» - v, v ;.
Wfr® posted **wut the vubniw r\,,r1ll|n PnatnlkBil
county in automoblies and truck. c™NRuu and <£?££
Egbert; Beaumont; MIS Ralph
Palmer, Port Arthur; ND, Asotin;
After many month* of patiently
toiling to perfect an emergency
short wave' radio network for
Orange the city’s '‘hams” staged
a full-scale test of their setup
Tuesday night to* see how it w ould
operate. It worked fine.
That was the concensus of
opinion of a large number of pub-
lic officials, business and profes-
sional people and newspaper re-
porters who assisted in the dem-
onstration.
Assisted by tsa abort wave
•aerators in other elites and by
units of the V. S. Navy, the
. Naval Baserva and the National
Guard. It orange beam weal
WASHINGTON,
(AP) - President
Toal fact-finding fa
Lewis and the coal
rjgsER
tiations. ' • i,
The now bocgatnhi
wove sat tar I p. m.
mmmmmr a
PACT-flNDBBS MAKING PKOOBESB—'This three-man ptiesi
dentist fact-finding board meeting in Washington today made smi
siderable progress toward getting settlement of the coal disiiit
when they got UMW Chief John L. Lewis and tha operators t
agree to resume settlement. Left to right: John T Dunlop, Harviar*
U. economics professor; David L. Cole.' chairman, Paterson, N„ J
labor lawyer, and William W. Wlrtz. Northwestern U. law pro
feasor. (AP Wirephdto
that If this
reentry can reach its gaal of
world peace by the percuss of
agreement that will be the boot
way to do H. ”Betbe added.
“Fear years of trying have
brought ns to the reaHsatiea
that is aet possible.”
Acheson spoke directly in com-
menting on recent Senate speches
by Chairman McMahon (D-Conn)
of the congressional Atomic En-
ergy commissoin and Chairman
Tydings (D-Md) of the Senate
Armed Sen ices committee.
McMahon proposed a five-year,
$50,000,000,000 American crusade
for peace, including international
control of atomic energy. Tydings
urged that PnMdent Truman call
a world conference for diaarma-
FOBMAL OENING
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kid its auxiliary will hold a spe-
cial meeting at 7:3Q p. in. today
in their new hall, which Is up-
stairs at 500 Front St., according
to Howard Bourgeois, post com-
mander. He said the meeting is
being held to get members and
their wives acquainted with the
post’s new set-up. The post plans
to hold its open house during its
convention at the new hall, he
aatd.
Result of Cominanity Chest Failure
WSNMV.
It was the first full-scale pub-
lic demonstration of the network
which has undergone a number of
less elaborate private and semi-
public tests during the several
Orange County Camp Fin Council Irak*
And Soaking Moans of Financing Work
The Orange County Camp Fire
council treasury was $10.05 in
the red at the end of January and
the organization will have to
operate on borrowed money until
some means of financing Its ac-
tivities la found.
This was disclosed in the treas-
urer's report submitted this week
to the board of directors.
Ellis Carter, president of the
board, pointed out In comment^
ing on the financial situation that
Che deficit resulted from difficul-
ties of the Orange Community
the treasurer's report shows, the
council had a cash balance of
$579.32 January expenses were
$590.37 leaving the $19.03 deficit
The agency's cash bn tense ea
iti 1 was anrptns left cfsr
from $$494.10 U received from
varteas aenreee teal gear, fbe
treasurer’s (apart shows this
was made ap e# s centribaitea
of $2024.00 from the INI C«$»-
munity Chart faad. $2$0t.M
from a apoeiai faad • rttefsg
campaign and $425.09 ksrresQad
j
The only fa venue reeeivetPby
the council this year was $300 re-
ceived In January from proceeds
of a play sponsored by the Camp
Fire Girls. This money was tent
to national headquarters to be
applied on the Orange council’s
quota of a building fund.
The council's 1949 expenses
Were listed ss totaling ' 96008 J4,
broken down as follows: salary of
executive 93000, salary of office
clerk $1020, office supplies and
expenses 1255.43, ‘‘publicity”
$27.60. transportation and auto-
mobile expense $425.07. field ex-
tension ouota $40, national char-
ter fee $10. special regional fund
$$$.25. and miscellaneous $5*I.#.
The miscellaneous expenses In
turn are broken down as follows:
annual dinner $12.50, award*.
$100. Christmas parade float It,
refund to special accounts $2$.
photos of exhibit $A, flowers $2.76,
piano service $10, note and inter-
est, $420.24.
First Mooting Set
For (Ur Risorrists
OOMFABING NOTES
Fire Marshal E. L. (Eddie)
• Barker is comparing notes these
day* with other Texas fire mar-
shals in an effort to “iron out
kinks" that constantly show up In
. those type* of Jobs as they try to
prevent future blazes by compar-
w lag them with past experience. He
said Albert Schaffer, Kirby villa’s
firs marshal, spent the day bars
Tuesday checking on records and
$ systems used In inspection pro-
ceedings Barker said he will run
Up to Kfcrbyvilte before ter* to
"D” of tha 9909th Volunteer Air
Reserve Training unit here will
meeting
Datos An Stt For
45 tit Stork Contest
hold IU first
Thursday at I'M p. m. at the
courthouse.
MaJ. J. P. Hilliard, commanding
officer, will outline tontatlve
training plana tor the year.
Courses of theoretical and
praettea! instructions also will bo
conducted. Those win be held in
accordance with directives from
the Twelfth Air Tote*
According to Charles Hampel
Jr., who to assisting with the
unit’* organisation hare, assign-
monte still are being mad*.
“All Air Force reaer ists or
former Air Fores personnel who
desire to participate In the new
reserve program to obtain promo-
tion and retirement benefits and
to keep abreast with the latest
developments In aortal warfare
should attend the Thursday meet-
ing.” Hempel said.
He may bo contorted for fur-
ther Information by dialing 9243.
Omtor Presented
To Wulchmakirf
J ■ '■ _ V
loot Ram To B9
Held os April 16
M —gg site only abort half the
sent needed tor their eperallea.
Leal year there was mm Cam-
mmsHy Chest eampalg* Si ah.
Carter said steps have been
taken to revive the chest but that
nothing can be done in that con-
nect too in time to assist the Camp
Fine council with Its Immediate
The contest was established in
1004 by the late Mrs. . Miriam
Lutcher Stark and has become a
tradition here. Since the found-
er’s death It has boon carried on
by her son, H. J. Lutcher Stark,
and Mrs. Stark.
* There arc two divisions, one
each for Junior and senior high
eebaote. In each division girls
compete In reading and boys In
declamation. Gold wrist watches
are awarded to senior high school
winners and fountain pen and
pencil sets are given to Junior
high winners.
■ Longshoremen will be glad to
hear that the SK ?<afayette. a
Watterman Lines vessel, will be
In the Port of 'Orange either Feb.
or 14 to pick up a load of flour
and peanuts to be delivered in
Europe. The ships are coming In
closer together these days, and
ft shouldn’t be long until the
longshoremen can count on work-
ing at the docks and call R their
main source of living. So tor.
thatr work has barn somewhat In
Sprats with comparatively long
layoffs In between, but tha parte
goal to to have a ship a day, and
Mat goal win ha reached.
jpfe-V „ ’• V'rv-'B ' •• 'wf • f.t "’
THE MAH RACE
Your writer has been aboant
from Ms typewriter and news
sources the post two days, and as
usual, everything happened dur-
ing that time. Co-workefs at Th%
Laoder offire have been accusing
Around Town of knowteg the
, right time* to stay heme so ha
toouttrt got mixed up in, the
... .Jttj
Plans for boat races to be hold
here ware made -at tha Orangt
Boating club's regular meeting
Tuesday nifht at tha courthouto
The date for the races was ten-
tatively set for Sunday, April If.
On the agenda for the day will
he a mgrathon race for midget
and Class A to go from Orange
to the Port Arthur bridge and
back v/tth all other desses to gr
to the Island in Beaumont and
Meanwhile. he said, other
means of financing the (Tamp Fire
work, specifically a number of
“benefit” projects, are being
planned.
At the beginning of this year.
Former Orongeite
Dies iii California
Funeral services for Elite - E.
Hutton, 41, formerly of Orange
end Sitobee. will be held Thurs-
day at 3JO p. m. at the Frank's
Branch church near SUabee.
Burial will be In the Franks'
Branch cemetery under the direc-
tion of the Fanner funeral home
Defense Attorney W. P. (Bill)
Sexton today told Mrs. Bertha
M. Freitas, his client who to
charged with theft and on trial
in 13$th district court that he
had filed a motion asking for a
suspended sentence should the
Jury find her guilty.
Sexton than asked his client If
she had ever been tried or con-
victed of a felony prior to her
present trial. She replied. “No.”
The state alleges that Mrs.
Freitas Instigated the theft of a
large quantity Of nails last Octo-
ber, and sold part of them to a
Houston track driver.
Mrs. Freitas was on the witness
stand two hours this morning.
The case started Monday.
Rod Crass Drive
Division chairmen and co-
chairmen for the Red Cross drive
for funds here next month will
hold their first meeting Thursday
at 6 p. m. at the chapter hottoe.
The meeting was called by
*SlZ\5r -.- Group Discusses *
averaged handling over $1,000,000 , HoUT LOW
each year in that time, and their, “
balance on Feb. 8, 1950 was only The new wage-hour law wet
$3,84 off. He said the difference 1 discussed at a clinic here Tuesday
was “In the black, too " I night at the Holland hotel. About
Force was appointed tax-ssses- 40 persons attended,
sor - collector last November,; J C Long of the Houston of-
shortly after Butler's death, and j Bee. U. S. Department of Labor,
at that time, he assumed the of- spoke on points in the law and
flce’s responsibility as Butler left j answered questions concerning
it. 1 ihe set.
Simmons mentioned that Force j The ciinlc was held here under
must “really toe the line now. *»hc auspices of the Sabine chap-
since he's proved he can handle' *er the Texas Manufacturer*
the office so capably after being association In cooperation with
taught by Butler.” | the Chamber of Commerce, the
He said If Force had not done Rrtsil Merchants association and
so well at first, people would not i *he Industrial Development com-
mittee.
courses here from Umar
Beaumont, will bo bold f!
at 7 p. m. to Room III s
high scboOL 1
Courses Will bo otto
shorthand and typing wt*
•SS"ZLTISS
the instructor.
Comoro Clubs to
Hold Meet Sunday
Tito Associated Camera slut
Sootkon mtists Claim 4 Par Coat
ORANGE JIM
Tkt Pet Poevaa pita uj
Mi^rr untosT* el hashed* "is
per cert over the prtvtees year.
Property valuation of churches
and parsonages owned by the
Southern Baptist churches passed
the half Milton mark for the first
time. Church property was re-
ported valued at $344,291,564, a
gain of more than 107,000,000 over
1940. Texae Baptist churches now
report property valued at more
than $100,000,000, an increase of
more than UMOQ.OOO over 194$.
The Mrtb of posters was
mera adaomrts U IN*. Of the
27.294 iknrrbss there were
*$.$01 with posters at the time
FORT WORTH. Feb. 8—UP)—
The Southern Baptist convention
claims a membership gain of more
than four per cant during 1949
tor a new high of 6,791,035 mam-
bars. - .■
W. Lee O’Dmniel May
when Die usual auth
column is piled up in
the absence of ether
hereby pet a couple. .
quote: An Orange sh
An auto eraah on Green Ave.
near Thirteenth SL Tuesday at
4 p. m. resulted in $4o damage,
no injuries, end a truck driver
was given a ticket for no driver’s
license and failure to grant right
of way, according to a police de-
pgtfMant accident report- •
a Tha report .jfcOwg a IMi Gen-
eral Motors truck triad to pass a
1040 Plymouth sedan an tha
wrong side white both •vehicles
wera going cost and the truck
ridaswlpad the ear. Patrolmen
Earl Cooper and E. G. Sparks
mode the investigation.
—
Porter Routh. Nashville. Tsnn.,
Southern Baptist statistician re-
ported the gain yesterday and
said it wax the largest ever re-
corded in one year in the con-
vention’s 27JM churches.
Routh spoke to Southern Bap-
tist editors meeting hen.
Meet ef the gain came frees
complained about model air
flying at West End park. I
der what this gentleman
about the following equaBy
gatherings, perhaps man
Night football games with
bright lights. Bassball g
Motor boats on the Sabine. I
skating on the sidewalk. N
scoots. And let’s not forget i
the Bengal Guards and Lai
who practice to tha stone top
Would ho suggest passing
expect too much from him, but
‘Force handle* the Job the same
as F-itler did."
The young assessor-rolle-toi
credited the good record to pro-
cedures taught the office person- !
Coming Uo
Order of DeMolay, Masonic
temple. 7 p. m.
Knights of Columbus, council
| hall. 7:30 p. m.
Fraternal Order of Eagles,
Aerie hall. 7:30 p. m.
Sportman's
nel before Butler's death
| That Ith Thome Eicuthe I
Famine Sweeps East China.
Red News Agency Reports
HONG KONG. Feb 8--./Pi-
Famine is sweeping F.ast China I Southeast Texas
north of the Yangtze river with ; club, courthouse. 7:30 p. m. ,
at least 16,000,000 persons feeling THURSDAY
the pinch. > Optimist club, Holland hotel.
The Communist news agency! 12:15 p. m.
yesterday told of the food crisis., Kiwanis club. Airport cafe, 0:30
Drouth, floods and disruptions to : p. m.
farming caused by the civil war ; American Legion, legion club-
arc blamed. 1 house. 7:30 p. m.
Of the 16.000.000 some 2.790.000 | Orange Volunteer Firs doport-
were said by the new* agency to.ment. central fire station, 7JO
he facing starvation. ' p. m. .■
moat to make at this time. I
wont into polities la S hurry when
I first ran for governor. I aright
get back Into it the seme way "
YOUTH BILLED Of STAND
easvoraton during the year.
The 29,396 churchoo with Sun-
day achoote reported a member-
ship of 4,643.850, a 7J per cent
gain ever 194S.
An additional 1,200 churches In
the 22-state area started traiding
union work during the year to
bring the total number of church-
es in tho training program to
14,450. Membership gained 156,-
014 during the year to reach a
ances? Or pa
flies wore hs
End parfa, w
duriag the year. /
Southern Baptist church mem-
bers wens more generous with
their gifts, giving a total of 5178.-
504.77$ or 999.40 per capita. Of
this $32,347,430 or $4.7$ per capita
wont for miasiona and benevo-
1 tones outside tho local Church.
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The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1950, newspaper, February 8, 1950; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth558832/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.