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90* Ymr_________
Mere R» k
Prespeets For
Fteaded State
ST. l/Tl'IS. June 23 (IP*
Aa the Missouri river hURt up
to ((• greatest food crest of all
time today, the weather bureau
in Kansas gave this report
Thundershowers in Missouri to-
night and tomorrow, rains over
Kansas for the nest three days.
However weather men prom-
ise the new rains will tie vat-
tersd
Three previous floods have
washed »ut all but 34 of the 230
levees between Kul" Nebraska
and St L/vuis. And engineers
say the Missouri swollen with
millions of tons of tn|i*nil ripfied
off the farms of Nebraska Iowa.
Misaourl and Kansas, will spread
over the land again between
Ru<n and St l>>uts.
In Iowa, the Dr* Moines river
Is expected to top Its high I'M*
irest as it surges toward IV*
Moines with a new crest The
weather bureau predicts severe
floods between lefferwin and
Dr* Moines and tie tween Boone
and I Vs Mo'ties
On the Mississippi river traf
ftc has heen reopened hetween
St !>>uis and Minnea|>o||s The
river was c|os#M to navigation,,
during high water of the last
two weeks The Father of Wat-
ers is retried on the fall from
Winfield. Missouri. *«»uth of the
mouth of the tllinois rtver near
Grafton, Missouri It's on the
rise. The crest is moderating as
It hits the wliler rhannel down-
stream.
Swrtwlw, Taws WWatiWr, Jaw 23, 1«47
illf.i V tlHi.lV
R**th w-hi» I#*-
I»n '•> kN m th.it
-i Him
rfi il*l« •
Ihrm haul M ♦ uhii yard
of f l iHIJlf !*' -.•«) tf a f || It f’ |M>t
truck The it fiis# i ttuvrifM^I m
ft. hit>|i|M ! . fw’TiIntf ami a hyd
ratlin rum u t «M*i*m»’ru pu-h**
it forward * »mpr* -an# it to < *»n
#TVC |i,|i f*
Th** trtH k plat c«l in » r
\ If v h**M* with men *lai h
n|M*r*itl9U? them Iml a! noon
>imk«v,:ncn *'\pi* «d iho In ia f
?’A t a *uid lw rapaltlt1 of
th» *ti A itl rffti t« ta y
ami in • <rn»tn .
Corn Prices
At New High
Ttv
Boy Killed
By Truck
TAOOMA, Wash June
(UP) The Tacoma, Washing-
ton, police issued an incomplete
report today about a hoy who
had heen killed instantly when
he stepped In front of a lumber
truck.
They knew It was a hoy be-
tween right and 10 years old
who had brown hair and blue
eyes. The pockets of his blue
denim overalls were stuffed with
firecracker* but nothing to
show who hr was
The (sidy lay at Pierre County
hospital for five hours while
authorities tried to Identify it
Then the coroner ordered It sent
to a funeral home Apprentice
Kmhalmrr Willard Gauthier
drove the hearse on the routine
Job of picking up another traffic
victim.
Hut he choked as he entered
the hospital emergency room,
and grabl>ed at the door for sup-
port. Minutes later police com-
pleted their report saying vic-
tim identified as Donald James
Gauthier, nine, only stepson of
Apprentice Kmhaltner Willard
Gauthier "
Texas Solons
Reopen Fight
WASHINGTf»N, June 25 (CP)
Two Texas Senators, W I-re
O'Daniel and his senior col-
league. Tom Connally. squared
off today for the anticipated bat-
tle over the nomination of Joe
H. Dooley of Amarillo for a fed
eral judgeship.
The row. expected in the Sen-
ate Friday, promises to tie one
of the sharjiest splits in reient
years between two Texas mem-
bers uf the upper chamlier
Is siley was nominated as
Judge for the northern Texas
district by President Truman last
January. He has gained the sup-
port of Senator Connally. but
(('Daniel says he will wage what
he terms a vigorous fight to
the bitter end.
Ship Fire Is
Under Control
JKRSKY cm*, N. J.. June
23 (CP) Firemen have brought
tinder enntml a thriv-alarm fire takes, the chief executive will
aboard the 10,finCMnn cargo ship send a message to eongres; ex-
Marine Flier plaining his action.
Ross also reports that the
president will art on the rent
control extension measure early
next week. Most congressmen
have urged the president to sign
It. Many who do not llhe It say
the president should algn the
measure to prevent all rent eon*
trots from lapsing Immediately.
Ma>or Jame* g. 1 urley of ImIm. emerges from Ms ear
at Rack Ra» Matina. where be entrained for Washington. II.
i • •" ,'‘rr sentencing on a rereat aiail fra ad roavIHioa. OKA
Telephoto I.
Coke Officials Cold
To Oil Field Road
Notan (oonlv efforts to tap the potentially rich oil aertlons
of I "tie f minty with a paved highway In the vicinity of Silver
has stirred up a hornet's nest la Robert lee. County seat.
“let them build It, hut we haven't got the money and we’re
not spending any for anv project like that." was the quot it ion
accredited to the Commissioners Court in Robert lee. The mart
is said In have made it plain || wan not interested even In acouir-
iag rights-nf-way for *a«W a
GarbageWagofi
ils Inspected
I-it-l tns|»i t(oii nt flu* City's
two new g irfsigc tnn k- t.nf.iv
reveals them to la* efficient .mil
is fiootnli it. |Hiki imeo .it City
it,ill -;ml ll.in- s Tlvorgnmsi n
,iud II-v Dm ket observed the
inn ks ot» lytiog hi tin- llnsplt.il
rights-of-way
road.
' Why. tbos«- Swis'iwater turits
even appeared liefore the high-
way iiininiloi in at Austin and
never invited us to Join them.''
npc isinurjJsMoraT is quoted as
They can build tf
to, but we
ti
Is
(U Pi
verv m lul\
tine lngh nil
>f 11 ,'nli’ for
In - in i■ Ion
'n"l "J .i tin i
future s l 'III
in! **( ti ado - '*■»
! .ittribiit.il it,•
ho . \ i\ oi nuu ■ it
i sport and to
( lilt ' \G»> 1
pt ire of mi h I
‘ woafTtl t»» a iirw
thi* i hi< .ii!»»
th* st*f (yflfl di«V
Tho j*rit * i«*.H
t*l, hiKn< *1
tfiwt in th
hi t*»i
(if.tin ti
high jtf nf
nun h t •«**
m*.tvy uitvcrnmcnf pun h.* •*■«*
anil tn fh•«Mis whirh
Ntroyiil jt.it! 'tf tin* middle at
* **rn * mp
having Sglil
, tf they want
having ary."
Charging Sweetwater with tie-
Ing VMS rv'ive officials in Hilb-
ert l>ro and Coke County said
the first they hoard of such a
project was a story from here
in an area pajicr hist Sunday
Ifowr-ver, the Coke Court is
s. inl tn lx- intoresied in getting
an nil weather route out of that
loan* toward Colorado City to
the northwest and west to Sterl-
ing City
(dfieials here were rrot un-
duly surprised at the attitude
of the Coke Court toward such
a project. Since the mad would
serve little of the 'county and
t, ui h none .if her towns it was
anticipated that n<> financial sup-
port w.uld N1 ns-elve*! from
there
Should the road Ire built to
the Coke line from here, meth-
ods of (raying for the additional
2 or 3 miles in Coke County to
reach the field can Is* met in
several ways, officials said
Meanwhile IK'D cornmlt'ees
ale working on a ten'attve date
with Sun f i'l representatives In
Dallas set for July 3 but which
may be moved to July 7, l. A.
Wilke said That conference is
to determine which of the pr>>-
p.visl routes would lietter serve
the nil oninpanv s present and
future o|s*rations in northwest
i oke County
Methods of financing the pro-
le. * have not ts-.-n taken up try
the )oint lommltfee from the
Hoard of City 1 tevelopment and
the Commissioners Court here
Holy Land Kidnap Try
Highlighfs World News
Truman To Act
On Wool Bill
WASHINGTON, June 2.3 (CP)
White House News Secretary
Charles Ross says President Tru-
man will sign or veto the wool
nriie sup|mrt hill tomorrow ,.i
Friday. Whatever action tie
The Maw broke nut today tn
a cargo of sulphur In the hold
of the vesael, which wat tied up
at a Jaraey City pier.
One fireman was overcome by
■moke. Fireman we searching
the ahlp to make certain that no
cargo handlers were trapped be*
tom ftocka by smoke.
PAl.KSTINH June 23 (UPI
Three men hlarklacked and
(lied to kidnap the Palestine
government's liaison "Hirer with
the C-N Investigating Commit-
tee The men first slugged the
officer, Allen Major, and then
tried to chloroform him and
throw him into an automobile.
Hut Major's young daughter who
was watching from a balcony, i
screamed and attracted police.
The would-lie kidnappers shot
their way out wounding one!
|mlii*cmnn as they escaped.
Italy and France are having
nmre strike troubles. Millions of
Italian workers stopped work
and folded their arms for 30 min-
utes In a nation-wide demonstra-
tion against the killing of four
civilian Communists. And In
northern France, some 180,000
coal miners walked out of the
pits to protest the government's
Sac HOLY LAND Faye t
Chocks totaling flu.ttt? for
liulldings at Avenger Field hive
Iwen mailed by city offiriala to
the War Assets Administration
m Dallu*. Ilan- ThoritrlOtsan,
city manager said t.alay Owe
■ lus k was for SI*i N23 to covor
the amount of th** previous btd
for building.- and the remaining
Sj jtsi I heck was for an addition*
d ttml.ling tsiught this week.
Title to the pro|M*rtv is due U>
l»* received here by the last of
this ttix'k, the l{e|Mirter was tobL
Acting on instructions from
the City ('omission Thorgrim*
<*n effectevt a liuildlng trade
with Rose.** Schools whereby
tin- building- now ..knnl bv thi*
' lt> are all In one compact
group
The ntv manager «vil«mttt*st
tails tor -ome small pnqiertv In
> lu<lin* an estitnatrxi 3.«Xi feet
of IshIIv oisslisl fire hose. Mull
kets pillow- Minks and other
•xpiinment to tie umsI In prtivld
mg housing facilities fur a large
number of families at the flelrl
The liunks soil iMskltng will be
i* seil In |iartiallv fitting the
apartments (or (xrupancy at an
* arlv date Thorgrtm*a*n toW
the Reporter he tielleved the ex
.*•*!ise of |ire|>artng the buildings
tor tenants would l»* verv -mall
Value of (tie fire h>«se Is rstlm
a'e*l .u If tanight on the
o|“*n market and the bid- Indl-
* sit* It <iin la* Is,ught for a frac-
tion of that amount No defin-
ite figures were rele.utevl
lltilk-rt Pollard. Alrjsirt Man
iger is working out tlie .totalis
b f the leasing of Hangar fliree
to an tMe<s,i man for th« ..(mth
tlon of a civilian (King and air
plane ,*-r -. i..- department In con
ms tlon with an unique -ales
plan for i|s,sl airplanes
Mexicans View
Texas Field
'WORT SAM IRtCSTON. June
23. (UP) Visiting military dig-
nitaries from Mexico plan to
take in the West Point of the
Air. Randolph Field, during the
second day of their five.day tour
of military installations in and
around San Antonio
The Mexican officers. |icrs«n-
al guests of Fourth Army Com-
mander General Jonathan Wain
u right arrived at Kelly Field
Monday Yesterday, they review-
ed troops ..f the Second Armor
isl Division.
In addition to the Randolph
Field tour, today's agenda In
eludes a mld-aftcrn.>on confer
ence with press and radio rejx.r
ters The party will leave f*>i
Mexico Friday.
Packers Given
Big Pay Raise
FORT WORTH. June 23 .1 Pi
Employers of two major meat-
packing firms m Fort Worth
stand to gain some $300,000 In
annual wage boosts
The pay hikes were agreed on
late yesterday by home-office
representatives and unions in
Chicago Personnel of Armour
and Company and Swift and
Company are to get an increase
of six lents an hour.
The new rates assure the
2300 Armour employees of $.100 . j
(XX) more a year, while some
1700 workers at the Fort Worth
Swift plant will get $200,000
more
The Chicago agreement affects
packing plant workers In all
pails of the I’nltrd States,
Rotary Club
Posts Reward j
For Doctor i
MONAHANS, June 23 (UP)
The Monahans Rotary Club is
sjions'irlng a drive tn obtain
SI,000 tn he used In the search
nf Dr R. II. North, missing pho-
tograph shop operator, In the
Hlg Hend Park.
North, a one-time physician
who retired because of his
health, was last seen approxi-
mately two weeks ago amund
his rahin In the park where he
had gone after suffering a heart
attack. His automobile aim lx
mlMlng.
The Rotary Club planned to
urn the money to spur a march
by planet over the park arak.
AF-LSteelworkersNdl
StageWildcat Walkout
May-Garsson
Witness Turns
Up For Court
WASHINGTON June 23 (UP)
Representative Charles Burk*
ley. the reported "missing" wit-
n»*ss In the May • Garsson brib-
ery trial. a|ipeared In federal
court at Washington today.
The New York Democrat made
a dramatic appearance, demand-
ing an apology from the govern-1
merit for creating an Impression
that he was avoiding a subpoena
He said his reputation was at .
stake.
Ruck ley appeared during the
reading of the bedside testi-
mony <»f Joseph Freemsn. And 1
Chief Prosecutor William Pals- ‘
ley proposed thst Buckley hr
heard immediately When he was
called. Buckley approached the
bench and shouted:
"Before I raise my hand. I
have a statement to make I
would like tn have Mr. Paisley
make a statement apologising "
Federal Judge Henry Srhwein-
haut dismissed the lury so he
rould hear both sides of what
he .-ailed a "misunderstanding."
loiter hr ruled that no apologies
i were necessary by anyone he
| cause the government had made
an honest effort to get Buckley
into court.
Officials Say Coal Strikes
Robbery Moy
Be W. Job 01 B" mh
TINN
the Mift coal fields of
lasrit
lurray la aa>
fJsss
•ccurad In
The walkaqt la the aatina's
soft real fields wbleh brass
aa bear after the Taft-Hari-
ley la her MM kmun* law
leavnv a iwmIIsi a am her sf
Idle mlars and misers. Prla-
Heal amis afferied are (I)
Alabama, St mlsates rinsed,
Id.IMM misers Idle: fit Peas-
svlvsels. M mlaes rimed. Mr
Idle: (SI OMe ami (41 Weal
Alrglala. I ariars rimed. MM
Idle: fSt Vlrgtsis. 4 mlaes
rinsed, ItMM Idle. t.NKA Tele-
pbnln).
New Charter Is
Mailed Voters
: Buckley Is testifying at the! neV'sl^twai
i trial, in whirh former ttepregen-1 mMlafotuMe
Itdj'M Andrew May of Kentarky tgmre^*n Ude
AKRON. Ohio. June 23 (UP) 1
Authorities say a (IO0M pay-
: roll robbery at the Goodrich |
, Ruldter Company plant In Ak-1
mn last night may have been 1
an "inside job."
A lone bandit forced a cashier
and a plant guard hark Into the
elevator as they were getting off .
on the first floor lie took the
money at the (mint nf gun. than i
rode with them tn the fourth)
floor and fled. Police think the;
bandit may have run down an
adjoining ramp, mingled with
workers, and escaped Into the
street, despite the fart that all
plant gates were closed within
four minutes after the robbery.
Court Refuses
Rehearings
AUSTIN, tunc 2-3 (UR) The vrr half—have quit
Texas Court ..f Crtmln.il Appeal* ™«> .vf *•£" «■
l-.i- tcfu-.iil to (tr.nit rehe.irlngs | tlw*,r uslkout by Vtnn hard coal
■ 1 miners in eastern Pennsylvania.
W ASHINGTON June ■
CIO President Philip Mump
ha- tailed a meeting of the Mml
Workers Executive Board far
next Wednesday
'Until that time. Mu
iiorted to have warned ■
Heads of the Steelworkers I
that there is to he no . ‘
union policy—In other
that there are to he
strikes such as have uccuiud In
John L
Murray—who also Is I
of the United Steel worker*—la
exjsstnl to dbausa the Tdl*
Hartley law and lu effects an
the union's policies with the ana-
rutlve hoani It's likely othar
C-l-O unions will uke the cue
from the Steelworkers on hoar
to react to the new labor law.
Some of the Steelworkers al-
ready are out of work—or an-
|iect to Im> soon—as a result af
the iirotest strike In the soft coal
flelils. Mac
Aixmt 22.'.,txx* soft coal miners
th.it's over half—have
wntk They've been
Those strikes have cut produc-
tion by more than 40 per cent,
j A-« lesult, the Rig Steel Com-
; p.inles have started liankinf
their Mast furnaces in the
is aentsed of accepting
from Henry and Murray Garsson
in return for wartime favors.
Strikers Can’t
Picket Plant
DAL!.AS. June 23 (UPi
Striking tmllermsker worker^
-till i sn't picket the Southland
Steel company plant in Dallas
today. Although a temporary
Injunction may n>.t tie legal un-
der the controversial Taft lfart
ley l^tv.r Act.
The Injunction, granted yes-
terday by District Judge W I.
Thornton, restrain* the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Boilerma-
kers. Iron shlpfltter* and help-
ers of America from picketing
the Southland plant The Dalla-
judge **ays hi* ortler i* legal tin
der a Texa* law forbidding *»••■
ondary hoyrott*
Judge Thornton *aul at the
time he I**im*I the "Her ttiat it
might t*e the fu*t under the new
act pasaeit over President Tru-
man's veto Monday (loser in-
vestigation of the act however,
reveals he is probably wrong
Judge Thornton expressly
point* out he i* not forbidding
the union from striking only
from picketing.
Banker Given
Friends' Help
NAPtll F.flN ill'll.in.i tun"
UlR) The (lien.I- of i m.illtown
Indiana h.mk < .duel .re trvtng
t*. help tutu But the govern
ment -.iy- lie till must fm *■ the
inusli
Thirty-Ihreeve.ii old R<>l,.*rt
McClaniih.iti, e,i«hler of .1 one
story brick b.iuk nt the vtll.ige
nf Nnpolis.n sutretnlerrsl on ;in
m Mine munlcr ■ j-«*- formerly
..tfiliinsl tn the coint
In one of thi**e cn-e*. Aithut
Vd.ini- n negro li.nl tH*en giv
. n ,i .leatli vi-rdtct In Tarrant
i ..unty for fatally * ho* it tug hi*
wife on Iuno IMli I1MA. The , burgh area and cutting hack
. .it t.-hiv also n-tii.isl rehear 'dtxihm whcilules Coal at
. , , mg for Kuflalto Rishlguex wlio; I’ll' s me at n erlUcally low
Mrst eo,ile- of the ,l(p (r„m M«Unu
eetwatet ( lialiei wen* , f,,r (;,u,| sli'sitintf vf
jmterx M ">••* Frank. t'a*t ill.. t«w k in 1*42, i
. . tdeHvrrv was hotnjrj lor'T',-*- otllilthx had ti
krtlws t bv n.*« 4 stand..rd (nur ,tf Vf..„ |.'il|jH (-„uni
I (Mgc pai-er the charier set* oat I th(, ,h|rt, refiismp relWats
Ml., . let .ills of the projeMHl' U,R .......«- had lx*en afflnn-
h .nge- t.. dte. i .Inmging eorvlh wh,,n ,h„ , ,„irt ,.f , rtmlnal
Sppi'iil- •Us.igreed witti n isinten
ti. n tli i it e Indictment was
f.1 i!'v *■■• . dling tin* death wen
|>. n ,. d.iggt-i instead a dirk
I li. . ui i.owever affirmed
Mi. *"• muni, i -enten. <■ giv
ei V.d ..(■ mu M.u kov II. li in
. n<- n- n w ; i li Me I I n 11-
• - - nf \ killing of I tank \nth
Z
mtitlf
laws *
,in«l 'h* oinjvNtom
(ihvt*Mlw lh« lU i' •• f !a!«*
ttuilriK th*' j• t**l J*» w.i*%
In .i« *«»t»1.4 r *■ •• with |tn»vui«m*'
nf thi* Hit tii»n l.iw • «»n« « tnihit
thi t>|* "? l*M|f ft J'W • of fh»*
« h.nt»»r tiiiv* In «*fj trial11«*«I t*» fht*
Votrr*i tn • litv ‘ prior to th«' «i.iti-
*Pt fttf' llli' t in tl"H \ ■ - tri Will
t.lllof %J|M»Y% th* I l.-tMiT Inly *1
In ninniiiiDii with th» thiiy
ami lu-poi'i.11.i!»t> "I th«- \*•!»'! s
in uml* ■ iaii*lmir am! * •« itltvif(
iif.*»*n th* p? ->v i. i« 11- «*f th* i hai
t< f flit' R* jNkft* r will a
-•♦Moils * ff nr tn -t > tlfu .»f:»l Jiflnt
th* * fn* lal inr* r pr* tat ion •*» any
amt mII prm I*i■♦*!•» *• f lht> «liar tt*r
tltoiit wfiirh n ittfiM* uiKten
• jin **ttoi, pr i ! ■ rhi* »’!*** ti* i)
ifati*
If tin* M fh r f t I*, to timl* r
•statu! anv part of th# thaiffr,
a wrJtti'n fpjustloti t»* thi nrw**
|inprt will - ti .f •• fh#* foim.il * x
phitfathm of fh* j tit f t of f hi* t hai
t«*r
9t.llthifi.iL* IliHKtA Iti
( I WHIN N M
\ \f I ,i\ !**t f*.i ml
tiak" I. ui f‘*l
through in • »|H-r <,
11* aa >| \ fM'Jflllb.f
riM li*- .tf *1 kill***!
which hml flu*’ t?r
Ion
UP' Mm.
h.tf i f nt tin
Iipi h.iMim*
n ?fit’ -a r Mi*n
aim* to the
i In* rfxptllf*.
• ii'l .t hilt i \ v -'"il <1*
■ t*anj»an>
Light Poles
To Be Moved
MSTIN turn* 2:> <UP» Th*
T»A.*.- .Suprcim* t **uit ha*, ilc
• 'i| that lit nip *«•.»«J ha*l a U'Kal
rsk'ht to Mi|iilr*' th** t»n!f State*,
r?tilth t • i* tn* •• it jh>h»' ami
v\ ■ • f nan If'iMp ?• t«l st!***'! s
I h* * ontpanv h.t* In i-n #*|m*y .«
Ui’k'm H* inpHti a*l uml*T t mint
is Jta?\«hn«- It*'foi•* the lmnr
jM*ratioii of tit* town r »|h*i at ion
w.» t nnilniH'tl town taxi- p.ihl
,t (tj ; .«f 4 flk.nl ti\ th** t * * w f 1 f«M
.i iuimt»*» **t year
I'hon tfn < TN i|«n l»l**»l ■»» «*r»l*'f
i* fito\ ti V ti la! • ourt f»;i*! r nl
**l in fa\"i of llt inp T•*,»tI am!
th*' f tu.iff *»f t '| \ il \p|H-,»U ,*r <«al
nil**! In faUM
of thi
Sixth Trades Day
Edition Due Soon
The Trsdrs lh»> edition nl the Iweelw iter Reporter will hr
issaist next Mnnilsv still Tliesrlsv ss nsiisl. The s|irclsl stipplp-
ment. isrrving trsdrs day bargains Irom lm*al business firms, will
he plarerl in the mails Mnmlay exening in order tn get tn the rural
an i Tuesday. The remainder nf the sut»|ilement will tie Inserted
In the regular edition nf the Re-
Heroic Mother
Reveals Story
Of Rescue
porter Tuesday afternoon.
A large mimtier of merchants
have signlfii-d they would again
Ih- participants by offering real
bargain* in high quality merch-
andise not seconds nr trregu-
hits to the citizen* nf this i-n-
DKNVKR. June 2.3 fUD A.'!"' 'r"t nrvH ^ To'
mother, now ro,u|H*ratlng however, have not mil-
.............- jy. r„"”y
when
Im-
mnre than of the tn.-titu-
lion's funds
Thrix* Uuik directors rniom
(•anted MiOanahati when lie -nt
tendered, and nnnuuttixxl they'd
stand by him They Insisted'he
hart dune nothing wrong—that
he had merely Imrrowed tlie
money from tlie t»ank tn finanee
a buaincNs deal amt intended to
return It.
Tuday, friends of the Cashier
raised the amount of the short-
age and repaid the hank
But Federal authorities say re-
payment of the missing funds
wHI have no effect on the em-
banltaf charfe.
The rubier* go on their tfvdajr
vacation Friday By the time
; they -tumid return on July 7th,
tli.* mines will have I teen re-
turned to the private operator*.
Negotiations Iictween John L.
I . w i- and the operator* broke
down more than a month ugo.
The Government's seizure ma-
.Inn. iy expires five day* from
now The .-(smsors of the Taft-
II.utley tiill admit that measure
liolsdilv will prove ineffective
in the event of a natlnuwidn
coal walkout
Those are the ron-lilerntlon*
win. li have guidisl the Steel
( ..inpiinles in their ihsiston to
■ ut down now while they still
have some coal on hand
tme ..I the steel concerns,
lu-Milelicm steel, i- headed Into
othei lalsir trouliles in its nine
Fast t oast -hipyanls Some
to .-si i IA ( workers are
-< li- duled to walk out in (host*
yards at midnight tonight Com-
pany and utAon official* are
meeting once more Mils after-
iHH.il iti a final attempt to reach
.igi .ement
s'trikliig fori'itieii employ eil
liy ttie Ford Motoi Company
are promising further test* of
Mil 'I aft-Hill tiev Art - effectlVe-
lu The Ford foremen'.- strike
may -plead a- ft result of the
lull I lie i In \uto Workers
|s.|i, v committee i- meeting to-
.lav to diside whet tier to ot»
serve foremen picket lines
ai uu.i tliiis Ford plants The
foiemen. who have tieen on
strike for ,t.i days didn't ask
th. prisiuctlon winkers to re-
s|ss t their lines until attei the
senate ovet r.ste Pti'sident
Truman's veto
Teamster Boss
Held Innocent
DKTHOIT—June 2.3 A re.
eotiler's Judge has tulist that.
AFofl. teamsters tsiss .tames
11. itf,i didn't have extortion in
mind when he led a drive to or-
ganize Detroit's Independent Re
tatlei —
llofta was siieeifleally charged
with threatening to run Martin
Hnnknvlrh out of business
ened Sunday to find flood wat
an from Medicine Creek swirl
ing through the yard. She put
a chair on the bed, stood on the
See RESCUE On Page Eight
this area, in addition to the
more than five thnuxand regular
circulation of the Reporter, 3,900
supplements will be printed and
Sre TRADES DAY On Page 8
dgp Joseph Olllls ruled that
the alleged threat against Bon-
* would mpprrriatf' « mil from any unless he jotnefl the union.
Mrs. tVurl Sahlr of ^ *98’ merrhiint nr Inixlnmn firm of -fttd
bridge. Nebraska, Is pain-ridden anv kin(, f|Psir(„K. spfl,x, m the
with neuritis, pleurisy and the xupplcment. Copy for
effects of five hours spent stnig- MM.h „,|Vertising must hr in nur
glfng against the Rood which „f(jlT n,„ than mx.n Sat-
Inundate.! Camtiridge before t „r,|BV
dawn Sunday. It killed at least -nf,,, ls „ ^al opportunity for
10 persons. i business Institutions to get ihelr
Mrs. Sable says she was awak* messages over to every citizen In
kovlrh constituted no crime In
Itself. According to Judge Glllis.
there was no threat of violence
or personal Injury-only a state-
ment that Hnnknvlrh would be
picketed.
Gillls sat as Judge and Jury In
a trial that started Monday.
Meanwhile, Hoffa still Isn't at
peace with the law. He still
faces action on a general conspir-
acy Indictment returned after an
Investigation of the teamatan
drive a year ago.
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Webb, Gilbert. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 151, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 25, 1947, newspaper, June 25, 1947; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth713357/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.