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Sweetwater, Tanas, Sunday, March 6, 1949
'Buy It In Sweetwater"
Number 55
HOPE THEY’RE ALL HAPPY—President T rum.-in joints in a three-way handshake with Ills
outgoing Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, left, and Ids incoming Secretary, Louis A.
Johnson, right. (NEA Telephoto).
Two Of Three Commission
Places Will Be Contested
Concrete Pouring
, Started Saturday
On New Grandstand
Pouring of concrete for the
foundation of the new grand
stands being installed at the new
city ball park got underway Sat-
urday, according,,to t'ity Man-
ager Hans Thorgrtmsen and t'itv
Engineer Dan Shipley,
All terracing work has been
4 complete and water lines are in
the process of being layer! and
the playing ground will he
sodded at an early date.
Sweetwater will have one of
the finest small town hall parks
to be found anywhere when it is
completed. Plenty of parking
space on the west side of the
field will he available.
Unless something unforeseen
happens the stands should be
ready for use before opening of
the playing season in mid-April.
* ________
1.000 Forced From
Homes By Floods
Across Lowlands
CHICAGO, March 5 (UP) —
Floods today forced more.than
1.000 Iowa residents from their
? homes, invaded Illinois and Wis-
consin towns, and menaced Mis-
souri River Valley lowlands.
One person, a 10-year-old
boy, was drowned ir. the Iowa
floods.
In western Iowa, the Boyer
river kicked through the levee
protecting the town of Missouri
Valley. Water covered one-
fourth the town and more than
4 1,000 persons took refuge in
churches and hotels.
The Galena river suddenly
swelled at Galeno, 111., spread-
ing water through the streets.
The flash flood stopped work on
a $3,000,000 flood control proj-
ect on the river.
Up until late Saturday night five men had announced their
candidacy for city commission post in places one, two and five
in an election to be held April 5, according to City Secretary IV.
II. Whaley.
The names of J. C. Pace Jr.
Dr. R. O. Peters and Bill Chen-
nault were filed by petition
hearing the names of not less
than 5 percent of the voters par-
ticipating in the last city elec-
tion.
Opposed to Dr. Peters for
commissioner in place 2 will be
Jim Butler.
Davis Clark, Jr., announced
for commissioner of place 5, for
the post now held by Bill Chon-
nault. Butler and Clark made
formal application for places on
the ticket.
Pace had drawn no opponent
at a late hour Saturday night.
Leader In Veteran
Bonus Drive To Be
Speaker Af V.F.W.
Roger Q. Evans, past state
commander of the VFW and
chairman of the Texas Veterans
Bonus Club, will speak at the
regular meeting of the Sweet-
water VFW Post 217!) Tuesday
night at 7:30.
Also on the program for Tues-
Asked by a representative of I <Iay night is the nomination of
Labor, School
And Gas Tax
On Calendar
Legislature Will
Wade Into Week Of
Debates Tomorrow
AUSTIN, Tex., March 5 (UP1
Members of the Legislature,
slugging toward the midway
mark of the 51st session, saw
a lengthening schedule of com-
mittee meetings move into the
limelight today.
Next Friday, March 11, will
mark the end of the first GO days
of the regular 120 day session,
and the bar will theoretically
drop on the introduction of new
legislation. However, new hills
can still he introduced in either
House or Senate if four-fifths
of the membership approve.
On Monday, the House Com-
mittee on Constitutional Amend-
ments will consider legislation
which perpetuate the office of
the state superintendent of pub-
lic instruction.
The issue is pock-marked
with controversy. The office,
presently held by Dr. L. A.
Woods, would lie abolished
under terms of the proposed
Oil mer-Ai kin legislation to
revamp the sehool system of
Texas.
Proposals for a tax on natural
gas—one of the most argued is-
sues of the current session—will
lie heard the same day before
the House Committees on High-
ways and Motor Traffic.
The legislation, sponsored by
Rep. C. S. McLellan of Eagle
Lake, would set up a rural road
lund to be financed by a produc-
tion tax on natural gas.
On Wednesday, a bill to appro-
priate $10,000,000 for financing
soil conservation districts will
come before the House Commit-
tee on Appropriations.
Hearings on secret ballot
and new labor legislation
will highlight the Thursday
committee schedule.
Three hills prnvirNfig: for
changes in the present Texas bal-
lot will come before the House
Committee on Privileges, Suf-
frage and Elections.
Two hills on labor will come
before a House committee, both
the Reporter
for statements officers for the VFW post in- Dire controversial
concerning their candidacy for
the various places, the candi-
dates made the following state-
ments:
Dr. Peters said that he was
making the race because “I
1949.
Evans will be presented by re-
mote control from the VFW hall
over KXOX in a talk on veter-
ans bonuses at 8 p, m.
Evans, chairman of the Tex-
would like to go ahead and help j as Veterans Bonus Clubs, which
carry out the expansion program
that has been started, ore por-
tion of which is the building of
the Oak Creek project.”
Mayor J. C. Pace, Jr. stated,
‘‘Since I have become acquaint-
now has 50 chartered organiza-
tions, opened a tour of West
Texas Friday in support of the
Veterans Bonus Rill now before
the 51st Legislature.
Before leaving Austin today,
with the various expansion j?vans sajf] that Representatives
projects, especially the ^kiJimmv Horany of Archer City
Creek lake plans, I feel that pos- , an(j Captain J. A. Benton of Wy-
Clergymen Ask For
Merqr—Capitalistic
Piet Is Alleged
SOFIA, March 5, (UP)— Six-
teen defense attorneys pleaded
for leniency today to save 15
protest-ant pastors from the gal-
lows or long prison terms.
Most of the lawyers asked for
leniency or; the grounds their
clients had confessed their guilt
to charges of espionage, treason
and black marketing and were
merely the "tools of American
capitalism.”
‘‘Friendly” security police
have opened their eyes, their
counsel said. They depicted the
international prolestant mission-
ary movement as an octopus
with tentacles of "capitalism”
spread into all countries. Ho
raid first the missionaries come
to a country, then the traders
anti “finally the Generals."
Geurgiev said the missionary
movement had become powerful
because behind each of the “so-
called hoards stand the trust of
powerful financiers.”
TRUMAN TO REST
WASHINGTON, March 5, —
(UP)— President Truman leaves
tomorrow by plane for his fa-
vorite vacation retreat, the sub-
marine base at Key West, Fla.
sibly I might he of assistance in
the completion of the job.”
Bill Chennault said, “since my
fellow-citizens have nominated
me for re-election. I am glad to
he a candidate for a second
term as city commissioner.
“I believe the people of Sweet-
water want progressive govern-
ment and if I am re-elected. I
shall continue to work for this
kind of government, as I have in
the past.
“Our city has made great
progress during the past two
years and I am anxious to pro-
mote completion of our water
expansion, parks and play-
grounds, and street improve-
ments.
“During my term as com-
missioner, I have earnestly
sought to represent all of our
city, and all of its people, and
I do not wish to be considered
a representative of any group,
clique, or faction.”
Davis Clark, Jr. stated "some
of my friends got me into this.
However, if elected I shall do my
best at the job.”
Jim Butler said that he had
been urged to run and if elected
“I will try to make the city a
good hand.”
lie, authors of separate bonus
bills, have agreed to co-author
and support the ultimate bill
that comes out of the committee
hearing March 23.
Plans are being made for a
state-wide bonus rally to be helH
in Austin shortly before the con-
troversial question goes before
the Constitutional Amendment
Committee, Evans announced.
All veteran organizations are
being urged to send delegates to
attend the rally and the com-
mittee hearing.
"Although the bonus hill isn’t
given a 50-50 chance of getting
out of the committee, if en-
ough veterans who want a bonus
would show an active interest
in supporting the measure, it
would pass the committee and
be submitted to the people in
the form of a constitutional
amendment at the next election,"
Evans said.
‘‘Why not,” Evans asked,
“submit the measure to the peo-
ple and see if they want the
veterans to have a bonus? Why
should a select few dictate what
the ‘will of the people’ is?”
Evans pointed to the fact that
VFW—Page S
One bill, by Rep. Douglas
Bergman of Dallas, would amend
the present law so that operation
of a closed shop in Texas would
be classed as “a conspiracy in re-
straint of trade” and come under
the criminal as wt>ll as civil
statutes of the state.
The other bill, backed by labor,
sponsored by Rep. Blake Tim-
mons of Amarillo, would repeal
the 11 laws, termed “restrictive”
by organized labor, passed since
1941. However, the proposed
law would retain the present
ban on closed shops.
Senators found their calendar
for Monday headed with consid-
eration of the last three contro-
versial Gilmer-Aikin proposals.
Paul Cain, well-known local
business man and civic lead-
er, will head the Red Cross so-
licitation in Sweetwater, start-
ing Tuesday morning, it has
been announced by Paul
Brown, Nolan County drive
cliuirman.
Red Cross To
Launch Nolan
County Call
Molotov Is Due To
Have More Power
Cold War Expected
To Continue Without
Let-Up On Any Front
LONDON, March 5 (UP)
—Western Europe looked
tinlay for V. M. Molotov, re-
lieved of his duties as for-
eign minister, to be given
even more power in the Sov-
iet Union as Premier Josef
Stalin’s top deput. Some ob-
servers believed be might
even become premier.
Moreover, most diplomatic ex-
perts on Russia were convinced
that Molotov’s successor as for-
eign minister, Andrei Vishinsky,
will maintain Russia’s side of
the cold war with the west un-
abated.
While the rest of the world
wondered as to meaning of Mo-
lotov’s sudden departure from
the foreign office after nearly
ten years, Moscow remained si-
lent.
Not a single word of comment
leaked through the tight Soviet
censorship after Radio Moscow
The 1949 Red Cross roll call !ast ni£ht broadcast its non-
committal announcement that
Vishinsky had replaced Molotov
as foreign minister and that M.
A. Menshikov had replaced An-
astas I. Mikoyan as foreign trade
minister.
First hopes in European
in Nolan County starts this
week with solicitation for mem-
bership. Hugo Zetzman, Roscoe
chairman, has announced the
big gifts committee making good
program and local solicitation
starting Monday
Tuesday - ite Swet water cam-
paign will open with a “kick-off”
breakfast for workers, under di-
rection of Paul Cain. Loy Rob-
erson reports the big gifts com-
mittee well under way with its
work.
Workers in the “roll call” in-
clude:
L. B. Johnson, Vernon McMil-
lan, Ivan Flynn, Claude Wilson,
I,. D. Shiner, Huratio Bardwell,
Skipper Stowe, Harry Horne, the
circles that the change
might he the prelude to a
Russian bid to ease the cold
war with the west died out.
Sober second thoughts con-
vinced diplomats that a pos-
sible change in Soviet tac-
tics is the most they can
hope for.
They got some consolation
from the belief that western re-
Rev. Wm. H. Shropshire, Ed'lations with Russia cannot get
Mayes, O. O. Harris, Moye Smith, much worse—whether Vishins-
Thurman Kent, Wayne Smith,
Paul Terrell, George Thompson,
Clifton Perkins, Al Brandt, John
Crowder, Carlos Morris, Van El-
ky or Molotov is foreign minis-
ter. They pointed out that Molo-
tov is still a member of the
Politburo, which determines
die NrfaJO£eSBI'Ems!UMonis^n I ^iet P°!icy’ and Vishlnsky is
Schminberg, m’ark Nichols,FI^ohn ! Therp is no sign of any. w®ak'
Lie Armstrong, J. L. emn6 of western determination
to proceed as planned with such
projects as the North Atlantic
Security pact. It looks now as
though two-thirds of Scandina-
via will be in at the start. Den-
Henson,
Webster, Bill Pratz, Doyle Parks,
Bill Scott, T, T. Brady, Hubert
Pollard, John Embry.
J. H. Birmingham, Cleo Tar-
ter, A. T. Nicholas, Thomas
WhiUenhurg .Joe Douglas Roger mark has indicated she will fol-
President Requests
Greater Powers For
Defense Secretary
WASHINGTON, March 5, —
(UP)— President Truman to-
day asked Congress to give the
Secretary of Defense complete
control of the nation’s ijiilitary
with broad enough powers to
weld the three services firmly
into one mighty unit.
His proposals would make the
secretary second only to the
President, himself in Supreme
Command of the Army, Navy
and Air Force. They also called
for a new “Chief of Chiefs” of
(the various armed branches who,
In effect, would lie the country’s
ranking military man.
Mr. Truman told Congress the
proposals represented a swift
step toward the long- sought uni-
fication of the armed services.
The last war, he said, proved
such a program “essential in
the modern world” to protect
| the nation or to fight any kind
of new war.
N. Eaton. H. A. Clift, F. L.
Shaw, J. F. Gilbert, D. D. Dixon,
J. O. Kirk, Zil Reich, R. G.
Grumpier, Dick Penick, Sidney
M. Woodman, J. S. Schooler, Cal-
vin Montgomery, Weldon Bard-
well, Dr. Rein Johnson, M. C.
Manroe, Ross Otey, A. H. Clay-
Red Cross—Page 8
low the example of Norway and
send delegates to the treaty
talks.
Relief that Stalin has marked
Molotov for bigger tasks found
support in an urgent report sent
the British foreign office by Sir
Cold War—Page 1
Two Held For Theft
Of Nations Secrets
50,000 Baby Chicks Weekly
From Big Mechanical Hens
“Baby chickens from Sweet-
water — postage paid” is a busi-
ness now reaching its peak sea-
son.
Baby chicks at the rate of 50,-
000 a week now and soon at a
pace of 00,000 a week are mov-
ing out of Sweetwater to all
parts of the country from the
Colonial Poultry Farms, Man-
ager Bill Rice said Saturday.
The business handles from a
million to a million and a half
baby chickens a year. Jamison’s
Hatchery here puts another
150,000 or more future fried
chickens into the channels of the
poultry business each year.
lllood tested farm flocks sup-
ply the eggs with an estimated
$10,000 a year premium above
the market. The incubators
haven't improved on the hen
when it comes to hatching. It
still takes three weeks. But the
big mechanical hens turn out
.50,000 chicks tier week.
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
Ily United Press
Stocks higher in quiet trading.
Bonds firm; U. S. governments
did not trade.
Curb stocks firm.
Chicago stocks irregular.
Grains in Chicago: Wheat,
corn, oats, rye and soy bean fu-
tures higher.
Negligent Homicide
Charged In Crash
AMARILLO, March 5 (UP)—
One man was killed and two
others were seriously injured
early today in an automobile-
truck collision 7 miles north of
Amarillo.
Killed in the crash on Fritch
Highway was Billy D. Stone, 20.
Perryton. Seriously injured
were his companions, Milton
Todd and J. D. Ferguson, also of
Perryton.
Paul WcWhorter, Amarillo
farmer, pleaded guilty in county
court a few hours later to negli-
gent homicide and was fined $500
and costs. State police said Mc-
Whorter had parked his truck on
the highway and that the auto-
mobile carrying the three from
Perryton crashed into it. Todd
was identified as the driver of
the car.
NEW YORK, Mar. 5 (UP)
A dark • eyed Brooklyn girl
who worked for the Justiee
Department in Washington
and a Russian United Na-
tions engineer were arrang-
ed today on charges of tak-
ing ennfidential government
information.
FBI agents caught them last
night in a clandestine meeting
here. They had with them in-
formation taken from secret
documents involving security
data and restricted information.
Federal Judge Simon Rifkind
set hail for Valentine A. Guhit-
chev, 32, at $100,000. He set hail
at $20,000 for Judith Coplon, 27,
a vivacious brunette who worked
for the Justice Department’s
internal security section.
March 10 was set as the date
for a preliminary hearing.
Gubitchev, who signed a two-
year contract with the UN in
August, 1948, was suspended
from the UN secretariat coinci-
dent with tlie arraignment.
Tiie two wore arrested here
last night by Federal Bureau of
Investigation agents who had
trailed Miss Coplon here from
Washington.
Special Assistant U. S. Attor-
ney Raymond P. Whearty re-
quested the high bail. Referring
to Gubitchev he said “This man
has no ties in America at all,
and I ‘need not point out. the
gravity of these charges.”
Whearty asked hail of $50,00 in
the case of Miss Coplon.
The judge said, "The charge
is of maximum gravity because
of the nature of the possible pen-
alties. The charge is one of con-
spiracy with an agent of a for-
eign government involving de-
fense materials.”
Enlargement Of
Seoul Program To
Be Started Here
Enlargement of Boy Scout
activities in Sweetwater and No-
lan County and improving tiie
scout indexes and standards was
discussed at a meeting of local
leaders with the new scout ex-
ecutive, Henry D. Norris, Fri-
day afternoon.
Plans were laid for a public
ceremony on March 12 to mark
tiie opening of the new cam-
paign.
Among tiiose present at the
meeting were: J. M. Lawrence,
Cleo Tarter, Ed K. Neinast, Dr.
P. T. Quast, Paul Terrell, J. D.
Holbrook and Gwin Neatherlin.
Sweetwater To
Have Peek At
Movie Famous
Sweetwater citizens may have
an opportunity of seeing a large
group of movie stars and other
Hollywood dignitaries on March
15 when a special train from
Hollywood to Houston stops
here for servicing.
Santa Fe officials seem to
know very little about the set-
up, but according to the Repor-
ter grapevine the 10-car special
will pass through Sweetwater
at 10 [). m. March 15. And aboard
will be a group of movie people
going to Houston for the open-
ing of the Shamrock hotel built,
by Glen McCarthy.
Democrats Backing
Away From Truman
FHH>usler Stand
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5 (UP)
— Administration Democrats
lined up almost solidly today
against President Truman’s plan
to halt Senate debate by simple i
majority vote.
They announced that stand
as the Senate wrangled through
its sixth straight day of debate
or. anti-filibuster proposals. The
southern Democrats still were
going strong in their talkathon
against the proposals, and ad-
ministration chances of getting
new curbs on debate this session
appeared to be fading fast.
Mr. Truman’s plan was thrown
out at a Democratic strategy j
conference attended by about
two dozen of his staunchest sup-
porters in the Senate.
There was no indication that
any of the conferees were for ;
Mr. Truman’s plan, under which
debate could be gagged by as
few as 25 votes if only 49 Sena-
tors—the minimum for a quo- ;
rum—were present.
The conference decision was !
the administration’s first re-
treat in its battle to break the !
filibustering power of the south- j
ern Democrats and clear the !
way for action on President Tru-
man’s civil rights program.
District
Show To
Be Bigger
Livestock
Event Set
Mar 17-18
The biggest and best
•Spring livestock show in all
the years of the Sweetwater
district competition is in the
making for March 17-18,
officials said Saturday.
Entries are already piling up
for this unique club boys fat
| stock show w’here emphasis is
j on practical, educational value.
Demp Kearney is general su-
perintendent; Fred Stewart, M.
B. Templeton, assistants; A. C.
Bishop, secretary-treasurer; Re-
ta Kassner, assistant.
Beef calves—Lea Boothe, su-
perintendent ; Ray Walker, as-
sistant.
Sheep—John Pepper Jr., su-
perintendent ; Jesse Brown
James S. Lee, Robt. M. Dean,
Walter W. Estes, assistants.
Swine—J. L. Hemby Jr., su-
perintendent ; L. E. Blake, as-
sistant.
Judge—Dr. W. L. St angel of
Texas Tech.
Sales committee—J. C. Strib-
ling Jr„ Peter Fox, J. C. Pace
Jr., Paul Cain-.
Special prize judges - I. N.
D-j,. £y, O. H. Berry,. Dalton
Moore.
Circling The Square
Blackwell Routing Of
Highway 70 Is Fixed
Rumors of re-routing High wav
70 to miss Blackwell because of
the Oak Creek lake project, ad-
vanced by some West Texas
Newspapers, apparently have
little foundation it was' learned
Saturday .
County Judge Delas Reeves
said the highway department
will have to rebuild much of
Highway 70 and is studying this.
"However, the first eight miles
north of Blackwell is perman-
ently fixed and improved. It is
my understanding that the plan
would he to bridge part of the
water; backed up by tiie new
lake.”
Man Without Flying Lessons
Sails Off In Stolen Plane
HOUSTON, Tex., March 5,
(UP)— South Texas officers to-
night hunted a light airplane,
stolen today from a little-used
airport at suburban Pasadena
by a young man believed to have
had no school in aerial arts.
He had not been identified
definitely, but Miller and the
plane’s owner, Pasadena busi-
nessman J. A. Brac-ewell, be-
lieved the pilot was a 24-year-old
painter-mechanic.
The youth, Miller said, was a
former Inmate of the Pasadena
jail who bail been fired only re-
cently on a felony theft charge.
He was the same person. Brace-
well said, who approached hint
yesterday about the plane.
"He wanted to paint it for me,”
Bracewell said. "I refused to let
him do that, and then lie want-
ed to buy it. But he wanted me
to let him fly it first, and 1 re-
fused hint on that, too.”
Bracewell said tiie youth had
never had a flying lesson, and
had “very little flying exper-
ience.”
Two hours later, when the
plane ran out of gas, the flyer
managed a "dead stick” land-
ing in a pasture near a service
station. He got five gallons of
gas from station operator Jim-
my Roberts, Chief Miller said,
and then whipped into the air
again without paying for it.
Patients at the local hospital
are going to miss their 9 p. m.
"back rubbing" while Mrs. A. L.
George is gone to Wilmington,
Deleware to visit her grandson.
* * *
This is not jusl a lot of
hull . . . H. \V. Walker is a
real cowboy. He demonstrat-
ed his ability last week when
one of his hulls gol loose at
the Auction sale . . . he rail
home changed to his cow-
boy regalia, grabbed a sand-
wich and took off.
* * *
Asked where he had rather
live in Pittsburgh or Sweet-
water, Bonner Bai nes, represen-
tative of Gulf Oil Corporation,
replied, “Frankly, 1 wish I
were living in Sweetwater."
* * *
Notice all members of the
Open Door Bible Class of
The First Methodist Church
. . . you are urged to be at
the church not later than
10 o’clock this morning.
* * *
Who Does It? Turn to the
classified page in today’s paper
and find out. It's a new feature
of the Reporter acquainting the
public with "Who Does What."
Check this feature regularly,
then when you want any type
of professional or business serv-
ice, you'll know immediately
where it can be obtained.
* * *
“Who writes Circling The
Square, I certainly don't
want to get around him,”
stated Earnest Oder Satur-
day morning.
* * *
Mrs. Edward Ponder recently
forgot where she parked her
car. Frantically she called the
police and reported the car stol-
en .. . it w'as found half a block
down the street where she
had parked it.
* * «
A. S. Kendrick was out
Saturday afternoon taking
a dose of medicine . . , the
point is he plays golf to
keep fit. And if one thinks
he can best Brother Ken-
drick in a game of golf he
may have another thought
routing when the score is
added up after 18 holes.
Whopper Killed On
'Rattlesnake Cut’
G. C. Sloan, 100 Mulberry,
Street, Santa Fe employe here
brought in a dead rattlesnake
measuring six feet and two inch-
es Saturday afternoon. He saw
it on the Santa Fe right-of-way
in the famous “rattlesnake cut”
and shot It with a ,22 rifle.
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